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The state of Rheinland-Pfalz provides one-stop website for American families

The state of Rheinland-Pfalz provides one-stop website for American families

by Atlantic Academy Rheinland-Pfalz

The state of Rheinland-Pfalz provides a one-stop website for American families It’s that time of the year: The PCS season is in full swing and many service members are taking the leap over the pond with their families and have to adapt to the unfamiliar circumstances in Germany. The big […]

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DPW doing its ‘best with less’

DPW doing its ‘best with less’

by U.S. Army
Photos by Mary Ann Davis
U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Installation Management Command Directorate

Doing “less with less” affects every Installation Management Command garrison, and U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz is no exception. As such, the garrison’s Directorate of Public Works has adapted to perform its primary function of maintaining installation infrastructure with reduced funding and fewer resources while staying committed to customer needs by […]

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Wilson sets sights on readiness, modernization at Air Force Association breakfast

Wilson sets sights on readiness, modernization at Air Force Association breakfast

Secretary of the Air Force
Public Affairs

WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson addressed the Air Force Association’s Air Force Breakfast Series June 5, 2017, at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C. During her remarks Wilson spoke about the proposed Air Force budget for the fiscal year that starts October 1. “The fiscal […]

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2017 NDAA revamps UCMJ

by R. Peter Masterton
21st Theater Sustainment Command Office of the Staff Judge Advocate

Hidden in the back of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act were a number of major changes in military justice. The last division of the Authorization Act, entitled the Military Justice Act of 2016, contained the most comprehensive changes in recent history to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the […]

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Allied Air Command welcomes Montenegro to NATO

Allied Air Command welcomes Montenegro to NATO

by Headquarters Allied Air Command Public Affairs Office

Some 350 military and civilian members of Headquarters Allied Air Command gathered in the morning of June 9 to mark the accession of Montenegro to NATO during a flag-raising ceremony at the NATO compound at Ramstein. Officiated by the Deputy Com­mander of Allied Air Command, Air Marshal Stu Evans, Royal […]

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Brig. Gen. Richard G. Moore Jr., 86th Airlift Wing commander, flies a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein, past Mont Saint-Michel, France, June 3. This event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multinational amphibious landing and operational military airdrop in history, and highlights the U.S.’ steadfast commitment to European allies and partners. Overall, approximately 400 U.S. service members from units in Europe and the U.S. participated in ceremonial D-Day 73 events from May 31 to June 7.

86th, partners commemorate D-Day 73

Story and photos by Senior Airman Devin Boyer
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

PICAUVILLE, France — Ramstein Airmen joined U.S. Army, U.K., German, French, and several other military and civilian organizations to remember and commemorate the 73rd Anniversary of D-Day in events across the region from May 31 to June 7.

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Col. Curtis G. Juell, right, 86th Mission Support Group commander, speaks with a German police officer at the Rhineland-Palatinate Polizei’s 70th year anniversary celebration May 20 in Koblenz.

Ramstein region celebrates Polizei’s 70th anniversary

Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

KOBLENZ, Germany — Mem-bers of the Kaisers-lautern Mili-tary Community traveled to Ehren-breitstein Fortress in Koblenz, Germany, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Rhineland-Palatinate (RLP) police, or Polizei, May 20. The state of Rhineland-Palatinate was formed in 1947, and along with it came the establishment of the RLP Polizei. In […]

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AF civilian hiring resumes after freeze lifted

by Richard Salomon
Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH — The Air Force Personnel Center is partnering with customers with the goal of resuming normal “first-in, first-out” operations since the government-wide hiring freeze ended in early April 2017. Based on Air Force priorities, AFPC personnel are first working all pending firm job offers where tentative […]

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KMC Blotter — June 9, 2017

May 28 12:10 a.m.: Drunken operation of vehicle on Pulaski 9:20 a.m.: Major traffic collision with injuries in Landstuhl 11 a.m.: Theft from a motor vehicle in Kaiserslautern May 29 4:05 a.m.: Drunken operation of vehicle on Ramstein 12:14 a.m.: Driving under the influence on Ramstein May 30 9:30 p.m.: […]

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Application window opens for enlisted RPA pilot selection board

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas —Airmen interested in becoming enlisted remotely piloted aircraft pilots have until Nov. 15, 2017, to submit completed application packages, including physical exams, to the Air Force Personnel Center. Applicants may be staff sergeants through senior master sergeants in any Air Force specialty code who are […]

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