Story and photos by
Senior Airman Devin Boyer
86th Airlift Wing
Public Affairs
Sixty technical sergeants and staff sergeants participated in the first ever Atlantic Stripe course, built to enhance NCO development, May 9 to 12. More than 40 Air Force members across multiple organizations at Ramstein teamed to build the curriculum for the course in an overarching effort to strengthen NCOs’ toolkits. […]
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by Senior Airman Elizabeth Baker
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Hundreds of fall mishaps occur across the Air Force every year, resulting in thousands of lost work days, and much worse outcomes. Air Force personnel were involved in almost 3,500 falls resulting in 13 fatalities from 2012 to 2016, and this number doesn’t even include sports-related falls during the same time period.
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Courtesy of Ramstein Area Chiefs’ Group
The annual Kindergraves memorial ceremony will take place 3 p.m. Saturday at Daenner Chapel on Daenner Kaserne and the Kaisers-lautern main cemetery (Waldfriedhof). After speeches by city officials and Maj. Gen. Timothy M. Zadalis, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa vice commander, the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Color Guard will lead attendants in a procession to the gravesites.
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Courtesy of 86th Communications Squadron
Team Ramstein will be scrutinized by the watchful eye of the Defense Information Systems Agency during our annual Command Cyber Readiness Inspection May 22 to 26. The CCRI is an in-depth look at our cybersecurity posture and will measure our technical and operational compliance against cybersecurity and computer network defense policies.
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by Profession of Arms Center of Excellence
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas — The Air Force has rolled out a new First Term Airmen Course dedicated to developing Airmen as next-generation leaders. Airmen straight out of technical training will be taking the next step in their professional development when they attend the newly revamped FTAC at their […]
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by Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Air Force officials developed a crowdsourcing/idea website to leverage knowledge and expertise from Airmen in the field May 15, 2017.
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Story and photo by Mary Davis
U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz
Taking care of Soldiers, civilian employees and their families is what U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz is all about. So knowing customers’ needs, delivering quality products and services, while building relationships with them is important – important enough to receive mandatory training annually. Annual garrison Service Culture Initiative training is a […]
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by Robert Vedra
21st Theater Sustainment Command Office of the Staff Judge Advocate
As another winter gives way to spring, the military begins its annual preparation for PCS season. Service members and civilian employees receive orders and ready themselves for the next chapter in their careers, while comrades who remain search for an appropriate gift to mark the occasion. There are some ethics rules that govern such gifts, and they can be traps for the unwary. This article will discuss the rules governing PCS gifts in the hopes
of keeping everyone out of trouble and preventing awkward social situations.
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by Airman 1st Class Joshua Magbanua
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
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