Archive for November, 2015

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Hollyanne Milley, wife of Gen. Mark Milley, chief of staff of the Army (center-right), attends a forum about the new format of the Army Family Action Plan on Sembach Kaserne during her tour through the Kaiserslautern area Oct. 29. Other participants pictured (left to right):  Michelle Deblieck, Sandra Gamble and Kim Formica. The forum was one stop for Milley during her tour in which she visited a number of Army agencies in the Kaiserslautern and U.S. Army Europe area.

CSA spouse visits Army agencies, facilities

Story and photo by Ronnie Schelby 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

The 21st Theater Sustainment Command hosted Hollyanne Milley, wife of Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, during the week of Oct. 25.

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Maj. Brian Smith, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, 16th Sustainment Brigade chaplain, and Capt. Taiwo Arowosegbe, 39th Transportation Battalion, 16th SB chaplain, say grace before dinner with Soldiers Oct. 13 at Adazi Military Base in Latvia. The chaplains met with Soldiers, attended to their spiritual needs and provided religious counseling as necessary during their visit to Atlantic Resolve-North hubs in the Baltics. The tour also included stops in Poland, Lithuania and Estonia.

Knight’s Brigade chaplains build ‘esprit’ in Baltics

Story and photo by Sgt. Daniel Wyatt 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command

TAPA, Estonia — Chaplains from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 16th Sustainment Brigade rode a circuit of major Atlantic Resolve-North hubs across the Baltics region in mid-October, providing religious support, assessing the command climate and refreshing service members’ spiritual resiliency at each stop.

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Photo by Ronna Anderson Schelby
Kate Dunbar, focus group leader of AFAP Benefits and Entitlements (far left), helps gather issues and signs up volunteers at the Army Family Action Plan town hall event Oct. 22 at Armstrong's Club on Vogelweh.

Garrison improves Army Family Action Plan responsiveness

by Stefan Alford U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Public Affairs

The Army Family Action Plan to address quality-of-life issues may not be new, but some recent innovations to the program by U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz coordinators has senior leaders excited about the opportunities for AFAP to have a larger community impact.

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Health

Don’t forget your eyes

by Pfc. Janae Wright Baumholder Army Health Clinic

It’s a fact of life for adults: aging is just a matter of how, not when. It is common practice for many people to take steps to fight common signs of aging.

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Chief Master Sgt. Phillip L. Easton, 86th Airlift Wing command chief, talks to spouses graduating from the Air Force HeartLink program Oct. 23 at the Ramstein Airman & Family Readiness Center. The goal of HeartLink is to strengthen Air Force families through knowledge about military programs, agencies and the mission.

Ramstein leaders speak from heart

Photo by Senior Airman Damon Kasberg

Chief Master Sgt. Phillip L. Easton, 86th Airlift Wing command chief, talks to spouses graduating from the Air Force HeartLink program Oct. 23 at the Ramstein Airman & Family Readiness Center. The goal of HeartLink is to strengthen Air Force families through knowledge about military programs, agencies and the mission.

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2015 recommended holiday season mailing dates, tips

Courtesy of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa A6 Postal Operations Branch

The 2015 recommended holiday season mailing dates for postal customers assigned to the European theater are as follows:

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KMC children listen to a story during the Ramstein Library’s "Spooky Story Time" Oct. 29. The children were encouraged to wear a Halloween costume to the event.

KMC children enjoy ‘Spooky Story Time’

Photos by Airman 1st Class Tryphena Mayhugh

KMC children listen to a story during the Ramstein Library’s “Spooky Story Time” Oct. 29. The children were encouraged to wear a Halloween costume to the event.

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Dental hygiene education fortifies pearly whites

by Airman 1st Class Devon Stroud 86th Dental Squadron

When it comes to children and their health, dental hygiene is often disregarded. Some parents may not be concerned with their children’s “baby” primary teeth because eventually they fall out and are replaced with permanent teeth.

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Senior Airman Beverly Spencer, 10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron technician, briefs Wyoming Governor Matt Mead and his wife on the equipment used by the 10th EAES Oct. 26 on Ramstein. Mead visited with Wyoming Air National Guardsmen to see how they contribute to the Air Force mission.

Aeromedical Airmen host Wyoming governor

Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Armando Schwier-Morales 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The 10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron hosted Governor of Wyoming Matt Mead for a tour and meet and greet with the deployed Wyoming Air National Guard Airmen Oct. 27 on Ramstein.

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Airlift competition

Airlift competition

Courtesy of 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office
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