European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 26,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9sexual harassment under reported in Usa eur Survey official thinks by Chuck Vinch and Rosemary Sawyer staff writers Heidelberg Germany a female soldiers in Europe Likely experience sexual harassment As often As women service members in general despite recent Survey results an army official says. A recent Survey by the . Army Europe shows that slightly More than 35 percent of women said they had experienced some form of sexual harassment in the previous year. That figure contrasts sharply with the results of a worldwide Survey by the defense department. The Pentagon Survey reported that 64 percent of female service members had been sexually harassed. Sue Guenter Schlesinger chief of the . Army Europe a equal Opportunity office attributed the contrasting results to the different questions the surveys posed. The defense department Survey hardly used the term sexual harassment Guenter Schlesinger said. Instead it referred to a uninvited and unwelcome sexual attention and  the Usa eur Survey was sent to 20,000 soldiers army civilians and family members in february. It gave respondents the defense department definition of sexual harassment and then asked whether they a been victims of it while overseas. Sexual harassment is defined As a form of sex discrimination that involves unwelcome sexual advances requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is made a term or condition of a persons Job pay or career. The Pentagon Survey also referred to sexual harassment using a Broad spectrum that ran from use of mildly offensive language to rape. The army in Europe referred to verbal and physical abuse but did not include rape Guenter Schlesinger said. Other results from the surveys paralleled the response from female soldiers. Less than 7 percent of percentage who said they were harassed male be female 35.4% 38.2% 41.2% 36.1% 36.4% source Usa eur personnel opinion Survey 33.9% a amps Susan Harris male respondents to the army in Europe Survey said they were victims of sexual harassment at least once in the previous year compared with 17 percent in the defense department Survey. A i think that sexual harassment has been and is an ongoing problem not Only for the army Navy air Force military services but is widespread across University campuses in private Industry and so on a Guenter Schlesinger said. What a important to remember is that sexual a Usa eur announces winners f 1 990 Media Competition d Heidelberg Germany a usage urn Stop journalists broadcasters and newspapers were announced tuesday for the commands 1990 Media contest held oct. 16-19. Sgt. Katherine Schmidt Shimko of the 3rd army div in Frankfurt Germany was named military print journalist of the year. Sheri Byrd of the military Community in Mainz Germany was named civilian print journalist of the year. Byrd also won the news writing category. Gail Mccabe of the Vii corps in Stuttgart Germany won broadcast honors in television news feature stories and spot production categories. Sgt. Brian Betts of the 2nd army div in Karlstedt Germany was named the military photojournalist of the year. Angus Lee Mccormick of the military Community in Heidelberg Germany was named civilian photojournalist of the year. The training times of the 7th army training come in Grafe Wohr Germany won the Large funded newspaper category. The Forward Edge of the 2nd army div in Karlstedt won first place for Small funded newspapers. The Mannheim messenger of the Mannheim military Community won the civilian Enterprise tabloid newspapers category. The spearhead of the 3rd army div in Frankfurt won first place for news feature magazines. Mardell Gavriel of the Frankfurt military Community won the feature writing award. Mike cast of the military Community in Darmstadt Germany won the editorial writing category. Sgt. Steven Morey of the Southern european task Force in Vicenza Italy won first place for sports writing. Rani Harcsztark of the Berlin come won the single photograph category. James Albright of the 2nd army Cav regt in a Firnberg won the picture Story and photo supporting an article categories. Christine Arrigon of the military Community in a Firnberg won the information graphics category. Terry Zuber of the Wurzburg military Community won the cartoon Art category. In the broadcast Competition spec. Scott White of the 3rd inf div in Wurzburg won the radio information series category. Larry Sichter of v corps in Frankfurt won the television information series category. Sgt. Geoffrey Carter of the 2nd army Cav regt in a Firnberg won the category for radio news sports or feature Story. Spec. Brian Ringsrud of the visual information service Europe office in Kaiserslautern Germany won the television internal information program category. Spec. Keith Joyner of the 1st army div in Ansbach Germany won the single radio newscast category. Don Blydenburgh of the Vise office in Kaiserslautern won the vide Graphy category. These winners will compete for army wide honors to be judged by the department of the army next month. Mac expanding direct flights to . Heidelberg Germany a the military Airlift come will begin direct trans Atlantic flights Between either Stuttgart or Niernberg and four More . Cities next month. Starting nov. 1, service members will be Able to take military charter flights Between either Stuttgart or a Firnberg and Atlanta Dallas fort Worth St. Louis and los Angeles. Presently service members and their families have to be routed through new York or Washington to Fly directly to or from the two German cities. This results in increased travel costs said a spokesman for . Army Europe a logistics office. Usa eur expects to save As much As $300,000 a year through this expanded flight service the spokesman said. The change also will Lessen the a travel Burden inconvenience and expenses for personnel and their families especially those assigned to Vii corps. Ras sment can no or be  with proc Sion the Way drug use can be measured by urinalysis she said. A so whether you ask questions like Dod did or whether you ask questions like we did. May not be so relevant whether you get 35 percent 45 percent or >5 percent. What is relevant is that you ask the question that you done to just do it once and that you try to respond by designing training and education to meet w hat that data tells  although the percentage of female soldiers experiencing sexual harassment in Europe is Down almost 3 percentage Points from last year Guenter Schlesinger said the decrease was not highly significant. She called the downhill pattern that began in 19ss a More interesting a noting a special emphasis on training non commissioned officers and commanders about the problem May have caused the trend. Answers to other army Survey questions show the victims co workers cause most of the harassment and verbal harassment is the most common Type of incident. Of the female victims 64 percent said they had been harassed once or twice in the previous year while almost 23 percent said they had been harassed five or More  than one Quarter of the female victims reported that the harassment took the form of physical Contact including touching pinching or patting. More than two thirds said the harassment was verbal such As sexual jokes comments or teasing. Slightly More than 30 percent of the women surveyed said they reported the harassment with almost 16 percent saying something was done about it by their Chain of command. But 10.3 percent said nothing was done about their complaints. Among the nearly 69 percent who did not report the incidents 16.3 percent said they did no to think anyone would do anything about the harassment and 34 percent said they handled it themselves. Phouxay a did in Walldorf police requesting help in murder investigation Giessen Germany a amps a the Giessen police Are asking for help in their investigation into the slaying of a woman whose body was found oct. 7. The victim was identified As Phouxay a did in Walldorf 41, a native of Laos. Police said the Giessen resident regularly visited guest houses and bars frequented by . Soldiers. Anyone who saw Walldorf shortly before the slaying or was acquainted with her is asked to Call Giessen police at 0641-3071 or the Giessen military police at 3438362. Walldorf left her Home oct. 1 and was last seen three Days later according to a police report. Her body was found by a Hunter about 7 . In Bushes near the Gies Sener ring autobahn a485. She had been strangled said German investigator Dietmar Georg. Walldorf was found wearing a Gray sweater stretch material pants with a stars and stripes design and Brown ankle length boots