News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and civilians in the KMC area … I would like to take a moment to thank and congratulate you all for the incredible support and accomplishments I have witnessed in the last 2 1/2 years as commander of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing.
In this dangerous world, the last enemy our Airmen need to face is one from within our own Air Force family.
Fostering a professional climate free from sexual assault is every Airman’s responsibility.
This old proverb illustrates how the failure of a simple task — the shoeing of a horse — can have dire consequences for a larger mission: the prosecution of a battle.
We all have our bumps in the road. Some are minor speed humps and others are gaping potholes. Those are times where it seems there is nowhere to turn. But it isn’t about what got us there; it’s about what brought us back that counts and makes us resilient Airmen.
“All that you do, do it with your might. Things by half are never done right.”
My father taught me this quote and made me commit it to memory when I was a child. His father encouraged him to live by that same principle.
I have been to the KMCC twice in the last two weeks and have parked out front from the main entrance. While walking into the center, I look around, and I must say, I am very embarrassed at the amount of trash I see on the ground.
I firmly believe good followership to be just as important as good leadership. We are all leaders at one level or another, and we are all followers as well.
As Jodie and I prepare to depart Germany and the 86th Airlift Wing family, we would like to express our deepest appreciation to Team Ramstein, the Kaiserslautern Military Community and our host nation partners and give our heartfelt thanks to the Airmen of the Biggest, Baddest and Best wing in U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa!
by Lt. Col. John Frazier
86th Maintenance Group
Early in my life, I noticed there were talented, healthy, able-bodied and intelligent bums roaming the streets of my neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pa. I’m not referring to people who fell on hard times temporarily — I’m referring to people who seemed content to live their life as bums.
Are you a “capital A” Airman? The second part of this question is: Are there any “lower case A” Airmen? Are we so caught up in who we are that we really need to differentiate between a “capital A” Airman as opposed to the Airman we profess to be according to our creed? Our Air Force is suffering from an identity crisis.
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