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Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone meets Lt. Gen. Timothy M. Ray, 3rd Air Force commander and 17th Expeditionary Air Force commander, upon his arrival to Ramstein Aug. 24. More than 200 Airmen and their families came out to line the streets and thank Stone and his friends for their bravery. Stone arrived on Ramstein while in transit to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center for follow-on medical treatment. Stone received multiple injuries, all of which were non-life threatening, while subduing an armed gunman on a train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris. Stone, along with childhood friends, Aleksander Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler, were recently honored by French President François Hollande for subduing an armed gunman when he entered their train carrying an assault rifle, a handgun and a box cutter. Stone is an ambulance service technician with the 65th Medical Operations Squadron stationed at Lajes Field, Azores.

US service members receive ‘heroic welcome’ on Ramstein

Photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Keller

Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone meets Lt. Gen. Timothy M. Ray, 3rd Air Force commander and 17th Expeditionary Air Force commander, upon his arrival to Ramstein Aug. 24.

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Balancing mission focus, busy life

by Lt. Col. Barry King 37th Airlift Squadron commander

Comprehensive Airman Fitness is a framework for developing resiliency skills throughout the Air Force family. The program recognizes and emphasizes the fact that fitness is more than a physical state; it is as varied and nuanced as the members of the community.

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Multinational paratroopers jump from a C-17 Globemaster III as part of exercise Allied Spirit II Aug. 13 at the U.S. Army’s Hohenfels Training Area in Germany.

TACPs integrate with allies to strengthen NATO

Story and photos by Senior Airman  Jonathon Stefanko 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

More than 4,500 service members from eight nations arrived at Hohenfels Training Area in Germany Aug. 13 through 24 to participate in Exercise Allied Spirit II.

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(Right to left) Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, Aleksander Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler pose for a photo Aug. 23 in Paris following a foiled attack on a French train. Stone was on vacation with his childhood friends, Aleksander Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler, when an armed gunman entered their train carrying an assault rifle, a handgun and a box cutter. The three friends, with the help of a British passenger, subdued the gunman after his rifle jammed.

US Airman recognized as ‘hero’ in Paris

Story and photo by Tech. Sgt. Ryan Crane Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa

PARIS — U.S. Ambassador to France Jane D. Hartly recognized Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone for his actions in saving countless lives during a terrorist attack aboard a train headed toward Paris Aug. 21.

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Community Corner Aug. 21, 2015

Airman & Family Readiness Center For details or to sign up for a class, call the Airman & Family Readiness Center at 480-5100. Monday » Ramstein Spouses orientation: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., A&FRC » Military Life Cycle briefing: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., A&FRC » Introduction to Linked In: 1 to 3 […]

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KMC members start the 86th Force Support Squadron’s annual Ramstein Half Marathon Aug. 15 on Ramstein.

86th FSS hosts annual Ramstein Half Marathon

Photos by Airman 1st Class Tryphena Mayhugh
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Photos by Staff Sgt. Brian Kimball U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Peter Corey, deputy commander of U.S. Army Africa, speaks to a crowd during the opening day ceremony for exercise Southern Accord 15 Aug. 4 in Lusaka, Zambia.

Southern Accord 2015 builds stronger partnerships between nations

by Capt. Jason Welch U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs

LUSAKA, Zambia — U.S. and Zambian soldiers stood together in a battalion formation as both nations’ national anthems were played to signal the beginning of Southern Accord 2015 held in Lusaka, Zambia, Aug. 3 to 14.

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Army Sgt. Maj. James Murrin, senior enlisted leader of the 7th Civil Support Command, presents the cruiserweight trophy to Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph B. Everett of the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, during the 7th Civil Support Command's Inaugural Combatives Tournament Aug. 14.

7th CSC hosts Inaugural Combatives Tournament

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

SEMBACH, Germany — Soldiers and Airmen from units across the KMC grappled, twisted and pinned each other in multiple bouts on a warm summer day at the Inaugural Combatives Tournament hosted by the 7th Civil Support Comm-and Aug. 14 inside the Sembach Kaserne Fitness
Center.

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Photos by Staff Sgt. Sharida Jackson Andrew Broadwater, 86th Force Support Squadron recreational specialist (left middle ground), instructs participants during a lifeguard course Aug. 11 on Ramstein. The weeklong course included classroom and hands-on training in drowning victim rescue, CPR and first aid.

Lifeguard training teaches rescue tactics, CPR, first aid

Photos by Staff Sgt. Sharida Jackson
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The 86th Force Support Squadron staff recently completed upgrades to the Ramstein Bowling Center. The upgrades included new flooring, lighting and furniture.

Ramstein Bowling Center gets a boost

Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Sharida Jackson 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Outdated, stale and boring. Those are just a few of the words customers used to describe their bowling alley. Their old bowling alley, that is.

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