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Tech. Sgt. Francis Gilson, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, waits to take off from Šiauliai International Airport, Lithuania, to airlift American service members and Lithuanian paratroopers on a 37th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules May 17. Gilson was part of a five-man crew including 37th AS pilots and loadmasters. The team spent four days across three Baltic countries assisting in personnel drops of allied partners and American service members.

Flying crew chief: one-stop airborne repair shop

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

To keep Ramstein’s fleet of C-130J Super Hercules mission ready, crew chiefs are responsible to maintain the birds wherever they might land.

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Photo by Senior Airman Hailey HauxWorld War II veteran Leslie Cruise pays his respects to the man who saved his life Monday at the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial in France. Seventy years ago on June 7, 1944, Pvt. Richard Vargas saved Cruise’s life during the invasion of Normandy. Cruise went to France five times looking for his friend’s grave in order to say thank you.

Life lives on through WWII vet

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Photo by Senior Airman Jonathan StefankoBrig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente, 86th Airlift Wing commander, speaks at a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response stand-down day commander’s call May 28 on Ramstein. The stand-down day gave units an opportunity to review facts about sexual assault and enhance awareness about behaviors of people who commit the crime.

Airmen focus on sexual assault prevention

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

Airmen from the 86th Airlift Wing on Ramstein took an entire work day to focus on the importance of sexual assault prevention and response May 28.

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Standing on shoulders of giants

by Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Heritage, pride and legacy are a few words that may come to mind as people walk through the halls of the 37th Airlift Squadron.

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Photo by Dijon RolleArmy Safety DayPfc. Daniel Martiniuc tests his coordination while participating in a demonstration at the Army Substance Abuse Program table. The table was one of several set up in support of the garrison’s annual Safety Day event May 21 at the Rhine Ordnance Barracks Special Events Center. The event is designed to promote overall safety awareness and provide additional training opportunities for service members, civilians and families.

Army Safety Day

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Families from the KMC scramble to purchase items from the new toy collection that was revealed May 17 at the Ramstein Base Exchange.

Exchange hosts fun family event

Photos by Airman 1st Class Michael Stuart

         

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Photo by Capt. Candice MiloneAirmen with the 86th Medical Group participate in a tug-of-war during the 86th MDG MASH Bash May 16 on Ramstein. The second annual morale event included a costume contest, a blindfolded cone “minefield” navigation course and more as a way to promote camaraderie and esprit de corps. The event was also a way for the 86th MDG Airmen to learn the history of mobile Army surgical hospitals and the television show “MASH,” which portrayed them and the role they played in American history.

86th MDG raises morale with MASH Bash

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Staff Sgt. Wendell Reeder (right), survey team chief, 773rd Civil Support Team, 7th Civil Support Command, writes notes as he observes members of the HAZMAT Company, Civil Protection Regiment, Kosovo Security Forces, during a Defense Threat Reduction Agency-led exercise May 20.

7th CSC Soldiers train Kosovo HAZMAT unit

Story and photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Chlosta
7th Civil Support Command Public Affairs

Soldiers from the 773rd Civil Support Team, 7th Civil Support Command, and one Iowa National Guard Soldier trained 20 members of the Kosovo Security Force’s fledgling HAZMAT unit on incident response procedures and HAZMAT equipment May 12 to 21 during a Defense Threat Reduction Agency-led exercise.

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The Kindergraves are the final resting places for 451 American children of service members stationed in Europe during the buildup of the Cold War. The graves were decorated with American flags and roses before the ceremony.

Kindergraves ceremony held in Kaiserslautern

Photos by Senior Airman Hailey Haux

   

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Photo by Phil A. JonesCol. Judith Lee, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center commander, presents Maria Fox-Meehan with a handmade quilt of valor during the dedication ceremony of The Thomas Meehan Suite.

A memory lives on, brings peace to families

by Taylor Massey
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Public Affairs

A new room stands by at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center designed specifically for patients nearing the end of their life’s journey. These hospice patients now have a comforting environment where they can spend their last days with loved ones.

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