Stars and Stripes
Eric Page: Soldiers' gaming advantage over 14-year-olds
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- Eric Page: Soldiers' gaming advantage over 14-year-olds
- Runtime
- 2:04
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Eric Page — an owner of Grey Group Training, a former Army sniper, and an advisor for "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier" — on how to "pwn" 14-year-olds in a shooter. The story: http://www.stripes.com/military-life/veterans-advise-ubisoft-on-new-ghost-recon-game-1.174616
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- Eric Page
- Runtime
- 4:24
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Eric Page — an owner of Grey Group Training, a former Army sniper, and an advisor for "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier" — is interviewed at the headquarters of Red Storm, a Ubisoft studio in North Carolina. The story: http://www.stripes.com/military-life/veterans-advise-ubisoft-on-new-ghost-recon-game-1.174616
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- Quick Trip: Der Sonnenhof
- Runtime
- 0:48
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Surrounded by farmland, Der Sonnenhof is a horse-riding facility that will afford visitors the chance to step outside the city for a bit of fresh air.
Der Sonnenhof's Web site, www.dersonnenhof.com. Contact them by phone at 0711 5074620 or e-mail info@dersonnenhof.com.
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- Gen. Mark A. Welsh III: A-10s leaving USAFE
- Runtime
- 1:38
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, United States Air Forces in Europe commander, talks about an A-10 squadron leaving USAFE.
Produced by Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes
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- Gen. Mark A. Welsh III: AFRICOM and EUCOM
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, United States Air Forces in Europe commander, talks about USAFE's support for EUCOM and AFRICOM.
Produced by Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes
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- 90 Seconds: Staff Sgt. Timothy Montjoy
- Runtime
- 1:34
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Montjoy, at FOB Smart in Qalat City in southern Afghanistan, talks about having donated $10,000 to Wounded Warrior causes since his poker group started.
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- Gen. Mark A. Welsh III: USAFE's future
- Runtime
- 1:34
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, United States Air Forces in Europe commander, talks about planning for the future in USAFE.
Produced by Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes
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- DODDS-Europe Honors Music Festival
- Runtime
- 2:42
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Students from 21 DODDS schools in Europe and Bahrain tuned their instruments and their voices at a week-long annual music festival.
A total of 160 high school students from Department of Defense Dependents Schools took part in the DODDS-Europe Honors Music Festival.
Produced by Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes
- Title
- EOD soldiers attempt records in bomb suit runs
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Two soldiers with the 702nd EOD, based out of Grafenwöhr, Germany, attempt records in the mile run with a bomb suit on March 31, 2012.
- Title
- Robots at the Naval Research Laboratory
- Runtime
- 3:24
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- At the Naval Research Laboratory's new lab for the development of autonomous robots, researchers will be able to design and build their robots just down the hallway from towering rooms where they can try them out.
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- 702nd EOD attempts a pair of world records
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Two soldiers with the 702nd EOD out of Grafenwöhr, Germany, attempt world records in running a mile wearing bomb suits on March 31, 2012.
- Title
- A Quick Trip to Mainz, Germany
- Runtime
- 1:55
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- A Stars and Stripes Quick Trip to Mainz, one of Germany's oldest cities. On the banks of the Rhine River, it was founded by the Romans in the 1st Century B.C. Mainz has the three Cs needed to make a trip there fully worth your while -- culture, commerce and cuisine.
Produced by Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes
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- 702nd EOD attempts world records in mile run with bomb suit
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Two soldiers with the 702nd EOD, based out of Grafenwöhr, Germany, attempt world records in the mile run with a bomb suit on March 31, 2012. The story: http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/germany/2-eod-soldiers-go-for-world-records-running-in-bomb-suits-1.173194
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- Model U.S. Senate
- Runtime
- 3:19
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- More than 100 DODDS-Europe high school students spent the week at a hotel in Raunheim, Germany, playing the roles of senators and other government officials for Model United States Senate, or MUSS. The story: http://www.stripes.com/news/dodds-students-delve-into-political-process-at-model-u-s-senate-1.173101
Produced by Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes
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- U.S. Army Japan Band Performs at MLB American League Season Opener
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- By Nathan A. Bailey/Stars and Stripes
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- 2012 NATO's Allied Air Command Volleyball Tournament
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Teams representing NATO's Allied Air Command, headquartered at Ramstein, Germany, competed in a championship volleyball tournament recently at RAF Lakenheath, England.
Male and female teams representing the air forces of Belgium, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States participated in the tournament at the Lakenheath Sports and Fitness Center
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- Seattle Mariners players visit Camp Zama
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Major League Baseball players from the Seattle Mariners visit Camp Zama on March 26, 2012.
By Nathan A. Bailey/Stars and Stripes
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- Oakland Athletics Players at Yokota Air Base
- Runtime
- 3:42
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- By Nathan A. Bailey
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- Cub Scouts pinewood derby
- Runtime
- 3:25
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- All nine packs of the Barbarossa District Cub Scouts were represented Saturday afternoon at the district pinewood derby championships The races were held in the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center food court at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The communities that comprise the Barbarossa district are Sembach, Baumholder, Kaiserslautern, Ramstein and Landstuhl. The story: http://www.stripes.com/cub-scouts-race-miniature-cars-they-ve-built-1.172626
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- Wiesbaden vs. Ramstein soccer
- Runtime
- 3:37
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- The Ramstein Royals boys and girls soccer teams won home matches against Wiesbaden on Saturday. The Ramstein boys started things off with a 2-1 victory and the Lady Royals won by a score of 3-0.
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- 2012 Citizen Service Before Self Honors ceremony
- Runtime
- 2:56
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- The Citizen Service Before Self Honors recognize "everyday people who become extraordinary." This year's honorees -- Montel Mixon, Brandon Wemhoff and James McCormick and American Spirit Award recipient Spencer Zimmerman -- were honored at Arlington National Cemetery. More at http://www.stripes.com/news/arlington-ceremony-honors-citizens-who-are-truly-heroes-1.172514
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- Medal of Honor recipient Hershel Williams on heroic deeds
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Before the 2012 Citizen Service Before Self Honors ceremony, World War II Medal of Honor recipient Hershel Williams talks about heroic deeds, the thought process of those who perform them, and how they're by no means limited to the military. Read a story about the ceremony at http://www.stripes.com/news/arlington-ceremony-honors-citizens-who-are-truly-heroes-1.172514
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- 2012 Citizen Service Before Self Honors recipients
- Runtime
- 7:34
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- 2012 Citizen Service Before Self Honors recipients Montel Mixon, Brandon Wemhoff and James McCormick and American Spirit Award recipient Spencer Zimmerman tell their stories. Read more about it at http://www.stripes.com/news/arlington-ceremony-honors-citizens-who-are-truly-heroes-1.172514
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- 90 Seconds: Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Nordahl
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Checking helicopters and personnel for radiation following one of the biggest disasters in human history is all in a day's work for Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Nordahl, forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan aboard the USS Essex.
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- DODDS MATHCOUNTS state competition
- Runtime
- 3:31
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Forty-one middle school students gathered in Wiesbaden, Germany, for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools' MATHCOUNTS state competition. The top four individual placers at Thursday's competition earned the chance to compete in the MATHCOUNTS National Competition at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., where 224 students will meet in May to test their mathematical mettle. The top four individual finishers, who will go on to compete at the national competition, were first-place finisher Felipe Pazos from Seoul American Middle School, followed by Spangdahlem Middle School's Christopher Egerstrom, Ramstein Middle School's Ian Hokaj and Jonas Knudsen from Osan Middle School.
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- The Eastern Trombone Workshop
- Runtime
- 3:24
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- The Eastern Trombone Workshop is hosted by the U.S. Army Band at Fort Myer, Va. Hundreds of trombonists from around the country come to the annual event held this year March 21-24.
Produced by Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes
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- 90 Seconds: Pfc. Matthew Crawford
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Pfc. Matthew Crawford with Company C of the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment discusses his first deployment to Afghanistan and the closeness that develops among soldiers in a war zone.
- Title
- Sights and sounds at the Frankfurt music fair
- Runtime
- 1:49
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Musikmesse, an international trade show for music instruments and paraphernalia, takes place in Frankfurt, Germany, every year. About 1,500 exhibitors are offering all things musical, from traditional instruments to modern digital electronics.
Produced by Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes
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- Six months after DADT
- Runtime
- 4:51
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class John Ebron, Senior Chaplain NCO, 5th Signal Command, Wiesbaden Army Airfield, Germany, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ashley Carothers, Supply Point Monitor, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, talk about what life was like as gay servicemembers before the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy and how life has changed for them in the six months after the repeal.
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- Quick Trip: Stöffel Park
- Runtime
- 3:06
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- The Stöffel Park in Enspel, Germany showcases an interesting combination of industry, geology and nature. Nestled in the picturesque Westerwald region in Rheinland-Pfalz, the turn-of-the-century industrial buildings offer visitors a chance to see what basalt mining and processing used to be like. There are also themed trails where guests can learn and see the history of geology and nature in the region.
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- Japan Self Defense Force martial arts
- Runtime
- 2:14
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
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- High School Soccer: Aviano vs. Marymount
- Runtime
- 3:09
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- The Aviano Saints host Marymount in high school soccer.
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- 2012 European PTA Spelling Bee
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Twenty-eight students from DODDS schools throughout Europe participated in the 30th annual European PTA Spelling Bee at Ramstein Elementary School on March 17, 2012, with the champion, Anuk Dayaprema of Vicenza, winning a trip to Washington, D.C. to participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Produced by Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes
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- RAF Lakenheath hosts "Pilot for a Day" program for ill child, Jack Driver
- Runtime
- 2:37
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Air Force Capt. Jason Bianchi, an F-15C Eagle pilot from RAF Lakenheath's 493rd Fighter Squadron, organized a "Pilot for a Day" program for children with serious illnesses. The first kid to participate was Jack Driver, who was diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia about three years ago and receives bone marrow transplants in an effort to cure the rare auto-immune disorder.
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- 90 Seconds: Spc. Tristin Adams
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Spc. Tristin Adams with Company C of the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment talks about being a combat medic and climbing mountains in Kunar province, Afghanistan.
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- Wheelchair basketball with the Warrior Transition Battalion
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Soldiers with the Warrior Transition Battalion-Europe play wheelchair basketball on March 14, 2012, as part of the Commander's Cup competition.
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- Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in Afghanistan
- Runtime
- 4:06
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, March 14, 2012: Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta talks about how recent events in the country will not affect the mission. (DOD video by Elizabeth Cisneros)
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- Heat ray demonstration
- Runtime
- 0:39
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- The "Active Denial System," demonstrated at Quantico, Va., beams a high-frequency, man-sized electromagnetic wave 1,000 meters. The target feels a blast of heat, similar to opening a very hot oven, and reflexively steps or runs away. Read more at http://www.stripes.com/blogs/stripes-central/stripes-central-1.8040/120-million-heat-ray-waiting-for-first-action-1.171170
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- 90 Seconds: Pfc. Andrew Simmons
- Runtime
- 1:33
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Pfc. Andrew Simmons with Company C of the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment talks about deployed in eastern Afghanistan and ways he tries to break up the long days of a year-long deployment.
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- 48th Fighter Wing dedicates memorial to fallen Airmen
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Servicemembers at the 48th Fighter Wing unveiled a memorial dedicated to members of the 48th Security Forces Squadron who've been killed during the War on Terror. The ceremony marked the one-year anniversary of the Frankfurt Airport shootings in Germany where extremist Arid Uka shot and killed two U.S. Air Force members.
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- Ramstein Air Base's 60th Anniversary
- Runtime
- 4:20
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Americans and Germans look back at 60 years of the U.S. Air Force in
Rhineland-Pfalz
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- 90 Seconds: Staff Sgt. Darrin Ryan
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Darrin Ryan, with the Arkansas agricultural development team, talks about his experiences in Afghanistan.
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- 90 Seconds: Sgt. Chad Regnier
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Army Sgt. Chad Regnier talks about the importance taking care of the soldiers and keeping morale up.
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- 90 Seconds: Staff Sgt. Lance Giles
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lance Giles talks about his team and getting the job done.
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- 90 Seconds: Spc. Christopher Fox
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Fox talks about some of the strange things he's seen while on duty in Afghanistan.
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- 90 Seconds: Spc. Walter Aitu
- Runtime
- 1:34
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Army Spc. Walter Aitu, a combat medic, talks about his upbringing in Fiji and his job in the Army.
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- 2012 DODDS-Europe basketball finals
- Runtime
- 13:20
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- The DODDS-Europe basketball championships saw the intensity of play and the excitement of fans dialed up to eleven during Saturday's championship games. Wiesbaden, Germany played host to this year's championships, showcasing the finest basketball players playing for military and international affiliated schools throughout Europe.
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- 2012 DODDS-Europe basketball semifinals
- Runtime
- 3:38
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Day three of the DODDS-Europe basketball championships saw the intensity of play and the excitement of fans dialed up a notch as teams were competing for a coveted spot in Saturday's championship games. Wiesbaden, Germany played host to this year's championships, showcasing the finest basketball players playing for military and international affiliated schools throughout Europe.
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- Far East BBall Tournament
- Runtime
- 5:01
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
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- 2012 DODDS-Europe Basketball Championships Day 1
- Runtime
- 4:05
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- DODDS-Europe has a few isolated schools that don't get a chance to play against most of their competition until they travel great distances to compete at the European championships.
