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CFC-O charities need your help

Courtesy of CFC-O

Each autumn, more than 180 locally administered Combined Federal Campaigns raise more than $250 million from federal employees to support thousands of charitable organizations.

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Airman 1st Class David Vasquez, 355th Security Forces Squadron Creek Defender course trainee, fires a slap flare during a night combat tactics class Tuesday in Baumholder. Vasquez was part of a 98-student class that underwent training to prepare them for deployed conditions around the world.

Cadres train real-world tactics

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

Creek Defender cadre from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing, operating out of Baumholder, began to ready 98 security forces members at the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa’s only Ground Combat Readiness Training Center, before deploying throughout the world.

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Photo by Aisha SchenkSgt. Timothy L. Moore (right), a strength management NCO assigned to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 21st Special Troops Battalion, checks off an item while conducting inventory for the Warrior Leader Course with Spc. Kayla Ciccel, a human resources specialist assigned to the 21st STB, Sept. 30 on Panzer Kaserne in Kaiserslautern. WLC, the first leadership course NCOs attend, is an intensive month-long course that emphasizes leadership skills and prepares Soldiers to advance to the rank of sergeant.

‘First in Support’ Soldiers prepare for WLC

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Stay safe this winter

by Senior Airman Whitney Stork
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

With the winter months approaching, Airmen are encouraged to take the appropriate precautions at work and at home.

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Sgts. 1st Class Stanley Quinn and Michael Browley, Sexual Assault Response Coordinators for 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, speak to a group of Soldiers Sept. 26 at Armstrong’s Club in Kaiserslautern. The Soldiers were participating in a readiness fair that brought together vendors, families and Soldiers to learn about the many agencies available in the KMC to help with numerous issues, including education, shopping and travel.

Community comes together to support 10th AAMDC Soldiers, families

Story and photo by Staff Sgt. John Zumer
10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command Public Affairs

Ask military family members about the prospect of their loved one deploying, and the odds are good you’ll be met with a long face. However, Soldiers with the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command recently participated in a readiness fair aiming at easing the pressures often associated with deployment.

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Photo by Maj. Julie JohnsonBrig. Gen Patrick X. Mordente (left), 86th Airlift Wing commander, and Tech. Sgt. Pompilio Alfaro Jr., 86th Medical Support Squadron brace shop NCOIC, pull plastic over a patient’s leg mold to create an ankle foot orthotic device for drop foot during a Landstuhl Regional Medical Center visit Sept. 27. This device is used to control instabilities in the lower limb by maintaining proper alignment and controlling motion.

86th AW commander visits LRMC

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Saving water creates fluid funds

Courtesy of 86th Civil Engineer Squadron

Potable water by definition is water fit for consumption by humans and animals. Though often taken for granted, access to potable water is crucial for survival and necessary for the mission.

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Courtesy photoCapt. Justin Rex, 435th Contingency Response Group air adviser, describes elements of the flightline to Capt. Nikolay Mateev, Bulgarian air force aeronautical engineer, during a recent course to introduce members of the Bulgarian air force to methods of installation planning and development at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria.

435th CRG air advisers conduct master base planning in Bulgaria

by Maj. John C. Sherinarian
435th Contingency Response Group

Members of the 435th Contingency Response Group conducted an air base master planning event with the Bulgarian air force at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria, Sept. 16 through 20.

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Fire escape plans: Get out safely

Courtesy of KMC Fire Emergency Services

Imagine what it would be like to wake up at night and find your house is on fire. What would you do? Where would you go? Could you get everyone out safely? Do you know that in less than 30 seconds, a small flame can grow completely out of control and turn into a major fire?

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Photo by Airman 1st Class Michael StuartBrig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente (left), 86th Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. James Morris, 86th AW command chief, sign the 2013 Fire Prevention Week Proclamation Oct. 4 on Ramstein. This year’s theme of Fire Prevention Week is to stress the dangers of kitchen fires.

Fire Prevention Week

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