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Garbage Tips:
Disposing of garbage is an easy task but there are few things that
sometimes are forgotten. When disposing of your household garbage, make
sure that there isn
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Savusa is new USAREUR command sergeant major
The new U.S. Army, Europe and Seventh Army command sergeant major,
Command Sgt. Maj. Iuniasolua Tului Savusa, officially assumed his
duties during a May 5 ceremony at Heidelberg
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86th team assesses Botswana airlift capabilities
In extreme south Africa, sitting next to strife-torn Zimbabwe and
possessing the second highest adult HIV prevalence rate in the world,
Botswana hardly seems like a country whose defense forces would have
C-130 avionics that the most powerful air force in the world does not.
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86th MXS working hard to get ‘LEAN’
What does it mean to get lean? For an athlete, it means working hard
and eating right to strip away anything that isn
Commentary
Commander’s Action Line
Q Last week I was driving toward the West Gate to
leave the base. It was almost dark. I was coming around the curve.
There was a bicyclist riding in the right lane bottlenecking traffic.
There was a bicycle path parallel to the road just on the other side of
the curb. The rider was wearing a yellow reflective belt. However,
because the rider was bent over, the belt was barely visible. This
created an unsafe situation for the rider, a traffic hazard for the
motorists, and a traffic slow-down. I realize that a bicycle is a
vehicle and has certain rights on the road. However, if there is a
bicycle path parallel to the road, shouldn
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SECAF urges ‘service before self’
This past February, in my Letter to Airmen addressing our three USAF
Core Values, I shared these thoughts on Service Before Self:
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AADD: Volunteers give time to save lives
There are at least 1,600 people in the KMC who believe passionately
that people should not drink and drive. So much so, that last year they
each gave up one of their own Friday or Saturday nights, and early
mornings, to volunteer with the Armedforces Against Drunk Driving
program. They waited by the telephone between the hours of midnight and
6 a.m. and they responded. Last year, the AADD volunteers took nearly
3,500 people safely to their homes.
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International Jump Fest
Jumpers from seven countries earn wings
After 66 parachute jumps, do you still get an adrenaline rush? German
Sgt. 1st Class Kai Becker, Paratrooper Battalion 263 jumpmaster, says
he always gets the rush as he steps out the back door of an aircraft.
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Civil Engineer’s Corner
New bike racks on base
You might have noticed some bike racks springing up around Ramstein.
The 435th Civil Engineers Squadron plans to complete the racks in time
for full utilization this spring.
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