European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 dont leave champs to Chance a Lack of knowledge could endanger your wealth Sheila Hamrick by Judy Sarasohn staff writer Frankfurt what Many Mili tary families in Europe dont know about their health benefits May be Cost ing them Money were finding out that a lot of the military families dont have the Basic knowledge of the champs program that they need in order to use civilian hospitals and doctors and in order to avoid unnecessary said Sheila she is chief of the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services information office in and air Force senior Mas Ter Walter Kane senior enlisted have been in Europe trying to Correct misinformation that military families have about champs and to learn How their situation in Europe is different from the they talked with health benefits advisers and other military officials to make sure Correct information is getting to the Hamrick noted that most of the champs information materials have been geared to families in the which May have led to some champs is a Pentagon program that pays a portion of medical costs of families of Active duty personnel and of some Hamrick said Many military for dont realize that Cham pus is a worldwide not just a stateside champs will cover medical costs of foreign doctors and hospitals under certain similar to the program in the families need to know when certain rules apply to their situation to ensure that they Are reimbursed for medical she for when they live within a 40mile radius of a military they must first try to use that facility for nonemergency or inpatient if the military Hospital can not provide the then the family member must get a no availability statement which authorizes care from a private the no availability statement is not necessary for emergency or outpatient the military can run into Community relations problems with foreign hospitals and doctors when payment is not made because the family thought champs was responsible for the Hamrick if nonpayment becomes a serious she the foreign Hospital might decide not to treat Hamrick and Kane also encouraged retirees and Active duty personnel inter ested in living in Europe after retire ment to buy supplementary health insurance to pick up costs that champs Doest although retirees under 65 years old Are covered by they must pay 25 percent of the charges for serv ices covered by the retirees Over 65 Are no longer covered by champs because of a quirk in the which states once a person is eligible for he no longer is covered by Hamrick pointed medicare Doest reimburse retirees for medical care in retirees would still be eligible for care at military one of the greatest Ham Rick is that medical services Cov ered by champs Are that could Lead to bitterness and budgetary problems when the family member learns there is a Bill to be Many of the family members still feel when they entered the they were promised free medical service for the rest of their that a very hard myth to they will have to pay some Hamrick Hamrick and Kane urged people with any questions about what medical care is covered and what needs to be done to ensure reimbursement to Contact their health benefits Dodds nominates 2 More for space flight by Charlie Bowden staff writer Wiesbaden Ken Vanlew and Mary smothers have the right the two Germany Region High school teachers have been chosen by the department of defense dependents schools As its nominees for nasal teacher in space they will join 118 other nominees from across the United states at what has been termed a workshop scheduled for june in plans Call for cutting the Field to 10 at that the 10 semifinalists will visit nasal Johnson space Center in Houston for interviews and medical a Nasa panel will narrow the Field to five teach with final selection of a primary and backup left to the Nasa both Vanlew and smothers think they have a Good Chance of making the final possibly even the blast off scheduled for sometime in i feel my background in photography and aviation makes me said a science and photography teacher at Kaiserslautern High who has been flying since is certified for instrument flying and holds a glider instructor Dur ing her 17 years of teaching she has worked in England in so she i feel like in already up in her also a teacher and is sure Shes she is a marathoner who thinks his excellent physical condition combined with his physics and Astron omy background will make him a Strong candidate for the Ive a Good he in looking Forward to using this information and returning to Dodds with it to use in from has been with Dodds 12 years at five different High schools in Vanless students at Frankfurt High school were de lighted to have a teacher who might become an they were either glad for or glad at the Prospect of having me he in not sure the two were selected from a group of 10 Dodds semifinalists representing High schools in All five of the school systems worldwide school five semifinalists Are from the Germany and one each Are from the Mediterranean and Atlantic regions in the Pacific Region had two and one was from the Panama other Dodds semifinalists Are Boyce Ansbach High Germany Ellen Berlin High school Peggy Ramstein High Ger Many Gene Oesterberg High nether lands Gary in Ciurlik High Turkey William Yokota High Japan Eva Seoul High Korea and Jerry Cristobal High selection was based on four according to school system officials creativity and communication professional background and Community to help in the selection applicants were required to write a on Page description of their professional development Community involvement and reasons for wanting to travel in also required were written descriptions of their communication and an outline of their philosophy of future of warfare in Admiral says marines land in Honduras during joint exercise editors note information for this Story was provided by a Pool of Amer ican journalists sent to Honduras the Pool was activated by the Pentagon under guidelines drawn up in the aftermath of news organizations objections to being excluded from coverage of the invasion of Grenada in puerto Honduras a marines landed wednesday on a Beach 150 Miles West of the Nicara Guan Border As part of an amphibious exercise designed to give combat training to american military rear Ralph com Mander of the said the exercise represented the future of warfare in the Caribbean because such efforts will re quire the joint efforts of All everything went off As he adding that the worst injury was a wrenched knee suffered by a the first Landing Craft reached the Beach about 7 according to a report provided by the Pool of journalists set up y the defense department to cover the the reporters landed with the third wave of Landing the 750 marines that landed first on the Beach were to be relieved wednesday by an army battalion from the 101st air borne arriving in helicopters Bor rowed from the the exercise is to last two without the use of Marine the army unit had been faced with the embarrassing Prospect of arriving at the mock Battle in a Convoy of yellow school the army last week grounded its Fleet of new Blackhawk troop carrying uh60 helicopters following a series of recent fatal the called Universal trek is the largest Ever held in Honduras and is designed to integrate air coast guard and army forces that might be used against guerrilla forces in the in a briefing aboard the a Heli copter Carrier that served As the flagship for the nine ship Navy task Hedges said the exercise would build on lessons Learned from the invasion of Grenada in october for safety the Maneu vers were staged in full Daylight rather than at and no live firepower was Hedges told we dont want anyone groping around in the Hedges safety is Par we dont want to get anybody Hurt out the scenario for the exercise assumed that resistance by hostile forces would be quickly broken at the Beach and at a near by which was taken by marines in it also was assumed that guerrillas in the mountainous Jungle along the coast would offer further after relieving the the army unit is to move into the Jungle areas for training in two 100footlong honduran naval ves Sels operated with the concentrating on keeping the invasion area free from local part of the exercise involved the Simu lated evacuation of a group of embassy the largest previous amphibious land ing exercise held in Honduras was univer Sal trek involving participants Over 16 the Landing was observed by a Pool of 10 journalists activated by the Pentagon under guidelines drawn up after the press was excluded from coverage of the sur prise Grenada