European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and St r i p e s june 2007 Seth and stripes soldiers from the 173rd airborne brigades company 2nd 503rd infantry regiment storm a Mout military operations in Urban terrain site at a Grafen Wuhr training Range in january troops and support Crews Are adjusting to the military new footprint across Europe support Crews transform on the Fly As new needs emerge from Page 3 units that were transforming the Vicen abased 173rd air borne the Vilseck based 2nd cavalry and the Katterbach based 12th combat aviation brigade were sup posed to have about two years to really get used to this new Orga Hertling All those units Are deploying this As the military the sup porting casts including medi Cal people and internet types mov ing to fit the future even As plans medical clinics closed in Gie Kitzinger and babes and ones in Butzbach and Giessen will close As their 1st armoured division Cus Tome base medical Headquarters will be located in Vilseck and there will also be a medical facility in Only two military hospitals re main that have inpatient in Heidelberg and though Heidelberg is due to the european regional medi Cal command has a Liaison officer in the Loop at army said Phil an Eric we keep up on what the trends Tegtmeier were executing the plan that was already but Are prepared to make changes should changes the army information High Way also has been undergoing servers have been amassed at four Sites that provide handle email and store the servers were scattered Over 21 most re the Grafe Wohr area processing Center opened on March 30 other centers had already opened in Vicenza and the Grafe Wohr site will Han among other data Stor age and services for the new joint task Force the roman abased training Sites now being prepared by the army and air enduring installations have been connected by a broader fiber optic the new network of switches and routers will be managed by regional units instead of the Mannheim based 5th signal command handles the Heaters the command is trans forming on the Fly it just set up the 173rd with a signal company for its deployment to the Darmstadt based 22nd Sig Nal brigade deactivated on May its soldiers and assets Are being distributed to other were developing what people said Leanne a signal command from a Small package of six to eight soldiers to a whole signal the signal command plans to be ready to Deal with a change in such As if a combat brigade would stay in Germany for longer than according to David Deputy commander of 5th we feel were postured right now that we can support the com whichever Way they email Charlie Coon at  stateside bases expand to prepare for arrivals from Page 3 for fort located just outside Al that less of an while City and state leaders have petitioned for More financial Aid to expand schools and provide More health care most locals expect the newcomers wont severely Strain re sources in the nearly a major school expansion a Mil lion traffic project near the and the construction of the largest Inland water desalinization Plant in the world have All broken ground this year with funds related to the military according to Richard president of the greater Elpaso chamber of fort Riley additions will create a much larger Impact on its Junction the closest metropolitan area to the military has about residents right nearby Manhattan Hov ers around were looking at Junction City almost doubling in the next few said Sam director of the Junction county military affairs before any of the army moves were an wed usually get 30 or 35 new Homes built in a this the City approved new housing permits she said Robinson said she believes local builders Are ahead of and will be ready with sufficient apartment and single family Home options before the troops from Europe Geary county school which covers fort will open a new elementary school and High school expansion Early next Robinson said teachers already have been hired to staff Many class even though the anticipated Rush of military Stu dents is still one or two years last voters passed a Bond Issue to expand the local a 600person Call Center recently announced plans to move into the area and hire local weve got a lot of balls in the but were confident were going to meet All of the Robinson email up Shane at  charges dismissed for beating death in gang initiation by Steve Mraz stars and stripes Germany the Fate of the Case against Bobby Morrissette in the 2005 beating death of Juwan Johnson will rest in the hands of a new on Scott commander of the 21st the Ater support with Drew and dismissed All charges against according to Joe Monchecourt with the 21st tsp Public affairs West served As the convening authority in the the decision was reached late but the information was not released until tuesday be cause Friday and monday were training holidays for the wests action was taken to com ply with a May 30 ruling by judge James military prosecutors from the 21st tsp and com Manders who had convening authority were disqualified from the Case for not following protocol during the investigation into Johnsons Pohl the disqualification surrounded a de Cember 2005 interview of Morris Sette in which prosecutors and investigators did not follow proper Pohl did not dismiss the charges against Morrissette at the late May Morrissette current the 1st cargo Transfer is scheduled to relocate from Kaiserslautern to Grafe Wohr in the coming files in the investigation into Morrissette will be forwarded to the command that Morrissette unit will fall under for Legal the gaining command should be free to take whatever action is deemed Monche court upon the the company will remain under the command and control of the 21st but the Legal jurisdiction would fall under the joint multinational training said Elke a army Europe Morrissette faced charges of in voluntary aggravated gang Haz ing and making a false official statement in the alleged Gangini tation death of Johnson died of multiple Blunt Force injuries on july after an alleged initiation ceremony into the gangster three other Kaiserslautern soldiers Are fac ing court martial in the West also dismissed charges alleging that Morrissette commit Ted an indecent act and used inde cent language in another Inci also on West referred the Case of another suspect in Johnsons death to court mar staff sgt Alre Hudson will stand court martial on charges of involuntary Haz aggravated assault and conspiracy to violate army policy on a Dat for Hudson court martial has not been email Steve Mraz at  1st id i Dies from wounds by Matt Millham stars and stripes staff Michael a Soldier based in Ger died in an army Hospital in Texas on a Little More than two weeks after he was wounded in the de sense department announced a member of the 1st 18th infantry regi ment was injured May 30 by a makeshift bomb that killed three other soldiers in his the unit is part of the 2nd brigade combat 1st in Fantry Bechert died at Brooke army medical Center in san according to the Star press news paper in he briefly attended High school in new Cas according to the he was a great Hus Daniela the fallen soldiers told television station an Abc in he fought for his country and died for the couple met in Germany and had a Branden who is 20 months Bechert was raised by his George and Doris George Bechert told the station he didst understand Why he was planning a funeral instead of a Welcome Home Why did we go into explain this to Why did we go in there when there was nothing there George Bechert told Why Are we doing this Why Are we killing off our Young men its not Worth not Worth Bechert was serving his second deployment in Iraq when he was his Grandfather he was awarded a purple heart for wounds suffered during his first tour of he will be buried next to his Angela who died As a Young according to the Star Bacilio James Lundin and Joshua Moore were killed May 30 in the attack that led to Bechert there is a memorial ser vice today at 10 at the led Ward Barracks Chapel in Schwein Furt for the three information regarding a memo rial service for Bechert was not available by deadline email Matt Millham at