Archive for April, 2013

The 21st Theater Sustainment Command formally recognized a graduating class of 12 newly trained Lean Six Sigma black belts during a ceremony April 18 on Panzer Kaserne.

Air Force officials announced April 17 that approximately 60 Air Force installations will implement the service’s civilian Reduction in Force authority effective through September to assist in the placement of employees not assigned against funded positions (termed “surplus employees”).

Col. Miguel A. Castellanos assumed command of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 7th Civil Support Command’s 361st Civil Affairs Brigade in a ceremony April 21 at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center gymnasium.

Senior Airman Matthew Brown, 86th Munitions Squadron munitions system technician, was recently awarded the Conventional Munitions Systems Maintainer Technician of the Year award for U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa.

Hundreds of thousands of children spend nights, days and weeks sleeping and living outside — in foster care. In support of those children, members of the KMC raised money by spending a night sleeping outside. The 60 volunteers were only allowed to bring a sleeping bag or a cardboard box and the clothes on their back.

Why? Who knew a three letter word, one little question, when left unanswered could have such a tremendous effect?

More than 80 Airmen from Ramstein participated in Exercise Carpathian Spring in Romania April 12 through 21. The exercise was designed for aircrew to receive upgrade training as well as building partnership capacity with Romanians