European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday augusts. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 housing jobs for spouses criticized Dod surveys problems of military life by Clint Swift Washington Borer Washington finding a place to live an finding jobs for spouses Are the worst family problems reported by Active duty military members and the problems Are usually worse overseas a defense department Survey shows. Enlisted members and officers both in the unite states and overseas said alcohol was the worst social problem at their current assignment according to the study. The responses came from the 1985 Dod Survey of officer and enlisted personnel and spouses by the re search Triangle Institute of research Triangle Park,, and the defense data manpower Center. The study was required by the 1985 defense appropriation act which asked what do military members overseas with com Mand sponsored dependents see As problems for themselves and their families and Are those prob lems different from the ones perceived by the same kind of members in the states?1 problems in these areas of military life cannot reconsidered As problems Only for those stationed Over seas the report concluded. However in almost All of the areas treated in the present report the problems seem to be accentuated and More serious for overseas based military  the mail Survey of nearly 89,000 members was Large enough to give researchers High Confidence that the results represent the feelings of . Military  members answered the questionnaires about a year  Between the answers of members As signed overseas and in the states often could be As cubed to the strength of the Dollar at the time of the Survey or to entitlements or social services available on bases overseas the researchers said. Finding employment for spouses was the problem mentioned As Senous by the largest percentage of enlisted personnel 41 percent in the states and 48 per cent overseas. It also was least Likely to be mentioned by any enlisted personnel As not being a  housing was a severe problem 29 percent More often for overseas enlisted personnel than for those stationed in the states the Survey found. Among officers who had problems during their Las permanent change of station finding employment for. A spouse or continuing their own education were the chief problems. More than half the enlisted per sonnet responding from the states or overseas were critical about the opportunities for Federal jobs for spouses and  situation was markedly worse overseas for find ing civilian housing or jobs for family members. Large percentages of officers also reported poor feelings about Job opportunities Federal or civilian for family members and about availability and Quality of military housing. Overseas they were even More critical of civilian Job and housing possibilities. Enlisted personnel overseas were better informed about family services than their counterparts in the states the Survey showed. Overseas and at Home the troops knew least about help for handicapped family members single Parent programs pc marital pro Grams crisis referral services family separation serv ices and rape counselling. Officers overseas were similarly better informed about on Post services than officers in the states. In general officers were least informed about single Par ent programs services for separated families and pre marital programs. Military Roundup  airman to receive badge Washington an airman stationed in England will be among the first to receive the air Force s new aircraft and munitions maintenance badge in a Pentagon ceremony aug. 15. A. . Patrick Flanigen a  maintenance specialist from the 81st tac fighter Wing Raf Woodbridge England was selected As one of two airmen an two officers to receive the badge according to an air Force news re the airmen receiving the first badges were selected randomly from nominees provided by the major commands. The officers were the top graduates of the Las aircraft maintenance and munitions maintenance courses. The new badge is designed to recognize the hard work of the aircraft and munitions maintenance officers and enlisted Mem Bers. 400 Complete summer session Munich four Hundred  officers and civilians recently completed the summer session of the  s command and Gen eral staff College course a Mcgraw Cavern. Sixty two of the students completed the final phase of the course to qualify for a diploma from the command and general staff col Tate at fort leaven onh kan., spokesman for the 3747th . Army Reserve forces school said. The summer session consists of two two week courses which ended Friday. The Reserve school also administered a warrant officer senior course for 20 Reserve warrant of i cers the spokesman said. More than 100 Reserve enlisted members began professional development instruction monday including no education system and occupational specially courses. Snapshot of military population emerges from Pentagon study Washington is the 1985defense department Survey of officer and enlisted personnel and spouses Bill itself As the first to study the total population directly involved with military life in the Active duty  it not Only helps identify family prob lems facing Sec members it provides a snapshot of the total military Popula Tion. Of 1.8 million Active duty service members in 1985, nearly 460,000 or 25 percent Are stationed outside the Continental United states. Most of the overseas Force is in Western and South Ern Europe. Forty nine percent of . Forces overseas Are in Germany. About16 percent Are in the Pacific. Of the troops abroad almost 57 per cent Are  28 percent Are air Force 14 percent Navy and 2 percent  Navy personnel actually Are serv ing overseas at any Given time but the Survey counted personnel of that service As being assigned where their ships have their Home ports. Forty one percent of the  is stationed overseas compared with 2j per cent of the air Force 13 percent of the Navy and 5 percent of the Marine  percent of All enlisted personnel overseas Are accompanied by command sponsored family members. Only 29 percent of those in the states Survey helps identify critical family problems facing service members Are. Sixty percent of officers at Homer abroad Are accompanied by sponsored family members. In general accompanied enlisted personnel overseas Are More Likely to be younger non White without a civilian second Job in a lower pay Grade on Active duty for less time and overseas forbore of their time in service than their counterparts in the states. Because Offield duty and other factors service members overseas also spend More Tim away from their families than similar enlisted personnel  officers overseas also Are More Likely to have spent More of their Active duty overseas and to be Sepa rated from their families  researchers said the profiles reflect military practice of assigning younger troops in the combat  to deployed units while putting senior people m staff and training jobs in the states. The spouses of overseas enlisted personnel Are younger More Likely to have been bom overseas less Likely to be inthe labor Force and More Likely to be unemployed than those of enlisted spouse sin the states. The families of enlisted troops overseas tend to be younger an smaller than their . Counterparts. The spouses of officers overseas Are More Likely to be foreign bom and unemployed than spouses of officers on assign ments in the states. Go held As suspect in rape of cab Driver Augsburg. Germany is a30-year-old specialist four is being held As a suspect in the rape of a taxi Driver Community spokesman said monday. The Soldier a Cook at the . Army Hospital in Augsburg was taken into custody saturday by German police and agents of the criminal investigation div after he was identified from description provided by the woman the spokesman said. She later picked him out of a police lineup he said. The Soldier s identity is being withheld until agents Complete the investigation. The attack occurred Between 3  4 . Saturday in Schlip sheim a suburb of Augsburg. The suspect told the woman to drive him around and told her to drive across a Field the spokesman said. The cab became stuck and when the two got out to push the Soldier allegedly assaulted the woman. The Soldier then drove the cab wit the woman in the Back seat. When he stopped at a traffic Light she jumped out. German police found the cab just after 5 ., the spokesman  was released to Augsburg Mili tary police saturday afternoon and was transferred to the  jail in Mann Heim monday morning he said. Pilot of after italian air Force Jet crash Ramstein a Germany an ital Ian f-104 aircraft assigned to the 132nd so at Villafranca a near Verona Italy crashed monday morning in a wooded area near the Canadian forces Baden Soellinger base in Germany. The Pilot capt. Antonio Corselli 34, of Lecce Italy safely ejected from the aircraft and was found by a German search an Rescue unit a we Bruecken a spokes Man said. The plane went Down about 10 45 . Monday about is Miles East Northeast of Baden Soellinger. Corselli was in guarded condition Inan infirmary at Lange Steinbach the spokesman said. He was reported Mohave no major injuries. The aircraft was one of four italian f-104s and 25 italian air Force personnel on a Squadron Exchange visit to Zweibruck Nab according to Safe. The 132nd deployed to we Bruecken july 30, and is due to return to Villafranca on aug. 8.a Board will be convened to investigate the cause of the crash. Bangladesh floods kill 2 Dhaka Bangladesh a flood caused by Monsoon Rains in Northern Bangladesh have killed two people including a Young boy and destroyed crops on about 25,000 acres officials said Sun Day