Story and photos by
Tech. Sgt. Micky M. Pena
U.S. Air Forces in Europe and
Air Forces Africa Public Affairs
Walking into his office it can be easy to get the impression you are about to meet someone who embodies Air Force experience, evident by the various memorabilia scattered throughout the room. He’s been an aircraft maintainer. He’s been a military training instructor. He’s even been a non-commissioned officer academy […]
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by 86th Communications Squadron and 86th Airlift Wing
Information Protection Office
Social engineering is a tactic our adversaries can use to gain access to our networks by targeting the users of those networks. “Hacking the human element,” as it is known in the cyber world, is a full-blown threat to the security of Department of Defense computer networks. Two common methods of social engineering attacks are phishing and spear phishing. Phishing is when an attacker pretends to be a legitimate, trustworthy entity and attempts to acquire your personal information, or trick you into opening a malicious link or file.
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Story and photos by
Senior Airman Devin Boyer
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Ramstein and Kaiserslautern middle and high school special-needs students went toe-to-toe in a friendly game of adaptive-sports softball at Donnelly Park, May 4. The Guzzlers, a varsity community softball team, joined the children to build camaraderie and morale between students, their friends and both immediate and military families. “The way […]
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Story and photos by Airman 1st Class Savannah L. Waters
86th Airlift Wing
Public Affairs
A hand stretches ahead again and again, shoving mud past as an Airman pushes his body across the pit, sharp barbed wire catching on his backpack. As exhaustion begins to set in, the sound of the rest of the team pushes him to crawl faster, hoping he is almost […]
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Story and photo by
Airman 1st Class
Savannah L. Waters
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
How many drinks did you have last weekend? Last week? Is that normal? Ramstein Airmen now have a tool to check if alcohol consumption has become an issue for them or not.
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Story and photos by
Senior Airman Elizabeth Baker
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Though lives often depend on the missions flying out of Ramstein, all it takes is one broken part to keep a plane from flying. That’s why the 86th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Metals Technology shop makes sure that if any aircraft on the Ramstein flight line needs parts, they get parts any time, any day.
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by Ashley Patoka
Regional Health Command Europe
Dog Center Europe, located on Pulaski Barracks in Kaiserslautern, will undergo a name change and become Veterinary Medical Center Europe today. The new name, according to Maj. Lane Hansen, DCE director and veterinarian, better reflects the array of services that are currently provided to the military community. “We have been […]
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Story and photos by
Airman 1st Class
Alexis C. Schultz
AFN Europe
It’s late afternoon and the Kaiserslautern women’s rugby team is strewn throughout the field warming up for their Thursday practice. Mouth guards are put in and the game changes from an easy warm up to intense training.
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Story and photos by
Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Normally when a C-5M Galaxy is off the ground, it is soaring thousands of feet above the world. For one particular C-5 flying out of Travis Air Force Base, Calif., that was not the case when a malfunctioning landing gear caused it to be raised only a few feet above […]
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