I worked for the paper from December 1990 until December 2013. A civilian journalist from the Chicago area, I joined Stripes shortly before the Gulf War started and was assigned to the copy desk in Griesheim, Germany. Starting in early 1992, I moved over to the reporters’ side and transferred to the Kaiserslautern bureau to cover U.S. Air Forces in Europe.
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In September of 1985, my editor Grace Blancett offered me a chance to uncover stories in Spain’s isolated U.S. military outposts, igniting a blend of excitement and apprehension as I prepared for an adventure that would transform my journalistic journey.
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Dan Coberly reflects on 27 years in military journalism, emphasizing the critical need for journalists to maintain independence and focus on local reporting to effectively inform and engage readers.
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The publisher at European Stars and Stripes was an Air Force colonel named Gene Townsend. From a stack of candidates that he later told me was about 140 people, he selected me as editor. He said he received high marks about me from Joe Lyons, who was the publisher of The Times-Union at the time.
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Barry Williams’ journey with Stars and Stripes began long before he joined the organization. As an Air Force officer stationed in Norway in 1985, Williams became an avid reader of the publication. “I was a news junkie,” he recalls, “and Stripes was just something I felt very connected to from the mission.”
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Reflecting on her time with Stars and Stripes, Callahan emphasizes the camaraderie and shared experiences that bonded reporters across different regions. Her advice to current and future “Stripers” begins with a military adage she learned in the mud of Albania: “Embrace the suck and you’ll reap the rewards.”
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I had not written for a weekly or by-weekly newspaper in my life. I had some work to do, I had 90-days to became a professional newspaper man. I discovered that in the SandS Club Bar I was surrounded by people many of which were much older than I, and certainly more educated than I. The first thing I did was ask around about who was the best feature writer…
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The General berated me for not submitting my group’s invasion plan. I was unaware of such a requirement. He insisted everyone must submit one. I replied, “If someone briefs me on what’s going to happen, then I can”.
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Stripes in Normandy: A Reporter’s Journey By David Kiley On June 9, 1944, Sgt. Charles Kiley, reporter for The Stars and Stripes wrote to his fiancée, Billee Gray, from a Liberty Ship steaming toward Normandy: “[We are} bound for what the radio says is “our beachead in Normandy. Looking at the map makes it appear
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The worst ever chow ever? When MacArthur said we’d be home by Christmas the Chinese entered the picture, I was with the 18th FBW at Pyongyang East, a muddy field with a bunch of bombed-out buildings.
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