European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 82007 stars and stripes pages smaller staff changes in Mission Iraq Afghanistan pull investigators from elsewhere by Charlie Coon stars and stripes Stuttgart Germany among the assets being siphoned off by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Are the people with the Job of making sure others Are doing the right things inspectors general and other investigators said last week that Treyve had to adjust their priorities to compensate for diminished staffing As a result whistle blowers and others who see cracks in the system or have no where else to turn have fewer people to turn to if you have fewer folks in your office ifs harder to be proactive said col Michael p Anderson inspector general at the us european command youre More in a reactive Mode we lost two noncommissioned offic ers to transformation said it col Brad Hixon inspector general for the Kaiser Slauter based 21st theater support com Mand whose shop now has three people hopefully Well get two Back we have to have cos to talk to the Junior soldiers because Junior soldiers wont talk to me they like talking to the cos nearly 30 inspectors general who Are senior and Fiel Grade troops tabbed for temporary duly plus a few civilians were turn ing to one another on tuesday and wednes Day Hixon Anderson they went to Stuttgart at Andersons invitation to Trade business cards find out who does what and it is hoped create some Europe wide synergy to fight fraud and waste and other dysfunctions in the military the Trade off is is or War fighters Anderson said what would you rather have the european command shop used to have eight permanent jobs Anderson said now it has four plus a few temporary hires his staff recently oversaw a morale sur vey of 300 employees at the George c mar shall european Center for Security studies in Garmisch and is performing a com Mand climate Survey of 900 staffers at it com Anderson said those Are More finely tuned ways to help commanders than the Blanket inspections of the past Anderson said his Boss Neucom Deputy commander Gen William e Ward has been reasonable in his requests he is tasking us within our Means Anderson said but Small tasking can pay big dividends during a meeting last fall with bos Nia Herzegovina inspector general it was discovered the bosnian had a Cache of 1 million rounds of 762 my bullets 4500 ak47 rifles and 400 machine guns the bosnian were persuaded to donate the weaponry to the Afghanistan National army and in Exchange received the nato partnership for peace status that they Cov eted inspectors general also work within organizations such As department of de sense dependents schools the army and air Force Exchange service and medical commands and Are available to family members As Well As military sponsors for Job issues such As pay problems botched promotion packets and spousal no support inspectors general such As Hixon say they could use More no help i enlisted As a private in the army and i was intimidated by the officers the lieu tenant colonel said there was an invisible Barrier there that Why cos Are critical to me and s Why i need cos More than officers in my shop email Charlie Coon at naval Academy midshipman denies sexual assault naval Academy Stu Dent accused of sexually assaulting two female students last year testified at his court martial Friday that he had consensual sex with one of them Kenny Ray Morrison said the woman rubbed his leg As he sat next to her on a hotel bed after a night of drinking in february 2006 and asked if he had a condom i said i didst ill be Safe is that of and she said yes Morrison said the woman has said the sex was not con sensual the associated press generally does not identify victims of sexual assault Morrison 24 of Kingwood Texas is being court articled on charges of inde cent assault and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman for the two Inci dents both the defense and prosecution finished 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