Stopping Family Violence American Forces Increased Family-Advocacy Twelve Per Thousand Information Service Professionals

Youth High school reunion at 23,000 feet Page A-4 football Page B-1 Intramural football championship Page B-2 Vol. 18, No. 45 Published at MCAS Kaneohe Bay. Also serving 1st MEB, Camp H.M. Smith and Marine Barracks, Hawaii. November 16, 1989 Stopping family violence American Forces Increased family-advocacy Twelve per thousand Information Service professionals. spouses, or 13,705, substan- Everyone likes good news. -Improved liaison with civil- tiated cases of spouse abuse Unfortunately, the DoD Child ian abuse-prevention agen- occurred. Of these, 11,380 and Spouse Abuse Statistical cies. cases involved active duty Report is not good news. -Basic training courses for spouses. Retired or Reserve Some children and spouses family advocacy program military and civilian spouses are abused in military fami- managers, reinforced by more of active duty members were lies, and while the rate is training opportunities once involved in the other 2,325 probably not as high as in they are on the job. cases. There is no national the general population, any -A family advocacy com- data base for spouse abuse. amount of family violence is mand assistance team train- Perhaps reflecting the ef- too much, said a DoD offi- ing program to help military fects of financial stresses, the cial. investigators do better jobs highest rates of both spouse Forty-three children and 17 of identifying sexual abuse and child abuse were found spouses died as a result of in out-of-home settings. in the lowest pay grades, E- family violence in the mili- - An examination of DoD's 1 through E-3. tary services during fiscal child and spouse abuse data- year 1988, according to the collection techniques to fur- The most frequent type of report, compiled by the Office ther refine the system. child abuse case was physi- of Family Policy and Sup- Additional abuse prevention cal injury, accounting for 40 port. The report marks DoD's and intervention research percent; followed by neglect third comprehensive report on efforts. which made up 32 percent of child and spouse abuse in In addition, the services the cases. About 15 percent- the military. have taken actions to involved sexual abuse. To fight the problem, family strengthen the support they There are two types of advocacy officials are putting provide to military families. physical injuries, major and an even greater emphasis on Other prevention efforts minor. Major injuries include prevention. "In fact," said include classes in parenting brain damage, bone fractures, Army Col. Jim Schlie, chief and stress management. internal injuries, poisoning, of family advocacy operations Such classes are not always severe cuts, burns and scald- in DoD's Office of Family considered part of the family ing. Minor injuries include Policy and Support, "DoD advocacy program but can be cuts, bruises, and twisting has doubled the money allo- helpful in prevention, particu- and shaking incidents. cated to support prevention larly if taken before a person and education efforts since has committed an abusive Neglect is more properly FY 87. act. referred to as deprivation of Galaxy Exercise "The amount of money "Sometimes prevention is necessities. Such cases spent on prevention is equal the best intervention and the involve depriving a child of Marines from HMM-262 load a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter into an Air Force C-5 Galaxy to that spent on treatment most cost-effective way to cargo jet Oct. 27 as part of a Marine Aircraft Group-24 Loadex here. The C-5 is known suitable clothing or nourish- (in the hospitals, etc.), so protect both spouses and ment, not providing appro- as the largest plane flying in the free world, and can hold up to three CH-46's. When children," said Marine Aircraft Group-24 helicopter squadrons mount-out for overseas, the helos are broken we're putting our resources JanaLee priate shelter or health care down and flown in the belly of the jet. Also taking part in theLoadex were Marines from where they need to be." Sponberg, family advocacy and failure to supervise a Maring Wing Support Squadron-174, who loaded heavy equipment in to the plane. Here is how DoD is improv- program analyst, Office of child properly and see that ing prevention efforts: Family Policy and Support. the child goes to school. Ite441* Vpriel Support for adoptions American Forces children are considered hard Thanksgiving Religious Services Boxes for food donations are located at various locations Information Service to place because they are on the Air Station. If you are aware of a Marine family school-aged, physically and A non-denominational community Thanksgiving Service in financial distress, call 254-4719. The Department of Defense will be held at the Station Chapel at 7 p.m. Nov. 22, the its plan to emotionally handicapped, is fine-tuning are with day before Thanksgiving. Mailing Deadlines assist and support military minorities and A Catholic Mass will be held at 9 a.m. Thanksgiving Holiday and civilian employ- brothers and sisters who need people same Day, where bread, rolls and other food for dinner will be Deadlines for ensuring delivery of holiday packages to ees to adopt children. to be placed in the blessed. and from Hawaii have been set as follows: home. He further stated that Following the lead of Presi- For more information call the Station Chapel. -Packages to Europe or Far East mailed by Nov. 13 "about 60,000 children are -Letters to Europe and the Far East mailed by Nov. 24 dent Bush's concern for the adopted every year in this -4th Class packages to the Mainland mailed by Dec. 5 thousands of children with- country. Of these, 10,000 Great American Smokeout -Letters and priority mail to America mailed by Dec. 15 out families, Secretary of come from foreign countries." The Marine Corps' annual Smokeout is being held today If mailing from overseas to Hawaii, the deadline for Defense Dick Cheney has in conjunction with the American Cancer Society's Great letters is Dec. 8, and packages is Dec. 1. directed that a plan be He included other facts, American Smokeout, to motivate people to kick the habit For more information call the Post Office. developed to support adop- such as "nearly 25,000 of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. tion efforts. DoD hopes to American babies are given its plan in place in time life-when their mothers In 1980 53.4 percent of all Marines used tobacco, in 1988 Special Thanksgiving Meal have that number had dropped to 41 percent; an achievement to observe National Adoption choose adoption over abor- attributed to efforts like this. Getting smokers to quit for Thanksgiving dinner will be served at Anderson and Week, Nov. 19-25. tion or unwanted parenthood, a day can lead to giving up the habit permanently. Pless Halls on Nov. 23 from 3-5 p.m. for all military people, In his July memorandum yet the opportunity to con- For advice and help on stopping tobacco use, stop by their dependents and guests. to federal departments and sider adoption is often de- the Branch Medical Clinic. The feast will be complete, with everything from turkey agencies, Bush cited that nied to pregnant women. As and ham, to sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie. The surcharge "nearly 30,000 American much as 40 percent of preg- has been waived, making the cost for people over 12 years children are legally available nancy counseling does not House Hunting Assistance old $2.40 and children $1.20. for adoption." Some of those even mention adoption." The Housing Referral Office has implemented a Trans- portation Assistance Program to help junior enlisted people Bites Cause Illness in Fuji find housing off-base. Military people have To receive assistance, people must process through the Camp Fuji is a prominent area for the illness Scrub Typhus, Area Family Housing Office. It is also requested that a severe illness caused by bites from chiggers. The peak people be aware of their housing allowances and rental transmission period is from the beginning of Sept. through lower HIV-1 rate affordability to help referral representatives in locating off- Dec. base housing. Signs of the illness include a punched out lesion where the The rate of persons testing the general population almost For more information call 257-2705. chigger attaches itself, fever, headache, profuse sweating, positive for antibodies to five times that of the mili- reddening of the eyes, swelling of the lymph nodes and a human immunodeficiency tary. possible cough. The fatality rate of untreated cases can be up virus type 1 (HIV-1) contin- However, Dr. John Holiday Food Basket Drive to sixty percent. ues to decline for both active Mazzuchi, principal deputy The Staff NCO Wives Club is seeking donations of No cases have been reported among U.S. military person- duty military members and for quality assurance, Office canned food and cash for the holiday season food basket nel. Marines training in the Fuji area should take preventa- civilian applicants formilitary of the Assistant Secretary of drive. The baskets are distributed tive measures. Measures include wearing insect repellent, by the Armed Services available through deploying units' S-4/supply sections. service. The virus causes Defense (Health Affairs), said YMCA to needy military families during Thanksgiving and AIDS. it is impossible to compare Christmas. As of March 5 only 2,114 the two populations because The Marines and sailors of Marine Aircraft Group-24 Combined Federal Campaign Progress of 2.04 million active duty the Centers for Disease recently presented the club with a check for $2,100 to help personnel tested positive for Control can only estimate the brighten many families' holidays.

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