European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page 3 7 gis plead guilty after positive cocaine tests by Kent Harris stars and stripes seven soldiers from the 2nd 503rd infantry regiment entered guilty pleas at summary court martial wednes Day after testing positive for cocaine the 173rd airborne brigade combat team administered urinalysis tests in Vicenza before the units recent deploy ment to according to Ryan Public affairs officer for the Southern european task Force air the seven tried wednesday All tested positive for cocaine each pleaded guilty and waived their rights to separation in the military held sum Mary court martial instead of higher court martial where punishment could be More Dillon said there was no indication Dur ing the investigations or trials that the sol Diers took the drugs in an attempt to avoid the 15month deployment to six of the seven were sentenced to confinement and Are serving time at the Mili Tarys correctional facility in sentenced were Christopher cocaine reduction in rank to forfeiture of in pay and 10day Timothy cocaine use and disobeying a no alcohol reduction in rank to forfeiture of in pay and 15day Amaury cocaine reduction to forfeiture of in pay and 15day Cory cocaine reduction to e2 and forfeiture of in Matthew cocaine reduction to forfeiture of in pay and seven Day Robert 3rd air Force passes the 100th air refuelling wings colors to new commander Eden Murrie As outgoing Wing Leader Michael looks on during a ceremony Friday morning at Raf Geoff Ziezulewicz stars and stripes 100th air refuelling Wing has new Leader by Geoff Ziezulewicz stars and stripes Raf England the 3rd air Force continued its summer of com Mand changes Friday As the 100th air re fueling Wing Here welcomed a new fridays ceremony was the ninth of 12 changes of command taking place in the coming months in units that fall under the 3rd air forces said Rob Ert commander of the 3rd air just a Day the 501st combat sup port Wing at Raf Alconbury brought in its new such ceremonies Are always Bishop said before saluting the outgoing Michael and Wel coming the incoming Wing Eden within the airy confines of a Praise for the Wing and its airmen was the order of the the wings countless fueling missions Are no Small Bishop on the you make it look he the command is a High pressure Job with a lot of moving Bishop but Murrie is up to the its a great Day to be a member of the he 501st combat support wings command changes stars and stripes Raf England the air Force unit in charge of 10 diffuse installations throughout the United King Dom and Sweden welcomed its new Leader thursday during a change from Mand ceremony Kimberly Toney took Over com Mand of the 501st combat support which provides a variety of administrative and operational services for smaller air Force Blake Lindner stood the Wing up in May during the he praised the military and civil Ian personnel who fall under the despite having just 900 the unit provided big time he from communications maintenance to european command As Well As supporting the National Security Agency at Raf me with this is a big Day for a unit with Small Lindner Good things come in Small and they have huge Mission during her Toney said the support the Wing gives is essential to the wars the air Force is we dont have but we help air planes Fly throughout the she you All make it its going to be my privilege to enable you to do after taking Murrie said the wings airmen have a great Murrie comes to the 100th after serving As a special assistant to Bantz Crad nato supreme Allied commander and european command thanks for letting me become a part of team she after receiving the legion of Stough spoke of the wings impeccable while praising Bishop and other air Force leaders for letting commanders the medal just presented is really your Stough the Wing will continue to move Forward in the and that As it should email Geoff Ziezulewicz at  Thomas cocaine Dis obeying a no alcohol disrespecting a noncommissioned reduction to forfeiture of in pay and 15day William cocaine reduction to forfeiture of and 10day Frank the setae will determine if the soldiers continue to serve in the army or Are administratively Dillon if the sol Diers Are not the battalion com Mander would determine if they have to serve their Afghanistan email Kent Harris at  deployment of 1st and com still unrest Pany Ved by Kevin Dougherty stars and stripes Germany apparently no final decision has been reached on whether to Send a 1st armoured division company Back to Iraq nine months after its last com Bat tour army officials indicated this the current army adjusted in april by defense Secretary Robert requires soldiers to deploy for 15 months in Stead of that three month Extension is to be offset by a so called dwell time of no less than a this new Gates said at the will allow the army to better support the War Effort while providing a More predictable and dependable deployment sched he added it was important that All sol Diers share the Burden but As things now the roughly 150 soldiers of company 1st 6th in Fantry 2nd 1st and will return to Iraq in november Well before they Are supposed when it comes to combat army Europe manages by not by in said Bruce a com Mand army officials Are reviewing the mat Ter while the 2nd brigade continues to train and prepare for its third deployment to this particular company fell out of sync with the rest of the 2nd brigade in the fall of when it was kept behind to serve As an augmenting Force for the 1st brigade based in that which has since deployed to Iraq three months later in february when 2nd brigade returned to Baumholzer last it did so without a Compa the infantry company returned in in a events seem to be conspiring against the outfit because the deployment schedule and the new 15month Tours mean the company stands to miss three Succes Sive christmases with their while dwell time is unquestionably import it remains just one of the factors army planners and personnel officials take into account when assembling a Force for an up coming said David commander of the 1st personnel every Soldier every one has an individual Macewen Multi he its All about the dwell time Doest override the 1 prior email Kevin Dougherty at