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KMC Fire Emergency Services: Hear the beep where you sleep

by Master Sgt. Mark Goenen 86th Civil Engineer Squadron

Working smoke alarms can make a lifesaving difference in a fire. That’s the message behind this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign: “Hear the beep where you sleep.”

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Action Line: closures during training exercises

The COMMANDER’S ACTION LINE gives all Airmen, retirees, families and community members a direct link to Brig. Gen. Jon T. Thomas, 86th Airlift Wing commander. The Action Line can be used to express constructive points of view on the policies and procedures of the base; discuss safety and security issues; and address problems, concerns or suggestions after traditional methods have been exhausted.

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Photo by Sgt.1st Class Clydell Kinchen President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the new chairman, applaud outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey during the change of responsibility ceremony at Summerall Field on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va., Sept. 25.

President praises retiring Dempsey, incoming chairman Dunford

by Lisa Ferdinando Department of Defense News, Defense Media Activity

JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. — In an armed forces full-honors retirement ceremony, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey closed out 41 years of service, and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. succeeded him as the highest ranking U.S. military officer.

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Senior Master Sgt. Nathan Kiser (center), a functional manager in U.S. Air Forces in Europe, learns how to improve his resume during a Hire Heroes USA course Sept. 22 on Ramstein. During the course, students learned the importance of monitoring social media, ways to market their skills, how to transform a performance report into a resume and how to have a successful interview.

Heroes prepare for workforce hire

Story and photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Stefanko 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Veterans and dependents attended a Hire Heroes USA course to help ease their transition from military life to the civilian workforce Sept. 21 and 22 on Ramstein.

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Staff Sgt. Cody Weakland and Tech. Sgt. Joshua Wisnewski, both 7th Weather Squadron battlefield weather Airmen, search for a fixed location in the woods of Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 16. The Airmen participated in Cadre Focus along with 30 other battlefield weather Airmen to enhance their skills and abilities in order to better support Army units.

Airmen weather missions during Cadre Focus

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

The blue skies over Eastern Europe are only broken by spotted clouds and the slick Black Apaches racing ahead of vehicles and Soldiers. Behind them is a battery of artillery and even farther behind is an Army general, who ordered the operation on the forecast of an Airman that promised sunshine and blue skies.

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Community Corner – Sept. 25, 2015

Airman & Family Readiness Center For details or to sign up for a class, call the Airman & Family Readiness Center at 480-5100. Monday » Boots to Business: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., A&FRC » Ramstein Spouses orientation: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., A&FRC » USA Jobs: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., A&FRC […]

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Photo by Staff Sgt. Warren W. Wright Jr. Competitors from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment dismount a Stryker combat vehicle during a medical scenario exercise conducted as part of the 2015 European Best Warrior Competition Sept. 15 at the Grafenwoehr Training Area. About 22 candidates participated in the intense, annual weeklong competition, the most prestigious competitive event of the region. In the end, only one junior officer, one NCO and one Soldier emerged as “Best Warriors.”

Europe’s ‘Best Warriors’ named after thrilling competition

by Sgt. Maj. Michael Pintagro 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Competition officials unveiled Europe’s ultimate warriors before a rapt audience of Soldiers, leaders and distinguished visitors during a culminating ceremony held Sept. 18 at the Grafenwoehr Physical Fitness Center.

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Officials of the Westpfalz Police Headquarters ask motorists to obey the new traffic route near the mall in downtown Kaiserslautern. During a recent four-hour check by German Polizei, 81 motorists were fined €20 each. Coming from Koenigstrasse, the correct route turns left and not straight.

New traffic route in Kaiserslautern

Photo by Westpfalz Police Headquarters
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Gen. Dennis L. Via, commanding general of U.S. Army Materiel Command (left), listens as Robin Dothager, 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s theater prepositioned stocks manager (right), explains details about the European Activity Set, a brigade set of equipment maintained by the 405th AFSB for use by rotational forces. As the Army’s most senior officer responsible for equipping the force, Via visited sustainment and materiel sites throughout Europe this week to assess how AMC can most effectively support the U.S. Army in Europe.

USAREUR, NATO leaders tour Coleman Worksite

Photos by Greg Jones
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Photos by the 7th Civil Support Command Public Affairs Office Renee Gladu, a candidate in the Certified Nursing Assistant program at Ramstein High School, performs lifesaving procedures on a clinic dummy during training for licensing as a nursing assistant Sept. 13 at RHS.

Kaiserslautern, Ramstein students train to become nursing assistants

by Sgt. Daniel Friedberg 7th Civil Support Command Public Affairs Office

Almost two dozen high school seniors from the KMC volunteered on an early fall weekend to crouch together on rubber floor mats in order to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation using clinical dummies and video scenarios at Ramstein High School Sept. 12 and 13.

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