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Airmen learn to LEAD

Airmen learn to LEAD

Story and photos by Airman 1st Class Lane T. Plummer 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Airman 1st Class Dillon Fowler and Senior Airman Ryan Pastor began their days with an abrupt notification that they weren’t going to report straight to work.

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An Airman pulls weeds during Base Pride April 28 on Ramstein. The purpose of Base Pride is to ensure that all the buildings and surrounding areas look clean and professional.

Ramstein shows base pride

Photos by Airman 1st Class Tryphena Mayhugh
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Photo by Staff Sgt. Warren W. Wright Jr. 
Two M1 Abrams tanks move down the docks of Antwerp toward their holding area after being offloaded from the freighter “Resolve,” April 24.

EAS equipment arrives in Europe through Belgian port

by 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs Office

Members of the 16th Sustainment Brigade and 21st Theater Sustain-ment Command, along with other U.S. and Belgian agencies, coordinated and offloaded additional European Activity Set vehicles and equipment April 24 at the port of Antwerp, Belgium.

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Student dependents may be eligible for funded travel

Courtesy of the 86th Comptroller Squadron

Command-sponsored dependents attending school in the U.S. may be eligible for government-funded travel to visit family stationed at a permanent duty station outside of the continental United States.

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Photo by Senior Airman Timothy Moore
RianSimone Harris receives the 2015 European Military Youth of the Year award from Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente, 86th Airlift Wing commander, March 30 on Ramstein. Pictured with Harris are her parents Tatineesha and Master Sgt. Shaun Harris, 435th Security Forces Squadron first sergeant.

Ramstein youth wins European Military Youth of the Year award

by Andrea Hoover 86th Force Support Squadron Vogelweh Teen Center

A Vogelweh Teen Center member was recently named the 2015 European Military Youth of the Year.

May 7, 2015 ×

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C-130J scrubbed the 86th AMXS way

C-130J scrubbed the 86th AMXS way

Photos by Staff Sgt. Sara Keller
May 7, 2015 ×

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Panzer and Lee begin their search for amphibians near a local wetland. The 86th CES ensures Ramstein protects the local environment through surveys and cause-and-impact studies on and around the base.

86th CES conducts amphibious environmental conservation

Photos by Staff Sgt. Armando A. Schwier-Morales
April 30, 2015 ×

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Christian Führer (left), a volunteer at Daenner Chapel, talks to Army Maj. Greg Spears, a member of the 10th Army Air Defense and Missile Command, before church services April 19 at Daenner Kaserne.. Führer, a German national, has been attending services and volunteering in American military chapels since the '80s.

German volunteers for American chapel

Story and photos by Lt. Col. Jefferson Wolfe 7th Civil Support Command Public Affairs Officer

One of the volunteers at Daenner Chapel drives 100 miles every week to attend church services.

April 30, 2015 ×

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Photo by Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Garrison Public Affairs
Christa Dirgins and retired Gen. Gordon Sullivan unveil a shadowbox, painting and plaque dedicated to the late Brig. Gen. Richard Dirgins April 17 at Daenner Kaserne.

7th CSC commemorates former commanding general

by Sgt. Daniel Friedberg 221st Public Affairs Detachment

Memories surfaced in retired Gen. Gordon R. Sull-ivan’s speech as he recalled his friend, Brig. Gen. Richard Dirgins, during an April 17 ceremony at Daenner Kaserne.

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Charles Tillman, an NFL cornerback who was the Walter Payton Man of the Year in 2013, and Santonio Holmes Jr, an NFL wide receiver and MVP of Super Bowl XLIII, pose for a photo with Staff Sgt. Theresa Buck, 72st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, unit security manager, during the USO’s ProTour 2015, April 15 on Ramstein.

NFL stars visit service members in Germany

Photos by Staff Sgt. Sara Keller
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