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Photo by Airman 1st Class Michael StuartU.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brian Angell, 435th Contingency Response Group personnel parachute program manager, directs people from different nations during International Jump Week May 4 at Rhine Ordnance Barracks. More than 300 jumpers from nine different nations performed a total of 404 static-line jumps and 132 high-altitude low-opening jumps in three days.

CRG goes above, beyond for international jump week

by Airman Larissa Greatwood
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Each year, the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing’s Contingency Response Group hosts International Jump Week to bring partner nations’ airborne units together to conduct training and foster working relationships.

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Know before you go this summer

by Robert Szostek
U.S. Army Europe Customs Public Affairs

People moving to the United States this summer should start preparing now by letting go of items banned from import, customs officials advise. It is also a good idea to apply early for import permits on restricted items.

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U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Leldon Lee Want, Special Operations Command Europe Joint Special Operations Air Component senior enlisted leader, looks out the back ramp of a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules to ensure Romanian paratroopers can safely exit the aircraft during Carpathian Spring 2014 May 18 above Campia Turzii, Romania. Jumpmasters from Ramstein and Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, took part in the training to help guarantee jumps went smoothly.

US, Romania conduct joint training, build partnership

Story and photos by Senior Airman Damon Kasberg
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

More than 80 U.S. Airmen and Soldiers stationed in Germany came together to take part in the Carpathian Spring 2014 May 9 through 23 here.

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Sgt. Joshua Overton, human resources NCO with the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, practices unarmed self-defense techniques on Staff Sgt. Fredrick Longhorn, HR NCO with the 21st TSC, during guard force training May 21 on Rhine Ordnance Barracks.

Soldiers train to conduct installation access control

Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Warren W. Wright Jr.
21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Hundreds of Soldiers from throughout the U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz footprint participated in a three-day course designed to train Soldiers on the proper procedures for conducting installation access control.

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A Douglas C-47 Skytrain, known as Whiskey 7, flies alongside a C-130J Super Hercules from the 37th Airlift Squadron May 30 over Germany. The C-47 came to Ramstein for a week to participate in base activities with its legacy unit, the 37th Airlift Squadron, before returning to Normandy to recreate its role and drop paratroopers over the original drop zone in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France.

Ramstein Airmen rekindle piece of D-Day history

Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Keller
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Seventy years ago, young men from the 37th Troop Carrier Squadron at Royal Air Force Cottesmore, England, prepared their aircraft and themselves for what would soon be known as one of the most significant and meaningful days in the history of the world — D-Day.

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Color guard members from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center participate in a May 17 ceremony in Wereth, Belgium, honoring 11 African-American Soldiers murdered during World War II.

Wereth 11 honored at Belgian ceremony

Story and photo by Taylor Massey
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Public Affairs

A significant memorial was held in the small town of Wereth, Belgium, to celebrate, honor and recognize 11 African-American Soldiers who fought and were massacred during World War II. These men are now remembered as “The Wereth 11.”

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William “Bill” Prindible (left) and Julian “Bud” Rice, World War II veterans and former 37th Troop Carrier Squadron C-47 Skytrain pilots, answer questions from members of Team Ramstein. Rice and Prindible were invited by the 37th Airlift Squadron to participate in events commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day.

WWII veterans tell 70-year-old story

Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Kris Levasseur
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

In the largest orchestrated air, ground and sea assaults of the century, more than 850 C-47 Skytrains piloted by Airmen with the Army Air Forces and the 37th Troop Carrier Squadron were to deliver approximately 13,000 paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st Airborne into battle.

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Blotter

KMC Blotter – June 6, 2014

MAY 27 2:01 a.m.: Drunken driving was reported in Kaiserslautern. 6:43 a.m.: Theft from a motor vehicle was reported in Ramstein-Miesenbach. 7:23 a.m.: A minor traffic accident was reported in Landstuhl. 2:50 p.m.: A minor traffic accident was reported in Kaiserslautern. MAY 28 1:03 p.m.: Larceny of government and private property was reported in Steinwenden. […]

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Photo by Staff Sgt. Kris LevasseurJulian Rice (seated left) and William Prindible, World War II veterans and former 37th Troop Carrier Squadron C-47 Skytrain pilots, answer questions from members of the media before telling their story to members of Team Ramstein. Rice and Prindible were invited by the 37th Airlift Squadron to participate in events commemorating the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy.

WWII legends speak about D-Day experience

by Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Two veteran pilots who were part of the D-Day invasion over Normandy, France, spoke to a packed crowd of service members, dependents and retirees Monday on Ramstein.

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Commentary

What SAPR stand-down day is all about

by Carmen Schott
86th Airlift Wing sexual assault response coordinator

Ever since I can remember, I enjoyed helping people. It was something that brought me great happiness. Helping support my friends, family and co-workers was always something that I felt was my mission to do. I felt a personal responsibility to serve others and to relieve the pain of those […]

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