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USAFE medics bring expertise to Liberia

USAFE medics bring expertise to Liberia

Courtesy of the 435th Air Base Wing

A team of eight medics from five U.S. Air Forces in Europe bases
recently arrived in Liberia as part of a technical training initiative
for the new Armed Forces of Liberia. The country, which was ravaged by
nearly 15 years of civil war before it held its first democratic
election in November 2005, is working with American forces to help
swell the Liberian medical ranks.

January 19, 2007 ×

News

AADD closes out successful year

Senior Airman Kerry Solan-Johnson
Kaiserslautern American

As Armedforces Against Drunk Driving enters its fourth year of
operations in the KMC, calls are down, efficiency is up and the outfit
is now truly a joint operation.

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News

Legal office offers new hours

Senior Airman Marianna Russo
435th Air Base Wing Legal Office

The Ramstein Law Center has new customer service hours. Legal
assistance is available on a walk-in basis 1:30 to 3 p.m. Mondays and
Wednesdays and 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Daily office
hours for notaries and powers of attorney are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays and
Thursdays.

January 19, 2007 ×

News

Coming and going postal: APO down-low

Coming and going postal: APO down-low

Capt. Erin Dorrance
Kaiserslautern American

With more than 1,900 APO zip codes scattered across the globe, APO mail
is a colossal system the Department of Defense manages, giving U.S.
government employees working overseas a system that allows them to mail
items as if they were in the U.S.

January 19, 2007 ×

News

KMC Airman receives Bronze Star for efforts in Iraq

KMC Airman receives Bronze Star for efforts in Iraq

Senior Airman Kerry Solan-Johnson
Kaiserslautern American

It was, in short, an ambush.

It is a story of blasts from multiple improvised explosive devices,
small arms fire bursting from the grass, and a long wait, exposed on
Iraq

January 19, 2007 ×

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Congressional group visits LRMC, Ramstein

Congressional group visits LRMC, Ramstein

Thomas Warner
LRMC Public Affairs

A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including New York senator Hillary
Clinton, spent three days in Afghanistan and Iraq  before stopping at
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Monday to assess that facility

January 19, 2007 ×

Commentary

USAFE celebrates 65 years of air power

Courtesy of USAFE Public Affairs

U.S. Air Forces in Europe celebrates its 65th anniversary. The oldest,
continuously active Air Force major command began on Jan. 19, 1942,
when the War Department established Headquarters Eighth Air Force.

January 19, 2007 ×

Commentary

Stand up for ‘Roll Call’

Chief Master Sgt. Rodney J. McKinley
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force

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January 19, 2007 ×

News

Control tower gets makeover

Control tower gets makeover

Capt. Erin Dorrance
Kaiserslautern American

Ramstein air traffic controllers left their 10-story tower for a one-story MSN-7 mobile control tower Jan. 10.

During the next two months, the air traffic control tower will receive
approximately $313,000 in upgrades that will transform the 1952
structure.

January 19, 2007 ×

News

Arseneau named LRMC civilian of year

Arseneau named LRMC civilian of year

Thomas Warner
LRMC Public Affairs

Michael Arseneau was named top civilian worker at Landstuhl Regional
Medical Center for 2006, but he deflected praise toward his co-workers.

January 12, 2007 ×