European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Readers action line Why does Stop loss cab Why has the usar Eurston loss program been extended to permanent changes of station pcs to the Continental United states conus ?. I can understand the reason for a freeze on expiration of terms of service ets arid retirements but an individual who is transferring to another Post in the United states poses no threat to the . Army a manpower strength. A. A. A a a a a a a. A a a. A i was scheduled to pcs to it. Lewis in january. If i understand right that Post like almost Alt others in conus is sending personnel to the Gulf Region. Transportation has already picked up my household goods and i am ready to go. Please do not get me wrong. I am More than willing to do my duty wherever that May be but i feel As though i  my regular overseas a obligation and am ready to return to conus. Spec. Michael k. Heckman Landsberg Germany in capt. James t. Arriola office of the Deputy chief of staff personnel he Usa eur replies please thank the Reader for the Opportunity to discuss the army a Stop loss and involuntary foreign service tour Extension Ste programs. Army Stop loss was. Originally implemented by the Secretary of the army on sept. 1. This called for the retention of soldiers with key military occupational specialities mos and skills Pas their expiration of term of service ets a with the president s announced decision on nov 9 to substantially increase the number of . Soldiers participating in operation desert shield now desert storm the army had to expand Stop loss to include the retention of All soldiers and the suspension of most retirements a Quot a a y v a a a a. A a the army also initiated involuntary Estes. The a. Involuntary Ste with limited exceptions Quot Frozen All permanent change of station pcs moves from overseas areas. The involuntary Ste provided Usa eur commanders maximum flexibility to further deploy their units to Southwest Asia at full strength. It also allowed Usa eur to retain sufficient capability to Man and sustain the remaining Force and the families in Usa eur and continue the draw Down of non deploying units scheduled for inactivation. A a.  makes Good sense the first colonel in the Soldier s Chain of command can make the decision whether or not to release the Soldier in receipt of pcs orders. The fact that a Soldier has already shipped household goods does  exempt the Soldier from the involuntary Ste. A to write us readers a action line is the readers Quot court of last. Resort Quot striving to answer some of the questions. About life overseas in a military environment on a questions about policies and guidelines when other avenues for answers Are not readily available. If you have a question and Don t know where to turn for the answer write to readers action line co the stars and stripes Apo 09211-421.1 All letters must be signed and preference will be Given to those. Seeking information of general interest to our a a readers. A a a. Education in Ciurlik schools May remain closed by Jimi Jones education writer a a. A. A. If. A a a a a a two schools at in Ciurlik a Turkey that closed Jan. 17 could remain shut for the duration of the War in the persian Gulf. The elementary and High schools closed alter  evacuating most of the bases civilian population. Since the Start of the War . Planes have blown bombing raids from in Ciurlik to Iraq a dista Rtse of 400 Miles. A the schools will reopen Only Quot when the base. A commander finds it appropriate to request the return of dependents Quot said David Labuhn spokesman for the Mediterranean Region of the department of defense a dependents schools Quot it s a military Call we work in coordination with the base commander on these types of issues Quot Quot a a a a a a a As most of the More than 800 students plus other family members and american civilians left the base in the voluntary evacuation so did the nearly 70 educators said Labuhn. Whose office is at Torrejon a  District superintendent s office also closed and its staff of a six departed. A a a a a a. A Quot the parents of the children were Al told by the base a commander to enrol their children in whichever Safe. Haven they chose Quot Labuhn said Quot most went Back to the states and they Are enrolling them in stateside schools we know they Are enrolling because we Are having. Requests Lor  a. A a however some in Ciurlik residents moved to Spain and / other locations in Turkey Labuhn said. Teachers hired from the states Are continuing to Quot receive their salaries. In addition because they left on a a special evacuation order they Are entitled to a pay. Similar Toper diem. A a v a a a a a Quot staff members who left also Are receiving this per a diem like evacuation pay Quot Labuhn said. A. Local hires Are on leave without pay and temporary employees most of whom were family members who left with the evacuation have been terminated Labuhn said. Some teachers have been reassigned to other regions and some have been detailed to the Dodds Headquarters in Washington where they Are working on various projects Labuhn said. A c. Two other american schools in Turkey one in the a turkish capital of Ankara and one in Izmir Quot Are running As their base commanders deem Safe Quot Labuhn. A. Base commanders Are working with principals in those locations Ito make sure students Are kept Safe Labuhn said Quot they re trying to run the schools As Best they can under the  a a a. Quot a a desert storm scholarships Heidelberg Germany a the University of Maryland has announced that its desert storm spouse scholarship program has Bee expanded to include spouses of. Service members Emo have been assigned to Turkey for operation desert storm. The scholarship can be applied to a maximum of 3 semester hours of course work and can be used to enrol in any course offered by Maryland a european division during term in april 1-Tvtay 24. 1 a a As before the amount of the scholarship will be determined by the rank of the service member sent to the Middle East 1 a  a. An e1-e3 spouse pays 10 percent of tuition an e4 e6 pays 25 percent of tuition an e7-e9 pays 50 percent of tuition and an officer spouse pays 75 percent of tuition. In addition to the percentage of tuition the student  pay a $20 application fee and ,. The application fee is payable at the student s first registration with the University of Maryland. Students who have already paid the application fee Are not required to pay it again. A a. A a a whether it will be possible to continue the scholarship program beyond term in will depend upon the availability of scholarship funds and the persian Gulf situation the University of Maryland University College has embarked on a fund a ism Campaign in support of the desert. Storm spouse scholarship program. For additional information. Please Contact the local education Cente smalltalk kindergarten teacher Helen m Mageau wrote to the stars and stripes with a great one liner from one of her Little ones at bad. Tolz elementary a school. A a a ready to show her kindergarteners a Basket of. Corks and a piece of Cork bark from Portugal Mageau asked Quot where do corks come from9&Quot a Little voice authoritatively replied a from wine  a a. 11 you have a slice of classroom Ufa to share please Send it to Small talk tha stars and str Pas attn Jami Jones Apo 09211.air Force Aid society offers Grants Washington the air Force Aid society will offer thousands of $1,000 Grants  students for school year 1991-92. The Aid society expects to award Between 3,500 and 4,000 of the $1,000 Grants to children of Active duty retired and deceased air Force members. Students must be enrolled full time in. Undergraduate colleges and universities recognized by the department of education i there Are two deadlines for the Grant program. Preliminary applications must be received by March 28. A financial application which will be sent upon receipt of the preliminary form must be received by april 12. Awards will be announced in. June -. Quot a Quot a a Quot a a a the Grant program is tailored to recognize family income and education Cost factors. Need is determined by using an afas modified expected family contribution process that eliminates untaxed income Home equity and one half of a spouses income Quot a. A. A a a a applications Are available at base air Force Aid society offices o r by writing to afas National Headquarters 1745 Jefferson Davis Highway suite 102, Arlington a 22202. Super spellers to compete Heidelberg Germany a Nineteen super spellers from three department of defense dependents schools regions will compete in the ninth annual spelling Bee March 16 in Heidelberg a Germany. The Competition sponsored by the european. A a. \. Congress of parents teachers and students and the stars and stripes is scheduled for 10 . At the Heidelberg officers club in Patrick Henry Village. A the 19 entries from the Atlantic Mediterranean. And Germany regions will Challenge one  the right to represent military overseas schools. At the 64th annual Scripps Howard National. Spelling Bee in Washington. Judy Bottiggi a fifth Grade teacher at Mannheim elementary school will repeat last year s performance As word pronounced at the Bee hosted this year by the Patrick Henry elementary school Parent teacher association last year s european Winner was 12-year-old Edward Tamiso from Span Dahlem elementary school who went As far As the fourth round in a National Competition Edward battled his Way. Through last year s four hour Competition where he Nurnberg s Peter Robinson and Geilenkirche s Jeffrey Sellers fought the longest Ever european final round. A Page 16 a the stars and stripes wednesday february 27, 1991