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‘Bobcat’ on the prowl, 2017

Rodriguez Live Fire Range, South Korea, June 4, 2017: Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska, keep watch over a stairwell during a drill.

Eisenhower in Taiwan, 1960

Taipei, Taiwan, June 19, 1960: A smiling President Dwight D. Eisenhower walks with Taiwan President Chiang Kai-shek and his wife.

Bon Bon Bomber, 1949

Somewhere above Germany, Oct. 18, 1949: Capt. Eugene T. Williams, U.S. Air Force assistant German Youth Activities officer, prepares to throw a Schmoo full of candy out of the Bon Bon Bomber.

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Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 2010: Advocates of the repeal of the military's ''don't ask, don't tell'' policy gather outside the U.S. Capitol in protest, a day after the repeal effort died in the Senate. The policy was finally repealed Sep. 20, 2011 and replaced with a new policy specifically prohibiting discrimination against any servicemember because of their sexual orientation. Then Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said the day of the repeal that the so-called DADT law was "against everything we stood for as an organization, forcing people to lie to wear a uniform. We're better than that." Read about the end of the DADT era here
Protesting ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ 2010

Washington, Dec. 10, 2010: Advocates of the repeal of the military’s ‘‘don’t ask, don’t tell’‘ policy gather outside the U.S. Capitol in protest, a day after the repeal effort died in the Senate.

Okinawa, Japan, Sep. 11, 1960: Beverly Beeler (left), Kubasaki Junior High School, and Dotty Breslar, Sukiran Elementary School, help themselves to hors d’oeuvres at a welcome party Sunday for Okinawa’s new teachers. The Central Parent Teachers Assn. of Okinawa greeted some 180 new educators at a party in the Castle Terrace Club at Camp Kue. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: Pacific; DoDEA; DODDS; school; education; dependents; civilians; Central Parent Teacher Association; PTA; parents; military life; ice sculpture
Welcoming teachers in Okinawa, 1960

Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 11, 1960: Beverly Beeler (left), Kubasaki Junior High School, and Dotty Breslar, Sukiran Elementary School, help themselves to hors d’oeuvres at a welcome party Sunday for Okinawa’s new teachers.

Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, May 2, 2007: Senior Airman Ignacio Flores, right, and Airman 1st Class Anthony Andrzejewski, left, both weapons troops assigned to the 493rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, clean up an F-15 Eagle after a sortie over Eastern Romania in May.The unit is in Romania with some 200 airmen from the 48th Fighter Wing and members of the 100th Air Refueling Wing for two weeks training with their Romanian counterparts. Read the story on the training exercise here: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/usafe-strengthens-partnership-with-romanians-1.64356 META TAGS: , Romania; U.S. Air Force; NATO;
Training exercise in Romania, 2007

Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, May 2, 2007: Senior Airman Ignacio Flores, right, and Airman 1st Class Anthony Andrzejewski, left, weapons troops assigned to the 493rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, clean up an F-15 Eagle after a sortie over Eastern Romania in May.

Suwon Air Base, South Korea, June 1962: Capt. Lachlan MacLeay, operations officer of Detachment 2, 6246th Air Force Advisory Group at Suwon Air Base, Korea, checks out Col. Sun Hyok Rhim, director of operations, 10th ROK Fighter Wing, in an F-86D flight simulator. The giant electronic device lets pilots check flying procedures on the ground. The small 40-man detachment advises Republic of Korea (ROK) Air Force units in every phase of their operation from security to actually flying their jet fighters and reconnaissance planes. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: Pacific; South Korea; Detachment 2; 6246th Air Force Advisory Group; 10th ROK Fighter Wing; U.S. Air Force; maintenance; flight simulation; U.S. - South Korean relations; military cooperation
Flight simulator, 1962

Suwon Air Base, South Korea, June 1962: Capt. Lachlan MacLeay, operations officer of Detachment 2, 6246th Air Force Advisory Group, checks out Col. Sun Hyok Rhim, director of operations, 10th ROK Fighter Wing, in an F-86D flight simulator.

American-occupied zone of Germany, Sep. 1947: An unidentified Staff Sergeant of the Fourth Air Force of the U.S. Air Force shows the food rations for one U.S. servicemember stationed in Germany. The photograph - with a list of the exact month ration's quantities - ran in the Weekend section of the European Stars and Stripes on October 4th, 1947. It illustrated an article explaining to the apparently grumbling dependent wives of servicemembers why the shelves of the commissary don't seem to hold what they want and the produce and eggs are not always fresh. With food production and food distribution in civilian Germany still suffering from years of war, food for the servicemember - and the ever increasing number of dependents that arriveds - had to be shipped from the United States. The original caption noted that the alloted 3,700 calories per day, per servicemember day cost the Army approximately ninety-five cents. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: Quartermaster Corps; QM; food distribution; Cold War; post-war; Kraft; Jell-O; Kellog's; Nabisco; Gold Medal Flour; Karo syrup; Wheaties; Post's Grape Nuts; Cornflakes; Lipton; warehouse; 4th Air Force; U.S. Air Force
It’s what’s for dinner, 1947

Germany, September 1947: An unidentified staff sergeant of the Fourth Air Force of the U.S. Air Force shows the food rations for one U.S. service member stationed in Germany.

D Nang, South Vietnam, Aug. 15, 1968: Vietnamese sailors watch hundreds of Vietnamese fishermen from the coast villages near the Army of the Republic of Vietnam's I Corps' base in Da Nang take part in boat races with their fishing boats. The colorful event was part of ARVN I Corps' 11th anniversary activities. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ coverage of the Vietnam War? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: Pacific; Vietnam War; South Vietnam; ceremony; exercise; anniversary; parachute; sky diving; river; boats
Boat race in Vietnam, 1968

Da Nang, South Vietnam, Aug. 15, 1968: Vietnamese sailors watch hundreds of Vietnamese fishermen from the coast villages near the Army of the Republic of Vietnam’s I Corps’ base take part in boat races with their fishing boats.

Wiesbaden, Germany Oct. 13, 1949: Maj. C.R. Hall, Wiesbaden's post billeting officer, presents a bouquet to Mrs. Eunice Steed, wife of Capt. Cecil V. Steed, adjutant of the 7167th Special Air missions Squadron (second from left), welcoming them as the first tenants in Wiesbaden's new German-financed apartments project. Also attending the festive welcome is Dr. James R. Newman, land commissioner for Hesse, holding the youngest Steed child, Hans Redlhammer, Wiesbaden's lord mayor (standing in the doorway), and Brig. Gen. F.R. Upthegrove, Wiesbaden Post CG, holding the ceremonial key. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: Europe; Germany; military life; military housing; dependent housing; dependents; military family
Welcome home, 1949

Wiesbaden, Germany, Oct. 13, 1949: Maj. C.R. Hall, Wiesbaden’s post billeting officer, presents a bouquet to Eunice Steed, wife of Capt. Cecil V. Steed, adjutant of the 7167th Special Air missions Squadron (second from left), welcoming them as the first tenants in Wiesbaden’s new German-financed apartments project.

Bong Son, Feb. 2, 1966: Ground crewmen prepare to refuel a Scout H-13 helicopter at Bong Son, Republic of Vietnam, during the 1st Air Cav. Div.'s participation in Operation White Wing. Flying "low and slow," the “Scout” H-13’s of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, are almost totally exposed to anyone shooting at them as they sit in their plastic bubble. Read about the Scouts, their pilots in the 1966 article accompaning the photo here. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ coverage of the Vietnam War? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: combat; Vietnam War; war; helicopter; landing zone; resupply; Scout; Operation Masher; Operation White Wing; 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry,
Scout helicopters in Vietnam, 1966

Bong Son, Vietnam, Feb. 2, 1966: Ground crewmen prepare to refuel a Scout H-13 helicopter during the 1st Air Cavalry Division’s participation in Operation White Wing.

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