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Community Corner — May 19, 2017

Airman & Family Readiness Center  MONDAY » Transition GPS Workshop: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., A&FRC » Ramstein Spouses Orientation: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., A&FRC TUESDAY » Transition GPS Workshop: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., A&FRC » Reintegration Briefing: 9 to 10 a.m., IDRC » Resume Writing: 10 a.m. to noon, A&FRC » Spouse Sponsorship […]

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Features, News

Chief Master Sergeant Phillip L. Easton, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa command chief master sergeant, (second from left) provides the rules of engagement to board members as he presides over the USAFE-AFAFRICA Outstanding Airmen of the Year board March 9 on Ramstein.

USAFE Command Chief introduces his priorities

Story and photos by Tech. Sgt. Micky M. Pena
U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Public Affairs

Walking into his office it can be easy to get the impression you are about to meet someone who embodies Air Force experience, evident by the various memorabilia scattered throughout the room. He’s been an aircraft maintainer. He’s been a military training instructor. He’s even been a non-commissioned officer academy […]

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Features

Social Engineering – Remain Vigilant!

by 86th Communications Squadron and 86th Airlift Wing Information Protection Office

Social engineering is a tactic our adversaries can use to gain access to our networks by targeting the users of those networks. “Hacking the human element,” as it is known in the cyber world, is a full-blown threat to the security of Department of Defense computer networks. Two common methods of social engineering attacks are phishing and spear phishing. Phishing is when an attacker pretends to be a legitimate, trustworthy entity and attempts to acquire your personal information, or trick you into opening a malicious link or file.

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Features, Sports

Nick Waller, European Guzzlers softball player, carries James Lucas, Kaiserslautern Middle School student, while running to second base during the Adaptive Sports softball game at Donnelly Park May 4 on Ramstein. The Guzzlers helped the special-needs students during the game as part of the Adaptive Sports program.

Students at bat: adaptive sports build camaraderie

Story and photos by Senior Airman Devin Boyer
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Ramstein and Kaiserslautern middle and high school special-needs students went toe-to-toe in a friendly game of adaptive-sports softball at Donnelly Park, May 4. The Guzzlers, a varsity community softball team, joined the children to build camaraderie and morale between students, their friends and both immediate and military families. “The way […]

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Features, News

1st Lt. Jeffrey Davis, 435th Security Forces Squadron assistant operations officer, low-crawls while participating in the 435 CRG Olympics May 5 on Ramstein. The 435th Air Mobility Squadron, 435th Construction and Training Squadron, 435th Security Forces Squadron, and Detachment 1 each planned a competitive event to challenge the teams to not only compete, but to share with one another what each squadron in the 435 CRG does every day.

435 CRG Olympics: hurdling obstacles

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

  A hand stretches ahead again and again, shoving mud past as an Airman pushes his body across the pit, sharp barbed wire catching on his backpack. As exhaustion begins to set in, the sound of the rest of the team pushes him to crawl faster, hoping he is almost […]

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Features, News

Alcohol e-CheckUpToGo comes to Ramstein

Alcohol e-CheckUpToGo comes to Ramstein

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

How many drinks did you have last weekend? Last week? Is that normal? Ramstein Airmen now have a tool to check if alcohol consumption has become an issue for them or not.

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Features

Aircraft metals technology: there when you need them

Aircraft metals technology: there when you need them

Story and photos by Senior Airman Elizabeth Baker
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Though lives often depend on the missions flying out of Ramstein, all it takes is one broken part to keep a plane from flying. That’s why the 86th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Metals Technology shop makes sure that if any aircraft on the Ramstein flight line needs parts, they get parts any time, any day.

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Features, Health

Veterinary center to change name, continue service for four-legged companions

Veterinary center to change name, continue service for four-legged companions

by Ashley Patoka
Regional Health Command Europe

Dog Center Europe, located on Pulaski Barracks in Kaiserslautern, will undergo a name change and become Veterinary Medical Center Europe today. The new name, according to Maj. Lane Hansen, DCE director and veterinarian, better reflects the array of services that are currently provided to the military community. “We have been […]

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Features, Sports

Tackling barriers; building relationships

Tackling barriers; building relationships

Story and photos by Airman 1st Class
Alexis C. Schultz AFN Europe

It’s late afternoon and the Kaisers­lautern women’s rugby team is strewn throughout the field warming up for their Thursday practice. Mouth guards are put in and the game changes from an easy warm up to intense training.

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Features

721 AMXS goes wheels up for C-5 maintenance

721 AMXS goes wheels up for C-5 maintenance

Story and photos by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Normally when a C-5M Galaxy is off the ground, it is soaring thousands of feet above the world. For one particular C-5 flying out of Travis Air Force Base, Calif., that was not the case when a malfunctioning landing gear caused it to be raised only a few feet above […]

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