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  • Keep banned foodstuffs out of US

    Personnel shipping household goods to the U.S. this summer should be careful when packing the contents of their kitchen, agriculture officials advise. The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection issues fines of $100 to $1,000 to first-time offenders who ignore the strict rules that apply to sending

  • COMMENTARY: Coffee shop leadership

    As I started my last morning at RAF Mildenhall, I stopped by the Daily Grind Coffee Shop for a coffee. Liz, the barista, promptly greeted me by name with a venti cup in hand, asking if I would like my usual order. As I was getting ready to pay, she asked the infamous question - "Would you like an

  • Square D Spotlight: Tech. Sgt. Dury Ayers

    Name and Rank: Tech. Sgt. Dury AyersUnit: 100th Logistics Readiness SquadronDuty Title: NCO in charge of Deployment OperationsTime in Service: 15 yearsTime at Mildenhall: 1 yearHometown: Lackland AFB, TexasHobbies: Traveling, fishing, siteseeing, anything outdoors.Core Value Portrayed:  Service

  • Commentary: Be proactive: Make needed changes before problems take root

    Too often, there have been problems that could have been prevented from becoming bigger than they developed into. Small problems can be dealt with at the lowest level yet sometimes leaders do not engage with a small problem and it turns into a bigger one.As leaders, we must be proactive, not

  • Square D Spotlight: Senior Airman Ian Rohm

    Name and Rank: Senior Airman Ian RohmUnit: 100th Communications SquadronDuty Title: Wing Information Assurance TechnicianTime in Service: 4 yearsTime at Mildenhall: 3 years, 6 monthsHometown: Johnston, OhioHobbies: Gym, video gamesCore Value Portrayed: Excellence in All We Do Why is serving in the

  • 100th CES Airman lays foundations of career

    A 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Airman turned a challenging time in his life into a career he is proud of."I joined the military for the education opportunities," said Airman 1st Class Gregory Myers, 100th CES Pavements and Equipment journeyman from Bakersfield, California. "I had no money or job, I

  • Eject or die: Optimism helps see Vietnam vet survive 2,355 days as POW

    When 2nd Lt. John "Spike" Nasmyth climbed into his F-4 Phantom to fly a combat mission over Vietnam, he never forsaw that he'd be blown out of the sky Sept. 4, 1966, by a surface-to-air missile.The last words he heard before his jet was transformed into a lump of crumpled, metal wreckage were from