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  • Ellsworth chef: It's my heritage

    For the past 17 years, Ellsworth has observed May as a time to acknowledge and celebrate the efforts and contributions of Asian-Pacific Americans, both past and present, to the country and the military. Tech. Sgt. Rhodello Nuval, 28th Force Support Squadron Bandit Inn floor manager, was born and

  • This month in history: Black Hills explorer Jedediah Smith dies

    He was the quintessential mountain man one would find in any tale of explorers carving out the wild and untamed western portion of the United States. He was a trapper, hunter, businessman and diplomat. A grizzly bear literally tore off his scalp and he asked a fellow explorer, while in the middle of

  • A better life in Afghanistan: Part 2 in 3 part series

    Master Sgt. Dewane Brown, Medical Embedded Training Team mentor at a forward operating base in Afghanistan said in a March interview, "The Afghani people want a better life in Afghanistan. They want a life without war and a reason to live." Sergeant Brown is normally assigned as the NCO-in-charge of

  • Who Killed the Red Baron? Controversy still lives 91 years later

    He never, despite popular culture, fought against Snoopy flying atop his doghouse. Nor is he a proprietor of frozen pizza. Yes, he really did exist. In the skies above Vauz sur Somme, France, April 21, 1918, the highest-scoring ace of World War I was shot down by enemy fire and died. Almost

  • Airman 'kills' in USAFE volleyball tournament

    With the clock ticking down, the score tied in the deciding fifth set and an international crowd looking on, player five jumped for the kill; securing the match point of the Allied Component Command Air Headquarters Ramstein Inter-Nations Championship Volleyball game held at Lakenheath Air Base,

  • Saving the Brave: Doctors' Day honors sacrifice of doctors

    Navy clinical psychologist Heidi Kraft, Ph.D., learned her toughest lesson in Iraq. She wrote a moving memoir, "Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital," about her time serving and titled it after a line from the television show M*A*S*H: "There are two rules of war. Rule number one

  • Chaplain assistant trumps competition, becomes "Biggest Loser"

    Editor's Note: This is the final article in a series chronicling fitness exploits of Ellsworth Airmen. As he confidently stepped on the scale, Staff Sgt. Kevin Pike, 28th Bomb Wing chaplain assistant, surpassed a goal he had set for himself eight weeks before when he was named the Bellamy Fitness

  • Only one shot hits the wellness bull's eye

    If the phrase "Fit to Fight" doesn't inspire one to adopt a healthy lifestyle, how does "You're drilling a hole in your own pocketbook" sound? New scientific evidence shows being fat is a good way to thin out the amount of money one has in the bank. "Obese people spend approximately $485 more on

  • A better life in Afghanistan

    "The Afghani people want a better life in Afghanistan," said Master Sgt. Dewane Brown, Medical Embedded Training Team mentor at a forward operating base in Afghanistan. "They want a life without war and a reason to live." Sergeant Brown is normally assigned as the NCO-in-charge of medical logistics