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Remembrance

Remembrance

***image1:top******image2***Maj. David Tiedemann, operations officer with the 415th Base Support Battalion, and his daughter, Shannon, 3, (above) take a closer look at a grave in the Jewish cemetery during the 415th BSB’s Day Walking Retreat at Worms Jan. 19. The retreat, sponsored by the 415th BSB Chaplain’s Office, also visited […]

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Family support center is heart of readiness

Family support center is heart of readiness

Rebecca Schrader
Ramstein Family Support Center

Since Sept. 11, 2001, the global war on terrorism changed the way many Americans live, and especially the military family.
Deployments are longer, more frequent, and often more dangerous than in the past.

January 23, 2004 ×

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Cadets take control of future fighter

Cadets take control of future fighter

The F/A-22 Raptor is the next generation of multi-role fighter aircraft, and Lockheed staffers and test pilots provided cadets an introduction to the Raptor’s capabilities.

January 16, 2004 ×

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Intangibles make world of difference

by Master Sgt. Trae King
39th Mission Support Squadron

You can

January 16, 2004 ×

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Your vote counts: The country you save, may be your own

by Christine June
415th Base Support Battalion

I was stationed in Washington, D.C., during an election year and the voting craze was everywhere, even in the water. I managed to avoid it until a close friend reminded me of something I had learned in junior high.

January 16, 2004 ×

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KMC voters receive help

KMC voters receive help

by Christine June
415th Base Support Battalion

It

January 16, 2004 ×

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Commissary answers ‘mad cow’ concerns

Courtesy of DeCA Public Affairs Office

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has conducted a Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, commonly called

January 16, 2004 ×

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Soldiers, families face harsh reality of deployments

Pvt. Johnny Hudspeth
21st Theater Support Command

The corridor in the basement of the Spinnelli Barracks in Mannheim, Germany, is lined with Soldiers and their families. Weapons are being issued to members of the 512th Maintenance Company, 51st Maintenance Battalion, 29th Support Group, 21st Theater Support Command. Within hours, the 512th will fly through dark skies to set up shop in Iraq. Wives, husbands and children cling to each other for what may be their last embrace for possibly a year.

January 16, 2004 ×

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Meet the commander: New leadership to continue group legacy

Meet the commander: New leadership to continue group legacy

Staff Sgt. M. Davis
Kaiserslautern American editor

The wing has changed, but the mission stayed the same.
As the new 86th Operations Group commander, Col. Randy Kee will aim to continue the legacy of those who had served in the position before him.

January 16, 2004 ×

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Program RAMPs up, ‘re-blues’ at Ramstein

Staff Sgt. M. Davis
Kaiserslautern American

Ramstein begins a new program Monday to “re-blue” and positively guide airmen to acceptable military behavior.

January 9, 2004 ×