From my archive of press clippings:
Stars and Stripes
USAREUR cuts back summer training exercises in eastern Europe
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Sunday, April 18, 2010
Seth Robson / S&S
Spc. Brett Gardner, 25, of Las Vegas, with Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, prepares to ambush a group of Romanian soldiers during an exercise at Babadag Training Area in Romania.
GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — Combat deployments and limited resources mean fewer U.S. military personnel will train in eastern Europe this summer compared with last year, according to U.S. Army Europe.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"About 1,000 personnel are expected to train in Romania and Bulgaria, down from the 3,200 who deployed there last summer, said Lt. Col. Daniel Herrigstad, a USAREUR public affairs officer.
In recent years, the U.S. has conducted regular training aimed at building relationships with both militaries, which have fought alongside U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Showing posts with label Romania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Romania. Show all posts
Friday, May 7, 2010
Saturday, May 23, 2009
R - U.S. consul in Bucharest, reluctant in proposing deadline to eliminate visas for Romania
Realitatea
U.S. consul in Bucharest, reluctant in proposing deadline to eliminate visas for Romania
Luni, 18 Mai 2009 18:59
Ultimul update: 18 Mai 2009 19:00
The recent visit of the Romanian foreign minister in the U.S. reopened talks on lifting visas for Romanians. Minister Cristian Diaconescu was optimistic about including Romania in the Visa Waiver program, stressing the only impediment is the high refusal rate. Diaconescu gave as a deadline to let go of visas by yearend.
Read the whole article here.
U.S. consul in Bucharest, reluctant in proposing deadline to eliminate visas for Romania
Luni, 18 Mai 2009 18:59
Ultimul update: 18 Mai 2009 19:00
The recent visit of the Romanian foreign minister in the U.S. reopened talks on lifting visas for Romanians. Minister Cristian Diaconescu was optimistic about including Romania in the Visa Waiver program, stressing the only impediment is the high refusal rate. Diaconescu gave as a deadline to let go of visas by yearend.
Read the whole article here.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
S&S - Romania honors soldiers from 1-4 Infantry
From my archive of press clippings:
Stars and Stripes
Romania honors soldiers from 1-4 Infantry
Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Sunday, January 25, 2009
Three Germany-based U.S. soldiers killed in action while serving with the Romanian Land Forces were posthumously honored at the unit’s headquarters in Bucharest earlier this month, the Army announced.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Romanian Lt. Gen. Teodor Frunzeti conferred the Medal of Honor of the Romanian Land Forces on Maj. Brian Michael Mescall, 33, of Teaneck, N.J., and presented the Badge of Merit, “In the Service of Peace,” 3rd Class to Sgt. Jason Ray Parsons, 24, of Lenoir, N.C., and Cpl. Joseph Michael Hernandez, 24, of Hammond, Ind.
The awards were to be sent to the soldiers’ families.
The 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment soldiers were attached to a Romanian unit when they were killed Jan. 9 when a roadside bomb blew up near their Humvee in Zabul province, Afghanistan."
Stars and Stripes
Romania honors soldiers from 1-4 Infantry
Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Sunday, January 25, 2009
Three Germany-based U.S. soldiers killed in action while serving with the Romanian Land Forces were posthumously honored at the unit’s headquarters in Bucharest earlier this month, the Army announced.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Romanian Lt. Gen. Teodor Frunzeti conferred the Medal of Honor of the Romanian Land Forces on Maj. Brian Michael Mescall, 33, of Teaneck, N.J., and presented the Badge of Merit, “In the Service of Peace,” 3rd Class to Sgt. Jason Ray Parsons, 24, of Lenoir, N.C., and Cpl. Joseph Michael Hernandez, 24, of Hammond, Ind.
The awards were to be sent to the soldiers’ families.
The 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment soldiers were attached to a Romanian unit when they were killed Jan. 9 when a roadside bomb blew up near their Humvee in Zabul province, Afghanistan."
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
S&S - FOB Delta not just enduring – it’s growing
Stars and Stripes
FOB Delta not just enduring – it’s growing
By Ashley Rowland, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Saturday, February 7, 2009
Ashley Rowland / S&S
A worker at Forward Operating Base Delta rests in the shade of a row of new Contained Housing Units, or one-room trailers, as another worker moves one of the concrete barrier walls that will protect this "CHU city" from explosives.
Ashley Rowland / S&S
Forward Operating Base Delta, known as the "FOB of Choice," was home to just 200 U.S. troops last spring, but has about 2,000 today. Officials say the base's U.S. population will shrink to several hundred when the 41st Fires Brigade leaves later this year. More Iraqi troops will be stationed at Delta this spring.
Today, the province is relatively free of insurgent activity, although several bombs were planted near polling sites before the Jan. 31 provincial elections.
Another bomb aimed at a U.S. convoy in recent weeks exploded behind a passing military vehicle, hitting a civilian car behind it and killing a person inside.
The last U.S. servicemember killed in combat in the province died in December 2007, and a U.S. contractor providing security for an engineering team died in June 2008.
Both were killed by roadside bombs.
But the province has been among the calmest places in Iraq since a Shiite uprising in March, when insurgents in the poorest neighborhoods in the capital city of Kut attacked coalition forces."
"KUT, Iraq — At a time when most American military bases across Iraq are shrinking or reverting to Iraqi control, Forward Operating Base Delta is in the midst of a major growth spurt."
"Just a year ago, Delta was a true international zone, with troops from Poland, Lithuania, Georgia, El Salvador, Kazakhstan and Romania working alongside a small contingent of Americans.
The base’s tiny post exchange was essentially a closet, restocked every few weeks when two helicopters made a trip to a post exchange in Tallil.
Now, only the Romanians remain, along 92 Iraqi airmen and the expanded U.S. force.
But 300 to 600 Iraqi soldiers will be stationed in March at Delta, which is home to an Iraqi police academy.
The southern half of the base will eventually revert to Iraqi control."
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"Delta is outside but near Kut, a city of almost half a million people and a possible labor pool for the base.
The base has large open spaces and is relatively undeveloped, meaning the United States could start building there from the ground up.
The two runways are long enough to land all U.S. aircraft except the C-5, although upgrades are being made that will allow even that plane to land."
FOB Delta not just enduring – it’s growing
By Ashley Rowland, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Saturday, February 7, 2009
Ashley Rowland / S&S
A worker at Forward Operating Base Delta rests in the shade of a row of new Contained Housing Units, or one-room trailers, as another worker moves one of the concrete barrier walls that will protect this "CHU city" from explosives.
Ashley Rowland / S&S
Forward Operating Base Delta, known as the "FOB of Choice," was home to just 200 U.S. troops last spring, but has about 2,000 today. Officials say the base's U.S. population will shrink to several hundred when the 41st Fires Brigade leaves later this year. More Iraqi troops will be stationed at Delta this spring.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Forward Operating Base Delta is in the middle of Wasit province, a poor wheat- and date-growing region in the breadbasket of Iraq and a stronghold for radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.Today, the province is relatively free of insurgent activity, although several bombs were planted near polling sites before the Jan. 31 provincial elections.
Another bomb aimed at a U.S. convoy in recent weeks exploded behind a passing military vehicle, hitting a civilian car behind it and killing a person inside.
The last U.S. servicemember killed in combat in the province died in December 2007, and a U.S. contractor providing security for an engineering team died in June 2008.
Both were killed by roadside bombs.
But the province has been among the calmest places in Iraq since a Shiite uprising in March, when insurgents in the poorest neighborhoods in the capital city of Kut attacked coalition forces."
"KUT, Iraq — At a time when most American military bases across Iraq are shrinking or reverting to Iraqi control, Forward Operating Base Delta is in the midst of a major growth spurt."
"Just a year ago, Delta was a true international zone, with troops from Poland, Lithuania, Georgia, El Salvador, Kazakhstan and Romania working alongside a small contingent of Americans.
The base’s tiny post exchange was essentially a closet, restocked every few weeks when two helicopters made a trip to a post exchange in Tallil.
Now, only the Romanians remain, along 92 Iraqi airmen and the expanded U.S. force.
But 300 to 600 Iraqi soldiers will be stationed in March at Delta, which is home to an Iraqi police academy.
The southern half of the base will eventually revert to Iraqi control."
&
"Delta is outside but near Kut, a city of almost half a million people and a possible labor pool for the base.
The base has large open spaces and is relatively undeveloped, meaning the United States could start building there from the ground up.
The two runways are long enough to land all U.S. aircraft except the C-5, although upgrades are being made that will allow even that plane to land."
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