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The CG-4A was the primary combat glider for the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and one of two types of combat gliders used by the 435th Troop Carrier Group. Approximately 280 glider pilots formed the 435th Glider Combat Team, trained extensively on infantry weapons and tactics, and fought a key defensive action against a German counter-attack in a night fight nicknamed the “Battle of Burp Gun Corner.”  Photo courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland

435th AGOW, 435th AEW celebrate 77th anniversary

Seventy-seven years ago the U.S. Army Air Forces activated the 435th Troop Carrier Group at Bowman Field, Kentucky.

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Sgt. Louis Herdman, an ear, nose and throat specialist at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, dons personal protective equipment to prepare for patient decontamination outside of LRMC, during a patient decontamination exercise, Feb. 7. The exercise gauged LRMC’s Patient Decontamination Team response procedures to ensure proper care of patients when exposed to contamination.

LRMC exercise measures CBRNE readiness

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center assessed patient decontamination capabilities during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) exercise at LRMC, Feb. 6.

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Installation Management Command-Europe Director Tommy Mize presents the 2019 Norman H. Marcus Award to Ingrid Osewalt, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation program analyst and acting deputy director, during a ceremony Feb. 12. Osewalt was recognized for making significant and lasting enhancements in MWR programs across Europe during her 33 years of service.

USAG RP Army Professional receives prestigious headquarters achievement award

An Army professional with more than 33 years of service received the 2019 Norman H. Marcus Award from Installation Management Command-Europe Director Tommy Mize during a ceremony on Feb. 12.

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Education

Education notes

Maker Fun Factory The USAG RP Landstuhl Library is the place to be after school every Tuesday if you are elementary or middle school-aged! Find yourself creating and crafting while learning STEM principles and making new friends. Craft activities are make and take, so you can enjoy your accomplishments at […]

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A meal prepared at the Jawbone Flight Kitchen is ready and waiting for customers at Ramstein Air Base, Feb. 6. Hot meals are now served four times a day, and all pricing is done a la carte.

Jawbone Flight Kitchen provides hot meals to Ramstein Air Base

The Jawbone Flight Kitchen is now serving hot meals four times a day, Monday through Friday.

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Community

If you think you are invincible, you must prove me wrong

This commentary was written with the assistance of several perspectives with the intention of bringing a new face to the great problem of suicide that is challenging our family of Airmen every day, and to turn our traditional take on this issue upside down so we might identify new approaches […]

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Let’s talk about: Teen dating violence

Let’s talk about: Teen dating violence

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness month, making it the perfect time to talk about our roles in preventing dating violence in our community.

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Community Corner

AIRMAN & FAMILY READINESS CENTER For details and to RSVP, call 480-5100 or 06371-47-5100. Bldg. 2120, Ramstein Air Base. All training is held at A&FRC unless stated otherwise. TUESDAY Pre-Deployment Briefing: 2:30-3:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Newcomers Base Intro: 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Hercules Theater THURSDAY Newcomers USO Tour: 8:15 a.m. […]

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Chaplain (Maj.) Michael Dawson, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Family Life Chaplain, talks to a community member in his office on Kleber Kaserne, Kaiserslautern. Family Life Chaplain counseling services focus on resiliency areas, such as helping couples with marital relationships and those struggling with the stress and difficulties that come with everyday military life. Photo by Erinn Burgess

Garrison welcomes new Family Life Chaplain

The U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Religious Support Office welcomed a new Family Life Chaplain this month to focus on resiliency areas, such as helping couples with marital relationships and those struggling with the stress and difficulties that come with everyday military life.

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For the past 10 years, Tony Haynesworth has been campaigning for service members, veterans and their families, to improve the patient-care experience, whether at a Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare organization or military treatment facility. Haynesworth, now assigned as Landstuhl Regional Medical Center’s lead patient advocate, says decades of experience in customer service has led him to one conclusion: communication is key to better outcomes.

LRMC’s patient advocate considers communication key

For the past 10 years, Tony Haynesworth has been campaigning for service members, veterans and their families, to improve the patient-care experience, whether at a Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare organization or military treatment facility.

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