European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes military thursday december 24, 1992 s g . Fighter Wing receives second top safety award Raf Ben Waters Woodbridge England a the 81st tac fighter Wing has won the National safety councils outstanding ground safety performance award for 1991. This is the second consecutive year the Wing has received the award which recognizes organizations that have significantly reduced ground accidents. The Wing was nominated for the 1992 award. In the past two years ground accidents in the Wing have dropped from 65 in 1990 to Only 16 in 1992. Ground mishaps in the unit were Down 36 percent from 1990, and duty injuries dropped by More than half. Additionally off duty injuries fell 15 recent and Drunken driving incidents were Down 0 percent. To be eligible for the award units must have an average authorized strength of 1,000 or More assigned military and civilian personnel for the previous three years and meet predetermined Accident reduction rates. Sailor hailed for service Nas Kef Lavik Iceland a amps an electronics technician formerly with the naval computer and telecommunications station at Kef Lavik is the Navy a recipient for the Uso general dynamics Community service award according to a news release. Chief Petty officer Cynthia a. Tomei who has since transferred to Virginia received the award for her a contributions to others in the spirit of volunteerism a the release stated. The award is resented annually to members representing each ranch of the armed forces. Tomei a 15-Ycar Navy Veteran and native of Blasdell n.y., has worked extensively with Church and scouting programs through the years. During the 1991-92 school year in Iceland she served As chairwoman of the Kef Lavik girl scout Council directing the operations of More than 100 girls and 12 adult leaders. . Weapons site closes Raf St. Mawgan England a amps the . Navy ended 27 years of operation at Raf St. Mawgan on dec. 15 when the american Flag was lowered for the last time at the Active Royal air Force base. The Navy maintained a Small weapons facility at St. Mawgan located in Cornwall in the extreme Southwest Corner of England. Facility personnel received stored maintained and issued munitions in support of Navy and nato operations according to Navy officials. At the Peak of operations More than 200 sailors and . Marines were stationed at the base. Fewer than 15 sailors were on hand at the closing ceremony. The facility was closed As part of the defense department draw Down. All personnel have been reassigned the majority to units in the United states. Safe honors nurse Raf Upwood England capt. Catherine f. Mattie with the 10th t a fighter Wing clinic at Raf Upwood has been selected As the . Air forces in Europe a outstanding company Grade Active duty nurse of the year for 1992. Mattie a contributions have included organizing the clinics first Basic emergency medical technician courses As Well As two subsequent refresher courses. She also coordinated the bases joint mass Accident response exercises with the local National emergency services and acted As medical coordinator for Raf Alconbury a air Tattoo �?T92. Nero ready to sink Teeth into next guard Mission by tech. A amp to. Annette Crawford for the stars and stripes Ankara Turkey a what Good is a guard dog without Teeth that question was on the minds of military log handlers belonging to Ankara a 7217th Security police so. One of the squadrons dogs Nero had sported a toothless Grin for several months. The 5-year-old Black Shepherd has a Long history of gnawing on Metal fences a habit for which he received veterinary dental services. However his persistent habit had undone All the previous work All of his Teeth Forward of his molars were worn to the gum line making his bark now considerably worse than his bite. Staff sgt. Anthony Lechette approached Ankara a dental clinic with the problem. According to Lechette Nero must demonstrate that he can bite and hold a trainers Arm for 30 seconds to remain As a guard dog. Although Nero a main duties involve identifying explosives he must also perform guard dog functions to remain at Ankara. Nero a training Cost the . Government approximately $20,000. He still has five More years of useful service to Uncle Sam. Replacing him would be costly and so would sending him on temporary duty with his handler for the required dental treatment Lechette said. To assess the damage to his Teeth Nero and his handlers at the Kennel were visited by or. It. Col Eric Kramer and or. Capt Dave Pagan of the 7217th a group dental clinic along with or. Capt Danny Glover military Public health officer and a doctor of veterinary Medicine. They determined Nero needed two Root canals and four crowns to restore his ability to grip and hold with his Teeth. In september Nero was taken to the clinic for a rays. Glover administered general anaesthesia and the a rays were made. The a rays confirmed the proposed treatment plan and gave the clinic staff an idea of the length and position of the roots of Nero a four Fang Teeth aptly known As  these Teeth were chosen for restoration because they with their Long roots Are the strongest in a dogs Mouth. On oct. 21, Nero was anaesthetized and slept peacefully through a five hour operation. Pagan performed for s4s tech. Sgt Annette Crawford staff sgt. Chris Chandler of the 7217th a group a rays Nero. Both Root canals before or. It. Col Michael Wiley a visiting prosthodontist from Ramstein a Germany prepared the inside of the four canine roots and built the delicate plastic patterns to be cast in steel. The area dental Laboratory at Wiesbaden a Germany cast and polished the new crowns and mailed them to Ankara. Nero a Toothy smile was realized less than a month later when Glover again put him under and Kramer cemented All four crowns into place. Or. It. Col Eric Kramer contributed to this report. Loranger takes command of Rhein main Wing Rhein main a Germany a amps a the air mobility Comdr a inspector general became the Leader Friday of one of the . Air forces in Europe a largest bases. Brig. Gen Donald e. Loranger jr., 48, took command of the 435th Airlift Wing the Host Wing at Rhein main a during a 10 am ceremony in hangar 484. Loranger relieved maj. Gen. James l. Hobson jr., who will become the director of operations for the air mobility come at Scott fab 111., near St. Louis to. Hobson had been the wings commander since april. Speaking to a crowd of military base personnel and German and american visitors Loranger said he was glad to return to the base. A it is without a doubt a base that shapes americans military future he said. Loranger a Havre mont., native served in Vietnam As a Pilot. He was an assistant air attach in Laos from april 1975 until August 1975, when political upheaval ended that assignment. In october 1983, Loranger became the assistant Deputy commander for operations for the 435th tac Airlift Wing the 435th Airlift wings  programs touched Many musical notes Naples Italy a amps whether they enjoyed classical jazz traditional Holiday fare or even sing along music lovers in Naples received an Early Christmas gift during the last two weekends from the Navy. As part of its Quot Holiday on us program the naval support activity Naples morale welfare and recreation offered a series of performances for the Community. For those who hungered for food As Well As music there was new Orleans night on dec. 12 at the support activity a restaurant the porthole. On the menu for the evening was Trout Almandine accompanied by tunes performed by the Susan Regis jazz quartet. On Friday a string quartet played at the base theater accompanied by clarinet St Francesco Ariante. Ariente organized the seasons series of performances by the group made up of members of the italian radio and television services Scarlatti orchestra. On the program was music by such diverse composers As Mozart and Irving Berlin. Children took Over the installation theater saturday morning when mar of lured a Christmas cartoon film fest preceded by a neapolitan puppet show by Lilvia and Vittorio Testa who presented their version of Robin Hood in italian and English. That evening adults again filled the theater to hear a classical piano and voice performance by Giovanna Borghese and Donatella Villapiano followed by choral renditions of Christmas favourites by members of a sex Ultarte Deon from the local phlegm mean diocese. Sing along time came when the chorus invited the audience to join it for the final number berlins White Christmas. The performances Drew near capacity crowds on both evenings said Chris Robus Mwry a recreation services director. A everybody who attended enjoyed the programs a Robus added