European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I stars and stripes Page 3 Africa command launches web site by Charlie Coon stars and stripes Germany the newly forming Africa command on june 1 launched a web site to disseminate information about its role As the military newest combat ant the site with the address spells out themes that the com Mand is trying to such As its goal to include diplomatic and Charit based personnel and to Aid the african Conti nent in areas such As economic the site also answers 19 frequently asked questions such for is this an Effort by the United states to gain Access to natural resources is this in response to chinese activities in Africa answer then an the which was announced in would coordinate and oversee military activity on the african except in three combatant commands Central and Pacific now share military co ordination on the giant Conti Africa or Afri is scheduled to be partially operational by it will remain a subordinate of the european command until it becomes fully operation which is scheduled for octo Ber the european command and african command Transi Tion team Are both headquartered in army Steven Woll an Aricom spokes said there have been some misconceptions about the command that he hoped the web site would Clear Basing is an Woll Man its not going to be a presence like when you think about troops in there wont be a kaisers laut concentration or like at referring to Ger Man cities with Large Mili tary there  be even what we Call operational units such As companies or Battal email Charlie Coon at  vanguards lose 2 More soldiers clarification a june 7 Story should have said the Navy plans to put ass my advanced gun weapons by Mark stars and stripes Germany the 1st Bat 18th infantry regiment has lost two More Shawn of Santa died saturday when his vehicle struck a Roadside Joshua of died sunday of similar injuries received the Day both were fighting in the 118 vanguards have lost 17 soldiers during their present dressier and Brown Are the 12th and 13th soldiers from the unit to die since april the Van guards higher 2nd Dagger brigade combat 1st infantry has lost Only one other 82nd airborne divisions 5th 73rd cavalry regiment has lost As Many soldiers 13 in that based on a database query on which tracks soldiers deaths since april 248 soldiers have died in because of the recent tour the brigade which deployed in late summer 2006 is due to return Home in a total of 14 months for most of the according to the 2nd acts web although the Dagger troops will have spent More than 400 Days in Iraq when they Rede Many Nave been on deployment Alert since november the units original deployment Date was delayed in Spring the Pentagon leaving the soldiers in limbo until mid july when orders were the Lompoc a newspaper local to Santa reported that dressier will be buried at Oconee Hills cemetery in near the Home of his dressers who lives with his and in Sun told the Shawn was a Good loved his loved the men he served a Navy Cecil dressier also said his son joined the army on veterans follow ing graduation from Santa Maria who was on his second Iraq died three weeks before his first wedding Anni he and Amanda were married in Denmark but had planned a big wedding after his return from Shawn was so sure he was going to come Amanda dressier told the he would Tell me that i  have to worry who grew up in Dearborn had moved to Tampa a few years be fore enlisting in the associated press re Wayne Brown said his who was recently used to work with Hardwood floor ing before becoming a Joshua Brown Felt iraqis had lived too Long under a dictator and he was helping he wanted to and that Why he went Over Wayne Brown told the Peters Burg a spokesperson for the Schweinfurt Public affairs office said a memorial service for dressier and Brown has been scheduled for 1 june 21 at the Ledward Barracks a memorial service for three Van guards killed May 30 in Baghdad Bacilio James Lundin and Joshua Moore will be held at the led Ward Barracks Chapel at 10 june a memorial for another Vanguard Clinton Coy killed May and another Dagger staff Virgil Chance Martinez of 1st 7th Field artillery who died May will be held at 1 also at the Ledward bar Racks email Mark  ddg10qq sixth airman in faces court martial for drug use by Geoff Ziezulewicz stars and stripes a sixth England based airman has been charged with drug use in connection with a 2006 undercover airman 1st class Chad As signed to the 48th equipment maintenance Squadron at Raf has been charged with three counts of wrong fully using and distributing a controlled according to a release issued thursday by base a court martial is scheduled for More Sutkovs charges in clude alleged use and intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana on Vari Ous occasions from february to August of last the release the charges against Sukov Are similar to charges that five other airmen already have pleaded guilty to this ten suspects were netted in the septem Ber drug which came after air Force authorities began investigating re mors of a drug distribution ring in Early base representatives said in april that charges Are pending against the other the most recent guilty plea came from airman Basic Quint cello also of the 48th who was sentenced in april to six months of confinement and a bad conduct the other airmen who have pleaded guilty to drug use charges Are airman David of the 48th dental squad Ron airman Basic Anthony of the 48th component maintenance squad Ron airman Ronald Moore of the 48th medical support Squadron and senior airman Christopher Givens of the 48th aircraft maintenance Skervin and Moore were punished with confinement and bad conduct Murphy and Givens received confine ment and reductions in email Geoff Zletz Ulewicz at  a Soldier salutes the memorial for Bruce a Baum older based military policeman who was killed by Small arms fire june 1 in John Vandiver stars and stripes fallen i called selfless Friend by John Vandiver stars and stripes Germany Bruce hornets voice boomed when he Sang the Chris Tian songs he several years at a base parking lot in Vir that powerful voice was like a Homer was sitting in his car belting out a similar to the ones being played thursday As a procession of mourners filed into Smith bar Racks Simon fairly new at the time to the Felt nervous about his pending deploy then he heard hornets he invited me in to experience the music with Kaiser As the two men a Friendship quickly started to Kaiser told Homer that he wished the two were deploying Hor who enlisted in the army in 1984 and joined the reserves in want among those head ing for but that All changed the next after their Horner volunteered to he sensed his new Friend would need in going with you to Hor Ner told a dumbstruck such uncommon selflessness was common for demonstrated again and again through the Kaiser was killed june 1 by Small arms fire on the streets of a year Horner elected to leave the reserves and return to Active duty with the 2nd 127th Mili tary police company out of he never turned his Back on said Jennifer rear detachment com Mander for the 127th military police he embodied everything a a Leader friends described Horner As a Man deeply committed to his and the Christian Faith they faithful and was How friends described Horner was deployed to Iraq in november 2006 and served As a team Leader in the Iskandar Riyadh Horner was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and purple he always led from the Miller during the memorial mourners reached out to embrace hornets who often was the one doing the consoling As she took friends into her because of your he was Able to com plete his Miller told hornets eleven years after enlisting in the army re Horner rejoined Active duty in May in Horner served 18 years in the choosing to return to Active duty May seem unusual since Horner was at a stage in life when some people Start thinking about slowing Kaiser there was no cruise control for when times got Bruce didst break Kaiser he seemed to get Stron email John Vandiver at