by Regional Health Command Europe
Public Affairs
Regional Health Command Europe provides high quality health care for active duty service members and their families and ensures Soldiers are medically-ready to support their mission. Additionally, Army Military Treatment Facilities in Europe provide care to retirees, family members enrolled in TRICARE Select and non-TRICARE beneficiaries on a space-available basis. […]
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Story and photo by
Airman 1st Class Milton Hamilton
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In honor of this, two courageous women told their stories of pain and perseverance in their battle with breast cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women, exceeded only by lung cancer. Also, […]
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by Secretary of the Air Force
Public Affairs
The Air Force is extending the high year of tenure for senior airmen through technical sergeants beginning Feb. 1, 2019. The memo, signed Oct. 18, extends the high year of tenure from eight to 10 years for senior airmen, from 15 to 20 years for staff sergeants and from 20 […]
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by Senior Airman Joshua Magbanua
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Since he was a teenager, Senior Airman Lane McCall has been taking photos, shooting videos, and editing as a hobby. “It started in high school when I wanted to share my motocross edits with my friends,” McCall said. “All I had at the time was a cheap standard definition camcorder […]
November 1, 2018 ×
Story and photo by
Airman 1st Class Kristof J. Rixmann
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa deputy commander, praised U.S. Air Force contracting professionals assigned to the Kaiserslautern Military Community and surrounding areas for their resiliency and ability to push through a particularly challenging fiscal year on Ramstein Air Base, Oct. 19. The event […]
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Story and photo by
Airman 1st Class Kristof J. Rixmann
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Information, feedback, and answers to questions raised from a Child and Youth Programs Town Hall are available on a revamped 86fss.com website that aims to streamline communication. The Town Hall, held Oct. 10, encouraged community discussion about youth-related programs ranging from child care to youth sports offered on Ramstein Air […]
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by Erinn Burgess
U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz
U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz went live this week with an innovative, user-friendly new website and community members are invited to take the first look. The new website stems from the migration of all U.S. Army Installation Management Command garrisons to a combined content management system for their public-facing websites. The […]
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86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Editor’s Note: This article was published in a previous edition of the Kaiserslautern American and the information has been updated to reflect this year’s event. The Rodenbach gymnastic club, TV Rodenbach, will hold its 39th annual Torch Run Saturday. The 7-kilometer cross-country track will be lit with more than 300 […]
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Story and photos by Leonie Milde
MilitaryinGermany.com
There’s a children’s show called “Die Augsburger Puppenkiste” (Augsburg’s puppet box) featuring entire worlds that could fit inside a single wooden box. So when I was offered to tag along to Augsburg for a day, I jumped at the opportunity to meet my childhood heros in person. Little did I […]
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