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Col. Raymond Briggs assumes command of the 86th Maintenance Group during the 86th MXG change of command ceremony June 21 on Ramstein.

Defense Department officials will move forward in making benefits available to all military spouses, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said today in a statement issued after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, which had prevented federal agencies from offering all of the same benefits to spouses in same-sex married couples that they provide to other spouses.

In an effort to provide a safe means for pedestrians to traverse the flightline at Mitchell Avenue, members of the 86th Operations Support Squadron’s airfield management flight worked and coordinated with host nation painters to establish a designated crossway.

Sgt. Shayne Merritt was treating a mortally wounded Afghan soldier during a long and intense firefight when he heard the shout to “get down.”

The 202nd Military Police Group (Criminal Investigations Division) and 1002nd Military Police Battalion (CID) inactivated during a ceremony June 21 at the Noncommissioned Officer Field on Daenner Kaserne in Kaiserslautern.

The FY13 Appropriated Fund civilian furlough period will begin July 8 and continue through Sept. 30.

JUNE 18, 2:29 p.m.: A major traffic accident was reported in Kaiserslautern.