European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 17. 19b6 the stars and stripes Page 9 a Sahdi Olby Memmi  or Al left senior airman Duane Lowery Epptin makeup to senior Antun Robert Roach to simulate Shock. Robbery plastic is a cd to simulate bum and Abdo Miziul wounds. Affield exercise fess medics under stress by Jean Albright bet Bure Bureau spe1cher, Germany the injuries created by senior airman Duane Lowery during the medical Field exercise were so authentic that at least two people fainted. Better Here than in a real situation he said. His masterpiece during the three Day exercise was ail apparently severed leg. Like most of his illusions it was created with a specially made flesh coloured plastic piece applied Over healthy skin. The upper edges of the plan slip were hidden under the Panl leg. What medics saw was a leg that scorned to end below the knee with a raw slump. They could l Sec the Model s lower leg tucked under a Blanket. For extra Impact the screaming Painem operated a tiny hand pump that made imitation blood spurt rhythmically from his leg. The bizarre Art of Soulage added uncanny realism to medical red Flag exercises conducted last week for technicians and administrative specialists of the Spang Dahlum a medical clinic and for visiting air National guardsmen of the 1 Oslo tac fighter Wing new j Crecy. The exercise was designed to be As stressful and com Plevi As combat. Before pitching their tents the participants were taught to handle weapons use passwords and avoid restricted zones set up by Security police to protect Rhein. They were taught theories of Battlefield psychology developed since the Vietnam conflict and the Arab israeli War in 1973. Medics faced with rows of suffering moaning a meals had to remain Clear headed enough to quickly identify wounds and to Call for appropriate in Itiat treat ment. People do More realistic treatment when people really seem to be  said Lowery an environmental health specialist assigned to the clinic. They think about it More. Also a clinic does t handle the variety of things that a full fledged Hospital would. Some of these things the new people May never have seen. Bui they would see the real thing in combat. Having seen in Here they d be More prepared. They have a belter Chance of being Able to think clearly when faced with  budget cuts Hurt air National guard Leader says  a i Rel Flutch Bureau Ramstein a Germany the air National guard s top officer said Mon Day that federally mandated budget cuts have Hurt his organization s readiness. We took our cuts in flying hours Back Home said maj. Gen. John Al. Cona Way director of the air National guard. My concern has been thai readiness and safety would  the air National guard lost $ 11s Mil lion 5 percent of this year s budget in cuts mandated by the Gramm Rud Moln Hollings deficit reduction act con away said. A loss of 20,000 flying hours Means pilots in the United states will lose 10 of an average 130 flying hours this year. None of the guard s overseas pro Grams such As european deployments or air Alert duties in the Panama canal zone was affected. Conaway told legislators in March he hoped the Bell tightening measures would nol be repeated in future budgets. But funds for the guard in the fiscal 1987 budget remain a mystery he said monday. I do nol know what they re going to Cut and whal they re oing to leave he said. I think our Basic program will be funded. I think some of our new items and some of the additional things they do for the guard and Reserve i doubt if Well see those this  More than 110,000 people staff 91 Fly ing units and 300 Mission support units for the air National guard. The guard handles two thirds of the air defense of the United Stales and guard deployments have taken Perma nent responsibility for air defense in the Panama canal zone. For he next year air Alert duties in Central Europe will be handled by guard det 11 while the 526th tac fighter so at Ramstein converts to the f-i6. In on interview Conaway disputed a report of rivalries Between the guard and the Active duty air Force that appeared in Parade Magazine and in the stars and stripes earlier this month. The reason i say that is because we Are one team the Nilal United Stales air Force the Active guard and Reich be he said the air Force unlike the other components puts As new and As Modem and As up to Date equipment As they can in the guard and Reserve. The fact that we come anywhere As close to doing As Good and being Able to compete favor ably with them is a credit to the United slates air Force. Anything we get involved in any contingency will be come As you Are. You Don t want us coming ragtag and not  Conaway. In Europe for the tactical air Force conference this week at Ramstein a also visited guard deploy menu at Bates in England Norway and Germany As part of an eight Day trip. Legislator seeks repayment of luxury travel costs. _. I .i.j. , m it ii it 11 tort i Sci a  Tri  rant into dirt 91washington a a House committee chair Man is pressing the state department and the . Information Agency to require employees to repay hear expense. Letter sent following n Une ring y judge Thomas Flannery hat Usia Emp Oyez Christo flier Paddack owed the government ill i m. In 1982 Paddack and his family resumed to their Home in Burlington Iowa from an assignment in uru say on a trip Fiat involved a  up the Mississippi on the riverboat Mississippi Queen. A Flannory overturning a ruling by the foreign service Nie Vance Board said Paddack must repay the Money a Feruce Tehwen air travel and the Cost of the cruise Useto expenditure was not proper under then existing stale department regulations. The Paddack cose was uncovered in 1984 by Usia prompting ? Brm Thead of the government operations Cora Mittee to ask the congressional general acs Offlie to see if other slate department and Usia employees had taken similar crimes in it Reri Ort released last october the Oak Saia it found 10-ftnstar.ces of travel on  and Ocean Linen particularly the Queen Elizabeth to in the four years ending sept. 30, 1984. The investigator said the travel Between this coun try and foreign assignments Cost taxpayers at least 1556,232 compared Wilh the 1160,047 or less it would have Cost had the officials rave led by air. Gao said nol Only was the snip travel an excessive and unnecessary expense the state department and Usia employees enjoyed a further perk the shipboard time was considered duty not vacation and Cost taxpayers an average of s200 a Day in lost productivity. The travel regulations in effect during the study period permitted Ocean travel but also required employees to use the most direct and expeditious routes consistent with Economy and to exercise Good judgment in the costs they  after the Usia hied to make Paddack repay the Cost of the riverboat trip he took the matter to the grievance Board which ruled he had complied Wilh the regulations. Bui the . District court judge strongly disagreed ruling the River cruise was improper and not in Accord with the applicable regulations and that fact should have been known to Paddack. Two Days before Brooks called state department and Usia officials on the congressional carpet lost oct. 23. The state department which handles travel for Usia put out new rules allowing Ocean trips Only Tor medical reasons or when an employee uses vacation Lime and pays the difference in the Cost of airfare. Brooks noted thai when he asked officials last october whether they were moving to recover Money from employees other than Paddack they said they were watching the court cose and will take appropriate actions Consilio ent Wilh the court findings once the Case is  in letters last week to Secretary of state George Shultz and Usia director Charles Wick Brooks asked them now that the ruling was in what action they were taking to recover the Money and vacation time from the other trav Elers. Stale department spokesman Frank mall hews told the associated press on Friday this whole thing is being taken seriously there will be a decision and it won t be too far off. Nobody at this Point is willing to say publicly whal they re going to do until a decision is made Matthews said. Al Usia Agency spokesman Joe o Connell said i m nol aware of any