European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 10, 1995 bosnian crisis the stars and stripes Page 3 two f/a-18 Hornet strike fighters prepare for Takeoff from the Carrier Theodore Roosevelt during a recent training Mission. Roosevelt Crew ready to end Long Long Mission in the med by Effie Bathen staff writer aboard the Theodore Roosevelt the deployment of the aircraft carried Theodore Roosevelt to the Mediterranean in 1993 when operation deny flight began lasted so Long that the Crew referred to it As the ground hog cruise. The 80 consecutive Days at sea rolled one endless duty Day into another a lot like the movie ground hog Day said the ship s command master chief Keith Buttolph. You woke up every Day and did the same thing Over and Over again the senior Neq said. Even on the world s largest nuclear powered Carrier things got cramped. Before the current airstrikes Over Bosnia and Herzegovina began the ship was due to turn Over its responsibilities this weekend to the aircraft Carrier America. The possibility of a lengthy Extension of the tour was a significant worry to most of the Crew. But on Friday the Roosevelt Crew Learned it would be leaving the Adriatic sea on wednesday. The visit Friday of rear  v. Cross ii commander of the newly arriving Carrier group six was Good news aboard the Roosevelt. Crew members immediately dubbed him adm. About time Cross. I m ready to go Home said Seaman Joshua Canady a food service _ attendant from Duncanville Texas. We be done our time out Here. It Stime to be relieved he said. Canady and other support Crew members did not talk much about being part of the largest nato combat Mission in history. The Carrier has Bee the Center for the nato airstrikes that began aug. 30."the Only thing we re fighting is boredom said Petty officer 2nd class John Joseph an aviation structural Mechanic. The Martinez calif.,resident said that he and fellow sailors on the sob Viking Crew were concerned about the pilots going out on the airstrikes. But they Felt spent. Buttolph the command master chief said that the commanders were hoping to begin slipping out of the Adriatic aviation ordnance officers move bombs on the deck of the Carrier Theodore Roosevelt last week. I today and head for Home port in nor Folk a. All that was different about the past week compared with most of the others was that the pilots were pushing the Button said Toni Metheny an operations specialist. Metheny one of a. Handful of females on the ship said she was read to go Home because of the loneliness. After six months at sea with 5,500 men she had not struck up any War friendships said the civilian who works for the Center for naval Analy Sis. Everyone is Friendly but there s a coolness she said. Petty officer 2nd class Denise murders agreed that it was no big thing to be among the few females on Board. The men were especially sensitive to being criticized for harassment or improprieties and have kept their distance both women said. On the main hangar deck where endless lines of bombs were unloaded from the elevators red Jer Seyed sailors smudged with grease slumped against bomb carriers. The unloading gave them time to catch some sunlight coming through the Hatch opening. The bomb Assembly workers make bombs 10 feet below the waterline in the room next to the nuclear reactor that Powers the Roose  to they put the smart noses and Finson the bombs and haul them up to the hangar deck. Some bombs Are no laser guided and stay  the assemblers do not think about what they. Blowup. -._._. -1 i move them from one elevator to another. After that my Job is done said Petty officer 3rd class Carl Rog ers. \. That s All i think about he said. Besides going  Petty officer 3rd class Joel Bell a bomb Assembly area team Leader however said that he Felt gratified at the week work. You see the product of your _ work he said of the largest airstrikes in nato s history. Kathy Conklin a self described old Salt Navy wife arrived aboard the car Rier on thursday part of a team that gives advice to sailors on How to go Home again. The talks cover topics from How to buy a car to How to resume physical an emotional intimacy.". She said that ordinarily at this Pointin a deployment the Crews Are gearing up for the return to port. But there has not been much stand Down time she said because of the intensity of the combat Mission. On Friday the bomb assemblers go some bad news they said. A new ship ment of bombs was coming in. That meant More bombs to make ready for arming. I wish we did t have to do it said Ell. I just want to get Back to the family and  Soof Romus. Join exercises in Black sea by the stars and stripes about 800 . Sailors and marines Are taking part in nato partnership for peace exercises beginning monday in the Lack sea and about 90 members of the . 1st Arm div from Germany will join a similar nato exercise in october in the czech Republic. In monday s exercise named Cooper a Active partner 95, five nato nations will join three former Warsaw pact nations in bulgarian territorial Waters and in inter National Waters in the Black sea. The exercise runs through  nato nations include Greece Italy the Netherlands Turkey and the United states. The partner nations Are Bulgaria Romania and Ukraine. Between 2,000 and 2,500 people will participate including nearly 800 . Mil itary personnel said an Allied forces Southern come spokesman. The bulk of . Personnel arc from ,.the amphibious transport ship Shreve ,. Port. The exercise includes noncombat ant evacuations peacekeeping and re lated sea control. The main goal of partnership for peace is to forge new Security relationships be tween the Atlantic Alliance and countries formerly aligned with the defunct War saw pact v  7i the czech exercise dubbed cooperative Challenge is set for oct. 2-5. According to the Allied land forces Central Europe headquartered n Heidelberg Germany this is to be the first partnership for peace exercise on czech soil. The training site will be located .18miles Northeast of Brno at the military t College of ground forces in vysoky. An estimated 92 1st Arrond div Soldier from units in bad Kreuz Nach and Kirch Gons will participate said a division spokesman. This includes about 14 translators assigned to v corps and . Army Europe he said. The exercise involves 600 soldiers from 15 countries Austria Belgium czech Republic Estonia France Germany Hungary Latvia Lithuania the nether lands Poland Slovakia Sweden the United kingdom and the United states. Marine sentenced in stabbing death by Marian Hamilto Mediterranean Bureau a Marine convicted of manslaughter inthe stabbing of a shipmate has been sentenced to five years in prison in Rota Spain. Lance Cpl. Manuel Loya or. Also was demoted to pay Grade Al and was sentenced to total forfeiture of pay and allowances and a dishonourable discharge. Loya was convicted of stabbing pvt. Jose Alberto Navedo on May 4  amphibious assault ship Kearsarge. Both marines were assigned to the 24th Marine expeditionary unit special on rations capable deployed in the Mediterranean from Camp Lejeune ,a preliminary hearing in june resulted in a recommendation that Loya be charged with murder while committing an inherently dangerous act. However the military judge at Loya s court martial monday ruled that the circumstances of Navedo s death did not show the Wanton disregard for human life necessary to convict Loya of murder. Instead he accepted Loya s guilty Pica of manslaughter. Loya was sentence tuesday. Navedo was stabbed once in the left Side of his Chest went into cardiac arrest while being treated for the wound and died. Loya claimed the death was an Accident As a re sult of knife play Between the two