European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse 8 the stars and stripes May with 30 7 optometrist medical facility serves area size of by Chuck Vinch Munich Bureau chief Italy there Are Only 30 Hospital theres one psychiatrist and one the social work staff is the acting commander jokes that he wonders what title hell acquire and this facility is responsible for a geographic area the size of the Continental United Welcome to the army medical activity for the Southern european task it might be but its Mission is undeniably in addition to serving the Vicenza Mili tary the Middac also covers just about the entire Mediterranean including Remote Sites in Greece and Turkey As Well As in one at is 650 Miles from the next Ameri can facility and is 200 Miles East of we handle a lot of things that Meddars our size in the states have to said Jack Cross training is critical in a place like and a Normal eight hour Day just Doest Cut it a lot of most personnel arc trained in other areas besides their primary Jefferies is dead serious when he talks about the need for its so he and the people Here respond to weve regularly had people do Well and win the 7th medical come Soldier and no of the year weve had a number of people Max their skill qualification i dont mean to downgrade anyone but that a significant feat in a Field like which is very technical and Many of the Middac staffers like the fact that they get involved in other you get to see said 5 Phillip a physical therapy id Only see patients after they been in a when they would be just about Here i see them beforehand As and i get to see the casting it gives you a better picture of the Overall therapy but others feel the situation is a double edged you can end up being mediocre in a lot of areas and proficient in said Rudolph the facility is arranged into two wards one for obstetrics and the other for everything from paediatrics to Salazar is the clinical head nurse on the Ward for everything i think its better to have one area of he youre better Able to get into one mind so when you go in to see a patient you can mentally run Down the checklist because you know exactly what if i it i in i tit photo by Chuck Vinch staff Anthony Batiste checks blood pressure of Retiree George Claxton at the Vicenza medical youre dealing we have so Many different cases that that everyone in the place wears three or four said Robert in addition to being the acting Hospi Tal Fellini is also Deputy commander for clinical support and chief of preventive its fun the Day is Over before you know he but its a lot of i hate going to Germany and hearing people Tell me How Good Ive got it Down with the staff stretched so its often difficult to cover the Remote Sites that come under the we dont have enough people to be on the Road con said James chief of social work our outlying Sites get slighted we cant always get our people out there or get the people out there in its yet there is a positive Side to the for its Good because we definitely get to use All our its hard to get Rusty working when Vickie assistant head i go to another unit from ill be prepared for marines must submit plan for toxic waste cleanups army Roundup Santa a a state Board has Given Marine corps officials deadlines to submit plans for cleaning up toxic wastes that threaten ground water and wildlife areas near the corps helicopter air station at members of the Santa Ana regional water Quality control Board unanimously agreed that the marines violated state and Federal pollution regulations when toxic sol vents used to clean helicopters contaminated upper Newport the Agency gave the marines until May 17 to submit a cleanup the Board also said two pits at the air station used to train firefight my Crews have been contaminating ground water and a Newport Bay tributary with Jet fuel and hazardous hydrocarbon waste for is it ordered the marines to submit by july 16 a Short term plan to limit further con by they must submit a plan to end the despite the marines admission of negligence in the cleaning solvent the Board voted against accepting its staff recommendation to ask californian attorney general to seek civil fines against the Board members said they believed the marines were trying to clean up the there was no intentional wrongdoing and that an attempt to obtain fines would Lead to a Long and expensive Legal All wed be doing is creating a career for a few of our said Board member Tim in the Case of the Jet fuel the Board voted to seek fines if the marines fail to meet All cleanup the solvent contamination was discovered april 7 when officials received a report of an Milky substance in san Diego Creek in Newport the flowing out of one of two Wash Racks at the Tustin air turned out to be solvents used to clean Between so and 100 Gallons of cleaning solvent contaminated about Gallons of water in the upper Newport Bay a stat protected wildlife area via the san Diego the boards action on the Jet fuel contamination provoked criticism from officials of the Orange county environmental management Agency and the state fish and game they proposed an order that would give the marines 30 Days to Start waste removal rather than allowing More months for the marines have demonstrated Gross said Robert a county environmental the pollution problem was discovered More than two years but cleanup efforts have been at a standstill while the geological Survey studied the Collacott private agencies would not have gotten away with said Darryl a state fish and game they would have been criminally helicopter Pilot receives medal Tor Rescue fort an army helicopter Pilot who pulled a passenger from his burning aircraft after it struck a Mountain has been Given the army highest peacetime chief warrant officer Raul of was awarded the soldiers medal in ceremonies Friday at the National training Center at fort Irwin in the Mojave an army spokesman said Carillo was piloting a uh1 Huey helicopter that crashed into a Mountain 14 and began to Carillo and three others but he heard the cries of a passenger trapped pulled the civilian employee to safety and administered first 2 majors cited for saving trapped aviators Germany two soldiers were awarded the soldiers medal on May 1 for their lifesaving efforts following a 1983 Blackhawk helicopter crash during an open House at Huste Hoeh Martin director of plans and operations for and Maurice chief of the guided missile 59th Ord repeatedly entered the burning uh60 helicopter to Rescue German and american aviators trapped an army publication of the army safety Center at fort said the crash was caused by Pilot americans remember Darby Italy italian and american soldiers and civilians joined together to Honor the memory and deeds of William who was killed in Tobole two Days before the end of world War ii in on the 40th anniversary of Darby components from William Darby Cavern in Camp Darby in and Carabiniero the italian paramilitary Force and Parac Udiski italian paratroopers supported the ceremony with a color at the time of his was the assistant division commander of the 10th Mountain which liberated Tobole from German
