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  • SOS program helps teens deal with depression, suicide

    Get good grades, score high on the SAT, play sports, join a club, apply to college, practice, study ... repeat. These are just some of the stressors teens and tweens face on a daily basis. For some, the amount of stress could be so strong that they tend to withdraw from their friends and family or

  • Airmen charged only with maintaining Eifel Pride

    If you've been driving through base, you may have seen Airmen wearing yellow vests picking up trash near the side of the road. You may also have wondered "what did they do to get stuck with that task?"But those vests and job are not a punishment. They're a sign of pride - Eifel Pride. Eifel Pride is

  • How to save the world: blue goes green

    If you've flushed a toilet, printed notes or changed the light bulbs lately, then you've played a part in the Environmental Management System here.EMS sounds rather intimidating, but it's simple; it's a management process that helps Airmen and Spangdahlem AB prevent environmental problems before

  • Exploding pumpkins? EOD has you covered

    52nd Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight members conducted field training complete with exploding pumpkins Nov. 6. The members of EOD held the pumpkin demo to fulfill annual training requirements and train new Airmen on core tasks.(Photos and video by Senior Airman Rusty

  • 50 years later, Airmen recount JFK's death

    "This is Walter Cronkite in our newsroom: there has been an attempt as perhaps you know now on the life of President Kennedy..." The news alert -- just one in a series of frenzied and vague bulletins -- broadcast across television and radio waves Nov. 22, 1963, to a nation that couldn't believe what

  • Unarmed Airman stops armed robbery

    It isn't every day that an unarmed bystander stops an armed robbery. But in March 2011, that is exactly what one Airman did.And for his bravery in the local community that day, Staff Sgt. Nathan Londak, 703rd Munitions Support Squadron, received an Airman's Medal presented by Col. David Julazadeh,

  • A&FRC scavenger hunt salutes military families

    The Airman & Family Readiness Center hosted a scavenger hunt for Spangdahlem families Nov. 16. The event, themed for the Month of the Military Family, challenged participants to find items like blue parking meters and a library card throughout the installation."The scavenger hunt is a fun way we

  • Educated pet buyers make better 'scents'

    The holiday season is here, and it's often a time when people put serious thought into their gift ideas. While thinking of the latest fads and crazes, many people turn from buying electronic media and wearable items to fuzzy and fluffy puppies and kittens. Pets are great additions to the family when

  • Local children honor Saint Martin with a torchlight procession

    Each November, local townspeople host a colorful torchlight procession in honor of St. Martin. St. Martin's Day is Nov. 11, but the dates for celebrations vary from town to town and sometimes take place days before or after. Germans celebrate St. Martin's Day with a procession where children carry

  • MaxFit keeps Sabers 'Fit to Fight'

    As of the beginning of this fiscal year, physical fitness testing standards have changed. In a culture of forward-moving Airmen, the Skelton Memorial Fitness Center offers a class to keep all base members "Fit to Fight."MaxFit is a free class designed specifically to help improve fitness assessment