Archive for January, 2018

Washington (AFNS) — The Air Force announced another milestone under the chief of staff’s number two focus area: Strengthening Joint Leaders and Teams.

MORÓN AIR BASE, Spain — U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, traveled along with a variety of entertainers on the annual United Service Organizations holiday tour to Morón Air Base, Spain.

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — One of the most wide-reaching and significant changes to military pay and benefits over the last 70 years goes into effect Jan. 1, 2018, with the implementation of the Uniformed Services Blended Retirement System, known as BRS. The new system blends aspects of the traditional defined benefit […]

Dec. 27 9:41 a.m.: Drunk and disorderly in Kaiserslautern 6:28 p.m.: Larceny of secured private property at Ramstein Post Office 9:09 p.m.: House break-in in Glan-Muenchweiler Dec. 28 7:34 a.m.: Major traffic collision with disabling damages in Kaiserslautern 11:15 a.m.: Fleeing the scene of a minor traffic collision in Kaiserslautern […]

Families of deployed Airmen came to see Santa as part of the Deployed Families Holiday Event at J.R. Rockers Dec. 15 on Ramstein Air Base. The Airman and Family Readiness Center organizes deployed family member events once a month, which are offered to family members of deployed Airmen to increase […]

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Magbanua 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs 86th Airlift Wing leadership encourages military members and government civilians to stay vigilant while going about their business or taking leisure. Following a Dec. 6 declaration from the U.S. Department of State concerning “worldwide caution,” the […]

OŚWIĘCIM, Poland — The 16th Special Troops Battalion recently conducted a Staff Ride to Oswiecim, Poland, for all leaders at the platoon level and above. Oswiecim is probably known better by its German name during World War II, Auschwitz, and it was the location of an infamous Nazi death camp complex. While there, participants took part in guided tours, seminars, and visits to different museums dedicated to the Holocaust. The staff ride concluded with participants traveling to Nuremberg, Germany, to visit the courthouse museum where the major Nazi war criminals were tried by an international military tribunal shortly after the war. The staff ride served as the culminating event in a three-month leader professional development train-up for all participants. The innovative program sharpened leaders’ ethical and critical decision-making skills through a practical exercise that led them through the Army Regulation 15-6 investigation process on a World War II case study.