Archive for May, 2017

Sports

Sports Shorts — May 26, 2017

Soccer Clinic & Practicum Tournament Calling all soccer players!  Play in a free tournament on June 2. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Landstuhl Post’s Cage Field. Those interested in becoming IMCOM-E Officials must participate in the clinic preceding the tournament. Clinic dates are May 31 to June 1 […]

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News

Newly sworn Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson thanks family, friends and colleagues during her ceremonial oath of office as the 24th Air Force secretary, May 16 at the Pentagon event. — Photo by Wayne A. Clark

Senate confirms Wilson as Air Force Secretary

by Master Sgt. Bryan Franks
Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis ceremoniously swore in Heather Wilson as the 24th Secretary of the Air Force at the Pentagon May 16, 2017.

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Features, News

Tech. Sgt. Rosalin Panek, 76th Airlift Squadron flight attendant, puts Col. Andrew Purath, senior developmental education student, in a choke hold during combat survival training May 10  on Ramstein. The combative training was part of the Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape refresher course for aircrew members on base.

SERE specialists, augmenters train aircrew members

Story and photos by Senior Airman Devin Boyer
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Sweat starts to roll off the bridge of your nose. A panic sets in. The air is thick and the sun is intense, but not as intense as the flame-engulfed debris from the aircraft you jumped out of that is now scattered across the land. With every breath of air, […]

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Features, News

Atlantic Stripe bolsters NCO development

Atlantic Stripe bolsters NCO development

Story and photos by Senior Airman Devin Boyer
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Sixty technical sergeants and staff sergeants participated in the first ever Atlantic Stripe course, built to enhance NCO development, May 9 to 12. More than 40 Air Force members across multiple organizations at Ramstein teamed to build the curriculum for the course in an overarching effort to strengthen NCOs’ toolkits. […]

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Blotter

KMC Blotter — May 19, 2017

May 8 7:30 a.m.: Failure to report a minor traffic accident in Porrbach 2:13 p.m.: Fleeing the scene of a minor traffic accident on Ramstein 3:41 p.m.: Suicidal ideation on Vogelweh Family Housing May 9 7:05 a.m.: Major traffic accident with injuries in Kaiserslautern 4:35 p.m.: House break-in in Huetschenhausen […]

May 18, 2017 ×

Features, News

Take Note, May 19, 2017

Awards banquet The 2016 U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Outstanding Airmen of the Year Banquet will be 6 p.m. Thursday at the Ramstein Officers’ Club. For more information and reservations, call 480-6647 or 480-6857. Office closures The KMC Housing Office as well as the Furnishings Management […]

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Features, News

A 200-pound dummy drops from a platform to demonstrate a safety mechanism during the 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s fall protection training May 10 on Ramstein. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration encouraged employers to participate in its National Fall Prevention Stand-Down, which was being held in conjunction with the North American Occupational Safety and Health Safety Week from May 8 to 12.  – Photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh

Ramstein Airmen train during OSHA fall safety week

by Senior Airman Elizabeth Baker
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Hundreds of fall mishaps occur across the Air Force every year, resulting in thousands of lost work days, and much worse outcomes. Air Force personnel were involved in almost 3,500 falls resulting in 13 fatalities from 2012 to 2016, and this number doesn’t even include sports-related falls during the same time period.

May 18, 2017 ×

Features, News

Ceremony honors infants laid to rest at Kaiserslautern cemetery

Ceremony honors infants laid to rest at Kaiserslautern cemetery

Courtesy of Ramstein Area Chiefs’ Group

The annual Kindergraves memorial ceremony will take place 3 p.m. Saturday at Daenner Chapel on Daenner Kaserne and the Kaisers-lautern main cemetery (Waldfriedhof). After speeches by city officials and Maj. Gen. Timothy M. Zadalis, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa vice commander, the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Color Guard will lead attendants in a procession to the gravesites.

May 18, 2017 ×

Features, News

DISA CCRI is here!

Courtesy of 86th Communications Squadron

Team Ramstein will be scrutinized by the watchful eye of the Defense Information Systems Agency during our annual Command Cyber Readiness Inspection May 22 to 26. The CCRI is an in-depth look at our cybersecurity posture and will measure our technical and operational compliance against cybersecurity and computer network defense policies.

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Features, News

First Term Airmen Courses receive curriculum overhaul

First Term Airmen Courses receive curriculum overhaul

by Profession of Arms Center of Excellence

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas — The Air Force has rolled out a new First Term Airmen Course dedicated to developing Airmen as next-generation leaders. Airmen straight out of technical training will be taking the next step in their professional development when they attend the newly revamped FTAC at their […]

May 18, 2017 ×
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