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Showing our thanks at RAB: Length of service ceremony

Story and photos by Airman 1st Class Tabatha Chapman
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
July 21, 2023
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Otis C. Jones, 86th Airlift Wing commander, Dieter Diemer, 86th Civil Engineer squadron contracting officer representative housing inspector, and Chief Master Sgt. Charmaine Kelley, 86th AW command chief, pose for a photo at the Length of Service ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, July 13. Diemer was honored for 45 years of service to the government during the ceremony.

More than 130 German and U.S. civilian honorees received recognition for their dedication of service during a Length of Service ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, July 12.

The honorees’ length of service ranged from 20 to 45 years.

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Otis C. Jones, 86th Airlift Wing commander, gave a speech expressing his gratitude and presented the honorees with certificates of appreciation for their service.

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Otis C. Jones, 86th Airlift Wing commander far left, and Chief Master Sgt. Charmaine Kelley, 86th AW chief, far right, pose with honorees at the Length of Service ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, July 13. The honorees pictured were recognized for 40 years of service to the government during the ceremony.

“You provide cultural expertise to help us navigate and accomplish our mission,” Jones said. “You train our Airmen, advise commanders, and innovate processes and procedures to ensure we successfully execute our mission each and every day.”

After the ceremony honorees and their family and friends were given a tour of Ramstein Air Base and the flight line, which included a viewing of the inside of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.

(Left) U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Otis C. Jones, 86th Airlift Wing commander, gives remarks while Michael Gannon, 86th Airlift Wing host nation advisor, interprets in German during a Length of Service ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, July 13. The ceremony showed appreciation for German and U.S. employees whose length of service in the government ranged 20 to 45 years.
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