European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes sunday april 29 2007 marines restrict time for delivering death notices by Jeff Schogol and Lisa Burgess stars and stripes Arlington a the Marine corps is putting time restrictions on when families can be Noti fied that their loved ones Are miss ing or have been killed instead of notifying families at any time of the Day or night notifications will now take place be tween the hours of 5 am and mid night according to a recent a Radmin Marine administrative at the beginning of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq the corps decided to let family members know if their loved ones became combat casualties As soon As pos sible so they did not hear about it first from the news Media corps officials said in an emailed response to questions Friday but after a forum this january on How to streamline practices to support wounded and fallen marines corps officials decided to go the old Standard of limiting notifications Between 5 am and Midnight so that clergy other family members neighbors and Community support programs Are accessible to survivors officials said the change is effective immediately according to mar admin available at  for the Navy the notification time period is 6 am to Midnight under most circumstances the air Force also restricts notification hours to 6 am to mid night the army longstanding policy is to Only notify next fun be tween the hours of 6 am and 10 pm according to army maj Jim Eldredge a spokesman for casualty affairs the limits Are in place because notification of next of Kin is a significant occasion that is done in As dignified a manner As Possi ble Eldredge told stars and stripes on Friday exceptions to the army Regula Tion which is found in ar60081 Are Given but they Are rare and Case by Caseel dredge said Eldredge said he could not find anyone in the army casualty affairs office who knew exactly when the army adopted the limited notification hours but Treyve been around As Long As anyone can recall he said the army has no plans to change its policy he said in fact he said the entire ar60081 regulation which covers All aspects of casualty notifications was up dated in february so if they were going to change it it would have happened then Eldredge was asked if the army is concerned that relatives May find out about the death of a loved one from Media sources during the blackout period particularly in an age when news is broadcast 24 hours a Day and some family members of deployed soldiers stay up through the night specifically watching Cable television or scanning the internet for word of their service member no if s not a great concern Eldredge said army Public affairs officials do not release the names of the dead or other identifying information such As their units to the Media until 24 hours after the final next skin notification has been made even if if s a group of sol Diers who has died Eldredge said Emai Jeff Schogol acc email Lisa Burgess at Force Protection exercise staged in Netherlands emergency response teams from the Netherlands some wearing protective clothing along with dutch actors simulating injuries conduct a mass casualty Force Protection exercise Friday at us army Garrison Schinnen the Netherlands the exercise involved local emergency response teams including a fire department hazardous material team paramedics the dutch army and dutch military police Jan Maessen Courtesy of the us airy Richard a Chapman Chicago Allen Lee a senior at Gary Grove High school talks about his creative writing problems with the school on thursday in Gary i marines drop teen after violent essay by Megan Reichgott the associated press Chicago Allen Lee was on the verge of realizing a dream to become a Marine after signing enlistment papers this month but one violent profanity laced English essay later the 18yearolds future with the Marine corps appears to be Over because of pending criminal charges stemming from his essay Lees Recruiter told him Friday that the Marine corps has Dis charged him from his contract said sgt Luis r Agostini spokes Man for the Marine corps recruit ing station Chicago basically he is no longer an applicant to become a Marine Agostini said the senior at suburban Gary Grove High school was charged last week with two Mise Meanor counts of disorderly con duct after the principal turned his creative writing essay Over to police Lee initially faced just one charge but an amended com plaint filed thursday cited a Sec Ond passage in Light of recent events at Virginia that is part of the context of what happened that makes the reaction All the More reasonable said Tom Carroll first assistant states attorney in Mchenry county Lee who has a 42 Grad Point average and never has been in trouble before is being tutored at administrative offices while school officials decide his future said his lawyer Thomas Loizzo the charges Are a product of paranoia 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