THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, February 8, 1995 TAG: 9502080573
SECTION: MILITARY NEWS PAGE: A8 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Medium: 58 lines
SENIOR EXEC RETIRES: Robert D. Jack Jr., executive director at the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, retired Friday following 34 years of service, the last 10 as senior executive service administrator at the center. Jack began his career in 1961 as a digital computer systems operator at the Military Industrial Supply Agency. In November 1984 he became the first executive director of the Naval Supply Center and was Hampton Roads' first senior executive service employee. He has been the principal civilian advisor to six commanding officers at the Norfolk facility.
GULF VETS HOT LINE: Persian Gulf War veterans seeking information on medical care and benefits are being encouraged to call a new toll-free ``help line,'' the Veterans Affairs Department said Wednesday. The line is part of an outreach program set up to assist gulf veterans, particularly those suffering from undiagnosed illnesses, the so-called Persian Gulf Syndrome, arising from service in the 1991 war. The phone service is headquartered at a new Persian Gulf Information Center at the St. Louis VA regional office, and will be staffed with Persian Gulf War benefit specialists from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. EST on weekdays. The number is (800) PGW-VETS - (800) 749-8387. The VA said it is also providing information on benefits, medical care and research on an electronic bulletin board system. VA-ONLINE can be accessed through 1-800-US1-VETS - (800) 871-8387).
HOSPITAL ACCUSED IN DEATH: The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is looking into the death of a 29-year-old sailor last fall, a few hours after he admitted himself to a Navy alcohol rehabilitation clinic in Newport, R.I. Lauren King, wife of Petty Officer 1st Class Rodney King, blamed her husband's death on negligence and inadequate care at Newport Naval Medical Center. The state medical examiner's office blamed the death on high blood pressure and mild hardening of the arteries. Lauren King said her husband checked himself into the clinic after a two-day drinking binge.
- Staff report
COMINGS & GOINGS
HOMECOMING:
The new guided-missile destroyer Mitscher returned to Norfolk on Friday from a monthlong shakedown cruise. Commissioned Dec. 10 in Pensacola, Fla., the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer sailed from Norfolk on Jan. 9. The ship will set to sea next week for two months of post-delivery tests.
BY THE NUMBERS Graphic HOME, SWEET HOME SOURCE: U.S. Air Force The armed forces are working to adopt a common construction standard for their enlisted dormitories. The Air Force has already introduced a plan that would provide service members with dorm space that includes: [For complete graphic, please see microfilm] by CNB