European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 stars and stripes june 2007 compassion fatigue classifies As War stress by Steve Mraz stars and stripes Germany even thou Sands of Miles from the Lan Stuhl regional medical centers nurses and staff constantly see the realities of from a 21yearold Marine missing both legs to a Soldier burned Over 70 percent of his some images cannot be the personal investment in treating the troops and the patriotic Bond among service members contribute to emotional Strain among Hospital with patients at land Stuhl for Only three to four Hospital staff rarely sees full the secondary trauma or stress experienced by military healthcare providers once known As compassion fatigue is being classified As combat and operational Lan Stuhl began a program in 2005 for compassion but last fall widened its program to All staff members for the treatment of any stress reaction related to the wars in Iraq and it is now known As the combat and operational stress resiliency nurse Pratti social volunteers and Chap Reynolds Lains will work with any staff member hav ing negative said air Force David act ing director of the pro Gram and chief of health were willing to talk with them whether that a Quick hallway consultation or More formally in the he one of the big Selling Points for our program Here is that if theres no diag no we really dont need to keep any that where we have the big stigma related to any kind of and we want to set that to the Side if we the most common reactions to the stress among Lan Stuhl staff Are anti difficulty conflict at conflict at physical nausea and some said army Mary psychiatric nurse practitioner at these Are All expected and Normal read Given the situation and Given the expo sure of both direct caregivers and indirect she the indirect provid ers and caregivers listen to stories Over and Over and hear just terrible stories about human suffering and tragedy in indirect providers Are those at the Hospi Tal who do not provide direct care to the such As finance or support roughly 400 staffers have completed sur Veys that show there Are signs of operation Al stress at Reynolds its not to that level where there needs to be this huge clinical he the program Aims to help build and main Tain staff member resiliency so stressful situations have less Impact on their bodies and Hull when we build we increase our inner strength and she resiliency gives us the will to pre serve in Complex times and every other group sessions Are held where people can discuss their read program team members visit differ ent wards in the Hospital to make recommendations and allow workers there to get things off their they also conduct conflict Resolution sessions and Tea building Hull email Steve Mraz at Navy expands sea duty Bonus program by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes the Navy has added More ratings to a Bonus program for sailors to extend their sea affecting about Navy officials in another sailors who participate in the program can now do Bac Toback sea under the sea duty incentive pay Pilot sailors outside the Continental United states can earn Between and per month for up to 36 months to extend their time at sailors can receive payment in one Lump in the Navy said about sail ors in ratings that posed at sea Manning challenges were eligible for the Pilot pro the Navy recently announced that sailors in the following ratings Are eligible for the program e8 aviation per e9 damage per e5 electricians mates surface War per e9 per e7 e9 electronics technicians sub Marine per e6 electronics technicians submarine per e7 and e9 machinist per were trying to Man the Fleet so we can fight the said Al program executor for the ship Pilot pro asked if the ratings added to the Pilot pro Gram were officials said Manning is not the Issue the Navy is trying to provide an incentive for sailors to go to we need to get those sailors Back to said Joseph ship Navy programs designed to fill undermanned ratings have been for ratings deemed critical to the global War on terror the Navy increased monthly special duty pay for explosive Ord Nance master Fleet Marine Force corpsmen and special warfare combat Craft the Navy has offered up to for Eod technicians with Between 19 and 25 years of experience and up to for seals with 15 to 25 years of experience to stay in the for More go to Nav admin at email Jeff Schogol at Navy tightens rules for tuition assistance by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes looking to Cut the Navy has announced stricter guidelines for its tuition assistance pro the Navy currently provides sailors up to per credit hour for up to per year in tuition said Ann of naval education and training com last the Navy increased the num Ber of semester hours per fiscal year for which sailors could receive tuition Assis Tance from 12 to the Navy wants to make it easier for sailors to obtain their education Sharon Bemis of net said last a Well educated Force will increase its but the move also meant that program spending went out the Hunter within six the program was million Over now the Navy has implemented new eligibility requirements for sailors who want to apply for tuition the moves should save the Navy about million through fiscal Hunter sailors who want tuition assistance must now be eligible for advancement and must have passed their most recent Advance ment exam and physical readiness in another sailors cannot apply for tuition assistance if they have been court articled or Given a nonjudicial punishment in the previous six Hunter if youve been in you need to focus on changing your getting out of before we give you More Money for she the Navy will also no longer provide tuition assistance for sailors pursuing dual meaning sailors who already hold a bachelors degree cannot receive tuition assistance for another bachelors level unless it is a prerequisite for a masters de Hunter the move will affect about enlisted sailors and another 100 Hunter other changes Are meant to ensure that sailors focus on the requirements they need to do their jobs before taking College she for sailors can no longer receive tuition assistance when they Are at school first learning their rating or design that will affect about 420 enlisted sail ors and another 70 she and the Navy will no longer provide tuition assistance for continuing education or vocational Type affecting about 300 enlisted sailors and 70 Hunter sailors Are also encouraged to master their warfare in which they must show they have mastered the skillets that their jobs before they take College she in another enlisted sailors with less than 20 years experience cannot receive tuition assistance if they have less than one year remaining of Active Hunter this change will be further clarified in the next 30 the Navy also plans to modify the changes to the tuition assistance program As she we will be watching this very closely Over the next year and a Hunter email Jeff Schogol at stars and stripes Amanda Carter and Robin Petkewich help move Marine Keith Schuring from one Gurney to another after Schuring arrived at Lan Stuhl Region Al medical Center to be treated in novem last the Hospital widened a pro Gram to treat staff members for stress related to the wars in Iraq and extol of enlisted Man Dies Washington former chief master sergeant of the air Force Gary Pfingston died saturday after a Battle with he was Pfingston was the 10th chief master ser Geant of the air serving As the High est enlisted airman from until his retirement in 1994 after 32 years in the in a statement released cur rent chief master sergeant of the air Force Rodney Mckinley called Pfingston a shining example of service to our a an Indiana played minor league baseball before enlisting in the air Force in he served As an aircraft Mechanic and b52 Crew then became a military training instructor in he later be came commandant of the services Mili tary training instructor school and served As a senior enlisted adviser at a number of including Pacific air forces head quarters at Hickam air Force base in Haas chief master sergeant of the air he created the career Field Educa Tion and training three level and seven level technical schools for All career and mandatory i residence professional military education air Force officials said he remained involved with the service after speaking at air Force senior no facade my graduations and military sailors Aid koreans sailors helped Rescue the Crew of a North Korea flagged ship on according to the the incident occurred in the arabian sea when the ship reported it had engine no food or and was in Dan Ger of a Navy news release the uses Kanawha and the French ship dupleix helped evacuate the ships 16 Crew members to according to the none of the Crew was a North korean the and French ships Are part of combined task Force which conducts maritime Security operations in the Gulf of the Gulf of the red the North arabian sea and parts of the Indian from 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