European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and stripes july returns strategic air base to bosnian by Kevin Dougherty stars and stripes in its Tula air base was As Central to the military Effort in Bosnia As Bagram and Balad air bases now Are to forces in Afghanistan and i cant Tell you How Many americans rotated through the said the ambassador to Bosnia and Douglas but there must have been thousands and thousands of but those Days Are Long and so too is that strategic air base from the on the United states transferred responsibility for the Airfield to the that happened three Days earlier without a Peep of the ceremonial return of what the army referred to As Eagle base was attended by and nato represent As Well As a Host of the bosnian peacekeeping Mission has been a huge Mcelhaney said in a phone interview twelve years Mcelhaney was a member of the Mission to i didst think Back in 1995 that we would have a new bosnian military any time there was Good reason for Given the Long history of ethnic and sectarian strife in the while figures the death toll from the 19921995 bosnian War is widely believed to be at least according to Southern european task Force soldiers exit a c130 at Tula air base in this 1995 the United states gave responsibility for the Airfield to Bosnia on the International criminal tribunal for the former some have run As High As the War officially ended on with the signing of the Dayton peace agreement in though frustrated by Days of thick the air Force managed four Days later to Fly a few Hundred paratroops of the 3rd 325th infantry regiment into Tula air base from their Job was to relieve the nordic forces that had secured the Airfield for nearly two Over the next few Mother nature conspired against the peacekeepers As bad weather slowed the arrival of the task whether by air or by but however they the Airfield in which by then had been renamed Eagle held great importance since it was the Headquarters of the implementation Force in North Eastern for the foreseeable this will be Headquarters for task Force Carrie an army said at the this place suits our and it would remain that Way for some time to while the number of troops in Bosnia would gradually decrease Over the old soviet mig21 base remained Central to the Overall and coalition it after where the sector commander Hung his where the Best Uso Talent and where the military set the tone for the balance of the peace keeping that tone changed in december 2004 when a european Union led stabilization Force took Over the bosnian peacekeeping Mission from and it changed again this weekend when bosnian took another step Forward on the Road to email Kevin Dougherty at  military pharmacy prices to but dispensing fee to be dropped by Charlie Coon stars and stripes prices at military pharmacies will change starting with a Small increase for most medi Cines but without the current dispensing charge per Prescript the average Price for All medi Cines will Rise by 1 according to the Europe regional medical and the Price for the top 100 generic drugs will Rise by 10 percent on but without the dispensing the Overall Price on Many cheaper drugs will come for a 30day Supply of the pain reliever Nap Roxen dropped from plus dispensing fee to the Price changes Are coming one year after prices Rose by 150 when military pharma cies started Basing their prices on their median Purchase prices in Stead of the lowest available drug prices affect department of defense civilian contractors and their family Mem the Cost of Medicine bought at military pharmacies by a Tiv duty retired a Tiv duty troops and their families Are covered by i expect that the patients will definitely not be Happy with the Price increase considering they just had one in said Kelley the medical com mands uniform business office prices for common drugs Cost of selected common drugs at military new prices take effect today 250 30 pills old new Price Nocor for High 20 30 pills old Price new coumarin blood 30 pills old new ibuprofen pain 800 30 pills old new Price Ortho tricycle birth 84 tablets old new Cep Alexin Antibiotic 500 30 capsules old new Princivil hypertension 20 30 pills old new zoloft 100 30 pills old new source Europe regional medical command even though it is reasonable to expect prices will in crease every year just because of the Cost of but i think they will appreciate that the medical command is More proactive this year to get the message out and give them a tool to Price the drugs prior to Pur chasing the medical command is scheduled to Post a link on its web site where customers can compare drug prices from different sell patients should shop around for prescription including with their insurance Locke she said Many insurers Only pay for 30day while Many doctors prescribe drugs for 90 especially for maintenance insurance companies that have their own on line pharmacies Are More Likely to Honor 90day Locke Blue Cross Blue shield and mail handlers Benefit plan Are two insurers that have their own online on the web email Charlie Coon at  troop cola unchanged for most of Europe the costo living allowance Given to troops to offset the High Cost of living in Europe will not change in most locations on the continent for the first two weeks of cola will drop about 6 percent at six locations three in Germany and three in the Netherlands but none of the locations have significant numbers of if they have any at in Hamburg and Potsdam Are in the the decrease will affect the Valkenburg and in All the de crease was driven by new Cost according to a message on the per travel and transportation allowance committees web cola rates at All other locations in the United kingdom and Spain will re main at the same rate As the last two weeks of the euro has moved up slightly in value Over the Dollar during the past two according to military Exchange rate be tween june 15 and the Cost of a euro went up combat gis get priority for lasik Eye surgery fort an army Eye clinic that offers free laser Eye surgery to soldiers will give highest priority to special forces groups and other units most Likely to go to combat in according to a published re the lasik or photo refractive surgery must be done at least 90 Days before a Soldier the fort Carson Mountaineer reported quoting military medi Cal officials at fort right now we do 500 per we will triple that amount so that All soldiers who want the procedure and Are Candi dates for it will be Able to have it said Mike Eye clinic supervisor at Evans army Community Ives encouraged soldiers who need it to consider having one of the if soldiers Wear glasses that get knocked off or lost during they can be in he the nearby air Force facade my Eye clinic recently became the first in the services to per form lasik surgery the name stands for laser assisted in Situ Erato Miliusis and allow pilots who had undergone it to from staff and wire reports fun 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