European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes wednesday april 8,1992 military British. . Servicewomen note strides by stir Edith Winder . Bureau Raf upper Heyford England when Gillian Mitchell joined the Royal air Force in 1969, women and men served in virtually separate serviced Complete with different leaders. The same applied to tech. Sgt. Lenora Mulligan when she joined the . Air Force in 1973. Today military women have made significant strides toward Equality with men but changes that Benefit women in the two Milit Aries have differed according to women who have served in those countries services. Quot Over the last 20 to 25 years we be the British actually been perhaps 10 years behind the . Military Quot said Mitchell now a civilian and a Community relations adviser for the . Navy in London. A but suddenly Over the last two three years we be virtually overtaken  Mitchell and Mulligan were principal speakers at a seminar that entered on cultural comparisons Between British and american women the seminar held at Raf upper Heyford concentrated on women a military careers and How the services have changed in the last 20 years. According to Mitchell the British military allows women to serve in combat units and on ships and to Fly combat aircraft. American military women can serve on ships and some carry arms but by Law they cannot serve in front line units or Fly combat aircraft. One area in which the British military lags behind the . Military is in the area of child care. Quot you have much better child care than we do a Mitchell said referring to the various Day care and Home care programs offered to . Military families. A the British military has no child care  Mitchell said that when she joined the women s Raf All women except doctors were paid less than the men. Women had separate training schools and a separate Chain of command. There was one general a position open to women and women were not considered for base or Wing commanders positions Mitchell said. Mulligan a professional military education program manager at upper hey Ford said that when she joined the serv ice in 1973, the organizational Structure of the . Women a Force closely resembled the organizational Structure of the British women a Force. Quot we also had a separate women a Force when i entered the military a Mulligan said. Quot we not Only had our own Chain of command we also had a was women in the air Force  neither the British nor the . Service looked particularly kindly on women members who got married or had children. Today Mulligan said pregnant . Military women Are expected to continue serving and Are not always allowed to leave the service simply because they Are pregnant. Women a status in the . Military started changing in the Early to mid-70s, Mulligan said. Air fms sgt. M Poupart right at Home a Duffel bag turned easy chair provides a place to relax for sgt. 1st class Monty Patterson As he and other members of the 325th inf regt airborne in combat team await flights at Aviano a Italy. The Vicenza Italy unit was headed to Germany where its members Are participating in monthlong training  to receive military supplies by the stars and stripes some 18,000 tons of . Military food and medical supplies stored in Europe will be sent to the former soviet Union beginning later this month a . European come spokesman said. Commercially contracted companies will use ships trains and trucks to carry out most of the deliveries. Although slower than air delivery surface transportation is Quot less expensive and More capable of transporting Large volumes of bulk cargo a said air Force it. Col. Jerry guess. Some pharmaceutical supplies a such As those that Are flammable and refrigerated As Well As controlled drugs a May be airlifted to the Commonwealth of Independent states from Rhein main a Germany guess said. The excess food supplies Are stored in Pisa Italy and Luxembourg and the excess medical supplies Are at Pir Masens Germany. Quot we expect additional details will be available later in the week a guess said. The food and medical supplies Are separate from the $24 billion assistance program by the group of seven richest Industrial democracies. State department officials will not estimate the value of the goods. President Bush announced the g-7 program last week on behalf of the United states Japan Germany France Italy Canada and England. Most of the $24 billion is financial assistance including a $6 billion fund to stabilize the Ruble and $4.5 billion in Loans. Besides the surplus military supplies the . Agriculture department is sending 30,000 tons of butter and other food and private american charities Are a apr continuing to deliver dehydrated milk flour syringes and other items. The recent operation provide Hope Airlift brought More than 2,200 tons of Medicine and food a including canned Spaghetti dehydrated beef and Vanilla pudding a to 24 cities across the former soviet Union. An news in Frankfurt wins award by the stars and stripes an evening news in Frankfurt Germany won top honors in the local television newscast category of the defense departments Thomas Jefferson awards. It is the second consecutive year that the newscast from the american forces networks european Headquarters has won the award. The annual contest is open to military newspapers magazines and radio television broadcast products. European winners and their categories Are As follows radio Alai Talmant or information Aorta Flat place Marina sgt Chariot e. Utile aimed Forcada of Waart network King Khaiki military City saudi Arabia second place radio department Del Kea Evik Navy broadcasting service Nas Kelta Vlk Iceland Taio Taton entertainment or information Vertea second Placo army spec. Kathlyn 0. Madson to Elevation production department Southern european broadcasting Vicenza. Italy radio feature new or Oporto Eio too Ful place Rne an Doon headquarter armed forces network. Europe Frankfurt. Germany second place air Force staff sgt. Clayton Edens an supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Brussels Belgium radio spot production first place Joanna a Kramer Headquarters v corps Frankfurt Germany second place Navy Petty officer 3rd class John j. Trusso Southern european broadcasting Vicenza Italy television spot production first place Navy television production department Southern european broadcasting Naples Italy special radio program first place army radio operations an Europe Brenner Haven. Germany local radio newscast first place Linda Frost an Europe Kaiserslautern Germany local Tele vision newscast first place army an Europe a news an Headquarters Frankfurt German ceremony in Karlstedt honors 2 departing units Karlstedt Germany a amps two 2nd army div units that Are inactivating were honoured Friday during an outdoor ceremony at Lucius d. Clay Cavern. A soldiers from the 4th in 3rd Field arty and the 588th military intelligence co will be gone from the Post by May 15 during the ceremony the artillery battalion was awarded two persian Gulf War Battle streamers one for the defense of saudi Arabia and another for the liberation of Kuwait. The German government also gave the unit a Streamer which was presented by maj. Gen. Karsten Oltmanns commander of the 11th Panzer div in Oldenburg. Before the draw Down began the two units had a combined total of about 800 soldiers. Formal inactivation of the units will occur in the United states. The entire 2nd army Divis slated for inactivation and the installation will be returned to the German government in september. The 4th in 3rd Field arty traces its lineage to Btry a 7th regt of artillery established on March 8, 1898. The 588th military intelligence co is a descendant of the 588th interrogation team activated in Germany in 1946.special forces recruiting Schwet Zingen Germany a recruiters will hold presentations monday in Munich for enlisted soldiers interested in applying for special forces. Presentations will be held at the Munich family theater at 9 30 . And 1 30 . Wives of interested soldiers Are encouraged to attend. Applicants must take a physical fitness and swimming test. Soldiers Are required to score 206 on the army physical readiness test in the 17-to-21 age group and swim 50 meters in Battle dress uniform and boots. Soldiers should bring their most recent physical fitness test score card and copies of their forms 2a and 2-1 personnel data sheets. For More information Call sgt. 1st class David Gonzalez at the european special forces recruiting office at ets 379-6430 or 6558 or 06202-25825.awards for social actions Ramstein a Germany a Ramstein a 86th fighter Wing received the top . Air forces in Europe award for social action programs in the Large unit category. The 39th tac group at in Ciurlik a Turkey won Small unit honors. Social action programs Deal with equal Opportunity and drug and alcohol abuse treatment. The top chief of social actions was maj. Cheryl t. Hines Sampson stationed with the 86th fighter Wing. Master sgt. Larry d. Hawkins of the 81st tac fighter Wing at Raf Ben Waters England received honors As Best equal Opportunity and equal treatment non commission to officer. Master sgt. Kenneth e. Swickard of the 40th combat support group at Aviano a Italy received top honors for substance abuse control non commissioned officer. The award recipients will compete for air Force wide honors