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2026 Europe Best Medic Competition winners announced

2026 Europe Best Medic Competition winners announced

Medical Readiness Command, Europe is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 Europe Best Medic Competition held Aug. 28–30 at Breitenwald Range, Rhine Ordnance Barracks and Ramstein Air Base. The winners were announced during a ceremony Aug. 31 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Heaton Auditorium. A total of six […]

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DWMMC transfers authority at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

DWMMC transfers authority at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

Soldiers assigned to the 7452nd Forward Detachment 1 concluded a nearly 10-month deployment Aug. 24 as responsibility for the Deployed Warrior Medical Management Center transferred to the 7457th Medical Forward Detachment 3 during a relief in place/transfer of authority ceremony at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. The ceremony, held in the […]

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Mildenhall NCO wins 2025 USAFE-AFAFRICA Col. Gail Halvorsen Logistics Award

ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England — When Soviet forces severed all land and water routes into West Berlin in June 1948, allied aircrews and ground teams launched an around-the-clock lifeline known as Operation Vittles. Among the C-54 Skymaster pilots flying the allied supply bridge was U.S. Army Air Forces 1st […]

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rogan Jones, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician, left, and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Diandra Velasquez, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician, prepare to carry a litter onto an aircraft during exercise Northern Viking 26 at Keflavík Air Base, Iceland, Aug. 26, 2026. NV26 strengthens interoperability and force readiness among the U.S., Iceland and Allied nations, enabling multi-domain command and control of joint and coalition forces defending Iceland and defending the increasingly contested Arctic and North Atlantic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Johnny Foister)

86th MDG stretches aeromedical evacuation capabilities in High North during Northern Viking 26

U.S. Air Force medical personnel of the 86th Medical Squadron and 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from Ramstein Air Base are taking part in exercise Northern Viking 26, bringing 86th Medical Group operations to the biennial exercise for the first time in its history.

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USAG Rheinland-Pfalz planning conference

USAG Rheinland-Pfalz planning conference

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Eyes up: Community vigilance strengthens Ramstein operational security

Eyes up: Community vigilance strengthens Ramstein operational security

Kaiserslautern Military Community members can help protect operational security by remaining vigilant and reporting suspicious activity in the area. The Air Force Eagle Eyes program provides military personnel, civilian employees and community members with resources on recognizing and reporting suspicious activity, including unusual surveillance, attempts to test security measures and […]

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Exercise Northern Viking marks 75 years of defense cooperation

Exercise Northern Viking marks 75 years of defense cooperation

Participating nations include Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Norway, Poland and the U.S., alongside specialized assets and personnel assigned to the Allied Maritime Command and NATO Joint Force Command Norfolk. “Our defense cooperation with the United States has thrived for 75 years because it has never stood still; it has developed […]

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86th AW leaders, American Red Cross leaders meet to strengthen partnership

86th AW leaders, American Red Cross leaders meet to strengthen partnership

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HRC logistics team visits 21st TSC

HRC logistics team visits 21st TSC

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New app aims to unify military fitness training across branches

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A newly developed fitness app is giving service members across the Department of War a single tool to build training programs tailored to their fitness test requirements at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 11. U.S. Air Force Capt. Zachary Hicks, a family medicine physician and […]

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