Archive for July, 2013

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Ravens on Ramstein stand ready

by Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Tasked with safeguarding aircraft wherever they land, Ravens will be circling.
“The Raven mission is to provide security where security is unknown,” said Staff Sgt. Efrain Perez, 86th Security Forces assistant NCOIC of flight operations.

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Around the KMC

Around the KMC

             

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From trouble to chief

From trouble to chief

Story and photo illustration by Airman 1st Class
Jordan Castelan 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

One percent of Airmen reach the rank of chief master sergeant. Years of service, dedication, thought, sacrifice and sweat are put toward the effort of achieving an Airman’s eighth stripe.

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From left, French Brig. Gen. Daniel Parzy, chief medical officer at the Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute in Marseille, France, instructs 1st Lt. Csaba Pereszlenyi, a member of the Hungarian Defense Forces medical center in Budapest; U.S. Army Capt. Chana L. Mason, a nuclear medical science officer for the 773rd Civil Support Team, 7th Civil Support Command; and Polish 1st Lt. Joanna Siedlecka, an officer with the medical prevention team assigned to the Epidemiological Response Center Military Service of the Polish armed forces in Warsaw, Poland, on the features of a portable lab and how to operate it in order to assist the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in testing the new system during the Transatlantic Collaborative Biological Resiliency Demonstration BIOSAFETY 2013 Workshop June 26.

773rd CST works with Polish army during BIOSAFETY 2013

Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Jason G. Weber
221st Public Affairs Detachment

Soldiers with the 773rd Civil Support Team, 7th Civil Support Command, traveled from Kaiserslautern to Lodz, Poland, June 24 to 28 to partake and assist in the Transatlantic Collaborative Biological Resiliency Demonstration BIOSAFETY 2013 workshop sponsored by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the Polish Epidemiological Response Center.

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Col. Raymond Briggs (left), 86th Maintenance Group commander, and Maj. Mark Ashman, 86th Maintenance Operations Squadron, furl the squadron flag during the 86th MOS inactivation ceremony July 1 on Ramstein.

86th MOS deactivates, reorganizes into other squadrons

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

The 86th Maintenance Operations Squadron recently deactivated in order to meet an Air Force initiative. The 86th MOS became a part of the 86th Maintenance Group’s Staff Agency. The initiative was enacted in order to ensure equipment and personnel were being utilized efficiently.

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ISRG changes command

ISRG changes command

by Staff Sgt. Jennifer Rouleau
693d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group

The 693rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group held a change of command ceremony June 26 at Ramstein High School.

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DOD photo by Jason Kaye, U.S. NavyTeam members from the Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command work to recover missing air crew members at a site in Belgium.

Volunteering to find the missing

by Rick Scavetta
U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern Public Affairs

An investigation and recovery group from the Joint Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command is looking for volunteers to work at two sites near Spangdahlem Air Base.

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Getting to know the new AGOW commander

by Airman 1st Class Hailey Haux
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

After getting a chance to settle in, the new 435th Air Ground and Operations Wing commander, Col. Joseph D. McFall, was able to sit down with public affairs and answer a few questions about his expectations for the wing and its Airmen.

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435th AGOW changes command

435th AGOW changes command

by Airman 1st Class Hailey Haux
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Col. John S. Shapland relinquished command of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing to Col. Joseph D. McFall during a change of command ceremony July 1 in Hangar 1 on Ramstein.

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Outgoing U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern commander Lt. Col. Lars Zetterstrom relinquishes command to Col. Bryan D. DeCoster during a ceremony June 28 at Armstrong’s Club on Vogelweh. Zetterstrom was the last battalion level garrison commander for USAG Kaiserslautern before its scheduled inactivation in September.

Garrison commander relinquishes command

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

Community members, military leaders, staff and guests gathered for U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern’s relinquishment of command ceremony June 28.

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