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KMC … You rock!

by Col. John Shapland
435th Air Ground Operations Wing commander

Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and civilians in the KMC area … I would like to take a moment to thank and congratulate you all for the incredible support and accomplishments I have witnessed in the last 2 1/2 years as commander of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing.

June 27, 2013 ×

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Hagel, Obama advisor, salutes gay, lesbian military community

Hagel, Obama advisor, salutes gay, lesbian military community

by Amaani Lyle
American Forces Press Service

Noting that democracy, while imperfect, can change and has changed for the better, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today called gay and lesbian service members “integral to America’s armed forces” during a Pentagon Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month event.

June 27, 2013 ×

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Veterans’ visit provides closure

Veterans’ visit provides closure

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

Max Rohn, a Navy Corpsman who lost a leg in a May 2009 ambush in Iraq, barely remembers flying from Fallujah in an Army medical evacuation helicopter or his brief stay at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.

June 27, 2013 ×

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Photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey Haux

Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente, 86th Airlift Wing commander, speaks to Airmen of the 86th AW Tuesday on Ramstein.

Airmen discuss culture change during sexual assault stand-down day

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

Dignity, honor and respect are words usually associated with the Air Force, which is why sexual assaults are completely unacceptable.

June 27, 2013 ×

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Photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander BurnettMaj. Gen. Aundre F. Piggee (left) and Command Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Sanchez (right), the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s commanding general and command sergeant major, lead the “First in Support” command team on an “esprit de corps” run to celebrate the U.S. Army’s 238th birthday June 13 on Rhine Ordnance Barracks. The run marked the first celebratory event of the day.

Army birthday run

June 20, 2013 ×

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POS ONE installation to occur at post offices

Courtesy of the 86th Communications Squadron

Mailing services for packages will be affected at the Northside and Southside annex post offices Monday and at the Kapaun Post Office July 1 due to installation of Point of Sales Terminals.

June 20, 2013 ×

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Photo by Airman 1st Class Dymekre AllenWing inspectionCapt. Daniel Sabatelli, 37th Airlift Squadron, inspects the wings of a C-130J Super Hercules June 12 on Ramstein. The 37th AS regularly conducts airlifts, airdrops and aeromedical evacuation operations for the largest air base in Europe.

Photos From Around the KMC

                       

June 20, 2013 ×

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Base access, visitor process explained

by Senior Airman Bradley Beaty
86th Security Forces Squadron

All personnel assigned to, working on, visiting or residing on KMC Air Force installations should obey base entry procedures, including Installation Access Control System registration processes and escort procedures for visitors.

June 20, 2013 ×

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New PDG available

New PDG available

by Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs

The new Professional Development Guide, AFPAM 36-2241, is now available at www.e-publishing.af.mil.

June 20, 2013 ×

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Staff Sgt. Mark Korte, a team sergeant from Company B, 457th Civil Affairs Battalion, 361st CA Brigade, 7th Civil Support Command, shows where his unit was located during his recent Afghanistan deployment in comparison to the deployment location for Bulgarian Army Capt. Galin Ivanov Dobrev, commander of 1st Bde. Module, Civil Military Cooperation team, CIMIC Co., Land Forces at the Gorna Banya Military Base June 11.

7th CSC Soldiers teach civil affairs concepts to Bulgarian CIMIC

Story and photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Chlosta
7th Civil Support Command Public Affairs

Civil affairs Soldiers with the 7th Civil Support Command and Bulgarian Army Land Forces’ Civil Military Cooperation troops deployed to Afghanistan in the past several years to conduct CA and CIMIC operations, respectively.

June 20, 2013 ×