European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages stars and stripes Mideast edition Seabee to be outfitted with mtg body Armor by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes the Navy plans to buy sets of a new Type of body Armor for with deliveries expected to begin later this Navy officials the Seabee will be getting modular tactical or which the Marine corps began issuing to marines downrange this the vests have two extra ballistic plates and protect 5 percent More of the body than the outer Tacti Cal vests or tvs that other service members the tvs also feature a rip Cord that allows troops to Peel off the vests in All marines in Iraq Are expected to have the vests by the end of this naval expeditionary combat command decided to buy tvs for Seabee because the vests have improvements in versatility and Comfort Over said Pat of the first naval construction the mtg integrates the Side carriers and plates used with Oto into the reducing the number of pieces to Gibbons said in an emailed response to the mtg functions As a carries the weight on the is easier to move and is More Seabee work closely with who Are beginning to Wear the new Gibbons the Navy has ordered tvs for about seven naval Mobile construction Gibbons so the Navy has not been told when All the vests will be Seabee units which Are training to deploy for Ward will be the first to receive the new once these Seabee will deploy with the he for right Only sailors in the naval construction Force will be issued said Navy Dave of sailors serving with ground forces As individual aug enters will continue to be issued Phil lips said in an emailed response to questions from stars and Dedra to stars and stripes the Marine corps has ordered new modular tactical which Are expected to Start arriving downrange beginning in while slightly the new vests Are said to fit better and will provide More Protection to the Side lower Back and kidney according to Marine riverine personnel Are not issued either the Oto or the Phillips due to their waterborne riverine units Wear the Tacti Cal maritime body Armor system tubas which provide flotation capabilities As Well As the same level of Protection the tvs and tvs email Jeff Schogol at cuts Hazard Day for troops in Croatia by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes troops in Bosnia Herzegovina and Croatia will no longer receive per month in Immi nent danger pay As of the defense department announced late the move will affect about 232 troops now deployed to Accord ing to the defense the number of troops in Croatia was not immediately available on the news came one week after the defense department announced that about troops stationed in Kosovo would continue to get imminent danger the defense department pays certain troops imminent danger pay if they Are deployed to a Region where they face the threat of physical harm or imminent danger on the basis of civil civil terrorism or wartime the military has had a presence in a for More than a about mostly based in were sent to the Region in late 1995 to enforce the Dayton peace a which ended that coun try civil the decision to Stop giving the pay to troops in bos Nia Herzegovina comes As a re sult of a periodic review of who should get the special the news release the review also determined the following troops also would no longer receive imminent danger pay 43 troops deployed to Mace seven troops deployed to five troops deployed to an one service member deployed to Sierra those troops will get More in hardship which is meant to compensate troops deployed to areas where the Quality of life is substantially below what most service members in the expert the news release factors considered include physical living conditions and personal Securi the news release under the troops in Georgia and Sierra Leone will get per month in hardship up from per the news re lease in another troops in Macedonia now will collect hardship pay at a rate of per email Jeff Schogol at san Diego to be Home port for uss Carl Vinson by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes the nuclear pow ered aircraft Carrier uss Carl Vinson will be based in san not the Navy announced Friday Guam and san Diego were among the four Sites considered As the Nimitz class aircraft carriers new the others were Pearl and Bremer after a thorough review of prospective the Secretary of the Navy selected san Diego As the preferred alternative after evaluating a number of including its existing family support and proximity to train ing a Navy news release now undergoing maintenance in new port the Carl Vinson is expected to move to san Diego in Early the news release the move Marks the carriers return to the the snip was based in Bremer ton from 1997 to Navy Secretary Donald Winter announced last year the ship would return to Pacific the Carl Vinson will be the sixth Carrier in the the Navy has carriers based in Japan Bremerton and and san having six of our aircraft carriers in the Pacific greatly enhances our nations Winter said in fridays news re it will help protect our vital inter reassure our friends and and maintain unfettered Access to sea Guam has undergone a buildup in recent with plans for Many More us troops to be stationed beginning in marines from the Iii Marine expeditionary Force will begin moving from the military expects to use its existing landholdings on which should be enough to hold additional military operations and but More land might be needed to accommodate military training and housing for the civilian and contracted work Force expected to grow with the Mili tary in fiscal construction began on a number of including renovation of the first of several Navy other projects included a new High school at naval base Guam and an army and air Force Exchange service Complex at Ander sen air Force in january the Navy proposed Home porting up to three fast attack submarines on the Pacific Island of Guam to get the ships closer to their operating submarine Squadron 15 includes the uss Corpus uss Houston and uss Frank the Only submarine tender in the Pacific the uss Buffalo is slated to join Guam sub Fleet sometime in about military personnel Are stationed on Home to Resi according to a 2004 census email Jeff Schogol at save thousands on your new car simple online ordering representatives in the Middle East to serve you free delivery to any stateside free main Tance program on All stateside deliveries delivery to most major cities in All us government card holders overseas Tel of s733649 00 9731 781 35s3 email
