European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Pages stars and stripes Mideast edition july 2007 air Force cuts some training requirements by Jennifer Svan stars and stripes the air Force is slashing Ancil Lary training requirements so air men can spend More time doing their after airmen will be required to devote 90 minutes Annu ally to the training instead of nearly nine hours spread throughout the ancillary training is consid ered education that is outside an airmans specially or primary duties but necessary to meet certain Legal examples Are antiterrorism records information Assurance sex a assault and suicide the goal is to Cut the time spent on ancillary training to the mini mum level air Force chief of staff Michael Moseley was quoted As saying in an air Force news release Mon under the new the air Force will Cluster the training into a 90minute Block instruction commanders will have the option to hold the entire 90 minutes in one mass or split it into three segments throughout the according to air Force training will be organized into categories and will be available As both group and individual com Puter i will not let ancillary training overshadow our combat Moseley was quoted in the re these Concrete Steps will tip the Scales to give airmen More time to focus on their primary the initiative is part of an air Force program to save time and Money in the face of personnel and budget coupled with a High operations a team led by Roger Deputy chief of staff of air Force personnel and examined 16 training courses and redesigned How air men will receive that inform officials Brady stated the new plan will save each air men almost an entire or about some specific training for select members wont be such As initial Security Orienta Tion for new airmen at their first duty station and counterintelligence training for airmen Chang ing duty stations to go according to the Brady stated there is a plan to reduce the time it takes for these extra courses by up to 72 our approach is aggressive and will Force everyone to justify How the benefits of their pro posed training outweigh the Bur Den on our Brady was quoted saying in the airmen at Misawa air base welcomed news of the plan to re Duce training wiccan dedicate grave at Arlington by Leo Shane Iii stars and stripes Selena Fox said wednesday want the first time she visited a wic cans grave site at Arlington National cemetery in it was just the first time one was identified that this is the first time the Chris Tian Cross and wiccan pentacle have both been engraved on a Tombstone and its great news for said the senior min ister of Circle a wis Consin wiccan its recognition weve fought for for so on wednesday members of her congregation and other pagans held a consecration ceremony at the grave site of Jan Dean a wiccan minister who passed away More than two years her army will Iam passed away nine years earlier and had the Chris Tian Cross engraved on his Tomb but Deanna Side was left because until May the department of veterans affairs had no Symbol to recognize her wiccan groups have been push ing for the pentacle As a recognized religious Symbol for almost a but efforts have been stymied by paperwork and administrative delays by the depart ment of veterans this after new rules from the department and continued unsuccessful lobbying by Pagan Circle Sanctuary and americans United for the separation of Church and state sued the department for the right to put the Symbol on gravestones and in May the department settled the agreeing to include it among the 38 other religious sym Bols permitted for veterans me veterans and military spouses at wednesdays event called it an important first amendment retired army Richard who is working toward be coming a wiccan military Chap said Over the years Pagan ser Vic members have faced discrimination from commanders and other but As people learn More about the religion the Mili tary has become More coming out of the Broom closet can be but we have he army staff Frederick a member of the 63rd Engineer support helped set up a wiccan worship Community in Baghdad during both of his deployments Over to we had Guys from All All different All different he people would look and Hes a major and Hes a wiccan and then they understand that its not just some hidden Leo Shane and stripes the Barry of americans United for separation of Church and state and the Selena Fox of Circle Sanctuary in wis Consin bless the grave site of Jan Deanna Orourke on Orourke Headstone at Arlington National cemetery and another nearby Are the first to Bear the a Symbol of the wiccan the event was designed not just to celebrate the Legal Victory but also to remember who friends called a kind and Gen Erous the Paula who belonged to the same worship Community in Flori said she worked with local charities every Christmas to help poor families with gifts for their a year before she she spoke often about not tolerating religious Johnson Shes an inspiration to us Deanna Tombstone is one of two in the cemetery bearing the Symbol Abe a world War ii Veteran who died in also left instructions to have his Headstone marked once a wic can Symbol was Fox said at least four other veterans have also had the Symbol etched into memorial plaques since the lawsuit was and in hearing from people that Are requesting and getting it without me being included in a she that makes us very email Leo Shane at  senior airman Tyree a Gor a medical administrator at the said the change Means Shell be Able to get More work you can Only do it at work on the she said of ancillary training Cours it Doest need to be nine it just gets drilled in your Over and Over and you dont use another senior Joshua Damsma with the 35th communications said compact ing and focusing the time spent on ancillary training is a positive thing for the air giving airmen More time for Job related email Jennifer Svan at i i life at Gizmo a Little sweeter by Ben Fox the associated press Guantanamo Bay naval Cuba the military is seeking to improve conditions for Many Guantanamo Bay detainees by offering More recreation and including a weekly movie night for the the commander of the detention Center said a year after three suicides and a riot prompted a Security Over the military Hopes to pro vide increased mental stimulation with expanded recreation Navy rear Mark Buzby said in an interview with the associated there Are certainly benefits to giving them outlets other than sit Ting in their cell or sitting in their recreation cell for hours at a time with nothing else to exercise their mind or think about other than their Buzby the easing of conditions Marks a new course on discipline at where the holds about 375 men on suspicion of terrorism or links to Al Aida or the last the military took Steps to Harden the detention Center and make it More secure after a riot in Camp a communal living area reserved for the bes behaved and the suicides of three detainees in an other prison defense attorneys said the new measures Are unlikely to ease the desperation of men who have been held without charges on the naval base for More than five years in Many Tricase offers heartburn drug free through mail by Leo Shane Iii stars and stripes Washington heartburn sufferers can get some Relief from their prescription prices under a new program launched through the Pilot will allow military members or dependents who use the health systems mail order pharmacy to skip any copay for the overt counter version of a Proton pump inhibitor designed for gastrointestinal ail patients who receive similar prescription drugs from a Mili tary pharmacy currently do not have any but others face a copay for a 90day prescription through the mail or a 30day prescription from a retail Tricase spokeswoman Bonnie Powell said although the move will Only affect that one heart Burn suffering segment of the health systems if Suc Tricase officials plan on expanding the program beyond that class of topical Antifungal medicines and no sedating antihistamines could be added before the end of the she officials opted to launch the pro Gram with gastrointestinal drugs because there among the most prescribed in the pril Sec oct is the Only overt counter heartburn medi Cine currently available through other classes with overt counter or generic ver Sions Cost Only for a 90day mail but some non formulary Brand Cost up to for 90 Days of for More information on the visit email Leo Shane at