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  • Online school lunch payment system goes global

    After more than a year of testing at select locations, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service is offering online access to school lunch accounts throughout Europe and the Pacific. "The new system makes secure pre-payments convenient for parents who can now manage multiple accounts from the comfort

  • CFC-O an opportunity to give

    The Combined Federal Campaign - Overseas will officially begin Oct. 5 and run for nine weeks. The CFC, which began in the early 1960s, offers people the opportunity to give to a charity of their choice located on the CFC charity list. According to the CFC-O Web site, the list includes national,

  • Youth sports: Sabers take to the soccer field

    Few things are more exciting to children on the soccer field than hearing the roar of fans on the sidelines cheering them on. Sabers have the opportunity to cheer on the youth soccer here until Oct. 24. With some playing for the first time and others with more experience, seven teams gather Tuesdays

  • Spangdahlem to host Fire Prevention Week activities

    More than 200 people died in a massive fire about 130 years ago that also left many devastated and homeless. The massive blaze that left a once-booming city in ruins is now commonly known as the Great Chicago Fire. The fire burnt from Oct. 8-10, 1871, destroying homes, offices, public buildings and

  • Zumba provides alternative work out

    About 80 people came to the Skelton Memorial Fitness Center to experience Zumba, a new fitness dance craze, Sept. 25. Zumba is a mixture of Latin, hip-hop and reggaeton. It incorporates dancing and fitness, allowing its users to burn between 700 to 800 calories an hour. Zumba began about seven years

  • Active-duty Sabers to receive flu vaccination

    Active-duty Sabers who missed the Sept. 29 mass flu vaccination in building 103 will have another chance to get immunized between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Oct. 6-7 at the same location. While this round of vaccinations is for active-duty members only, additional Department of Defense ID cardholders may

  • Tricare Entitlement Program: How to make it work for you

    It is important for you and your family to have the best health possible. Health Benefits Awareness month has ended, but with a final note, there are some important things for you and your family to know about your health care entitlements. As servicemembers residing in Germany, it is possible that