European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 72007 stars and stripes pages uss Stennis Back at work stars and stripes the aircraft Carrier uss John c Stennis has finished a port Call and is Back in the North arabian sea flying close air support and reconnaissance missions for troops in Afghanistan us Navy officials said this week the Carrier air Wing aboard Stennis is assigned to prevent and counter Taliban attacks car Rier aircraft provide close air Power support and deliver Ord Nance on enemy positions designated by ground forces a news release states the Stennis and its strike group also Are tasked with what the Navy Calls maritime Security operations designed to deny inter National terrorists use of the Mari time environment As a venue for attack or to transport personnel weapons or other material the Stennis sailed from its Home port of Bremerton Wash on Jan 16 for a scheduled deploy ment arriving in the arabian sea Region on feb 19 the Navy now once again has two Carrier strike groups in the Region Carrier air Wing 9 includes strike fighter Squadron via 154 via 146 via 147 Marine strike fighter Squadron 323 Tacti Cal electronic warfare Squadron 138 Carrier airborne Early warn ing Squadron 112 sea control Squadron 31 helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 8 and Fleet logistics support Squadron 30 the Stennis strike group includes the Carrier destroyer Squadron 21 uss Antietam uss Okane uss Preble and the fast combat support ship uses Bridge some 6500 sailors and marines Are part of the strike group contestants gear up for Safe idol contest Ramstein third annual us air forces in Europe idol contest takes place april 14 at 7 pm in the Ramstein officers club the winners of the base level competitions will train during three Days of workshops conducted by the Safe band american idol sea son four finalist Anthony Fedorov will make an appearance on april 14 the Safe idol base level finalists Are senior airman Karen Adado Lajes Field azores capt Stephanie Bankston Span Dahlem air base Germany senior airman Douglas Beyer Raf Mildenhall England staff sgt Adrienne Brammer Aviano air base Italy staff sgt Jef Nevison in Ciurlik air base Turkey staff sgt Deinise Santiago Raf Lakenheath England capt Sonnie Stevens Ramstein air base Germany staff sgt Corey Thedford Raf Alconbury England Man admits he posed As Marine chaplain Tacoma Wash a 59yearold Man admitted thursday in Feder Al court in Tacoma that he donned a us Marine corps uniform and military medals to perform marriages baptisms and funerals even though he never served As a Marine Reggie l Buddie pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful wearing of us military medals and decorations a Misdemeanour the us attorneys office reported from staff and wire reports a somber anniversary for the 76th Airlift Squadron serf a giant foot tall buy up to 8feet tall fast worldwide shipping say i love you in a big Way big Luscom styles of 6iant stuffed Aii smals Ben and stripes tech sgt Raidy Klepadlo a flight attendant with the 76th Airlift Squadron bows her head thursday at Ramstein air base in remembrance of her squadrons fatal t43 crash that claimed the lives of everyone on Board the members of the 76th als hold a Brief memorial ceremony every year remembering the six Crew members the plane was in route to Dubrovnik Croatia transporting 27 americans including Secre tary of Commerce Ron Brown and two croatians when it crashed into a Hillside on april 31s96 Dod May alter dwell time military mulls compensation for Early deployment by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes Arlington a the de sense department expects to announce next week How it plans to compensate us troops who have to curtail the time at Home to de ploy defense department spokes Man maj Stewart Upton said right now us troops Are sup posed to get one month at Home for every month they Are deployed but some units Are getting less than that the defense department announced monday that two units would have to deploy to Iraq be fore their dwell time Between combat Tours one of those units the 4th infantry division head quarters is now slated to deploy 81 Days before the end of their year at Home ultimately the defense depart ment wants to give troops More time at Home the departments goal is to give Active duty troops two months at Home for every month deployed and Reserve component troops would get five months off for every month deployed the defense department is now considering How to compensate troops who deploy before this extended time at Home Upton said Friday different alternatives have been debated Upton said we wont define the various options that Are on the table because there still on the table Gates and other defense officials discussed the package thursday after Gates spoke with reporters at a news conference Upton said since then defense officials have reworked some of the options that have been pro posed we will not know what the 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