European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes Page 11 ism offers military in translation technology ceo moved by Story of employees son Hurt in Iraq by Brian Bergstein the associated press to Honor an employees son who was badly wounded in Iraq ism corp plans to give the us military million Worth of Ara Bic English translation technology that the Pentagon had been testing for possible Purchase the offer made from the highest reaches of the company directly to president so unusual that defense depart ment and ism lawyers have been scouring Federal Laws to make sure the government can accept the donation the Story begins one night in late february when army sgt Mark Ecker or 21 on his second tour in Iraq was on patrol in a Madi preparing to raid a House unit lined up along a Side of the building but an explosive device had been Bidden in the Wall and when it went off it wounded several soldiers Ecker eventually lost both legs below the knee eckers father an ism main Frame sales specialist in East Longmeadow mass shared the Story of his sons ordeal with coworkers and word spread through the company eventually it reached chairman and ceo Samuel Palmisano ism would not make Palmis Ano available for comment but according to other ism executives Palmisano had heard from several ism employees who have returned from Active duty in Iraq that a shortage of arabic translators has severely hampered us forces efforts to communicate with that and eckers experience in mind Palmisano called and wrote Bush offering to make ibis multilingual automatic speech translator software known As Mastor immediately available for use by our forces in Iraq Palmisano offered 10000 copies of the Mastor software and 1000 devices equipped with it plus training and technical support separately Anne Altman who oversees ibis Federal sales in Washington reached out to adm Edmund Giambastiani vice chair Man of the joint chiefs of staff Giambastiani told ism he appreciated the donation although according to his spokesman it col Gary Tahman the offer is under evaluation right now tart of the evaluation is to de Termine a proper Legal Way for acceptance he wrote in an email ism corp Jap a screen displaying ibis multilingual automatic speech translator software known As Mastor with English and arabic text to Honor an employees son who was badly wounded in Iraq ism corp plans to give the us military million Worth of arabic English translation technology no matter How the donation plays out it has already delighted the eckers Ecker or who has been recuperating in Walter Reed medical Center since feb 28 also got a visit from Bush on Friday As the president toured the Hospital a translator  have helped in my situation we were sneaking around the Middle of the night and it was just one of those things Ecker or said but Overall he added communicating with the locals is difficult this technology that ism is going to offer is really going to help Federal judge Grants objector status to Marine the associated press san Jose Calif a Marine Lance Corporal who said he had an aversion to killing and participating in War must be released from the military As a conscientious objector a Federal judge ruled the Marine corps reserves must discharge Robert Zabala 23 by mid april under the ruling Zabala said he was troubled Dur ing Boot Camp in 2003 when a Fel Low recruit committed suicide and a Superior used profanities to belittle the recruit Zabala said he abhorred the blood lust the Supe rior seemed to possess Accord ing to a 2006 court petition for con  status another Boot Camp instructor showed recruits a motivational clip showing iraqi corpses explosions gun rights and rockets set to a heavy that included the lyrics let the bodies hit the floor the petition said Zabala said he cried while other recruits nodded their Heads in time with the beat the Sanctity of life that formed the moral Center of petitioners life was being challenged his at Torney Stephen Collier wrote in a court filing us District judge James Ware who served 13 years in the army reserves said he was con Vinced of Zabalas sincerity about his struggles to reconcile the de mands of duty with the demands of conscience Zabala a student at the univer sity of California Santa Cruz who followed some Buddhist related traditions was previously denied conscientious objector status after applying in 2004 court records show victim had tried to escape violent sex the associated press Seattle in the last weeks of her life Rebecca Griego was taking drastic Steps to avoid an a Boyfriend whose violence and threats had left her visibly shaken she changed her cell phone number she moved and Early last month Griego sought a re straining order posting Jonathan rowans picture around her office so coworkers could serve him with the papers if he showed up he has threatened to Hurt me again Griego 26 wrote in court papers on March 6 saying that had warned her to look Over my shoulder because i would see him again on monday colleagues identified Griego As the victim of an apparent murder suicide in her University of Washington office she was left helpless and very frustrated because nobody would intervene until something happened said Jim Delisle Griegos Boss at the Runstad Center for real estate studies she did everything that a person in her situation could have done other than leaving town University assistant police chief Ray Wittmier said officers who responded at about am monday to a Call of shots fired found title two people in an office on the fourth floor of Gould Hall the University architecture building