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Breaking records: DLA energy quality assurance specialist has a need for speed
Sitting astride a custom-built motorcycle, gearing up to race at speeds nearing 200 mph down a dry lakebed, Jaron Tyner isn’t thinking about his nerves. “When you’re in line on the salt flats, you aren’t really nervous because you’re preparing to go,” he said. “You’re concentrating on the bike, the […]
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Sports heroes who served: Supporting roles
‘Sports heroes who served’ is a series that highlights the accomplishments of athletes who served in the U.S. military. The military is sometimes compared to a team endeavor. In sports, there are the athletes. Then there are the supporting positions such as the coach, general manager, team president, sports writers […]
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Air Force Cycling Team rides in RAGBRAI
The Air Force Cycling team is riding again in the 2022 Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa or RAGBRAI. The trip is a week-long recreational touring bicycle ride that takes cyclists from the Missouri river in the west to the Mississippi in the east. The Air Force Cycling team […]
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Skilled military soccer players are Air Force officers
Two Air Force captains have much in common. Both fly in F-15 fighter jets; both are on the U.S. Armed Forces Women’s Soccer Team; and both said what attracted them to the Air Force and soccer the most is teamwork and camaraderie. The team competed in the 13th World Military […]
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US hosts ten countries at soccer championship
The U.S. is hosting an international soccer championship for military women — the World Military Women’s Football Championship — in Spokane, WA. The International Military Sports Council, or CISM (Conseil International du Sport Militaire) is sponsoring the event, which runs through July 22 and is hosted by nearby Fairchild Air […]
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Airman creates patriotic paint scheme for NASCAR race car
If you’re a NASCAR fan, you may have seen the No. 31 Chevrolet Camaro SS zipping around the track at Charlotte Motor Speedway over Memorial Day weekend. If you’re a service member or history buff, you may have noticed its coloring was in line with the olive drab that was […]
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Garrison, NATO team up for friendly game vs. Romanian soccer legend-led crew
OVIDIU, Romania — Two U.S. Soldiers joined military service members from Romania and the United Kingdom in a friendly soccer match against former Romanian professional players and coaches May 18 at Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy. Oana Copaceanu, the garrison’s host-nation advisor for Army Support Activity-Black Sea at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air […]
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Unterwegs – May 6, 2022
10th Culinary Panorama Hike – Oberes Glantal – May 8 The Union Community Oberes Glantal is hosting the 10th annual “Dining with a view“ Culinary Panorama Hike on Sunday, May 8th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Don your hiking boots, inline skates or bicycles and enjoy the best views […]
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Garrison MWR organizes first-ever multinational soccer tournament in Romania
The soccer field on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, is buzzing. Nineteen military teams from five different countries on the pitch make the venue look like the start of an MWR-organized World Cup, with a world championship at stake. Behind an event of such a big scale — 204 participants […]