COVER STORYEverybody is a criticThe Army and Air Force Exchange Service wants to hear from parents, students and school administrators about its school meal program at Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe. • Story
Province by provincePermissive" is a word you hear a lot in Task Force Warrior’s area of operation. • Story
Plans for ‘Fallujah’ video game shelved Amid harsh criticism from some veterans, citizen groups and survivors of fallen servicemembers, Konami Digital Entertainment said it will not publish the controversial “Six Days in Fallujah,” a video game depicting one of bloodiest battles in Iraq. • Story
Full of talentIn a tent at Fort Lee, Va., with little more than some onions and potatoes and a whole red snapper looking at him, Daniel Trawick got started. • Story
Left empty-handedMoving day is hectic under the best of circumstances. Imagine the added stress of worrying about getting ripped off by the moving company. • Story
No guarantee of full reimbursement for lost goodsSeeking to counter any ill will fostered by a militia leader’s arrest, U.S. troops, along with the Iraqi army, hosted a free medical clinic for Baghdad’s Fadhil neighborhood , which brought out the young and old, sick and healthy. • Story
Afghan building projects a priorityAir Force Capt. Jim Gingras and Sayyed Suleiman Bastalavi had a good conversation recently about a road project in eastern Afghanistan. • Story
A homegrown futureMaster Sgt. John Herron was visiting a remote part of Afghanistan’s Panjshir province when a group of children came running up to him. That in itself wouldn’t be unusual, except that he hadn’t been to the area before and the children knew exactly who he worked for. • Story
Making the military-to-civilian transitionThousands of miles from homestead foreclosures, factory furloughs and companywide layoffs, a small group of sailors and airmen in northern Japan are learning to fight an increasingly common enemy — unemployment. • Story
Spouse CallsA weekly column in Stripes’ Scene magazine by Terri Barnes, a military wife and mother of three who lives and writes in Germany. • This week’s column • Terri Barnes’ blog
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