European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 29 2007 stars and stripes pages Guam Soldier Dies after motorcycle Accident stars and stripes Camp Foster Okinawa a 39yearold Guam National guard sol Dier died monday from injuries after his motorcycle collided with a car on Guam sgt Peter Paul Nartia who was named the us army Pacific com mands Soldier of the year in 1996 was struck by a car in the Village of Harmon about am monday according to Guam Media reports he was rushed to Guam memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead he is the third Guam guardsman to die this month sgt Christopher Fernandez and sgt Gregory Fejeran were killed March 5 in a vehicle Accident in the Horn of Africa in support of operation enduring free Dom the Accident was not the result of hostile action according to the Guam National guard this is another tremendous loss to our Guam National guard family maj Gen Donald j Goldhorn the Guam National guard adjutant general was quoted As saying in the Pacific daily news Nartia was an excellent citizen Soldier who served our Island and his country with distinction he will be sorely missed by the men and women of the Guam National guard according to the congressional record Nartia a 1986 graduate of Guam John f Kennedy High school joined the Guam army National guard in july 1991 and was the first Guam guardsman to win the Pacific command Competition voyage lawsuit not affecting our overseas service stars and stripes voyage customers overseas should not be affected by the internet voice Compa nys recent Legal troubles according to a company spokesman we dont anticipate any changes or interruptions in phone service As a result of this litigation so we advise customers to continue using their service As they Al ways have said John yocca voyage Public relations manager in a written response to a query from stars and stripes there Are Many options available to us and we Are 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holes on runways at a South korean air base in Pahang on Friday Seabee worked on finishing the task As quickly As possible while High ranking officials observed runway repair on the double Seabee and s korean counterparts practice Patch jobs following simulated missile attack by Erik Slavin stars and stripes Pahang South Korea rapidly fixing a Battle scarred runway can make the difference Between end ing a Battle quickly with air support or leaving highly trained pilots on the sidelines on Friday Navy Seabee and their South Kore an counterparts practice runway repair after a simulated missile attack with Speed and accuracy in mind at a South korean air base in Pahang As part of the reception staging Onward move ment and integration and foal Eagle exercises Seabee used a flush foreign objects and de Bris cover to Patch the runway and keep air traffic rolling earlier in the week Seabee took As Long As 38 minutes to Roll out and prepare the cover for a gaping Hole in the Concrete runway by fridays demonstration in front of a South korean Admi ral and other dignitaries the Seabee prepared the cover in 17 minutes trucks and construction vehicles then filled the Hole with dirt and smoothed it be fore the Seabee covered it Over the entire process took a Little Over 40 minutes after a missile attack dam age assessment teams plot craters on a map and look for strips of runway that Are Easi est to repair said builder chief Petty officer Carl Peltier next comes the cover on Friday the Seabee rolled out a 3000pound fibreglass cover and then interlocked it with Metal grommets the most difficult part of this is getting the holes lined up said Seaman Lee Selten Reich Seabee will sometimes use fibreglass covers other times they use much heavier aluminium cover that inter lock like legos Peltier said the aluminium covers take longer to set he said however the material int As important As getting the team on the same Page the Seabee said Twenty two naval Mobile construction Bat Talion 3 Seabee from naval base Ventura county Calif participated in the exercise twelve of them have been on a six month deployment to Chunhae naval base in South Korea Aniie 10 at h astr it who have Roal Cagle been deployed to Okinawa were sent to the Peninsula for the exercise the Seabee worked Side beside with South korean Navy Wing 6 service members the main thing is doing this Over and Over said Petty officer 3rd class Brian prime the More we do it the faster we get like anything else email Erik Slavin at Navy Seabee use tools to move the fibreglass Sheet Over the Hole court told Kadena noise not so loud but residents lawyer doubts accuracy of measurements by Chiyomi Sumida stars and stripes Naha Okinawa the Japa Nese government and residents living in communities near Kadena air base squared off tuesday Over How noisy the air base actually is during a hearing tuesday in the Naha Branch of the Fukuoka High court a Lead attorney for the japanese government argued that aircraft noise emitted from Kadena is not As loud As the Resi dents say according to a recent report Cit ing measurements taken in neighbourhoods adjacent to the air base Between 1997 and 2004 noise lev Els were within the environmental limits at All 11 monitoring Points a government attorney said she added that the govern ments soundproofing of Homes near the air base contributed to reducing the noise Levels attorneys for the residents questioned the credibility of the governments noise Survey we see serious problems in the selection of monitoring Points the equipment As Well As the method said shun Sato one of the lawyers for the residents he said the government failed to read noise Levels caused by take offs and landings in january a lawyer for the group asked the three judge panel from the Fukuoka High courts Naha Branch to visit the neighbourhoods adjacent to the air base and judge the noise Levels for themselves the judges have not ruled on the request the lawsuit stretches Back to 2000 when 5500 residents of uru a Okinawa City Chatan and Romitan communities affected by the air bases operations filed a lawsuit demanding a 7 pm7 am ban on flights and million in compensation for alleged physical and mental dam age caused by aircraft noise about five years later the Naha District court ordered the Japa Nese government to pay 24 Mil lion yen about to 3881 residents but the court dismissed the claims by 1700 other Resi dents ruling that noise Levels in their neighbourhoods were within tolerable limits their Appeal of that ruling is being heard by the Fukuoka High court email Chiyomi Sumida at