Yanks and Blokes alike have reason to be bummed this Monday morning after two very disappointing results for the U.S. and England over the weekend. The Americans blew a golden opportunity to advance to the quarterfinals for only the second time since 1930 and the English got trashed by their chief rival, the Germans. The epicenter for the pain may be a U.S. base in England. Tech Sgt. Kevin Wallace, who is stationed at RAF Mildenhall, wrote this last week about what it’s like to live in England during the World Cup so we wanted to turn the floor to…
Browsing: RAF Mildenhall
A day before U.S. and England’s national teams square off in the World Cup Saturday, airmen at RAF Mildenhall, England, will challenge a local Mildenhall football club to a match. What they are calling a “World Cup kickoff match,” Mildenhall’s base team will play Mildenhall Town FC at 6 p.m. on June 11. The teams will play only two 15-minute halves, which sounds more like a dog-and-pony-show than an actual match. A standard half lasts 45 minutes, but organizers have allowed for interviews and photo opportunities with the teams an hour before the game. Tech Sgt. Kevin Wallace, one of…
