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American children remembered in annual memorial service

American children remembered in annual memorial service

Leaders from the Kaiserslautern Military Community and city of Kaiserslautern gathered for the annual Kindergraves memorial service at the Kaiserslautern Main Cemetery, Kaiserslautern, May 16.

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Baumholder Military Community housing residents Harold Schlund and Army Capt. Estela Schlund, 254th Medical Detachment, smile for a picture with the garden they started in the family housing area on Smith Barracks. The community garden is the first of its kind in Baumholder. Photos by Bernd Mai

Housing resident’s garden vision blossoms into reality

If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? In this case, it’s a quality of life improvement to an area of Army Family Housing here.

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Mariah Boykin and Jeffrey Bright, 86th Medical Operations Squadron Family Advocacy Program intervention specialists, are facilitators for online classes that help families adapt to the coronavirus disease 2019 environment at Ramstein Air Base, May 13. Family Advocacy now uses telephones and video chat to offer services such as individual and couples counseling, the new parent support program and the domestic abuse victim advocate hotline.

Helping families embrace new normal

Family Advocacy now uses telephones and video chat to offer services such as individual and couples counseling, new parent support program and a domestic abuse victim advocate hotline. They also offer online classes every Wednesday at 1 p.m., mostly centered on parents and families.

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Heidi Bredlow, a Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Soldier and Family Readiness Group volunteer, sews and creates face coverings to be distributed to the Soldiers and family members that needed them on April 23, in Kaiserslautern. Burton said her goal is to keep the spouses involved and make certain they do not feel isolated during this time of social distancing and isolation.Photo by U.S. Army Col. Bruce Bredlow, 10th AAMDC

HHB, 10 AAMDC SFRG answers call to service

The Headquarters and Head-quarters Battery, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense, Soldier and Family Readiness Group (SFRG), located within the Kaiserslautern Military Community, is not just a support network between the unit and families. In fact, the SFRG has doubled efforts to ensure family members are informed and cognizant of the ever-changing COVID-19 laws and restrictions that began here since the pandemic began.

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Housing Office adapts during COVID-19 Stop Movement restrictions

This time of year usually brings the sight of packing material and shipping containers stacked like skyscrapers, the ripping sound of packing tape, a plethora of housing appointments, and the various to-do lists that come with a permanent change of station move. However, this PCS season has been put on hold for most service members and their families due to the Stop Movement order issued by the Secretary of Defense in early March.

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A U.S. Air Force 86th Security Forces Squadron patrol car is parked prior to participating in a caravan of Kaiserslautern Military Community first responders at Ramstein Air Base, May 7. Photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor D. Slater

Police Week 2020: Ramstein honors fallen law enforcement

Though coronavirus disease 2019 is hindering activities that once drew huge crowds, COVID-19 will not stop a nation from honoring and remembering law enforcement officers who have fallen in the line of duty.

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Aiden, a military dependent, holds up a sign thanking Kaiserslautern Military Community first responders during the Heroes through Housing event in on-base housing at Ramstein Air Base, May 7. Families were encouraged to make signs, cheer, wave and clap while adhering to physical distancing standards.

‘Heroes through Housing’ builds community morale

Sirens blared and children clapped as Kaiserslautern Military Community first responders drove through Ramstein’s family housing area during the Heroes through Housing event May 7.

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The graphic dislays infamous myths regarding sexual assault and their corresponding truths. Even during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office is available 24/7.

SAPR office continues to raise awareness

Even during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office is finding ways to raise awareness.

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Cloth face coverings sit on a table located at the home of a 435th Contingency Response Support Squadron key spouse in the Kaiserslautern Military Community area in early April. The 435th CRSS key spouses donated hundreds of cloth face coverings to help Airmen and their families prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019. Courtesy photo

COVID-19 ops: 435 CRG Key Spouses help mask pandemic, protect force

Amid all the changes to routines, key spouses from the 435th Contingency Response Squadron, 435th Contingency Response Support Squadron and the 435th Security Forces Squadron found a way to touch the lives of their squadron’s most valuable commodity: its people.

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Members of the Contemporary Service Worship Team gather near the Northside Chapel at Ramstein Air Base, April 9.

86th AW chaplain corps: When crisis breeds innovation

Protocols put in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 affected everyone. Work hours and duty locations were altered to comply with physical distancing; homes were turned into classrooms as schools closed; social gatherings were stopped and limited to chat groups or apps, to name a few of the many changes that occurred.

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