European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June stars and stripes pages Navy officer earns army medical badge by Steve Mraz stars and stripes Germany Charles pasque May appear to be out of but the Navy officer has indeed earned die right to Wear die badge pinned above his left breast last Navy Pas i almost unload die army prestigious expert Field medical badge after evaluator 7 think you got w Navy Charles pasque a at my whole clip on this and the Competition Grafe Wohr training he was the Only Sailor in the group to earn the Honor and could be the first naval officer to Ever receive the award since the army approved the badge in to put pasque and the other efm recipients achievement in the badges pass rate for fiscal 2007 is 8 according to an army efm web candidates must score at least 75 out of 100 on a written successfully perform medic skills during combat scenarios on three training conduct Dayan nigh land and finish a 12mile Road March in less than three carry ing a weapon and 35pound Ruck of the 262 Candi dates vying for the badge at Only 10 percent age 44 at the pasque said he was twice the age of most his Fel Low pasque wears the badge proudly and had fun at least once during the grueling on one of the training competitors had to react to sniper fire by Courtesy of Charles pasque Navy Charles pasque Muscles through the last 100 Yards of a 12mile Road March last month during expert Field medical badge testing in pasque was the Only Sailor to earn the badge during the returning fire with Blank i almost unload my whole clip this and the evaluator i think you got pasque i looked up at him and you dont i dont Ever get to do this he smiled with and the snipers Over there just cracking but How did a Navy officer an orthopaedic no less end up in the Middle of Europe competing for a medical badge normally reserved for soldiers pasque is in the midst of a 12month stint As a Navy reservist at Lan Stuhl regional medical in his civilian pasque is an associate professor in the department of orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation at the University of Oklahoma medical around a general sur Geon talked pasque into trying for the some 60 sailors initially were interested in trying to earn the but by the time the Competition rolled Only three sailors assigned to Lan Stuhl made the pasque was the Only one to receive the Mark the former army Europe Deputy chief of staff for pulled pasque out of the forma Tion of the 26 efm recipients be cause herding believed pasque was die first Navy officer to earn die he was very pasque said of he took me out in front and this should be motivation for you sol if a Navy Guy can do you can do email Steve Mraz at  troops kill 8 afghan policemen the associated press ing each other for the afghan police fired four dozen Gre Nades and coalition troops fought Back with helicopter gunships in a fierce Battle that left eight officers dead before Dawn officials the deadly lapse in communication underscored the wide gaps and apparent mistrust Between and afghan Security president Hamid Karrais of fice called the deaths a tragic incident caused by a Lack of cooperation and officials have said they Are wary of telling afghan forces about nighttime raids by Spe Cial the kind of operation apparently being conducted Early put of fear the target might be tipped the coalition said a joint coalition afghan Force on a Mission against a suspected Tali ban Safe House was fired on first and responded with their own then summoned air sup it said no casualties were a presidential spokesman also said police initiated the but officers at the isolated Post on a Barren stretch of desert in the Eastern province of Nang arhar said troops fired the americans came close to our checkpoint with the lights of their vehicles said Emanul commander of the serving our people in uniform wherever they Are stationed make a splash with summer savings on Sale june 14 to july 4 ruffles and lays Sale Price begins the Day after this