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First sergeants’ corner: Don’t become spoiled milk

by Master Sgt John D. Carbon
721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing staff agencies first sergeant

You are the sum of your up-bringing … there is no magic pill! Every experience in life has made you who you are today. In competitions, most of the time, people lose.

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Minister president visits

Minister president visits

Minister President of Rheinland-Pfalz Malu Dreyer and Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente, 86th Airlift Wing commander, pose for a photo with the deputy mayor of Ramstein-Miesenbach, Ludwig Linsmayer and employees of the Window to Rheinland-Pfalz counter in the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center Tuesday on Ramstein.

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Airman’s 425-mile journey across Germany

Airman’s 425-mile journey across Germany

Story and photo by Senior Airman Caitlin Guinazu
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Miles and miles of road stretch ahead of the handlebars, as one man makes his journey across Germany on a 425-mile bike ride from Ramstein to Berlin, Germany.

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Sesame Street comes to the KMC

Sesame Street comes to the KMC

Photos by Airman 1st Class Holly Mansfield

Sesame Street and USO visited the KMC on Stage at Kleber Kaserne in Kaiserslautern and the South Side Fitness Center on Ramstein for the Sesame Street/USO Experience for Military Families show, July 24.

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Supporting spouses during deployments

Supporting spouses during deployments

Story and photo by Senior Airman Caitlin Guinazu
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Deploying can be tough, not only on a military member but on the whole family. Airmen never go into a fight alone, neither should a spouse.

August 1, 2013 ×

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Tailgating is not a good driving practice

From the 86th Airlift Wing Safety office

It’s 6:45 a.m. and the rush begins. Maybe you’re late leaving your house and traffic is flowing slower than you think it should.

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Help is a good thing: colonel, sexual assault survivor recounts experience

Help is a good thing: colonel, sexual assault survivor recounts experience

by Master Sgt. Amaani Lyle
Headquarters Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Public Affairs

The first in a video series of survivor stories, an Air Force colonel shared her graphic, first-hand experience with sexual assault in 1988.

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Get the dogs on them

Get the dogs on them

Pfc. Sean Nestrick, an 18th Military Police Brigade working dog handler and native of Scranton, Pa., and his dog Rena find a ‘perpetrator’ in a school library during a training exercise on Sembach Kaserne, July 19.

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Photo by Senior Airman Aaron-Forrest Wainwright

Viking Challenge

From pirates to gladiators and frat boys to nerds, participants dressed up in an assortment of costumes and stomped the Pulaski track during the Viking Challenge, July 29 on Pulaski Barracks.

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86th VRS equipped, ready!

86th VRS equipped, ready!

Photos by Senior Airman Aaron-Forrest Wainwright and Airman 1st Class Michael Stuart

Airmen from the 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron repair the cab on a de-icer truck July 17 on Ramstein. Ramstein comes equipped with the only VRS in the Air Force. This unique squadron is responsible for more than 1,800 vehicles and stands ready to repair the largest fleet in the Air […]

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