Archive for September, 2010

Walking into the classroom, eyes immediately swarmed my direction as
tiny voices started asking 20 questions from who I was to why I was
there.

A chemical plant in a foreign country accidently releases a plume of
toxic fumes causing panic, sickness and numerous deaths within the city
where the plant is located. Adding to all the chaos, the weather makes
the situation worse for the citizens who live in the area of direct
impact. A call comes from the foreign country for U.S. assistance. Who
will go?

Participants of command post exercises here in Europe are probably
quite familiar with the following scene: you pick up the telephone to
call a response cell that simulates some agency your unit is
interacting with. On the other end, a role player picks up and offers a
scripted answer in an unconvincing foreign accent that provides
information that is the best-informed guess at what would really happen.

During World War II, the arrival of German jet bombers in the middle of
1944 sent shock waves through the Allied air forces. The U.S. Army Air
Force issued a requirement for a similar aircraft and, after a
competition, selected the North American design, the XB-45, for
development.

In the early morning hours of Sept. 2, Senior Airman Winston Jerez hung
suspended from a building in the 435th Construction Training Squadron
compound on Ramstein, demonstrating the basket operation rescue
maneuver to three firefighters from the Nigerian air force.

Summer camp: doesn

The 21st Theater Sustainment Command held a retreat and retirement
ceremony at Panzer Parade Field in Kaiserslautern Aug. 27 to honor the
service and careers of three retiring Soldiers.