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June 17, 2016
Volume 40, number 24
Polish forces, allies integrate for exercise Anakonda 2016 Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Lane Plummer 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs SWIDWIN, Poland — A joint, multinational event took place from June 7 to today with service members participating from 24 nations, including the U.S., Turkey, Finland, Bulgaria, the U.K., Spain and more. The objective of the exercise is to conduct complex training events, such as multinational air assault and airborne operations, air defense operations and bridging operations to improve cooperative abilities and demonstrate U.S. commitment to regional security. According to Airman 1st Class Daniel Musso, 4th Air Support Operations Squadron joint terminal attack controller, participating in such large-scale exerSee ANAKONDA, Page 3
Tech. Sgt. Cody Quinn, 15th Air Space Operations Squadron training NCO in charge, helps a Polish joint terminal attack controller as they coordinate a training event during exercise Anakonda 2016 June 10 in Poland. Anakonda 2016 is a multinational exercise that seeks to train, exercise and integrate Polish national command force structures into an environment involving other countries. This exercise further supports assurance and deterrence measures by demonstrating allied defense capabilities.
ANGOVILLE-AU-PLAIN, France — It was June 1944. World War II raged across many countries in Europe, and France was no exception. Tens of thousands of men and women put their lives on the line for their countries, and many made the ultimate sacrifice. However, less than an hour’s drive away from the site of the largest sea-
borne invasion in history, two men made a stance to ensure that both ally and enemy alike wouldn’t have to make that sacrifice. In a small church in Angoville-auPlain, Kenneth Moore and Robert Wright, both medics with the 101st Airborne Division, provided medical care to 80 Allied and German troops and one child in June 1944. Just outside of the church, with its still blood-stained pews showing the remnants of combat long passed, stands a memorial adorned with an
American flag and a French flag dedicated to these two men, where U.S., German and French service members, veterans and civilians gathered June 4 to pay their respects. “It was honoring and humbling to be among the veterans of the greatest generation and be a part of a ceremony here, where some of them fought,” said Col. Al Boyer, commander of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. “Even when we are forced to fight, we still have to have a human side. We have to pro-
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Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
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tect civilian lives and treat the enemy with fairness when we can. I think what these two gentlemen did back in 1944 is still very present in our military today. I believe we have the same characteristics and compassion in today’s Army as we did in 1944, and I think put in the same situation, our Soldiers would do the same thing today.” After setting up the medical station in the church, Moore and Wright
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Historical vehicles on display in Kaiserslautern, Page 17