by Airman 1st Class Michael Stuart
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
The 86th Medical Operations Squadron Mental Health Clinic offers a new Healthy Thinking and Relaxation class, developed to help individuals identify their beliefs that can sometimes become alarming or inaccurate. The class, which focuses on two of the four Comprehensive Airman Fitness pillars, helps people develop attitudes and beliefs consistent with their long-term goals and objectives.The class’ main focus is to teach people how to balance their thinking as well as learn positive ways to cope with stress through relaxation techniques taught and practiced together in the class.
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Story and photo by
Liz Jacobson
U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Public Affairs
There is a conversation many teenagers may have had with their parents or friends, including myself. “Hey, don’t worry! It’ll be fine. All of the pictures I send disappear after ten seconds. That’s how Snapchat works.”
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by Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah Delrio
160th Forward Surgical Team
The 160th Forward Surgical Team of the 212th Combat Support Hospital, 30th Medical Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, conducted an interoperability exercise with 10 service members from the Bundeswehr Operational Medical Support Command March 9 to 12 at Miesau Ammo Depot.
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by Staff Sgt.
Armando A. Schwier-Morales
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
The halls of the schoolhouse were crowded with technical sergeants rushing into classrooms, gathering books and learning from the best NCO academy in the Air Force. The U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s Kisling NCO Academy was named the 2014 U.S. Air Force Professional Military Education Team of the Year. This is the fifth time in the past six years they have been recognized for their accomplishments in the development of NATO NCOs.
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Story and photo by
Senior Airman
Nicole Sikorski
86th Airlift Wing
Public Affairs
The Polygone Electronic Warfare Range extended their capabilities with the opening of the Polygone Control Center on March 18 in Bann, Germany.With the PCC, Polygone operators talk to aircraft through a simulator which allows them to send virtual threats to test pilots on their reactions during enemy engagements. The control center offers a consolidated operating system that allows all exercise players to interact on one screen.
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by Col. Nancy Bozzer
521st Air Mobility Operations Wing commander
What is an air mobility operations wing? This is a great question — the same question that I asked myself when I was selected to command this unique wing. As Air Mobility Command’s sole representative for Team Ramstein, many may think we just operate the Ramstein Passenger Terminal, but our mission consists of so much more than that.
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Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Larissa Greatwood
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
It’s the morning of Aug. 28, 2005 — people awake to sounds of faint screams and echoes of buildings collapsing. A sense of panic and fear lingers in the air as 175 mph winds and masses of water engulfed 90,000 square miles of land. Outside, one of the five deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history has reached the southeast and midwest of the continent. The hurricane eventually killed over 1,000 people and caused more than $100 billion in property damage.
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