News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany 
Army Lt. Col. Trevor Shaw said it was a great feeling watching his
daughters cross the finish line at the 50-meter wheelchair assisted
race May 6. The race was one of the many activities held at the German
Police Academy in Enkenbach-Alsenborn as part of the Special Olympics
Spring Games.
His decorations include the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, the combat
action badge and an assortment of
Most associate the Swedish company SAAB with automobiles, but SAAB is
the acronym for Svenska Aeroplan A.B., and for many years it produced
high tech jet fighter aircraft, in many ways the equivalent of any
fighter in the world, certainly in Europe.
Seats and stanchions line the inside of the cargo area as chilly morning air fills the aircraft.
Imagining what it must have been like weighed heavy on some of the 39
Soldiers, civilians and family members who visited the Concentration
Camp Memorial Site at Dachau, Germany, on April 28, the day before the
64-year anniversary of when it was liberated by American forces.
The post World War II late 1940s and early 1950s were a period of
considerable innovation in military aviation in the United States.
In a year that the Army has dedicated to its non-commissioned officers,
there will invariably be those who stand out for embodying what it
truly means to be a leader of Soldiers.
From sender to receiver, mail takes a twisty path to its destination,
especially if that mail goes to military members, Department of Defense
civilians and their families stationed overseas.
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