European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 15, 1986 stars and stripes Page 9 services detail policies on aids Tessin by Chuck Vinch lion Bureau army is the Only service planning to restrict assign Liffor personnel who test positive for the antibody to immune deficiency syndrome virus. Soldiers who test positive for the a Tiv he irus anti bodies will be barred from assignments oulsioj�it.50 states. Soldiers overseas who test positive will assigned to stateside duty immediately according to i in service policy on aids dated Jan. 31. The Navy policy on aids was sent to the Field dec. 4,while the air Force issued its aids policy Jan. 24. Navy personnel who test positive for the virus arc medically evaluated for about two weeks at one of four hospitals both Coda my. Oakland Calif. San Diego Calif and Portsmouth a. If the Scricc member is healthy he or she is re assigned to Shore duly in the United Stales near a major naval Hospital for a year. If the remand healthy he or she is considered eligible for future seas assignments. A the air Force has no restrictions on oven assign ments for those who test positive for the the air Force has decided to cd Joffne personnel re cords of who Tesluk Sitivi and automatically review their assignment army officials a know pc that their policy on Over seas assignments is Inaki stent with those of other serv ices is More Lickl Fenig Maize soldiers who test positive and May progression. But office relic pc it also minimizes risks to individuals Sandji Irmy readiness outside the United states and helps prevent the spread of the disease. There is no diagnostic lest for aids itself. The Dis ease which attacks the body s immune system and leaves it without defences against a number of possibly fatal infections is identified by testing for the presence of the antibody to the aids virus known As it la if the antibody is present in the blood then Theis considered to have been exposed to the Viu Rettit does not necessarily mean the person will la policies state that Aclivc-dulya0scrvc service i who test positive and to the and Fth be discharged. Force enlisted personnel wholes positive arthor officer commissioning pro Grams. Rah the naj Mcgan duty personnel in Early or fkr at three Pacific . Philippines and Yokosuka 1981, Al Navy has diagnosed 54 cases of aids am lab a Jive duty personnel. The Marine corps has had four c army testing of Active duty personnel began this Manan army spokesman said the service Hopes to screen about 25,000 soldiers this month. To Date there have been 89cases of aids among Active duty army personnel. The air Force was scheduled to begin testing Active duty personnel Jan. 30, but testing has been delayed until the air Force awards contracts for firms to process the blood samples. To Dale the air Force has had 22 cases of aids among Active duty personnel. All three policies Call for testing potential recruits. Al recruits who test positive Are ineligible to enlist. Testing of potential recruits began in october. The army and Navy a Jeff of to screening troops in overseas by medical personnel. Thram or wants to test medical personnel first overseas personnel. Vices All arc interested in quickly testing members of r i with a Short notice deployment Mission. The army is barring anyone who Tsu positive from serving in Ranger units the Southern come in Panama xviii airborne corps or units scheduled for overseas rotation. A Navy spokesman said that everyone serving aboard ship would be considered to have a Short notice deployment mis spokeswoman said that while the air Force does t have special forces units or any equivalent to the Navy seals it will first test units such As the 1st special operations Wing at Hurlburt Field Fla. Which has the Mission of airlifting army troops and equipment on Short ongoing clinical evaluation will be conducted at least once a year for All Navy and air Force personnel who have tested positive for the a Tiv ill virus. The will conduct such evaluations at least twice a year Luce members who have tested positive for the Tau will be informed of the test results and counselled Between the blood tests a Tiv ill virus nods. The counselling Wioch Dudd in a Scricc member medical records. All pol Fumm be that personnel who test positive and Are later fou Rocto have complied with preventive medical counselling com Schar cd. The air Force also allows those who Fol Oilive Andare considered fit for Active duty to apply separation. Be scouts by the stars and stripes Bur boy scouts in Europe have Arnod the rank of Eagle scout according to trans atlant Council boy scouts of am fica officials i Mannheim , 18, of troops 53, received the Eagle scout award my Rob Ert Strausz Hupe the americol Ambas Sador to Tuey at the . Ai Bassy i Ankara Turvy. Watson or sized and publicized a san mar Progn to attract new members Tow is troop r the University of Stutru Carolina Engi Neering freshman Vatu at from Ankara High school in Julbe. Wis the son of Hayward and who live in Izmir Turkey. Tim furry 14, of troop 156, at Ramstein a Gernay received his Eagle scout award Raffl planning coordinating and super Visjak \ bicycle safety Rodeo. F % furry a ninth or Flor ail Ramstein Junior High school Thev a of maj. Wayne l. And Jaster Oft Roap 213 developed several nature Hing trails Fol the Baum Holder German comm new s Camp ground area us learn his Ewe scout award. Jaster 17, Junior at ban Holder High school me is the son of %. Gary Aster 293rngr in 8th inf a Jav and Jolt no los Fri mob. Watte of Sigon claw As Sicily Wilc cd requirements Fol theaward be a member of troop up in Landor Lowal 17, is now the senior Paol in Adecir troop 53 in Simonella. Johs the son of senior chief Petty racer Robert Watts a weapons tech n. And Patricia " Good morning in Frankfurt Mio Tor Sis 01 Muir 5 military Imnel going to the . Patriotic words in the Snow against an the person who look the Lime to i wednesday saw these Early morning Frankfurt background. A 1 France expels 10 during probe of Paris blasts Paris up the Interior ministry thursday ordered the expulsion of 10 of the 64 people of mainly Middle Eastern origin taken into custody in the investigation of a series of bomb attacks in said Interior minister Pierre Joyc signed papers authorizing the expulsion of four iraqis two lebanese two Irani ans an algerian and a ministry said the 10 would leave very rapidly for the country of thei Choice for posing trouble to the Public order but produced no evidence involving them in the three bomb blasts last week Atwell known establishment1, in Paris. All but one of the remaining 54 people were released thursday police said. One person was held to face court charges of no having proper residency permits. Police of the counter espionage unit is visited Homes of Arab iranian armenian and african residents wednesday to verify their residence papers and question them on the bomb said 64 people were taken into 24 hour custody without being charged. They included 27 lebanese 17 iranians five iraqis five French citizens of Middle Eastern origin three syrians three tunisians two algerians one moroccan and one kenyan. Police searched the detainees Homes an seized some documents but made no arrests. The raids took place in Paris Lyon mar Seille Tours la mans Rennes Metz Lille Toulouse and have mounted a massive operation to track Down terrorists who last week bombed a Bookstore a shopping Center in the los Halls District and a shop on the crowded champs Elysee. Twenty people were wounded by the blasts. Another bomb found near the top of the Eiffel Tower was defused. An unknown Arab group the committee of Solidarity with Arab and Middle East Ern political prisoners claimed responsibility for the bomb blasts in two letters to a French news bombings were believed to be aimed at pressuring the government to release two lebanese and an armenian jailed in France for terrorist activities
