European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lur Day August 12, 1993 military the stabs and stripes Pago 1t colonel leads my brigade after stint with Agency by the stars and stripes Quot Mannheim Germany a col. Charles l. Jaynes relinquished command of the 14th military olice brigade to Cal. Donald j. Ryder on vedic Day in a ceremony on Taylor Field in Mannheim. The change ends Haynes three years in Dannheim during which he was chief of physical Security for the . Army Europe Provost marshal my commander of the 42nd my group. Ryder comes to the 14th military police brigade after serving a Fellowship with the drug Quot enforcement Agency. He was commissioned. Through the Reserve officers training corps program in 1971. He also has served in Frankfurt Germany. There he was in charge of training and operations and Deputy commander for the 18th military police my brigade and commanded both. The 93rd my in and the 418th base support in _ units merge at Rota naval station Rota Spain two communications units at naval station Rota Spain merged aug. 5, and the newly created unit received a new commander. Members of naval station Rotas . Naval reconnaissance support activity and the naval Security group detachment combined to form the . Naval Security group activity. It. Cmdr. . Meadows relinquished command of the new unit to capt. Kenneth e. Verbrugge during ceremonies held aug. S. Meadows then departed for his duty assignment at the Bureau of naval personnel in Washington . Verbrugge formerly was the chief of naval Security activity Mobile conventional systems operations divisions at fort Meade my. No honoured. A a a. Rhein main a Germany a a staff sergeant assigned to the 435th civil engr so was recently named the air Force and . Air forces in Europe a outstanding base level Quality Assurance evaluator for 1992. Staff sgt. Vincent k. Pitts is the primary inspector of Rhein Mains $1.4 million custodial services contract which includes 83 facilities with More than 63,000 Square meters of floor space. Doctor s aide gets award Raf upper Heyford England a capt. Charles d. Frost has been named . Air forces in a Europe a physician assistant of the year. Frost was honoured for his performance at the orthopaedic clinic at Raf upper Heyford and for his smoking cessation program. Program statistics show that 90 percent of those who have gone through the program still arc nonsmokers six months later. Frost recently has been reassigned to the 48th medical group at Raf Lakenheath England. Joint training ends Vicenza Italy a american and British airborne units conducted joint training operations Friday through monday. Southern european task forces 3rd in 325th inf airborne in combat team conducted a battalion level Parachute operation into the United kingdom to conduct various training missions concentrating on military operations in a built up area a task Force statement said. Recruiting information Ramstein a Germany a people interested in pursuing a career in the . Air Force Reserve or air National guard can meet with a two person recruiting Liaison team at Ramstein a. For those wanting information Call senior master set. Tim Thomas or master sgt. Frank Harris at Dan 480-2815 or civilian 06371-472815, monday through Friday Between 8 . And 5 . My unit leaving Pir Masens Pir Masens Germany a the 59th military police co bade Farewell to Pir Masens in an aug. 3 ceremony. In the next month the unit in the 14th military police brigade will prepare to move to fort Carson Colo As part of the draw Down from Europe. Benefits luring some into retirement three want to take of s 15-year option by mur1dith Winder a . Bureau _ Raf Mildenhall England it was a Deal they  refuse. Retirement pay without serving 20 years lifetime medical benefits and a Chance to enter the Job Market have three men at Raf Mildenhall looking to leave the air Force under the Early retirement program. A a in be had heart to heart conversations with some of my friends on Why they Are getting out a tech. Sgt. Paul Emilien said. A after talking with them and because of the changes in the air Force i thought it was time to pursue other  under the air Force plan those retiring with More than 15 years but fewer than 20 years of service will receive full retirement benefits with the exception of pay. Retirement pay is reduced by 1 percent for each year below 20 served. Congress voted in october to allow the services to offer 15-year options. The air Force began accepting applications for its program May 1. The army is developing a similar program. The Navy began offering an Early retirement program to members in some ranks in Early july. A a in a ready to leave a said maj. John Van Wyke a 41. A the pay difference Between leaving now and waiting for 20 is not enough incentive to  if Van Wyke Waits until he has 20 years his retirement pay would be about $1,938 per month. By taking an Early retirement his pension will be about $1,899. A there Are no More pay raises for me so getting 50 percent of my base pay is fairly irrelevant a he said. A the pay difference is not an  Van Wyke has served in the air Force for 18 years and is the 100th regional support group support flight commander. He plans to Start a business in his Hometown of North Platte neb. 1 Emilien and staff sgt. Dan Anderson also see Little difference Between retiring now or later. Their retirement pay under the 15-year option will fall within a Range of $700 to $850 a month. If they wait their monthly pay will Only increase by $35 to $40. Emilien who has been in the air Force 16 years is chief of printing management for the 100th Mission support so at Mildenhall. His office is responsible for mass printing of documents. He plans to attend College in new Orleans with an Eye on a teaching career. Anderson a 16-year Veteran is a manpower technician with the 100th air refuelling Wing and responsible for determining the Manning needs of each air Force Job and office on base. Anderson 37, said it was time to enter the civilian Job Market. But he also said that a a there a a Chance of involuntary separations. I want to leave on my own  realizing he faced possible ouster because of his rank Anderson Emilien compared to his service time Anderson opted for the voluntary separation incentive an annuity program open to some Scricc members. His application for the program was accepted but he has since applied for Early retirement. The Dallas native is awaiting word on whether officials will allow him to cancel his vs1 request. Anderson chose to switch programs because of medical benefits which Are lift time under Early retirement but last Only 120 Days under Vii. In addition while commissary and Exchange privileges last two years under Vii they arc lifetime under Early retirement. A also with the retirement program i can receive Cost of living raises a he said. A that  happen with  Anderson holds a bachelors degree in Industrial technology but has no definite civilian Job plans. All three men said they enjoyed their military careers but said they have no regrets about leaving. A the air Force helped motivate me a Emilien said. A it was a great Way of life and kept me in this length of time. If you wanted to make a career out of it you could. But that Ideal has  Emilien said the air Force is now geared toward Short term personnel and does no to pay enough attention to those wanting to make the air Force a career. A a for instance the air Force eliminated some career advisers he said. Now fewer people arc available to help guide airmen through the Steps no Essaiy to making the air Force a career. He also questioned the air Force training policy which he said is no longer an incentive. Training has become rigid and set to a timetable he said forcing enlisted personnel to attend specific military schools before they can be promoted. A i enjoyed what in be done a Emilien said. A a in be enjoyed my career. 1 have Learned some invaluable lessons and  have gotten anywhere if 1 Hadnot joined the service. I have no resentments but its time to move  communication unit switches off Iraklion air station Crete a amps members of the air forces 486l defense comm system closed the doors of their eight buildings and turned off their two billboard antennas for the last time Friday. The mount Dheri communication site located two Miles from Iraklion air station had served As the a a military sat amp to of Europe since 1965. The bases antennas linked Crete with Italy Turkey Spain and Mainland Greece and was one of a Chain of 16 radio relay Sites among the countries said senior master sgt. Norman Renfrow of the 7276th comm so at Iraklion. About 15 contract employees worked at mounted Heri before it closed. Additional Sites at Levias and mount put eras on Mainland Greece Are scheduled to close before the end of the year. Iraklion air station is projected to close by. June 30,1994. The Levias and mount Pateras Sites will close by . 31 because they Are no longer needed according to the Iraklion Public affairs office. A new tactical satellite communications terminal at the Iraklion communication Center will Transfer defense switch network Calls through Sembach a Germany. From Germany Iraklion a Dan Calls will be routed through England. Combat equipment group gets new commander Mannheim Germany a amps col. R. Lee ban Del accepted command of the combat equipment. Group Europe from col. Ira r. Orr in a ceremony tuesday at Sullivan Barracks. Bandel had been commander of the readiness a group Snelling in St. Paul Minn. Orr who commanded the roup for two years will take Over As commander of 1st brigade 2nd Roth Region . Army Cadet come in Columbus Ohio. The equipment group a subordinate command of the 21st theater army area come has the Mission of receiving configuring storing maintaining and issuing equipment for repositioning of Materiel configured to unit sets