European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 stars and stripes june 2007 army tackling Mold problems at Kaltenbrunne by Seth Robson stars and stripes Germany Grafe Wohr housing officials have promised to fix Mold prob lems that have sickened some 2nd cavalry Stryker regiment soldiers and their family Mem Bers in the Kaltenbrunne housing area before the unit deploys to Iraq in in a letter to residents last army Garrison Grafe Wohr housing manager Bob Arbios said the owners of Kaltenbrunne have hired contractors to fix and other problems in Kaltenbrunne Arbios said officials Are taking Strong precautions to make sure repairs by German firm tag a melt Are carried out effectively and in a Way that protects initial repairs to each House will take at least part of one but in most cases workers will need to re turn later to allow for proper treat ment and drying and to enable fam Ilies to have a Cess to at least one of their Bath rooms at All he you will be Able to remain in your Home throughout the in make sure no one has to worry about that while they Are de if problems do occur while they Are we will be there to assist with those prob he along with representatives of the installation manage ment Agency and the German association that owns the houses toured the Kaltenbrunne Community tuesday to inspect the Moldre mediation past inspections revealed that 10 out of 64 Homes looked at had fairly significant Mold prob while others had Only minor he in one House it is very minor in another it is extensive we had to go through and evaluate the seriousness on a Caseb Case Hays a tour of a House recently vacated by a family showed work Al ready under Way to Deal with the problem in an up stairs Shower Hays said Loose tiles in the Shower had Al Lowed water to seep into Down stairs areas where Mold in the tiles near the floor have been re moved and the area has been left open to dry for several Seth and stripes tiles along the top off impacted he the work will be primarily in attics and first floor heating he preventive Medicine authorities have assured the Garrison that contamination Levels for All of the undesirable substances found in Kaltenbrunne units including Mold and Metal dust Are very Low and that it would take a Long time of direct expo sure to the substances to cause health problems for most he if you or your family Mem Bers feel you May have been adversely affected by the conditions in your Home whether during or after the repairs Are Contact your medi Cal clinic for an a bios Thomas the army Garrison Grafe Wohr director of Public said this week that the work is Well under we want to get it done before the Stryker unit deploys and army Garrison Grafe Wohr director of Public works Thomas Hays inspects work to repair Mold damage in a House in Kaltenbrunne on of the Shower room Walls have also been re in another Bath room the same thing will be to prevent the problem from electricians have connected ventilator switches to lights in the bathrooms to make sure they come on automatically when anyone turns on the Hays problems with toxic substances in attic beams also were discovered during Mold As a All of the attics in Kalten Brunn will be vacuumed to re move toxic substances and the at tics will be sealed and locked to Stop the metals getting into living he Hays said Kaltenbrunne is not the Only of Post Community that has experienced Mold but it is the worst Case Hes there have been Mold prob lems Over the years but not this he email Seth Robson at 1 f a first recipients of air Force combat action medal by Lisa Burgess stars and stripes the first six airmen to be awarded the air Force combat action medal were pinned with the Goldan Scarlet device on tuesday by air Force chief of staff Michael Moseley presented the medals to the two offic ers and four enlisted airmen during a ceremony at the air Force which Over looks the Pentagon in Arling receiving the honors were Steve Raspet of new Texas master Byron of birding master Charlie of Detroit and Ash staff Daniel of senior master Ramon of and Allison of North the medal was created to recognize air Force members who Are engaged in air or ground com Bat outside the wire in combat airmen who Are under direct and hostile or who personally engaged hostile forces with direct and lethal fire Are eligible to receive the the medal has been eagerly particularly by special operations whose work often brings them into ground combat Environ and airmen who Are performing nontraditional jobs in Iraq and Afghanistan to help out the army and Marine weve been working in the joint environment for the longest and we didst have a proper Way of recognizing people who have successfully fought on the not just the Colonlopez told stars and stripes after tuesdays we had sort of Hal measures such As the Iraq or Afghanistan Campaign medal but not our own combat like the other he now this medal will show whether you did it or and the criteria is so its not going to be a drawn out process to get an from what i under Colonlopez the medals design was inspired by an air Force William Billy the decoration is based on the Carletan yellow insignia Mitchell had painted on the aircraft that he flew Over during world War members of Mitchells family attended tuesdays ceremony and were presented with a combat action medal in a special commemorative in Honor of their the medal was designed by Susan Mas Ter designer for the mint and air Force in conjunction with the army Institute of heraldry at fort email Lisa Burgess at Osi special agent Dies in motorcycle crash in Italy a memorial service is pending in Rome for a special agent with the air forces office of special who died Satur Day in a motorcycle Accident in Michael retired in 2003 As a lieutenant he was stationed As a civilian at the embassy in Rome at the time of the which is under investigation by the Osi and italian Mike was a great american and a great said Dana the Osi com Mander in a 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