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Photo by Senior Airman Jonathan StefankoThe Kaiserslautern Hispanic American Club hosts a salsa demonstration in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month Oct. 5 on Ramstein. The KHAC also performed a soccer, Zumba and merengue 
demonstration to showcase Hispanic heritage. Hispanic Heritage Month events celebrate heritage, diversity, integrity and honor and take place from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. The U.S. has celebrated the history and cultural traditions of the nation’s Hispanic/Latino people for more than 30 years.

Hispanic heritage

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Photo by Airman 1st Class Michael StuartTech. Sgt. Rachel Bowers (left), 86th Airlift Wing executive assistant, and Chief Master Sgt. James Morris, 86th Airlift Wing command chief, 
discuss upcoming tasks Oct. 4 on Ramstein. Bowers works a multitude of different tasks to make sure the day’s tasks get completed like they are supposed to.

Exec keeps chief on time, informed

by Senior Airman Whitney Stork
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

As the executive assistant to Chief Master Sgt. James Morris, 86th Airlift Wing command chief, Tech. Sgt. Rachel Bowers has a large variety of day-to-day tasks she is required to do to ensure everything works as planned.

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Staff Sgt. Ruben Vasquez, 786th Force Support Squadron food service supervisor, removes meatballs from a baking sheet Oct. 7 on Ramstein. The Rhineland Inn Dining Facility offers four meals a day in order to provide a low-budget meal option for Airmen working around the clock.

DFAC provides food for the soul

               

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Courtesy graphicOctober is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the goal is to educate the community on the resources and services Family Advocacy offers.

Family Advocacy: Building stronger families

by Senior Airman Jonathan Stefanko
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Low manning at the office, being in a foreign country or just another late night at work may be normal for some, but add them all together and the stress can become overwhelming.

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Defense Department bolsters victim advocacy with new initiatives

by Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.
American Forces Press Service

The Defense Department continues to take steps to improve victims’ confidence in sexual assault advocacy through a multi-pronged approach, said the deputy director for the Department of Defense’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office.

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Waltraud Arnold (left) and Ute Spang, Air Force Inns housekeepers, work together to change the sheets in a hotel room. The Air Force Inns housekeepers’ mission is to provide quality facilities and service to lodging guests.

Service goes extra mile at Air Force Inns

Photos by Senior Airman Hailey Haux
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Air Force Inns has a total of 31 buildings on Ramstein, Vogelweh Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. There are 171 housekeepers assigned to keep the rooms in those buildings clean.

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Airman 1st Class Eric Welsh, 786th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management journeyman, dons an oxygen mask while preparing for a biological response exercise 
Sept. 26 on Ramstein. Squadrons train quarterly to stay prepared for real-world situations.

Emergency management: Ready to assist, respond

Story and photos by Senior Airman Hailey Haux
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Airmen from the 786th Civil Engineer Squadron Emergency Management Flight have an important role to play in keeping the KMC safe.

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Staff Sgt. Raymond Rugenstein, 86th Operations Support Squadron weather flight weather 
forecaster, reads a hand-held manual weather sensor.

Predicting the unpredictable

Photos by Senior Airman Jose L. Leon
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Airmen from the 86th Operations Support Squadron weather flight provide weather forecasts, warnings, watches and conditions for the KMC and worldwide through meteorological and aviation networks.

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Silvano Wueschner, 86th Airlift Wing historian, sifts through books in his office Sept. 25 on Ramstein. Wueschner has been a historian at Ramstein since June 2011. He captures and organizes the history of the base.

86th Airlift Wing historian: Connecting past, present, future

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Stuart
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

History is the record of past events and is important to the future of a society. History affects what we do on a daily basis. Some may say the lack of knowledge of how and what happened in the past can be the reason history repeats itself.

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SAPR: Stepping in to protect lives

by Dr. Tom Appel-Schumacher
U.S. Air Forces in Europe Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program manager

In the past eight years, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa averaged 84 reported sexual assaults per year perpetrated against active duty, Guard, Reserve and civilians — men and
women.

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