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Playtime important for family bonding

As the days get longer and the temperature rises, many of us get in the spirit of playing more. Too often our busy schedules and overwhelming to-do lists prevent us from doing what matters most: connecting with each other.

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Russell Scaroni, civil engineer self-help store structure planner, instructs Marc Fischer, CE self-help store customer service technician, with installing a door at the CE self-help store March 15 on Ramstein. The CE self-help store provides the base with their entire repair and clean up needs.

Self-help gets you prepared to repair

Have you ever shoveled snow at work and noticed you had no salt for the sidewalk? Well, the civil engineer self-help store is here to assist you with your work center needs.

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In December, Tech. Sgt. Simon Garcia, 1st Communications Maintenance Squadron project manager, entered the operating room for an elective procedure, a kidney transplant, to save his sister’s life. The surgery took place as scheduled with Evelyn Garcia’s body accepting her little brother’s kidney as its own. Recently, both brother and sister have returned to work and are thankful to have overcome the challenges faced by surgery. According to the office of the Air Force surgeon general, there are approximately 10 organ donation requests per year, which are approved through the Air Force Medical Operations Agency. However, approval to undergo the procedure does not excuse Airmen from potential risks to their health or career.

Sister before self

by 2nd Lt. Kay M. Nissen 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Author’s note: This article was originally published Nov. 28. Due to significant interest in the outcome of the story, updates have been added for its completion. The day he found out about his sister’s condition, he knew he would […]

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Staff Sgt. Saundra Sininger, Senior Airman Ken Jones and Staff Sgt. Matteo Ayala-Roman, members of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa’s band Wings of Dixie, perform in February for 300 school children and staff at the N’Djamena English International School in Chad.

Wings of Dixie band performs in Chad

The U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa band, Wings of Dixie, recently returned from a landmark mission to Chad, Africa.

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Flurries of snow surround the entrance to Freud’s former home turned museum.

For the Love of Freud: The Freud Museum in London

London is notorious for attracting swarms of tourists to its well-known landmarks and museums. While London’s hotspots are remarkable in their own right, I am interested in a different London. A lesser-known gem of London exists in the form of the Freud Museum.

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Members of the KMC take part in a statistics class Tuesday at the Landstuhl Education Center. U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern will host a March 29 financial aid workshop to point Soldiers toward alternate education funding sources after the suspension of tuition assistance.

Financial aid workshop to assist military students

When the Army announced the suspension of tuition assistance, Soldiers lined up outside Rhine Ordnance Barracks’ education center, hoping to enroll in classes before the March 8 cutoff.

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Christina M. Wall, a logistics management specialist with the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, hugs her son, Air Force Tech Sgt. Steven C. Wall, a fuel systems craftsman assigned to 55th Maintenance Squadron, during his layover at Ramstein March 6. Steven is deploying to the Central Command theater of operations from Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., and enjoyed the chance to see his mother for the first time in two years.

‘First in Support’ civilian sees son while en route to deployment

Christina M. Wall, a logistics management specialist with the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, saw her son for the first time in two years March 6 on Ramstein.

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Wing inspection team ensures readiness, compliance

The wing inspection teams are the members responsible for the inspections we constantly prepare for, supporting the commander’s No. 1 priority of readiness.

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Red Cross keeps you informed

Ramstein’s Red Cross responds to emergencies and disasters that happen to Department of Defense members or their families no matter where they are located.

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Mustache March madness has military roots

Mustache March started as a fighter pilot superstition during the Vietnam War. Pilots claimed that a forbidden mustache protected aircraft from enemy bullets.

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