European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 1 2007 stars and stripes Page trips offered for kids of deployed us troops by Charlie Coon stars and stripes summer Camp hiking playing sports sailing on tall ships sixty High school students will get a Chance mis summer to go on on week sail ing trips on the North sea through a pro Gram offered by installation command Europe the two trips scheduled for july 2127 and july 27 to aug 1 will embark from North sea ports in the Rostock area trips Are open to students who have a services member Parent deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan recently returned from deployment or soon deploying so they can learn skills and be out of their environment so they can act like kids and theres nothing wrong with having fun Joseph Marton head of youth pro Grams for installation command Europe said in explaining the purpose of the pro Gram the trips Are part of Camp army adventure resilience memories youth Challenge the Camp also is offering we Klong programs for Middle school Stu dents who want to explore the City of Heidelberg july 1621 or a German coast Al Island aug up to 520 students can be accommodated though participation is limited to one program per student programs Are sponsored by income ropes morale Wel fare and recreation department a tall ships program was last organized by the Wurzburg area garrisons from 19992001 Marton said and sounded like a Good idea for this summer simmer time can be especially Tough for children of a deployed Parent and some times the child benefits from having a co Hort of support according to Jane Hel Frich income ropes mobilization and deployment specialist the children can talk to each other about what ifs like in the family when their mom or dad is not there Helfrich said they have that Bond that connection where ifs of to say i miss my mom of i miss my dad it can also be hard for the Parent left be Hind on the Home front who Doest have a spouse to share the parenting Load if there is just one Parent in the Home and maybe two or three kids out of school and theres a lot of Leisure time on their hands what do you do with them Hel Frich said theres a Little More stress on the Parent to be creative and finds things for kids to do deadline for applying is May 4 further information and applications forms Are available at the web site wow Moreu rope com email Charlie Coon at us cuts Hazard pay for troops in Bosnia Croatia by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes Arlington troops in bos Nia Herzegovina and Croatia will no longer receive per month in imminent danger pay As of nov 1 the defense department announced late Friday the move will affect about 232 us troops now deployed to a according to the defense department the number of us troops in Croatia was not immediately Avail Able on Friday the news came one week after the de sense department announced mat about 1500 us troops stationed in Kosovo would continue to get imminent danger pay the defense department pays certain troops imminent danger pay if they Are deployed to a Region where they face the threat of physical harm or imminent Dan Ger on the basis of civil insurrection civil War terrorism or wartime conditions the us military has had a presence in Bosnia Herzegovina for More than a de Cade about 20000 us troops mostly based in Germany were sent to the re Gion in late 1995 to enforce the Dayton peace accords which ended that coun i factors considered include physical environment living conditions and personal Security f f a department of defense news release try civil War the decision to Stop giving the pay to us troops in Bosnia Herzegovina comes As a result of a periodic review of who should get the special pay the news re lease says the review also determined the follow ing troops also would no longer receive imminent danger pay 43 troops deployed to Macedonia seven troops deployed to Georgia five troops deployed to Angola one servicemen Ber deployed to Sierra Leone however those troops will get More in hardship pay which is meant to compensate troops deployed to areas where the Quality of life is substantially below what most service members in the us experience the news release says factors considered include physical environment living conditions and per Sonal Security the news release says under the changes us troops in Ango la Georgia and Sierra Leone will get per month in hardship pay up from per month the news release says in an other change troops in Macedonia now will collect hardship pay at a rate of per Montu email Jeff Schogol at coming to your first run theater 0 Lewis is an orphan who dreams of finding a family his journey takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson whisks him away to a world anything future there he meets an incredible assortment of characters Anda family beyond his wildest image Naethe Robinsons who help Lead him on an amazing and hilarious Heartfelt results Steve Anderson 7 p writer 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