European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes military thursday december 31,1993 Many in Europe earn is place Media awards first place winners based in Europe have been named in the department of the army a 1992 Keith l. Ware print and broadcast Media journalism awards. They Are civilian broadcast journalist Ottha year Linda g. Frost an Kaiserslautern Germany. Print Media awards category h a sports articles spec Scott Wisdom he co european come area support group Stuttgart. Germany. Category i a single or stand alone photo Nell Neeley Public affairs office 7th army training come Grafen amp or Germany. Category j a picture stories Nell Neeley Public affairs office 7lh army training come Grafen amp or special achievement in print Media Quot getting out changing army needs fewer  primary contributor a Karin Young training times 7th army training come Graf and amp or. Broadcast Media awards category a-1 a arts radio entertainment program staff sgt. Mark p. Boylan an Bremerhaven Germany. Category b-1 a arts to entertainment or information series profile Larry a. Suchter command information Headquarters an Europe Frankfurt germ in. Category e a to sports Story or sports feature spec. Brannon Lamar seb Vicenza Italy. Category h-1 a arts radio information program an Europe radio an news an Europe Frankfurt. Category h-2 a non arts radio information program Gall Mccabe Headquarters 21st theater army area come Kaiserslautern. Category 1-1 a arts special to program Johnny walkup seb to production Vicenza. Category j-1 a arts local radio newscast Frost an Kaiserslautern. Category k-1 a arts local to newscast an Europe news Frankfurt. Category l a vide Graphy spec. Ryan Russell can Rel an Numberg Germany. Category m a special radio achievement in support of the army Public affairs themes sgt. Gall e. Anderson an Frankfurt. Special to achievement in support of the army Public affairs Campaign themes staff sgt. Brady Shoemaker seb Vicenza. 2 Chicksands officers unit win 1992 Safe honors Raf Chicksands England a amps two officers and a unit at Raf Chicksands have earned . Air forces in Europe awards for 1992. Capt. Daniel Massy was named Best disaster preparedness officer. The award was Given in part for improving the flow of disaster preparedness information throughout the base and writing comprehensive operating instructions detailing activities of the 7274th civil engr Sqq a disaster preparedness flight. The flight headed by Massy also took the award for the Best Small disaster preparedness flight. Flight members were credited with improving the units training programs and instituting a self inspection program that command officials cited As a Model. Also at Chicksands capt. Peter Gotts was named Best Junior Supply manager in Safe in part for reducing errors in Supply accounts to near Zero. He also received an award of excellence from the air Force in Europe a inspector general during a unit inspection. Award winners will compete against other command nominees at the . Air Force level. Special forces recruiters due Kaiserslautern Germany a amps recruiters will hold presentations in Kaiserslautern on Jan. 9 for enlisted soldiers interested in applying for the special forces. Presentations will be at 10 . And 1 . At the Kleber Cavern theater. Wives of interested soldiers Are encouraged to attend. Applicants must take a physical fitness and swimming test. Soldiers Are required to score 220 on the army physical readiness test for the 17-to-19 age group and must swim 50 meters in Battle dress uniform and boots. Applicants also must pass the special forces physical. Soldiers should bring their most recent physical fitness test score card and copies of their personnel data forms 2a and 2-1 to the presentations. For More information Call sgt. 1st class Thomas a Puma at the european special forces recruiting office at Dan 379-6430 or 6558 or German civilian 0620225825. A amps j. King Cruger a Navy Veteran the submarine tender Orion dwarfs a Barge and a tugboat in the Harbor at la Maddalena Sardinia. Sub tender Orion rides Waves to service vessels in the med by j. King Cruger Mediterranean Bureau la Maddalena Sardinia a with the threat of hostile submarines virtually vanishing from the Mediterranean the . Navy a nuclear powered High Speed attack subs and their sole sub tender in the Region have taken on different tasks. A your subs Are More actively supporting Battle groups and taking part in More coordinated exercises with allies a said capt. Theodore Hack skipper of the submarine tender Orion. A with Tomahawk cruise missiles Navy subs can strike ashore from unknown positions. I think that will become a primary contribution of subs to the integrated  the Orion a Home port has been the italian Island of Sardinia for 13 years and the 49-year-old tender is one of the oldest commissioned ships in the Navy. It is scheduled for decommissioning and will be replaced in april by the Simon Lake a newer submarine tender. Tenders such As the 530-foot Orion serve As bases for Mobile repairs weapons handling and supplies for subs and submarine Rescue vessels. The draw Down in Europe has brought about a slight decrease in sub repairs performed on the Orion but Hack said the tender is now repairing More surface ships. Hack a we done to carry out significant repairs to surface ships Here at la Maddale Nabut we can deploy throughout the med to do it a said Hack a Veteran of 26 years of submarine operations. Most sub tenders Only occasionally leave port. When they do they Are gone Only for a few Days at a time to train at sea. In contrast the Orion now spends 45 percent of its time away from a la Madd a As american service members Call la Maddalena a port on the Island of Maddalena just off Northern Sardinia. Some of that time is spent under Way conducting engineering trials to ensure the Crew and ship can operate at sea. The remainder is spent repairing Navy surface ships and subs in ports around the Mediterranean. A the Crew loves it because of the great Liberty ports we visit Quot Hack said adding that a with 700 single sailors on the ship there is a need to keep their spirits  in the past year Orion has visited Naples Ana Gaeta Italy Ibiza Spain Toulon France Corfu one of the ionian islands off the Western coast of Greece and Alexandria Egypt. A Guys who live on Board work on Board and stay on Board the ship hate it Here Quot said Petty officer 1st class Chris Pope 30, assigned to the Orion a repair department. A Guys who get off and see Europe Are  the recent closure of the . Navy a submarine repair operation at holy Loch Scotland has brought new equipment to la Maddalena and the Island of Santo Stefanos amps j Tang Cruger Petty officer 1st class Chris Pope takes a break from his duties aboard the sub tender Orion. The tenders operational base just off la Maddalena. Among the items received from holy Loch is a 120-ton floating Crane that arrived in june it gives the base the ability to lift mechanized Landing Craft out of the water for maintenance according to it. Jerry Dobbs la Maddale nays port services officer. A previously the maintenance had to be contracted out or we had to hire a civilian Crane to do the lifting a said Dobbs an Atlanta resident. Holy Loch also provided the tugboat Natick which coins the tug Ocala at la Maddalena. Having two tugs allows sailors to get the Orion under Way without hiring the assistance of an italian tug Dobbs said. Other assets acquired from holy Loch include an accommodation Barge capable of berthing 300 sailors plus five mechanized Landing Craft. Water travel is a must Tor the americans stationed at la Maddalena since commercial ferries and the Square shaped self propelled Landing Craft Are the Only link Between la Maddalena Santo Stela no and Mainland Sardinia where roughly a third of the Navy Community lives