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  • Joint partners clear brush, build camaraderie before major medical exercise

    More than 150 Bosnian-Herzegovinian and U.S. military members cleared brush and overgrown vegetation at the Hutovo Blato National Forest here May 27.The goal of the event was to build camaraderie between the partnered nations before beginning the Exercise Shared Resilience 2012, an annual U.S. Joint

  • We remember you

    Commemorating sacrifices incomprehensible to many, red-blooded Americans in all corners of the world make their way to local cemeteries, memorials and hollowed grounds the final Monday of each May. Though U.S. history is short when compared to that of our European and Asian allies, American

  • American WWI veterans honored during Memorial Day ceremony

    U.S. and French service members, veterans and civilians honored American World War I veterans during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial located on the outskirts of Paris, May 26, 2012. The memorial honors American pilots who volunteered to join the French Escadrille

  • Retreat is sounded for US, UK Airmen

    Royal Air Force airmen from the 51 Squadron at RAF Waddington were invited to attend RAF Mildenhall's monthly retreat ceremony on May 25, 2012.The 488th Intelligence Squadron and 95th Reconnaissance Squadron hosted this month's retreat and chose to invite their U.K. partners -- the 51 Squadron -- as

  • 493rd EFS flies to protect Iceland's air sovereignty

    The 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron is conducting Icelandic air policing missions here until June 7.The squadron, which is made up of U.S. Air Force and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization personnel, is a specialized team prepared to ensure Iceland's air sovereignty."In this NATO mission,

  • Child safety is everyone's job

    For many parents one of their biggest fears is the thought of their child being abducted. Recently, U.S. Air Forces in Europe bases have experienced a series of unsuccessful child abduction attempts. One incident happened locally when a student was nearly abducted outside RAF Feltwell, which led to

  • Service members, families attend Kindergraves memorial

    More than 50 service members and their families attended the Kindergraves memorial service in Kaiserslautern, Germany, May 19.The memorial service is held annually the week following Mother's Day to honor the children's memories who weren't able to be buried in America, as well as paying respect to