European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 6 2007 stars and stripes pages new course for airmen will teach ground combat skills by Lisa Burgess stars and stripes Arlington a the air Force will launch a new training course in december to teach air men combat first Aid heavy weapons training and How to survive outside the wire in places like Iraq and Afghanistan the service is starting the com Mon Battlefield airman training course because up to 10000 air men each year Are now deployed to those combat zones where they conduct missions and work on bases where the possibility of at tack is a constant threat Accord ing to col Scott Bethel Deputy director of operations for technical training at air education and training command at Randolph air Force base in Texas we have to be Able to defend ourselves he said skills covered in the course will be those More commonly associated with ground forces until the War on terror began the air Force had few personnel who needed  get legally married while deployed Usa marriage certificate recognized by military no travel required completed in 3 weeks personalized service do the right thing Contact Sam or Barbara Call 0016103535381 toll free 8774822406 As deployment tempos Strain the army and Marine corps the air Force has been asked to help drive trucks provide base Security run interrogations and perform other tasks that Are not part of the services Normal Job ground combat skills outside of the services Small special operations Community but As deployment tempos Strain the army and Marine corps the air Force has been asked to contribute thousands of airmen to help drive trucks pro vide base Security run interrogations an perform other tasks that Are not part of the services nor Mal Job the so called air Force in lieu of or Ilo forces Are receiving ground combat training now be Thel said but it is piecemeal and sometimes informal with Chat the air Force will consolidate and standardize that training he said the class will Start As a five Day training session on dec 7 at Camp Bullis a us army training site near san Antonio Bethel said the air Force Hopes to move 1200 airmen each year through the five Day Chat class air Force plans Call for Chat to expand to 20 Days in 2010 and for As Many As 14000 airmen to pass through its doors every year by 2013 Bethel said the 20day course at Chat will include physical fitness training Sel defense advanced weapons training combat medical skills integrated base defense classes land navigation and tactical Field operations according to it col John Bukowinski chief of the tech Nical training division at the train ing command the Shorter five Day Bridge course will be a similar but com pressed version of the longer class by Kowins said the air Force is studying three candidates for the permanent Chat school Moody air Force base in Georgia Barksdale air Force base in Louisiana and Arnold air Force base in Tennessee service officials Hope to announce the location of the Perma nent Chat training area by Janu Ary 2008 and open its doors on oct 102010 Bethel said email Lisa Burgess at change of command Michael and stripes natos Allied land component command Headquarters Heidelberg Honor guard marches at the units change of command ceremony in Heidelberg Germany on thursday us army Europe commander Gen David Mckiernan handed the acc reigns to German it Gen Kari Heinz lather at the ceremony memorial remembers bomb Hunter As Leader by Matt Millham stars and stripes Schweinfurt Germany pc Sean k Mcdonald want the 46 downtown Frankfurt wow  every thursday 9pm i it bos Host pop classics every Friday saturday top hop Rob Zanft soul every sunday pm free Entrance with this to mothers Day bears up to feet f All  fast worldwide shipping say i love you in a big Way Bisp Luscom styles of Gia it stuffed Arr Mats kind of Guy who wanted a lot of recognition for what he did but his Job was both very important and extremely dangerous Mcdonald an Engineer from the 2nd brigade combat team 1st infantry division was one of the soldiers tasked with seeking out and destroying Roadside bombs one of the most popular weapons used by insurgents it was an extremely deadly bomb a so called explosively formed took his life and injured two of his com rades while they searched a Road for such dangers in Northwest Baghdad at a memorial ceremony thurs Day the Schweinfurt Community garnered in the Chapel at Ledward Barracks to remember Mcdonald 21 of Rosemount Minn he knew by conducting these Lon hour and grueling patrols in search of our enemies most dangerous weapon that he played a key role in protecting the lives of other coalition soldiers and inno cent iraqi civilians said Cape Chad Ramskugler Reading from remarks that had been delivered by it col Glen Masset commander of Mcdonalds unit the 9th Engineer battalion during a memorial saturday in Baghdad Masset said Mcdonald under stood me value and importance of his Mission and took Pride in the role he played in keeping others Safe his superiors had Faith in his leadership and ability to get the Job done if s a Point he was proud of and conveyed to his friends and family Back Home my son gave his Lif e for this coun try and i am not bitter i am proud to have had such an honorable son Russell Mcdonald Sean Mcdonalds father wrote in an email according to Massel during the memorial ceremony in Baghdad sgt Joshua Stader Man Mcdonalds team Leader said he asked a lot of the Soldier known to his friends As Mickey and Mickey d i knew that if i asked him anything he would accomplish it with minimum supervision those words were read by pfc Seth Gordon who was also a close Friend of Mcdonalds Mcdonald it was this ability to get things done that landed Mcdonald in the role of team Leader even As a Pri vate first class but without a Lead ers rank on his Collar Mickey had to get respect from his soldiers the old fashioned Way by earning it As you know a Young private coming straight out of Basic train ing you really  like to get smoked and yelled at by a pfc said pfc Travis Yazzie at the me Morial in Baghdad i didst like him and he didst like me but Yazzie came around when Mcdonald stuck up for him and the rest of their team As they trained up for their deployment to Iraq despite their feuding Mcdonald toasted Yazzie when they returned from a training exercise we overcame that and became Good friends Yazzie said but Mickey want looking to be congratulated for this when it was award writing time for this deployment Mickey told me All he wanted Bis award to say is Mickey kicks in doors Good Staderman said i  Stop laughing because it was True he kicked in doors Well i am going to miss Sean with All of my heart email Matt Millham at