European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday february 10.1938 service life May frustrate teen age girls by Chuck Washington the masculine culture of military service May frustrate the maturing feminine identity of adolescent girls in service families Accord tip a recent air Force study of of Tough proportion of female youth in air fora severe emotional identity problems Fromm cd Orthner a University of Georgia psychologist for the air Force office of family mailers in the study tilled youth infill teen age Girts in air Force families generally Nave i Tower self esteem less interaction with Mieir fatherland Mare frequent feelings of loneliness and de pression than boys and girls from civilian families or boys from air Force families boys from air Force families were generally most emotionally Well adjusted of the four eluded in the study Orthner said since military families Are Domina i by masculine values it is probably easier Fari Hes from these families to identify with this cuu and find support for their new personality no uni emerging masculine identities he said Fri while a knotted a Fiat lie study will help the air Force guide Thutt Volion of its youth programs officials Donnoli Fifthe significance of he Warrenc on a very Small scale Ai five comm with Only 800 air Force kids involved said. Chris Canfield an air Force spokesman. We have no illusions that this represent our general Youl population More extensive research would be needed to pin Down he accuracy of lie results Canfield said. These types of Survey lend to be More of a sound ing Board for other reasons than True reflect ii real trauma in Many cases he will help us in the sense that our programs we May need to Toicen a torts but it in t to Lay thai girls suffer More Emo Monuma than boys in air Force families Rie Ysuff Jin Pentagon s health affairs of Lusion has not surfaced to other mud that he know thai the military Yle help Adoleen Stafl Lent by forcing Chil Dren to team to Cope with freq no Mac said. While Mazzuchi called Orthner s he said More extensive Examina Liob needed to gauge in s study asked question of 800 air Force and 1,600 civilian teen agers from 12 schools in five communities each of which contained a major air Force study does contain Good news for air Force officials in thai 94 percent of boys and 92 percent of girls feel positive about military family experiences while Mare than two thirds of the respondents from each group fed the military is a Good environment for children. Bui problem Arau were c a self Worth. Force girls reported Low self esteem com want Stair Force boys and about 20 n boys and i on and loneliness. More than half the air Force Girts reported that they recently Felt so sad Oread so Many problem that they wondered whether anything was worthwhile compared with 29 percent of military Bow 30 percent of civilian boys and 42 percent of civilian gins. Frequent feelings of loneliness also were a problem for 2 percent of air Force girls compared to 15 percent or lets for the other three groups. Family interaction. Air Force girls led the other three groups in that they spend the least amount of time with their recommended among other things that the air Forte expand sponsorship programs for youth whose parents Are moving increase education pro i that focus on adolescent Parent communication ugh hot lines and support services. Already is involved in Many such efforts Tamimi teen leadership forums and Al Leipic programs Gelmi Lueen age girls As Well a relocation organizations two a re under Way at Many bases worldwide he Saiano specific follow to Are planned Canfield will go into the Pool of other past and ongoing family services studies he said. Iowa from Paga 1 who want us to restore the greatness of America through moral strength a lbs Survey said More than one third of he Republican caucus participants identified themselves As fundamental or evangelical christians and half of them favored Robertson. The final Voles had t even been Sicily based chief named to Fleet Post London is master chief Petty officer Javier m. Guerrero an avionics technician from Nas Sig Owilla Sicily has been selected As the next Fleet Mas Ter chief for . Naval forces in Europe a Navy spokesman said. Guerrero s selection fro among 14 candidates to replace Fleet master chief pc ii officer Ron 0, Cole was announced by adm. James b. Busty command Erin chief of he Navy in Europe. Guerrero 47, will assume his new duties As the senior Navy enlisted member in Europe and the enlisted advisor to Busey in june according to chief Petty officer Bob Jenkins a Navy spokesman. Guerrero currently the com Mand master chief at Sig Onetla entered the Navy in july 1938.the Bisbee ariz., native has held positions As command master chief at three assignments and served with fixed Wing Pairol at tack air anti submarine Fleet composite and logistics support squadrons. He is married to the forme Joann Wright of North Judson ind. They have four has been Fleet master chief of . Navy forces in Europe since june 1984. He has orders u the Navy training by items cent Erin Orlando bul has been nominated
