News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany 
Recently, you may have noticed a new police blotter column in the Kaiserslautern American. The blotter column is a joint initiative between the public affairs office and security forces, and feedback has been positive.
I have just returned from meeting with more than 3,000 Department of Defense health care leaders. Rarely will the under secretary of health affairs, U.S. surgeon general and all three service surgeon generals agree on any topic. However, all five of these senior leaders were singing the same tune
The other day I was asked a simple yet probing question:
Have you ever received a product or service with the expectation that it would make your life easier or more productive? We have all heard the promises associated with upgrading our computer to the latest software version. After installation, however, the computer fails to work as expected and requires hours of tinkering before it is useful again.
A guy I know, Jim, was stationed at Osan, Korea, a few years back and told this story. He was living in the dorms and was leaving to go get something to eat. He had noticed that a guy down the hall had been looking down, so he decided to invite him to go with him. The guy declined the offer so Jim went on alone but brought him back something to eat. The guy invited him in, and they ate their dinner together in the dorm room. Jim never really became friends with the guy but would talk occasionally and say hi.
How do you react to seeing lights and sirens and emergency responders busy redirecting traffic and the base populace or attending to injured personnel? How do you react when you are told to evacuate your building or are turned away from going to your desired destination? How can you help as a cordon sentry?
The bombing of a U.S. military dining facility in Mosul caused a late December influx of critically wounded servicemembers to arrive at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
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