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  • Combat Survival Training, SERE vital to mission

    January 30, 2009 Comments: 0

    SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany — Pilots from the 52nd Fighter Wing attended Combat Survival Training (CST) here Jan. 26-27. Sometimes a pilot's mission to fly, fight and win takes an unexpected turn. An enemy surface-to-air missile or aircraft malfunction may force the pilot out of the relatively safe cockpit, placing them on the ground and in hostile territory, and this training is used to prepare them for such occasions.

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    • USS Leyte Gulf participates in 100th anniversary of humanitarian outreach

      January 29, 2009 Comments: 0

      MESSINA, Sicily — USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) participated in memorializing the 100th anniversary of a natural disaster here, Jan. 27-28.

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      • U.S. European Command hosts strategic contracting board

        January 23, 2009 Comments: 0

        STUTTGART, Germany — Senior Component Contracting Officials, Combat Support Agency and Interagency representatives participated in the Combatant Commander Logistic Procurement Support Board (CLPSB) here, Jan. 20. CLPSB's are used to enhance U.S. European Command's operational contract support.

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        • Fallen U.S. soldiers honored by Romanian land forces

          January 22, 2009 Comments: 0

          Frunzeti, conferred the Medal of Honor of the Romanian Land Forces to U.S. Army Maj. Brian Michael Mescall; the Badge of Merit, "In the Service of Peace," 3rd Class, to U.S. Army Sgt. Jason Ray Parsons and U.S. Army Cpl. Joseph Michael Hernandez.

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        • EUCOM hosts NATO logistics courses

          January 15, 2009 Comments: 0

          STUTTGART, Germany - More than 50 people attended the North Atlantic Treaty Organization lectures and discussion that improves the U.S. European Command's logistics capabilities and ability at Patch Barracks Jan. 14-15.

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          • Wuerzburg chapter in Army history closes

            January 15, 2009 Comments: 0

            SCHWEINFURT, Germany — The Army returned Leighton Barracks in Wuerzburg to the German authorities during a brief ceremony here, Jan. 14, 2009. It marks the end of a relationship with the city of Wuerzburg and its surrounding communities that began in the closing days of World War II.

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            • Children and youth support center re-openend in Latvia

              January 15, 2009 Comments: 0

              RIGA, Latvia — The Children and Youth Services Center, "Vabolite" re-opened its doors to children of Latvia during an opening ceremony here, Jan. 9, 2009. "Vabolite" is in the Vabole municipality, Daugavpils region and was renovated under the leadership of Army Lt. Col. Thomas Butler, Chief of the U.S. Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation in Latvia, in cooperation with the Latvian Government and Latvian Home Guards.

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              • U.S. Navy in Marseille celebrates historic voyage

                January 14, 2009 Comments: 0

                MARSEILLE, France — USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) hosted a reception here Jan. 13, 2009 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the "Great White Fleet," a historic U.S. goodwill voyage around the world.

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                • 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron bids farewell to Lithuanian hosts

                  January 9, 2009 Comments: 0

                  SIAULIAI, Lithuania — The 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, recently deployed here in support of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission.

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                  • U.S. Navy in Malta remembers the past, looks to the future

                    January 9, 2009 Comments: 0

                    VALETTA, Malta — A ceremony held aboard USS Barry (DDG 52) Jan. 9 commemorated the 100th anniversary of the "Great White Fleet" voyage, a historic U.S. Navy goodwill voyage around the world that included a stop in Malta in January 1909.

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                    • Great White Fleet visits Malta to mark 100th anniversary

                      January 8, 2009 Comments: 0

                      FLORINA, Malta — USS Barry (DDG-52) arrived here for a short visit to mark the 100th anniversary of the "Great White Fleet," a historic U.S. Navy goodwill voyage around the world that included a stop in Malta in 1909.

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                      • U.S., Maltese sailors conduct joint training aboard USS Barry

                        January 8, 2009 Comments: 0

                        VALETTA, Malta — Members of the U.S. and Maltese military conducted joint training aboard USS Barry (DDG 52) Jan. 6 focusing on visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) tactics.

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                        • USS Barry sailors clean-up migrant family home in Malta during Great White Fleet 100th anniversary

                          January 8, 2009 Comments: 0

                          VALETTA, Malta — Ten USS Barry (DDG 52) sailors volunteered to clean-up a local refugee home here, Jan. 5 during the ship's port visit commemorating the 100th anniversary of the "Great White Fleet."

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