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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes Friday december 18, 1992 adapt to air Force change career minded nurses told r by Craig Martin staff writer Rhein main a Germany a the head of the air Force nursing corps said wednesday nurses in Europe Are concerned whether they can expect a 20-year career in the service in the face of the draw Down. Brig. Gen. Sue Ellen Turner director of nursing services in the office of the air Force surgeon general said the air Force is changing and she offered tips for nurses who desire to n make the air Force a Ca-1 racer. A we have leaders in All grades that arc not necessarily always the people with the most rank a she said. A if you can be competitive for promotion today doing what you re i doing and keep doing it you can be competitive for promotion in the future and have a very rewarding career in the air  Turner who visited the clinic at Rhein main a on wednesday As part of a tour of air Force medical facilities in Europe said some Junior officers had planned on a 20-Ycar career when they joined the service. A one of the things that consistently comes up is the notion of a hey in a a lieutenant or in a a Captain and i thought Thyot when i joined the air Force that i was going to have a 20-year career and now in a not so sure. Turner i hear about changes that Are happening with the air Force a drawing Down she said. The air Force is changing Turner said she told the nurses and those in the air Force need to change with it. A what i Tell these lieutenants and captains is do your Job learn your skills and take whatever opportunities you see to demonstrate your ability to be the kind of Leader that a going to be successful in the air Force a she said. Although Turner  provide exact numbers As to How Many nurses have left the career Field since the draw Down began in 1990, she said the air Force lost 125 nurses under selective Early out programs earlier this year less than 3 percent of the 5,400 in the nursing career Field. The changing air Force environment has its benefits Turner said As nurses will have opportunities to broaden their skills. She said air Force nurses will be More in line with their civilian counterparts As they re asked to take on additional jobs such As planners health promotion program managers patient educators and Case managers. In addition some unique jobs await a handful of air Force nurses. A we even now have nurses who Are commanders of not Only clinics and air evac squadrons but also now we have a nurse who is commander of a bedded Hospital at Loring fab Maine a she said. Contributing to this report staff writer Steve scholar 27 . Peacekeepers freed by Khmer Rouge after 2 Days phenom penh Cambodia up a Khmer Rouge guerrillas on thursday freed 21 . Peacekeepers they held for two Days in Central Cambodia a . Spokesman said. T he spokesman for the . Transitional authority in Cambodia said most of the group including four . Military observers left o Sala Village in the morning aboard two vehicles. Quot they Are All Fine a the spokesman said. He said the release was ordered by leaders of the Khmer Rouge faction at their base in the Western cambodian town of Pailin. A it appears the local commander acted on his own and that the higher authorities did not have knowledge of the action one said. He said 12 indonesian troops from the . Group also travelled to o Sala about 90 Miles Northwest of phenom penh on wednesday to negotiate with the local Khmer Rouge commander. He said that after the release thursday morning about eight men and a company commander remained behind to have discussions with the Khmer Rouge soldiers about preventing such incidents. The spokesman said some Khz River Rouge soldiers captured two . Military observers a one French and one chinese a about noon tuesday in Central Cambodia. When the two failed to return to their base wednesday morning an american and a senegalese observer 15 indonesian troops and two cambodian interpreters went to look for them and also were seized. A they could not leave because villagers put mines around the Village a the spokesman said. The . Group is overseeing implementation of a peace agreement signed in Paris a year ago by the phenom penh government the Khmer Rouge and two non communist factions aimed at ending 13 years of conflict in Cambodia. Army checking possible theft of mail headed for exchanges by Crystal Laureano staff writer several thousand dollars Worth of mail destined for Exchange facilities in Darmstadt Germany possibly was stolen from the Community a mail room earlier this month a spokeswoman for the . Army Europe confirmed wednesday. Army officials Are investigating a report of larceny of wholesale Vendor shipments to the army and air Force Exchange sender facilities in Darmstadt from the Post office on Cambrai Frisch Cavern said us Arhur a Millie Waters. I he thefts Are believed tit have occurred timing the first week of december. Quot Cilicia is would not say How they were first lipped off to the possible crimes or Why the Vendor mail was targeted. A initial i ufos mat Ion compiled by the Darmstadt of ice of tie 2nd Region. Ring dial i in Esi  kit ii come mid sales that the mop Ceu j Larcenie were due eted Only against Exchange shipments she said. As yet officials have no information to Lead them to believe that personal mail was stolen Waters said. Individuals have been questioned in connection with the incidents but no arrests have been made and no charges have been filed she said. Information so far indicates that the possible thefts were isolated incidents Waters said. Officials consider the possibility of a theft ring unlikely since the . Army postal group Europe and criminal investigation come officials regularly conduct random Security Cheeks of mail areas with heavy traffic including the army s primary mail sorting facility in Offenbach Germany Waters said. Quot a spokeswoman for the . Army postal group Europe which has its Headquarters in Rhei Jiuu Germain declined wednesday to comment on the Imbesi Nealion officials would Gnu id i Imi her , vim. Do 111\ est  Ion was m put a i a women exploited in West iranian islamic Leader says from wire reports Athens Greece a iranian religious Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says women in the West were being exploited economically and sexually and invited them a to chastity under islam Tehran radio said. A not Only in the workplace and factories but also in Art and literature women have been wronged a he said. This was a reflected in Art works novels films and paintings a the iranian Leader said wednesday in a Tehran radio broadcast monitored in Athens. He blasted Western societies for a treating women As Consumers playthings for men and cheap  in Western societies a women Are considered objects of pleasure for men. They Call this women a Freedom Quot he said. Khamenei was speaking to a Hall full of iranian women wearing the chador a a head to toe covering a assembled on the birthday of Fatima Zahra a Muslim woman  protest plan Rome a about 20,000 doctors Many dressed in White Robes marched through streets wednesday to protest a proposed health care plan that would eliminate thousands of jobs. The change seeks to streamline Italy a Public health care system. It will allow for More private practice and will require Richer citizens to cover More of their costs. The plan would restructure the local sanitary units the Basic unit in Italy a Public health care system a reducing the number of units from 672 to about 100. The number of doctors and administrators working in each also would be Cut. The Law also would make the units operate with a balanced  slights Portugal Brussels Belgium a european Community map makers trying to Chart the regions rapidly changing Borders apparently lost track of a tiny Atlantic Island in their own Back Yard. Madeira one of the eco a westernmost territories has been ruled by Portugal since its discovery by portuguese navigators in the 15th Century. But the eco a new european map distributed tuesday shows the vacation Isle belonging to Spain a its a lamentable mistake a bemoaned a portuguese Diplomat. Tourists robbed in Uganda Kampala Uganda a gunmen tied up and robbed seven foreigners who were touring the Ruwenzori mountains in Western Uganda police said wednesday. The area Long a Region of crime and political instability was recently opened to tourists. Police said the tourists and their local guides were roed of $600 on saturday. No was injured and one person was later arrested police said. Two of the foreigners were americans identified Only As Michael com Merxamer and Brian  was spy report says Paris Michel Simon a French film Star who in in Wal soviet Asen before an dunns Var a French news Magazine says in this week s edition. A Holch three weeks ask a la eve nement do stud. Had quoted a Kab colonel Igor prelim As 3 fan Ous French actor had worked with the Kab s predecessors in the 1930s and �?T40s. Pryts Ullest edition. The Magazine said the actor in ,m0mivl?r since his leading role in Jean 1 r s a classic Bouldu saved from drowning. He magazines article was written by Roger Quot a Igot and Pascal Krop co authors of a Book on the i a Nch secret service. 11k\ said Simon Horn in Switzerland was Eemil d Atler helping Chameli the Swiss t Omir Mim Partemi Irp a  
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