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172nd AW trains with Ramstein Airmen

by 2nd Lt. Aliesha Johnson
172nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Members of the Mississippi Air National Guard‘s 172nd Airlift Wing traveled to Ramstein Air Base in Germany to work and train side-by-side with active-duty Airmen.

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Hagel details defense ‘Plan B’ if sequestration continues

by Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

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.

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Air Force bundles building assessments

Courtesy of 86th Civil Engineer Squadron

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.

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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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Around the KMC

Around the KMC

             

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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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