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Volunteer victim advocates-in-training practice techniques to help sexual assault victims at Ramstein Air Base, Oct. 4. Volunteer victim advocates conduct outreach, like booths and prevention briefings, and go on call to respond to sexual assaults.

New SAPR volunteer victim advocates ready to help

by Senior Airman Elizabeth Baker 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs The 86th Airlift Wing Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office graduated 19 volunteer victim advocates after a weeklong training Oct. 4. The SAPR Volunteer Victim Advocate Program trains active duty and DOD civilians to provide 24-7 advocacy and response for […]

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Thracian Fall 19 wraps up in Bulgaria

Thracian Fall 19 wraps up in Bulgaria

Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs PLOVDIV, Bulgaria — Three C-130J Super Hercules aircraft and more than 90 personnel deployed to Plovdiv, Bulgaria, from Ramstein Air Base for Thracian Fall returned home Oct. 4.   During the 12-day flying training deployment, the 37th […]

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Blotter

KMC Blotter

September 30 6:16 a.m.: Major traffic collision on L372, direction Kollweiler 5:18 p.m.: Major traffic collision in Ramstein-Miesenbach October 1 11:38 p.m.: Drunken and disorderly conduct in Ramstein-Miesenbach October 2 10 a.m.: Major traffic collision in Kaiserslautern 1 p.m.: Animal neglect in Reichenbach-Steegen October 3 8:35 a.m.: Major traffic collision […]

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KMC Notices, News

TAKE NOTE

Attention Retirees Army Dental Retiree Appreciation Day will be Oct. 23. All Army Dental Clinics within the KMC (Baumholder, Kleber, Landstuhl & Pulaski) will be providing dental treatment to military retirees only, regardless of what branch you served, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. Family members will not be scheduled. […]

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The Housing Hype

APPOINTMENTS FOR HOUSING The KMC Housing Office will schedule appointments for on-base Government Quarters “Acceptance” and on-base Government Quarters “Notice to Vacate,” (40 days prior to your expected departure date). Housing counselors schedule appointments to “Certify” an off-base contract (after the initial review process has been completed). Walk-in hours are […]

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313th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron innovates operation planning

313th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron innovates operation planning

by Airmen 1st Class Daniel Sanchez & Crystal Young 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs In a room at the 313th Expe­ditionary Operations Support Squadron building on Ramstein Air Base, the newest tool for operational planning quietly laid the foundations in a three-to-one scale, three-dimensional model of geographic areas along flight […]

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HHC gains new commander

HHC gains new commander

Story & photo by Erinn Burgess U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Public Affairs U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz’s Headquarters, Headquarters Company, welcomed a new commander during a change of command ceremony Oct. 4 at Kazabra Club, Vogelweh. Capt. Sebastian D. Armentrout accepted command from Capt. Stephanie R. Correa, who served as the […]

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KMC Exchange shoppers save 15 percent by opening new MILITARY STAR account Oct. 10-24

by Susie Goodwin Army & Air Force Exchange Service Public Affairs KMC Exchange and commissary shoppers can get more bang for their buck by opening a new MILITARY STAR® card account. From Oct. 10 to 24, service members and their families who apply and are approved for a new MILITARY […]

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Thracian Fall 2019 exercise kicks off in Bulgaria

Thracian Fall 2019 exercise kicks off in Bulgaria

Story & photos by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs PLOVDIV, Bulgaria — Airmen and aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron arrived at Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Sept. 23, to kick off exercise Thracian Fall 2019. Thracian Fall is a recurring flying training deployment conducted between the U.S. Air […]

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A U.S. Airman assigned to the 86th Civil Engineer Squadron releases water from a hydrant during a response to a simulated fire at Ramstein Air Base, Sept. 24. The simulated fire was an exercise inject for Operation Varsity 19-03, a weeklong exercise designed to test the capabilites of Ramstein Airmen. 
Photos by Tech. Sgt. Timothy Moore

Ramstein wraps up Operation Varsity 19-03

by Senior Airman Milton Hamilton 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs The third iteration of exercise Operation Varsity wrapped up Sept. 27, after an event-filled week of training. Base agencies on Ramstein and Vogelweh Military Complex fired on all cylinders to push their Airmen throughout the week. Operation Varsity 19-03 extended […]

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