European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday. March 18,1968 army recall changes affect retirees by Chuck Vin ii Washington in i significant change la longstanding army mob Tiia lion plans retirees who Are eligible 1o be recalled for Active duly including 3,000 living overseas now May be Invar Tintari a assigned to deploying units. The move approved feb. 21 by la. Gen. Allen Ono the army s Deputy chief or staff for personnel gives the service maximum flexibility in its War sign Lertg capabilities by allowing for in scr mobilization and simpler unit assignment procedures said it. Col. Hank Llanahan mobilization plans officer under Ono. The army has 234,000 retirees Avail Able Tor recall with 124,000 preassigned to More than 90 mobilization stations through what Are called hip pocket or Ders Hanrahan said. What we be done in the past is identify slots occupied by cos or officers hat could be handled by  Han Rahan said. In a mobilization we d free those cos or officers to deploy with a unit and Pul retirees in those vacant slots. Now what we re saying is that we can actually assign retired to deploying units and move them out with everyone  that does t necessarily mean thai every Retiree who is recalled will be As signed to deploying units. It just gives us the option he said. Upgrading the deployment status of retirees oilers � number of advantages for the army such As broadening the experience base of the Force providing a measure of Combs experience in deploy ing units and making it easier to fill positions in critical skills Hanrahan Laid. In briefing papers the army acknowledges that changing the deployment stat us of retirees ii a sensitive Issue that May be perceived by some As the breaking at a contract by the army. But Over the past few Yean the army has conducted the recall exercise certain Sage and Hanrahan said Many of the retirees involved indicated thai icy would list nothing More than to serve again. They love to feel thai the army still needs  he said. We be had some retirees say they d Volunteer for two weeks of Active duty each year with no pay the age limit for Retiree recall is 60 for officer and enlisted personnel 62 for warrant officer and to for doctor or other medical corps personnel. Hanrahan said personnel officials Are concerned about the medical condition and physical illness Levels of re Terra. Hearing loss and High Wood pressure among retired Are problems but certain Sage has shown us that Overall retirees Are in prey Good shape he said. The army is the Only service with pre assign mint procedures in place Hanrahan said. The other services have recall plans for retirees but no  orders arc issued. Sexual abuse assistance teams to offer Aid to military families by Chuck y1nch Washington Bureau Washington the defense department soon will begin training special assistance Lea i to help commanders Deal with cases of child sexual abuse occurring outside the family. They la be what we Call family advocacy command assistance learns and the people on the teams will be trained to handle incidents that occur in school child care to Crim. Youth recreation programs Home based Day care and so on said Bob Stein director of the Dod military family resource Center. The concept will help commanders resolve child sexual abuse cases Stein said wednesday because no matter How Good 9 base s staff people Are icy just won t have inc same kind of training and experience Hal these learns will  we re Noi talking about a typical management problem where you make a Milia be with a personnel Issue and you gel a grievance thai can be reclined he said. Child sexual abuse is a situation where if you Don t do thing immediately and do them right you adversely Impact the lives of everyone  the Structure of the teams will be flexible said it. Col. Jim a clinic Deputy director of the resource Center. Well have members in various disciplines who can be called together to address specific incidents including social workers paediatricians investigators psychologists and  people he said. The makeup of the learns will Cut across service Linn. If it s an army incident there will be army members an the team but there May also be people from other services he said. Stein and Schlic intend to expand the concept gradually As More people arc trained so that the experts can be racked As they move to different assignments it won t be permanent duly Schlie said. Once we train people they la return to their duly stations but will be on Call to work on these teams with the full Blessing of their local commands and Parent  Dod will Eniasi some of the top professional experts in the country to train team members with training to begin Early this summer. The assistance team will not be forced on any com Mander. Stein said. The turns have to be viewed by commanders As a helpful tool he said. If they think we re going to come in and walk All Over hem they la never want to Call us in. In no Way do we intend for these teams to take Over an  we want to tailor this to a commander s needs Schlie said. When we have an incident Well ask if the commander would want our help or Hope that he asks on his own. Bui it won t be a situation where the teams will be chasing after every report that comes  the teams offer to a commander additional exper Tise to Deal with a Lough Issue. We be seen time and Lime again that no matter How Good your staff is they can make mistakes be cause of a tack of experience in child sexual abuse costs Stein said. And if you Start the Case bad. It rarely gets  limit urged on amount of drugs Given by military pharmacies by William j. Bartman \vjnh1ng1tm Bare Washington the defense department in Spector general s office wants to Cut Back the amount of free non prescription drugs handed out Al military pharmacies while surgeon generals from each of the services oppose the move the Pentagon s top physician. Or. William Mayer has appointed a committee of health professionals to debate the Issue. The free items include everything from aspirins and Vagina creams to Alka seller and antacid tablets. It s pretty near anything you can gel off the shelf in a commercial drag store said Norman Ruhl of the i inspector general s office. In the Continental United states alone the inspector general estimated that $15 million Worth of Over the counter drugs Are Given away it the pharmacies. Ruhl said inc Giveaway May be acceptable outside the United slates where service member and their families would have to count on foreign pharmacies. But be strongly questioned the giveaways in the slates. You have a Guy who comes in with a headache to they give him � bottle of 36 sublets he told the stars and stripes wednesday. So we suggested that they limit in to a unit dose about four tablets. They say they have an obligation to their troops. And they do to a certain extent. But. In some costs they re giving out suntan Loi Ioa. Now come on it s preventive sure bul is it necessary Ruhl said. Besides waiting Money Ruhl said the policy discriminates against service families who Don i live near military hospitals. He said those people buying their own non prescription drugs cant get reimbursed for such items through the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed service at they do on prescription items. So people who happen to live near a Hospital Are gelling advantages that other people Don t have Ruhl said. One military doctor who wished not to be identified said some people have found Way around Hal Inci Suity by having doctors write them prescriptions for Over the counter menu. A doctor can write a prescription for anything he wants the doctor said. He can write a prescription Tor aspirin or tylenol he does t have to but he can do it. And if there s a prescription for ii then it i  the Penu gon Commilles considering the Issue is comprised of Neolah official from the defense depart ment ind the individual services. A report ii expected world today Indian owned payload is launched by soviets Moscow