-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! ARTICLE 12 Senator Dodd, Democrat from Connecticut, Questions Handling of Anthrax Complaints Ed.: Still no new position on Anthrax. Despite the odds, the two Air Force Reserve Majors are still fighting the good fight. That’s what civil courage is all about. A report from The Hartfort Courant, March 09 2001. By THOMAS D. WILLIAMS U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd is questioning how the Pentagon's Inspector General handled a complaint by two Connecticut Air Force Reserve majors that two high-ranking Army officers gave false or misleading testimony. The dispute centers on a drug manufacturer's application for a license to make the anthrax vaccination being given to service members to protect them against biological warfare. The military has been inoculating service members since early 1998, even though the manufacturer's existing license describes the vaccine's use for humans exposed to anthrax-infected animals. The license request, if granted, would officially cover use of the vaccine for humans exposed to airborne anthrax spores. Connecticut Air Force Reserve Majs. Russell Dingle and Thomas Rempfer say the application, filed in September 1996 and still pending, shows the vaccine has not been proved effective against airborne anthrax. They filed their complaint against two Army officers who they say misrepresented the status of the license application to cover up its significance in separate testimony before a Canadian military court and the Senate Armed Services Committee. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, is asking the inspector general's office to explain why its officials forwarded the complaint against the two Army officers back to the very office that supports and lobbies for the program. "These allegations are serious," Dodd said, "and they need to be addressed." A spokesman for the inspector general said Thursday that Deputy Inspector General Robert J. Lieberman is taking Dodd's request "very seriously," and is preparing an answer. Three weeks after receiving the allegations against the two officers in January, Leonard Trahan Jr., assistant director of the IG's Hotline, forwarded the inquiry to the senior adviser to the deputy secretary of defense for chemical and biological protection. For the past three years, that office has defended against scores of claims that the vaccination program is causing sickness. Military members who resist taking the inoculations have faced punishment; many others, especially in the reserve and National Guard, have quit rather than take the anthrax vaccination. Dingle and Rempfer filed their complaint against Lt. Gen. Ronald Blanck, the former Army surgeon general who has since retired, and Col. Arthur Friedlander, an Army medical supervisor who has been closely involved in vaccine testing and administration. Blanck told the Senate Armed Services Committee in April 2000 that a 1996 license application for another protective use of the drug "is really for the [new BioPort manufacturing] facility, not for the vaccine per se." Blanck was referring to BioPort's pending application to operate a new manufacturing facility. Contacted by The Courant, Blanck continued to insist the license is for the facility, and not needed for the vaccine. He did not acknowledge the existence of a separate, pending 1996 license application renewed specifically for protection against biological warfare. Kim Root, a BioPort spokeswoman, said the 1996 vaccine license application is not a part of the application for a licensed new facility, and is still pending approval. Dingle and Rempfer say if Blanck had informed the senators the Pentagon had sought a new license application, it was highly likely the senators would want to know why the present license is insufficient, in turn leading to further investigation of the anthrax vaccine program. Friedlander testified before Canadian Military Judge G. L. Brais last March 30. He was then an expert witness at the court martial of a Canadian soldier for refusing to take the anthrax vaccine. A court transcript shows Friedlander denied knowing anything about the manufacturer's new license application, supervised in part by the Army medical office where he works. Friedlander refused to concede that the anthrax vaccine was licensed only for skin exposure to anthrax, and not for exposures through the lungs. UPDATE - Battle of the Black Beret Rangers Declare Win in Beret Battle Ed.: A victory and a Ranger approved, acceptable solution. The Rangers adopted Tan and find themselves in good company with the elite British SAS. One question remains to be resolved: How are we going to pull the contracts for made in China? By ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON (AP) - Color matters. After months of wrangling with Army brass in the Pentagon, the elite Rangers have won approval to switch the color of their berets from black to tan. Col. P.K. Keen, commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, Ga., said Thursday that the Army's senior leaders approved the Rangers' request to make the change. Normally a fashion fuss inside the Army would not draw much outside attention. But this is no ordinary fuss. The Rangers raised a ruckus when Army chief of staff Gen. Eric Shinseki announced in October that the black beret the Rangers wear proudly as an exclusive badge of honor would become standard-issue headgear for everyone from Army cooks and clerks to colonels and generals. The Rangers considered it a slap in the face, a cheapening of their hard-won right to wear an exclusive hat. They managed to stir interest in their cause on Capitol Hill and even at the White House. On Thursday they declared victory, although their initial efforts had been aimed, unsuccessfully, at retaining the black beret instead of switching colors. ``The Ranger tan beret will represent for the Ranger of the 21st century what the black beret represented - a unit that leads the way in our conventional and special operations forces,'' Keen said. The Army's decision to approve the Ranger color change appeared to settle the major element of the controversy. However, the deputy defense secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, is reviewing whether the Army erred in contracting with China and other foreign manufacturers to supply the black berets. For years, the black beret has been the exclusive headgear of the Rangers, a small, elite force with a glory-covered history. Currently, only three Army units are authorized to wear berets: Airborne units wear maroon berets, Special Forces wear green (and are known famously as the Green Berets) and Rangers wear black. In their announcement Thursday evening, the 75th Ranger Regiment said the Army had approved its request to change its beret color ``to maintain the distinctiveness of the unit and reflect the legacy of more than two centuries of Ranger history.'' ``After studying several options, the Rangers decided on the Ranger tan beret,'' the announcement said. It said Keen sent a memorandum to Shinseki on March 9, requesting the change from black to tan. Shinseki approved it Thursday. ``The decision to adopt the Ranger tan beret is based upon maintaining a distinctive beret for our Rangers as the Army transitions to the black beret,'' Keen said. He said the Rangers support the Army's decision to make the black beret the standard headgear. ``Rangers have never been measured by what they have worn in peace or combat, but by commitment, dedication, physical and mental toughness, and willingness to lead the way - anywhere, anytime,'' Keen said. ``The beret has become our most visible symbol. It will remain so.'' The Rangers were the first soldiers to scale the cliffs at Normandy's Omaha Beach on D-Day. They parachuted into Panama in 1989 and went to Somalia in 1992-93. During that mission, 18 Americans - including six Rangers - were killed in a failed attempt to capture a Somali warlord. Still unresolved is the Army's decision to get a waiver of a legal requirement to have the black berets manufactured in the United States. It did so because of the rush to institute the black beret as standard headgear for the Army on June 14, the Army's birthday. When Shinseki made his surprise announcement in October, he said, ``When we wear the black beret it will say that we, the soldiers of the world's best army, are committed to making ourselves even better.'' He said the beret would be a ``symbol of unity.'' The announcement drew immediate and lasting protests, mainly from retired Rangers who felt Shinseki had cheapened their proud tradition by making the black beret a common currency. Under Shinseki's order, all soldiers - other than those authorized to wear green, maroon or tan berets - will wear the black berets with dress or casual uniforms, or with combat fatigues while in garrison. In the field, they will continue to wear the baseball-style cap or Kevlar helmet. The beret will replace the current fold-up ``overseas'' cap, the saucer-like ``service'' cap and the baseball-style cap. ARTICLE 13 GI HUMOR Top's "Top 10" Reasons he should not be sacrificed on the Orange Altar of the Signal Geeks! Rated NPC – Not Politically Correct Ed.: Explanations why we had comms problems in recent weeks. These are the exclusive thoughts of our “commo-man.” Some fall in the “believe-it-or-not” category. 1. No one told me. 2. My dog ate my server configuration file. 3. I have a plate in my head and during the solar convergence my frequency hopping servo goes on the blink,.. on the blink,.. on the blink,.. on the blink,.. 4. I promises NOT to tell about that night Hack & Z Mann were in Old Mexico. 5. I promise TO tell about that night Hack & Z Mann were in Old Mexico (also have pics) 6. If I go down, who would teach Zimm how to screw up his computer files? 7. I am a Vet - [ OK forget that one it is worthless in America. ] 7. Reprise - I beat the hell out of a couple of homeless Nam Vets. Will do more soon. 8. Woody's wife is expecting and she cannot be bothered with my funeral arrangements. 9. I am the only one in the "Unit" who can spell "Pro Patria Vigilans." 10. I don't smell bad for a fat guy. Top Viking Sends ARTICLE 14 MEDAL OF HONOR Ed.: In 1871 US troops were fighting on the Korean peninsula. Not many of us know about the recipients of THE MEDAL during that campaign: John Andrews, Charles Brown, John Coleman, James Dougherty, Frederick Franklin, Patrick H. Grace, Cyrus Hayden, William F. Lukes, Alexander McKenzie, Michael McNamara, James F. Merton, Michael Owens, Hugh Purvis, Samuel F. Rogers, William Troy. The following is the citation of one of our heroes from the second Korean conflict, an enlisted Marine who rose to the occasion. LEE H. PHILLIPS United States Marine Corps PHILLIPS, LEE H. Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, Company E, 2d Battalion, 7 Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). Place and date: Korea, 4 November 1950. Entered service at: Ben Hill, Ga. Born: 3 February 1930, Stockbridge, Ga. Cpl. Phillips was killed in action 27 November 1950. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a squad leader of Company E, in action against enemy aggressor forces. Assuming the point position, in the attack against a strongly defended and well-entrenched numerically superior enemy force, occupying a vital hill position which had been unsuccessfully assaulted on 5 separate occasions by units of the Marine Corps and other friendly forces, Cpl. Phillips fearlessly led his men in a bayonet charge up the precipitous slope under a deadly hail of hostile mortar, small-arms, and machine gun fire. Quickly rallying his squad when it was pinned down by a heavy and accurate mortar barrage, he continued to lead his men through the bombarded area and, although only 5 members were left in the casualty ridden unit, gained the military crest of the hill where he was immediately subjected to an enemy counterattack. Although greatly outnumbered by an enemy squad, Cpl. Phillips boldly engaged the hostile force with hand grenades and rifle fire and, exhorting his gallant group of Marines to follow him, stormed forward to overwhelm the enemy. With only 3 men now left in his squad, he proceeded to spearhead an assault on the last remaining strongpoint that was defended by 4 of the enemy on a rocky and almost inaccessible portion of the hill position. Using one hand to climb up the extremely hazardous precipice, he hurled grenades with the other and, with two remaining comrades, succeeded in annihilating the pocket of resistance and in consolidating the position. Immediately subjected to a sharp counterattack by an enemy squad, he skillfully directed the fire of his men and employed his own weapon with deadly effectiveness to repulse the numerically superior hostile force. By his valiant leadership, indomitable fighting spirit and resolute determination in the face of heavy odds, Cpl. Phillips served to inspire all who observed him and was directly responsible for the destruction of the enemy stronghold. His great personal valor reflects the highest credit upon himself and enhances and sustains the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Generally presented to its recipient by the President of the United States of America in the name of Congress, it is often called the Congressional Medal of Honor. I you know of any MOH recipient who is hospitalized or has passed recently, please write James H. Also, if you would like more info on MOH recipients and their stories, please email James H at [EMAIL PROTECTED] TEXT ONLY - PRINTER FREINDLY VERSION EDITOR'S NOTE: For Article Submissions: 1. Try to keep articles to 700 words or less. SUBMIT IN WORD FORMAT, if possible! 2. 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