European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday novembers 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 army changes reflect new role of family  kudu Kaiserslautern for Beanie storm the role of the military spouse in the 1960s came Complete with Euy to Fondow instructions. We were pan of the White Glove Volunteer  storm Usa eur coordinator of child development. We were expected to give teas on Call and speak Only when Pokon to. And if we had problems we certainly kept them to  but change in the Structure of the typical military family Are forcing policy makers to take a new look atthe problem faced by single parents two career Ami lie and Latch key children. Storm poke tuesday at the fall meeting of the european recreation society. The we Klong conference in Kaisen Lauvern is designed to help morale welfare and recreation professionals from across Europe develop programs in a changing military  military s perception of family needs began changing in the Early 1980s, storm Laid. You know the stereotype the typical family was father know Best " she said. We grew up thinking the family was what we saw on  but in the United states now a family with a work ing father a Horo making Mother and bid at Home is the exception rather than the Rule storm said. Several factors have contributed to the change in the family Structure storm said including higher divorce Rales and couples delaying having children. But the key Factor is that More women Are work ing she  i960, about 2 million women with children were in the work Force. The figure now stands at 8 million. Storm said. La the army 54 percent of soldiers Are married and More than half of the spouses work. The Days Are gone when they said if the army wanted you to have a family they would have issued you one  1984 army family action plan resulted in part households of the future percent growth in number of households by Lype,1985-2000 not array. Female headed 30.3% Chicago Tribune graphic source . Census Bureau from the realization that a Soldier will a Happy family was More Likely to remain in the service. Under the existing army budget family program funds cannot w Cut. The five year budget allocates $186 million to the army s family advocacy fund. Those changes both in the family Structure and in the Way the military perceives the pc my mean changes in the services offered in the military Community. The heed for child care will increase with the num Ber of single parents and two Job families. Army emphasis on Quality family life will increase the number of children in a Community As More soldiers with de Pendents make a career of the military. Storm said. Well see More children involved in the recreational programs she said. As two Job families be come More apparent on our Post More children will come Home to empty houses. We be always had this but now we re seeing what it will  army already is implementing i program to provide Community support to so matted Latch key Chil Dren who come Home from school to an empty Bouse. Personnel dealing with military members and their dependents also will have to learn to watch for signs of various social  re going to have to educate ourselves to what Are the signs that someone i contemplating suicide storm said. What Are the signs that someone is a drag abuse what Are the signs of spouse abuse As those problems increase across society they also will increase in the military Community she said. The trend toward a More fragmented family will continue into the 1990s, storm said bringing More children into various recreation and child care pro Grams. The Success of programs for care providers an recreation personnel hinges on convincing parents of the Quality of services offered. People Are going to have to demonstrate to Parent that if they spend a few dollars for a Quality after school care program that will produce e dividend later on she said. Army Survey of give spouses Chance to speak out Buchuck Vonch Wellington boreal Washington about 20.000 army family members worldwide will receive questionnaires in Jan uary asking their opinions on almost every aspect of military life service officials said monday. This is the spouses Chance to Tell the army How they feel about service life How they feel about various programs and How we can do better for them said Emily Calo management analyst with the army Community and family support Center. It will be the army s first direct Survey of family members Cato said. Previous surveys involved Only service members who often had to guess at what their spouse might answer to a particular question she said. But the last few years have seen the army leadership recognize the family As an important influence she said. The leadership has been forging a direct Ink to the families and this is one More aspect of that  Cato said the Survey will be divided into a number of areas. Well ask about children oriented issues such a schools child care the exceptional family member program and so on. Well have questions about array installations services and programs. Well ask whether certain pro Grams Are available at the installation whether they Rethe right programs to have and whether they re being used t other question areas will include housing relocation orientation and medical services she said. The Survey also will touch on spouse employment with questions about Volunteer and paid Job opportunities. Cato said there was concern the Survey would be too Long. We were aware that having a lengthy Survey could mean that some people would t want to Lake the time to fill it out she said. We be trimmed it Down from its original length. We Hope to make this an annual Survey so what we Don t ask this year will probably be on the next  Cato stressed the importance of the Survey. We need a Good response Rale from the families she said. The information we get will influence Deci Sions that Fleet their lives in Many  Philippines wants guarantee of Only aids free . Troops Manila Philippines the health ministry want the United slates to guarantee it will Send Only aids free troops to the Philippines after bar girls working near american bases were diagnosed with the virus of the deadly disease a ministry official said tuesday. Tha ministry wants the . Defense department to certify that All troops sent Here have been screened for aids und found free of the virus ministry executive secretory Horacio Severino told the associated press. The Raque has been forwarded to philippine chief of staff Gen. Fidel v. Ramos with a request that he tend it to american authorities Severino said. A embassy spokesman Al Croghan said hews not aware any such request had yet Lieen received by american officials. We Are confident that it will be acted upon sever Ino said. Right now . Military personnel arc being tested and this has been going on around the world. Aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome Reaks Down the body s immunological defense tract the disease but May contribute to its spread. Ministry officials have said most of the infected women were working in ban or brothels near the american naval installation at Subic Bay or near Clark a North of Manila. . Embassy official say there Are about 14,500military personnel stationed at Clark and Subic Bay the largest installations used by american forces out Side the United slates. The bases Are technically under the command of the philippine military but the United states exercises Broad control Over activities there. The Pentagon has begun screening military person Nel for the aids virus. But Severino said Only about one fourth of american military personnel had so far been tested worldwide and the first round of screening would not be completed until 1988. Air Force policy prohibits personnel who test Posi Tive for the virus from serving in an overseas assign ment. Bre Aktem. There is no known cure. Severino said about 20 hospitality girls thought to be prostitute had been found to be to Irving the aids vim which u believed to be spread Pruna Ryby sex Ual Contact or through infected blood and hypodermic Needles. A Carrier of the virus will not Neces Sanly con i Pope to visit Bangladesh Dhaka Bangladesh a Pope John Paul u will visit Bangladesh nov. 1 9 at the invitation of presi Dent Tuwain Muhammad Berthad and the Catholic Community in Bangladesh a Church official said Mon Day. Spymaster Walker moved to Federal Penitentiary los Angeles a convicted spy water John a. Walker or. Was moved from a Rural Maryland jail to a Federal Penitentiary in Penn Sylvania after authorities discovered be was plot Ting an escape a newspaper reported tuesday. The alleged escape plan we described by Anonymous government sources quoted in the los Angeles times they said investigators have evidence Walker spoke of feigning illness and escaping. He was transferred to the Lewisburg prison last week under heavy Security they saw. The sources said Walker discussed the escape plan in Cecil county jail in blk on a Bat refused to say to whom he was talking. Walker u scheduled for sentencing thursday in Federal court in Baltimore along with has in Michael a former Navy Sailor. Under a plea bargain with prosecutors Walker is to be sentenced to life in prison which could make him eligible for parole in 10 years. His son is to get a 25-year Terra which meant he could be paroled la a bilk More than eight year. The Justice department revealed Bat week it didst plan to seek Stifler sentence de Pitt Sun Pitcoc the elder Walker Hast kept his part of the bargain by idling All be knows about hit admitted spying for the soviet Union. The spy ring operated Tor 17 years Navy a crts to the soviets