European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 72007 stars and stripes Page 19 faces la twp soldiers submit video clips from their service in Iraq and Afghanistan to the military Channel the clips represent a wide Range of life on the front line from soldiers in Battle to goofing around in their off time to taking target practice echoing the voices from the front by Jackie spinner the Washington Post Washington the footage is raw Jerky and crude in one clip two american soldiers wrestle one so Skinny he barely has a Chance he is easily flipped to the floor to the laugh Ter of his buddies in another a mortar goes off near a guard Tower and the Cam Era is suddenly still As soldiers abandon filming to defend their position against the repeated shuddering blasts the video clips edited Only for length and screened for operational Security have been run Ning every hour for about a month on the military Channel an outlet of discovery communications inc available through dig ital and satellite television called voices from the front the Seg ments about 45 to 50 seconds each Are culled from video re corded by troops in Iraq and Afghanistan the clips offer viewers a look at How troops equipped with digital cameras and internet Access Are recording their own tales of life at War without the storytelling conventions imposed by journalists or historians the troops want to show the american Public that they Are not just getting blown up maimed and killed More than their predecessors in past wars these troops have the technology and the knowhow to give a direct account of what their lives Are like viewers have seen troops Box ing blowing up explosives Dodg ing gunfire driving through a sandstorm and hanging out at a swimming Pool these Are strik ing and unusual glimpses of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars which Are in their fifth and sixth years respectively in one video segment an unidentified Soldier talked about fear to be honest with you i never thought id be doing something like this he said you go out and you train and it never hits you it Doest even hit you when Lois Washington Post you get on the plane to come Over Here it hits you when you get in your first fight reality sgt Robert Waples of the Maryland army National guards 115th infantry regiment who is a Charles county my sheriffs Deputy has sent in three video clips he recorded during a tour of duty in Iraq with a camera his wife gave him one was a video will for his family he positioned himself in front of an american Flag and told his wife and three daughters that if they were watch ing he had been killed another showed him getting dressed in Battle gear in the third clip the Only one that has run on the Channel Waples recorded schoolchildren lined up in a dirt courtyard other soldiers from his unit were shown stringing barbed wire around the school which was a polling place in iraqi elections at the end Waples asked hey do you think were making a difference for what you see Over on the other Side of the Wall a fellow Soldier answered i believe we Are Waples 32 was in Iraq from May 2005 to March 2006 he received a purple heart for wounds sustained in a Roadside bombing he goes to Walter Reed army medical Center three times a week for treatment for nerve dam age to the right Side of his head and for Post traumatic stress Dis order Waples who is writing a Book about his experience said he took the video footage to document his time in Iraq just in Case some thing happened to me he called voices from the front truthful Gritty and uplifting if s important for soldiers to Tell their Story without the mainstream Media having a hand in it he said Waples said he is careful about what he submits i dont think people want to see a lot of blood and guts he said thais the ugly Side of War the ugly part is part of the War but i  Stop to take a picture of some thing when the Only thing i should be doing is raising my Rifle and protecting my buddy Back the channels main audience is men military buffs and service members and their friends and families it reaches about 45 Mil lion households nationwide through satellite and digital to but is generally not available through Basic Cable David Zaslav chief executive officer of Silver Spring a based discovery predicted that the audience for the video clips will grow a lot of it is silly but it gives you a sense of what life is like he said Cooney grossly overlays for lemonade Memorabilia auction upsets Jackson a group of kids on Spring break thought setting up a lemonade stand near George i moneys movie set in Tobaccoville no might be a Good business move they were right the Star paid for his lemonade which 10yearold Carter 6yearold Chandler and 5yearold Chase Fon Taine were Selling for 25 cents Cooney made his Way Over to the lemonade stand wednesday after noon after shooting scenes for Leatherhead a movie about the Early Days of professional football that he is acting in and directing the boys Mother Courtney Fon Taine offered Cooney the lemonade for free he had posed for pictures with her and some other Cooney women More than 1100 Jackson family items Are set for auction in Las vegas next month but a representative for Michael Jackson says the pop Star is considering Legal action to Stop the Sale or Jackson was not aware and he is extremely upset that his Memora Bilia was included amongst the Memorabilia that is being auctioned off said spokeswoman Raymone k Bain the Jacksons auction is scheduled May 3031 at the hard Rock hotel re sort Guernsey auction House said items include Michael Jacksons Gold record for his thriller album hand written lyrics for the Jackson five hit Abc and a Victory tour program signed by Jack son family members Jackson Shaver shooting victim telis his Side a Man authorities say was shot and wounded by country Singer Billy Joe Shaver told police the attack was unprovoked and witnesses support his account one witness said Shaver followed the victim Billy b Coker 50 out of papa Joes Texas Saloon in Lorena Texas on March 31 and asked where do you want it before shoot ing him in the face according to an arrest warrant affidavit Coker told police that he and Shaver had been talking inside for an hour or More Coker said Shaver later asked him to go outside and then said Shaver where do you want it before shoot ing him according to the affidavit shavers attorney Joseph a Turner has said that Coker was drunk aggressive and had a knife stories and photos from the associated press