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American musician Sean Foreman performs on stage during a free concert.

3OH!3 presents concert on Ramstein

Photos by Airman 1st Class Michael Stuart

       

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Airman 1st Class Brock Taczak, 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron light vehicle mechanic, 
attaches a jack to a Humvee before removing the transmission.

VRS Airmen fine-tune vehicle fleet

Photos by Airman Dymekre Allen

The 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron performs maintenance on the largest fleet of vehicles in the Air Force, with more than 2,000 vehicles in their care.

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Photo by Senior Airman Hailey HauxA 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airman watches over an aircraft waiting to depart Ramstein. The 721st AMS is one of many squadrons that fall under the 521st Air Mobility Wing and is responsible for preventing accidents on the flightline.

Creating access, delivering hope, saving lives

by Senior Airman Jonathan Stefanko
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

At Ramstein Air Base, a promise was made. It was a powerful vow comprising three simple words capable of impacting the lives of countless men, women and children around the world: “Depend on us.”

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Snow equipment sits neatly organized on Ramstein as it awaits inspection. The 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron works all summer to make sure the snow equipment is in prime condition for winter.

86th VRS keeps AF mobile

Story and photos by Airman Larissa Greatwood
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Though the weather outside is warming up, the 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron is always ready for winter.

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Children stampede the field as they grab as many eggs as possible during the Ramstein Easter Egg Hunt and Kite Karnival. A few golden Easter eggs were scattered amongst the eggs, and prizes were given to the children who found them.

Eggcellent Easter Eggstravaganza

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NCOA instructors commemorate ‘spirits of the past’

NCOA instructors commemorate ‘spirits of the past’

The cast of the “Spirits of the Past” production pay their respects to previous service members April 3 at Kapaun Air Station. Instructors from Kisling NCO Academy performed the presentation for the graduating students on graduation morning.

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DOD salutes military children

by Dijon Rolle
U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Public Affairs

Since 1986, members of the Department of Defense have designated April as Month of the Military Child. The annual observance is designed to recognize and honor the ongoing sacrifices of military children around the world.

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Ramstein hosts ‘Happy Hour’ with recovered alcoholic

Ramstein hosts ‘Happy Hour’ with recovered alcoholic

by Staff Sgt. Kris Levasseur
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

It was time for happy hour at the Hercules Theater, but no one was serving drinks. Disguised as a stand-up comedy routine, this happy hour turned into a training session on avoiding at-risk drinking, sexual assault, drugs and suicide.

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Man on the Street

Man on the Street

It’s a sunny Sunday out. How do you recommend spending it?            

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No one to play with? Why loneliness matters

by Dr. Krystal White
Contributing writer

Loneliness hurts. The more lonely feelings a person reports, the less quality sleep they get, the more at risk they are at being diagnosed with depression, anxiety or cardiovascular disease, and the more difficult concentration and learning becomes.

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