| CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti - Manuel Nunez Jr, U.S. NAVY
CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti -Manuel Nunez Jr, of the U.S. NAVY, of El Paso, Texas is currently serving in the Horn of Africa as part of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
Manuel Nunez Jr) is a 1988 graduate of Austin High School is working as a Culinary Specialist.
Camp Lemonier is strategically located in the country of Djibouti, which neighbors Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea in eastern Africa.
Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa's mission is to conduct unified action in the combined joint operations area - Horn of Africa to prevent conflict, promote regional stability, and protect Coalition interests in order to prevail against extremism. The organization has three cornerstones to work with host nations to promote regional stability; the people of CJTF-HOA conduct military-to-military training with host nation militaries, civil-military operations alongside host nation medical personnel and engineers, and engagement as CJTF-HOA senior leaders work with the U.S.
No formulas and no guilt
My younger son was starting first grade when I wrote my first back-to-school cooking story; this year he's a college freshman. In those dozen years, I've learned that when it comes to dinnertime dynamics, one size does not fit all. Getting the evening meal on the table is a highly individual process, and strategies that are a boon to some cooks are a bane to others. For the longest time, for example, I felt vaguely guilty that I wasn't working up a week's worth of dinner menus on the weekend, as some experts advise -- if not cooking and freezing a month's worth of meals, as some ambitious souls do. Those approaches just seemed too regimented. I've made peace with my more free-form style. I get along fine shopping each weekend with a few recipes in mind, and deciding each morning what that night's dinner will be.
Lawmakers to push legislation to curb sale of junk foods
Massachusetts lawmakers will resume efforts this fall to crack down on certain junk foods in schools, empowered by a new congressional report that sets standards for school nutrition. In one measure, they will debate whether to restrict schools from selling certain junk foods, and, in a second measure, they are proposing a ban on all corporate advertisements, including those that pitch unhealthy foods and soft drinks. The junk food bill would require schools to offer a healthier selection of foods, such as items with zero trans-fats and less than 200 calories per portion. Students would still have access to vending machines, but during the school day their lunchrooms would replace snacks like fried potato chips and whole milk with baked chips and low-fat milk and offer dried fruit, nuts, and caffeine-free beverages.
Student was excited about football
Ladon Henry Lerma-Shiver was excited about his first year in high school. He started the school year wanting to be on the Jordan Vocational High School football team. But head coach Tony Graziano said Tuesday that, "Physically, he was not ready to get on the football field. We decided it would be a good idea for him to be a manager for the team. He did an outstanding job for the time he was out there with us." On Friday night, his father, Ronnie Shiver, found the 14-year-old dead sometime after 9 p.m., still wrapped in a sheet where he had been watching TV in a living room chair in the family home. He was pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital. Graziano said he learned about the student's death Monday. "It was a real shock," he said. "He wanted to be part of the team, part of something positive." Not only will the team wear stickers on their helmets as a memorial to him, but Graziano said he plans to take the team to the funeral, wearing their white jerseys.
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