European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday december 10, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 3 military accidental fatality rate pm thou tend a cent duty Quot to a a it a Ltd a a a yet Ltd a a a ill i i m 0 b a it t i it a m1 a 4 a f a a a a �?T90�?T82 84 86 a 90 92 �?T94 source 0p�rtmnt of Otanm a amps awareness Washington a amps the military had 88 fewer accidental deaths in fiscal 1993 than in the previous fiscal year nation s top defense official is crediting a safety program in part for the drop. Outgoing Secretary of defense Les Aspin said in a statement that 624 service members died in fiscal 1993 compared with 712 the previous fiscal year. The decrease stemmed in part from fewer people in uniform. But safety awareness both on and off the Job and the Quot steadily improving safety of military weapons also contributed to the drop the release said. The death rate dropped from 0.39 to 0.36 per thousand. In a nov. 15 memo Aspin ordered All senior leaders to become Quot personally involved Quot in occupational illness and Accident prevention programs. He told military leaders that personnel health and safety and Protection of equipment and facilities Are top responsibilities of All commanders and managers. As the military continues to shrink Quot our obligation to skill fully manage the resources entrusted to us takes on even greater significance Quot Aspin wrote. A Pentagon statement said Aspinw a memo is Quot the first in recent years to directly address the importance of Accident prevention 2 soldiers in army chopper missing in Kentucky preserve Golden Pond by apr military and civilian authorities searched Friday morning for an army helicopter that disappeared with two Crew members aboard while returning from a training Mission. The oh-58 observation helicopter disappeared about 1 . Friday while flying Over land Between the lakes a nature preserve owned by the Tennessee Val Ley authority in Western Kentucky. Several helicopters Quot were flying in formation and one of them just got out of formation and they lost visual and radio Contact with him Quot said a fort Campbell spokesman. To halt inpatient care in june Frankfurt Germany a amps a the 51st combat support Hospital in Frankfurt will Stop providing inpatient care Lune 3 when it becomes an outpatient clinic. Quot at that time we will become an extended hour clinic open 12 hours on weekdays and four hours on the weekends Quot Hospital commander or. Col Wade d. Baldwin said in a statement released thursday. Quot As a clinic we will be fairly robust with eight physicians including paediatricians. The clinic s hours have not been determined according to Hospital spokeswoman Judith Williams. The 51st, formerly the 97th general Hospital is downsizing As a result of the military draw Down in Europe. Other scheduled changes at the 51st include a inpatient psychiatry services will Transfer to land Stuhl army regional medical Center on april 1. A the emergency room will become an urgent care Sis mgt Chol Absom All Clear for Betts water army Chi. Val Rambert takes a water Sample thursday from an outdoor faucet at Betts housing area in Frank flirt Germany. Preventive Medicine officials tested he military Community s water daily dec. 8 through thursday after a nonthreatening bacterium was detected. On thursday the water Supply lines were determined to be Clear. Officials now expect to test for the bacterium weekly. Extra chlorine was added to the water and the Supply lines were flushed to Correct the problem an official said. Clinic May 15. A surgery services will be transferred to other medical facilities May 27. A All of the hospitals inpatients will be transferred toothed facilities or discharged by june 3. The 51st�?Ts residential treatment Center a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program was transferred to Lan Stuhl on dec. 1.the statement said a patient service Center is being established to facilitate the transition of inpatient care to German and other military facilities. Information being compiled by the service Center includes alternate health care possibilities news about the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services Billing procedures maps and Telephone numbers. The 51st clinic is scheduled to close All operations by Spring 1995. Set in Macedonia Washington a amps a peacekeeping troops in Macedonia will be entertained tuesday by pop recording artists the Pointer Sisters. The quartet will travel to Macedonia after a three night engagement in Berlin which begins today where they Are headlining Quot a Farewell to the event has been dubbed a Celebration honouring the . Military s Success in bringing Down the Iron curtain. The Macedonia concert is being sponsored by the United services organization. In a Uso release group member Anita Pointer said a we re flattered that the Uso would choose us to help celebrate such an historic occasion. We be always enjoyed performing for the troops and we re especially Happy to be Able to perform for them so close to the Holiday. We Hope that we can help make the season a Little Anita Ruth june and Bonnie Pointer began singing together in churches in Oakland Calif. Their recording and performing career has spanned nearly 15 years and they Are veterans of Uso entertainment Tours. Their hits include jump for my Lovein a so excited and Neutron dance. A fireman seeks right to read banned Playboy on own time los Angeles apr a fire Captain is suing for the right to read Playboy Magazine at the station. The suit claims the los Angeles county fire department is wrongfully censoring explicit magazines under a 1992 policy against sexual harassment. The lawsuit was filed Thun Day on behalf of fire capt. Steven w. Johnson 49, who works at an Alt male station near Edwards residents to soon by Mark k1nkade staff writer the few americans left in Bremerhaven Germany should know by Christmas whether their hot water is Safe according to a spokesman for the . Army s 7th medical come. The army took 30 samples of water from a military housing area in the Northern Germany coastal City nov. 30 to determine whether Lead from plumbing in an abandoned military Hospital had contaminated the hot water Supply to the area. The army environmental Hygiene Agency at Aberdeen proving ground md., is analysing the samples said sgt. 1st class Scott Flaherty of the medical command Quot normally testing takes about two months but these samples had a High priority a a Flaherty said thursday. About 30 americans still live in the housing area near the former Carl Schurz Cavern in Bremerhaven. They Are assigned to the military traffic management come which operates the military portion of the port in Bremerhaven a command spokesman said. Bremerhaven once was Home to about 13,000 soldiers and their families. The army returned most facilities there in june when the Post officially closed. Officials said in november that the hot water Supply to the area probably was contaminated by Lead from the aging Lead plumbing system that connected to an empty military Hospital which once served the Bremerhaven . Community. The army did not renew a contract to periodically flush the hospitals plumbing system when the facility closed officials said. The Community was advised to use cold water whenever possible because the cold water Supply was unaffected a spokeswoman for the 80th area support group in chevres Belgium said. The support group is responsible for the Bremerhaven Community. Residents can use the hot water Supply if they let the water run for a Short time or if they boil the water the spokeswoman said. A the support group has advised the americans to avoid using hot water for cooking until test results Are Back
