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![Staff Sgt. Michael Allen, culinary arts specialist, Team Europe, won Best Contemporary Cooking category Mar. 16 at the Joint Culinary Training Exercise (JCTE), Fort Lee, Va. The award was presented by Brig. Staff Sgt. Michael Allen, culinary arts specialist, Team Europe, won Best Contemporary Cooking category Mar. 16 at the Joint Culinary Training Exercise (JCTE), Fort Lee, Va. The award was presented by Brig.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/MD3T4R/staff-sgt-michael-allen-culinary-arts-specialist-team-europe-won-best-contemporary-cooking-category-mar-16-at-the-joint-culinary-training-exercise-jcte-fort-lee-va-the-award-was-presented-by-brig-gen-rodney-fogg-us-army-quartermaster-general-american-culinary-federation-president-stafford-decambre-and-command-sgt-maj-sean-rice-quartermaster-command-sergeant-major-the-43rd-annual-jcte-started-mar-10-at-the-maclaughlin-fitness-center-and-continues-until-mar-15-the-exercise-administered-by-the-joint-culinary-center-of-excellence-is-the-largest-acf-sanctioned-competition-i-MD3T4R.jpg)
Staff Sgt. Michael Allen, culinary arts specialist, Team Europe, won Best Contemporary Cooking category Mar. 16 at the Joint Culinary Training Exercise (JCTE), Fort Lee, Va. The award was presented by Brig.
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![Commander of the 908th Airlift Wing, Col. Kenneth Ostrat addresses the audience following his Assumption of Command ceremony March 5 at Maxwell Air Force Base. Ostrat was previously at the wing as Commander of the 908th Airlift Wing, Col. Kenneth Ostrat addresses the audience following his Assumption of Command ceremony March 5 at Maxwell Air Force Base. Ostrat was previously at the wing as](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/MPFPK7/commander-of-the-908th-airlift-wing-col-kenneth-ostrat-addresses-the-audience-following-his-assumption-of-command-ceremony-march-5-at-maxwell-air-force-base-ostrat-was-previously-at-the-wing-as-the-357th-airlift-squadrons-director-of-operations-from-july-2008-until-december-2012-us-air-force-photo-by-staff-sgt-malia-belton-MPFPK7.jpg)