Archive for March, 2014

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Photo by Sara PavichKisling NCO Academy instructors put together their chemical gear bags during a tour of Ramstein’s Joint Mobility Processing Center Feb. 24. The JMPC is Ramstein’s power projection platform to support commanders across three combatant commands by rapidly deploying personnel and cargo. NCO Academy instructors have the chance to disseminate information about the JMPC processes to their students.

Instructors visit JMPC

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News

Photo by Brandon BeachFirst Lt. Thomas Gohritz (left), German liaison and company commander with the 263rd Airborne Infantry Battalion, presents a gold Schützenschnur (German Armed Forces Marksmanship Badge) to Sgt. Maj. Michael Clauss, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, during an awards ceremony Feb. 21 on Panzer Kaserne in Kaiserslautern. Clauss and 21 other 21st TSC Soldiers earned either gold (highest), silver or bronze decorations for German weapons proficiency. The 21st TSC is U.S. Army in Europe’s leading organization for all sustainment activities, including logistics support, transportation, combat sustainment, human resources, finance, contracting and other areas in the field of sustainment. The 21st TSC also serves as the responsible headquarters for USAREUR’s military police and engineer brigades, providing combat engineers and military police during partnership training and other operations in support of USAREUR, U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Central Command. The 21st TSC is headquartered in Kaiserslautern.

21st TSC Soldiers receive German marksmanship awards

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Schools

The Kaiserslautern High School dance team performs the African DeGomba dance Feb. 28 during an African-American History Month observance at the Galaxy Theater on Vogelweh Military Complex.

KHS, 21st TSC honor African-American History Month with observance

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

Soldiers, Airmen and other KMC members enjoyed an African-American History observance Feb. 28 at the Galaxy Theater on Vogelweh Military Complex.

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Features

AMXS Airman keeps C-130Js flying

AMXS Airman keeps C-130Js flying

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Holly Mansfield
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Many things can discourage young Airmen arriving at a new base, let alone a new country. Fortunately for one Airman, she was able to overcome any concerns by using her core values to come up with solutions and make those worries fly away.

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News

Pfc. Andrew Hernandez (right), intelligence analyst with B Co., 24th Military Intelligence Battalion, 66th Military Intelligence Brigade, and Spc. Andrea Willette (left), intelligence analyst with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, chart missile launches during a simulated missile volley. The Soldiers are training with others from across U.S. Army Europe in a 10th AAMDC missile defense exercise.

Soldiers come together for 10th AAMDC missile defense exercise

Story and photo by Capt. Royal Reff
10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command Public Affairs

If someone took a look around the expansive warehouse on Rhine Ordnance Barracks they’d see a lot of equipment and activity, from computers with massive displays to simulated-live radar feeds.

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Features

A footprint in mud is measured and photographed similar to the way an Air Force Office of Special Investigations criminal investigator would collect evidence. The U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa OSI criminal investigators use many different detailed methods to collect evidence and intelligence to solve crimes.

AFOSI cracks codes on crimes

Story and photo by Airman Dymekre Allen
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Like a jigsaw puzzle, an investigation can’t be completed without all the pieces in their precise position, so Air Force Office of Special Investigations Airmen work tirelessly searching through jumbled pieces of information, using their skills of detection to fit the puzzle together and help catch criminals.

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Features

Capt. Syrah Nicaisse, 86th Medical Squadron certified nurse midwife, assists Laurenne LoVullo before she goes into labor Feb. 28 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. As a certified nurse midwife, Nicaisse is medically trained to provide health care to women throughout their pregnancies and after delivery.

AF midwives serve families abroad

Story and photo by Sara Pavich
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

At only 17 years old, Capt. Syrah Nicaisse, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center certified nurse midwife, understood what she was meant to do with her life. As a volunteer at a hospital where her mother worked in the labor and delivery unit, she was always intrigued by the birth process.

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Features

21st TSC recognizes new Sergeant Morales Club members

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

The 21st Theater Sustainment Command welcomed six new members into the Sergeant Morales Club during a ceremony Feb. 26 at the Kaiserslautern Community Activity Center on Daenner Kaserne.

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Lifestyle

Kaiserslautern night bus gets passengers home safely

Kaiserslautern night bus gets passengers home safely

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

SWK, the City Works of Kaiserslautern, offers the “Lautrer Nachtbus,” or Kaiserslautern night bus, as a service to help get people home at night and on weekends.

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Features

Retired Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Din Thomas trains with Soldiers from the 18th Military Police Brigade Feb. 21 at the Sembach Fitness Center.

UFC athlete brings fight to 18th MP Brigade

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

A former Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight spent time training with 18th Military Police Brigade Soldiers at the Sembach Fitness Center Feb. 21.

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