News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany When most people think of an operations group, they think of squadrons and airplanes.
At least, that is what I did when I received the welcome news that I
was to become the next 86th Operations Group commander. But as I
prepared for the new job, I learned there is much more to the 86th OG
than just flying.
The instructor strolled by his surrounding students, shouting commands
at breakneck speed like an auctioneer ramping up the prices on some
exclusive sale. The troops, standing in a circle around him, responded
to every order of the almost unintelligible language as if it was the
way they were raised to speak, checking each other
Night vision goggles, low-level formation flights and air drops were
all training objectives accomplished during the 86th Airlift Wing
The ability to reach back for resources is key to mission
accomplishment for deployed forces. For a Ramstein lieutenant colonel
deployed to Afghanistan, reaching back is also the key to making a
difference.
Pvt. José Ballesteros describes driving over a seven-inch metal block
on a wooden railcar while sitting on top of an almost 10-foot high
vehicle weighing more than 24 metric tons as a
Brig. Gen. Rich Johnston, KMC and 86th Airlift Wing commander,
announced at his commander
Defense Logistics Agency representatives arrived July 9 at Mihail
Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, to embed with the Headquarters Element
of Joint Task Force-East as U.S. forces took another critical step and
transition continues with U.S. military operations taking place in the
former Eastern Block nations of Romania and Bulgaria.
In the 2,500 year-old Black Sea coastal city of Constanta, Romania, the
86th Contingency Response Group is accomplishing what is typically done
collectively by Airmen around the world: off-station training with
fellow Air Force units, joint exercises with sister service and acting
as humanitarian and goodwill ambassadors in a foreign land.
| One Dollar buys: |
| Euro: € 0.9305 |
| Pound: £ 0.7874 |
Other currency rates, not available at the Community Bank:
| Czech Krone: | Kč 23.93 |
| Egyptian Pound: | E£ 50.24 |
| Hungarian Forint: | Hf 390.06 |
| Israeli Shekel: | ₪ 3.58 |
| Polish Zloty: | zł 4.02 |
| Turkish Lira: | ₵ 35.900 |
Published by
Twitter
Facebook
