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  • Take a day trip to visit Maria Laach Abbey

    Fields, green woods, a deep blue lake and a monastery. Every year 2 million tourists, pilgrims, art-lovers and curious people from all around the world visit Maria Laach, a popular day-excursion site. Well-posted signs from the A-61 Autobahn, left of the Rhine River, point you in the right

  • Mental well-being is as important as physical well-being

    There is a lot in the news lately about suicide prevention, traumatic brain injury, mild-traumatic brain injury and post traumatic stress disorder that can affect military families. TBI and MTBI can occur when the head is struck or shaken violently in a fall or an explosion. PTSD can occur when

  • Rome was built in a day during vacation Bible school

    Who said Rome wasn't built in a day? It wasn't the children who, in August, gathered at the Spangdahlem Chapel for Vacation Bible School, themed "Rome, Paul and the Underground Church." Rome was built in a day, at least a depiction of it as the chapel was transformed into different Roman scenes

  • What is a massage, how can it help me?

    Massage is one of the oldest healing arts: Chinese records dating back 3,000 years document its use; the ancient Hindus, Persians and Egyptians applied forms of massage for many ailments; and Hippocrates wrote papers recommending the use of rubbing and friction for joint and circulatory problems.

  • Military Working Dogs: Adopt a friend for life

    When most people think about adopting a pet, they think about the Humane Society not retired military working dogs. The 106th Congress passed a Public Law Nov. 6, 2000, allowing law enforcement agencies, military working dog handlers and other capable caretakers to adopt them. Military working dogs

  • Why does the world "Fear the hog"?

     The 81st Aircraft Maintenance Unit began 2008 with a five-month deployment to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, where it generated more than 1,300 combat sorties expending more than 65,000 30 mm bullets in direct support of the war on terrorism. Later in the year, the 81st AMU took charge of a

  • Sometimes it is okay to quit

    Many would agree quitting is a negative thing. Quit school and have no formal education. Quit a job and have no income. Quit the team and lose the camaraderie. But quitting some things can have a positive effect on personal, social and physical well-being. Like smoking. According to the Health and

  • Celebrate Women’s Equality Day: Get involved in positive change

    What is Women's Equality Day? This recognition day, held Aug. 26., is meant to celebrate the strides women have made, beginning with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, granting women the right to vote. The obvious reason women banded together in the late 1800's

  • Chocolate, seafood and waffles: Bruges in a nutshell

    While Venice and Amsterdam both boast shimmering canals, complete with boat rides and quaint architecture, there's another city not far from Spangdahlem Air Base with windy waterways and plenty of style - Bruges, Belgium. It's no wonder this city is known as the "Venice of the north." Here, pointed

  • Golf pro makes Spangdahlem new home

    A new Saber came putting and swinging into town in June, landing at the Eifel Mountain Golf Course. Children, adults and everyone in between can to take advantage of the new golf pro's expertise through private lessons, group lessons or the Kids for Golf program until the beginning of September.