Archive for May, 2011

Lifestyle

Remember to honor your mothers Sunday

Remember to honor your mothers Sunday

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

When mothers get served breakfast in bed or find a nicely set table Sunday it

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News

Celebrating Police Week

In October 1962, President John F. Kennedy designated May 15 of each
year as Peace Officers Memorial Day to honor the federal, state and
municipal officers who died or are disabled in the line of duty. He also
designated the week in which Peace Officers Memorial Day falls as
Police Week.

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Features

NATO Music Festival Foundations donates to charity organizations

NATO Music Festival Foundations donates to charity organizations

The board of managers at the NATO Music Festival Foundation met
representatives of non-profit associations April 19 at the disaster
grounds of the Kaiserslautern Rescue Dog Group to hand over donations to
charitable organizations.

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News

Relocations Office Has New Hours of Operation

The Outbound, Retirements and Separations (Relocations) office has new
hours of operation in order to facilitate one-on-one customer attention.
The office will now have appointments only from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and
walk-in hours from

1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursdays and from 1 to 3 p.m. Fridays.

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Schools

KMS students win big at FBLA conference

KMS students win big at FBLA conference

Kaiserslautern Middle School students recently returned from the 2011
Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe Future Business Leaders
of America State Leadership Conference, held at the Edelweiss Lodge and
Resort in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, wearing smiles and carrying
awards.

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Schools

KHS dominates at FBLA conference

KHS dominates at FBLA conference

by Christopher Jastrab
Kaiserslautern High School

Debra Hipes, a teacher at Kaiserslautern High School and president of
the board of advisers for Future Business Leaders of America-Europe,
took 16 KHS students to the annual FBLA State Leadership Conference to
compete in a variety of events, and much to her credit, every student
who participated and competed brought home a medal.

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Schools

Kaiserslautern teen wins Army Youth of the Year Award

Kaiserslautern teen wins Army Youth of the Year Award

by Rick Scavetta
U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern

The daughter of a U.S. Army officer at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
was selected as the Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year for as
Installation Management Command

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Schools

Summer Hire program accepting applications until May 22

The Civilian Human Resources Agency Europe Region will accept
applications through May 22 for summer employment across Europe for
military family members ages 14 to 22.

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Features

A lost ‘Century’

A lost ‘Century’

by Dr. Marshall Michel
52nd Fighter Wing historian

There were six Century series fighters that were the mainstay of the Air
Force fighter force from the mid-1950s well into the 1960s: the F-100
Super Sabre, the F-101 Voodoo, the F-102 Delta Dart, the F-104
Starfighter, the F-105 Thunderchief and the F-106 Delta Dagger. But one
of the most intriguing fighters was the missing Century from this group:
the Republic XF-103.

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Features

AER assists Kaiserslautern Soldier

by Rick Scavetta
U.S. Army Kaiserslautern

The electric bill Spc. Anesha Medley opened stated in German that she owed

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