European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and july 2007 Back in the Saddle again with a new crop of naval support activity Naples gets its bicycle patrol up and rolling Sandra and stripes Petty officer 2nd class Russell Maneu vers his police patrol Bike through safety Cones during training tuesday at the naval support activity support site he is one of 16 Mas treat arms at Naples certified for the bases new Bike patrol by Sandra Jontz stars and stripes Italy newly certified masters alarms the navys police officers relaunched Bike patrol units in Naples last the naval support activity Naples Security departments Bike unit had been dormant for about 18 months after staffing shortages forced supervisors to Cut pro but a revival in master alarms numbers Means the Bike patrols Are Back on said chief Petty officer Brandon who is in charge of the new the Security department went from a Peak of 365 masters alarms a few years ago to its Low est roster count of putting a tremendous Strain on staffing of Ward now the base is bringing the Roll Call up to 275 per the Naples department has eight bikes three of which they Al ready had from the previous and five inherited from the Security department of naval support activity la a Navy base shutting Down in about eight bikes allow for easier Access to areas than a and we get bet Ter visibility out there in the com Ward and a lot of kids will ride with and they think its they Arent the Only the 16 currently certified Bike patrolmen and women All Are Ward this is a Way for us to really get out and interact with said Petty officer 3rd class dust in Naples Security department was Lucky enough to have two certified Bike patrol tors from the new York City police department in town to pro vide the 20plus hours of the two Petty officers 1st class John Mccoy and David Cussen Are Navy reservists who came to Naples for their two week train ing these Guys know what there doing Treyve scrapped with and Deal with some of the Nastiest people All the said Mccoy and Cussen work under cover narcotics in new York City Riding the training Doest merely focus on How to ride a said a police officer for three years and reservist for were not teaching the basics and he were teaching them How to use the safety procedures and tactics include using their 16pound Smith Wesson Brand Mountain bikes As weapons or he the Bike patrols primarily will be for sailors e4 and below those not allowed behind the wheel of the police said Petty officer 2nd class Thomas a Field commander tasked with getting the program off the for the units will patrol Only at the support site in Gricis which is the primary hous ing Complex and has the Navy sex movie the Bowling Pool and other id like to get about 30 Mas and have them be e4 and below that would give them something better than the foot Perez email Sandra Jontz at  Pilot earns medal for aiding Helo stars and stripes an Apache helicopter Pilot has received an air medal for his efforts to re Spond to a helicopter that had been downed by insurgent fire in this is the third air medal received by chief warrant officer 4 Daniel Mcclin ton of company 1st attack 227th aviation regi 1st air Cav Alry 1st cavalry Mcclinton was part of an Apache Mcclinton Crew that went to the Aid of the downed 1st air cavalry Bri Gade Apache on according to a news release issued tuesday by multinational Mcclinton spotted a Trench holding up to 70 armed insurgents close to the officials receiving clearance to he fired 30 my rounds to Clear the his Apache made five or six during which several dozen insurgents were of flew hours that about twice the nor Mal flight the fact that everybody ground and air responded to that situation shows How far Well go to get our said who received the medal on july 1 at Camp ultimate afternoon activity right Brad reaches but fails to Knock the flying disc from Petty officer 1st class Tad Peckskamp during a game of ultimate on thursday at naval support activity Cap Dichino in below Linda the Token old lady defends Nick Aljabi during a sailors and civilians working out of naval support activity play ultimate on their lunch break every tuesday and teams include a mix of civilian and and officers and enlisted from several different photos by Sandra Jontz stars and stripes