European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Rota incidents put a chill on steaming Sailor myth by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau the Long accepted myth that service members from ships Are entitled to misbehave after lengthy periods at sea wont Wash anymore As the Navy Battles sexual harassment among its ranks according to a family advocacy program specialist at naval station Rota Spain. But people Are More Likely to commit a sexual offence away from Home and that makes female service members and family members targets of such acts at bases such As Rota where because of ship visits there is a significant transient population said Cathy Adams Bomar. Adams Bomar was referring to sexual misconduct at the rascals Steakhouse and bar at Rota last week involving Marine corps officers. The nov. 10 incident led to a disciplinary hearing tuesday at Rota by vice adm. T. Joseph Lopez the Navy s 6th Fleet commander to investigate charges ranging from dereliction of duty to indecent exposure. One Marine corps officer faces possible discharge from the service after being found guilty wednesday of indecent exposure at rascals. Lopez also found three other Marine officers guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer a Marine corps spokesman said wednesday. The investigation into the incident and subsequent disciplinary action show that the Navy is counteracting what Adams Bomar called the a steaming Sailor notion to make sure everyone understands what behaviour is appropriate the family advocacy worker said. But reaction to the incidents and investigation varied among Rotas residents wednesday. A what in be heard is they were sent to Mast non judicial punishment even though none of the parties involved filed complaints a said Kimi Krcich sick of Rota. Kreiensieck said she understood that the charges against the officers stemmed from the marines encounter with three enlisted women but that the complaint resulting in Lopez shearing came from someone else. If no one involved complained and the hearing called an a a admirals a Mast a is based on a third party s complaint then the situation is a blown Way out of proportion a said Kreiensieck. She works at the base s information Tours and travel office and is the daughter of a chaplain. Pam Paterakis on the other hand said she had heard a very very Little about the incident. But what she did hear was from a witness who saw a Man expose himself. A the should know by now a said Paterakis a Navy wife and receptionist at the base s morale welfare Ana recreation administrative office. . Group in Hanoi finds possible clues to Mia Fate by the new York times Hanoi Vietnam a three senators and a group of Pentagon officials were allowed tuesday to tour Long secret areas of Vietnam a military Headquarters and to rummage through a storeroom of museum artefacts that could hold clues to the Fate of missing service members. The visits were evidence of what prime minister to Van Kiet of Vietnam described As his nations determination to a resolve All aspects of the Issue of missing americans and to establish full diplomatic and economic ties with the United states. In the Dank storeroom in Hanoi scentral War museum sen. Ihn f. Kerry d-mass., opened a dust covered wooden closet and found stacks of neatly folded Olive Green flight suits that the vietnamese said had been worn by . Airmen shot Down Over North Vietnam. Defense department investigators had not been granted Access to the storeroom until tuesday and they appeared startled by the discovery made by Kerry chairman of the Senate select committee on Mia pow affairs. At least some of the flight suits bore name tags and according to investigators could provide the United states with important evidence in trying to determine the Fate of pilots and other airmen who Are among the 2,265 americans still listed As unaccounted for. After touring the museum maj. Gen. Thomas h. Needham who oversees Pentagon teams investigating the Fate of missing americans throughout Indochina said vietnamese cooperation a has markedly increased almost every  a a we be no reason to believe that we re not getting the information we want a he said. Sen. Hank Brown r-colo., a member of the select committee said tuesday in Hanoi that he detected an a enormous Effort by Vietnam to change a to work to. Ward Friendship to work toward  the three senators a Brown Kerry and Thomas a. Daschle . A Are making the panels last scheduled visit to Vietnam before the committee is to Complete a final report and go out of business in january after a 17-month investigation. The report is expected to judge the Quality of vietnamese cooperation in resolving the question of americans missing from the War. Kerry he scnat0rs hinted this week that president Bush As one of his final acts in the White House will relax a 17-year . Trade embargo that has discouraged foreign investment in Vietnam. Calls by americans to relax the embargo have accelerated since Vietnam said last month that it would allow . Investigators full Access to military museums and archives holding information about  contest winners announced by Usa eur Bamberg Germany a winners in the . Army Europe culinary Competition were announced Here last week. Categories and the Gold medal winners were a cocktail canapes hours d oct arcs pvt. It claw jew Rodrigue 21st replacement in spec a lira d. Blackmon 3rd combat support corps Ami sgt Angle Ramirez Headquarters Usa fur a cold banquet Platter spec William f Nickerson 1st army div. Spec Jarvis b. Starks 22nd signal brigade Ami sgt. A inc Anttila 22nd signal brigade. A restaurant plotter for two in 1st class Lyten h Jones it St Aiea support group. Al ivc eve rec meal displayed cold Cal Michael f Bontrager a Josih area support group sgt. Rickie Young Headquarters Usa eur sgt. Theodore r. Peters 21st replacement in. And staff sgt Harlan e. La cml. 2nd army air defense coma. A old Buffet desserts set. Mark Watten Headquarters Usa eur and staff sgt Frederick Smith 100th area support group. A cold Buffet dessert Platter pvt. 1st class Tyrun b. Jones. 98th area support group and sgt. Mark Warren Headquarters Usa eur. A decorated edible cakes spec.  d. Blackmon. 3rd combat support corps and spec. David e. Valc Tsih area support group. A decorated tiered cakes pvt. 1st class Maria c. Tones 22nd signal brigade and sgt. 1st Gass Donald e. Loughton 32nd army air defense come. A Petite fours fancy pastries sgt. Mark Warren Headquarters Usa eur. A breads no Gold medal Winner. Works in Pas till age Marzipan and chocolate sgt. Preston l Slayton 23bth base support a and sgt. Rickie j. Young Headquarters Usa eur. Sculpture sgt. 1st class Vincent p. Sturdivant 3rd combat support corps and sgt. 1st Gass Herbert Noel Headquarters Usa eur. Works in sugar stuff sgt. Harlan e. I Lindy 32nd army air defense come. Works in vegetables sgt. Gilbert Rodrigues Headquarters Usa eur. Field Competition Chi. Michael f. Bontrager 98th area support group and spec. Eddie n. Oft Lic 98th area support group. Garrison Competition spec. David e. Valc 98th area support group into command event 98th area support group. Usa eur culinary arts team pvt. 1st class Jay f. Sauser 94th air defense arty brigade pvt. 1st class Tyrun b. Jones Liq co. 17th signal Lin spec  Laws 1st army div spec. David e. Value 3rd inf div spec. W Illiam e. Nickerson Hico 1st army div set. Larne c. Anttila Liq co 51st signal in sgt. Mark Warren headquarter Susareu Ami ski Rickie j. Young Headquarters  Bamberg commander Bamberg Germany a col. John Miller relinquished command of he 279th base support in to it. Col. Paul a. Oskvarek in a tuesday ceremony at Warner Barracks bulldog Field. Miller who will retire in january became the Deputy Community commander in Bamberg in july 1989. He took charge of the base support battalion in october 1991. Oskvarek most recently has been the facility Engineer at the . Military Academy at West Point . The Chicago native is a 1972 graduate of the  moves to Alconbury Rhein main a Germany the 7th special operations so officially moved to Raf Alconbury in the United kingdom on nov. 5. The move adds More than 100 Squadron members to the 90 members already stationed at Alconbury. The Squadron also is undergoing a weapon system conversion from Mc-130e combat Talon to Mc-13qh combat Talon ii aircraft. A detachment of 140 Squadron members and two Mc-130e combat talons will remain at Rhein main a until december. This detachment called Del 7, 39th special operations Wing was activated last thursday. It. Col. William m. Conner assumed command of the detachment  s health care overseas found inadequate by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a a Lack of Access to health care such As Pap tests and mammograms is one of the biggest complaints of female beneficiaries in the military medical system overseas a recent report says. Members of the defense advisory committee on women in the services or dacoits recently visited 11 overseas bases a three of them in Italy the Only european Sites a and talked with almost 1,500 servicewomen. The summary report of the trip said the military medical system is failing to address the needs of military women particularly in overseas areas a despite repeated complaints and reports from dacoits and other  a it is distressing to continue to hear of Long Waits for appointments overcrowded appointment systems Long turnaround time for test results and an insensitivity on the part of health care providers for the unique problems experienced by women a the report said. Although servicewomen Felt medical care generally had improved recently at the three italian locations visited a la Maddalena on Sardinia and Aviano a and Camp Darby on the italian Mainland a they said problems still exist. At Camp Darby for example it took women up to four months to schedule Pap tests and almost As Long to get results. Long delays in getting results were also noted by women at la Maddalena. Servicewomen cited difficulty getting Access to mammograms at Aviano a where such tests were not routinely incorporated into annual physical exams after age 35, or even discussed. Servicewomen in Italy also expressed a fair amount of concern Over italian hospitals and their a Lack of support for women giving birth or suffering from injuries. The report said italian doctors do not share nearly As much information with female patients As their american counterparts and often Tell patients to a support your pain psychologically rather than administer painkillers such As during childbirth. The report noted that some provisions Are made for Volunteer translators to meet patients at hospitals in Italy. But it said a a More attention must be Given to liaisons and translators who could make periodic visits to off base hospitals to ensure adequate care is being Given to All personnel in  a new Pentagon health care policy that is now going into effect is designed to increase Access to gynaecological care and mammograms As Well As provide faster turnaround for test results