Archive for December, 2010

Sports

Great American Smokeout

Great American Smokeout

by Airman 1st Class Ciara M. Travis
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The American Cancer Society marked Nov. 18 as the 35th Great American
Smokeout and encouraged smokers to use this day to quit using tobacco or
to make a plan to quit smoking.

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Lifestyle

Advent Season Is Here

Advent Season Is Here

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Germans observe numerous traditions during Advent season, which started Sunday and will continue until Christmas.

December 3, 2010 ×

Schools

Students can benefit from Career Practicum course

Students can benefit from Career Practicum course

by Katie Bell
Ramstein High School

Recently in the KMC there has been a flood of teenagers invading job
sites during school hours. Job sites may be found overrun with
upperclassmen from both the Ramstein and Kaiserslautern high schools.

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Features

EOD safety day: a strategic pause

EOD safety day: a strategic pause

by 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

It was news no father wants to hear. Under different circumstances he

would have bolted out the door. But stuck two time zones away with
thousands of miles between him and his family, there was no way he would
make it in time.

This was the reality Tech. Sgt. Thomas Galetto faced after finding out
his first-born child required an emergency operation just days after a
premature birth. 

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News

First of DTC facilitators headed home

First of DTC facilitators headed home

by Capt. John Ross
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Ten minutes into his first mission as a convoy commander, everything had
gone as wrong as it possibly could for Tech. Sgt. Lorenzo Zapata.

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Sports

Dedicated to fitness

Dedicated to fitness

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Sports

KMC Kingfish Take the Lead

KMC Kingfish Take the Lead

by Angela W. Dean
KMC Kingfish

The KMC’s Kingfish swim team took the lead during the 2010 Long Distance Championships hosted in Lignano, Italy.

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Features

DFACs spread Thanksgiving spirit

DFACs spread Thanksgiving spirit

Story and photo by Sgt. Fay Conroy
21st TSC Public Affairs

For Soldiers stationed overseas, the holidays can be a tough reminder of the family and traditions left back home.

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Lifestyle

Introducing the KMC’s newest residents

Introducing the KMC’s newest residents

Send the Kaiserslautern American your baby

December 3, 2010 ×

News

EUCOM’s senior enlisted adviser visits 21st TSC 

EUCOM’s senior enlisted adviser visits 21st TSC 

December 3, 2010 ×
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