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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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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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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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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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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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Features, Lifestyle

Was Ist Los? — June 16, 2017

Was Ist Los? — June 16, 2017

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The following is a list of performances and events happening in the KMC and nearby locations. Dates are subject to change. Performing arts: Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern: • “Zyklus,” a dance performance by James Sutherland with music by Benjamin Britten, Philip Glass and Samuel Barber, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 1 and 5 […]

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Features, Lifestyle

Community Corner — June 16, 2017

Airman & Family Readiness Center   MONDAY » Transition GPS Workshop-Retirees: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., A&FRC » Ramstein Spouses Orientation (RSO): 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., A&FRC TUESDAY » Transition GPS Workshop-Retirees: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., A&FRC » Pre-Separation Counseling Teleconference (GSU’s only): 9 to 11:30 a.m., A&FRC […]

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Col. Curtis G. Juell, right, 86th Mission Support Group commander, speaks with a German police officer at the Rhineland-Palatinate Polizei’s 70th year anniversary celebration May 20 in Koblenz.

Ramstein region celebrates Polizei’s 70th anniversary

Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

KOBLENZ, Germany — Mem-bers of the Kaisers-lautern Mili-tary Community traveled to Ehren-breitstein Fortress in Koblenz, Germany, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Rhineland-Palatinate (RLP) police, or Polizei, May 20. The state of Rhineland-Palatinate was formed in 1947, and along with it came the establishment of the RLP Polizei. In […]

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Features, Health

Education, outreach for men’s health

Education, outreach for men’s health

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Savannah L. Waters
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The summer is finally here and with it Men’s Health Month is observed across the U.S. with various health fairs, screenings, and other health education and outreach activities. While people are aware that being healthy and staying fit to fight is essential to the mission, June is the month used […]

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AF civilian hiring resumes after freeze lifted

by Richard Salomon
Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH — The Air Force Personnel Center is partnering with customers with the goal of resuming normal “first-in, first-out” operations since the government-wide hiring freeze ended in early April 2017. Based on Air Force priorities, AFPC personnel are first working all pending firm job offers where tentative […]

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