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Loadmasters win Team of the Year award

Loadmasters win Team of the Year award

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Trevor Rhynes
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Every year one career field is selected as the Air Force Team of the Year. This year’s recipient of the award was in the loadmaster career field.

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Courtesy photoAmerican club president Katie Pelltier (front row, third right) and German vice president Heinke Balzulat pose for a photo with donation recipients during a barbecue June 8. The German-American and International Women’s Club Kaiserslautern donated €27,750 from the proceeds of their annual Pfennig Bazaar in March to various charity organizations.

Women’s club donates to charity organizations

Courtesy of German-American and International Women’s Club Kaiserslautern

The German-American and International Women’s Club Kaiserslautern gathered June 8 for a barbecue to celebrate the success of their annual Pfennig Bazaar and to present donations from the event proceeds to more than 30 organizations in the surrounding German and American community.

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Airman 1st Class Matthew Gray, 86th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, shares his story at the storytellers’ event May 10 on Ramstein. Gray spoke about his transition from having a tough childhood to becoming an Airman. The storytellers’ event gave Airmen the opportunity to come together and share their stories.

One Airman’s journey to a brighter future

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Trevor Rhynes
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

As a teenager, Airman 1st Class Michael Gray, 86th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, had to support himself. Gray had to pay for everything from the clothes on his back to the food he ate and even his grades.

Gray owed more money to his parents than he actually had, so at times he had to go without food in order to pay his debts.

June 20, 2013 ×

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Family advocacy goes purple

Family advocacy goes purple

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

Ramstein’s Family Advocacy Program has teamed up with the Army’s Family Advocacy Program team to strengthen the means of promoting an emotionally healthy household around the KMC.

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USA Girl Scouts Overseas play in the water during their field trip to the water treatment facility June 13 on Ramstein. The 786th Civil Engineer Squadron tests and purifies the drinking water for the KMC to ensure the distributed water is consumable for Airmen and civilians on base.

786th CES hydrates KMC with purified H2O

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Dymekre Allen
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The 786th Civil Engineer Squadron tests and analyses the drinking water for the KMC to ensure the distributed water is consumable for Airmen and civilians on base.

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A member of the German army reserve unit hands Pfc. Linda Castillo a bowl of cabbage salad during the “Thank You Wounded Warriors” luncheon June 14 at the USO Warrior Center on Wilson Barracks.

Luncheon honors wounded warriors, Army birthday

Story and photo by Dijon Rolle
U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern Public Affairs

Members of the garrison’s Directorate of Emergency Services hosted a “Thank You Wounded Warriors” luncheon June 14 at the USO Warrior Center on Wilson Barracks.

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Jacobina Kosman, a vendor from the Old Dutch Cheese Company, cuts pieces of fresh gouda for customers to sample.

Shoppers savor international flair at garrison summer bazaar

Story and photos by Dijon Rolle
U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern Public Affairs

Polish pottery, blueberry potpourri, Persian rugs, cast-iron pots, chocolates, candied peanuts and more greeted visitors venturing to the garrison’s annual summer bazaar.

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Spc. Matthew Huggett, Public Health Command District-Northern Europe, Dog Center Europe military working dog program Soldier in charge, shaves and cleans Duke’s leg before surgery June 4 on Pulaski Barracks. The vet clinic sees more than 40 clients a day and does more than 300 vaccinations in a month, making it the second busiest vet facility overseas.

Two paws up for the vet clinic

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

Taking care of those four-legged family members is what the Public Health Command District-Northern Europe, Dog Center Europe, vet clinic on Pulaski Barracks does best.

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Staff Sgt. Jennifer Kellar, 786th Force Support Squadron retirement and separations NCOIC, donates blood to the Armed Services Blood Program Tuesday on Ramstein. The ASBP is a blood collection and distribution service solely for the men and women who defend our country.

KMC keeps blood banks full

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

A blood drive was held Tuesday near the Ramstein Southside Fitness Center. The blood drive was hosted by the Armed Services Blood Program and put together by the 352nd Network Warfare Squadron, Detachment 1.

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2nd AIRPS Det. 1 keeps mail moving

2nd AIRPS Det. 1 keeps mail moving

by Senior Airman Aaron-Forrest Wainwright
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

When someone sends off their mail it embarks on a great journey ensuing on the unknown; the parcel may know where it’s going, but not how it will get there. That’s where 2nd Air Postal Squadron staff steps in to help.

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