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Commentary, News

It’s about more than just pink shirts

It’s about more than just pink shirts

by Col. Brent Johnson
86th Medical Group

In the last few weeks you’ve hopefully seen several articles in the news and on the Ramstein website about Breast Cancer Awareness Month. You’ve also hopefully read the article about our very own Senior Airman Jordan Hebner, 86th Dental Squadron and the mastermind behind the sudden flood of pink morale […]

October 27, 2016 ×

Features, News

Ramstein stays winter-ready with snow removal team

Ramstein stays winter-ready with snow removal team

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Lane T. Plummer
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Ramstein base operations run 24-hours a day, which means preparations have to be made and attention to detail is critical.

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Features, News

Best Warrior proves hard work pays off

Best Warrior proves hard work pays off

by Ashley Patoka
Regional Health Command Europe Public Affairs

Five years ago Sgt. 1st Class Ilker Irmak competed in his first U.S. Army Best Warrior Competition and while he thought he was prepared, he came up short. He took his lessons learned from that opportunity and put them to work to earn the third place title in this year’s competition held at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.

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Features, News

21st TSC women explore combat arms opportunities

21st TSC women explore combat arms opportunities

Story and photo by Brittany Jones
21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Now that female Soldiers have the opportunity to join combat arms military occupational specialties, the 21st Special Troops Battalion is making sure their junior enlisted female Soldiers are aware of career opportunities and their potential benefits.

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Features, News

Kaiserslautern students, 21st STB Soldiers celebrate Hispanic heritage

Kaiserslautern students, 21st STB Soldiers celebrate Hispanic heritage

Story and photo by Brittany Jones
21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

KMC students, family members and friends joined troops from the 21st Special Troops Battalion for a fiesta in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month Oct. 14 at the Kazabra Club on Vogelweh.

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Lifestyle, News

Germans observe religious holidays in November

Germans observe religious holidays in November

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Tuesday, many Germans will visit cemeteries to decorate the gravesites of deceased family members and friends to light candles or lay down flowers or wreaths made of fir tree branches, pine cones and dried flowers. They do this because it is “Allerheiligen,” “All Saints Day,” a religious holiday for Catholics. It’s not an official holiday in all of Germany but in the states with mainly Catholic population such as Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Nordrhein-Westfalen. Here stores, banks and public offices remain closed. The day is a regular workday in the rest of Germany.

October 27, 2016 ×

News, Schools

Education Notes, Oct. 28, 2016

Education Notes, Oct. 28, 2016

Preschool Dinovember Storytime Celebrate “Dinovember,” the month that toy dinosaurs come to life. Rheinland-Pfalz Library hosts a Preschool Dinovember Storytime at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Open to preschool-aged children ages 3 to 5 years old and their parents. No registration required. For more information, contact Rheinland-Pfalz Library in Landstuhl, Bldg. 3810, […]

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News, Sports

Sports Shorts, Oct. 28, 2016

Sports Shorts, Oct. 28, 2016

Bambino basketball registration Introduce your child to basketball. START SMART Bambino Basketball focuses on teaching children ages 3 to 4 years old the motor skills necessary to eventually play basketball. Registration is open Tuesday through Nov. 30; sessions begin in January. For more information or to register, contact Parent Central […]

October 27, 2016 ×

News

Community Corner – Oct. 21, 2016

Airman & Family Readiness Center For more information or to sign up for a class, call the Airman & Family Readiness Center at 480-5100. MONDAY » A Military Life Cycle: 10 a.m. to noon, A&FRC TUESDAY » Reintegration Briefing: 9 to 10:30 a.m., IDRC » Extreme Couponing: 10 a.m. to noon, A&FRC » Saving […]

October 20, 2016 ×

News

Private Rob Thorton, a construction equipment maintainer with 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and Ron Jones, a contractor at Coleman Work Site, conduct a joint inventory and inspection of equipment Sept. 30 at the European Activity Set staging area. Instead of closing, Coleman was selected as U.S. Army Europe’s site for the EAS, where thousands of vehicles and pieces of equipment could receive depot-level maintenance and full reset, be staged and stored, and ultimately be issued back out to Army combat brigades rotating in and out of Europe.

Coleman Barracks meet new missions

Photo by Chief Sgt. Maj. Cameron Porter
October 20, 2016 ×