Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Larissa Greatwood
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
It’s the morning of Aug. 28, 2005 — people awake to sounds of faint screams and echoes of buildings collapsing. A sense of panic and fear lingers in the air as 175 mph winds and masses of water engulfed 90,000 square miles of land. Outside, one of the five deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history has reached the southeast and midwest of the continent. The hurricane eventually killed over 1,000 people and caused more than $100 billion in property damage.
April 16, 2015 ×
by Staff Sgt. Joel Reyes Rodriguez
569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron
Most people have probably heard the old adage, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Maybe they have spoken these words themselves in an effort to dissuade a bully’s attack, but in reality, we know that words can hurt and can cause damage.
April 9, 2015 ×
by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing
Public Affairs
Freinsheim will celebrate its annual blossom fest under the motto, “Cooking, Arts, Wine,” Saturday and Sunday. The wine growing community will present the new season’s wines, and visitors have the opportunity to talk to vintners. The I-Punkt Freinsheim (Tourist Information office) and participating wineries will sell wine passes for €12. This pass will authorize visitors to taste 20 wines in small tasting glasses on both days.
April 9, 2015 ×
by Debbie Gildea
Air Force Personnel Center
Public Affairs
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO — The Air Force Personnel Center Retirements and Separations Branch will host two officer and two enlisted retirement webinars in April to provide interested Airmen with information and guidance on the retirement process.
April 9, 2015 ×
Story and photo by
Staff Sgt. Warren W. Wright Jr.
21st TSC Public Affairs
Staff sections of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command participated in a weeklong staff exercise designed to assess and improve staff proficiencies on select training tasks March 23 to 27 on Panzer Kaserne.
The staff exercise, or STAFFEX, was the first of three exercises that will prepare the command to participate in Exercise Trident Juncture later this year.
April 9, 2015 ×
Story and photos by
Staff Sgt. Armando A. Schwier-Morales
86th Airlift Wing
Public Affairs
CAMPIA TURZII, Romania — The skies above Campia Turzii, Romania, would look calm to anybody on the ground, but above the clouds was a thunderstorm of fighter pilots, shouting ,“he’s on my six, shake him, pull up, pull up, nice — lets get them, missile lock, missile one, away.”
April 9, 2015 ×
Story and photo by
Staff Sgt. Leslie Keopka
86th Airlift Wing
Public Affairs
Airmen and Soldiers from Ramstein and U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz partnered up April 1 to kick off the Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.The kickoff event was held in the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center and included several informational booths with speakers and key leaders on hand for discussion.
April 9, 2015 ×
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