News

News

Exercise tests 21st TSC’s operability in contingency environments

by Sgt. Maj. Cameron Porter
21st TSC Public Affairs

The 21st Theater Sustainment Command deployed its Early Entry Command
Post to Baumholder Airfield Oct. 20 to 24 as part of Phase One, Agile
Challenge.

More than 100 Soldiers from the 21st TSC

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News

Team evaluates USAFE living quarters

Team evaluates USAFE living quarters

Story and photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers
Defense Media Activity

As part of a DOD-wide probe to evaluate how military services are

utilizing funding for upkeep of facilities, a two-person House
Appropriations Committee Studies and Investigations team inspected
dormitories at Ramstein and Kapaun Oct. 16.

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News

Correction

The article, “Ramstein recognizes Breast Cancer Awareness Month,” in the Oct. 24 KA stated that women over age 40 should have mammograms every one to two years. The Women’s Imaging Department at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and the American College of Radiology strongly recommend having mammograms once a year, beginning […]

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News

Disease outbreak emphasizes customs rules

by Robert Szostek
U.S. European Command Customs Public Affairs

The Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in England last year demonstrates again the

devastation foreign pests and diseases could wreak in the United States should they get past our defenses.

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News

Ramstein sets stage for training

Ramstein sets stage for training

Story and photo by Senior Airman Amber Bressler
435th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

It was a quiet, peaceful morning. Airmen were working hard to set up
their living quarters, when suddenly, a bomb went off. The Airmen
dropped what they were doing and raced to find cover as the smell of
gunpowder filled the air.

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News

Vote: Express delivery for last-minute ballots

by Spc. Fabian Ortega
U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs

For overseas voters, participation in this year

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Commentary

Tips on how to save energy in your home

by Don Doran
USAG Kaiserslautern

Not so long ago, our electric utility bills were barely noticeable in
our monthly budgets. Unfortunately, our heat and light bills will never
be the same.

However, there are some measures we can take to make a big dent in our budget-busting monthly energy bills.

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Commentary

Donations make priceless difference

by Lt. Col. David Young
386th Security Forces Squadron commander

Sometimes we in the military may forget the real people behind those
Combined Federal Campaign donations. Somehow it gets detached during
the drive.

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News

Sobriety checkpoints to start

Security forces personnel, accompanied by key leaders from local units,
will begin conducting sobriety checkpoints throughout the KMC beginning
in November as part of an overall campaign to decrease drunken driving.

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News

HRSC-Europe activates

HRSC-Europe activates

The Human Resources Sustainment Center-Europe officially activated Oct. 16 in a ceremony at the Panzer Parade Field.

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