European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and stripes saturday March 312007 airmen now can file property claims online by Jennifer h Svan stars and stripes Misawa air base Japan airmen in the Pacific now can file personal property claims in their pyjamas instead of meeting with a Para Legal to document damage to household goods during a govern men sponsored move airmen can just sit at a computer the air Force claims service in Dayton Ohio officially opened March 23 though some bases were using the Center sooner the change is part of a service wide streamlining initiative called smart operations 21 air Force officials estimate the Center will save about million Over the next 10 years while re turning 200 personnel positions Back to the service to be used else where they also say it allows airmen to submit various claims at their convenience while shortening the time it takes to be paid for a claim photos Are Worth a f of a facts and Cha Iris online at out filing personal property dont have one at Wolfe or at the bairns censer site provides a Ink that quire for damage estimates my needed for items feat eat be Tousand tech  paired or noncommissioned officer in charge of claims get estimates in a foreign language translate at the 35th fighter Wing Legal office Misawa aired Bete submitting them Check with your Legal bake 3anan evea if its a youve got it office a teates m a reign currency can be con right there photographs can be scanned and uploaded Money paid for Date Cati be deposited to air Force claims censer web Only Check Oft f j v but it also Means a bit More work on airmen part theres a Little More for them now because there going to actually sit and do the upload of said tech sgt Kim Berly Pfender noncommissioned officer in charge of claims airmen will have to download copies of their orders shipping inventory and other papers while also submitting digital photos of claims for damage of More than but Pfender said the Nice thing is they can do it from Home they dont have to do it during their duty hours paralegals a mouse lick or Dan phone Call away Are Avail Able 24 hours a Day to assist air men with claims processing the Center consolidated about 90 individual claims centers and is staffed with More than 100 air men and civilians according to a news release Pacific air forces bases began using the Center March 1 and the entire air Force is to be linked up by oct 1 she said this is strictly for the air Force including defense department civilians on air Force bases Pfender said the claims process still beams with a Stop to the Legal office where airmen drop off do form the Pink form listing damage discovered upon unpack ing within 70 Days after delivery of household goods the Legal office gives a copy to the airman and submits the Origi Nal to the moving company if s then that the online work be gins airmen first must obtain a user id and password from a govern ment computer by logging on with their common Access card to with this information they can log on to a personal computer at Home to Complete the process email Jennifer h Svan at us s Korea practice Harbor defense by Jimmy Norris stars and stripes Busan South Korea us and South korean sailors and coast guards men joined forces this week to conduct Harbor defense training As part of foal Eagle exercises the exercise began tuesday when us sailors from Mobile inshore under sea warfare unit 110 picked up signals that an unknown vessel was entering Busan Harbor launching us naval coastal warfare Squadron 33 and South Korea 308th Early warning Squadron into action son buoys equipped with passive sonar and hydrophones fed information to computer screens and listening equip ment on bus ans pier 8 and Chodo is land Headquarters for the 308th technicians deciphered what looked like a series of random lines displayed on the computer screens to identify the Type of Craft that had breached the Harbor and relayed the information to the inshore boat units 11 and 13 those units quickly moved out in their dauntless patrol Craft 34foot boats armed with m240 machine guns and the ability to move at High speeds in this Case they discovered a Semi submersible cigarette boat tasked with conducting surveillance on South Korea 3rd Fleet base organizers said the exercise was the first of a series of planned naval exercises Between the countries falling under naval coastal warfare Squadron 33 were inshore boat units from Everett Wash and Portland Ore Mobile Security detachment 5 from Guam and port Security unit 313 a coast guard Reserve unit from Tacoma Wash capt Guy Bony warfare Squadron Commodore said the us forces provided added capability for detecting under water threats to Busan Harbor i would not say were essential he added saying the South koreans Are very capable of defending this Harbor themselves it cmdr Jonathan Puskas commander of inshore boat unit 13 said foal Eagle also tested the logistical ability of units involved to move their equipment and Crews into South Korea quickly and safely a dauntless patrol Craft from inshore boat unit 13 makes a hard to starboard turn in Busan Harbor during training tuesday the boat intercepts threats to the Harbor defends Friendly boats and conducts surveil Lance to provide waterborne port Side Security Jimmy and stripes Ursoi foal Eagle for the Overall warfare Squadron that meant seven boats 44 tents numerous vehicles and More than 300 people and coordinating Active duty and re serve us Navy and coast guard units Many of whom have never worked to Gether before while working with their South korean counterparts also was a Challenge its a lot like an emergency room said Squadron 33 spokesman coast guard it Corr Pearce it looks like chaos if you just peek in the door but theres really a lot of coordination going on email Jimmy Morris at japanese police to look for fraud in fishery claims by Chiyomi Szumeda and Allison Batdorff stars and stripes Casebo naval base Japan police will investigate a japanese defense facilities administration Agency claim that there is something fishy about the number of fishing boats reporting losses in Revenue due to us Navy operations near Casebo naval base the Faas complaint alleging some of the Agency own employees conspired with the Sase to City fishery association to bilk them out of millions of yen was accepted wednesday and will be investigated for possible fraud a Nagasaki prefecture police spokesman said members of the fishery association with the help of senior and retired officials of Faa Fuku Oka Bureau inflated the number of fishing boats entitled to receive the compensation that the Jap anese government pays for fishing losses due to Navy operations the complaint stated the government pays 13 million yen about every year to seven association Fisher men due to the restricted fishing Access Accord ing to a Faa spokesman each of the seven has a Fleet of about four or five Roll netting fishing boats the association claimed losses for All seven fishermen but four have been inactive for More than a decade said Atsunori Kashiwada chief of the facilities and planning office of Faas Fukuoka Bureau Casebo naval base does not anticipate participating in the Case said base spokesman Charles Howard Volvo military sales Purchase your new Volvo xc70 or xc90 with the Premium package and get the climate or convenience package for Freel also for a limited time Only All new orders for a Volvo v70 v70r xc70 with the Premium package will also receive the Rte navigation system valued at for free so you can now Purchase your new v70 v70r or xc70 through the Volvo military sales program and save up to under stateside Srp Contact us for further details Tibout this and other Winter wonder offers Japan 046 825 3265 Okinawa m8 936 8640  email