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Revitalizing squadrons: Deliberately develop superintendents

Revitalizing squadrons: Deliberately develop superintendents

Story and photos by
Airman D. Blake Browning
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Chief Master Sgt. Phillip L. Easton, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa command chief master sergeant, hosted a five-day USAFE-AFAFRICA Squadron Superintendent and Spouse course, Sept. 24 to 27 at the USAFE Conference Center on Ramstein Air Base. “Superintendents have always existed in our organization, but […]

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Features, Health

Flu vaccine community events scheduled for KMC

Flu vaccine community events scheduled for KMC

by Stacy M. Sanning
Regional Health Command Europe

Fall is officially here and the colder temperatures usher in the annual flu season. The flu vaccine is expected to arrive soon so the Army and Air Force medical teams have scheduled numerous vaccination events throughout the Kaiserslautern Military Community. Due to delays caused by Hurricane Florence, scheduled event dates […]

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Air Force begins transition of hospitals, clinics to Defense Health Agency

Air Force begins transition of hospitals, clinics to Defense Health Agency

by Air Force Surgeon General
Public Affairs

The Defense Health Agency officially assumed administrative and management responsibilities of a handful of hospitals and clinics as part of the Military Health System reforms mandated by Congress. The transition of the facilities is part of a phased implementation plan developed by DHA and Services medical departments that started Oct. […]

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Retiree Appreciation Day

Retiree Appreciation Day

by Airman 1st Class
Kaylea Berry
86 Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The 86th Airlift Wing Retiree Activities Office invites members of the Kaiserslautern Military Community to celebrate Retiree Appreciation Day at the Ramstein Officer’s Club on Ramstein Air Base, Oct. 18, starting at 9:30 a.m. All military retirees, dependents, and family members are invited to attend. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. […]

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Meet the 86 AW’s new command chief

Meet the 86 AW’s new command chief

Story and photo by
Staff Sgt. Nesha Humes Stanton
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Chief Master Sergeant Ernesto J. Rendon, Jr. serves as the Command Chief Master Sergeant for the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base. As the senior enlisted leader, Rendon provides counsel to the commander and senior leadership on military readiness, mission effectiveness, professional development, morale, welfare, training, and good order […]

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Ramstein celebrates Diversity Day

Ramstein celebrates Diversity Day

Story and photos by
Staff Sgt. Nesha Humes Stanton
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Equal opportunity offices from the U.S. Army 7th Mission Support Command, the 86th Airlift Wing, Defense Logistics Agency, and the Diversity Council from the University of Maryland University College collaborated together to host the 86th AW’s Diversity Day, Sept. 28. U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark R. August, 86th AW […]

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Cost of Living Allowance living pattern survey

by U. S. Department of Defense

The Cost of Living Allowance Living Pattern Survey for Germany will be available online from Oct. 1 through Oct. 31. Below is the URL to access the survey: https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/colaSurvey.cfm?ID=Germany What is it? This is a COLA Survey that asks Service Members and their families which local economy outlets they use […]

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700th Contracting Squadron: Virtually no corner left untouched

700th Contracting Squadron: Virtually no corner left untouched

by 2nd Lt. Elizabeth Park
700th Contracting Squadron

For a few Ramstein Airmen, the last few days of September proved to be filled with long working hours, late nights and energy drinks. Why is that? Well, the fiscal year ended on Sept. 30 and represented closeout of the Department of Defense’s 2018 budget. For the 700th Contracting Squadron, […]

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Former U.S. Army site now thrives as conservation habitat

Former U.S. Army site now thrives as conservation habitat

by Thomas Clements
United States Army
Installation Management Command

From 1963 to 1995, a U.S. Army compound on the edge of Germany’s Hassloch Forest served as a NATO air defense missile site, then later as a storage area for military vehicles. More than 20 years after the site’s closure, representatives from the U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz joined members of […]

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German-American Friendship Concert celebrates longstanding partnership

German-American Friendship Concert celebrates longstanding partnership

by Stefan Alford
United States Army
Installation Management Command

U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz and the city of Kaiserslautern sponsored a German-American Friendship Concert to celebrate their harmonious partnership at the Fruchthalle, Oct. 3. The U.S. Army Europe Band and Chorus played for a sold-out auditorium of nearly 600 guests for the event’s fifth year in a row, delighting the […]

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