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Soldiers and family members from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s Special Troops Battalion serve chili at a chili cook-off during a STB Fall Festival Sept. 26 on Daenner Kaserne. Along with the chili cook-off, attendees enjoyed a day full of activities including face painting, games, sports, arts and crafts and hay rides.

Soldiers, families ring in fall with festival

Photos by Staff Sgt. Warren W. Wright Jr.

Soldiers and family members from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s Special Troops Battalion serve chili at a chili cook-off during a STB Fall Festival Sept. 26 on Daenner Kaserne. Along with the chili cook-off, attendees enjoyed a day full of activities including face painting, games, sports, arts and crafts and hay rides.

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Linda Via, wife of Gen. Dennis L. Via, commanding general of U.S. Army Materiel Command, accepts a team scarf from Dr. Barriet Smith, principal of Kaiserslautern High School, while visiting the school on Vogelweh Sept. 14. KHS was one stop on a whirlwind tour in which Via visited a number of Army agencies and schools in Kaiserslautern and surrounding areas.

Key spouse shares ideas, insights at Army forum

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

One of the Army’s most senior military spouses visited the 21st Theater Sustainment Command and the KMC mid-September in order to gain a better understanding of family readiness efforts and other issues affecting service members’ families.

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LRMC Retiree Appreciation Week set for Oct. 14 to 16

Courtesy of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

Retiree Appreciation Week is scheduled for Oct. 14 to 16 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.

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Ryan Dyle, Ramstein Auto Skills Center mobile equipment servicer, replaces a summer tire for a winter tire Oct. 1 on Ramstein. The auto center provides services to put winter tires on a vehicle or the space and equipment if one wishes to change their tires themselves.

Winter is coming; are your tires prepared?

Story and photos by Airman 1st Class Tryphena Mayhugh 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The golden leaves of fall begin to fade away and along come the frosted branches of winter. In order to fully enjoy the holiday season, keeping ones winter tires in mind is a priority.

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Col. Harry Benham, U.S. Air Forces in Europe Operations and Plans chief, salutes during the playing of taps during the unveiling of a memorial stone for a World War II pilot Sept. 25 in Dietingen, Germany. Second Lt. Priesley Cooper Jr. was conducting an escorting mission when he was shot down.

German village honors fallen US Airman

Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Armando A. Schwier-Morales 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The war was coming to an end. The thunder of the P-51D Mustang rolled under him as he dove for a strafing run.

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A fire truck is parked outside Fire Station 2’s newly-renovated stall Sept. 22 on Ramstein. Station 2 provides the quickest response times to locations such as base housing, the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center and high-risk work facilities on Ramstein.

CES Airmen celebrate ‘perfect’ station renovations

Story and photos by Airman 1st Class Lane Plummer 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Airmen from the 86th Civil Engineer Squadron celebrated the official reopening of Fire Station 2 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 22 on Ramstein.

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U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa security forces members perform a mounted patrol during the Creek Defender field training exercise Sept. 26 in Baumholder. The course is an annual training requirement for all security forces members to keep them current on skills needed downrange.

Creek Defender prepares Airmen for deployment

Photos by Senior Airman Nicole Sikorski

U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa security forces members perform a mounted patrol during the Creek Defender field training exercise Sept. 26 in Baumholder. The course is an annual training requirement for all security forces members to keep them current on skills needed downrange.
U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa security forces members perform a mounted patrol during the Creek Defender field training exercise Sept. 26 in Baumholder. The course is an annual training requirement for all security forces members to keep them current on skills needed downrange.

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KMC Events and Notices – Oct. 9, 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: Monday (Columbus Day); Nov. 11 (Veterans Day); Nov. 12 (MDG training day, closed from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.); Nov. […]

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KMC Blotter – Oct. 9, 2015

Sept. 28 8:30 a.m.: A major traffic accident was reported in Kaiserslautern. 11 a.m.: Child abuse was reported in Ramstein-Miesenbach. 4:10 p.m.: A major traffic accident with injuries was reported in Ramstein-Miesenbach. 5:22 p.m.: An assault was reported in Kaiserslautern. 6 p.m.: A domestic assault was reported in Steinwenden. 7:25 […]

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U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa security forces members secure a village during a Creek Defender field training exercise Sept. 26 in Baumholder. Cadre from the 435th Regional Training Center tested 25 “defenders” on skills they learned throughout the course over the two-day FTX. For more photos, see Page 6.

Defenders hone skills, train to deploy

Story and photo by Senior Airman Nicole Sikorski 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Through thick brush and hilly terrain, 25 security forces members from U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa tactically maneuvered down a mountain before taking a village Sept. 26.

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