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Chaplain (Maj.) Jonathan Zagdanski, 7th Mission Support Command, lights a Menorah to officially begin the celebration of Hanukkah Dec. 6 on Ramstein. The Festival of Lights historically goes back to 168 B.C. to the time of Judas Maccabeaus, who ordered an 80-day celebration following the rededication to the Temple in Jerusalem. Hanukkah runs through Sunday.

Menorah lighting on Ramstein

Photo by Tech. Sgt. Norma Johnson
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TSC holds tree lighting ceremony

TSC holds tree lighting ceremony

Photos by Ronnie Schelby

A 21st Theater Sustainment Command tree lighting ceremony was held Dec. 3 at Panzer Field on Panser Kaserne. Instrumental and choral performances from local schoolchildren and brief motivational remarks by Maj. Gen. Duane Gamble, the TSC commanding general, preceded the illumination of the command Christmas tree by three eager young […]

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Leather-clad members of the Warrant Officers Association, Rheinland-Pfalz Silver Chapter, families and volunteers drive toward Landstuhl Dec. 5 during a "Toy Run for Kids." Around two dozen of Santa's "bad-boy" helpers, many of them active-duty warrant officers serving with the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, traded reindeer and sleighs for motorcycles, delivering a full truck-sized load of Christmas cargo as well as several hundred euro in cash donations for area children. Participants in the toy convoy rode from their rally point at the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center to the Kinderheim Saint Nikolaus Orphanage in Landstuhl.

TSC warrant officers trade reindeers for bikes

Photo by Chief Warrant Officer 4 James J. Britton
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The U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz command team panel speaks at the Information Exchange Nov. 24 on Kleber Kaserne. The Dec. 18 panel will be reduced to four members to allow for more time for questions and answers from the community.

Garrison INFO-X provides feedback to community

Story and photo by Stefan Alford U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Public Affairs

There were a lot of questions from the community at the first U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Information Exchange Nov. 24 at the KMC Onstage on Kleber Kaserne. This promoted an additional question of “Can we get more time for questions and answers?”

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Command Sgt. Maj. Rodney Rhoades, 21st Theater Sustainment Command senior enlisted leader and president of the board (middle right), questions a candidate as fellow board members Master Sgt. Duane Held, 7th Mission Support Command (far left); Sgt. Maj. Daniel Hilton, TSC career counselor (middle left); and Sgt. Maj. Crecencia Jeter, TSC’s 1st Human Resources Sustainment Center, observe during the Retention NCO and Career Counselor of the Year competition board held in November at Panzer Kaserne. Board members asked an array of questions pertaining to general military topics, career-specific knowledge and leadership during the competition. The winners of the competition will represent TSC at a U.S. Army Europe competition scheduled for Dec. 14 to 16 in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Competition seeks command’s top career counselor

Story and photo by Ronnie Schelby 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Retention noncommissioned officers and career counselors normally focus their energies on retaining the best. But “re-up” NCOs across the 21st Theater Sustainment Command strove to be the best during a Retention NCO and Career Counselor of the Year competition conducted in November and early December.

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Members from the KMC warm up prior to competing in the 7th Mission Support Command's Army Combatives Tournament Dec. 4 on Kleber Kaserne. The tournament afforded Soldiers and Airmen an opportunity to learn from one another and apply their combatives skills against other competitors.

7th MSC holds Army Combatives Tournament

Photos by Tech. Sgt. Brian Kimball

Members of the KMC compete for first place and bragging rights at the 7th Mission Support Command’s Army Combatives Tournament Dec. 4 on Kleber Kaserne.

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Caylee Lewis poses with her father, Master Sgt. Allen Lewis, 450th Intelligence Squadron first sergeant and Angel Tree 2015 chair, and other members of the Kaiserslautern Military Community First Sergeant Council during the Angel Tree 2015 kickoff Dec. 7 on Ramstein. Angel Tree is an outreach program designed to provide assistance to Airmen and their families throughout the KMC.

Angels in trees help service members, families

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

First sergeants, friends and onlookers gathered as the Angel Tree 2015 kickoff ceremony began Dec. 7 in the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center’s food court on Ramstein.

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Photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Keller
Loadmasters from the 37th Airlift Squadron load water onto an 86th Airlift Wing C-130J Super Hercules Nov. 25 on Ramstein. The water was used to simulate supplies being airdropped during a training mission over Grafenwoehr, Germany.

When you wish upon a cargo plane

by Senior Airman Jonathan Stefanko 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Airmen hurriedly slipped on their gloves to shield any exposed skin from the white, chilled needles falling from the colorless, late-November sky.

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Polish air force 2nd Lts. Krzysztof Romek (left) and Andrzej Nartonowicz (center), aeromedical evacuation doctors, listen to Staff Sgt. Jesse Visser, 10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight duty controller, explain the 10th EAEF mission Dec. 2 on Ramstein. Romek and Nartonowicz are members of the only Polish aeromedical evacuation team and familiarized themselves with practices used by U.S. Airmen.

US, Polish forces build relationships through shared mission

Photos by Staff Sgt. Armando A. Schwier-Morales
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KMC Notices and Events – Dec. 11, 2015

Closures • In an effort to better serve the beneficiaries of the 86th Medical Group, the following is a forecast of clinic closures due to U.S. holidays and mandatory training days: Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve); Dec. 25 (Christmas); and Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve). This forecast will be amended when applicable. […]

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