European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              July 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition pages the nuclear pow ered Navy Carrier uss Enterprise will return to the Middle East to replace the uss Nimitz in a on Forone Martin Maddock Courtesy of the Navy uss Enterprise headed to replacing Nimitz by Sandra Jontz stars and stripes the nuclear powered aircraft Carrier uss Enterprise is return ing to the Middle East to replace the uss keeping the naval presence in the Region at two Navy officials said the Enterprise will replace the uss now operating in the 5th Fleet area of in a on Forone according to a Navy official in the another Navy official declined to explain Why the Enterprise will replace the which arrived in the Region two months ago on May instead of the uss John which got to the Middle East on fifth Fleet officials also declined to provide More specific in at this we will not Dis cuss specific ship movement or numbers in the other than to say we maintain Between 40 to 45 ships in the 5th Fleet spokeswoman Denise Garcia said after the command issued a press release announcing the enterprises departure from Home All i can say is its coming out this but it is not Here asked by reporters confused about How Many carriers would now be in the Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman cautioned tuesday it would be woe fully wrong to report that three carriers would be in the there is a scheduled Swap of carriers that is part of the routine deployment of the Whitman said during a daily meet ing with the Enterprise left its Home port of naval station with roughly sailors last other ships in the strike group also Are sailing to Ward the Middle bringing to the number of sailors de the carriers transit time is expected to be afew Garcia the Enterprise returned to port in november after about a deployment that included operating in the Middle the Navy made headlines this fall when it positioned two Carri ers in the Middle observers claimed it was a show of Force Dur ing rising tensions with the Irani an government and its pursuance of nuclear deploying the Enterprise Csc Carrier strike group to the re Gion continues to demonstrate the United states commitment to Security and stability in the read a portion of the navys tues Day regular deploy ments of the strike groups to the Middle East Are not designed to provoke any of the Gulf the Carrier and her escorts will assert their right to operate throughout the these ships can operate together As one single strike Force or Dis Persed to execute multiple mis Sions the Complex operational environment especially during these challenging requires a Strong presence in the vice Kevin com Mander of naval forces Cen trial 5th said in a Enterprise presence provides Navy Power to counter the disruptive and coercive behaviour of some As Well As support our soldiers and marines in Iraq and Cosgriff the Enterprise strike group is comprised of the Carrier enter prise Carrier air Wing 1 the guide missile destroyers uss Forrest uss James uss Arleigh and uss Stout guide missile Cruiser uss Gettysburg attack submarine uss Philadelphia and the fast combat support ship uses the Region under 5th Fleet do main is million Square Miles of and includes the per Sian arabian red Gulf of Gulf of Oman and parts of the Indian stars and stripes reporter Jeff Schogol contributed to this email Sandra Jontz at  deaths in Iraq the associated press As of at least members of the military have died since the beginning of the Iraq War in March according to an associated press the figure includes seven military i at least died As a result of hostile a according to the military the a count is 10 higher than the defense departments last updated monday at 10 the British military has reported 159 deaths 33 18 20 13 11 seven Al five Slova four three thai two each an4 a South one death the latest deaths reported by the military no deaths the latest identifications reported by the Mili tary army Roberto Causor san killed saturday in Samarra by Small arms fire assigned to the 2nd 505th Para Chute infantry 3rd brigade combat 82nd airborne fort army James killed thursday in Baghdad when his vehicle struck an explosive assigned to 96th civil affairs 95th civil affairs fort no 1 army Anthony Ohio died thursday at the Radwa Niyah Palace in a noncombat related incident assigned to troop 2nd 107th Armor cavalry Ohio army Jeremy assigned to the 2nd 12th cavalry regi fort sunni extremists reportedly take Over shiite Village in Iraq by Lee Keath the associated press Baghdad sunni extremists seized control of a Remote Vil Lage Northeast of Baghdad in a fierce Battle with residents who pleaded for Rescue by iraqi army and police As they tried to defend their the Deputy Provin Cial governor said the fight underlines the continued struggle in Dyala province on Baghdad Northern where militants believed to be from Al Aida in Iraq have report edly left mass Graves of victims in areas under their for the past three troops have been fighting to Dis Lodge insurgents who had turned the provincial into their stronghold and were using it to launch attacks in near by the soldiers have found whole streets and buildings wired with bomb and weapons factories and prisons run by extremists iraqi officials the bodies of 35 people slain by militants and dumped in Vil Lage on bad tubas but fleeing insurgents appear to be trying to capture More Terri tory further North in where iraqi Security forces Are iraqi officials say the extremists have held Sway for months in numerous towns and villages and parts of larger Cit ies across the sprawling mountainous agricultural intimidating residents and imposing strict islamic the fight for Dyala has High lighted the weaknesses of the iraqi Security which commanders acknowledge Are unable to stand on their own despite three years of efforts to train there were few details of the fighting in the Village of Sher a Village of shiites and but the assault appeared to be an attempt by extremists to move into a new where residents say the two communities have gotten along relatively a Sherreen resident on tues Day called Dyala Deputy auf Rahim and told him insurgents launched an assault on the Village the Day before and that fighting was still come help us or they will Slaughter us Rahim said the resident told him in the armed villagers were righting but the attackers appeared to have largely gained Rahim told the associated an iraqi army officer in the Mansouria Region close to Sher Ween confirmed that insurgents appeared to be in control of the 35 Miles Northwest of also a heavy barrage of up to two dozen mortars were fired at Baghdad Green the heavily fortified District where the iraqi government and the embassy Are there were no casualty reports army fourstar nominated to be first Aricom commander by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes will Iam Kip Ward has been nominated As the first commander of the new Africa defense department officials announced Ward is currently Deputy com Mander of european com officials at Neucom said Ward could not be reached for comment on commissioned in june Ward has had several overseas As including Tours to both Korea and he is currently the Only Black army fourstar according to service before becoming Sec ondi command at Ward served As Deputy command ing of staff for army Europe and seventh during this 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 african As evidenced by recent editorials from local one from Botswana said the new command does not Bode Well for the Conti nent 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 most of the Conti nent Falls under with Central command responsibly for seven nations in Northeast Africa and Pacific command responsible for Madagascar and other islands off Africa East Aricom is expected to assume responsibility for All of Africa except which will re main under the Purview of cent com because of existing ties with the the Overall troop presence in Africa is not expected to change much after Aricom be comes fully said Theresa Deputy assistant defense Secretary for african of Aricom currently has its Headquarters in Germa but eventually it could have several Small Headquarters on the Ward must be approved by the Senate before taking Over the new email Jeff Schogol at