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May sidewalk sales to offer discounts on everyday items at stateside commissaries DeCA Corporate Communications FORT LEE, Va. — Commissary customers stateside can enjoy significant savings while stocking up on their favorite items during the Defense Commissary Agency’s Military Appreciation Month Sidewalk Sale event in May. “We are striving to be our customers’ grocery provider of choice,” said Bonita Moffett, DeCA’s director of sales. “These sidewalk sales help us do that by offering our stateside military members and their families a chance to realize extra savings during Military Appreciation Month.” Weather permitting, most commissaries will have a three- or four-day outdoor weekend sidewalk sale event, featuring extra savings on a variety of everyday items. Event dates are subject to change, so patrons are encouraged to check the sidewalk sale web page for their store’s sale dates or talk to their store manager for more details or updates. Customers have a variety of options to choose from. Sale items may include products such as cold cereals, snacks (nuts, chips, candy), flavored water and juices, energy drinks, beverages, pet food, international foods, baking goods, canned goods, nonfood items (paper towels, toilet paper, wipes, cleaning products), baby products, and health and beauty products. Overseas customers should contact their local stores to see what specific promotions are occurring in their community. “We can never thank our military enough for their dedicated service,” Moffett said. “However, at DeCA we can ensure we do our best to deliver a commissary benefit with the quality and savings they deserve.”
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Trust, training earn reservist’s daughter gold 349th Public Affairs Staff TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — Emily Bradley, 14, set a new Mount Van Hoevenberg track record on March 15, as the youngest bobsledder to pilot a sled from the highest point of a 1-mile track at Lake Placid, New York. Her inspiration and mentor is none other than her father, Tech. Sgt. Michael Bradley of the 301st Airlift Squadron at Travis Air Force Base. The aviation manager holds an impressive bobsled resume, including competing in the 2006 and 2010 U.S. Bobsled Team trials while assigned to the U.S. Air Force World Class Athlete Program. Not every father can watch as his daughter speeds down a track at 80 mph. Bradley will never forget the first time he ever pushed his daughter down the track. “It was gut-wrenching until she would get to the bottom,” Bradley said. “Emily just loved it! Now I know how my mom must have felt when she pushed me down the track the first time.” He described passing down bobsledding to his daughter as surreal, but a proud moment for him. Emily first became interested in bobsledding after watching the U.S. Women’s team win gold and silver at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The women were making history in the monobob event that was featured for the first time in competition category. After the televised games ended, the elder Bradley knew his daughter was
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Emily Bradley is pictured at Lake Placid, New York, during the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation Development Camp in March. The black monobob is her personal sled she trains with during the runs down the track. This IBSF camp visit was her first. serious about giving the sled a run, so he made some connections with old friends still involved with the sport. The timing was everything for the Bradleys, and it was in their favor. Two weeks later, they were flying to the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation Development Camp at Lake Placid.
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Emily was about to embark in a bobsled run down one of the most technically demanding tracks in the world. Her dad credits the Air Force for helping prepare him for moments just like the one she was about to experience. “Both in active duty and now as a reservist, my training and professional
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Tech. Sgt. Michael Bradley, 301st Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, pushes his daughter Emily off at the start of her run on the bobsled track. Jordan Craig photo
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