European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pace 4 tars and stripes wednesday april 18 2007 Rota alumnus says a tech Campus is by Sandra Jontz and Ben Murray stars and stripes the body count kept rising first one confirmed kill then 10 then 20 then 30 it was unreal Chris Roessler recalled he sat dumbfounded in his Vir Ginia tech dorm room monday watching the nations deadliest shooting unfold and the death count Rise even More we were All in disbelief every one was shocked the preventer Inary Sci ence student said tuesday during a phone inter View from the Campus in Blacks Burg a we were in Shock said Roessler who graduated last year from the department of defense dependents schools David g Farragut High school in Rota Spain we still Are today he said he sat fixated in front of the television tuesday hoping no praying he didst know anymore of the 30 people gunned Down monday in Norris Hall he was not a student of any of the professors whose names were revealed As victims tuesday he already knew of one person who was killed Ryan Clark a Resi Dent assistant at West Ambler Johnston Hall the dormitory just Roessler details emerge about the Weller Page 11 one Street from Roessler College Home wed play basketball together across the Atlantic Ocean late monday Roessler father said one reality of serving overseas is youre always waiting for that  phone Call and if you spend enough time overseas eventually that Call will come said Glenn Roessler Resi Dent agent charge of naval criminal investigative service at naval station Rota but this time it bore Good news his son was Fine still its been hard concentrating at work today he said after a late night of watching news Broad casts London Central High school senior Janet Parker 18 was at the Virginia tech Campus april 11 just five Days before the shoot Ings on a tour of the College if s kind of hard to believe be cause i was just there Parker said of the slayings the Campus tour took her past Norris Hall where the majority of the shootings took place but not inside the building she said Virginia tech is on parkers Short list of universities to attend this fall and she said mondays events  prevent her from going the area is pretty Safe so i dont think it would happen again she said email Sandra Jontz at email Ben Murray at holding steady Chris air Force master sgt Steve m Grindle of the Pennsylvania air National guards 171st air refuelling Wing Maneu vers a kc135s refuelling Boom while filling up a c17 Over the Black sea while deployed to in Ciurlik air base Turkey Grindle and his fellow guardsmen Are assigned to the 90th expeditionary air refuelling Squadron which is responsible for refuelling planes heading i faces murder charges in stabbing death stars and stripes a 1st personnel command Soldier will face Mur Der charges in the january fatal stabbing of a fellow sol Dier in Schweinfurt Germany the army will arraign pfc Mario a Lesesne on thursday in Mannheim on premeditated murder attempted murder and assault charges for a Jan 21 incident that left pfc Vale Ria Gamboa dead and two other soldiers injure according to an army news release Gamboa died of multiple injuries including two gashes to her Throat in All she suffered 23 wounds according to testimony Lesesne 26 is also charged with stabbing Gam Boas Roommate pc Jamie Kaskowitz and assault ing Kaskowitz Boyfriend pc Larry Thomas who both tried to Stop the alleged attack Lesesne a medic has been in the army nearly seven years and worked As a technician in Heidel Lesesne bergs army Hospital Gamboa 19 wanted to break up with Lesesne be cause he was jealous and controlling according to the article 32 testimony the two had gone out that night along with Many other soldiers to a club called visions not getting Back to the Barracks until after 4 am they argued several times according to testimony she died shortly after 5 am in her Barracks while waiting for an ambulance that took about 25 minutes to arrive capt Joe Venghaus a defense lawyer for Lesesne told the hearing officer in opening state ments of the article 32 that whatever the evidence showed what youre not going to see is anything indicating premeditation premeditated murder in the military Justice sys tem carries a mandatory minimum penalty of life in prison with the possibility of parole the penalty for a murder that was not premeditated is discretion Ary As a court martial May direct according to the uniform code of military Justice after reviewing the article 32 investigation it Gen James d Thurman v corps commander referred the charges against Lesesne to court martial the army release stated air Force now will Issue single study guide for advancements to All airmen by Lisa Burgess stars and stripes Arlington a for the very first time every enlisted member of the air Force will receive a full copy of All the ser vices professional study guide materials which will also serve As a Handy reference guide to everything fro rules and regulations to heritage facts service officials said until now the study guide air Force pamphlet 362241 has been available Only in two parts vol Umes i and n according to chief master sgt Kevin Denter chief of the professional development flight at the air Force occupational measurement Squadron at Randolph air Force base Texas and it used to be that every body testing for the ranks of e8 and e9 got volumes i and n and everyone else just got volume i Denter said last week this is the first year that every h we dont feel theres any value added in taking information away from our younger airmen chief master sgt Kevin Denter body will get the same combined Book Denter said the study guide is updated every two years the last update was in 2005 the air Force officials decided to Combine the study guide now called the air Force professional development guide and make it available to All enlisted members in the 2007 update for two Rea sons Denter said first we dont feel theres any value added in taking information away from our younger airmen even though it wont All be test Able for them Denter said there is no reason not to share that information with them the other driving Force Denter said is Economy although the cos savings Are indirect Denter said he Fig ures he Cut the number of Man hours his shop spent to put the single volume together by 25 percent now i dont have to worry about two different volumes that say pretty much the same thing Denter said so As i go through the editing process and working with subject matter i dont have to Cut and paste information from one volume into the second volume the air Force has printed 340000 copies of the new professional development guide which has More than 460 pages divided into 19 chapters and costs per copy to print Denter said at each air base weighted air men promotion system or was monitors whose Job it is to Deal with issues related to the air Force promotions test sys tem will distribute copies of the guide to the enlisted airmen in their flight Denter said every base should have them As of april Denter said delivery to enlisted air men should be Complete by the 20th of this month the study guide was to go up on electronic form at wow pub Lishin Garmil the air forces sys tem of electronic publications on monday Denter said the num Ber of the publication is 332241 the reason the air Force is re leasing the guide Early he said is to make it available in plenty of time for senior master sergeants testing for chief this fall meanwhile senior airmen test ing for the rank of staff sergeant in May and june will still need to study the 2005 version of the guide because that is what their test will be based on Denter said at the request of the was who represent deployed airmen enters office has sent 500 of the new study guides to various for Ward deployed locations so All of the senior master sergeants pre paring for the chief master ser Geant test will have their study copies he said Denter said that his office is anxious to get airmen feedback on the new guide any errors what they like possible improve ments Etc now is the time to get those in Denter said because in a gust he will begin meeting with senior air Force leaders to begin discussing the 2009 update to the study guide the air Force has set up a Spe Cial email address for the feed Back at Denter said airmen can also receive answers to any questions they May have by contacting this address he said email Lisa Burgess at