Archive for January, 2018

Sports

Sports Shorts — Jan. 26, 2018

Volleyball Officials Clinic & Practicum Tournament If you are interested in being certified or re-certifying as a volleyball official come out to the Officials Clinic & Practium Tournament Tuesday to Jan. 27. Clinic takes place Tuesday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m, at the Baumholder Education Center, Bldg. […]

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Features

Tech. Sgt. Lee Young, 86th Operations Group Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape noncommissioned officer in charge, walks through the woods Jan. 11 on Ramstein Air Base. Lee, who has trained approximately 2,000 personnel on how to stay alive in austere conditions, believes that survival is 10 percent physical and 90 percent mental. — Illustration by Senior Airman Elizabeth Baker

Survival: 10% physical, 90% mental

by Senior Airman Elizabeth Baker
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Humans are designed to survive. Yet, history has shown that when stranded in survival setting, there have been some who made it out alive and some who did not. Perhaps, while some cannot change their outcome, some can.

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News

Ramstein Airman ignites innovation with spark of genius

by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Bass
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

One 86th Communications Squad-ron Airman assigned to Ramstein Air Base took second place in the U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s Spark Tank competition.

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News

10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight displays capabilities

10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight displays capabilities

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Health

Red Cross pledges to care for contractors

Red Cross pledges to care for contractors

by Airman 1st Class Milton Hamilton Jr.
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The American Red Cross is scheduled to hold an open house event for contractors and their spouses at 10 a.m. Tuesday on the fourth floor of Bldg. 2118 on Ramstein. “Contractors are a large component of our military community,” said Chris Spalding, Red Cross, division volunteer partner. “They are a […]

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News

Youth sponsorship program helps keep you informed

by Senior Airman Devin M. Rumbaugh
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Moving to a new duty station can be an exhausting experience for all members of a family. The service member is often given a sponsor to aide with the transition, but moves can be even more stressful to the children in the family. For that reason, the 86th Force Support Squadron developed the youth sponsorship program.

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Blotter, News

KMC Blotter — Jan. 19, 2018

January 9 3:10 p.m.: Damage to government property on Kapaun Air Station 4:15 p.m.: Damage to private property on Ramstein Air Base January 10 12:42 a.m.: Domestic assault and drunken operation of a vehicle in Kaiserslautern 10:26 a.m.: Fleeing the scene of a minor traffic accident in Landstuhl 4:45 p.m.: […]

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Lifestyle, News

Take Note — Jan. 19, 2018

Estate claims Anyone having any claims on or obligations to the estate of Spc. Matthew Kocher, 317th Support Maintenance Company, 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, should contact the summary court martial officer, 2nd Lt. Ryan K Lindeman at 531-4386. New process, new hours The Ramstein Visitor Control Center recently changed […]

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Features

NASA’s DC-8 “Flying Laboratory” is on its way to Germany for a joint flight campaign to sample clouds, contrails or aircraft emissions.Photo by NASA

NASA Takes International Aviation Research to the ‘Max’

by Jim Banke
NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

NASA’s ongoing research into what happens with engine performance, emissions and contrail formation when you use different types of fuels in jet engines is headed for the skies over Germany this month.

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Features

Ramstein legal office to provide free tax assistance

Ramstein legal office to provide free tax assistance

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Magbanua
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The 86th Airlift Wing legal office is providing free tax return assistance to military members from Feb. 5 until June 15, on Ramstein Air Base.

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