European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 c the stars and stripes saturday August 24, 1991af expands Job assistance program airmen leaving military service can learn invaluable skills by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a Germany sgt. Jerome Chisom Learned what to say and More importantly what not to say during upcoming Job interviews. And the transition assistance program sponsored by Ramstein Abs family support Center May have Given him that Edge he needs in the competitive civilian Job Market. The 10-year air Force Veteran plans to leave military service in november and Hopes to find a Job in the aviation Field. Along with interviewing techniques the program also taught Chisom How to write a resume and cover letter and How to dress for the interview. A a in a recommend the program to everyone who seven thinking of getting out a said Chisom of the 512th tac fighter so at Ramstein a whether they re retiring after 20 years or just getting  the air Force is expanding its popular transition program to help servicemen Bers a who Are transitioning out of the military forcibly because of the downsizing a said Rick Lewis the . Air forces in Europe a transition assistance program manager. Quot we be had this program ongoing a Lewis said. The original program sponsored by air Force family support centers was Only for family members Lewis said. The new air Force wide program went into effect july 24. Overseas bases Are at a disadvantage because stateside military installations can work with state employment commissions on Job information and assistance Lewis said. A we need it especially because a lot of our folks Are going to go Back to ports and be dropped off a Lewis said. A a it a not like in the states when you have somebody that homesteads in a town for four or five years. A they make a lot of contacts they re Able to find housing jobs for their kids and themselves. A Over Here people who have expected to retire two years from now and Haven to even started to make plans and contacts Are suddenly faced with a what la i do a a Lewis said. One major Benefit is the three Day seminar to help members find civilian jobs. The seminars include information on Job searching filling out the Standard application for civil service jobs or of 171, writing resumes dressing for Success interview techniques and veterans preference benefits. A the programs Are run on the needs of the base a he said. A the response has been very very Strong with people waiting to get  at the Ramstein a family support Center the staff has been Fielding about a dozen Calls a Day inquiring about the program and an upcoming seminar said Dean Draney director of the Center. The Center is offering its first in depth seminar in september. Draney expects the number of Calls to increase As More information on the programs becomes available. Service members at Ramstein need to Contact the Center a was soon As they know they re going to separate a Draney said. A we try to get people ideally two years out from their separation dates a for people who receive Short notice of separation Draney said a a there a not much we can do a we can barely scratch the  the Ramstein Center also offers a program called discoveries. It helps those seeking civilian employment to a find out what they want to do a said Lin Smalec an employment assistance specialist. The program is offered the second wednesday of every month at 1 . To 4 . Smalec said that those interested in attending should Call and Reserve a space no later than the Day before the program begins. / at the request of the Safe family programs Section the non commissioned officers association is hosting a career transition seminar and Job fair in Kaiserslautern on tuesday and wednesday Lewis said. The seminar is from 1 . To 4 . Tuesday at the Vogel Weh officers and civilians club. The hours on wednesday Are 10 . To 4 . A similar Job fair and seminar is planned at the no club in Heidelberg a Patrick Henry Village 1 . To 4  aug. 30, said Bill Watkins director of the Coa in Europe. New museum details Giessen area s history Giessen Germany a the Giessen military Community has opened a museum covering a wide Span of local and military history that includes the areas world War 11 destruction and recovery and the involvement of  depot in the Berlin Airlift and the fall of the Berlin Wall. The museum is located at depot Cserne in building 59 and is open from 10 . To 3 . Each thursday. The museum includes hundreds of photographs and historical documents from Giessen Friedberg bad nauheim Butzbach Kirch Gons Wetz Larand marburg the museum was created by the civilian association of retired employees which formed a -12-member staff with an average of 40 years of employment in those communities. Rival croats serbs Call up troops As 32nd tac fighter so pilots in states for live fire training Oesterberg a Netherlands More than i h members of the 32nd tac fighter so at Oesterberg a Netherlands deployed to Tyndall fab fla., for combat Archer training on aug. 15. The training which used to be known As the weapons system evaluation program will provide 32nd tac fighter so pilots the Opportunity to fire 16 live air to air missiles Over the Gulf of Mexico. The targets Are full scale and sub scale drones remotely piloted by ground controllers. Missiles fired against these targets have their explosive warheads replaced by a telemetry package that electronically scores the kill saving costly drones from destruction. The two week deployment provides realistic training for aircrews and maintenance personnel and helps determine the reliability and capability of maintaining the weapons in use. To reach the training area pilots ferried eight f-i5s on an almost 10-hour trans Atlantic flight that required Aerial refuelling seven times. Belgrade Yugoslavia apr rival croatian and serbian groups began ordering partial mobilizations Friday As fierce ethnic fighting spread in the secessionist yugoslav Republic of Croatia. A Federal official admitted that a truce ordered in Croatia on aug. 7 had collapsed and said More than 70 people had died in fighting since then. Meanwhile Yugoslavia a collective presidency met to discuss Croatia a demand for the Federal  to withdraw to Barracks within a week. Croatia repeatedly has charged the  sides with serbian militias that now control about 20 percent of its territory. The eight Man collective state presidency chaired by croat Stipe Mesic is the constitutional commander of the armed forces that have acted increasingly independently in recent weeks. By late Friday there was no word from the closed door presidency talks. Irfan Ajanovic one member of a commission formed to Monitor the aug. 7 cease fire reported widespread dashes Between croatian forces and serb guerrillas in the last 48 hours. He gave no casualty figures but croatian Media reported at least 12 dead among croatian forces within the last two Days. Mortar shelling and machine gun fire were reported near Sisak Sunja Petrinjak to Stanica Darda Beli a Nastir Osisek Sarvas Vinkovic Jankovic and Sid Aja Novic said. The first four towns Are All strategically important locations just South of Zagreb. The other towns Are in East Croatia scene of the worst fighting since the re Public declared Independence june 25. Belgrade television later reported that serbian insurgents had seized control of Beli Man astir capturing its police station and Darda. If the report is confirmed it would leave the regions largest town Osisek a stronghold of croatian nationalism virtually encircled by serbs. Blaming both sides Ajanovic said All efforts to impose a truce were failing. Responding to the escalating clashes around Sisak about 36 Miles Southeast of Zagreb local authorities ordered All men Between 18 and 50 years of age to report to the paramilitary croatian National guard radio Zagreb reported. The Call up followed a demand by croatian president Franjo Tadjman for the Federal  to withdraw to Barracks by aug. 31. Serbian officials in a self proclaimed enclave in Eastern Croatia also ordered a Call up of All men Between 18 and 60 years of age the state news Agency Tan Jug report Edall men who have left the area were Given eight Days to return and report for military duty in the Region. More than 1 10,000 serbs and croats have fled their Homes during the undeclared War in Croatia. Thunderbird to perform at air show shape Belgium a the air Force air demonstration so known As the thunderbird will be the featured performers at the seventh shape International air show on aug. 31 at chevres a Belgium. The thunderbird will be joined by other nato representatives from Belgium Portugal Spain Turkey Britain Germany the Netherlands Canada Denmark and France. Nato will he represented with its Azacs radar aircraft. When the Gates open at 10 ., the one Day show will offer a combination of Static displays flybys and aerobatic demonstrations Over the base. The air base will open at 6 30 . Aug. 30 for people from the shape chevres and nato communities and the local population for a festival. Entertainment will include carnival rides and a tent where several bands and a disc jockey will provide music. The evening will conclude with a fireworks display about 9 30 . For More information Call the nato shape support group Public affairs office at 361-5220 or 3615419