Archive for May, 2016

Features

Adaptive Sports event builds camaraderie, morale

Adaptive Sports event builds camaraderie, morale

Photos by Senior Airman Nicole Keim
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Features

A group of T-ball players participate in the opening-day ceremony for the KMC’s baseball season April 23 on Ramstein.

86th AW CC tees up KMC baseball season

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

The KMC celebrated the start of the 2016 baseball season for all leagues with a ceremonial first pitch April 23 on Ramstein.

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Features

Photo by Senior Airman Nicole Keim A student and volunteer run to a base during an Adaptive Sports softball game May 2 on Ramstein. Students from Kaiserslautern and Ramstein middle and high schools paired up with volunteers from the local Guzzlers softball team to participate in the event.

Students step up to plate during Adaptive Sports game

by Senior Airman Larissa Greatwood 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Ramstein and Kaiserslautern middle and high school special-needs students had the opportunity to participate in a seasonal Adaptive Sports softball game to build friendships, camaraderie and morale May 2 on Ramstein.

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Features

Airmen participate in the Courage, Leadership, Education, Advocate and Respect course April 29 on Vogelweh.

KMC steers CLEAR of sexual assault

Photos by Senior Airman Nicole Keim
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Features

Airman 1st Class Kara Woods, 86th Communications Squadron postal specialist (left), practices with fellow Ramstein Honor Guard members March 31 on Ramstein. Woods has been a member of the base Honor Guard since January and has learned honor, discipline and precision.

Airman strives to serve, honor, challenge self

Story and photo by Senior Airman Larissa Greatwood 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Some days she’s practicing precision and bearing while holding a flag. Other days, she’s greeting customers and sorting their mail. Regardless of what challenge she’s taking on, she embraces it with full force.

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News

Col. Gerald A. Donohue, 86th Operations Group commander, stands at the front of a formation April 29 on Ramstein. Airmen from the 86th OG gathered for a retreat and remembrance ceremony to recognize the Implementation Force 21 crew from the 76th Airlift Squadron who paid the ultimate sacrifice 20 years ago when their aircraft was lost during an approach into Dubrovnik, Croatia.

86th OG honors Implementation Force 21

Photos by Senior Airman Nicole Keim
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News

KMC Notices and Events – May 13, 2016

Closures The KMC Housing Office and Furnishings Management Section will be closed Monday and May 26 and 30 due to U.S. and German holidays. For questions, call 489-6672. Freedom Fest vendor sign-up Private organizations interested in being a food or game vendor for this year’s Freedom Fest on July 4 […]

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Blotter, News

KMC Blotter – May 13, 2016

MAY 2 8 a.m.: Major traffic accident with injuries near Homburg. MAY 3 3:32 p.m.: Major traffic accident with injuries in Ramstein-Miesenbach. 7:30 p.m.: Major traffic accident without injuries in Kollweiler. MAY 4 7:50 p.m.: Major traffic accident with injuries near Mannheim. MAY 5 7:40 a.m.: Major traffic accident with […]

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News

Photos by Airman 1st Class Lane Plummer Tech. Sgt. James Moenning, 37th Airlift Squadron evaluator loadmaster, discusses the operations of a C-130J Super Hercules ramp with Pierre Yves, a French military contractor, April 28 on Ramstein. The French air force recently purchased several C-130s and visited the 37th Airlift Squadron to survey the aircraft in order to better understand its features and capabilities.

Ramstein Airmen familiarize French air force on US C-130s

by Senior Airman Nicole Keim 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Representatives of the French air force visited with Airmen at the 37th Airlift Squadron for a presentation on aircraft features and capabilities after recently purchasing several of their own C-130J Super Hercules and KC-130 Hercules April 28 on Ramstein.

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Commentary, News

Are you professional?

by Lt. Col. Lloyd A. Malone Jr. 603rd Air Operations Center

As you go about your assigned daily duties in the Air Force, do you consider yourself a professional Airman? Why ask such an obvious question?

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