News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany If sequestration continues into fiscal year 2014, the Defense Department will be forced to consider involuntary reductions-in-force for the civilian workforce, draconian cuts to military personnel accounts and a virtual halt to military modernization, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in a letter to Senate leaders today.
Data makes the world of Air Force civil engineering go round. To effectively manage assets across that inventory of real property, data needs to be accurate, consistent and appropriate. But gathering it can mean multiple assessments and inventories of the same building.
Ramstein units took a half-day break from normal forklift and other material handling equipment operations to focus on safety June 28.
Soldiers with the 773rd Civil Support Team, 7th Civil Support Command, traveled from Kaiserslautern to Lodz, Poland, June 24 to 28 to partake and assist in the Transatlantic Collaborative Biological Resiliency Demonstration BIOSAFETY 2013 workshop sponsored by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the Polish Epidemiological Response Center.
The 86th Maintenance Operations Squadron recently deactivated in order to meet an Air Force initiative. The 86th MOS became a part of the 86th Maintenance Group’s Staff Agency. The initiative was enacted in order to ensure equipment and personnel were being utilized efficiently.
The 693rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group held a change of command ceremony June 26 at Ramstein High School.
An investigation and recovery group from the Joint Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command is looking for volunteers to work at two sites near Spangdahlem Air Base.
Col. John S. Shapland relinquished command of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing to Col. Joseph D. McFall during a change of command ceremony July 1 in Hangar 1 on Ramstein.
Community members, military leaders, staff and guests gathered for U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern’s relinquishment of command ceremony June 28.
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