Archive for October, 2013

Schools

Courtesy photoThird grade students brainstorm positive ways to use their hands for helping others.

Air Force, Army Family Advocacy offers ‘Hands are for helping, not for hurting’

by Carmen Schott
Family Advocacy outreach manager

The Air Force and Army Family Advocacy Programs teamed up to offer “Hands are for helping, not for hurting” curriculum across the KMC.

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News

Air Force, Army host Community Information Fair

Air Force, Army host Community Information Fair

   

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News

HALO/Falcon loans aid Airmen

HALO/Falcon loans aid Airmen

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

The Air Force Aid Society is the official charity of the U.S. Air Force, assisting Airmen and their families who may be in distress due to financial struggles.

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Schools

Photo by Airman 1st Class Jordan CastelanBrig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente (right), 86th Airlift Wing commander, Shaquita Ponder (center), Airman and Family Services Flight deputy chief, and Stacy Jones (left), Ramstein Child Development Center director, pose with a National Association for 
the Education of Young Children renewal accreditation certificate Monday on Ramstein. The accreditation certifies the Ramstein CDC until Oct. 1, 2018.

Ramstein CDC aces exam

by Capt. William A. Russell
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The Ramstein Child Development Center renewed its National Association for the Education of Young Children accreditation Sept. 18.

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Health

TRICARE officials issue statement about government shutdown

Courtesy of TRICARE Public Affairs

The MHS leadership — composed of the assistant secretary of defense for Health Affairs, the director of the Defense Health Agency and the surgeons general of the military departments — are closely monitoring the situation regarding a possible government shutdown on the health services provided to our 9.6 million beneficiaries.

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Features

Staff Sgt. Raymond Rugenstein, 86th Operations Support Squadron weather flight weather 
forecaster, reads a hand-held manual weather sensor.

Predicting the unpredictable

Photos by Senior Airman Jose L. Leon
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Airmen from the 86th Operations Support Squadron weather flight provide weather forecasts, warnings, watches and conditions for the KMC and worldwide through meteorological and aviation networks.

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Features

Silvano Wueschner, 86th Airlift Wing historian, sifts through books in his office Sept. 25 on Ramstein. Wueschner has been a historian at Ramstein since June 2011. He captures and organizes the history of the base.

86th Airlift Wing historian: Connecting past, present, future

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Stuart
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

History is the record of past events and is important to the future of a society. History affects what we do on a daily basis. Some may say the lack of knowledge of how and what happened in the past can be the reason history repeats itself.

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Features

SAPR: Stepping in to protect lives

by Dr. Tom Appel-Schumacher
U.S. Air Forces in Europe Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program manager

In the past eight years, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa averaged 84 reported sexual assaults per year perpetrated against active duty, Guard, Reserve and civilians — men and
women.

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News

Photo by Spc. Iesha HowardClaire Russo, a guest speaker for the Ready and Resilient Suicide Prevention Day discusses resiliency with Soldiers and Army civilians from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command and other units Sept. 24 in the KMC. Russo shared a traumatic experience that changed her life and explained how she developed resilience during and after the event. 
“It is your duty to pay attention to your battle buddy. Not only are we a high risk community, but we are sent to war and sent to hostile areas to do the toughest jobs. If we are not functional within our own ranks, we are failing not just ourselves but our entire country,” Russo said.

Guest speaker talks resiliency with KMC

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Health

Affordable Care Act will impact federal civilian employees

Starting in January, all individuals must maintain minimum health care coverage for themselves and all dependents claimed on their federal tax return, or must qualify for an exemption. Those who do not will be charged a penalty beginning with their 2014 federal tax return.

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