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Staff Sgt. Hector Galan (left), 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron assistant NCO in charge of material handling equipment maintenance, uses a forklift to hoist a pallet from a trailer while Staff Sgt. Matthew Creighton, 86th VRS MHE maintainer, spots him during a safety stand-down day June 28 on Ramstein.

Forklift operators take half-day to focus on safety

Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Ramstein units took a half-day break from normal forklift and other material handling equipment operations to focus on safety June 28.

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From left, French Brig. Gen. Daniel Parzy, chief medical officer at the Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute in Marseille, France, instructs 1st Lt. Csaba Pereszlenyi, a member of the Hungarian Defense Forces medical center in Budapest; U.S. Army Capt. Chana L. Mason, a nuclear medical science officer for the 773rd Civil Support Team, 7th Civil Support Command; and Polish 1st Lt. Joanna Siedlecka, an officer with the medical prevention team assigned to the Epidemiological Response Center Military Service of the Polish armed forces in Warsaw, Poland, on the features of a portable lab and how to operate it in order to assist the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in testing the new system during the Transatlantic Collaborative Biological Resiliency Demonstration BIOSAFETY 2013 Workshop June 26.

773rd CST works with Polish army during BIOSAFETY 2013

Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Jason G. Weber
221st Public Affairs Detachment

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.

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Col. Raymond Briggs (left), 86th Maintenance Group commander, and Maj. Mark Ashman, 86th Maintenance Operations Squadron, furl the squadron flag during the 86th MOS inactivation ceremony July 1 on Ramstein.

86th MOS deactivates, reorganizes into other squadrons

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Trevor Rhynes
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

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.

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ISRG changes command

ISRG changes command

by Staff Sgt. Jennifer Rouleau
693d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group

The 693rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group held a change of command ceremony June 26 at Ramstein High School.

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DOD photo by Jason Kaye, U.S. NavyTeam members from the Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command work to recover missing air crew members at a site in Belgium.

Volunteering to find the missing

by Rick Scavetta
U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern Public Affairs

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.

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435th AGOW changes command

435th AGOW changes command

by Airman 1st Class Hailey Haux
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

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.

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Outgoing U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern commander Lt. Col. Lars Zetterstrom relinquishes command to Col. Bryan D. DeCoster during a ceremony June 28 at Armstrong’s Club on Vogelweh. Zetterstrom was the last battalion level garrison commander for USAG Kaiserslautern before its scheduled inactivation in September.

Garrison commander relinquishes command

Story and photo by Dijon Rolle
U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern Public Affairs

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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Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc

Senate confirms new USAFE commander

by Lt. Col. Carl Grusnick
U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Public Affairs

Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc, currently the assistant vice chief of staff and director, Air Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C, has received U.S. Senate confirmation for appointment to the grade of general and commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa and Allied Air Command, and director of Joint Air Power Competence Centre, Ramstein Air Base.

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JULY 2 8:25 a.m.: An assault was reported on Ramstein. 1:16 p.m.: Drunken driving was reported on Pulaski Barracks. JULY 3 1:55 p.m.: A major traffic accident with injuries was reported in Stelzenberg. JULY 4 1:36 a.m.: A domestic assault was reported in Kaiserslautern. 12:12 p.m.: A major traffic accident […]

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