European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 24, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9minorities face Job snags overseas air Force pinpoints factors influencing hiring by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Ramstein a Germany a the Job of ensuring minorities Are adequately represented in the civilian work Force Isnit easy at bases overseas where unique factors influence hiring and promotions said an air Force equal employment Opportunity specialist. Affirmative action programs Are based on an organizations ability to enlarge its Pool of applicants until qualified minority members Are included. Factors affecting filling jobs overseas include a limited local pools of civil servant applicants for High level positions. A Small numbers of High level positions available for worker promotions. A reluctance of stateside employees to move to Europe. A military family members predominantly women make up local applicant pools. Despite these factors the air Force in Europe has managed to keep a Good record when compared with statistics provided by the equal employment Opportunity commission said Trudi Ingram equal employment Opportunity and staffing specialist for the Safe civilian personnel directorate. The Leoc statistics Are a not a ceiling not a quota nothing but a guideline something by which to compare your work Force with everybody else a work Force and that Sall it is a Ingram explained. For the Overall work Force Safe matches most of the statistics or exceeds them. For the higher level positions Grade gs-12 and above Ingram said the com percentage of civilian employees by race grades gs-12 and higher or equivalent the Chart below shows percentage breakdown by race of civilian employees in grades gs-12 and higher. Also included Are the civilian labor Force statistics from equal employment Opportunity commission for comparison. Alaskan native to Tai Black hispanic asian Pacific american Indian White employees Mem emf of m f . Army Europe of 2.288 4.6 3.5 2.5 .9 1.0 .6 .2 1.0 64.7 21.9 . Air Force Europe of 429 2.8 2.3 3.7 .7 .9 .5 .7 0 68.1 20.3 . Navy Europe 213 1.9 1.9 6.6 .9 a an an an an an a cafes 280 3.2 1.1 5.7 1.4 3.9 .4 .7 0 72.9 10.7 stars and stripes 28 3.6 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0 85.7 10.7 american forces network 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83.3 16.7 civilian labor Force avg. A it a 3.0 3.0 2.5 1.2 1.8 .8 .3 .2 60.5 26.7 source . European come stars and stripes army air Force Exchange service american forces network he. Of appropriated fund positions a a not available m male. F females amps Sharon Kilday Ingram Mand a could probably do better a but is a Well represented across the  during a visit to Germany in August . Civil rights commission chairman Arthur Fletcher talked of a a Glass ceiling in which Black civilians had a hard time rising to positions of pay Grade gs-12 and above. Gs-12 and its equivalent non appropriated fund pay Grade offer a salary of $37,294. Fletcher said the situation occurs also in corporate life in the United states. A a it a important to understand some of the unique situations of being overseas a said Ingram whose office develops affirmative action plans for Safe. Higher level jobs at overseas bases Are often one of a kind limiting the local Pool of internal civil service applicants from which personnel officials draw employees Ingram said. The fact that bases have such unique positions also affects promotion possibilities Ingram said. A if you have a writer editor position at a base you May not have other people at that base who would be qualified to move into that Job if it became vacant and so it becomes difficult to have internal movements that you a like to have a Ingram said. Similarly trainee programs can to be set up As easily overseas because a a there a nobody there to train the person a Ingram said. A and you need someone who a fully trained to do the Job because they re the Only one there to do  personnel officials turn to stateside hiring and local appointments because local civil servant applicant pools Are limited but that route also has its difficulties. A stateside applicants Are not just beating Down our doors to come overseas. There Are too Many things going on a Ingram said citing the weak Exchange value of the Dollar fears of terrorism and a Lack of employment opportunities for spouses As a few reasons applicants Are reluctant to come overseas. A and a lot of people Are just simply not Mobile they re not willing to move Ingram said. A they have spouses that Are in Good jobs now and they want to stay there or they have family  the air Force is aggressively campaigning to recruit stateside employees. But Ingram said the most effective method of encouraging stateside applicants is to have their friends overseas Tell them about the advantages of working Here. The Only other source of applicants is the local Pool that is made up largely of spouses of service members and civilian employees a group that is predominantly women Ingram said. A not Only that because a lot of them Are also military spouses we have no control Over the composition of that available work Force that a out  currently 66 percent of positions in Safe Are filled by women Ingram said. Ingram said the makeup of the overseas work Force is also influenced by a Pyramid effect a where you have More people Here and fewer jobs to go  just 9 percent of its jobs outside of the career program Are grades gs-12 or above. New cease fire in Yugoslavia appears to be holding up Zagreb Yugoslavia apr a truce Between the serb dominated yugoslav army and secessionist croatian forces appeared to be effective monday despite scattered clashes and mortar attacks in the War ravaged Republic. A i think we have gotten Over the worst a Croatia a president Franjo Tadjman said late sunday the yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug reported. However tank fired grenades and mortar shells rained for 90 minutes on the croatian town of Vukovan on monday said associated press correspondent Tony Smith who was temporarily trapped by the shelling. The grenades and mortar shells came from the serbian Side of the Danube River which separates Croatia and Serbia. Croatian forces returned fire with mortars Smith said. It was not Clear who fired first but croatian Media said 12 people were injured. The croatian coastal town of Sibenik also came under mortar attack monday croatian radio said. It said one person died and four were injured. Croatian Media also said army tanks fired on croatian positions around Nova Gradiska Southeast of the croatian capital. The cease fire agreement signed by Tadjman and Federal defense minister Veljko Kadijevic officially began at 3 . Sunday. At least five previous ceasefires in Croatia which declared its Independence june 25, have failed to end the fighting that has claimed More than 500 lives. There was speculation both sides might be using the truce to rearm and reorganize after several Days of intense combat. Croatia a 4.75 million people include about 600,000 ethnic serbs Many of whom do not want to live in an Independent Croatia. The Federal military is dominated by officers from Serbia the country a largest Republic and has increasingly sided with the ethnic serbs. Tadjman ordered a lifting of a blockade of Federal Barracks in Croatia but did not say whether croatian troops would be withdrawn from around them. The we Klong blockade Cut off food water and electricity to the Federal soldiers forced some to surrender and allowed outgunned Croatia to capture badly needed weapons. It also Drew the army much More directly into fighting with croatian forces. A Croatia has shown its Teeth and a completely new relation of forces has been established a Tud Jmani Stop adviser Mario Nobilo said monday when asked if he thought the truce would hold. The Federal army hammered beleaguered croatian forces but had its own problems. Federal troops met Tough resistance around the remaining croat strongholds in Eastern Croatia and columns of army reservists were blockaded in neighbouring Bosnia Hercegovina. Many draftees do not want to fight. A the Only language that serbian president Slobodan Milosevic can understand is the language of Force and we have now shown that that will no longer be effective a Nobilo told the a. Croatian officials contend Milosevic has been pushing the fighting in an attempt to expand Serbia a territory before agreeing to croatian Independence. Nobilo said Croatia would demand that All Federal troops leave the Republic and predicted the insurrection by ethnic serbs in Croatia would die without outside help. The week that ended sunday saw the heaviest fighting in three months of warfare. Kadijevic in a letter to Tadjman late sunday listed 11 alleged truce violations including mortar attacks on Federal army Barracks in the strategic croatian towns of Vukovan and  stationed in Bamberg killed in 1 car Accident Furth Germany a a Soldier from one of Bamberg a deactivating units was killed in a one car Accident sept. 16, according to a 1st army div spokesman. The Accident occurred on autobahn 73 near Bai Casdorf and the Soldier was pronounced dead at the scene at 9 02 ., maj. Ken Fugett said. The soldiers name is being withheld until his family has been notified. The Soldier was assigned to the 7th in 6th inf regt due to deactivate oct. 15. No other details could be released at this time Fugett said. German and american authorities Are investigating the cause of the  music teacher Dies at his Home in Pir Masens Pir Masens Germany a Robert l. Fleming a teacher in the department of defense dependents schools died at his Home sunday. The cause of death has not been determined. Fleming who was 45, taught music and served As band director at the Pir Masens american school since coming to Germany in 1984. He was also involved in the German american partnership school program. He is survived by his wife Terri who is also a teacher and daughters Laurie and Brianna. A memorial service is scheduled for 3 . Wednesday in the Pir Masens Community Chapel. Fleming will be buried in Wichita. Kan