Archive for June, 2013

Sports

Safe  swimming

Safe swimming

Cody Mitchell, Ramstein Aquatics Center head lifeguard, stands watch and keeps an eye on the swimmers June 20 on Ramstein.

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Sports

435th AGOW Sports Day

Photos by Airman 1st Class Dymekre Allen

Airmen from the 435th Air Ground Operation Wing participate in sports day Monday on Ramstein.

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Lifestyle

K-Town hosts annual ALTSTADTFEST

K-Town hosts annual ALTSTADTFEST

by Petra Lessoing, 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The historical part of Kaiserslautern, called the “Altstadt,” will turn into a party zone for the annual Altstadtfest July 5 to 7.

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Lifestyle

‘Ammo Shack’ offers fun alternatives at Miesau

‘Ammo Shack’ offers fun alternatives at Miesau

Story and photo by Sgt. 1st Class Randall W. Jackson
30th Medical Command Public Affairs

Until recently, Pfc. Patrick Stone, a personnel clerk at 212th Combat Support Hospital, had nowhere to go for a little fun.

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Features

From being homeless to becoming an Airman

From being homeless to becoming an Airman

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Trevor Rhynes
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

There are hundreds of thousands of homeless teens in America. They all end up that way for various reasons — growing too old for the foster care system, neglect or running away from home.

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Features

Warrior Center welcomes USO volunteers

Warrior Center welcomes USO volunteers

Story and photo by Dijon Rolle
U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern Public Affairs

Dawn Rysavy meets and greets hundreds of faces each day. Some are regulars from the local KMC while others hail from the U.S. and elsewhere.

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Features

86th MUNS lights fuse on education

86th MUNS lights fuse on education

by Senior Airman Aaron-Forrest Wainwright
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

It all started as a friendly wager between two 86th Munitions Squadron Airmen about who could get their Community College of the Air Force degree first.

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Schools

CFC-O names winners of annual art contest

Courtesy of the CFC-O

The Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas announced the winners of the 2013 CFC-O Department of Defense Dependents Schools Elementary School Art Contest.

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Features

Civil engineers recall, reflect 17 years after Khobar Towers bombing

Civil engineers recall, reflect 17 years after Khobar Towers bombing

by Teresa Hood
Air Force Civil Engineer Center Public Affairs

On the night of June 25, 1996, near Dhahran Air Base, Saudi Arabia, terrorists positioned a tanker truck filled with explosives less than 100 feet away from a building in the Khobar Towers complex that housed deployed Airmen.

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Lifestyle

Soldiers showcase capabilities at Rheinland-Pfalz Tag

Soldiers showcase capabilities at Rheinland-Pfalz Tag

Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander A. Burnett
21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Soldiers from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 7th Civil Support Command and 5th Quartermaster Company took part in the annual Rheinland-Pfalz Tag June 21 through 23.

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