From: bergman@AFPAN.PA.AF.MIL (CMSgt Mike Bergman)
Newsgroups: soc.veterans
Subject: AF News Svc 09/29/92
Date: 29 Sep 92 22:21:34 GMT
Organization: Hq Air Force News Agency/SCC


779.  Child-care rates hike
780.  Promotion opportunities
781.  African relief missions
782.  Tennis championship
783.  California Guard openings
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779.  Child-care rates hike
by TSgt. Sarah L. Hood
Air Force News Service
     WASHINGTON -- Minimum and maximum child-care fees for the new school year
go up $2 Oct. 1 to help defray the costs of operating Department of Defense
child-care centers, Air Force officials said.
     Fees are broken down into five income brackets and are updated annually.
Cost ranges for the 1992-93 school year have increased 5 percent to cover an
anticipated 3.7 percent civilian employee pay raise as well as other
continuing expenses, officials said.
     Starting Oct. 1, the rates for regularly scheduled care will be:
     Income range              Standard fees       High-cost fees
       I    Up to $11,000        $33-$41             $36-$45
       II   $11,001-$27,000      $37-$47             $40-$50
       III  $27,001-$40,000      $48-$59             $51-$63
       IV   $40,001-$55,000      $60-$71             $64-$76
       V    $55,001 or more      $72-$83             $77-$88
     The Military Child Care Act of 1989 standardized DOD child-care fees
worldwide, requiring amounts charged be based on total family income.
     Air Force and DOD policy stipulates that fees paid by parents only be
used to pay care-giver wages, food program expenses and supplies.
     Current policy also dictates that appropriated fund support for
child-care centers equal at least the amount of the fees collected from
parents.
     That support includes training and curriculum specialists, supplies,
equipment and transportation.
     More information on the cost hike is available at local child-care
facilities.


780. Promotion opportunities
     WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Officers meeting Nov. 16 promotion boards could face
slimmer chances for advancement as the Air Force continues to develop means to
meet new personnel end-strengths.
     The latest proposal to reduce promotion opportunities to lieutenant
colonel follows previous reductions for colonel and major promotions to
recommended minimums defined by the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act,
Air Force personnel officials said.
     Implementation of the most recent proposed reduction is pending approval.
     If approved, chances for promotion for line officers will drop to 70
percent, down 5 percent from the Dec. 2, 1991, lieutenant colonel board.
     Also, allocation rates for definitely promote recommendations will drop
to 40 percent for line officers both in and above the promotion zone.
     That will result in maintaining about a 35 percent selection rate for
those in the promotion zone who get the recommendations, officials said.
     Rates in promotion opportunities and definitely promote allocations are
set for other officer categories as follows:
     -- Lieutenant colonel chaplain, 60 percent and 25 percent.
     -- Lieutenant colonel judge advocate, 80 and 50; colonel, 55 and 25.
     -- Lieutenant colonel medical service corps, 80 and 45; colonel, 55
and 25.
     -- Colonel nurse, 45 and 15; major, 80 and 55.


781. African relief missions
     WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Military C-130 transports have airlifted nearly
5,000 tons of food and emergency aid into Kenya and Somalia, military
officials said.
     Aircrews supporting Joint Task Force Provide Relief are now flying up to
20 missions a day and delivering more than 200 tons of food to starving
Somalians and Kenyans.  The amount of food delivered so far is estimated to
equal 18 million meals.
     C-130 aircrews are now flying into Baidoa and Oddur, Somalia, and Wajir,
Kenya.  However, officials said the operations are likely to be expanded to
other areas in Somalia.
     More than 550 people are supporting Provide Relief efforts, working in
24-hour shifts, seven days a week to deliver food and other relief supplies.


782. Tennis championship
by TSgt. Sarah L. Hood
Air Force News Service
     MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- The Air Force's top tennis players swept the team
competition for the second consecutive year, battling the Army and Marine
Corps for bragging rights in the 1992 Armed Forces Tennis Championship here.
     Bringing home three gold medals from the Sept. 20-25 tournament were
Kimberly Olmstead, Fairchild AFB, Wash., and Anthony Krawietz, Dover AFB, Del.
     In addition to a team gold medal, Olmstead teamed up with Jennifer Perry,
Offutt AFB, Neb., to earn a second gold in the women's doubles, overpowering
the Army with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory.
     She picked up her third gold medal in the singles final, once again
downing the Army for the win.
     Krawietz, who also won a team gold medal, earned his second gold when he
took the singles championship from teammate and former champion Richard
Pezoulas, Yokota AB, Japan.
     He then paired up with Sundy Muniz from Randolph AFB, Texas, to win his
third gold in the open doubles, defeating Pezoulas and David Brummitt, Norton
AFB, Calif.
     Taking the gold in the men's junior veteran singles competition, age
32-39, was Jose Rivera, from Randolph.
     Charles Latham, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, toppled fellow teammate Junis
Lewis, also from Wright-Patterson, for the men's seniors singles title.
     Working in tandem, Latham and Lewis blitzed the Marine Corps team 6-0,
6-0, in a consolation match.
     Previously winning consecutive years 1981-1983, the Air Force broke the
Army's seven-year hold last year to take possession of the team title and the
Leech Cup, a trophy donated to the competition in 1924.
     Army earned second place in the team competition with the Marine Corps
taking third.
     This year is the 11th time overall the Air Force has won both the title
and the trophy.  The Air Force first entered the competition in 1948.
     Air Force men's players were:
     -- Brummitt.
     -- Krawietz.
     -- Muniz.
     -- Pezoulas.
     -- Bryan Stokstad, Bitburg AB, Germany.
     -- Kurtis Brown, Keesler AFB, Miss.
     -- Rivera.
     -- Kenneth Sciara, Barksdale AFB, La.
     -- Latham.
     -- Lewis.
     Olmstead and Perry were the only Air Force women participating.
     Coaching the Air Force players was Jim Schwenke, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.


783. California Guard openings
     VAN NUYS, Calif. (AFNS) -- The 261st Combat Communications Group of the
California Air National Guard has part-time openings for people leaving active
duty.
     Openings exists in Air Force specialties 304X0, 306X6, 491X1, 492X1,
493X0 and 542X2.  Retraining may be available.
     More information is available by calling the unit at DSN 833-0145 or
commercial (818) 909-2330.


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