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* MILITARY STRENGTH FIGURES
* FLAG  OFFICER  ANNOUNCEMENT
* NAVY TO CHRISTEN GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER JOHN S. MCCAIN (DDG-56) 
* GENERAL OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS
* GENERAL  OFFICER  ANNOUNCEMENT
* MEETING  OF  THE  DEFENSE  ADVISORY  COMMITTEE  
* CONTRACT AWARDS
* DOD NEWS BRIEFING 09/24/92 (NOON)

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                                                  No. 422-92
                                                  (703) 695-0192 (info)
                                                  (703) 697-3189 (copies)
IMMEDIATE  RELEASE             September 25, 1992 (703) 697-5737 (public/indus-
                                                  try)


                MILITARY  STRENGTH  FIGURES  FOR  JULY 31, 1992
                 SUMMARIZED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  DEFENSE


     Total numerical strength of the Armed Forces on July 31, 1992, based on
preliminary reports, was 1,853,247.  This was a decrease of 17,420 from June
30, 1992, and a decrease of 163,945 from the same time in 1991.

     These figures represent full-time military personnel comprising both
regulars and reserves on active duty and officer candidates including cadets at
the three military academies.

     Excluded from these figures are approximately 70,250 full-time military
personnel who are paid from other than active duty military personnel appropri-
ations.  This group is funded from appropriations for reserve components and
Corps of Engineer civil functions.  A comparable figure for Fiscal Year 1991
was approximately 74,250.

     July 1992 strength figures for each service with month-ago and year-ago
figures for comparisons are:

                7/31/92          6/30/92          7/31/91
                Preliminary      Actual
Total DoD     1,852,247         1,870,667        2,017,192
Army            637,856           645,569         725,569
Navy            543,063           545,339         573,025
Marine Corps    187,731          189,433          197,316
Air Force       484,597          490,326          521,282

                           END



                                                  No. 428-92
                                                  (703) 697-5131 (info)
                                                  (703) 697-3189 (copies)
IMMEDIATE  RELEASE           September 25, 1992   (703) 697-5737 (public/indus-
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                       FLAG  OFFICER  ANNOUNCEMENT

     Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney announced today that the President has
nominated Vice Admiral Richard C. Macke, U. S. Navy, for reappointment to the
grade of vice admiral and assignment as Director, Joint Staff.  Vice Admiral
Macke is currently serving as Director, Command, Control, Communications and
Computer Systems, J-6, Joint Staff at the Pentagon.

     Vice Admiral Macke was born January 4, 1938 in Freeport, Illinois.

                                       -END-



      Acting Secretary of the Navy Sean O'Keefe has announced the naming of two
Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers authorized for construction in
the current building program.  

      USS Milius (DDG-69) will be named after Captain Paul L. Milius, whose
extraordinary heroism on 27 February 1968 saved the lives of seven crewmembers
after their OP-2E aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft artillery over Southeast
Asia.  Captain (then Commander) Milius elected to remain at the controls of his
badly damaged aircraft, maintaining stable flight, and ordered all others to
bail out resulting in their eventual rescue. Milius' body was never found, and
he was officially pronounced dead on April 26, 1978.  USS Milius has a December
1993 start date.  

      USS Hopper (DDG-70) will be named for Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper,
whose pioneering spirit in the field of computer technology led the Navy into
the age of computers.  During her career she was known as the "Grand Lady of
Software," "Amazing Grace" and "Grandma Cobol" after co-inventing COBOL
(common-business- oriented language).  COBOL made it possible for computers to
respond to words instead of just numbers.   Hopper retired in January 1967, but
was recalled to active duty in August of 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson
because of her much needed expertise in applied computer science.  Rear Admiral
Hopper retired for a second time in August of 1986 and died on January 1, 1992.
This is the first time since World War II and only the second time in naval
history that a warship has been named for a woman from the Navy's own ranks.
USS Hopper is scheduled for an August 1994 start date.  

     Arleigh Burke class destroyers employ the latest in naval weapons, radar
and communications systems technologies.  The class combines Aegis anti-air and
anti-surface warfare systems with vertical launch cells carrying SM-2 Standard
surface-to- air, Tomahawk (anti-ship and land-attack) and Harpoon anti-ship
missiles. The rapid fire 5"/54 caliber gun, and the Phalanx close-in weapons
system round out the ship's formidable combat capabilities.  

                               END
                                                               No. 429-92
                                                            697-5131   (Info) 
                                                           697-3189   (Copies) 
IMMEDIATE RELEASE            September 25, 1992            697-5737   (Public) 

  NAVY TO CHRISTEN GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER JOHN S. MCCAIN (DDG-56) 

    The Department of the Navy will christen the guided missile destroyer John
S. McCain (DDG-56) at 12:15 pm. Saturday, September 26, 1992, at Bath Iron
Works, Bath, Maine.  

    Senator William Cohen, R-ME, will be the ceremony's principal speaker.
Mrs. Cindy McCain, wife of Senator John S. McCain, R-AZ, is the ship's sponsor.


    John S. McCain honors Admiral John S. McCain (1884-1945), distinguished
carrier task force commander of World War II and Admiral John S. McCain, Jr.
(1911-1981) the former Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command.  The earlier
McCains were grandfather and father, respectively, of Senator John McCain.  One
ship (DL-3/DDG-36) bore this name from 1953 to 1978.  

    John S. McCain is the sixth of seventeen Arleigh Burke class ships autho-
rized to be built.  The ship's Aegis combat system, made up of radars, comput-
ers and weapons, is designed to function effectively in all weather and any
hostile electronic environment.  The ship is equipped to carry standard
surface-to-air and Tomahawk missiles launched from fore and aft vertical
launching systems; two fully automated, radar controlled Phalanx anti-air
weapons systems; Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles; one five-inch gun and
electronic warfare systems.  The Burke class will replace the older Adams and
Farragut classes of guided missile destroyers.  

    John S. McCain is 505 feet in length, has a beam of 66 feet and displaces
approximately 8,300 tons.  The ship will have a crew of 23 officers and 300
enlisted personnel.  

                                     -END- 
          


MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS:			September 25, 1992

GENERAL OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS
	The Departments of Army and Air Force today announced the following
general officer assignments:

ARMY:  Colonel (P) Stanley F. Cherrie, to be ACS, G-2, Allied Command Europe,
Rapid Reaction Corps, Bielefeld, Germany.  He is currently Director, Center for
Army Tactics, U.S.Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas.

	Colonel (P) James F. Hennessee, to be DCS for Resource Management, U.S.
Army Europe and Seventh Army, Heidelberg, Germany.  He is currently ADC, 10th
Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New York.

	Colonel (P) Timothy J. Maude, to be Director of Personnel, J-1, U.S.
European Command, Stuttgart, Germany.  He is currently Commander, U.S. Army
Enlisted Records Evaluation Center, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.

AIR FORCE:  Brigadier General Lee Downer, to be DCS/Operations; Deputy Direc-
tor, Operations, European Air Combat Operations Staff, Headquarters, U.S.A.F.
Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany.  He is currently DCS/Operations, 2d Allied
Tactical Air Force, Rheindalen Garrison, Monchengladbach, Germany.

						END

                                                  No. 423-92
                                                  (703) 697-5131 (info)
                                                  (703) 697-3189 (copies)
IMMEDIATE  RELEASE           September 24, 1992   (703) 697-5737 (public/indus-
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                        GENERAL  OFFICER  ANNOUNCEMENT

     Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney announced today that the President has
nominated Lieutenant General Joseph W. Ashy, United States Air Force, for
reappointment to the grade of lieutenant general and assignment as Commander,
Allied Air Forces Southern Europe, and Deputy Commander in Chief for the
Southern Area, United States Air Forces in Europe, Naples, Italy.  Lieutenant
General Ashy is currently serving as Commander, Air Training Command, Randolph
AFB, Texas.

     Lieutenant General Ashy was born October 16, 1940, in Jasper, Texas.

     Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney announced today that the President has
nominated Lieutenant General Henry Viccellio, Jr., United States Air Force, for
appointment to the grade of general and assignment as Commander, Air Training
Command, Randolph AFB, Texas.  Lieutenant General Viccellio is currently
serving as Director, Joint Staff, Washington, DC.

     Lieutenant General Viccellio was born August 4, 1990, in San Francisco,
California.

     Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney announced today that the President has
nominated Lieutenant General James T. Callaghan, United States Air Force, for
advancement on the retired list in the grade of lieutenant general.  Lieutenant
General Callaghan is currently serving as Commander, Allied Air Forces Southern
Europe, and Deputy Commander in Chief for the Southern Area, United States Air
Forces in Europe, Naples, Italy.

     Lieutenant General Callaghan was born February 18, 1938, in Evergreen,
Park, Illinois.

                                       -END-

                                                  No. 427-92
                                                  (703) 695-0192 (info)
                                                  (703) 697-3189 (copies)
IMMEDIATE  RELEASE         September 24, 1992     (703) 697-5737 (public/indus-
                                                  try)


               MEETING  OF  THE  DEFENSE  ADVISORY  COMMITTEE  
                   ON  SERVICE  ACADEMY  ATHLETIC  PROGRAMS


     The first meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Service Academy
Athletic Programs will be held September 29-30, 1992, at the United States
Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.  The Committee was formed to review the
athletic programs of the United States Air Force, Military and Naval Academies,
and to support, enhance and bolster the operation of these programs.

     Physical development is one of the foremost goals of the three service
academies, and competitive athletics on the intercollegiate level is one part
of the physical development program.  Academy athletic programs are unique in
many ways, but certain goals and principles of operation could be used as
models for programs at civilian institutions across the nation.  Competitive
athletics at all levels (intramural, club or intercollegiate) are believed to
be character developing, educational enhancing experiences, and important parts
of the curriculum at the service academies.

     The Committee was formed by an act of Congress on December 5, 1991, and
reports directly to the Secretary of Defense.

     Members of the Committee are:  Mr. Carl F. Ullrich, executive director of
the Patriot League, who will serve as chairman;  Dr. Evie Dennis, superinten-
dent, Denver Colorado Public Schools;  Dr. James Frank, commissioner of
Southwestern Athletic Conference;  Dr. Joseph B. Johnson, president, Talladega
College;  Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, executive vice president emeritus, Notre Dame
University;  Mr. Richard D. Schultz, executive director, National Collegiate
Athletic Association;  Dr. Robert G. Turner, chancellor, University of Missis-
sippi;  Lt. Gen. Bradley C. Hosmer, superintendent, United States Air Force
Academy;  Lt. Gen. Howard D. Graves, superintendent, United States Military
Academy;  and Rear Adm. Thomas C. Lynch, superintendent, United States Naval
Academy.

                                     -END-


IMMEDIATE RELEASE		SEPTEMBER 24, 1992		(703) 697-5131 - Info.

                             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                                CONTRACT AWARDS

                                     ARMY

	The Ryan Company, Rockland, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $9,818,659
firm fixed price contract for an exterior electrical distribution system.  Work
will be performed in Independence, Missouri, and is expected to be completed by
October 15, 1995.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.  There were 40 bids solicited on May 21, 1992, and 9 bids
received.  The contracting activity is the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Kansas City, Missouri (DACA41-92-C-0092).

	Southeastern Electrical Construction, Incorporated, Dallas, Texas, is
being awarded a $10,365,000 firm fixed price construction contract to upgrade
electrical distribution and improve Capehart electrical distribution.  Work
will be performed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, and is expected to
be completed by December 21, 1995.  Contract funds will not expire at the end
of the current fiscal year.  There were 65 bids solicited on July 6, 1992, and
11 bids received.  The contracting activity is the U. S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers, Omaha, Nebraska (DACA45-92-C-0117).

                                   AIR FORCE

	Assurance Technology Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia, is being awarded a
$96,400,000 (Not-to-Exceed) letter contract for the antenna, radio receiver,
shipping cases, materials, and production of the low-noise amplifier, the
signal splitter/booster, cables, and brackets/supports for the inside of the
shipping cases, in support of the CONSTANT SOURCE system.  CONSTANT SOURCE will
provide simultaneous reception of timely intelligence from multiple national
and tactical systems.  Contract is expected to be completed in September 1997.
Contract funds of $3,492 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
One bid was solicited and one proposal was received.  The solicitation was
issued in June 1992 and negotiations were completed in September 1992.  The Air
Force Materiel Command, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base,
Massachusetts, is the contracting activity (F19628-92-D-0008)

	BTG, Incorporated, Vienna, Virginia, is being awarded a $60,800,000
(Not-to-Exceed) letter contract for the acquisition of additional CONSTANT
SOURCE Operator Terminasl (CSOT), twenty per year, and deployment at specified
operational sites.  The CSOT is the primary interface between the operator and
receiving suite and processes intelligence data from the receiver and relays it
to other force and unit level mission planning systems.  Contract is expected
to be completed in September 1997.  Contract funds of $36,000 will expire at
the end of the current fiscal year.  One bid was solicited and one proposal was
received.  The solicitation was issued in June 1992 and negotiations were
completed in September 1992.  The Air Force Materiel Command, Electronic
Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting
activity (F19628-92-D-0005).

	General Dynamics Corporation, Fort Worth Division, Fort Worth, Texas, is
being awarded a $6,347,865 face value increase to a firm-fixed-price contract
for contractor logistics support for the F-16 Air Defense Aircrew Training
System.  Contract is expected to be completed in September 1993.  Contract
funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Ogden Air
Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity
(F33657-86-C-2260-P00024).

	GTE Government Systems Corporation, Imagery and Intelligence Processing
Organization, Westlake Village, California, is being awarded a $12,610,155 face
value increase to a cost-plus-award-fee contract for change to the interface
and functionality in the Computer Aided Technical Information System (CATIS) to
the Requirements Management System (RMS).  In addition, this effort will
provide additional software maintenance, integration of the Joint Services
Imagery Processing System software into the CATIS baseline, delete two CATIS
sites and add two CATIS sites.  Contract is expected to be completed in
December 1995.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal
year.  The Rome Laboratory, Griffiss Air Force Base, New York, is the contract-
ing activity (F30602-91-C-0134, P00006).

Loral Systems Manufacturing Company, Yonkers, New York, is being awarded a
$5,715,333 face value increase to a cost contract for initial spare/repair
parts in support of the AN/ALR-56 Advanced Radar Warning Receiver used on the
F-16 aircraft.  Contract is expected to be completed in May 1994.  Contract
funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Warner Robins
Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contracting
activity (F33657-88-C-0096, P00001).

	Rockwell International Corporation, Collins Avionics and Communications
Division, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $8,561,862 (Estimated)
indefinite-quantity contract for spares for the AN/ARC-186 VHF/FM radio system.
Contract is expected to be completed in September 1994.  Contract funds will
not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  One bid was solicited and
one proposal was received.  The solicitation was issued in January 1991 and
negotiations were completed in August 1992.  The Warner Robins Air Logistics
Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contracting activity
(F09603-92-D-1372).

                                     NAVY

	Arco Power Technologies, Inc., Washington, D.C., is being awarded a
$31,772,687 cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract for the design,
construction, and testing of the HF Active Auroral Research Program Ionospheric
Research Instrument (HAARP IRI).  The total proposed cumulative face value of
this contract is $88,398,535.  Work on a demonstration prototype of the HAARP
IRI will be performed in the District of Columbia and in Menlo Park, Califor-
nia.  The full IRI will be constructed at a site in Alaska following environ-
mental approval.  Work is expected to be completed by January 1997.  Contract
funds in the amount of $30,146,566 would have expired at the end of the current
fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured with 20 proposals
solicited and 1 bid received.  The Office of Naval Research is the contracting
activity (N00014-92-C-0210).

	Raytheon Service Company, Virginia Beach, Virginia, is being award a
$7,023,935 time and material delivery order under a basic ordering agreement
for the repair of critically required components of NATO Seasparrow and Tartar
Systems.  Work will be performed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is expected
to be completed by September 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end
of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  The
Naval Ships Parts Control Office, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, is the contract-
ing activity (N00104-87-G-A026).

Condor Systems, Inc., San Jose, California, is being awarded a $8,944,067
firm-fixed-price contract.  This contract has options which if exercised will
bring the total value of the contract to $10,557,891.  This contract is to
manufacture multiple weapon replaceable assemblies for use with the U. S.
Navy's EP-2E, ES-3A and P-3B electronic warfare aircraft.  Work will be
performed in San Jose, California, and is expected to be completed by December
1994.  Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This
contract was not competitively procured.  The Naval Air Warfare Center,
Aircraft Division, Indianapolis, Indiana, is the contracting activity
(N00163-92-C-0228).

	Grumman Aerospace Corp., Bethpage, New York, is being awarded a
$124,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the installation of 144 Boeing
composite wings onto the A-6E airframe; and will upgrade the A-6E configuration
to the A-6E Block I configuration.  Installation of the composite wings will
resolve metal wing aging and fatigue problems, extending the service life of
the A-6E airframe.  The upgrades to the Block I configuration will provide for
additional survivability and vulnerability upgrades, and will allow for the use
of standoff weapons, i.e., HARM, SLAM, and Maverick.  Work will be performed in
Bethpage, New York (15%), and St. Augustine, Florida (85%), and is expected to
be completed by November 1997.  Contract funds in the amount of $124,500,000
would have expired at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was
not competitively procured.  The Naval Air Systems Command is the contracting
activity (N00019-92-C-0164).

	NAVMAR Applied Sciences Corporation, Warminster, Pennsylvania, is being
awarded a $5,622,804 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to perform analysis and
engineering tasks to support the Air Vehicle and Crew System Technology
Department.  The support consists of anlysis, engineering and assessment of
systems, subsystems and technologies in connection with departmental planning,
definittion, design, and quality assurance associated with Navy aircraft, as
wel as the focus of technology developments and the integration of emerging
technologies.  Work will be performed in Warminster, Pennsylvania, and is
expected to be completed by September 1997.  Contract funds in the amount of
$38,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was
competitively procured with 22 proposals solicited and 1 bid received.  The
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Warminster, Pennsylvania, is the
contracting activity (N62269-92-C-0215).

	The Southwest Marine, Inc., San Diego, California, is being awarded a
firm-fixed-price contract totaling $10,782,552 for the overhaul of USS Mars.
The overhaul will include voyage repairs, and the major portion of the ship
alterations will consist of modifications to living spaces aboard the ship.
Work is expected to be completed by June 1993.  Mars is the second of six
combat sotres ships, presently crewed by military personnel, that will be
turned over the Military Sealift Command for operation by civilian mariners.
This contract was competitively procured with 8 proposals solicited and 4 bids
received.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal
year.  The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command is the contracting activity
(N00033-92-C-3033).

	Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York, is being awarded an
$11,314,968 order against a basic ordering agreement for procurement of 19
AN/ARA-63 receiver-decoder integrated landing systems kits for the E-2C Hawkeye
aircraft.  Work will be performed in Bethpage, New York, and is expected to be
completed by July 1995.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the
current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  The Naval
Air Systems Command is the contracting is the contracting activity
(N00019-90-G-0275).

General Dynamics Corporation, Electric Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut,
is being awarded a $5,562,878 cost-plus-award fee contract modification to
exercise an option for engineering and technical services in support of Command
and Control System (CCS) for OHIO Class Submarines.  Work will be performed in
Newport, Rhode Island (57%) and Groton, Connecticut (43%), and is expected to
be completed by September 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of
the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting
activity (N00024-90-C-2109).

	S&H Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Duluth, Georgia, is being awarded a
$7,508,503 firm-fixed-price contract for an Aircraft Accessories Overhaul Shop.
Work will be performed at the Naval Aviation Depot, Marine Corps Air Station,
Cherry Point, North Carolina and is expected to be completed by October 1994.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This
contract was competitively procured with 5 bids received.  The Naval Facilities
Engineering Command, Atlantic Division, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting
activity (N62470-84-C-4075).

	Pizzagalli Construction Company, South Burlington, Vermont, is being
awarded a $8,635,000 firm-fixed-price contract for a Shore Intermediate
Maintenance Facility.  Work will be eprformed at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard,
Portsmouth, Virginia, is expected to be completed by April 1994.  Contract
funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was
competitively procured with 8 bids received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering
Command, Atlantic Division, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity
(N62470-88-C-8128).

	Del-Jen, Inc., Rolling Hill Estates, California, is being awarded a
$5,657,900 fixed-price-award-fee with indefinite quantity contract for multi-
function facility support services.  Work will be performed at the Naval Air
Station Memphis, Millington, Tennessee, and is expected to be completed by
March 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal
year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  The Naval Air Station
Memphis, Millington, Tennessee is the contracting activity (N62467-87-C-0129).

GEC Avionics Limited Airport Works, Rochester, England, is being awarded a
$7,968,438 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for 229 "Cats Eye" Night
Vision Goggles (NVG) (213 for the U.S. Navy and 16 for the Government of Kuwait
under the Foreign Military Sales Program) for use in the AV-8, F/A-18, and A-6
aircraft.  Work will be performed in Rochester, England and is expected to be
completed by March 1994.  Contract funds in the amount of $4,812,465 would have
expired at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competi-
tively procured.  This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy
($7,509,448 or 94%), and the Government of Kuwait ($458,990 or 6%).  The Naval
Air Systems Command is the contracting activity (N00019-88-C-0236).

                           DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

	Barrett Refining Corporation,*  Shawnee, Oklahoma, was awarded an
$8,542,120 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for jet fuel.
Nine proposals were solicited and four received.  Work will be performed in
Thomas, Oklahoma, and is expected to be completed by 30 October 1993.  This
contract is one of a multi-contract procurement program.  When all contracts
have been awarded, additional details will be available.  Funds will not expire
at the end of the fiscal year.  The Defense Fuel Supply Center, Alexandria,
Virginia, is the contracting activity (DLA600-92-D-0569).

Alaska Petroleum Incorporated, Anchorage, Alaska, was awarded a $5,158,634
fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for 7,936,360 galons of
JP-8, jet fuel for Eielson Air Force Base via pipeline.  One proposal was
solicited and one received.  Work will be performed in North Pole, Alaska, and
is expected to be completed by 14 February 1993.  Funds will not expire at the
end of the fiscal year.  The Defense Fuel Supply Center, Alexandria, Virginia,
is the contracting activity (DLA600-92-D-0563).

 * Small Business

:END



 DOD NEWS BRIEFING 09/24/92 (NOON)
Hon. Sean O'Keefe, Acting Secretary of the Navy
Mr. Pete Williams, ASD (Public Affairs)
Thursday, September 24, 1992 - Noon


     Mr. Williams:  Good afternoon.  In just a moment I'll turn the proceedings
over to Sean O'Keefe who is the Acting Secretary of the Navy, but before I do,
I need to make a couple of preliminary points, some of which will be obvious to
those of you who are in this room who have read the report, but I need to say
them for the record, nonetheless.

     First of all, it should be emphasized that today's report from the
Inspector General of the Defense Department is not the final word on what
happened in Las Vegas in September of 1991.  Secretary O'Keefe will note that
fact in his statement in just a moment, but it does bear repeating. The
Inspector General has chosen to divide this issue into two questions:  what in
detail actually happened at the Tailhook Convention, and how did the Navy
respond to the complaints of misconduct and assault.

     As today's report says, the Inspector General believes that the issues
surrounding the Navy management of the investigation are separate from those
pertaining to the conduct at the Tailhook Convention itself.  The Inspector
General will issue a separate report that will endeavor to answer in detail
what happened in 1991 in Las Vegas.  The investigation to answer that question
is still going on.  There is no way to know, nobody knows at this point when
that will be completed, how long it will take, and then how long it will take
after that to prepare and issue the report.  But based on what the Inspector
General has told me in the last few days, I would say it would be at least a
matter of months, not a matter of weeks.

     Second, a word about this briefing here today.  Mr. O'Keefe is here to
discuss the changes that he intends to make now that this first report on the
Navy's investigation is out.  As those of you who cover the Pentagon regularly
know, the Inspector General is part of the Defense Department, but he is
separate from the military services or the Joint Staff or the Office of the
Secretary of Defense.  He is intended to be independent from the rest of us.
His reports speak for themselves.  We don't offer briefings here to answer
questions in detail about his report.  So if you have questions about the
report itself, please give them to me, I will pass them along to the Inspector
General, and then the Inspector General will decide whether or how he wants to
answer them.

     After Mr. O'Keefe, by the way, makes his statement today and answers your
questions, then I will hang around here to answer questions on other issues of
the day that you might have.

     Finally, in introducing Secretary O'Keefe, I should note that Secretary
Cheney, Deputy Secretary of Defense Don Atwood, and the Defense Department
General Counsel have all seen the Inspector General's report, and they've been
briefed by the Secretary of the Navy on the changes that he intends to make,
which he'll talk to you about in just a moment.  Secretary Cheney has full
confidence in Mr. O'Keefe's judgment in handling this matter.

     Now I'll turn it over to Sean O'Keefe, who is the Acting Secretary of the
Navy.

     Secretary O'Keefe:  Thank you, Pete.

     Good afternoon, and thank you all for making time to be here.

     On June 18, 1992, former Navy Secretary Larry Garrett asked the Defense
Department Inspector General to review the Navy's investigation of Tailhook
'91, and to conduct additional investigations as necessary to ensure a thorough
and independent review.  This step was taken to eliminate any possible question
regarding the fairness and completeness of that investigation.

     Earlier today, Derek Vander Schaaf, the Deputy DoD IG, issued a review of
the Navy Department's investigatory efforts.  The Deputy Defense IG has stated
that a second report addressing the actions at the September 1991 Tailhook
Convention will be issued at a later date.  The report that Mr. Vander Schaaf
releases today raises some significant questions about the Department of the
Navy's performance in investigating the Tailhook incident.

     It is vital that confidence in the naval service is maintained by the
public, Congress, and ourselves.  But most importantly, we owe it to the
sailors and Marines who keep the vigil in the Persian Gulf, stand watch off the
coast of Sarajevo, and are helping to rebuild south Florida.  These are the men
and women whose courage inspires confidence, and this afternoon I'm announcing
a number of steps to ensure that the public trust in them remains steadfast.

     These actions will improve our ability to promptly and objectively examine
allegations, to publicly acknowledge when shortcomings are found and, most
importantly, to take whatever corrective actions are necessary.  Our intention
is to guarantee that future investigations are thorough and objective; are
legally sound; have clear findings; and carry solid conclusions and
recommendations.

     I remind you that today's report is only one step in the process.  The
Inspector General is still working on the events and findings as they pertain
to the Tailhook Convention in September of 1991.  We're pledged to taking
appropriate action when we receive that report.  Within the bounds of law,
those who the investigations identify as having been involved in criminal
wrongdoing or violation of the highest standards of conduct, will be held
accountable.  I cannot predict when the report will be forthcoming, or
speculate about what contents they may bear.

     I need to emphasize a very, very important message.  We get it.  We know
that the larger issue is a cultural problem which has allowed demeaning
behavior and attitudes toward women to exist within the Navy Department.  Over
the past two and a half months, the Navy Department has pursued an aggressive
campaign to address this issue.

     During the months of July and August, over one million men and women, both
military and civilian, of the Navy and Marine Corps were required to take part
in training regarding core values, human dignity, sexual harassment, and the
alcohol abuse which is so often a precursor towards untoward behavior.  We've
formed a standing committee on military and civilian women in the Department of
the Navy.  They're already hard at work identifying ways of enhancing
professional opportunities for women; promoting respect for the rights,
concerns, and contributions of women; and eliminating demeaning behavior.  The
committee will report to me no later than September 30 on a series of potential
initiatives that we announced last week.

     Finally, our senior leadership is totally committed to confronting this
problem and demonstrating that sexual harassment will not be tolerated, and
those who don't get the message will be driven from our ranks.  We're pleased
that Chairman Les Aspin's House Armed Services Committee report last week
recognized that the naval service has a program in place that will result in a
successful fight against sexual harassment, just as we otion of significant or otherwise sensitive investigations, keeping the


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