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Team Trace members and 1st Inland Cargo Transfer Company Soldiers Spc. Chatteona Brown, Pvt. Ll’xelle Tyson and Sgt. Colony Hall (background), help staff the team’s operations center at U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz during an early shift. After a case of COVID-19 is diagnosed, members of Team Trace identify who that individual may have had close contact with in the 48 hours prior to onset of symptoms.

Team Trace tracks down all COVID-19 positive contacts

There’s no corkboard riddled with pins connecting multi-colored threads in criss-cross fashion in a depiction of intersecting touch points to identify common connections.

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Features, News

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron sits on the flightline at Ramstein Air Base, March 26 before a training mission to Chievres, Belgium. The C-130J and the 37th AS remain ready to conduct worldwide airlift missions, throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

COVID-19: ‘Nothing can stop the US Air Force’

As global emergency responders, members of the 37th Airlift Squadron stay mission ready during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

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NATO firefighters prepare to extinguish an F-15 Mobile Aircraft Fire Trainer during the NATO Firefighter Fundamentals Course at Ramstein Air Base, March 11. This was the first ever F-15 MAFT asset used on Ramstein. Firefighters from Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic came to Ramstein to receive certification on extracting pilots and extinguishing aircraft fires.

Taming the flames on Ramstein’s new F-15 mobile trainer

The 435th Construction and Training Squadron hosted the NATO Firefighter Fundamentals Course March 9-13 to train for aircraft mishaps and pilot extraction scenarios.

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Community

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Cyber Bullying: Be KIND online

A recent survey found that more than one-third of military families reported they had no one to ask for a favor, suggesting many military families experience a sense of disconnection with the community in which they live.

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Features, Health

Col. Michael Weber and Command Sgt. Maj. Thurman Reynolds, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center command team, speak with Dr. Michael Koenig, technical supervisor, Virology Laboratory, to learn about LRMC’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-Novel Coronavirus Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase Diagnostic Panel, a CDC-developed laboratory test kit to detect 2019 novel coronavirus.

LRMC’s process for COVID-19 testing

On Saturday, March 14, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center opened the doors to its COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) Screening Center in an effort to reduce risk exposure and spread of the virus.

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Nicole Radek, Miesau Army Depot Child Development Center staff member, replaces decorations that were scraped off of furniture in a CDC classroom during deep cleaning as a precaution against COVID-19.

Miesau Army Depot Child Development Center goes deep with cleaning

Parents spend a good part of their lives cleaning up after their children. This week, the staff of the Child Development Center here have been cleaning up for “their” children.

March 26, 2020 ×

Features, Health

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alejandro Gutierrez, 86th Medical Group aerospace medical technician, waits for patients at the Ramstein Medical Clinic, Ramstein Air Base, March 19. Gutierrez utilized masks, gloves, hand sanitizer and tissues to safely screen incoming patients. The 86th MDG transformed their operations on the medical campus to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

On the front lines: 86 MDG COVID-19 Operations

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alejandro Gutierrez, 86th Medical Group aerospace medical technician, waits for patients at the Ramstein Medical Clinic, Ramstein Air Base, March 19. Gutierrez utilized masks, gloves, hand sanitizer, and tissues to safely screen incoming patients.

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Education, Schools

On STEM Night, several LEMS students absorb themselves in creating toothpick/marshmallow structures.

STEM Night at Landstuhl Elementary Middle School

Landstuhl Elementary Middle School recently hosted STEM Night, a free event that allowed visitors to see student projects within the realms of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark R. August, 86th Airlift Wing commander, addresses members attending an Air Force Assistance Fund kick-off event at Ramstein Air Base, March 9. The AFAF is an annual effort to raise funds for charities that provide support to Air Force members in need.

AFAF 2020 kicks off at Ramstein

Members of the Kaiserslautern Military Community came together for an Air Force Assistance Fund kick-off event at the Enlisted Club, Ramstein Air Base, March 9.

March 19, 2020 ×

Community

U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Commander Col. Jason Edwards and wife Jackie (left), along with Command Sgt. Maj. Brett Waterhouse and wife Christina (right), share a moment with Gold Star family members Mary Aguiree-Garza (foreground), Marjorie Simon-Meinefeld and Sgt. 1st Class James Madden at the Gold Star Mothers and Families Day Luncheon Sept. 27, 2019, in Kaiserslautern. The Survivor Outreach Services program keeps survivors continually linked to the Army family through information, services and outreach in a supportive environment. Photo by Stefan Alford

Survivors find easier access to Army installations

Certain Gold Star and next-of-kin survivors are expected to find it easier to visit Army installations since a new process went into effect in January.

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