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Airborne Soldiers of the 21st Theater Support Command earn their fins along with their wings.
Members of the 5th Quartermaster, 191st Ordnance Battalion, 29th Support Group, recently spent training time in a Baumholder swimming pool to get their Navy class II certification, a basic understanding and ability to jump into water and survive in the water for long periods of time.

The pharmacy at the Sembach Air Base Clinic recently received a bar code computer assisted technology system called PharmASSIST. The main purpose of the new system is to reduce medication-dispensing errors.

The annual Rheinland-Pfalz State Fair takes place May 14 to 16 in Nierstein-Oppenheim.
Cities and union communities of the state of Rheinland-Pfalz participate in the event and show who they are and what they have to offer. Thirteen stages with live music and show programs are put up throughout the center of town.

Thirteen members of the 76th Airlift Squadron returned from Central Command deployments this week. The unit deployed one C-21 and one C-20 in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom near the end of February and flew numerous combat support missions in Southwest Asia. In addition, the 76th AS deployed sufficient aircrews to keep the aircraft flying 24 hours a day if necessary.

***image1***Senior Airman Chad Koerber wears the intoxication goggles and tries to make a basket. The goggles simulate how depth perception is affected by intoxication. The goggles were provided by Airmen Against Drunk Driving as one of the many activities, to include safety brief-ings, at the Spring Fling safety event April […]

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