From: bergman@AFPAN.PA.AF.MIL (CMSgt Mike Bergman)
Newsgroups: soc.veterans
Subject: Army News Service 08/31/92 (fwd)q/
Date: 1 Sep 92 14:46:22 GMT
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U.S., Kuwaiti troops team up for Intrinsic Action

      WASHINGTON (ARNEWS) -- A U.S. task force of about 2,400 troops 
has deployed to Southwest Asia to join with the Kuwaiti military for 
'Intrinsic Action,' a large-scale joint training exercise.
      The exercise stems from a defense cooperation agreement co-
signed by the United States and Kuwait, according to exercise 
officials.
      "This is a step [in that agreement]," said Maj. Gen. Robert S. 
Frix, commanding general of Joint Task Force, Kuwait. "This is showing 
the commitment on the part of the U.S. -- that we will stand with 
Kuwait with resolve and capability."
      The exercise has been planned since November, 1991, and was 
slated to begin in September. But plans were accelerated by a few 
weeks when Iraq refused to let U.N. inspectors enter the Ministry of 
Agriculture, exercise officials said.
      "There is no crisis. There is no known military threat to Kuwait 
at this time," Frix said. "Right now we are looking at being deployed 
for two months, that's the vision."
      Soldiers involved are from numerous locations including Fort 
Campbell, Ky.; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort McPherson, Ga.; Fort Huachuca, 
Ariz.; and Fort Gordon, Ga.
     (From a JTF Kuwait release.)


Army widens sponsorship window

      WASHINGTON (ARNEWS) -- If you're a soldier being transferred 
from, say, an overseas tour to the continental United States, you can 
expect to receive timely assistance from a sponsor at the gaining 
command -- right?
      Well, up to now, that wasn't necessarily so. According to a 
recent review of the Army sponsorship program, too many relocating 
soldiers were receiving insufficient notice of "ultimate assignment," 
thus reducing their ability to make informed decisions. Army personnel 
officials define "ultimate assignment" as the functional position that 
the soldier will hold upon final processing at the gaining command, 
down to battalion or activity level.
      To solve the short-notice problem, officials recently 
established a 90-day minimum notice under which soldiers on PCS orders 
are to be informed of their ultimate assignment. Soldiers undergoing 
advanced individual training are excluded from the 90-day requirement.
      "Basically, the notice period aims to give inbound soldiers 
enough time before their expected arrival to ease advance 
sponsorship," said program manager Shirley Brown. What's more, the 
instructions sent to the field from the U.S. Total Army Personnel 
Command in Alexandria, Va., discourage changes in the ultimate 
assignment and advance-sponsorship commitment unless the changes can 
be justified by "significant readiness requirements."
      
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