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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, July 3, 2007

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes pages practising for the fourth Kent and stripes three members of the the air forces precision Aerial Fly above Aviano air base in Italy on monday during prac Tice for their fourth of july a few Hundred people turned out to watch the White and Blue f16s in Many More fans Are expected More communities plan fun july fourth activities two More military communities in Germany have Independence Day festivities army Garrison Schwein Furt will celebrate on july fourth at Kessler events Start at 9 with a adults can try the 10kilometer and kids can try the 3or 5kilometer Register in Advance at the Kessler or Finney fitness Cen or at Kessler the Day of the the event is open to All clinic Heidelberger i 3ae plastic and to cosmetic surgery thetic card holders and their Chil Dren Ages 6 and in a Celebration including sports bouncy Castle for the music and entertainment kicks off at 2 live music begins at just after the Salute to the state Flag the night will end with a fireworks show be ginning at in july fourth events will run from 2 to 10 at Pioneer events include food and from staff reports breast augmentation hair transplantation breast reduction inject Able fillers eyelid surgery nose surgery face lifting anti y credit Avail 2nd Chance the am aesthetic specials 305 new 295 395 395 los 399 san 399 305 tax not aft roundtrip for travel aug 26oct great fares to All destinations payment in Imo Atao vacations in air 06221646111 we speak English Egypt Belays Russia Days 1 week vacation special train Mac cruises 699up Costa cruises Call for last minute top tourist la Hep Uttel show your love giant stuffed animals up to 8feet tall k wearing personalized shirts say i love you in a big Way m t r i i it i i mini a i i it i nato special Ops Center will Likely move to Mons by Charlie Coon stars and stripes Germany the nato special operations co ordination Center will Likely move to this sum Mer and soon begin its first class Battle staff special Ops troops from most of natos 26 nations Are expected to work at the Center or use the Center is designed to make sure they Are All on the same Page when conducting operations the Center began forming up in february in its direct rear William Mcra recently requested it be moved to Home of natos military we have already scoped out a facility and Are working through the procedures and said adding he was con Mcraven rident the move would be a the Center would be located within supreme Allied Powers or in Mons about 35 Miles Southwest of multinational operations such As natos International Security assistance Force in Afghanistan Are coordinated by Mcraven said placing the Cen Ter at Mons would enable the in coming who would come from Many to More easily Deal with issues such As hous schools and the Battle staff training would teach troops from Large and Small nato nations to use similar methods for commandant icon logistics and and so while conducting oper it also would train troops on the computer equipment they be using the Battle staff course is like the one at the nato school in the new course would still be nato but is expected to be less academic and More focused on current said air Force Mark director of the schools joint operations before it was we Spe Cial operators dont need nato to do our training for Brandt but guess what now we As nato go into an area As a if were going to be doing Glo bal were going to have to learn to work together to be use the same speak the same Lan have the same Mcraven said he hoped the Center would be fully up to Speed by december that Means about 150 people would be a Fuller curriculum would be and a federation of training Sites throughout Europe would be formed for disciplines such As Mountain Parachute of shooting and Man Euver he said the is funding 40 percent of the with nato and individual nations paying for the other 60 email Charlie Coon at  classes help army spouses Deal with deployment burdens d by Kent Harris stars and stripes Italy the level of support still int what some spouses would Hope but the army has come a Long Way in the last few years in its efforts to help families left behind when their Soldier is sent off to it was Hes you married into the Deal with said Natasha whose staff Sean a is serving in Afghanistan with company c of the 2nd Battal 503rd infantry these spouses still have to carry much of the Burden of maintaining the family and life on the but army communities offer a variety of re Many of those Are presented each wednesday in Vicenza to spouses of deployed soldiers from the 173rd airborne brigade combat Vicenza has been offering Bat to remind training for spouses for about two we got the directive on it and the next week we were holding our first said Holly if director of army Community service at Caserma Battle mind is an acronym that stands for add family Tak ing talking it loyalty and emotional mental health and Readi navigating the army system and denial of and if the acronym is rather so Are the situations its trying to its like Ander son every deployment is Gifford said information is provided on each of the general topics that make up the Vicenza also includes a segment on financial spouses Are Given advice and Contact in formation for people who handle a variety of issues on but Gifford said there also Able to talk to each other at the sessions and share their expert because the 90minute classes sometimes get emotional and private issues come officials at Vicenza decided to pro Hibit a reporter from attending a weekly this is a Safe Gifford nobody going to think anything of them if they express their spouses did Volunteer to talk about the classes who has been through several deployments and grew up with two military Par said deployments can be hard on spouses especially Young ones who Haven been married for its very important for them to know theres a support system in she adding the classes Are very beneficial for new military spouses and kind of a re fresher for the people who have already dealt with Rachel who leads the company family readiness said the frogs monthly meetings help solve a lot of is and the classes help spouses realize that there Are professionals available on base to Deal with specific issues As know ing there Are other spouses and base personnel around can pro vide at least some mental she i see it As the soldiers Are she the army has theres nothing we can do about there there for As Long As the army wants we can either be miserable or we can come Gifford said the classes Are de signed for a spouse to attend one Vicenza also plans to offer pos deployment versions Start ing in when rest and recuperation leave the information is with additional emphasis placed on reintegration of the solider into the she said base personnel will hold As Many classes of both varieties As often As there whenever and wherever they she were information is also available on this army web site email Kent Harris at   
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