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Courtesy photoSenior Airman Chris Willis is greeted by his wife, Rena, after returning home from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan May 15, 2013.

After the Battle: the return home

by Senior Airman Chris Willis
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

I have spent more than a year telling the story of our nation’s wounded warriors as I followed their transport from the mountains of Afghanistan to their medical care at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.

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Commentary

Check it or wreck it

by Capt. Larry Cornelio
786th Civil Engineer Squadron readiness and emergency management flight commander

No matter what my deployed military mission, I conduct the same checklist the night prior. Every single time.

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Photo by Airman 1st Class Jordan CastelanLt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force commander, returns a salute to Lt. Col. Mike Mench, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa band commander, during the 3rd Air Force assumption of command ceremony June 11.

Gen. Roberson assumes command of 3rd AF

by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane
U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa

Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson assumed command of 3rd Air Force during a ceremony June 11 on Ramstein.

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A U.S. Army M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle rolls past Lithuania military members in the Saber Strike kick-off ceremony June 9 at the Adazi training area in Latvia. Saber Strike is a long-standing, multilateral security cooperation exercise conducted at locations throughout the Baltic region.

Saber Strike unites 10 countries

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

Approximately 4,700 service members from 10 countries, including the United States, came together for the kick-off ceremony for Saber Strike June 9 at the Adazi training area in Latvia.

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Photo by Staff Sgt. Sara KellerEllan Levitsky-Orkin, a Delaware native who served as a U.S. Army nurse in Normandy during World War II, speaks with a U.S. Army paratrooper during a ceremony to honor their service June 4 in Bolleville, France. The event was one of several commemorations for the 70th anniversary of D-Day operations conducted by Allied forces during World War II June 5 and 6, 1944. More than 650 U.S. military personnel have joined troops from several NATO nations to participate in ceremonies to honor the events at the invitation of the French government.

Landing in Normandy: 70th D-Day anniversary

       

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86th Airlift Wing ‘Day in the Life’ project

The 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office is looking for volunteers to help with an upcoming “Day in the Life of the 86th Airlift Wing” project, taking place Wednesday.

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Keep banned foodstuffs out of US

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

Personnel shipping household goods to the states this summer should be careful when packing the contents of their kitchen, agriculture officials advise.

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Secretary of defense visits MK Air Base

by Spc. Glenn M. Anderson
U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel visited Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base June 4 and 5 as a part of his 14th international trip, a broad-ranging, 12-day tour that brought him to the near and far East as well as Europe.

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Tony Garcia, U.S. Army Europe’s Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness program manager, speaks to senior leaders from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command and U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz during the executive resilience and performance course May 30 on Vogelweh.

21st TSC hosts resiliency course for senior leaders

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

For more than five years, the Army has worked toward developing resiliency in Soldiers and ensuring they have the skills necessary to bounce back from adversity and focus on the positive experiences in their lives.

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Bill Prindible, a veteran U.S. Army pilot who flew on D-Day, takes the controls of a C-47 Skytrain during a flight over Normandy June 5. Prindible was visiting Normandy as part of the 70th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy. More than 60 Ramstein Airmen traveled to Normandy to honor the sacrifices made by veterans of World War II.

Veterans relive Operation Neptune

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Hollowed soil, possessed by a war machine denying liberty and freedom; hedgerows lined with hostile weaponry; dreary skies lit by gunfire launched from the ground; two Army Air Corp pilots flying into the face of danger.

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