
7th CSC Soldiers train with 720th EOD at Baumholder
Explosive ordnance disposal technicians Spc. Mike Smith (left) and team leader Staff Sgt. Sean
Ripley, both assigned to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 720th Explosive Ordnance
Disposal Company of the 16th Sustainment Brigade, search for improvised explosive devices
May 8 during a combined training mission with the 7th Civil Support Command’s 773rd Civil
Support Team in a simulated chemical lab that was littered with suspected unexploded ordnance.

Climbing for Road Warrior Challenge
A Soldier with the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th
Military Police Brigade climbs a rope during a modified physical fitness test May 3 during the
Police Centric Road Warrior Challenge.

Medical group training
Members of the 86th Medical Group build a decontamination tent at the medical clinic during
monthly training May 10 on Ramstein. During the training, medical Airmen learned to respond
to a variety of scenarios and emergency procedures.

Improving fitness
Capt. James Burke, 37th Airlift Squadron chief of training and scheduling, lifts weights May 9 at
the Ramstein Southside Fitness Center. Burke frequents the gym to improve his overall fitness.

Coming home
An Airman from the 86th Security Forces Squadron is welcomed home by his family May 11 on
Ramstein. Airmen are met at the passenger terminal by family and friends after returning from
a deployment to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.