European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 stars and stripes sunday april 1 2007 photos by Jimmy and stripes Petty officer 2nd class Michael Morrison left and Petty officer 2nd class urn Mitchell prepare their diving gear prior to evaluating a pier near Chunhae naval base on wednesday As part of foal Eagle exercises diving the same in any language joins s Korea to hone underwater skills by Jimmy Norris stars and stripes Chunhae South Korea six divers from the navys to bile diving and Salvage unit 1 took to the water last week with their counterparts from South to reas ship Salvage unit divers in the training near Chunhae naval base held in conjunction the foal Eagle exercise inspected the structural integ Rity of piers and did underwater welding Demoli Tion Salvage and construction divers said that while cultures and languages differed they had Little difficulty working together we might be from two differ ent countries but were All divers so were sort of a family in that re said Petty officer 2nd class Tim Mitchell difficulties in communication were handled through interpret ers and the use of hand signals and drawings most of the diving was text said it Stephen Schwed Helm officer in charge of units detachment 1 Many of the Kore an divers trained at the Navy div ing and Salvage training Cen Ter so their methods Are the same right Down to the Schwedhelm said the most pronounced differences Between the and South korean diving units were in the equipment they used the koreans do not have Sid scan sonar while the Doest have heavy Salvage equip ment and e chief Petty officer Lee sustae from South Korea ship Salvage unit readies an underwater Cam Era prior to evaluating the Struc Tural integrity of the pier i think every one of my Guys Here have walked away with an appreciation for what the korean diving units have to Schwedhelm said email Jimmy Norris Kadena adds More wifi hot spots by Megan Mccloskey stars and stripes Kadena air base Okinawa Kadena has gone wireless at More than 10 hot spots across the base people can now surf the web with free wireless in ternet the service on base went live March 23 Kadena has offered wireless at the Banyan tree club for a Cou ple of months but 18th services added the additional locations after buying a new server Accord ing to Gordon Murdock Market ing director at 18th services Many Kadena troops said there looking Forward to using the hoi spots and have been wait ing for Kadena to offer wireless in ternet like the Marine corps has on its bases its about staff sgt Lisa Messier with Airfield manage ment said ill use it everywhere and Kadena hot spots the following 18th services locations offer free wireless 3to ternet Schilling Community Center 66 and Starbucks in the Rocker no club cafe Latte weekender lounge in the officers club air Power cafe Banyan tree club Marshall dining facility Okuma wave runner lounge Kadena Library Shogun in blogs and 332 the base started looking into wireless in 2005 but needed to secure the network and add band Width said Steve Jornet chief of information systems for 18th ser vices Laptop users with wireless capabilities can tap into the network at any of the hot spots by simply logging in with the username free and the password inter the username and password Are Given on the Login screen which pops up automatically staff sgt Rdefonso with 18th equipment maintenance squad Ron said he plans on taking advantage of the free wireless and thinks it adds to the Quality of life on base Messier said living in the temporary quarters with limited in ternet was one of the hardest parts of moving by summer there will be a room dedicated to wireless inter net usage on the third floor of her Shey Hall a temporary living facility Jornet said the wave runner lounge at Okuma resort also has wireless internet which went live wednes Day email Megan Mccloskey at accused deserter has also left the s korean military by Flack and Hwang Harrym stars and stripes Seoul oops he did it again a South korean Man who allegedly deserted the army rather than to deploy to now deserted the South korean military while under investigation the 26yearold Man identified Only As Kim joined the army in 2003 in a bid to become a american citizen South korean ministry of National defense officials confirmed earlier this month after deserting the army in 2005 he returned to South Korea and began his mandatory military service in november 2006 officials said with the knowledge of his South korean unit he turned himself in to the military earlier this month but was released Back to South Korea 25th infantry Divi Sion so officials could investigate the Sticky Legal matter the and said but Kim deserted his Post in Northern Gyeong i province Early Friday morning South korean officials confirmed officials believe the unarmed Kim is hiding in mountainous Ter rain surrounding the Camp and have launched a search an and spokesman told stars arid stripes earlier this month that the Case was complicated even in terms of International Law since private Kim is a korean Soldier As Well As an american but on Friday an and spokes Man said Kim has now deserted from both countries it is very difficult now for him to go the spokesman said forces Korea officials have said they will coordinate with the South korean army after the investigation is Complete email the Korea Bureau at contraband found in Yokota High search by Bryce s Dubee stars and stripes Yokota air base Japan school and base Security officials conducting a Surprise search of Yokota High school on Friday net Ted a number of prohibited items officials however declined to immediately say what items were found the inspection was ordered by col Scott Goodwin the base com Mander after several recent Inci dents where prohibited items were found on school grounds said air Force capt Warren Comer abase spokesman according to a policy letter on the Yokota High school web site prohibited items include such things As knives razors clubs laser pointers illegal drugs Alco hol and any item that May disrupt the classroom environment or threaten the health and safety of students Chip Steitz spokesman for department of defense dependents schools at its Pacific Headquarters on Okinawa said Dodds cooperates with and supports installation authorities who conduct searches of its Comer said the inspection was designed to promote the safety and Security of students and the Yokota Community it also was timed with the Spring break sea son when in the past there has been an increase in incidents of misconduct we worked together in plan Ning and implementing this in Goodwin was quoted As saying i a statement this included consideration for the Stu dents and an attempt to not inconvenience them during the pro Comer said military police using a military working dog inspected the entire High school including student lockers for con Traband several Yokota High students interviewed said that the inspection was totally unannounced Tak ing place right after lunch they also said the officials inspected lockers the students bags and for those who drive to school cars when questioned about Possi ble reasons for the searches most students interviewed said they were hot sure but guessed that officials might be looking for drugs in the two years Ive been Here Ive never seen anything like one Junior said it was completely he also added that from what he saw during the search most of the contraband found was cigarettes some prohibited items were found during the inspection but we cannot release any specifics on this information until an investigation is Comer said the investigation into these findings will be conducted by base and school email Bryce s Dubee at
