European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 14, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 num . Envoy says plans reflecting needs of a Fry by de reams staff writer Bonn Germany the military draw Down in Europe will not drop below the numbers officially announced the top . Diplomat in Germany says. I always Point out that even though there is a draw Down there will be in excess of 80,000 american troops plus family members in Germany in the future said Charles e. Redman . Ambassador to Germany. Redman an air Force Academy graduate who served eight years in the air Force said tuesday that the number of 100,000 service members in Europe was chosen to leave a presence that would be effective Mili tarily.,  -. That is what the draw Down will achieve he said. Shifting to the War in Bosnia Redman said i Don t believe the serbs have won it. The War has been marked Over the last 2v2 years by a series of gains and reversals. The War is a stalemate and Likely to go on for a very Long time if you look at it from the military  Redman who served As special envoy to the former Yugoslavia from August 1993 until his appointment earlier this year called Bosnia a difficult test for nato primarily because some allies have troops heavily engaged on the ground open to danger should other allies mount air attacks. Redman said he thought the Bosnia disaster stems from the fact that nato did hot address the conflict from the outsmart because it was distracted by other historic upheavals. At the time that the Bosnia problem came onto the scene the soviet Union was breaking up Germany was being unified the european Community was ready to take on a larger role in Europe. Historians Are arguing crimes against girl 13 by Effie Bathen Heidelberg Bureau an army medical specialist convicted of sexual crimes against a 13-year-old girl has been sentenced to five years confinement according to Community officials in Stuttgart Germany. Spec. David y. Nelson 25, met the american girl at a july 4 festival at Patch Barracks said a spokesman sgt. 1st class Mike Alley. The charges arose from two incidents at a nearby hotel he said. The situation came to the attention of authorities july 16, when two friends of the girl s reported a possible rape Alley said. Nelson was assigned to the 732nd medical det at the Stuttgart medical clinic for less than a year. A.  he was convicted of two counts of carnal knowledge sodomy with a female under the age of 16 and providing alcohol to a minor under 18. On dec. 8, the court martial panel also convicted Nelson of disobeying a lawful order and making a false official statement. In addition to the confinement Nelson was sentenced to a bad conduct discharge forfeiture of All pay and allowances and reduction to Low est enlisted Grade Al. The specialist is being held at the . Army jail in Mannheim Germany awaiting Transfer to the . Disciplinary Barracks at fort leaven Worth Kan. Is Ken George ambassador Charles e. Redman. I Don t believe the serbs have won in Bosnia whether bosnian Independence was recognized to Early or not he said. Bosnia is not a litmus test for nato that s going too far. It is an important Issue for nato. But nato has carried out its commitments. People forget this Bosnia is not a nato operation but a United nations operation. We have seen that it s difficult to mesh those two operations and Bosnia has taught the United nations and nato just How complicated peacekeeping  " " Redman 50, said the main question now on Bosnia is How Long the allies want to keep the Blue helmets on the ground. The . Is for them staying As Are the major West Ern countries involved. And i think it s True that even the serbs and bosnian want the troops to stay no mat Ter How much they  Redman said Bosnia was not of vital  to the United states. Otherwise we would have had troops on the ground Long ago he said. Nevertheless there Are some very important american interests there such As providing for humanitarian Relief for a lot of suffer ing people trying to bring an end to the War through negotiations and trying to keep this War from spreading to neighbouring states so we have had a rather wide Agenda even though we have not had substantial number of troops on the ground.". -. "  the thousands of americans working daily to support operations Over and outside Bosnia Redman praised . Soldiers in Macedonia for preventing the War from spreading. Turning to Germany Redman said the relations be tween the United states and the Central european country could t be  because that is so Redman said germans and americans Are now work ing to prevent their relations from withering with the military draw Down. Over All these years we be had hundreds of thou Sands of troops millions when you count family members Redman said. This has been a resource that we perhaps did not realize at the time. The Ger mans clearly see it now As having been a very beneficial resource. A v what we Are trying to do now is to build new More creative imaginative ways to keep those relationships Strong now that we won t have As Many troops  Redman said he wanted to thank the men and women of the . Armed forces for helping to keep the peace and supplying humanitarian Aid in War torn re Gions.  -. " v ,. Redman a career Diplomat was sworn in As Ambas Sador to Germany on oct. 7 and replaced Richard hol Brooke. Prior to becoming ambassador Redman also has had assignments in Haiti Sweden Paris Belgium Algeria and Washington. Victims by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the defense department has vastly expanded its troops to teachers program to allow thousands More veterans and former civilian employees to apply officials said. The change Means that All service members Dis charged since oct. 1, 1990, Are eligible. Defense department civilians and certain defense contractor employees terminated since then can also apply. Previously the program was open Only to service members and civilians who were separated after last Jan. 19, the Date the program was formally established. The teacher and teacher s aide placement assist Ance program helps finance teacher certification train ing and assists former defense department personnel in finding employment in schools with teacher Short Ages that serve Low income families. Since the program began in january almost 5,270applications Nave been received with 171 people being placed in school districts in 30 states. Although that placement rate might seem Low for a program that the Pentagon has touted As a Success officials said it s caused by the timing of the school year hiring Cycle. The program did t get going until this past Jan uary and by the time we created a staff and got applications out we were in the april May time Frame said Jeff Cropsey Deputy director of the defense activity for non traditional education support. Schools usually Start hiring in january for the school year that starts in september so we were really coming in at the Tail end of the hiring Cycle this  officials with the defense activity predict that the placement Pace will increase during the upcoming Hir ing Cycle for the 1995-96 sch of year. We expect it to really Start kicking in Early next year Cropsey said. To be eligible military personnel must have serve Dat least six continuous years on Active duty before Sepa ration and have an honorable discharge. Civilians must he program did t get going until this past january and by the time we created a staff and go applications out we were in the april May time Frame. School usually Start hiring in january for the school year that starts i september so we were really coming in at the Tail end of the hiring Cycle this year Jeff Cropsey Deputy director of the defense activity for non traditional education support have lost their jobs As a result of the draw Down or abase closure. Under the program s original design people had to apply no More than a year after separation or Termi nation. But under the new eligibility rules servicemen Bers and civilians who have left the defense depart ment since oct. 1, 1990, have until oct. 5, 1995, to apply. After that Date the one year application dead line will again take effect. Applicants must have a Bachelor s degree to qualify for the teacher portion of the program and an associate degree to qualify for teacher s aide positions. The defense department will provide up to $5,000to pay for teacher certification training. In return participants must agree to work for five years in a school serving Low income families. Interested individuals can apply at base education and transition assistance offices. Information can to obtained by writing defense activity for non traditional education support 6490 Saufley Field Road. Pensacola Fla. 32509-5243