European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 3 John and stripes Many soldiers with the 47th Forward support battalions company a say conditions at building 8234 nicknamed the ghetto Are dirty water and a spotty heating system Are among the ghetto blasters rap Baum older housing ii every thing Here is they dont Lisa Carlson Baum older Barracks Carlson by John Vandiver stars and stripes Germany when Lisa Carlson returned to her Barracks in december after a year in she discovered that her bedroom Heater was the Kitchen she shares with fellow soldiers was locked and the front door to the building remained broken like it was when she arrived in Baum older in everything Here is they dont said this inside building 8234 Home to the 47th for Ward support battalions company 1st a Mored division in Baum older soldiers say the conditions resemble a the building is nicknamed the Ghet to and is generally regarded As the worst living quarters in the army Garrison at Baum hold according to some of the soldiers who live trying to get someone to fix something is like pulling sgt Steve Martin said with Dis gust As he pointed to a sink that spits Brownish water and Doest Drain because the pipes Are you can smell the said who boils tap water before drinking soldiers at the Barracks say they cant under stand Why their building is in such poor Condi Tion and Why Garrison authorities have permit Ted the building to collapse into such complaints about the broken Peri Odic electric sporadic hot Leaky cracked window Glass and the eternally broken front door Are repeatedly the buildings occupants soldiers report facility problems to the Soldier in charge of quarters that who in turn forwards the complaint to the company first who in turn is supposed to Send it up the Chain of something must get lost in the Martin explaining the situation in Eye Roll ing the garrisons Public works director said tuesday that this is the first Hes heard of prob lems at the this Dpi has received about 40 work mainly for things such As missing room Dpi director Bob Baumgardt no work order for the broken front door or dirty water has been Baumgardt said he would Send workers to As sess the when Martin arrived in Baum older from fort a few months he said he was mortified at the condition of his he says it took him three Days to scrub it the part that really ticks Martin off is there were no cleaning supplies when he arrived and there still it sucks that you have to spend your own Money on cleaning Martin problems such As a broken microwave or Lack of cleaning supplies Are not a Dpi Issue but rather something to be handled by individual Baumgardt the broken front door can cause trouble from time to late at if some one forgets to keep the door soldiers sometimes Are forced to climb through fellow soldiers windows to gain its we cant get said who was once locked out of her bedroom for four Days because it took that Long to be provided a spare soldiers Are still waiting for the key to get a Cess to the game which features a Pool table but is otherwise there seems to be a problem with spare keys Carlson when soldiers returned from Iraq last the Kitchen door was month after flummoxed soldiers waited for a in one was finally Carlson i think they think our living situation is Good said Cherie an insufficient amount of hot water also is a big sore spot for the soldiers of the about a month the hot water was out for three soldiers at the Carlson visited friends at other Barracks for its something she still often does because the hot water Supply remains just like the Heater in her which usually Doest Carlson the weather in Baum older has been cold enough at times this summer to warrant turning on the some soldiers say they turn on the showers and let the water run for about 10 minutes so it heats Carlson and Martin say the soldiers at build ing 8234 deserve they the authorities never do anything unless there Carlson email John Vandiver at  fourstar tapped to Lead Aricom by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes William Kip Ward has been nominated As the first commander of the new Africa defense department officials announced Ward is Deputy commander of european officials at Neucom said Ward could not be reached for comment on commissioned in june Ward has had several overseas including Tours to both Korea and Soma he is currently the Only Black army fourstar according to service before becoming Secondi com Mand at Ward served As Deputy commanding of staff for army Europe and seventh during that he also served As the Security coordinator to Israel and the palestinian authority from March to december defense officials told reporters earlier this month that Afri coms first commander will face a sceptical Afri can As evidenced by recent editorials from local one from Botswana said the new command does not Bode Well for the continent and that cooperation with military would mortgage away Aricom is slated to be fully operational by december 2008 and is intended to coordinate military and humanitarian efforts for almost All of Afri most of the continent Falls under with Central com Mand responsibly for seven nations in Northeast Africa and Pacific com Mand responsible for Madagascar and other islands off Africa East of Rico is expected to assume responsibility for All of Africa except which will remain under the Purview of Cen com because of existing ties with the the Overall troop presence in Africa is not expected to change much after Aricom becomes fully opera said Theresa Deputy assistant defense Secretary for african of Aricom currently has its head quarters in but eventually it could have several Small Headquarters on the email Jeff Schogol at  2 convicted in Fairford protest by Geoff Ziezulewicz stars and stripes Raf England two Antiwar protesters who broke into an air base in England and dam aged american equipment to delay air Force bombers at the Start of the Iraq War were convicted in the incident by a British jury Margaret Jones and Paul milling used hammers and Bolt cutters to Dis Able fuel tankers and trailers in March 2003 at Raf Fairford in Western in they were both charged with conspiracy to cause criminal damage and aggravated and said their actions were an attempt to prevent the killing of innocents during the Shock and Awe phase of the according to published and that they were trying to delay the Takeoff of milling was Given a 250pound Fine about and a discharge from jail that is contingent on him not com mitting any More he also received an order of forfeiture and destruction of the tools that he used in the officials Jones sentencing has been delayed until july according to it took the jury about three hours to reach a the damage done to instrument pan Els for three tankers and the cutting of Brake cables for 15 bomb carrying trailers is estimated to have Cost about or according to milling said tuesday he Doest want his actions to be seen As a gesture against military i have a lot of respect for the Brit ish and american he its the politicians who Send them there that i have a problem milling also said he Doest regret what he did to stand against what he views As an illegal even if i had been Given a sentence of i would do it All milling Raf Fairford is largely a staging base for air Force the convictions of a lecturer in and a former Magis were the first the government has secured after six trials and two Hung juries against the so called fair Ford a group of English activists who broke onto Fairford in Early 2003 to alter bombing efforts in last Josh Richards was cleared of similar charges after a jury failed to reach a verdict in his Case for the second in Toby old itch and Philip Prit Chard were cleared of conspiring to sabotage bombers in connection with a March 2003 incident in which they tried to Lodge nuts and bolts into a planes the original trial of old itch and Prit Chard ended with a Hung jury in late milling said aside from he had not met any of the other people who broke into Fairford in 2003 before the air Force Eric a spokesman for 3rd air which oversees said tuesday that the unit respects the British court sys tem and its we will continue to take measures As needed to ensure the safety and Security of our Haynes milling said that safety of personnel was an utmost concern during his and that he and Jones placed laminated signs for airmen letting them know which equipment had been affected before they were email Geoff Zletz Ulewicz at