Archive for January, 2016

Features

Staff Sgt. Joshua Moore, 86th Medical Support Squadron pharmacy technician, performs his daily task of counting the narcotics in the controlled substance vault Dec. 15 at the Ramstein pharmacy. When a patient needs a controlled substance, the pills are counted twice by the technician and once by the pharmacist on duty.

86th AW pharmacy provides care, safety for KMC

Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Leslie Keopka 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Counting pills, verifying personal information, and asking if patients have any questions are just a few of the tasks Airmen at the Ramstein pharmacy take on each day.

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News

National Cervical Health Month: why you should care

Courtesy of the 86th Medical Group

Did you know that at least 80 percent of women are exposed to the virus that causes cervical cancer during their lifetime? Most of the time, the body’s immune system gets rid of the virus before it causes harm. However, in some cases it can have dire consequences.

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News

HPWG ‘supplements’ Airmen’s dietary knowledge

by Tech. Sgt. Kris Levasseur 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

On shelves in stores around the world and available online everywhere, there are hundreds of thousands of dietary supplements, energy boosters and fat-loss pills marketed to the public claiming limitless potential health benefits; however, if it is too good to be true, then it probably is.

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Features

Ask an Attorney: moonlighting in the military

by Capt. Nandor Kiss Baumholder Law Center

Q: Are military members allowed to get another job on the side? If so, what would need to be done to get it approved?

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News

Photo by Greg Jones
Command Sgt. Maj. Rodney Rhoades, 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s senior enlisted leader (left); French Army Lt. Gen. Dominque De Longvilliers, deputy commander of NATO’s Allied Air Command; Dr. Klaus Weichel, lord mayor of Kaiserslautern; Bundeswehr Brig. Gen Gerald Funke of the German Army Logistics Command; and Maj. Gen. Duane Gamble, the 21st TSC commanding general, cut the New Year’s cake with a military saber during the 2016 21st TSC New Year’s Reception Jan. 8 on Vogelweh.

Allies usher in 2016 at TSC reception

by Sgt. Maj. Michael Pintagro 21st TSC Public Affairs

Around 300 key allied military leaders, governmental and civic officials, family members and well wishers marked the achievements of 2015 and looked forward to an even better 2016 during a dynamic 21st Theater Sustainment Command New Year’s Reception held Jan. 8 on Vogelweh.

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News

Two Soldiers walk towards an ambulance after jumping from a C-130J Super Hercules Dec. 18 at Alzey Drop Zone, Germany. The two were part of nighttime operations designed to improve not only the Army paratroopers, but also the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing capabilities.

435th CRG provides exciting mission for IDMTs

Photos by Staff Sgt. Armando Schwier-Morales
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News

KMC Notices and Events – Jan. 15, 2016

Closures • The KMC Housing Office and Furnishings Management Section will be closed Monday in observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Customer service hours will resume Tuesday. For additional information or assistance, call 489-6672. • Chili’s Too, located in the KMCC, will be closed from Monday through Jan. 31 due to […]

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Blotter, News

KMC Blotter – Jan. 15, 2016

JAN. 4 11:45 a.m.: A major traffic accident with injuries was reported in Ramstein-Miesenbach. 5:47 p.m.: Driving under the influence of a controlled substance was reported in Kaiserslautern. 7 p.m.: A dog bite was reported in Rodenbach. 11:35 p.m.: Drunken driving was reported in Landstuhl. JAN. 5 7:08 a.m.: A […]

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Features

SERE specialists, augmentees keep Airmen mission-ready

by Airman 1st Class Lane Plummer 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

After ejecting out of a flame-engulfed plane, you quickly activate your parachute over the ocean below. While gently descending toward the water, you notice land on the horizon. Your mind is racing with thoughts of the attack, possible enemies to avoid, surviving and getting home. You try to calm yourself as you begin to lean on the skills you’ve learned from the survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists and augmentees.

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News

435th AGOW challenges medics

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

Parachuting out of a Ramstein C-130J Super Hercules is just one of the many tasks independent duty medical technician Airmen are required to do at locations throughout Europe.

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