European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 262007 stars and stripes paces generals set to serve stateside stars and stripes Seoul two South Korea based us general officers have been tapped for stateside assignments according to defense department news releases army Brig Gen Harvey t Landwermeyer or 2nd infantry division assistant commander and air Force Brig Gen Joseph Reynes or 51st fighter Wing commander both will move to the East coast Landwermeyer will take the position of director of operations in the office of the assistant chief of staff for installation management in Washington do Reynes will serve As the inspector general for Headquarters air combat command at Langley air Force base a prior to his 2nd id position Landwermeyer served As com Mander of the installation management Agency Korea Region office with oversight of dozens of army installations across the korean Peninsula he graduated from the United states military Academy in 1976 and is a graduate of the Armor officer Basic and advanced courses us army command and Gen eral staff College and the naval War College Brig Gen Joe e Ramirez or Deputy commanding general of the combined arms Center for training us army training and doctrine command at fort Leavenworth Kan is to replace land Wermeyer in 2nd id email the Korea Bureau at a investigating no veterans Hospital Charlotte vet Erans affaire department is Send ing investigators to the Salisbury veterans Hospital on monday to Check reports of poor care and a key lawmaker with a oversight plans congressional hearings in mid april on the Hospital the inspection follows Char Lotte observer stories about a 2005 investigation that found two veterans who died at the Hospital had received shoddy care and an other review last year that found other problems with care from wire reports Tillman probe to reveal missteps m Dod investigation will say nine officers should be held accountable by Lolita c Baldor and Scott Lindlaw the associated press Washington nine officers including up to four generals should be held account Able for missteps in the aftermath of the Friendly fire death of army Ranger Pat Tillman a former us football Star accidentally killed by his comrades in Afghanistan a Pentagon investigation will recommend senior defense officials said Friday the de sense department inspector general will cite a Range of errors and inappropriate conduct As the military probed Tillmans death on the Battlefront in 2004 said one defense official the official who like the others requested anonymity because the army has not publicly released the information said it appears senior military leaders May not have had All the facts or worked hard enough to get the facts of what happened on april 22 2004 when Tillman was killed by members of his own Pla Toon a specialist at the time of his death he was posthumously promoted to Corporal Tillmans Case Drew worldwide attention in part because he had turned Down a Multi Mil lion Dollar contract to play defensive Back for the Arizona cardinals of the National football league in order to join the army rangers after the sept 112001 attacks dozens of soldiers those immediately around Tillman at the scene of the shooting his immediate superiors and High ranking officers at a command Post within min utes or hours that his death was fratricide photography plus Williamson stealth Media an inspector generals report on the aftermath of the Friendly fire death of army Ranger Pat Tillman will be released monday even so the army persisted in telling Tillmans family he was killed in a convention Al ambush including at his nationally Tele Vised memorial service 11 Days later it was five weeks before his family was told the truth a delay the army has blamed on proce Dural mistakes the latest investigation has focused on How High up the Chain of command it was known that Tillmans death was caused by his own comrades officers from the rank of colonel and up will be blamed in the report according to one officer who has been informed of the findings according to the officials the report will not make charges or suggest punishments but it will recommend the army look at hold ing the nine officers accountable one defense official said it appears the in Spector general will not conclude there was an orchestrated coverup in the investigation Tillmans father Pat said Friday he had no intention of commenting on the inspector generals report until he had heard an army Brief ing of monday that Day the army plans to release the report and a second related to the killing the other report is by the army criminal investigation command which will focus on whether a crime such As negligent homicide was committed when Tillmans own men shot him one defense official said it appears the investigation did not find any criminal intent in the shooting to Date the army has punished seven peo ple for the Tillman killing but no one was court articled four soldiers received relatively minor punishments under military Law ranging from written reprimands to expulsion from the rangers one had his pay reduced and was effectively forced out of the army the army which requested the inspector general review last year said in a statement released Friday that it plans to take appropriate actions after receiving the inspector Gener als report the officials declined to name any of the officers the report will implicate the commander of Tillmans 75th Ranger regiment was col James c Nixon last year he was named director of operations at the Center for Spe Cial operations at Macdill air Force base Fla the reports findings were first reported on Friday by lbs news democratic rep Mike Honda the Congress Man who represents the san Jose Region where Tillman grew up and where his parents live said he regretted that the family did not have the Chance to review the findings before they were leaked House halts Walter Reed closing stars and stripes the House on Friday voted to keep Walter Reed army medical Center open despite military plans to close the facility by 2011 the Washington times reported saturday the times wrote that the Deci Sion Marks the first time con Gress has tried to reverse a Deci Sion made by the base realign ment and closure commission Congress and president Bush in 2005 approved the commissions recommendations in the Brac plan Walter Reeds functions would be taken Over by the National naval medi Cal Center in Bethesda which is scheduled to build a billion expansion and a new Dewitt Hospi Tal at fort Belvoir in Virginia but the future of the Amend ment is Uncertain the times re ported the Senate version of the funding Bill which passed the appropriations committee on thurs Day does not include a measure to keep Walter Reed open the president said Friday that he will veto the Bill if it reaches his desk because of its limits on the War in Iraq the paper quotes do Dele Gate Eleanor Holmes Norton a Democrat and the districts non voting representative As saying that the Burden would be on the Senate to include a similar Amend ment having gotten it in Over Here the Senate would be under huge pressure to explain Why Treyve taken it out Norton contends that putting Walter Reed on the list of installations to be closed in 2011 contributed to the deterioration of care for wounded soldiers there it is understaffed she is reported As say ing because it is doomed to close English navigation for Korea 100 English navigation cover All Over Peni fistula by Jaewoo precision co 510000 won for 7 inc 460000 won for 4 Inch Call Jonathan at 0116547777 motors Charles a Section of mismatched coloured tile is seen after a repair of a rotted Hole in the Shower of a room in building 18 of the Walter Reed army medical Center which was used to House recovering wounded soldiers in Washington initial probe of veterans Home sees Little fault the Washington Post Washington a senior Pentagon official said Friday that a preliminary investigation of conditions at the armed forces retirement Home has found Little evidence to substantiate allegations of serious medical problems the Pentagon launched the investigation last week after the government accountability of fice sent a letter warning that Resi dents of the veterans facility May be at risk the letter cited allegations of rising deaths rooms spattered with human waste and veterans suffering from bedsores including one with a Maggo infested wound the Gao said the allegations were made by medical personnel who treat residents at the Home which is run by an Independent Federal Agency that reports to the Pentagon the sprawling facility in Northwest Washington houses More than 1100 military Veter ans four doctors sent by the Penta gon to inspect the facility wednes Day wrote a report that listed few problems our Brief inspection suggests that the allegation of a Maggot in tested pressure sore will be substantiated but the other allegations probably discredited the report says