European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Army s Fop Ngo b  Hosier staff writer Heidelberg a Penu net ii Rei Tinl look advantage of a Visil by the army s senior noncommissioned Niter this week to help gel an alignment problem solved sgt. Judy Hubbard of the 379th personnel services co told scr can major of the army Glen e. In Terrell the problem she is facing with conflicting military school dues. Huh Barit is on her Way to Drill sergeant school at fort Jackson. S.c., bul must first Slop by fort Benjamin Harrison ind., o Allend her Basic no course. My class dates for both schools arc conflicting and neither or the schools will Budge so i figured Why not Tell him about it she mid. Morrell promptly told her to write Down All the de tails of her problem and he would personally look i nto in when he returns to Washington. That made me feel really Good Hubbard said. "1 am impressed Happy and satisfied that he lakes an interest in soldiers. He really stand by his  Morrell visiting units in Germany through March 20. Called on soldiers from the 379lh wednesday an other sergeant sat with Morrell at an no luncheon earlier in the Day. Staff sgt. Allen Frier Heidelberg Community no of the year and a recent inductee to the sergeant mor ales club said the top enlisted Soldier s biggest con Cern is leadership. Morrell said cos must Nave con Cern for their soldiers and set the example. Prior said. He s particularly concerned that today s soldiers arc often referred to agencies army emergency Relief drug and alcohol centers rather than to their Leaden when they need help Frier said. He believes leaders should be the primary Agency for that Soldier and i agree. The army has incorporated All these agencies but in doing so they be taken away first line supervisor responsibilities. Morrell who has served in he top enlisted Slot since july 1983, will be at Span Dahlem a and Darmstadt today kaisers Lautem on monday in the Hanau and Mainz area tuesday Mannheim on wednesday and Schwet Zingen on thursday. Friday March 13, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9germany . Butu sergeant major of the army Glen e. Morrell Speaks with pfc. Juan Benjamin records clerk in Heidelberg. Two herpes viruses May trigger Onset of aids san Antonio Texas a team of air Force and civilian scientists is studying the possibility that two com Mon herpes viruses trigger the development of aids. The team wants to know Why the aids virus May he dormant in its Vic Tims for years according to an air Force news service release researchers believe two common viruses  and Epstein Barr virus May serve As co factors with the his virus 10 trigger or Speed up the development of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Every week seven to 20 air Force a Iive duty members infected with the aids virus called human immunodeficiency virus or his Are sent to Witford Hall medical Center at Lackland fab Texas where they Are evaluated and treated. Or. Col r. Cal Boswell chief of immunology at Wilford Hall said the air Force aids testing program offers researchers a Broad Cross Section of americans outside the High risk aids groups. The scientists arc working under a $1.6 million Grant from the army medi Cal research and development come which coordinates aids research pro Grams for the department of defense. The two year project which began last August is being conducted at Wilford Hall the Southwest foundation for biomedical research and the University of Texas health science Center. We can expect Over the course of the two year program to see somewhere be tween 700 and 1,000 people infected with this virus from the air Force Active duty population at Large he said. Forty per cell of the 650,000 air Force members have already been tested for aids he said. Air Force aids testing of Active duty members overseas which began in the fall of 1986, will be completed by mid april Boswell said. Test ing will then begin for All air Force Active duty people in the United Stales. Boswel said about 80 percent of his infected Active duty airmen have no signs or symptoms of aids or aids re lated Complex and Are being returned to duty. Symptoms of aids related Complex include swollen Lymph glands excessive fatigue and weight loss. In aids the virus overtakes the body s immune system the researchers said setting the stage for multiple As saults by Fatai infections and possibly cancer.  and up slim Barr virus also lower the body s defences against infection. Or. Kendall Smith professor of microbiology with the University of Texas health science Center said the common  has probably infected two thirds of the population but produces few or no symptoms. The problem. Smith said is that the virus suppresses the immune system much like the aids virus. If two highly immunosuppressive viruses gel together at one Lime the consequences could be fatal he said. Smith said some of the people being tested have severe infections caused by multiple strains of  that they have picked up from Many sexual partners. Each Strain May assault the immune system so that multiple assaults in conjunction with his May old to aids an death. Some people exposed to aids have never been exposed to . Smith said. Researchers Are monitoring i Csc people to Sec if they remain healthy. Up slain bait virus passed through Sal Iva is the same virus that causes infectious mononucleosis often called the kissing disease. Or. Giro Sumaya professor of paediatrics and infectious diseases at the University of Texas health science Center said pieces of the Epstein Barr virus slay in the White blood cells forever. Multiple reactivation of this virus in patients with an underlying his infection May increase or accelerate the progression or evolution of the Tilv infection into aids Sumaya said. Researchers said they will continue to track the medical histories of All air Force people who have tested positive for the aids virus. Dodds offers 24 teachers Chance to Transfer by Dave Walczak education writer the department of defense dependents schools system has offered transfers for the 1987-88 school year to 241 teachers including 130 in the Pacific re Gion. Transfers also a cart offered to 33 teachers in the Germany Region 31 in the Mediterranean Region 25 in the Atlantic Region and 22 in the Panama Region. To a unc Eide of the overseas education association and Laura Vogel of Dodds personnel division met March 2-4 Ai Dodds Headquarters in Washington d.c., to process More than 1,400 Transfer applications. The program was re instituted this year after in was suspended As part of a Gramm Rudman Cost cutting measure. Notifications to the 241 teachers have been mailed Eide said wednesday from the association s washing ton d.c., office. Teachers have three Days after notification to accept the offer. Vacancies for the upcoming school year Lota 270, with the majority in the Germany Region the system s largest. Twenty five positions opened in the Allan lie Region bul none in the Mediterranean Region. No candidates were found to fill the Job requirements fur 38 vacancies. The overseas education association which holds Overall representation rights for Dodds teachers will meet again with system officials March 26-27 for the second phase of the Transfer program. Hide said the number of transfers in the second phase would depend on How Many teachers accept offers in this  she estimated at least 200 vacancies would emerge by the Winnd Shaw most As a result of first phase Job acceptances. The final phase of the program is scheduled april u-15. Dodds extended offers to seven of 26 teachers who qualified for compassionate reassign cols. Eide said no vacancies Enisley As yet for the other 19