European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                2 departments in a merge to boost efficiency Washington two veterans administration departments dealing with education training and rehabilitation have merged the a announced. The new vocational rehabilitation and Edu cation service Combine duties and employee of the vocational rehabilitation and counselling service and Ibe education service a a spokes Man said. The new office administers Rouege apprenticeship and other educational program and help disabled veterans gel suitable jobs and Ope with daily living. The change was made to hip make the a More efficient the spokesman said Mora than 50,000 disabled veterans and family members received counselling and rehabilitation assistance in fiscal 1986. About 458,000veterans and family members went to College or participated in other education programs with a Aid last year. Master sergeant in azores wins leadership award Randolph fab Texas an Noo i Lajes held azores is one of four winners of this year s Lance a Sijan leadership award. Senior master sgt. Chama Schlon or. Is the opera Lions superintendent for the 160ith Security police  Sijan awards Are presented annually to four airmen who demonstrate the highest Quali ties of leadership. The award is in Honor  p. Sijan whose aircraft was shot Down Over Southeast Asia in 1967. He died in Captivity after avoiding capture by the North Vietnam Ese for six weeks. There Are Only seven Sam space available Mai and 21 pal parcel Airlift mailing Days left to Send Christmas packages Home. And military postal officials say you Don t have to ruin the Surprise by declaring the contents of a parcel of the customs form outside the package. A it takes is prior planning. Trip to the Apo before sealing the parcel and is form 2�76-a, Sai Macken. . Army postal group Europe spokesman. The contents of the parcel should be item cd on the form which is placed inside the parcel he said. Thelo to the form should be attached to the outside of the parcel. 4 brazilians killed in plane crash Rio de Janeiro Brazil a a twin engine Airlane crashed into a Field and burst into flames the say Southern anal killing All four people aboard police Iii the blame Wai carrying Campaign  the Deal . Included a local City councilman. The i Rabih occurred near goo Ere a ranching Townie Ertsin paste about 750 Miles Southwest of Rio de Janeiro. Saturday. November 16,1988 the stabs and stripes pfle9 teacher Transfer program resuming in Dod schools  education writer Frankfurt the teacher Transfer program sus Pended by budget constraints resumes this month with the processing a App cations a teacher Union spokesman up to 600 teacher in the five department of defense. Dependents schools regions could Transfer to new locations for the 1987-8s school year said Jack Rollins presi Dent of the overseas education association. Transfers Are the no. I Issue Rollins said in a interview. It s a go As far As Barbara Pope is concerned and As far As dodos labor management committee is  Pope the Deputy Secretary of defense for family support education and safety has assumed Many of the duties of the Dodds director since director Beth Stephen resigned earlier this year. Rodin Laid teachers can now submit Transfer application to Dodds Headquarters in Washington. Proc Essing of applications will begin this month and notification of Transfer will begin in february. All teachers should be notified of their transfers by april so that moves to new locations can be completed during the summer he said. Under the reinstated program transfers from two year areas to other two year areas will be accepted for the tint Lime. Previously teachers could Transfer Only from two year areas to one year areas or one year areas to two year areas. Most Dodds teachers work in two year areas. But Turkey Korea Okinawa Iceland and Cuba Are considered one year hardship Tours by the school system. Rollins said recent discussions with Pope indicated Odds will name a permanent director any Day  "1 do know they Are trying to appoint a school superintendent in the United Stales not a political appointee with no education background. The one i Zebeard most prominently was out of los Angeles and the other one was out Ofamin Newsow. Dodds needs a director. They need someone Toat least handle the reins the next two years. I Don t know what s going to happen after the Reagan administration changes. Whoever this person is can Only expect to be around two years just enough time to learn the  until a director is named Rollins said Pope will continue to run Dodds. She s the Boss. There s an interim director. Or. Jerry Bloom but or. Bloom is on his Way to the Pacific As director of that Region. Realities Are that Barbara Pope is the  during their convention last week in bad orb Germany the Germany Region s teachers voiced concern about the system s performance appraisal Jack Rollins system Rollins Laid. Germany seems to expand on whal that word evaluation Means he said. The Normal number of critical elements is three to five. In Dodds Germany though the principals have gone As High As 35. If teachers fail to satisfactorily perform one of those they could be fired. The Rule in other regions is five to eight. Some Are As Low As three. The Rule in Germany is about to to 3s."through seminars and training workshops they came up with this laundry list within Germany. I Don know who started it or who the culprits Are but i think Germany Region is  Rollins also said his organization will continue its Chal Lenge to the overseas federation of teachers which holds hts in the Mediterranean Regie. The Olathe Federal labor relations Board in Hington to conduct elections by May. It s net to anyone s Benefit to extend it into another school  Rollins said. You be conducted a sonata lion drive and ultimately a Challenge drive during ones dual year and then you re asking new Teachen to  declining youth population Mokes Soldier retention More important by Charlie  garm1sch, Germany the biggest problem the army frees in maintaining its Quality Force 11 a declining youth population for which both the military and civilian sector an competing. Army retention officials said. As there ire fewer Young people available our re enticing command is vying for these people the other services Are vying for these people and civilian Indus try is vying for these people said sgt. Maj. Robert Waugh the army s senior retention no. As the number gets smaller we will have to work harder to recruit them and once we recruit them we have to work harder to keep  but Waugh do ant believe the problem of a de dining Pool of eligible youths will cause the army to Fah Short of its retention goals in the future although be admits that it wont make the Job any easier. We re a competitive Breed of people a bugs said and we re Mission oriented. We re nuking our objective now and Well continue to make it and with Quality  Quality together with Force alignment Hai become the Standard bearer for the army of the future an nobody feels it stronger than toe retention not said of maj. Ralph Albright Usa eur retention no. In the part he said the Amy s Trig push in retention we focused on number. That now has shifted to Quality be said. We have to better manage the numbers so that we gel the most for our  the two discussed army Irten on Progno during interviews at the i2ih annual Usa eur retention co symposium this week in Garmisch Atu Wuga the Rok of the Rete tic no May expand in the future. Waugh said to primary Flection Oftle roughly1,100 retention cd in the army will continue to be the Active Force and doing it with Quality that s the Bottom line he said adding that Quality is a Long term objective that will become easier to achieve As the Quality of recruits increases. If we retain Good Quality first term soldiers then Over the tons term we wih raise the Quality of the Force at All Levels Wagh said. Usa eur and the army sure used last year s retention toils something made easier by recent army pro Gram focusing on toe Famy and a general change i attitude about the military service a career Albright said. The family is As important to the Soldier As is the army Albright said n he spouse has a treat Impact on a Soldier s decision to stay in the army and recent family oriented programs started by the army Are hav ing in Impact on retention. A Happy family does not guarantee a Happy Soldier but it sure gives him a better Chance to be