Archive for October, 2009

Features

Catch RED RIBBON fever

Catch RED RIBBON fever

by Heather Robinson
USAG Kaiserslautern

Red Ribbon Week is a grass roots event celebrated across the United
States and at military installations worldwide during the last week in
October.

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Features

21st TSC Soldier inspires teens on Uganda visit

by Lt. Col. David Konop
U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs

KITGUM, Uganda

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News

17th AF gives Bldg. 413 the ultimate makeover

17th AF gives Bldg. 413 the ultimate makeover

Story and photo by Master Sgt. Jim Fisher
17th Air Force Public Affairs

Seventeenth Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Ron Ladnier may have put it
best when he described the new unit in its first year of operation as

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News

Tips to increasing your gas mileage

With the price of gas as high as it is, who isn

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News

Weather, road info available at your finger tips

Weather, road info available at your finger tips

by 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The cold weather season has officially arrived. Temperatures are
dropping drastically at night, forcing motorists to scrape ice off
their windows each morning. Along with the change in temps, road
conditions may change from day to day.

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News

Military Matters

First Sergeants’ Corner Performance feedback Why are performance feedbacks so important? Your subordinates need to know what is expected of them and how they are performing. But, ultimately, it should be with the intent to groom your replacement. You must give your subordinates feedback in order to help them learn and overcome substandard […]

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Features

A real Savage …

by Dr. Marshall Michel
86th Airlift Wing historian

After the atomic attacks on Japan that ended World War II, it was
obvious to the U.S. Navy that nuclear bombers would be a major part of
America

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News

405th AFSB relocates to Kaiserslautern

The 405th Army Field Support Brigade, currently headquartered at Hammonds Barracks in Seckenheim, Germany, entered the final stage of its relocation to Kaiserslautern. In mid-October, the brigade headquarters implemented a phased move for all of its personnel located on Hammonds Barracks with the exception of personnel assigned to the CECOM […]

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News

Soldiers train with new body armor

Soldiers train with new body armor

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News

Airman awarded AF Combat Action Medal

Airman awarded AF Combat Action Medal

by Airman 1st Class Alexandria Mosness
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

An Airman from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing was awarded the Air
Force Combat Action Medal in a ceremony Oct. 14 on Ramstein.

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