Publication: Stars and Stripes

First Reported May 19 2012 - Updated May 19 2012 - 1 Documents

Medal of Honor recipients share stories, sign books at Yokosuka

Medal of Honor recipients Don Jenkins, left, and Ken Stumpf, right, sign autographs at the Yokosuka Navy Exchange on May 19, 2012. Each man received the award after saving the lives of their comrades during the Vietnam War. ... [ Published May 19 2012 by Stars and Stripes ]

Entities: Yokosuka, Vietnam War

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 16 2012 - 1 Documents

For the weekend: Sicily flower art festival, Luxembourg marathon

Stars and StripesInfiorata in SicilyInfiorata describes a flower art festival in which a temporary, carpet-like design of loose flower petals and other natural materials is created in the street. Many such festivals are seen throughout Italy, particularly ... [ Published May 16 2012 by Stars and Stripes ]

Entities: Luxemburg (Luxembourg), Marathon, Noto (Italy), Atmosphere

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 16 2012 - 1 Documents

Free opera in Vienna

With its long list of famous composers who have called the city home, Vienna, Austria, is known as “the City of Music.” Could you ask for a better place to fall in love with opera? ... [ Published May 16 2012 by Stars and Stripes ]

Entities: Vienna, Austria

First Reported May 11 2012 - Updated May 11 2012 - 1 Documents

Plastic

N.Y. artist, Vicenza students create jellyfish out of 'junk'

Vicenza (Italy) Middle School eighth-grader Bryan Santiago attaches a string of plastic to a jellyfish sculpture that he and other art students have been working on with New York artist Jeffrey Schreier. The students finished three of the plastic structures ... [ Published May 11 2012 by Stars and Stripes ]

Entities: Vicenza (Italy), Jellyfish, Recycling, Plastic

First Reported May 08 2012 - Updated May 08 2012 - 1 Documents

Members of Stuttgart military community to showcase art at exhibit

Stars and StripesSTUTTGART, Germany — Eight members of the Stuttgart military community will have their works displayed at a German-American art exhibit Wednesday evening at the Deutsch-Amerikanisches Zentrum/James-F.-Byrnes-Institut e.V. (German-American ... [ Published May 08 2012 by Stars and Stripes ]

Entities: Stuttgart (Germany), Military/Armed Forces, Admission, Germany

First Reported May 03 2012 - Updated May 03 2012 - 1 Documents

US Air Force

Air Force moves band to Japan, books more shows despite spending cuts

Stars and StripesRelatedYOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Despite drastic spending cuts, the U.S. Air Force is transferring another band to Japan and adding 150 performances to its schedule for the coming year.Military bands have been under intense pressure, with ... [ Published May 03 2012 by Stars and Stripes ]

Entities: Japan, Stephen Campbell, Air Station, US Air Force, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported Apr 18 2012 - Updated Apr 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Saturday: Late museum hours in Germany's Rhine-Neckar region

Stars and StripesIf culture and crowds are your kind of scene, venture out to the Meier Lang Nacht der Museen, or Long Night of Museums, in Germany’s Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region on Saturday.More than 100 museums, studios, galleries and cultural organizations ... [ Published Apr 18 2012 by Stars and Stripes ]

Entities: Mannheim, Ludwigshafen (Germany), Heidelberg (Germany)

First Reported Apr 17 2012 - Updated Apr 17 2012 - 1 Documents

For the weekend: Holland museum deals; Venice walk; Frankfurt’s Luminale

Events and activities to watch for this weekend include Frankfurt's biannual Luminale. ... [ Published Apr 17 2012 by Stars and Stripes ]

Entities: Venice (Italy), Frankfurt am Main

First Reported Apr 13 2012 - Updated Apr 13 2012 - 1 Documents

Facebook complicates military deaths overseas

WASHINGTON – Military leaders have extolled social media sites as a way for deployed troops to keep in touch with families back home, but they also have issued strict warnings over the years about what information gets released there. Expect this story ... [ Published Apr 13 2012 by Stars and Stripes ]

Entities: Facebook Inc, Military/Armed Forces, V-22 Osprey, Marine Expeditionary Unit

First Reported Apr 11 2012 - Updated Apr 12 2012 - 1 Documents

Worst job list includes 'enlisted military'

WASHINGTON – Low pay, high physical demands and plenty of stress make being an enlisted servicemember one of the worst jobs in America, according to a new analysis by the website CareerCast.com.In their ranking of 200 professions, “enlisted military soldier” ... [ Published Apr 11 2012 by Stars and Stripes ]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Actuary, Lumberjack

First Reported Apr 11 2012 - Updated Apr 11 2012 - 1 Documents

For the weekend: Frankfurt's Luminale; Venice walk; Holland museum deals

Events and activities to watch for this weekend include Frankfurt's biannual Luminale. ... [ Published Apr 11 2012 by Stars and Stripes ]

Entities: Venice (Italy)

First Reported Apr 06 2012 - Updated Apr 06 2012 - 1 Documents

Moviegoers hunger for new flick

YOKOTA AIR BASE – Crowds of moviegoers thronged the movie theater at Yokota Air Base on March 30 and throughout the weekend to see “The Hunger Games,” a movie that has pulled in over $248 million at the box office in the U.S. and Canada in the first two ... [ Published Apr 06 2012 by Stars and Stripes ]

Entities: Air Station, Hunger Games, Harassment, United States, Canada