European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 14 2007 stars and stripes Page 3 motorcycle safety draws crowd to town by Steve Mraz stars and stripes Kaiserslautern Germany troops shed their uniforms and berets for bandannas and leather Friday during the Kaiserslautern military Community motorcycle safety Day and Mentor ship ride More than 100 riders sol Diers airmen germans and even a few belgians gathered at a Puri air station motorcycle course on the most ominous of dates to learn about motorcycle safety and pass along knowledge to new riders ifs Friday the 13th said army master sgt Bruce Carlson who organized the event along with John Rice left not have any jinxed the event marked the first time that a gathering of so Many riders assembled in the Kmic to focus on safety and for Good reason motorcycle fatalities have risen dramatically since fiscal 2004 from fiscal 2004 to 2006 nine us army Europe soldiers died in motorcycle crashes army wide 14 soldiers died in motorcycle wrecks during a 45day Span last Spring since oct 1200611 soldiers army wide have died in motorcycle wrecks of those 11 fatalities All were male and at least five of them were 30 or older according to the army risk management information system the statistics help explain Why Carlson and other rider coaches spent Friday morning going Over the right protective gear and clothing to Wear How to properly Brake in an emergency How to correctly execute a swerve and How to Brake in a curve army master sgt Robert Smith who owns a 2006 Kawasaki ninja zx10r attended the Kaiserslautern event from Stuttgart with friends when interviewed and asked How Many years Hes been Riding Smiths buddies threw a few verbal jabs As Smith said Hes been Riding motorcycles for nine years a Friend yelled out that time on minibike Doest count Smith recovered from the quips and took a serious tone you have to respect the Bike he said when you dont respect the Bike if s going to be a bad Day senior airman Kristopher car Roll and airman 1st class Lance Santos who both Are 21 and work on nearby Ramstein air base left Robert Myrick a motorcycle Riding coach assigned to the 18th military police brigade at Mannheim Germany demonstrates proper swerving techniques right air Force master sgt Michael bares a motorcyclist in charge of the 435th vehicle readiness squadrons Pov inspection Section checks the Decibel level Friday of a cyclists exhaust the maximum Decibel level allowed during Pov inspections is 95 photos by Ben and stripes left master sgt Robert smitty Smith a motorcyclist from Stuttgart Germany cleans up his Bike Friday after making the Iong trip in to Kapaun air station above tech sgt Kenny Mcdanlel a motorcyclist from Headquarters us european command in Stuttgart Germany tries to navigate a straight line on a kids Bike while wearing drunk busters goggles were at the safety Day to meet other riders just last week Carroll Learned some valuable lessons during a motorcycle safety foundation class at Kapaun even though he dropped his motorcycle last week while on the course he was not mad id rather drop it out Here than doing 80 or 100 Mph on the Auto Bahn he said the Days finale was a 52mile mentorship ride in addition to drawing Public at Tention to the fact that with the Nice weather More bikers will be on the roads the purpose of the Day was to give Les experienced riders the Chance to see seasoned bikers doing the right things so when Les experienced rid ers find themselves out there by themselves they already have a picture of what right looks like Carlson said email Steve Mraz at Gas court Maitias set in gang beating Case the first service member facing involuntary manslaughter charges in the gang beating initiation death of another Soldier will face court martial starting june 1 a us army Europe official said this week pc Bobby Morrissette trial will Start june 1 and continue june 45 according to us army Europe spokeswoman it col he Hibner the times and place of the hearing will be announced at a later Date she said the court martial was moved from the original Date of april 30 to May 4 she said but she didst say Why it was rescheduled Morrissette along with pvt Terrance Norman sgt Rodney How Ell and staff sgt Alre l charged with involuntary Man Slaughter after the july 42005 death of sgt Juwan Johnson Johnson 25 died of multiple Blun Force injuries a Day after an alleged gangster disciples jumping in ceremony those charged Are from the 21st theater support command at Kaiserslautern Germany As was Johnson a joint article 32 hearing was conducted for Norman and Howell late last month Hudson is awaiting his article 32 hearing from staff reports former commander backs return of draft by Mark Stclair stars and stripes a former commander of the 1st infantry division in Iraq said this week it might be time for the United states to discuss bringing Back the military draft on monday retired maj Gen John Batiste told news 10nbc in Rochester by that in order to win the peace in Iraq current troop Levels there would need to be nearly doubled to 300000 adding that to make numbers like that possible a military draft might need to be considered the draft was last used in the us in 1973 weve had generations of americans now who have not served their country they dont know what the word Means Batiste told news 10nbc and in Here to Tell you that s probably not a healthy situation ifs not the first time that Batiste who left Active duty in november 2005 has Given his opinions on the us involvement in Iraq Batiste was one of Sev eral former generals who gained prominence As out spoken critics of former Secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld in april of last year Batiste wrote a commentary for the Washington Post titled a Case for saying took Down a regime but failed to provide the resources to build the peace in the shortage of troops never Al Lowed commanders on the ground to Deal properly with the insurgency and the unexpected what could have been a deliberate Victory is now a Long protracted Challenge during 2004 Batiste led the big red one on its last major deployment before moving from Leight on Barracks in Wurzburg Germany to fort Riley Kan last july email Mark Stclair  Batiste