Archive for June, 2017

Features, News

Command chief bids farewell after 30 years

Command chief bids farewell after 30 years

by Staff Sgt. Whitney Trimble
521st Air Mobility Operations Wing

It was an emotional afternoon as the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing bid farewell to their Command Chief, Chief Master Sergeant Mark A. Redden, after 30 years of faithful and dedicated service. Despite the demanding process of retiring from the U.S. Air Force, Chief Redden took a few moments to […]

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Features

Dental team brings resources to Soldiers in remote locations

Regional Health Command Europe
Public Affairs Office

Dental Health Command Europe is expanding its capabilities for expeditionary dental care in support of ongoing missions in Eastern Europe as part of Atlantic Resolve. To ensure rotational forces stay up-to-date with their dental readiness, DHCE established a dental expeditionary team to bring dental resources to the field. The regionally […]

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Features, News

The state of Rheinland-Pfalz provides one-stop website for American families

The state of Rheinland-Pfalz provides one-stop website for American families

by Atlantic Academy Rheinland-Pfalz

The state of Rheinland-Pfalz provides a one-stop website for American families It’s that time of the year: The PCS season is in full swing and many service members are taking the leap over the pond with their families and have to adapt to the unfamiliar circumstances in Germany. The big […]

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Features, News

DPW doing its ‘best with less’

DPW doing its ‘best with less’

by U.S. Army
Photos by Mary Ann Davis
U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Installation Management Command Directorate

Doing “less with less” affects every Installation Management Command garrison, and U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz is no exception. As such, the garrison’s Directorate of Public Works has adapted to perform its primary function of maintaining installation infrastructure with reduced funding and fewer resources while staying committed to customer needs by […]

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News

Wilson sets sights on readiness, modernization at Air Force Association breakfast

Wilson sets sights on readiness, modernization at Air Force Association breakfast

Secretary of the Air Force
Public Affairs

WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson addressed the Air Force Association’s Air Force Breakfast Series June 5, 2017, at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C. During her remarks Wilson spoke about the proposed Air Force budget for the fiscal year that starts October 1. “The fiscal […]

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Features, News

2017 NDAA revamps UCMJ

by R. Peter Masterton
21st Theater Sustainment Command Office of the Staff Judge Advocate

Hidden in the back of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act were a number of major changes in military justice. The last division of the Authorization Act, entitled the Military Justice Act of 2016, contained the most comprehensive changes in recent history to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the […]

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Features, News

Allied Air Command welcomes Montenegro to NATO

Allied Air Command welcomes Montenegro to NATO

by Headquarters Allied Air Command Public Affairs Office

Some 350 military and civilian members of Headquarters Allied Air Command gathered in the morning of June 9 to mark the accession of Montenegro to NATO during a flag-raising ceremony at the NATO compound at Ramstein. Officiated by the Deputy Com­mander of Allied Air Command, Air Marshal Stu Evans, Royal […]

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Features

Airmen assist June Bug Out field day

Airmen assist June Bug Out field day

by Airman 1st Class D. Blake Browning
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

       

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Lifestyle

‘Little residence’ sponsors beer fest

‘Little residence’ sponsors beer fest

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Kirchheimbolanden will host its “16th Kerchemer beer week” today through Sunday. “Kerchem” is the local dialect term for Kirchheimbolanden. Since 1986, the town celebrates this event every other year to honor the German brewing tradition and the strict brewing regulations, which emphasize the high quality and purity of German beer. […]

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Lifestyle

Culinary hike takes place in ‘old world’

Culinary hike takes place in ‘old world’

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The “old world” culinary hike will take place 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday in Heimkirchen. The scenic hiking route is 5.5 kilometers long and features 10 stations, where mainly Palatinate specialties from the “old world” will  be served Heimkirchen is a part of Niederkirchen and is located in the […]

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