European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 12, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 military Lakenheath no wins top honors for training Raf Lakenheath England a a technical sergeant with the 48th tac fighter Wing has been selected As the air Force on the Job training system manager of the year. Tech sgt. Donna l. Artley non commissioned officer in charge of base training received the award because of her a three workshops to combat serious train in deficiencies forced by the revision of the air Force training regulation according to her nomination package. The 31-year-old Baltimore native also developed pamphlets and checklists to manage key training oriented programs and was responsible for training More than 30 unit training managers. Artley has been in the air Force since March 1979 and stationed at Lakenheath since april 1989. 1 special forces in Belgium Stuttgart Germany a special forces recruiters have scheduled three presentations in Belgium for prospective applicants. 1 athe presentations will be held july 30 and 31 and aug. 1 at 9 . In the entertainment Center building 207 at shape. Applicants will take a physical fitness and swimming test following the presentations. The swimming test is a 50-Mctcr swim in  uniform and boots. Interested soldiers must bring a copy of their forms 2a and 2-1. For More information Contact sgt. 1st class Grey at ets 423-3375 or sgt. 1st class Lipuma at ets 420-7240 or 7066. A army blues to perform Mannheim Germany a the army blues jazz ensemble will perform at 8 . Monday at the alte Feuer Wache concert Hall in downtown Mannheim next to the Neckar River Bridge. Admission to the event is free. The blues Are coming to Mannheim after performing at the european jazz festival in Monteux Switzerland. They perform music from the big band Era As Well As original compositions and arrangements of today Stop jazz composers. No among Raf Honoreen Raf Lakenheath England a amps four members of the 48th Supply so at Raf Lakenheath have been Given British Royal air Force awards for their work in supporting operation desert storm from their Home base. The four who remained behind to staff the squadrons War readiness Section at Lakenheath include a . Air Force enlisted Serviceman and three British ministry of defense employees. Master sgt. David Grant non commissioned officer in charge of the 48th Supply Sqq a War readiness Section and British civilian employees Doug Kendall Ann Frost and Debbie Lester kept the 48th tac fighter wings deployed location at taif saudi Arabia supplied with spare parts to keep the wings Al 1 is flying during the War. It is the first time that the air officer commanding in chief of support Comdr a commendation for meritorious service out of theatre has been awarded to part of a . Air Force unit said Squadron Leader Colin Rawe the Raf commander at Lakenheath. Generally the award is Given to individual ministry of defense employees or an entire British Raf unit. The seven other members of the War readiness Section had deployed to taif and were not included in the award. War Duke Ellington s band to play at Vogel Weh Kaiserslautern Germany a amps a free concert by the Duke Ellington orchestra will be held tonight from 7 . To 9 . At the Vogel Weh football Field. The event is open Only to . Military and nato identification card holders according to a Kaiserslautern military Community spokesman. Unique tensions study finds by Chuck v1nch staff writer mental health experts say the persian Gulf War has sparked psychological trauma for Many servicemen Bers and their families even though it was Brief and involved relatively few deaths. In fact unique aspects of the War May have increased the kinds of tensions that could be expected after any conflict said or. Ellin Bloch a psychologist and associate professor of clinical family Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. J a this was the first a pre planned War in the sense that to moved from deadline to deadline very methodically a Bloch said. A this was t the Case in other wars such As Vietnam which had much More gradual deployments and no target  along with or. Jon Perez a los Angeles clinical psychologist and 13-year army Veteran and three other colleagues Bloch has spent 10 months analysing the mental health needs of operation desert shield and storm veterans and their families. Bloch and her colleagues prepared the 20-Page report and sent it unsolicited to the defense department the department of veterans affairs and key lawmakers two weeks ago. Pentagon and veterans affairs spokesmen said they have not yet seen the report and could not comment. The study was based on observations of 20 mental health professionals in Cincinnati and los Angeles who have worked with military families since the persian Gulf crisis began last August. The resulting report concludes that Many have had and continue to have readjustment problems. A those families who were a healthy before the conflict experienced emotional psychological and relationship problems a a Bloch said. A families that were distressed before the conflict experienced even More  what Many military families a even those who Are relatively healthy a done to understand is that seemingly abnormal reactions they May be experiencing Are in reality a completely Normal under the circumstances Quot she said. A for veterans such reactions May include restlessness sleeplessness and a Lack of concentration. But the War worsened problems in families that were already shaky she said. For example divorce rates in some areas near Large military bases such As fort Campbell ky., and fort Bragg n.c., have quadrupled since military units arrived Home. Saturation television coverage was also a unique aspect of this War that merits further study n \ v a \ s those families  Quot healthy Quot before the conflict experienc emotional psychological Judy relationship prob limit. Families that were distressed before the conflict experienced even More problems a or. Ellin Bloch so a Mushe said. 5 Europe based for promotion to by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a five colonels stationed in Europe Are among the 41 that the air Force has selected for promotion to brigadier general under a simpler More open system that removes the mystery from the process. The five one Star selectee in Europe Are John h. Garrison Deputy assistant chief of staff intelligence division. Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons Belgium. Dwight m. Kealoha special assistant to the chief of staff shape at Mons. James i. Mathers commander of the 401st tac fighter Wing at Torrejon a Spain. Tad j. Oelstrom executive to the Deputy commander in chief . European come at Stuttgart Germany. Rudolf f. Peksens commander of the 52nd tac fighter Wing at Span Dahlem a Germany. Previous procedures involved confidential ratings and a three tiered screening Board system that made senior service officials uncomfortable. It also Drew the attention of lawmakers in Congress. I a we want to get away from the idea that we have to keep secrets from ourselves especially Fri this important business of How we select general officers a Gen. Merrill a. Mcpeak air Force chief of staff said in february when he announced that new rules for one Star selections would be drawn up. The air forces Lack of published regulations for promoting colonels Drew the attention of the Senate armed services committee last year. That served to a with the Advent of instant global communications and real time Media coverage families were brought directly and intimately into the  Bloch said. A they watched the rocket attacks As they occurred. All the while they knew their loved ones were in harms Way. In a very real psychological Way they too became combatants and showed Many common symptoms of combat stress she said. The military should look at a number of other aspects of the wars effects on the mental Well being of Servi come Bers and their families the report recommends. Since this was the first Large scale conflict in which significant numbers of servicewomen were deployed one such study should focus on1 the effects of separating military mothers from their babies and Young children. With the Pentagon a shift to a leaner More Mobile Force More attention also has to be Given to the psychological and social needs of family members during rapid deployments the report said. Quot the report also criticizes a decision by Congress to Cut mental health benefits under the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services or champs effective this october. A if Only 10 percent of our veterans families require mental health treatment services then 50,000 people May use champs benefits a it said. Bloch suggests mandatory counselling for Gulf War veterans and their families because the need for a Happy a a Normal reunion and the social mood of euphoria Over the . Victory May prevent them from seeking help on their own for emotional problems. Colonels picked one Star rank Spur service officials to make the changes that have just been implemented. The new regulations make three major changes to the services one Star selection process an air Force official said. The first is the elimination of a series of three screening boards that used to narrow the Field Obj candidates whose records eventually were reviewed by the final selection Board. L All colonels eligible for promotion will now be reviewed by a single Board. The official said the air Force will probably hold another one Star Board in november when it had been held in the past and then continue to hold it at that time each year. Another change abolishes the use of air Force form 706, a so called a closed form Quot used to rate eligible colonels. The document was seen Only by senior commanders and the final selection boards. The form constituted a confidential evaluation that was not seen by the colonel who was being rated and was handled through a system of sealed envelopes. Now selection boards will rely on form 709. The same form used for promotion to Field Grade ranks and it will be available for review by the brigadier general candidates. The third change eliminates the tradition of submitting confidential Quot priority lists to final selection boards containing the names of colonels judged to be top candidates for promotion in the eyes of their senior commanders. Mcpeak has criticized that practice As a closed system that did not allow any of the colonels eligible for promotion to know where they stood on the list