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HHC, 21st TSC host training stand-down week

HHC, 21st TSC host training stand-down week

by Staff Sgt. Alexander A. Burnett
21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Soldiers and Department of the Army civilians assigned to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 21st Special Troops Battalion completed most of the Army’s annual mandatory training requirements with a training stand-down week, April 15 through 19.

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Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley

SecAF discusses Airmen’s morale

by Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

Deployed Airmen are ready and motivated, but those based in the U.S. face fiscal challenges that sap morale, Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley said here today.

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Competitors, alongside their sponsors, stand in front of the 409th Contracting Support Brigade NCO of the Year board held March 19 to 21 in Grafenwöhr, Germany.

409th Contracting Support Brigade selects top Soldier NCO

by Rachel Clark
409th Contracting Support Brigade

Staff Sgt. Booker Jordan, 903rd Contingency Contracting Battalion, was named the 409th Contracting Support Brigade NCO of the year for the second consecutive year. The 409th CSB held its annual NCO of the Year competition here March 19 to 21.

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LRS implements new e-process for GMV licensing

by Staff Sgt. Melanie McBride
86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron

To alleviate redundancy and confusion, the 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron utilized Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century principles and implemented a new e-licensing process.

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(From left) Andreas Schepers, Norbel Hoebel, Donna L. Street, Maj. 
Gen. Aundre F. Piggee, Helmut Haufe and Paul Lindemeber dig the first shovels of dirt for the Theater Logistics Support Center-Europe fuel purging station April 12 at the Kaiserslautern Army Depot.

Ground breaking marks construction of new fuel purging center

by Staff Sgt. Alexander A. Burnett
21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

The Theater Logistics Support Center-Europe hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction of a fuel purging center April 12 at the Kaiserslautern Army Depot.

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Newly graduated Lean Six Sigma black belts pose for a photograph with Col. Barry Diehl (second from right), chief of staff for the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, following a graduation ceremony April 18 on Panzer Kaserne.

21st TSC holds graduation for Lean Six Sigma black belts

Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Warren W. Wright Jr.
21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

The 21st Theater Sustainment Command formally recognized a graduating class of 12 newly trained Lean Six Sigma black belts during a ceremony April 18 on Panzer Kaserne.

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USAFE-AFAFRICA considers reduction in forces actions

by Capt. Reba Good
U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Public Affairs

Air Force officials announced April 17 that approximately 60 Air Force installations will implement the service’s civilian Reduction in Force authority effective through September to assist in the placement of employees not assigned against funded positions (termed “surplus employees”).

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Senior Airman Chelsea Kemper, Ramstein Northside Post Office custodian of postal effects, briefs the U.S. Postal Service inspectors on the parcel service center April 19 on Ramstein. The USPS inspectors visited the Northside Post Office to observe the day-to-day functions of the Department of Defense’s largest postal operation.

USPS inspectors visit largest DOD postal ops

Story and photo by 2nd Lt. Kay M. Nissen
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Three U.S. Postal Service inspectors visited with members of the 86th Communications Squadron April 19 at the Ramstein Northside Post Office.

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Col. Miguel A. Castellanos receives the 361st Civil Affairs Brigade colors from Brig. Gen. Paul M. Benenati, the 7th Civil Support Command commanding general, during an assumption of command ceremony April 21 at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center gymnasium.

361st Civil Affairs Brigade holds assumption of command

Story and photo by Sgt. Daniel J. Friedberg
7th Civil Support Command, 221st Public Affairs Detachment, 21st Theater Sustainment Command

Col. Miguel A. Castellanos assumed command of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 7th Civil Support Command’s 361st Civil Affairs Brigade in a ceremony April 21 at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center gymnasium.

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Senior Airman Matthew Brown, 86th Munitions Squadron munitions system technician, explains to his airman leadership class the importance of operations security Monday on Kapaun. Brown was recently awarded the Conventional Munitions Systems Maintainer Technician of the Year for U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa.

Munitions Airman blows away competition

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Holly Cook
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Senior Airman Matthew Brown, 86th Munitions Squadron munitions system technician, was recently awarded the Conventional Munitions Systems Maintainer Technician of the Year award for U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa.

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