Archive for June, 2012

News

Nations come together to memorialize D-Day

Nations come together to memorialize D-Day

Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Members of Team Ramstein helped support a host of ceremonies here June 1
through 5, commemorating the World War II D-Day invasion.

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Lifestyle

Mineral club sponsors annual fair in Freisen

Mineral club sponsors annual fair in Freisen

The Freisen Mineral Club will sponsor its annual mineral fair from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the town hall (Buchwaldhalle) in Freisen.

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Schools

Graduating students to change pace

Graduating students to change pace

by Maddie Fahlbusch
Ramstein High School

Summer always signifies a change of pace for students. For most students it

means no more homework, no more tests and no more waking up in the morning

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Sports

86th WSA beats 609th NSS in intramural softball game

by Airman 1st Class Hailey Haux
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The 86th Wing Staff Agency crushed the 690th Network Support Squadron
17-9 in an intramural softball game May 31 at Ramstein

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Sports

The Pikes are back!

The Pikes are back in the second league! After a one-year hiatus from
the second highest division in the German American Football League, the
Pikes return to GFL 2 with high expectations. 

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Sports

Swimmer with MS hits distance marks

Swimmer with MS hits distance marks

Story and photo by Master Sgt. Jim Fisher
USAFE Public Affairs

Moments after Kim Gaston enters the pool, she is cutting through the
water and looking entirely comfortable. Her placid demeanor and status
as the first adult to break 200,000 meters at the Ramstein Aquatic
Center make it hard to believe that as recently as December 2011, she
struggled to make it across the pool.

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Features

Mission Focus: maintaining the KMC exterior

Mission Focus: maintaining the KMC exterior

by 2nd Lt. Kay M. Nissen and Tech. Sgt. Leonard Y. Collins
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs and 86th Civil Engineer Squadron

What exactly does it take to maintain the exterior function and
appearance of the KMC? As part of the 786th Civil Engineer Squadron,
which manages 10,770,000 square feet of airfield and more than 4,703
acres of land on both Ramstein and 19 other geographically separated
units, there are two sections that contribute to maintaining,
constructing and repairing the roads we drive on and the structures we
use every day. 

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Lifestyle

GAIWC announces donations from Pfennig Bazaar

GAIWC announces donations from Pfennig Bazaar

The German-American and International Women

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News

Stateside number gives callers easy access to Army in Europe from US

Anyone can now call the Army in Europe

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Lifestyle

Motorists without vignettes pay fines

The use of highways and expressways in Europe is often not free of
charge. Travelers should know where they have to pay a toll or where
they need a vignette.

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