European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 3 Dod lists closing dates for 31 Germany bases shutdowns will affect gis by Matt Millham stars and stripes As Many As 31 army facilities in Germany will close within the next two affecting roughly 800 civilians and 700 locally hired pm the department of de sense announced because of troop reductions at the posts and the relocation of army units to other bases in Europe and the the Dod deter mined the facilities were excess to its according to a Dod news after the roughly 620 soldiers of the 1st 1st cavalry regi ment Are reassigned throughout the All army Europe facilities in Budinger and Gellhausen will be turned Back Over to the German according to the Dod that Han which includes six facile will be completed in fiscal by the end of March All army facilities in Hanau will be turned Over to the germans As the announcement also put nearly All army bases 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quarters with several satellite offices on the were still looking at the Best Headquarters Structure to engage the african Union and other regional mar shall a Media Campaign is being considered to win support As Well As quell suspicions percolating on the continent since the com Mand was Ward was in route on wednesday from Washington to South and stars and stripes was unable to reach him for com Brett a fellow at the conserva Tive Washington based heritage found said wards experience made him a natural he has dealt quite extensively with Afri can Schafer he was stationed in Somalia As com Mander of 2nd 10th Mountain division during operation restore Ward graduated from Morgan state University Roth program and joined the military in he received his bachelors degree from Morgan and his masters degree from the Pennsylvania state Ward has held a number of overseas and staff and served As commander of the 2nd 10th Mountain division in he later was the commander of the stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina in he became the fifth Black Man to be promoted to the rank of full general when he received his fourth Star in May email Charlie upon at