European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Underwater duty in the air farce by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau even though he s in the . Air Force master sgt. Randy Dudzinski has spent More time underwater than in the wild Blue yonder. Throughout his 20-year career Dudzinski has been stationed at bases near the water such As his current assignment at Iraklion air station Crete. He and his wife who Are both natives of Colorado Springs colo., began diving when they arrived at in Ciurlik a Turkey in 1977. Quot by the end of our first week in Turkey my wife and i were in classes Quot Dudzinski said. Quot it was just something we d always wanted to  since then Dudzinski has devoted 4 thousands of hours of his free time to scuba diving. His efforts have earned him a diving master instructor certification through the professional association of diving instructors. Because the air Force has no professional divers the Security policeman is olten called upon to fill in with his aquatic skills. While stationed at in Ciurlik Dudzinski joined the base s underwater search and recovery team which was usually mobilized to search for drowning victims. Before his Transfer to Iraklion a year ago Dudzinski was stationed at Lajes Field azores where he was called upon to repair moorings inspect underwater fuel lines and inspect ships for damage beneath their water lines at the base transportation terminal. Because the air Force did not have to bring diving teams from the states to perform the work done by Dudzinski and others the service saved $450,000, according to the terminal s commander. Dudzinski has become so proficient at diving that the greek government recently invited him to assist in excavating a 300-year-old Shipwreck the French warship. La Theresa Sank near Iraklion in 1669. It was part of a multinational Armada the Pope dispatched to defend Crete from a siege by the turks. Quot a spark set off an explosion in its powder room destroying la Theresa and damaging ships near it Quot Dudzinski said. Quot losing a ship convinced the rest of the Fleet to withdraw which led to the fall of Iraklion and As a result Crete the last vestige of christianity in Southern  in 1976, an expedition led by Jacques Cousteau found one of la Theresa a 56 cannons. The greek government has conducted annual excavations of the wreck since 1986, during the three week expedition Dudzinski joined he and his colleagues recovered the Bones of some of the 350 sailors who went Down with the 150-foot vessel. Quot we excavated the area of the explosion Quot he said. Quot what s waiting is the Crews area and storage spaces during the project Dudzinski his wife Phylista and staff sgt. Bobby Kendrick manager of the air stations Marina worked with six greek Navy divers two archaeologists two archaeology students and two staff divers from the greek ministry of culture s underwater antiquities Branch. Dudzinski and Kendrick were on leave during the excavation which lasted from sept 11 to sept. 30 Dudzinski who is also an underwater photographer spent most of his time during the exploration recording la Theresa s Structure and the team s discoveries with three still cameras and one video camera. Photography was easy because of the water s clarity he said. The wreck is in 60 Teet of water that is so Clear that even when the archaeological team stirred up the Bottom with suction equipment it was More Clear than Many other places where Dudzinski Phylista Dudzinski uses an air auction tuba at the Shipwreck site. Has dived. In addition to sailors remain Dudzinski and his fellow divers found hair Glass a Lead Box and pottery including an intact water Pitcher. The boxes sides were blown out apparently from the explosion that Sank la Theresa Dudzinski said. A other were signs that it was t a clean explosion More like an explosion and a fast fire,"4ie said Quot some of the Bones were charred and so was much of the pottery Quot although diving on la Theresa is the first time Dudzinski sought a Shipwreck it s not the first time he found one. A in 1980, he was stationed at Aviano a in Northern Italy. While diving at Sistiano about 40 Miles Southeast of the base he found a world War la Vintage two Man submarine. Quot it was an assault sub used by the. Germans in the Adriatic Quot he said Quot there was a depth charge next to  Dudzinski reported his find and italian Navy divers removed the depth charge. Forms Tondy Dud Printki forms cd Nuonno Randy Dudzinski but and underwater Archaeol Golat Nikoa Llanos Baton a diva. Readers action line bottled water prices questioned at cafes a recently t Well shopping in the Pir Masens shop Pette to Purchase a bottled Mineral water Brand called evian Natur Liches Mineral Wasser one bottle a costs 94 cents a Case is $11.20, plus $5.40 for Deposit totalling $16.60. In German stores the exact same Brand Cost 50 pfennig per bottle As a a Natter of tact it says so on the bottle Itsell. Why do we pay three times More Tor water in our cafes stores than on the German Economy staff sgt. Vladimir Bosnjak Alschbach Germany a sgt. Maj. Michel j. Bolduc he cafes Europe replies you Don t pay three times More Lor evian water in the Exchange than you do on the German Economy while prices for water vary on the Economy you la find in most locations cafes prices Are about the same or slightly lower. Part of the confusion is that the 0 50 do imprinted at the top of the evian 1 5 liter bottle is not the sell Price of the water but the Deposit you pay on the bottle also the Pir Masens shop Pette must have mis priced its evian because the cafes sell Price is not 94 cents a bottle and �?~$11.20 a Case. We sell the 1.5 liter bottle of evian for $1.05 plus a 30 cent Deposit. A Case of 12 costs $10 plus a $5.40 Deposit for the bottles and Case. On the German Economy you la pay about 1.60 to 1.80 Marks for a single bottle of evian water plus a 50 pfennig Deposit and 19 to 20 Marks for a Case of 12 plus a 12 Mark  peaks fan does no to like show i had the Opportunity to see the television series twin peaks in the United states prior to my arrival Here in Europe. Not everyone who saw it liked it but everyone agreed it was innovative and different to fare. So it was with some anticipation that i Learned it was coming to the an schedule when i saw what an or somebody did to twin peaks i could t believe it. It s not even the same show. A the cuts Here All the splices there Cut or mute the music drop a character or two Here or there. It was t even close to the original i guess an must think we re too unsophisticated to be Able to see something different. Cut and paste in a very unprofessional manner is what they did to this unique series it makes me wonder what other programs have been so mutilated. I guess the programmers just consider us boobs who Are unable or unwilling to appreciate anything beyond the depth of Star trek the 28th showing. T. Lawrence Izmir Turkey a Thomas Baxter chief television Branch american forces network Europe and capt. Parry Nokia chief of operations air Force european broadcasting so reply the viewer in Izmir Turkey would be watching detachment 5, Afes out of in Ciurlik not an. The armed forces radio and television service provides the programming for both an and Afes the programs Are shown exactly the Way they Are received at arts. We make no edits revisions or other changes. If twin peaks has been edited it is solely at the discretion of its producer or distributor. To write us a readers 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 or 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 09211-4211. Alt letters must be signed and preference will be Given to those seeking information of general interest to our readers. Page 16 a the stars and stripes saturday november 2, 1991