Archive for September, 2014

News

Letter to Airmen: RAND study

by Gen. Mark A. Welsh III
Chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force

Many of you have recently been invited to participate in the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study.

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Blotter

KMC Blotter – Sept. 12, 2014

SEPT. 3 9:16 p.m.: An aircraft lasing incident was reported east of Ramstein-Miesenbach. SEPT. 4 4 p.m.: A dog bite was reported in Homburg. SEPT. 5 3 a.m.: Drunken driving was reported in Kaiserslautern. 3:50 p.m.: Shoplifting was reported on Ramstein. 10:27 p.m.: A domestic assault was reported in Reichenbach-Steegen. SEPT. 6 12:35 a.m.: Drunken driving […]

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News

Photo by Senior Airman Holly MansfieldArmy and Air Force service members start a bubble soccer game Sept. 5 on Ramstein. The first Combined Federal Campaign, officially called CFC, was started in 1964. It was conducted in six cities and allows federal employees to donate to charities of their choice to better their communities.

CFC kicks off with Air Force win

by Senior Airman Holly Mansfield
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

This year’s Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas kicked off Sept. 5 with an Army vs. Air Force bubble soccer game.

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News

Photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan CraneLt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force commander, passes the 603rd Air and Space Operations Center guidon to Col. Michael Webb, 603rd AOC commander, during a change of command ceremony Sept. 4. Webb was previously assigned to U.S. Special Operations Command as a strategic planner. Col. Jeff Marker, outgoing 603rd AOC commander, will retire with his wife in Boise, Idaho, after 27 years of service.

Col. Webb takes command of 603rd AOC

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Commentary

What do you do after a traffic accident?

What do you do after a traffic accident?

by Staff Sgt. Joel Reyes
569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron

The 86th Airlift Wing recently created a step-by-step traffic accident information pamphlet for use in the unfortunate event you are involved in a traffic accident on- or off-base.

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News

Ukrainian army Senior Praporshchik (chief master sergeant equivalent) Roman Kuzmenko (right), Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff, listens to a discussion during a class at the Kisling NCO Academy Aug. 29 on Ramstein. Kuzmenko is part of a Department of Defense initiative designed to improve the NCOs of partner countries.

Partnership maintains NCO corps one NCO at a time

Story and photo by Senior Airman Armando A. Schwier-Morales
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

It is another day at the Kisling NCO Academy for an ambitious senior NCO. He sits at his desk cluttered with homework, notebooks and pens in an attempt to understand and learn how to interact with and relate to Airmen.

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News

Photo by Senior Airman Damon KasbergC-130s from the Air National Guard wait on the Ramstein flightline Sept. 2 just days before being loaded up with Army and Air Force paratroopers to support the Steadfast Javelin II exercise.

Aircrews deliver on-time for Steadfast Javelin II

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

More than a dozen C-130 and C-17 aircraft from two continents and six states are providing tactical airlift from the power projection platform at Ramstein Air Base for Exercise Steadfast Javelin II.

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Features

A C-130 from the Air National Guard waits on the Ramstein flightline Sept. 3 just days before being loaded up with Army and Air Force paratroopers to support the Steadfast Javelin II exercise. Steadfast Javelin II is a NATO-led exercise involving more than 2,000 service members from several nations. The exercise takes place across Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

Allied partners project power in real-time exercise

Photos by Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan

               

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Sports

SAPI builds camaraderie with free bowling event

SAPI builds camaraderie with free bowling event

Story and photo by Senior Airman Timothy Moore
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The Ramstein Community Center hosted a free bowling night for single Airmen Aug. 29 at the Ramstein Bowling Center.

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Lifestyle

Barbarossa fest makes Kaiserslautern swing

Barbarossa fest makes Kaiserslautern swing

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Kaiserslautern’s annual Barbarossa fest, under the motto “Swinging Lautern,” started Thursday night and will continue today and Saturday.

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