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Atlantic Stripe bolsters NCO development

Atlantic Stripe bolsters NCO development

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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Take Note, May 19, 2017

Awards banquet The 2016 U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Outstanding Airmen of the Year Banquet will be 6 p.m. Thursday at the Ramstein Officers’ Club. For more information and reservations, call 480-6647 or 480-6857. Office closures The KMC Housing Office as well as the Furnishings Management […]

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A 200-pound dummy drops from a platform to demonstrate a safety mechanism during the 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s fall protection training May 10 on Ramstein. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration encouraged employers to participate in its National Fall Prevention Stand-Down, which was being held in conjunction with the North American Occupational Safety and Health Safety Week from May 8 to 12.  – Photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh

Ramstein Airmen train during OSHA fall safety week

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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Ceremony honors infants laid to rest at Kaiserslautern cemetery

Ceremony honors infants laid to rest at Kaiserslautern cemetery

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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DISA CCRI is here!

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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First Term Airmen Courses receive curriculum overhaul

First Term Airmen Courses receive curriculum overhaul

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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AF announces Squadron Revitalization Idea Site

AF announces Squadron Revitalization Idea Site

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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Service Culture Initiative classes focus on customer needs, experiences

Service Culture Initiative classes focus on customer needs, experiences

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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Service members must obey rules for PCS gifts

Service members must obey rules for PCS gifts

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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435 CTS, ANG Airmen practice search and rescue

435 CTS, ANG Airmen practice search and rescue

by Airman 1st Class Joshua Magbanua
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
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