European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and stripes july 2007 Ben and stripes a faulty roof is to blame for Mold in the newly constructed Power zone Section of the Kaiserslautern military Community Center seen june mall air Force working on fixes from Page 3 the project has experienced additional last Van dals used acrylic paint to deface More than 200 of the 350 rooms in the causing dam there also have been sweep ing changes in last lab fired design firm which was serving As the construction management contract months after lab put their project managers in they ended up firing the air forces senior civilian working on the project also German and air Force Law enforcement agencies Are investigating More than 20 people connected to the project for suspected nobody has been and Gardner said he Doest believe anybody from the air Force did anything theres nothing to fire any body for on the he that he much of the blame rests on the German construction the military builds faculties in accordance with natos which instructs Mili tary forces to coordinate construction management and planning through the German lab is the Agency in charge of the mall hotel Complex As Well As Many other construction projects at but Gao investigators reported that the air Force could have performed better the Gao report states that the air Force should have developed control procedures to reduce the stating that forces have the Power of the a june 22 report by the air Force audit Agency went list ing at least 35 oversight but even if the air Force had done the things the auditors Sug air Force officials said it probably would have had done Little while we agree with Many of the air Force audit Agency find had those findings been corrected before this project started they probably would have had almost no Impact on where the project sits said Dave Safe Deputy director of installations and Mission air Force officials acknowledge there Are no easy they continue to meet with top level German authorities to work out the they also Are looking at working with the German government to tweak the rules on How similar projects Are gov in the even though the is spending millions on the there is Little the military can do to fix the Gard Ner he says its up to the German government to come to the certainly in a project of this size youre going to have All kinds of Gardner but you can do what everybody has been who do you hold responsible who accountable for this in the i guess in i guess in the responsible i but the real people who have the control Over this Are on the German email Scott Schonauer at  4 special Ops soldiers injured in Africa at Lan Stuhl for treatment stars and stripes four special operations com Mand Europe soldiers injured in a weather related Accident Satur Day in Africa arrived at Lan Stuhl regional medical Center sunday night for two of the soldiers Are in the hospitals intensive care unit one in serious condition and one in stable said Marie Lan Stuhl the other two soldiers Are both in Sta ble condition at the Shaw one Soldier from the command was killed during the Accident while supporting the trans aha a counter terrorism partnership in on according to a european command news the release provided no further details on the the names of the soldiers Are being withheld pending next skin the injured were first transported to a medical facility in Onaga Turkina for treat ment before being moved to land Mali is located in Northwest Afri and tidal rests in a Remote Eastern Region of the Mali is among the poorest countries in the with 65 percent of its land area desert or according to the Cia world fact the country population is 90 percent Robert Webb takes control of army health Center Germany Robert Webb took command of the army Center for health promotion and preventive Medicine Europe during a ceremony monday Webb comes to the unit from human resources command where he worked As veterinary career activities Steven Jones passed the unit Guidon Mon Day after serving As chop eur commander since july Jones will next serve As chief of staff for North Atlantic regional medical com located on the army Lan Stuhl chop eur is a roughly 140person unit com posed of civilians and local from staff reports Aricom tries to improve the image of by Charlie Coon stars and stripes Germany improving the United states image in Africa was a prime topic As 80 people gathered monday to Dis cuss plans for the new Africa the command is scheduled to at least in octo when it would begin coordinating its military efforts on the we need to get that right on the first said rear Robert director of the Aricom transition to underline the image press clippings from throughout Africa were projected onto two big screens in a room for All those at the today conference to Aricom does not Bode Well for the military installations on african territory would mortgage away Sovereign Botswana should stay read one Aricom is exactly the oppo site of what we read another this one from since the command promises to be a Tough sell in Many parts of the image reconstruction promised to be a main Issue at the today conference and be the world is warned one the command believes it is about to do Good things train sol Diers to be effective and Lawre organize medical mis Sions to help people be and dovetail efforts with other dogo oders to create win win Situ the participants also discussed food and working with Aid they talked about treating China As a Collaborator on the continent in Stead of As a but often returned to the message that the United states would be they asked How to avoid com ing off As the 800pound Gorilla to the people of Africa and the were doing something but we dont know what it said from the de sense departments african Cen Ter for strategic we have not been Able to capture and we need to be Able to do How will africans themselves look at this asked it was noted that of the 80 at Only one was born and raised in so there was a tone to avoid Force feeding goals and viewpoints to do we see what the africans see Smith in a lot of we we dont we dont get to the heart of the we have to improve the Quality of our said Bob Leavitt of the Agency for International with whom Aricom plans to that substance has to get to the Field email Charlie Coon at  Charlie Brian of european hands a microphone to Robert l also of on monday during a conference in on establishing the Africa Mary of the Rendon was asking for examples on How to help Zimbabwe in a Post Mugabe