European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 252007 stars and stripes pages weve been waiting for this Barbara Cantey wife of gunnery sgt Tyrone Cantey gunnery sgt Tyrone Cantey meets his 5monthold son for the first time Friday night Cantey wife Barbara sat with the sleeping baby on her Chest covered with a Blanket As she waited for the 9th Engineer support battalion to arrive Home from a seven month deployment to Iraq photos by Megan and stripes after Iraq its time to chill marines and sailors with 9th Engineer support battalion return to Okinawa after 7month deployment downrange by Megan Mccloskey stars and stripes Camp Hansen Okinawa two fathers met their babies for the first time Friday night when their unit returned from a seven month deployment in Iraq i just had pictures this is Way better than that capt Dev Spradlin said looking Down at his daughter conked out in her stroller six Montgold Alexandra managed to stay awake just Long enough to meet her dad before giving in to the Long blinks and crashing on his Chest about 240 marines with Hansen based 9th Engineer sup port battalion got Home Friday from Camp Tara drum Iraq As gunnery sgt Tyrone Cantey approached his wife at the reunion she peeled Back a Blue Blanket to reveal his 5monthold son Nathaniel Cantey leaned in and stroked his head weve been waiting for this Cantey wife Barbara said the families waited for hours for the marines to arrive and then Giddy excitement swelled As the battalion came March ing up the Street for seven months weve looked to this Date said Megan Duesterhaus who was there to Greet her husband 1st it Greg Duesterhaus Many planned on taking leave in a couple of weeks but most of the marines said immediate plans were to do a whole lot of nothing but hanging out in going to spend time with the girls 1st sgt Melvin Lewis said about his wife and two daughters Lewis got Home just in time for a father daughter dance with his youngest 9yearold Meosha Brittany Snyder married to the units chaplain Navy it Alan Snyder said besides buying a car they didst have any major plans Well stay Home and chill out she said and if we dont want to get out of our pyjamas we dont have to its Okay above capt Dev Spradlin embraces his wife Sarah and holds his daughter for the first time Sec Montgold Alexandra was falling asleep As she and her mom wanted for the Marine Captain to arrive hang in there Kiddo dad is almost Home Sarah Spradlin said rocking and bouncing with anticipation below 1st it Aaron Coronna right Navy it Alan Snyder Center and 1st it Greg Duesterhaus Lead the first file of 9th Guam sailors Back from 6month stint in the persian Gulf stars and stripes after six months spent in the persian Gulf protecting two iraqi Oil terminals sailors assigned to Mobile Security Squadron 7 detachment 73 at naval base Guam were due Home saturday according to a Navy news release the release didst say How Many sailors were coming Home and Navy officials on Guam could not be reached Friday the returning sailors also assisted in training the iraqi military in us Qatar Iraq and the Brit is run naval activity transition team while working and living on Iraq two offshore Oil terminals Basra and Khwarg Al Amaya the sailors guarded the platforms Day and night alongside iraqi Marine platoons the us military eventually intends to turn Over the defense of the terminals to the iraqis mss7 was developed following the uss Cole bombing in Yemen and the sept 112001 terrorist attacks on the United states its Mission is to provide diverse expeditionary Point defense Force Protection to defense department High value assets in the 5th 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility according to the Navy news release the Squadron can protect land sea and air assets Kadena airman pleads guilty to multiple thefts by Chiyomi Sumida stars and stripes Naha an airman from Kadena air base pleaded guilty Friday in Naha District court to two counts of theft and one of attempted theft airman 1st class Tyson Walker 21 assigned to the 18th aircraft maintenance Squadron apologized to the judge and expressed remorse during the opening session he has been under japanese custody since his arrest Jan 14 prosecutor Eisaku Yokoyama said Walker stole a shoulder bag and 45 other items Worth about say yes i am from a car parked at a dental clinic in the Daito District of Nago at am on Jan 14 about 15 minutes later he attempted to steal a cd Case containing 32 music cd Worth about from a car parked at a Lawson convenience store in the same neighbourhood Yokoyama said but was apprehended by two people one of them the owner of the car the two men held him until police arrived he said during the ensuing investigation police found that Walker was involved in a theft in december in Naha according to evidence presented Friday Walker stole a computer a Cash Register and other items from a bar in the Satoshi District of Naha Worth about Walker took the stand Friday and apologized i look at a Mirror and say yes i am a Crimi Nal he tearfully testified his head bowed it hurts me it hurts other people particularly my Mother walkers attorney Satoshi Kanamitsu said after the hearing that the stolen items had been returned and Walker was making arrangements for Jinan apology payments with Money walkers Mother sent from Arizona Jinan is a common out court negotiation practice in Japan to ease some of the resent ment of the victims the next hearing in the Case is set for april 16 i look at a Mirror and a criminal it hurts me 99 airman 1st class Tyson Walker testifying at his Naha court appearance email Chiyomi Sumida at