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Obama honors D-Day veterans at ceremony

Obama honors D-Day veterans at ceremony

by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class (AW) Chris Henry
Navy Public Affairs Support Element East Detachment Europe

President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime
Minister Gordon Brown and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke
June 6 at a ceremony honoring the servicemembers who fought and died during the Allied invasion of Normandy 65 years ago.

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Creek Defender: training for deployment

Creek Defender: training for deployment

by Senior Airmen Kenny Holston and Amanda Dick
Ramstein Public Affairs

BAUMHOLDER, Germany

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18th MPs lead way for D-Day ceremonies

by Spc. Adrienne Killingsworth

NORMANDY, France

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617th AOC activates at Ramstein

617th AOC activates at Ramstein

Story and photo by Master Sgt. Jim Fisher
17th Air Force Public Affairs

Seventeenth Air Force took another big step toward full operational
capability Friday with the activation of the 617th Air and Space
Operations Center.

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Military Matters

Civil Engineers’ Corner Safety alert To all Military Family Housing residents: this is a safety alert. All windows and balcony doors above the first floor level have been fitted with a key-operated locking devise to prevent opening. However, with the warm weather upon us, you may think about opening your […]

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Change in trash pick up

The trash pick up in some villages in the KMC moves as follows due to the Corpus Christi holiday, which Germans observe Thursday: • From Tuesday to Monday in Mackenbach; • From Wednesday to Tuesday in Hochspeyer, Frankenstein, Fischbach, Waldleiningen, Schopp, Krickenbach and Linden; • From Thursday to Wednesday in […]

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Classes and training

Learn about the environment and geology. The University of Maryland University College offers classes at Kapaun Air Station beginning in June. Classes include Environmental Geology (GEOL-120) for three credit hours – 5 to 7:45 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and Introduction to Physical Geology Lab (GEOL-110) for one credit hour -10 […]

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Chapel news

The U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern Chaplain’s Office will be hosting focus groups for deployed spouses at noon and 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Daenner Chapel on Daenner Kaserne. The purpose of the focus groups is to determine what needs, issues or concerns exist in the KMC. The purpose of the […]

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21st TSC tests skills May 27 at

by Sgt. Frank Sanchez III
21st TSC Public Affairs

Twenty-first Theater Sustainment Command Soldiers tested their skills
with two different German weapon systems at a German military
marksmanship range May 27 in Idar-Oberstein, earning a

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13th CMSAF visits graduating NCOs

13th CMSAF visits graduating NCOs

by Senior Airman Amanda Dick
Ramstein Public Affairs

Retired Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Frederick J. Finch spoke
to the Kapaun Non-commissioned Officer Academy graduating Class 2009-05
during a question and answer session May 20 in the NCO Academy
auditorium on Kapaun.

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