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What the heck is an AGOW?

by Col. Joe McFall
435th Air Ground Operations Wing commander

“What the heck is an AGOW?” I have heard that question more than once during my seven months as the commander. In fact, when I found out I was getting this assignment, I asked the same question.

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Bulgarian Sgt. Maj. Teodora Kodzhabasheva (left) films Pfc. Travis W. Sinfellow, combat medic assigned to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 557th Medical Company, 421st Multi-Medical Battalion, 30th Medical Brigade, while he applies a bandage to the severed limb of a training dummy during a military-to-military training exchange Feb. 11 on Smith Barracks in Baumholder.

557th Med. Co. hosts Bulgarian soldiers for mil-to-mil

Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander Burnett
21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Soldiers from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 557th Medical Company, 421st Multi-Medical Battalion, 30th Medical Brigade hosted three soldiers from the Bulgarian army for military-to-military training Feb. 10 to 14 on Smith Barracks in Baumholder.

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Staff Sgt. Brandy Bisson, diagnostic imagery computerized tomography scan technician, checks the CAT scan imagery of U.S. Army Sgt. Karl Berlinger’s foot Feb. 12 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Berlinger received treatment for his injuries at LRMC within one hour of arrival from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.

After The Battle: The medical gateway

Story and photos by Senior Airman Chris Willis
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Finally, the wounded warrior is out of Afghanistan. The troop is out of harm’s way, but he still needs treatment before heading home. This is when the staff of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center plays a crucial role in the troop’s medical transition from downrange.

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Photo by Airman Dymekre AllenAirman 1st Class Zachary Reinert, 786th Civil Engineer Squadron electrical systems technician, repairs the wires of a street lamp Feb. 6 on Ramstein. Members of the 786th CES work more than 480 man-hours per month to keep Ramstein’s street lights working properly.

Lighting up the KMC

February 13, 2014 ×

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Photo by Senior Airman Jonathan StefankoAirmen with the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing undergo a simulated live-fire exercise Feb. 5 in Grafenwöhr, Germany. The 435th AGOW establishes expeditionary airfield operations and communications and provides theater-wide combat support and training.

Training to guide warheads on target

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Photo courtesy of the U.S. ArmySoldiers from the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command greet U.S. Air Force Gen. Frank Gorenc, commander of NATO Allied Air Command, during his visit to Gaziantep, Turkey, Jan. 28. The visit allowed Gorenc and the AIRCOM deputy commander, French Lt. Gen. Dominique de Longvilliers, to meet U.S. and Turkish leadership, become familiar with the area of operations, talk with Soldiers, and discuss integration of NATO assets and other resources in helping to protect Turkish civilians from foreign missile threats.

Gorenc greets Soldiers

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Ramstein boasts lottery of numbered units, heritage

Ramstein boasts lottery of numbered units, heritage

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

Ramstein possesses a grab-bag of numbered squadrons, detachments and globally separated units. How these squadrons came under control of the 86th Airlift Wing starts back when the wing was first established.

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Job seekers can sign up for virtual career fair

by Dijon Rolle
U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz

Members of the Veteran Recruiting Services and European Army Alumni and Career Program will host a virtual career fair from 4 to 6 p.m. (Central European Time) Feb. 25.

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Capt. Thomas F. Torchia (left), Central Accord 14 Phase I OIC assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, explains how a bundle is dropped from a C-130 aircraft during an airborne operation to Nigerian Lt. Col. Seun A. Kuponiyi during Central Accord 14 Phase I Feb. 5 on Ramstein.

US, African soldiers train together in Kaiserslautern

Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Alexander Burnett
21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Service members from around the world converged on the KMC Feb. 3 to 7 to train international partners from Africa for Central Accord 14 Phase I.

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Members of the KMC and Headquarters U.S Army Europe G4 attend an Army “Best of the Best” Deployment Excellence Award ceremony Feb. 5 on Rhine Ordnance Barracks. The ceremony recognized Soldiers from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 635th Movement Control Team.

635th MCT named Army’s best deployment team

Story and photo by Brandon Beach
21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Army logisticians from the 635th Movement Control Team took home top honors during the Deployment Excellence Award 2012 competition year.

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