European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 24, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 army launches wider fitness program Campaign Aims at civilians lifestyles  Munich Hureau ill Ruit Ltd i n. Irma no the army com in off a Success Lii health and illness Campaign Lor its soldiers has Siml the first Salvo in a similar Campaign aimed toward family members and civilians hoping in also will result in healthier lifestyles. With Public Liim last month of a new regulation a 600-63. He army formally included family Mem Bers and civilians in a total army program focused on wellness said Teri in decl. Director of family lines and health promotion for the army. We re not just talking about physical  crud gel said we re talking about developing mental skills As Well the ability to reduce stress and to handle and Cope with  Cudgel discussed the program and its status during inc 28th annual european recreation society Confer ence last week in . The society an affiliate of the National recreation and Park association is a private organi Alion comprised of military and civilian recreation specialists in Europe. The focus of the program is to enhance what already exists within the army not create new programs Gud Japan hiking Cost share report says Tokyo a the japanese government plans to Case the financial Bur Den of . Forces in Japan by sharing More labor costs at . Bases the mass circulation newspaper Asahi Shimun reported sunday. It said that prime minister Noboru Takishita will announce Japan s position on the matter when he visits Washington in january and that Japan and the United states later will Start negotiating a revision of the 1952 .-Japan Mutual Security treaty. Of nearly $5." billion in annual expenditures for the . Military in Japan the United states now pays about twice what Japan docs and Washington expects Japan to increase its share the newspaper said. It said Japan plans for the first time to pay part of the Basic wages of the 21,000 japanese workers at the is. Bases Starling in Japan s fiscal 1988. Which begins next april 1. Under the Security treaty the United slates maintains armed forces in and around Japan while Japan provides in with bases and other facilities. Since fiscal 1978, Japan also has agreed to share inc costs for welfare some allowances and retire Mcnol pay ments for japanese workers at . Mili tary installations in Japan. The newspaper said Basic pay for the workers totals $444 million a year. Japanese workers at the . Bases Are paid in yen. The yen has risen nearly 80 percent against the . Dollar in two years. The increase has swollen costs on . Bases in Japan where More than 60,000 american military personnel arc stationed. Government officials were not Avail Able sunday Lor comment on the news paper report. The japanese comm Tum in ounces War As an instr Inu ii of Selling International disputes and bans maintenance of land sea and air forces As pm As other War  but Japan s Security treaty a Vii inc United Stales Aulbun is i a military bases in Japan and the i United males pledges support in the event us an attack on Japan gel said. The regulations formalize what already  she said. We re not creating anything we re Ming to re emphasis and a Legale into already existing pro Grams hopefully enhancing what they the command ers already  Community wellness is the by. Word she said although army medical officials prefer health promo Tion. At the Community level the program Nuin Linatore would be inc individual the local commander could turn to for advice on his or her Community morale and welfare. It s a total wellness program a concept of mental physical and emotional fitness she said. The starting budget is $1 million this year if approved by Congress climbing to $23 million in 1992 Asil expands throughout inc army. Although the regulation gives the program some status Money and Job position allocations arc  c. So far Only 14 positions at posts in the United slates and 12 in Europe have been designated. If funded already existing slots will be converted for the program in other communities. Army officials also Are working on gelling Aulon a lion for civilian Impi Oil i s t a. Nov a tuiv.1 for physical exercise. Cml gel said belting that the expense will pay off in increased productivity decreased sick leave and lower health care expenses. We won t have to spend As much because they re healthier they re living longer and they re being More productive for us Cudgel said. To gather data in support of that premise she said. American University is conducting a Cost analysis study at the Pentagon. In will provide us hopefully with the positive data in six More months to present to Congress she said. Officials believe the data will show thai in is Cost effective to allow civilians time off for an exercise program. With or without that change however the army will continue its push to gel its people in and out of uniform to drop their bad habits especially those contributing to heart disease. The Only Factor that we can t do anything about is heredity crud gel said. The rest of the factors thai create cardiovascular disease the no. 1 killer for us in the United states arc All the lifestyle habits Hal we have that arc bad. 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