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Making things right

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

It was a chilly spring evening as I was driving home after spending some time with friends. My wife, who was nine months pregnant at the time, was sleeping soundly in the passenger seat. My only concern at the moment was to bring her home as quickly and safely as possible.

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Blotter, News

KMC Blotter — August 11, 2017

July 31 8:27 a.m.: Fleeing the scene of a minor traffic accident on A-63 near Nieder-Olm. Aug 2 7:57 a.m.: Major traffic accident with injuries in Niederkirchen. 11:22 a.m.: Theft from a secured motor vehicle in Steinwenden. 12:57 p.m.: Major traffic accident with injuries in Ramstein-Miesenbach. Aug 3 5:52 p.m.: […]

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News

Take Note — August 11, 2017

Protest at gate A small protest is scheduled for 12:15 p.m. Saturday outside of Ramstein West Gate in the vicinity of the traffic circle. The event is projected to last 30 minutes and is expected to be peaceful in nature. Kapaun/Vogelweh traffic routing change On Aug. 25, traffic routes will […]

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News

435 CRG trains for contingency down range

435 CRG trains for contingency down range

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

The mission of the 435th Contingency Response Group is to open up bare bases and air fields in austere environments. During base-opening operations, they may face a variety of threats. In the past, those who needed training to counter these threats needed to travel stateside to attend contingency response courses. […]

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News

Photos by Capt. Kaitlyn Heacock
Brig. Gen. Frederick R. Maiocco Jr. (left) hands the 7th Mission Support Command unit guidon over to Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond Brown, during the 7 MSC change of command ceremony Aug. 4 on Daenner Kaserne. Observing is Brig. Gen. Steven Ainsworth (foreground right), the outgoing commanding general, and Maj. Gen. Steven Shapiro (foreground left), commanding general of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, 7 MSC’s higher headquarters.

New general takes command of 7 MSC

by Lt. Col. Jefferson Wolfe
7th Mission Support Command Public Affairs

The 7th Mission Support Command hosted its second change of command in about a year as Brig. Gen. Steven Ainsworth turned command over to Brig. Gen. Frederick R. Maiocco Jr. during a Friday morning ceremony on NCO Field on Daenner Kaserne.

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News

Airmen in developmental special duties epitomize leadership, core values

by Kat Bailey
Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas — Air Force officials filled 770 positions across nine developmental special duties, or DSDs, for spring 2017.

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News

FLEP open for application to all services

by Department of the Army
Office of the Judge Advocate General

The Army Office of The Judge Advocate General in Washington, D.C., is now accepting applications for the Army’s Funded Legal Education Program. Under this program, the Army projects sending up to 25 active-duty commissioned officers to law school at government expense. Selected officers will attend law school beginning the fall […]

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News

Air Force to radically reduce instructions

Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson announced the Air Force will seek to significantly reduce unnecessary Air Force instructions over the next 24 months in order to allow greater flexibility and mission focus.

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News

LRMC, Army clinics in Europe open USAREUR training holidays

by Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Public Affairs

Landstuhl Regional Medi-cal Center and LRMC clinics throughout Europe are open during U.S. Army Europe training holidays to help service members keep up on their medical and dental readiness needs. All Army health and dental facilities in Kaisers-lau-tern, Baumholder, Wies-baden, Brussels, SHAPE and Vicenza will be open for appointments for […]

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News

Staff Sgt. Nigel Carl, 86th Security Forces Squadron raven patrolman, radios in with his communication headquarters during his night shift 
March 6 on Ramstein. As the largest career field in the Air Force, it’s the job of security forces to protect, defend and fight global enemy forces. They are responsible for missile security, defending air bases, law enforcement, combat arms and handling military working dogs.  — Photo by Senior Airman Lane T. Plummer

Operation Nighthawk educates, curbs drug abuse

by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Bass
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

An Airman pulls up to the gate after a night out. The Airman shows an ID card expecting to be waved through. The Airman is greeted with something else, however — a white sheet of paper with the subject line “URINALYSIS INSPECTION ORDER.”

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