European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday november 11, 198b the stars and stripes Page 9 stress May claim More in next War modern Battlefield called tougher on mental health by Chuck Vinc Washington Liu Vuu Washington soldiers unable to Cope with the stress of he modern Battlefield could account for 30 per cell of i he casualties in any future european land War. According loan expert on Battle fatigue. More accurate and powerful Warsaw pact Battlefield weapons combined with nato s defensive military strategy will take a heavier toll Ort he menial health of today s More family oriented fighting Force than the Battles of world War i took on soldiers then Accord ing to i. Col. Frederick Manning director of neuropsychiatry at the Waller Reed Institute of re search. The world War ii factors that contributed to men Tal stress casualties Wilt All be enhanced Manning said. Tic world War 1 Daia showed Hal generally speaking we could rely on one stress casualty for every four physically wounded but Manning s comparison of data on psychological casualties in world War ii and on those in the 1973 Arab israeli yom kippur War has led him to conclude that up to 3d percent of All casualties on a Modem european Battlefield could be suffering from stress rather than physical wounds. A Soldier diagnosed As a psychological casualty with a condition More commonly known As Battle fatigue is defined by Manning As a formerly competent Soldier whose emotional reactions to the stress of Battle make him unreliable in serious cases these soldiers can become virtually paralysed unable to carry out simple commands and not caring whether they die he said. From studying the world War ii data. Manning found that artillery and air strikes arc the two situations that generate the most stress casualties. Thai s tied to the feeling of helplessness that sol a jars feel when under attack in those instances Man Ning said. They have no Way to fight there would be almost three times As Many artillery pieces per 1,000 soldiers in a modern conventional War in Europe As in world War ii with far greater Range accuracy and explosive Power he said. The Warsaw pact forces Are Cape Clad to have far More artillery pieces available than nato. The greater percentage of older married soldiers in today s May be another Factor contributing to High stress rates. The data shows that psychological casualties tend to be older in their late 20s or Early 30s, with some sort of family responsibilities Manning said. A Good guess would be that these soldiers feel they have More to lose in terms of their family and Are thus More susceptible to a third Factor he found is that the rate of psycho logical casualties lends to be higher for units fighting a defensive Battle essential nato doctrine Tor a conventional War. Soldiers fighting defensively May be come frustrated Over a perceived Lack of Progress. Manning said much of inc world War ii data was reinforced by the experiences of to Etc israeli in 1973, he said. We be had Contact with several israeli mental health specialists Here it Waller Reed who have Reaf firmed inc earlier information he said. The israelis were not very concerned with psycho logical casualties prior to inc 1973 War because their earlier conflicts primarily had been offensive with Little or no artillery and air strikes against them Bui in 1973 they were caught by Surprise Man Ning said and the result was that almost 25 percent of the israeli casualties were stress related. Dala train that War also generally paralleled world War to in that Many of those casualties were older family oriented troops. The 1973 israeli experience showed that a arly so percent of their stress casualties had some kind of significant family Cycil recently such As a birth death or marriage he said the Good news is that unlike other sorts of casual tics we have made advances in our ability to restore these cases to a functional level usually within 72 hours to one week Manning said. In that process the soldiers do not leave the Heater. They arc kept relatively close to their units bul far enough away to allow for such physical comforts As hot food clean clothes and a Shower and shave we also give these troops a Chance to ventilate to talk Wilh someone and gel reassurances that they had a relatively Normal reaction to an abnormal situation he said we can t prevent psychological casualties but by doing i Csc things we can keep them from be coming chronic go with aids gets 5 years for endangering partners by William j. Batman Washington Bureau a Ashington Soldier convicted of endangering inc lives of his sex Ual partners by not informing them he had aids has been sentenced to five years in prison. Cpl. David e. Manning assigned to la Hcrman medical Center at the Presidio of san Francisco was convicted last month of aggravated assault for hav ing unprotected sex with the sister of a a Etc Man medical corpsman and at least one other Penon six months before his latest conviction and after he had contracted aids Manning also was a Ivan a two year Pris on sentence for having sex with a person under inc age of 16. Publicly generated by Manning s april court martial led to reports of his having had unprotected sex up until two weeks before his irial. Said Moj Paul a. Capofari a lawyer Wilh the office of the judge advocate general in Washington that resulted in the second general court martial. Somebody was talking about the Case and one of the a Clerman corpsman says hey. Are you kidding me this Guy s been dating my sister Capofari said. In the second trial an officer and enlisted panel deliberated for about an hour before finding Manning guilty of aggravated assault sodomy and adultery. He had pleaded not guilty. Both of Manning s convictions received automatic appeals to the court of military review f the court martial is upheld his next step would be an Appeal before the . Court of Mili tary appeals and finally the . Supreme court. The court of military review recently upheld the conviction of a ser Geant from fort Sill okla., for aggravated assault under similar circumstances. In that Case however inc sergeant pleaded guilty to the charge and the Vic Tim was shown to have contracted the aids virus. The Wisl German supreme court nov. 4 upheld the conviction of a former 1st div Soldier and aids victim who was charged with endangering the lives of. Two a Firnberg arca men by Hay. Ing unprotected sex with them. Manning whose two year sentence will be served along with the five year sentence was demoted to the lowest enlisted Grade and will forfeit All pay and allowances the maximum Lowed under the Law Capofari said. As of the Date of Manning s trial Nei ther of the California victims had tested positive for the antibody however in can take up to 10 years before signs of the aids virus May be detected. 13 North sea Oil workers saved after crash of copter London a a helicopter carry ing Oil Rig workers crashed into inc North sea off Scotland thursday and All 13 people aboard were rescued a Royal air. Force spokesman said. The Sikorsky s-61 helicopter fell just before 9 00 a.m., some 70 Miles North cast of Fraserburgh in. Northeast Scotland and three Miles from the Claymore Oil platform said spokesman David Hocock six people were rescued from a Dinghy and seven from the sea by helicopters battling More than 5-fool-Higli Waves and 40-Mph winds he. Said. The 13 people were brought to the Claymore platform. Aberdeen coast guard spokesman Peter Webb said there were no injuries but a medical learn was flying to the plat form to treat a Van survivors who May have suffered hypothermia after swim Ming in the icy Waters for 3d minutes. Webb said the helicopter was taking. 11 Oil workers and two Crew members to Aberdeen from two Oil drilling rigs the Secco 703 and 707. . Navy to the Rescue an unidentified Navy Litwer Uit gives � sol to an Priam Warsop look than to vietnamese woman a lift to Shore her the Thailand port of Patava on thurs group of 27 him rescued by the guided Day. The Unlusu states a said in will Messu Cruiser Texas in inc South China resettle the boat people. ,
