European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 6 2007 stars and stripes Page 3 outbreak of foot and Mouth is contained the associated press Rome a recent outbreak of foot and Mouth disease among cattle in North Korea appears to be under control and it is unlikely the virus will spread further a in food Agency said wednesday the disease was brought into the country through a shipment of live animals the outbreak started in january at a farm near the Capi Tal Pyongyang the in food and agriculture organization said after the return of a on week mis Sion to North Korea it was the first outbreak of foot and Mouth in North Korea since 1960 Joseph Domenech the chief veterinary officer at the rom based Agency said that based on the visit to the infected area and discussions with the country veterinary authorities we concluded that there is a limited risk that new outbreaks could occur since the outbreak quarantine officials have killed More than 400 infected cattle and some 2600 pigs to prevent the spread of the virus last month South Korea sent a shipload of disinfectant to help its impoverished neighbor Deal with the disease North Korea has suffered from food shortages since the mid1990s when natural disasters and mismanagement devastated its Economy and led to a fam Ine estimated to have killed some 2 million people the in Agency said it is draft ing a proposal to help North Korea import High Quality vac Cines and improve its surveil Lance of animals to avoid future outbreaks Bell South korean general visit Japan Tokyo South Korea chair Man of the joint chiefs of staff visited Japan this week to review the role of us forces on the is lands in the event of a crisis on the korean Peninsula according to the joint chiefs web site Gen Kim Kwan in was accompanied by Gen by Bell the com Mander of us forces Korea and the United nations command a Multi nation group that would sup port South Korea during a Mili tary crisis the eight Day tour of Japan and Guam was scheduled to end saturday from staff reports area i saves millions on supplies correction an april 4 Story about units scheduled to deploy to Iraq should have said the 3rd Bri Gade of the 3rd infantry Divi Sion spent More than a year at their Home base following their last deployment before returning to Iraq in March Courtesy of the us army area i Public works trucks deliver new mattresses to a Camp red Cloud Barracks building in late March area i has replaced about 7000 single mattresses and will begin replacing about 1000 full size mattresses later this month Barracks get 7000 new mattresses by Erik Slavin stars and stripes Camp red Cloud South Korea All of area is on Post service members should be sleeping bet Ter by next month officials said wednesday the area finished replacing More than 7000 sin Gle mattresses in Barracks living quarters in March and will begin replacing about 1000 full size mat tresses by april 13 area i director of logistics t j Welin said most of the Beds were at least five or six years old Welin said officials discovered that soldiers we rent getting a Good nights sleep when the army cleared out furniture from 15 bases it returned to the South korean government Between april and november 2005 Welin said Only about 28 percent of 80000 pieces of furniture were considered serviceable most of the 7110 Beds they found were in bad shape he said because of tears stains and Overall physical condition we Felt there were 154 we could re utilize Welin said while leading a discussion on efficient manage ment with civilian employees last week at Camp red Cloud area i commander col Rick Newton acknowledged that area i had made a shameful mis take by providing its soldiers with poor bedding he worked with the 2nd infantry division to Cor rect the mistake he said for years we didst buy our soldiers decent mat tresses i accepted fault and asked for the Money Newton said Newton said he also is asking the army for million in facility upgrades Over two years about million would go to building repairs and upgrades while million would pay for re placement furniture and appliances in Soldier bar Racks Welin said Welin said he travelled to Huntsville Ala to meet with army corps of engineers officials in april 2006 and found out Why area i haunt received any new furniture and appliances since the 200203 Fis Cal year area i was considered closed he said they told him area is closing Date has been pushed Back sever Al times the goal was to move the us forces in area i to Camp Humphreys by 2008 but the new target Date to have All the forces moved by is 2012 email Erik Slavin at revised tracking system credited Byers Slavin stars and stripes Camp red Cloud South Korea changes in the Way area i tracks its supplies have saved millions of dollars and could serve As a Model for other garrisons officials said wednes Day at most garrisons the Public works department keeps track of its own sustainment repair and maintenance supplies said to Welin director of logistics in october 2005 area i com Mander col Rick Newton told the Public works department to concentrate on its main de signing building and maintaining buildings while moving Supply functions Over to the logistics department whose chief focus is tracking inventory by us observing and knowing the Supply system we eliminate excess purchasing Deliri said during fiscal 2005 area i spent million on sustainment repair and maintenance supplies in fiscal 2006 it spent about million and since fiscal 2007 began in october area i is run Ning under budget on the sup plies we feel like its a pretty big Success Story Welin said Newton used the system change As an example of How area i can remain relevant to other parts of the army on the Peninsula despite the plans to re turn its land to the South korean government and move its resources to Camp Humphreys by 2012 Newton used a work order Call ing for 100 Gallons of paint As an example under the old system Public works would order All of the paint but might use Only 90 Gallons he said when the next work order arrived the Public works depart ments focus would be on completing the project not on using the 10 Gallons left Over Newton said that paint typically would be put in storage and not taken into account when paint for another Job would be needed Welin who has nearly 30 years of experience As an Active duty and civilian logistics specialist now tracks that extra paint and other supplies logistics also records what has a shelf life and what is easily obtainable which helps avoid storing excess goods Welin said the logistics also acts As a line of defense against waste Welin said for example Welin says he received a request for 80 window air conditioning units this week most buildings we have now Are using Central air Welin said we looked at demand history and we challenged that require ment the directors of logistics and Public works must approve any Purchase Over Welin added email Erik Slavin at