European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 16, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 sex with Young girl leads to jail by Doyle Tillman  Bureau an airman who had sex with a Young girl while the child s military Parent was away on temporary duty pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct in a general court martial at Ramstein a Germany on dec. 9. Military judge col. John Sohar sentenced senior airman Tommie a Banks of the 86th medical group to two years in jail a $3,600 Fine demotion to airman Basic and a bad conduct discharge. Banks pretrial agreement will limit his jail time to 15 months. The agreement was designed to keep the girl from having to testify. Sexual relations Between Banks and the girl were consensual in that no Force was used but because of her age it s considered carnal knowledge said staff sgt. Barb Lavigne a Ramstein spokeswoman. Banks 32, was charged with having carnal knowledge on five occasions and sodomy on diverse occasions from aug. 15 to sept. 16" with a girl under the age of 16," according to an 86th Airlift Wing release issued thursday the sexual Intercourse and Oral sex took place in his off base residence Aswell As in the girl s Lan Stuhl Germany Home. Base officials were not Clear As to where Banks lived Ramstein officials would not disclose the girl s identity describing her Only As an unrelated female air Force family member from a broken Home. Banks was turned into air Force Secu Rity police at Ramstein in september after one of the girl s neighbors became concerned about his frequent visits. The girl s Mother who is in the air Force was away from Home on temporary duty. Lavigne said neighbors knew the peo ple who were charged with the girl s care in her Mother s absence and they told them of Banks repeated visits. The girl guardians took the Issue to base police. Banks assigned to Ramstein s 86thmedical group met the Young girl at the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Cen Ter where he worked. A 13-year Veteran Banks was an air Force technical sergeant when the two met. Air Force officials at Ramstein too unspecified administrative actions against Banks since september to take away two pay grades even before his trial. Banks sentence must now be reviewed and approved by the court martial con vening authority maj. Gen. Eugene , 17th air Force commander. Ramstein a Germany is an air Force senior noncommissioned officer at Ramstein a pleaded guilt this week to drug related charges Stem Ming from his use of hashish. A five officer jury tuesday sentenced master sgt. Dennis j. Center to demo Tion to staff sergeant three months hard labor without confinement a written rep Rimand and forfeiture of $1,066 a month for six months. Center who marked his 18th year on Active duty oct. 6, avoided a possible Dis honorable discharge through a pretrial agreement. The air Force no came under investigation earlier this year when agents from the criminal investigation come known As the Cid were investigating another person elsewhere in Germany. Tjie Cid tapped the unidentified civilian suspect s Telephone which Center subsequently called. The conversation led the agents to Contact the air Force office of special investigations re Garding Center officials said. Legal officials at Ramstein would not identify the civilian suspect because that person has moved to the United states they said. Center confessed to an special investigations agent in september that he had used hashish several times Between Jan. 1 and sept. 5, and had brought the drug on base. "  -. He was convicted of having used hashish in his Ramstein government apartment and at various off base  Center worked for the . Air forces i Europe printing flight As assistant chief of the forms management Branch. Center s sentence must be reviewed bythe court martial convening authority maj. Gen. Eugene d. Santarelli 17th air Force commander before the no loses any stripes. -. Ice in Wurzburg Germany is the 3rd my go s military police at Wiir Burg Vilseck Schweinfurt Ansbach and kit Zingen Are standing a Little taller now after winning an army wide award. Only one unit per major command is submitted to compete for the Brig. Gen Jeremiah p. Holland award awarded to the military police unit that distinguishes itself above All others. The . Army Europe s entry the 3rd my co provides Community Law enforce ment in five communities and also sup ports the 3rd inf div during deployments. We found out we won at the usar eur level in late october and would rep resent Europe in the., Competition said Bruce a. Moore 3rd my go s first ser Geant. I knew we had a Good Chance to win but i m glad to see we be taken the department of army title. Tinong the company s accomplishments that led to the award were providing maps to Macedonia Kuwait and Russia winning the Wiir Burg Community softball championship and hav ing two noncommissioned officers place at the no excellence awards at fort Mcclellan Ala. You always want to project a1 Good image As an my and to take Pride in what you do said spec Jason b. Bryant of the company s 2nd platoon. I m part of something that i can be exceptionally proud of i m one of the Best maps in the  belgians fro Page 1 chief Johhny looking Cloud who will perform Lakota chants and Lay a Wreath at the Graves of american soldiers. On sunday the organization is holding dinner in Honor of the american Indi ans in which Many of the dishes will in clude Buffalo meat. The american indians Are schedule to remain in Belgium until dec. 28, lion  " lion said the belgian american India relationship began with missionaries who not Only had Contact with the Sioux but also helped negotiate peace treaties which unfortunately weren t kept by the american government. In 1680, a belgian Recollet missionary father Jean Louis Hennepin was the first White Man to enter into relations with the Sioux lion said. In 1868, an other belgian father Pierre Jean de Smet a Jesuit negotiated a peace treaty at fort Laramie Wyo. We Are convinced today lion said that As belgians and friends of the americans and indians that we Are mor ally linked to this treaty especially about the Black Hills the sacred land of the Sioux. So we have appealed to the presi Dent Bill Clinton to help in the return of this land to the  respect from Page 4 St. Vith which was later to be heavily at tacked by the is Panzer unit that later massacred americans at Malme by. The four visiting veterans Are Oglala Lakota Sioux from South Dakota. One big problem Bull Bear said of the War was that the germans were wearing american uniforms from the soldiers they had captured or. Killed and using their  yes said respects nothing. We had passwords that we changed everyday. One was crazy horse one american would say crazy and the answer was to be horse or we would ask where Soldier Field if they did t know the answer we had a  Bull Bear said the europeans did believe the soldiers when they said they were indians. They were always telling us we were Spanish mexican or something respects nothing said. The americans treated us All right Brown said. Although there was Segre gation in the forces at the  Bull Bear said they would Call me chief and i would say of i la Call you redneck that would Stop All that non  they weren t in Bastogne when the German forces surrounded the town they knew when the siege had ended Bull Bear  heard that the encirclement was broken by the allies he said. We could see the fireworks in the Dis  said that in the United states the american Indian Veteran were highly respected on the Reser  old men even Sang songs of their valor and prayed that they return whole Mousseau said. She said american indians have never hesitated to fight in America s wars de spite what the tribes feel has been a his tory of broken promises with the . Government. An estimated 50,000 american Indian participated in world War ii. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago dec. 16,1984. The United states and Cuba agreed to repatriate 2,700 cuban criminals and mental patients but the White House saying the landmark Accord solved just one isolated prob Lem denounced Cuba s conduct in Central America. \ 20 year Sago dec. 16,1974 president Ford and his French counterpart Valery Giscard d Estwing were reported to be moving toward a Compromise on their divergent approaches to Deal ing with rising Oil prices. 30 year Sago dec. 16,1964 the european common Market now the european Union agreed on a single Grain Price a major step toward final Unity. _.-. 40 year Sago dec.16,1954 German Chan cellar Konrad Adenauer accused the French government of bad Faith on the controversial Saar agreement and endorsed an East bloc system of military alliances provided it has a defensive character. 50 years ago dec. 16,1944 troops from three  7th army divisions stormed across the tauter River and into Germany gaining two Miles against stiff resistance to reach the town of Winden 11 Miles East of the Rhine River near Karlsruhe. 50 years ago Tod Dae. 16 led by 10 Panzer divisions a Surprise German attack smashes a 60 mile front in Belgium held lightly by mostly Green or combat fatigued american troops Hitler s goal is to recapture the port of Antwerp and Divide Allied forces. In Italy British soldiers capture Faenza. The . Landing Force on Mindoro in the Philippines holds its ground while Rushing work on an Airstrip. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publish inc. The world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp., 198.1. A Holiday mail May Force delay of is by the stars and stripes delivery of the stars and stripes twosome areas of Italy Spain and Turkey could occasionally be delayed during the Holiday season newspaper officials say. Newspapers Are sent in bulk daily to those areas on commercial airlines As part of the . Military s contracts wit the carriers for the shipment of maps mail. Because the newspapers Are consid ered third class mail they can be bumped from the aircraft if there is a overflow of first class mail. That is most Likely to happen during the crush of holi Day mail said Jim Wysocki the newspaper circulation manager. If the papers Are bumped they will Besent on the next available flight that Day Wysocki said. 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