Archive for June, 2010

Features

Celebrity Chef hosts cooking demo for Airmen, families

Celebrity Chef hosts cooking demo for Airmen, families

Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Otero

86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Celebrity Chef Emeril Lagasse recently visited the Kaiserslautern
Military Community Center to celebrate the release of his new book and
perform an hour-long cooking demonstration for military members and
their families.

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News

721st APS hosts change of command ceremony

by Staff Sgt. Joshua A. Thompson

721st Aerial Port Squadron

On the morning of May 24, members of the 721st Aerial Port Squadron
gathered to celebrate a change of command. The presiding officer for
the ceremony was Col. James L. MacFarlane, 721st Air Mobility
Operations Group commander. 

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News

First ISO inspection occurs on first C-130J

First ISO inspection occurs on first C-130J

by Senior Airman Scott Saldukas
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The first Isochronal Inspection on Ramstein

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News

21st TSC conducts retirement ceremony before holiday

by Sgt. Fay Conroy

21st TSC Public Affairs

On the eve of Memorial Day weekend, Soldiers and civilians from the
21st Theater Sustainment Command gathered at the gym on Kleber Kaserne
May 27 for a retirement ceremony to celebrate the careers of three
Soldiers.

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News

AF transitions to GS system in September

Air Force NSPS employees serviced by the Ramstein Civilian Personnel Office will transition to the GS system on Sept. 12. Civilian call and town hall meetings will be held in Hercules Theater on Ramstein from 9 to 11 a.m. June 15, 2 to 4 p.m. June 17, 8 to 10 […]

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News

Energy Tip Corner

These energy-saving tips are provided by the HQ USAFE

Civil Engineer Operations Office

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News

Military Matters

Civil Engineers’ Corner Smokin’ in the dorm rooms Mötley Crüe’s 1985 hit “Smokin’ In the Boys Room” not only has a catchy title, but a catchy chorus as well. Interestingly, most of the residents in the dormitory were born around 1990, five years after this song hit the billboards. What […]

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Features

A Political Mirage

A Political Mirage

by Dr. Marshall Michel

86th Airlift Wing historian

One of the low points of the Cold War for the West was the Suez Crisis
of October 1956, the joint British-French-Israeli invasion of Egypt to
retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. U.S.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower vigorously opposed the invasion and
forced the U.S. allies into a humiliating withdrawal.

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Commentary

Slay your ‘power vampires’ at work, home

by Don Doran

USAG Kaiserslautern environmental management division

Resource conservation: what an ambiguous term. Who does it apply to? Who should manage it? How does it affect me, or better said, what part do I play? With such “catch-all” terminology, we often lose sight of the impact each of us contributes to the end problem. That’s why sometimes […]

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Commentary

Mentorship: our unwritten core responsibility

by Col. Don Bacon

3rd Air Force deputy commander

The Air Force grows its military leaders from within.

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