European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a the stars and stripes monday september 7,1987 officer s biggest Battle alcoholism continued from Page 1 if in arc was a problem Al  Beth said she stayed with Dane be cause she hoped he would change and because she believed he was faithful Toher. That was the one thing 1 held onto she said. He s been faithful. I thought that was his love for me even though Hewan t doing anything else in the House being a husband or a father i too that As love. When i found out about his infidelity that was the Straw that broke the Camel s Back. He came Home drunk one eve Ning. The guilt he was carrying around was so heavy he had to confess to  Beth was making plans to leave Dane when the military police arrested him for fighting. The first blotter report was a re Flag Dane said. It s not something i m proud of at All. Many times i became violent when i drank. I was mad at the world mad at myself i was a very angry Man. I had been in fights prior to this they just did t come Down on the blot Ter  Dane was forced to go to the Community counselling Center. His drinking Bud Dies coached him on How to handle the Counselor. A Counselor gave me a Book totalled i la quit tomorrow " he sap. I said sure i la do anything Yolk by. I Alread is books that s in Cutty i approached it. I read that Book a fit totally destroyed me. I realized Niad a disease and there was not a Damn thing 1 could do about it. It was naft qing to go away. The thought of  was horrible to me. I Wermut and drank a Little bit. I said Loo Fiere i can drink one Beer and the three Days later i went out and drank gain and drank about four or five in 20 to 30 minutes. I said of 3, look at me and i wanted 20 More then. I came Back in Here after that an told her i be got a problem " v Dane was sent to the Usa eur Al Cohol treatment facility in bad Cann Stah where they dried him out gave Hima kick run the pants and showed him the Way of alcoholics Anonymous he said. At of lids you a timeout in  put Mourta groups of seven to 10 and you Tell Syoufi pry and that is where All the lies come out they say look at you you sob look at we you bum it Spretty Tough talk. If you so honest eventually you will come Anitad. All the problems in life were me to Nett was the big revelation. It s not your i Rovit s not your Job it s not your mom it s not  the Tough talk helped. Dane has stayed sober for several months by Fol lowing the alcoholics Anonymous pro Gram. He also is trying to be a better husband and  marriage is stronger than it has Ever been he said. We have our a Raj a cams but i m sober today. We tem0 other How we feel. We re  program and we re Bopf Ting bet Ter. Jay Teeth said he Tiffi tonging now. We still have our  but he Sable to  and see me As a person and an incl dual. I am not dealing with him in the old Way by ignoring him confront him and say this is now you make me feel sometimes the slinking thinking comes through the alcoholic  his career was not Hurt after came out about his alcoholism six weeks at the alcohol treatment ability he returned to the same  had an understanding Chain of com Mand he said. Many people Don t. Had no repercussions whatsoever after i returned to work. 1 Haven t been treated differently i Haven t been Given privileges nor have i been abused. The could have Well destroyed my career if they wanted  Drunken driving leads army list of officer misconduct incidents  Bureau Washington _ Drunken driving arrests a awaited for three out of every 10 Arnorf officer misconduct incidents in\9sjffy far the largest single category Ted by the . Army crime records Ter in Baltimore. Total officer misconduct incident dropped by 8.8 percent going from 1,078 to 983, according to the Center statistics. Drunken driving accounted for 295 incidents in 1986, Down 16.7 per cent from the previous year s figure of company Grade officers were involve Din the bulk or the misconduct incidents 677, compared with 158 by Field Grad officers and 148 by warrant officers. The Center lists eight categories of mis conduct larceny conduct unbecoming an officer sex offences assault drugs fraud Drunken driving and other a category which coven a number of infrequent crimes. Misconduct incidents in 1986 declined in three Pomie eight categories compared to 1985. Lit addition to the decrease in Drunken Oti Ying incidents larceny dropped from h a percent to10.6 percent while conduct unbecoming an officer decreased from 7.fbercent to5.7 percent. The other category Rose fron a 7.6percent of misconduct offences to percent sex offences Rose slightly fron8.5 percent to 8.6 percent assault Inci dents increased from 5.6 percent to 6.4percent. Drugs were involved in 4.2 of the incidents in 1986, up from 3.3 per cent in 1985. Fraud incidents increased from 4 percent in 1985 to 5.8 percent last year. Even minor misconduct incidents can have a serious effect on officer Careen according to an army personnel official who said it s usually up to local com Manders to decide what initial course of action to  the offence is serious enough and is specifically covered in the uniform cod of military Justice a court martial could be the result he  with misconduct incidents Many times we re talking about administrative action and that really depends on the situation he  action leading to in voluntary separation could result from one incident or it could take two or three incidents or sustained poor perform Gince Over a prolonged period of time such action is initiated he said Ken who fail to comply with professional standards May have to showcase we other words convince their superiors 3��hy they should not be separated from Aye duty the official said. Generally Ike officers have plenty of time to  the offi Cial said. It s never base of them being kicked out before they Imp know what s  fires from Page 1 Sands of people who have volunteered to help fight the blazes the use of volunteers is too hazardous said Arnold Hartigan another spokesman at the Boise Center. As of saturday afternoon there were 1,877 rang and Forest fires in the West the Center reported. The burned area in California had grown to More than450,000 acres by saturday and 105,000 acres were burned in Oregon. About 31,000 acres had burned i Idaho. Other fires were in Washington Arizona Montana South Dakota and Wyoming bringing the total acre age to about 600,000 for the week although several of those had been contained or extinguished. Oregon officials estimated statewide damage ats318 million. There were still about 600 to 900 fires burning atthe present time in California on saturday said Mike Milosch a spokesman for the . Forest service. But Progress was reported in the Battle against Cali Webb from1�ge 1 Wagon Webb Almi respected Millry Leader who graduated from the us. Naval Tademy and was Deco rated in Vietnam rms remained silent on the administration s persian out policy seeking to avoid embarrassing the a Noehl. The sources told the her  administration in an Etca to keep sea lanes open for Oil moments from the Midje East has stationed 28/mips in the Gulf to escort kuwaiti taken flying . Flag. Fornia s biggest Blaze an 111,000-acre inferno in Tuolumne county in the Sierra Nevada Range. Crews finally got a break during the night and established a fire line on the Western Edge of the stanislaus National Forest said Norman Cook a spokesman forthe California department of forestry. But the forecast was for More warm weather a Easterly wind and afternoon thunderstorms with Light Ning the same conditions that triggered most of the fires Sharlene Lidgard of the inter Agency Center in Boise Idaho said  Tuolumne county Blaze crept to within a half mile of the Merced Grove of giant Sequoia Redwood sin Yosemite National Park and firefighters cleared a perimeter to try to protect the Mammoth Trees . Forest service said. Oregon fire Crews also were gaining on the  saturday Crews contained a fire that burned 3,400 acres and got to within six Miles of Grants pass,ore., said Marvin Crocker of the coordination Agency. He said some Crews now would be transferred to the Silver Complex fire 25 Miles West of Grants pass that exploded from 4,000 to 28,000 acres Friday. No fire fighters had been assigned to Silver Complex because of the rugged terrain and shortage of manpower. Some 15,000 Calico Means had fled their Homes most Yin Tuolumne county about Iso Miles East of san fran Cisco fire officials said. More than 13,000 firefighter were on the lines and 16 houses had burned. Some 3,000 people had evacuated in Oregon but Allbut about 1,000 had returned Home officials said. At least 10 Homes had  army committed 1,000 members of the 7th inf div at fort Ord near Monterey calif., and Thev hereto be Given an eight hour version of a regular 32-hour Federal firefighting course said army spokesman to Mackenzie in san Francisco. Idaho was Down to nine Active fires saturday cover ing 34,650 acres but about 18,000 acres of that total was the 37-Day-old Deadwood Summit fire that was being allowed to Burn in almost inaccessible Mountain wilderness at elevations up to 8,700 fee the largest of the other Idaho fires the 10,500-acre Harrington Fork Blaze in the sawtooth National for est although contained had yet to be placed under control saturday night Federal health plan rates to soar Washington a eleven million federa Worken and retirees Are facing an average 31 percent increase in health insurance premiums next year theoffice of personnel management said saturday. The jump which translates into premiums Cost ing an average of an extra $1,000 a year was prompted mainly by increasing medical care costs anymore use of health insurance spokesman James Law fert said. We be been watching through the year and we Veseen these costs going up substantially be said. The Federal employees health benefits program includes More than 200 insurance plans. Some of the health plans Are raising rates by More than 31 percent and some of the increases Are smaller Lafferty said. Premiums for the largest plan in the program offered by Blue Cross Blue shield will jump by $800 annually for comprehensive family coverage he , another major plan will Cost an extra $1.100 under the 1988 rate schedule released by pm on Friday. During november Worken and retirees will be a Leto change plans within the health benefits program if they want to change How much they spend or How much coverage they have Lafferty said. Many retirees in the program Are opting for More comprehensive coverage be said. Those covered by the benefits program include members of Congress some civil servants civilian astronauts Cia agents. Foreign service personnel supreme court justices and most government retirees