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Take Note — Sept. 22, 2017

A6 interchange closes Due to street repair works, autobahn A6 will be reduced to just one lane near Einsiedlerhof direction Kaiserslautern/Mann-heim Oct. 7. Interchange Kaisers-lautern-Einsiedlerhof direction Mann-heim/Kaisers–lautern will totally close to traffic from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. Motorists cannot exit at Einsiedlerhof coming from Saarbruecken, and they cannot drive […]

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No ordinary dog

No ordinary dog

Story and photos by Senior Airman Elizabeth Baker
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Ramstein welcomed a new canine candidate to its 86th Security Forces Squadron military working dog team. Orca is a two-year-old German shepherd who is currently being evaluated to see if he has what it takes to become a permanent team member at Ramstein.

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A base in a box: 86th MMS keeps Air Force ready for action

A base in a box: 86th MMS keeps Air Force ready for action

Story and photos by Airman 1st Class Joshua Magbanua
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Somewhere in the Luxembourg countryside, armed guards keep watch over a compound of non-descript warehouses and storage containers. Each warehouse in the facility holds a different surprise, but those coming in will find that most of these treasures are kept hidden under lock and key.

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ROB UTAP changes to appointment-only system

ROB UTAP changes to appointment-only system

Story and photo by Erinn Burgess
U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Installation Management Command Directorate

The Utility Tax Avoidance Program saves military members and civilian employees thousands of dollars annually, and now the program wants to save patrons time too. Beginning Oct. 1, services will be offered only at the Rhine Ordnance Barracks VAT Office and only by appointment. Up until now, registration has been […]

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LRMC docs strengthen ties with host nation providers

LRMC docs strengthen ties with host nation providers

by Maj. Mark Jones and Cpt. Kenneth Bowden
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, TRICARE and International SOS recently hosted the annual Network Provider Event, bringing more than 40 host nation physicians and other healthcare providers from throughout Europe to meet their counterparts at LRMC. “The network providers in Germany, Italy and Belgium routinely augment LRMC’s capabilities and help us […]

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Cyber Vigilance

by Senior Master Sgt. Chet Tonge
86th Communications Squadron

In an effort to test the cyber awareness of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa  personnel, an Air Force Information Aggressor Squadron conducted a “blue on blue” spear-phishing attack exercise against a number of specified users July 16 to 22. Exercise blue-on-blue: you just received an email […]

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US Army North certifies the only Civil Support Team in Europe

US Army North certifies the only Civil Support Team in Europe

Story and photos by Sgt. Daniel Friedberg 
7th Mission Support Command

Under rainy skies, on an early fall morning better suited for sleeping in, Army Reserve Soldiers of the 773rd Civil Support Team, 7th Mission Support Command, responded to an alert on Daenner Kaserne, Sept. 14.

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Brig. Gen. Richard G.  Moore Jr., 86th Airlift Wing commander, center, cuts a  ribbon for the Ramstein Bazaar’s 53rd Grand Opening with Mary Waibel (from left) and Kim D’Ippolito, Ramstein Bazaar co chairs, Kara Montano, 86th Force Support Squadron special events coordinator and Lt. Col. Renee Thoutte, 86th FSS commander Sept. 13 on Ramstein. More than 130 vendors are projected to sell merchandise at the shopping event today through Sunday on the Ramstein flightline. 
 — Photo by Staff Sgt. Nesha Humes Stanton

Shop around the world at the 53rd Ramstein Bazaar

by Rebecca Brokaw
Marketing Chair 2017 Ramstein Bazaar

It’s time to come shop at the 53rd Ramstein Bazaar! The tent is up, the vendors are checked-in and the hangars are filled to the brim with treasures from around the world. This is the weekend to come out to shop and help support your military community. The Ramstein Bazaar will be open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Plenty of parking on site will make shopping easy.

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Airmen assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing push a Humvee during the annual Commander’s Challenge resilience day Sept. 6 on Ramstein. Air Force Instruction 90-506 requires Air Force units to conduct two resilience days each year.

Commander’s Challenge tests resilience

Story and photos by Airman 1st Class Joshua Magbanua
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Airmen from all over the 86th Airlift Wing conducted an annual sports and resilience day Sept. 6 on Ramstein.

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KMCC parking lot reopens

KMCC parking lot reopens

Story and photo by Senior Airman Jimmie D. Pike
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The 86th Civil Engineer Squadron prepared the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center’s southwest parking lot for final acceptance Sept. 11.

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