News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany 
A thermal imagery system, an armory and the ability to receive aircraft were all established Jan. 25 by approximately 125 members from the 86th Contingency Response Group and the 86th Air and Space Communications Group during the operational readiness exercise at Zweibrücken.
Would it be possible to remind dog owners that their dogs are supposed to be on leashes while on base? A person who I have spoken to once about this problem did not have his dog on a leash. His dog ran across the street to my dog and me, and while doing so, came within a couple of feet of being hit by a car. My concern is not only for the safety of his dog and other dogs, but also for the safety of kids playing and drivers. The drivers could swerve to miss a dog and have a wreck or hit a child or other pedestrian while doing it. I think this is a very serious safety issue that people need to consider.
The Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems shop is a good team, filled with good people, doing good work. They wanted to raise their game to the next level, but were struggling to find the way to get there. ATCALS leadership heard the 86th Airlift Wing implemented an organizational system called 6S in their maintenance operations with great success and were willing to give it a shot.
An Airman from the 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron at Vogelweh was recently presented with a Purple Heart and an Army Commendation Medal for his service in Iraq.
***image1***Col. Rod Zastrow, 435th Air Base Wing vice commander, recently awarded Wendy Reyes with the Hidden Hero award for her volunteer efforts with the tax office, Project CHEER, and the Ramstein schools booster clubs.
***image1***“Keep your hands up if you eat grits,” said Command Sgt. Maj. William J. Gainey, the top enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “Now, keep ‘em up if you put sugar on your grits.” Several Marines kept their hands up. “What in the heck is […]
Staff Sgt. David Reyes is the unit deployment manager of the 435th Vehicle Readiness Squadron at Ramstein. He
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The sounds of spring at Ramstein Air Base
Airmen here are participating this week in the third of a series of operational readiness exercises as the base continues to prepare for this year
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