European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse June 2007 stars and stripes pages Sci and stripes joint multinational training command commander David Hogg Speaks at army Europe sustainable Range program workshop in on army plans digital firing Range at Grafe Wohr by Seth Robson stars and stripes Germany the army plans to build a Mil lion digital live fire Range at making training More realistic soldiers who will be heading with the Range planned for fiscal year 2013 trainers can make enemy forces appear on the latest digital such As Blue Force used by soldiers to get situational aware Ness of the said Steve Range and training land program manager for army it will be the most sophisticated Range in it will provide full spectrum live fire for Brad Leys and dismounted infantry fully instrumented and Kennedy the Range will be built on land occupied by two existing ranges 301 and 201 at the plan was unveiled to Dele Gates wednesday at the 2007 us a eur sustainable 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that can pop up anywhere around the he in the old we never shot 360 the next step in our ranges is moving targe try for Dis we Are looking at moving infantry targets who come in at oblique come at you and move in our it is a moving dynamic and that is the next stage we need to go to with our Small arms rang he Jmc might also Field a virtual live fire Convoy Trainer that enables units to practice convoys at their Home bases before coming to he Hogg also talked about ranges to train soldiers to run Check we have a moving target that comes towards a sol Diers have to make a decision where to engage that per haps other targets pop some Are civilians perhaps an Reg rocket propelled grenade he a total of 110 delegates attended the including Range training support staff and other officials from All Over Whelan email Seth Robson at drays summer sensations pastry footwear by run athletics now available online 10 off with promo air Force eligible for nato medals by Lisa Burgess stars and stripes air Force military and civilian personnel who have served in a nato mis Sion May be eligible to Wear a nato medal to Mark their a com according to a new air Force air Force personnel who have served for either 30 consecutive or accumulated and whose duty is listed on what the air Force Calls a combined joint statement of Are now authorized to Wear one of four nato according to a june 13 message from the air Force personnel Center at Randolph air Force the missions include operation Eagle an air Mission Over the United states which lasted from 2001 to May 2002 and operation Active in an ongoing naval and air operation in the Mediterranean sea that began the other two nato medals air Force personnel might qualify for Are those for the International Security assistance or Mission in the which began and includes the former Republic of Yugoslavia including Macedonia and Albania and the Isaf Mission in which began june but air Force personnel deployed in support of operation enduring Freedom in Afghanistan Are not eligible for nato unless they performed certain Isaf duties in theater for the required according to the Mes the air Force is waiving the 30day time requirement for any airmen who was wounded or injured and who required Evacula air Force members must present a source such As a nato to their local military personnel flight com Mander in order to update their personnel the message for More go to or Contact your base military or civil Ian personnel email Lisa Burgess at Bur dehydration killed go in training fort Texas a Soldier who went missing for four Days after a Solo navigation exercise died from hyperthermia and de Hydra according to autopsy results released the body of Lawrence was found about tuesday in a Brushy area on the Central Texas army posts training said Eddy fort hoods director of emergency Sende he had been missing since prompting thousands of troops to search for him for Days amid 90degree Soldier donates kidney to mom in Florida a Soldier who 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