Archive for December, 2013

Health

MiCare: new online secure medical messaging system

Courtesy of 86th Medical Group

The 86th Medical Group on Ramstein will begin patient registrations for enrolled beneficiaries into MiCare, the military’s online confidential secure medical messaging service.

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Sports

Jenna Miller, wife of Sgt. Lashawn Miller, a forward deployed administration NCO, practices a defensive move against head instructor Sgt. 1st Class Ronnell W. Foster during an 18th Military Police Brigade self-defense class Nov. 7 at Sembach Kaserne.

18th MPs instruct self-defense class

Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Turnipseed
18th Military Police Brigade Public Affairs, 21st Theater Sustainment Command

Three Soldiers with the 18th Military Police Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, along with a civilian instructor taught a self-defense class to 18th MP Bde. Soldiers and spouses recently on Sembach Kaserne.

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Features

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Service members should now prepare for tax season

by Terri Moon Cronk
American Forces Press Service

With a month left before the start of tax season, service members should begin gathering documentation to file their 2013 taxes, said the director of the Pentagon’s office of family policy and children and youth.

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News

Photo by Staff Sgt. John ZumerU.S. Army Europe Deputy Commanding General Richard Longo joins 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command leadership in saying goodbye to Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment Dec. 2 on Ramstein as they leave for a yearlong deployment to Turkey. Almost 200 service members left as part of a continuing NATO mission that will see 5-7 ADA helping to stabilize the region by providing air defense protection against potential ballistic missile threats. Forces from Germany and the Netherlands are also deployed to different sections of Turkey as part of the NATO effort.

Senior leader send off

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Features

Sgt. 1st Class Justin Puls, a career counselor with the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, receives the Sgt. Morales Club medallion from Maj. Gen. John R. O’Connor, commanding general of the 21st TSC, during a ceremony on Dec. 4 on Panzer Kaserne in Kaiserslautern. Puls was inducted into the Sgt. Morales Club for embodying exceptional leadership characterized by personal concern for the needs, training, development and welfare of Soldiers.

21st TSC inducts new member to Sgt. Morales Club

Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Warren W. Wright Jr.
21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

The 21st Theater Sustainment Command welcomed its newest member into the Sgt. Morales Club during a ceremony Dec. 4 on Panzer Kaserne in Kaiserslautern.

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News

AHRN ends as official housing website

by Senior Airman Hailey Haux
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

When PCSing, people generally use the Automated Housing Referral Network website to find the next place to call home.

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Lifestyle

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Polizei patrol Christmas markets, conduct DUI checks

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

During the holiday season, German Polizei patrol more and conduct more traffic controls in combination with DUI checks in the Westpfalz.

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Blotter

KMC Blotter – Dec. 13, 2013

DEC. 3 7 a.m.: Driving under the influence of a controlled substance was reported in Mainz. 5:17 p.m.: A major traffic accident was reported in Mackenbach. DEC. 4 7:26 a.m.: A major traffic accident and fatality were reported on Ramstein. 2 p.m.: Damage to government property was reported on Sembach […]

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News

Photo courtesy of the U.S. ArmyCol. Koji D. Nishimura (left) and Command Sgt. Maj. George W. Grace Jr. (right), the commander and command sergeant major of the 30th Medical Brigade, uncase the 30th Med. Bde. colors during a ceremony Oct. 18 on Sembach Kaserne.  The unit re-designated from a command to a brigade as part of ongoing changes to the Army’s organizational structure and is now a subordinate unit of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command.

30th Med. Bde. added as new subordinate unit to 21st TSC

by Staff Sgt. Warren W. Wright Jr.
21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

The 30th Medical Brigade, formerly the 30th Medical Command, officially became a subordinate unit to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command during a redesignation implemented as a part of ongoing changes to the Army’s organizational structure.

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News

Photo by Rick ScavettaSgt. 1st Class Isaac Lewis, a 21st Theater Sustainment Command NCO, and his children, Scarlett, 11 months, and Abram, 5, look for his wife, Christina, on the Operation Rising Star website. Christina Lewis was U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz’s finalist for the annual singing competition.

Army spouse represents garrison at Operation Rising Star

by Rick Scavetta
U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz

Sgt. 1st Class Isaac Lewis is used to hearing his wife, Christina, singing at home and at karaoke. Listening to her sing online this week, as the U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz finalist at Operation Rising Star, was something entirely new.

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