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A sergeant major shares a personal insight with fellow leaders during the icebreaker event at the 2016 21st Theater Sustainment Command senior enlisted leaders seminar. Thirty leaders participated in the two-day conference where they discussed ideas and challenges related to leadership in the Army.

Senior enlisted gathering builds stronger ‘Team 21’

Story and photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jacob McDonald 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Around 30 senior enlisted leaders from across the 21st Theater Sustainment Command shared ideas, discussed challenges and engaged in a lively professional dialogue designed to improve systems and build more cohesive teams during a seminar held Jan. 20 to 21 on Vogelweh.

January 28, 2016 ×

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Sgt. Angelica Perez, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 21st Theater Sustainment Command truck driver and administrative assistant, was promoted from specialist to sergeant Nov. 3 on Panzer Kaserne. Command Sgt. Maj. Rodney Rhoades, 21st TSC senior enlisted advisor (left), and Col. Dave Brown, 21st TSC deputy commanding officer, present Perez with her promotion.

Soldier achieves goals set at early age

Story and photo by Ronnie Schelby 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

She’s a thinker. She’s a planner. She sets goals for herself and carries through. She knew in her heart what her goals were from the early age of 13, and she has accomplished them all, and more.

January 21, 2016 ×

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Photo by Greg Jones
Command Sgt. Maj. Rodney Rhoades, 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s senior enlisted leader (left); French Army Lt. Gen. Dominque De Longvilliers, deputy commander of NATO’s Allied Air Command; Dr. Klaus Weichel, lord mayor of Kaiserslautern; Bundeswehr Brig. Gen Gerald Funke of the German Army Logistics Command; and Maj. Gen. Duane Gamble, the 21st TSC commanding general, cut the New Year’s cake with a military saber during the 2016 21st TSC New Year’s Reception Jan. 8 on Vogelweh.

Allies usher in 2016 at TSC reception

by Sgt. Maj. Michael Pintagro 21st TSC Public Affairs

Around 300 key allied military leaders, governmental and civic officials, family members and well wishers marked the achievements of 2015 and looked forward to an even better 2016 during a dynamic 21st Theater Sustainment Command New Year’s Reception held Jan. 8 on Vogelweh.

January 14, 2016 ×

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An authentic mariachi band performs the concluding song of a Catholic mass conducted as part of a fiesta held in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 12 on Daenner Kaserne.

KMC fiesta honors ‘Patroness of the Americas’

Story and photos by Sgt. Maj. Michael Pintagro 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Around 100 U.S. military and family members serving in the heart of Central Europe honored the “Patroness of the Americas” during a lively and eclectic celebration punctuated by Spanish prayers, English mass, Latin dance, Mexican music and an international potluck luncheon held Dec. 12 on Daenner Kaserne.

December 17, 2015 ×

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TSC holds tree lighting ceremony

TSC holds tree lighting ceremony

Photos by Ronnie Schelby

A 21st Theater Sustainment Command tree lighting ceremony was held Dec. 3 at Panzer Field on Panser Kaserne. Instrumental and choral performances from local schoolchildren and brief motivational remarks by Maj. Gen. Duane Gamble, the TSC commanding general, preceded the illumination of the command Christmas tree by three eager young […]

December 11, 2015 ×

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Leather-clad members of the Warrant Officers Association, Rheinland-Pfalz Silver Chapter, families and volunteers drive toward Landstuhl Dec. 5 during a "Toy Run for Kids." Around two dozen of Santa's "bad-boy" helpers, many of them active-duty warrant officers serving with the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, traded reindeer and sleighs for motorcycles, delivering a full truck-sized load of Christmas cargo as well as several hundred euro in cash donations for area children. Participants in the toy convoy rode from their rally point at the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center to the Kinderheim Saint Nikolaus Orphanage in Landstuhl.

TSC warrant officers trade reindeers for bikes

Photo by Chief Warrant Officer 4 James J. Britton
December 11, 2015 ×

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Command Sgt. Maj. Rodney Rhoades, 21st Theater Sustainment Command senior enlisted leader and president of the board (middle right), questions a candidate as fellow board members Master Sgt. Duane Held, 7th Mission Support Command (far left); Sgt. Maj. Daniel Hilton, TSC career counselor (middle left); and Sgt. Maj. Crecencia Jeter, TSC’s 1st Human Resources Sustainment Center, observe during the Retention NCO and Career Counselor of the Year competition board held in November at Panzer Kaserne. Board members asked an array of questions pertaining to general military topics, career-specific knowledge and leadership during the competition. The winners of the competition will represent TSC at a U.S. Army Europe competition scheduled for Dec. 14 to 16 in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Competition seeks command’s top career counselor

Story and photo by Ronnie Schelby 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Retention noncommissioned officers and career counselors normally focus their energies on retaining the best. But “re-up” NCOs across the 21st Theater Sustainment Command strove to be the best during a Retention NCO and Career Counselor of the Year competition conducted in November and early December.

December 11, 2015 ×

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Senior leaders of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command join German allies for a presentation delivered during a logistics conference held Nov. 18 to 19 at the Bundeswehr Logistics School in Garlstedt. Leading logisticians from all Bundeswehr armed services as well as representatives from the Ministry of Defense and other Bundeswehr agencies participated in the conference. Col. Dave Brown, 21st TSC deputy commanding officer, represented the 21st TSC throughout the event. Maj. Gen. Duane A. Gamble, 21st TSC commanding general, attended the second day. Participants discussed a wide array of timely, relevant military issues, current and future logistical challenges, provision of logistical support to major regional operations, potential contracted solutions, experiences of very high readiness joint task force logistics battalion personnel and reflections on lessons learned during Trident Juncture 2015.

TSC senior leaders join allies at senior logisticians’ conference

Photo by Lt. Col. Thies Neelsen
December 4, 2015 ×

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Maj. Gen. Duane A. Gamble (left) and Command Sgt. Maj. Rodney J. Rhoades, 21st TSC command team, work as a culinary duo to feed their Soldiers and family members during a Thanksgiving feast held Nov. 26 at the Clock Tower Cafe on Kleber Kaserne. The commanding general and senior enlisted leader pulled shifts on the serving line before sharing a Thanksgiving meal with the U.S. ambassador to Germany, their wives and families. Approximately 1,100 Soldiers, civilians and family members shared their Thanksgiving at the 21st TSC-operated Kleber Kaserne and Rhine Ordnance Barracks facilities in Kaiserslautern.

21st TSC share Thanksgiving meal

Photo by Sgt. Maj. Michael Pintagro
December 4, 2015 ×

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TSC warrant officers play ‘Santa’ for good cause

by Ronnie Schelby 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

They may ride motorcycles rather than sleighs, and regulations do not permit an abdomen shaped like a “bowl full of jelly,” but members of the Warrant Officers Association, Rheinland-Pfalz Silver Chapter, along with family members and volunteers, emulated Saint Nick in a good cause during a succession of charity events culminating in a “Toy Run for Kids” slated for Saturday.

December 4, 2015 ×
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