European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page 11 some dads answer a Call to duty at Home by Chris Fowler stars and stripes Yokosuka naval Japan their numbers Are few and their hours Are they expertly navigate one of the most demanding and least under stood of they Are stayathome the Challenge of being one in the words of Yale child study Center Psychia Trist Kyle the single most Cre enriching and depleting Endeavor of a mans adult in the words of stayathome dad Jaime gets a Little crazy some As if on the sound of a Green bouncy Ball being kicked across the Kitch followed by a full energized 3yearold boy wearing a so Obydon shirt and Blue draws cos tons while holding his 6monthold daughter in his Yokosuka base redirects both the Ball and his son just in time to feel recently ingested infant for Mula dripping Down his punctuated by the sound of a baby Coston wipes Down his daughter and himself explains that managing the House and the children is a lot of but it All came surprisingly naturally for he considering How difficult the decision of whether to become a father had Coston int worried about staying Home while his a Petty officer first class at naval forces goes to work each his soul he was about if he could be a Good dad when he never really had one the Only memory Coston has of his own father is seeing him walk out the i was 8 years and i never saw him the 32yearold these Coston no longer wonders about being a Good he in he even teaches new fathers the ins and outs of child care at Yokosuka daddy Boot Camp but outside the monthly Coston has a limited social Coston says he loves what he but he feels that stayathome dads Arent really a part of the Public notion of who or what a primary childcare provider should i get compliments from other moms who say that they think it is great that i do what i Coston but i think when it comes Down to stayathome dads Are kind of on their Coston smiles when recalling the time he tried to join a base organization where moms could ask questions and give advice to each other left Stayat Home father Jaime Coston shifts from making bottles to playing with Flash cards effortlessly and calmly despite an unending cry of below firs time dad Don James traded in his sea bag for a diaper bag when he re tired from a Tiv duty service and became a stayathome photos by Chris Fowler stars and stripes about one hour after i signed i got an email from one of the administrators saying that my account was being shut Down because i want a he with the 320pound Coston is off to change another Welcome change across town in Ike go recently retired chief Petty officer Don James has exchanged his sea bag for a diaper bag in what has become a very Welcome change of after 18 years As a Boatswain mate and another seven As a James now applies years of expertise in Reading other the care of 3monthold daughter after All those years of having to figure out what makes different people i Learned a Little of what to look for in other James now i look to use those same skills to spot the Little tells to help understand who keeps his also cuts an imposing Rebecca looks tiny when he holds her in hands that just a few years ago were taught Handt hand rocking his daughter in his James says that even though the hours Are being a stayathome dad int a hard he says he  Trade anything in the world for the time he gets to spend with his after a quiet James offers an observation about his current i cant help but notice when i go to the child development it seems like All the pictures on the Walls Are of children with their James it just seems like stayathome dads Are never re ally thought for his new retired life revolves around supporting his daughter and his a chief Petty officer at it was either going to be or to be come a scuba diving instructor on an is land James gently hold ing his daughter in his Burly you can see which one i email Chris Fowler  Dod might scrap mental health component of Security clearances the associated press Washington troops would no longer be asked to reveal previous mental health treatment when applying for Security clearances under a proposal being considered by the defense the idea stems from the finding that ser vice members avoid needed counselling be cause they believe that getting it and acknowledging it could Cost them their Clear ances As Well As do other harm to their Ca the associated press has this is just one of several items under review by the department of defense and the services in an Effort to remove the stigma associated with mental health said air Force Patrick the proposal is to omit a question regard ing mental health treatment that appears on a form required by the office of personnel the Agency that does most investigations for granting clearances to Mili tary and civilian workers in the Federal gov the questionnaire asks applicants whether they have consulted a men Tal health professional in the last seven if they Are asked to list the addresses and dates they saw the doctor or the Pentagon has been working for some time to end the stigma of studies indicate that soldiers most in need of after combat health care Are the least Likely to get it because they fear that others will have less Confidence in it will threaten career and it could result in loss of their Security clearances and possibly removal from their limited time offer june 1 August i Only at the Auto exc Miye him y a special no payments for 90 flays Honda Odyssey Lyia Zila 6 Kaiserslautern 0631351070 Ansbach 09802952991 Bamberg 09512088996 Grafe Woehr 09641926141 Hanau 061819064742 Heidelberg 06221432157 main Kastel 06134287960 06134287955 Mannheim 062172550 Ramstein 06371598860 Span Dahlem 06565 958610 Vilseck 09662 41303 i us 0044 1638 53 i 888 Italy 0039 0434 678 007 Italy 0039 044 430 4556 invoiced based us stateside a european factory a extended warranties Gss u t o l