European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 26 2007 stars and stripes Page Jet gets a Good look Over at exercise Vadim a us air Force Pilot looks Over his f15 fighter Jet wednesday during joint exercises with romanian air Force teams at the Mihail Kogai Nicean air base hundreds of us and romanian pilots and ground staff on monday began two weeks of air exercises hear the Black sea port City of Constanta ahead of the opening of a us base in the area the sniper Lance 07 exercise involves about 30 mig21 lancers and f15s Soldier held in stabbing of airman in Italy italian authorities Are holding a us Soldier assigned to Camp Dar Bys 497th movement control team in connection with the saturday night stabbing of an american airman the airman with the 712th munitions Squadron at Camp Darby was treated at a nearby Hospital and released on sunday according to a release from us army Garrison Livorno he reportedly sustained injuries to his Torso the Soldier is being held at an italian facility in Salviano while ital Ian and american officials investigate the incident the base refused to release the identities of either service member the service members reportedly got into a fight on a Beach about two Miles South of Livorno initial reports have the Soldier stabbing the air Man from staff reports your Fult  provide overseas us 06221750050 email us visit us  Telephone and Del Sines with fast activation Low Cost Calls to Usa for Only 19 cents support and software in English  Navy offers up to for master Eod techs to rep by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes Arlington a Short on sailors who have mastered explosive ordnance disposal skills the Navy is offering up to for some master Eod technicians As part of a new reenlistment Bonus program Navy officials said the Navy was prompted to offer the Bonus because the Field is critically undermanned said master chief John Siegel Eod Community manager and technical adviser about 147 sailors Are eligible for the Bonus through the end of fiscal 2009 Siegel said wednes Day sailors must be Between the ranks of e7 and e9 and have be tween 19 and 25 years experience according to a recent a Vadman Navy administrative they must also be on Active duty to receive a Bonus and must receive a recommendation to get the Bonus from their command ing officer the Nav admin says while the program requires sailors to reenlist for a minimum of two years sailors with 24 years experience can still receive a Bonus under certain conditions listed in Nav admin Siegel said that under the new program sailors can receive the following Bonus amounts to reenlist for one year for two years for three years for four years for five years for six years with the exception of oneyear contracts members will receive 50 percent of the a sub Bonus award amount at the time of reenlistment and the remaining 50 percent will be paid in equal instalment each october Over the contract period the a admin says All bonuses received in War zones Are tax exempt the amount of Money sailors can receive May vary depending on whether they have received reenlistment bonuses in the past Siegel explained sailors can receive a maximum of in bonuses during their careers Siegel could riot give specific numbers citing Security con Cerns but said that with the Bonus the Navy Hopes to retain about 100 master technicians by the end of fiscal 2009 that would mean the master Eod technician Community would be manned at 95 percent he said right now the Community is undermanned because of a Large demand from private Industry for people with such skills Siegel explained go to Nav admin available at  for information on How to apply for the Bonus email Jeff Schogol at marines under 18 no longer will deploy to combat zones by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes Arlington a marines under the age of 18 can no longer deploy to combat zones or other Wise operationally deploy the move follows a recent de sense department order to each Branch of the service to make sure that those under 18 did not take part in combat defense officials said a review was prompted by French Media reports in february that the United states had sent troops under the age of 18 to Iraq despite ratifying a United nations tired of companies refusing to Shipto your Apo or Fpo address sign up for your free us mailing address at and Boucom and Start getting what you need wherever you Are i we  farms anti have served Chesed swept Amanca Nahdra f american for Over 45years protocol Banning participating nations from sending children to War defense officials said wednesday those reports suggested potentially inappropriate assignments among the us and us that How Ever Small would be a source of concern hence the reminder to the services officials said in an email to stars and stripes at the time the defense depart ment ordered the review no marines under the age of 18 were serving in Iraq or Afghanistan said Kerry Cerny a human re source specialist at military personnel policy As of the review the Marine corps had 310 marines under the age of 18 of whom 14 were As signed to units that could deploy Cerny said to comply with the defense de apartment ordered review the corps has mandated that marines under the age of 18 can no longer operationally deploy Cerny said under the corps old policy marines younger than 18 could still deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan As Long As commanders took All feasible measures that they would not directly participate in combat Cerny said that meant marines under the age of 18 could still do Convoy operations maintenance and other non combat jobs he said now marines under 18 cannot go to War zones or go with Marine expeditionary units when they spend several months at sea visit ing various countries Cerny said the new restrictions do not apply to training missions Accord ing to a recent mar admin Marine administrative the new policy is outlined in a Radmin at  the Navy has also tightened its procedures to make sure none of its 70 sailors under 18 go to War said Navy personnel command spokesman Mike Mclellan effective last week All orders written on sailors under 18 now chop to the enlisted distribution Branch head for a final Check to ensure the member is not being ordered to an operational unit Mclellan said in a wednesday email to stars and stripes the army and air Force have their own policies to make sure service members under the age of 18 do not go to combat since Early 2003 army policy has been not to assign or deploy on permanent or temporary duty or Ders soldiers outside the United states its territories and posses Sions until they reach 18 said army spokesman it col Brian Hilferty in a monday email to stars and stripes the army has about 950 Active duty soldiers under the age of 18 As of the begin Ning of april Hilferty said meanwhile airmen under 18 Are listed in the military person Nel data system As ineligible to de ploy air Force personnel Center officials said on tuesday prior to deployment unit com Manders unit deployment Man agers and base personnel deploy ment functions Are All charged with checking the eligibility of members and eliminating anyone with a no deployable Dav deployment availability code from processing officials said in a tuesday email to stars and stripes the air Force currently has 85 Active duty airmen who Are younger than 18 officials said email Jeff Schogol at