News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany 
Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente, overlooks a river region near Ramstein during his final flight aboard a C-130J Super Hercules June 10. Mordente, after completing his command tour on Ramstein, has been selected to serve as the 18th Air Force vice commander at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
It’s that time of year again, and the 86th Airlift Wing has officially kicked off the Critical Days of Summer campaign.
The Easter holidays are just around the corner. In Germany, Easter week begins with Holy Thursday, which Germans call “Gründonnerstag,” or green Thursday. The word “green” is not associated with the color, but rather with the old German verb “grienen,” meaning to bemoan. Some people still recognize Holy Thursday traditions by eating green vegetables that day, preferably spinach.
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to speak with Senior Airman Bryan Jordan from the 86th Maintenance Squadron. Jordan’s job is to inspect airframes for structural integrity. During a random inspection, he found a crack in one of the C-130J Super Hercules’ wings.
The largest U.S. Air Forces in Europe aerospace medicine summit was held March 9 to 13 on Ramstein.
After winning two Air Force-level awards in 2013, the 86th Civil Engineer Squadron is no stranger to being recognized as the best, so when another one of its members was named the best manager in the Air Force, it probably came as no surprise to the leadership.
Banding together, forging lasting bonds and rising up to face adversity head-on are concepts often related to the armed forces, but these connections are not limited to the battlefield – at least not the traditional ones.
On Saturday and Sunday, Kaiserslautern’s advertising association, Kaiser in Lautern, will offer a spring market combined with a car exhibition and Sunday shopping. The city of Kaiserslautern is co-sponsoring the event as a way to say goodbye to winter and promote local businesses.
The Association for the Advancement of German-French Partnership will sponsor its 21st annual Easter market from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Niederkirchen’s Westpfalzhalle. Volunteers helped to decorate the community hall with colorful flowers and Easter decorations to lure a lot of visitors from all over.
The Irish celebrate a national and religious holiday Monday — St. Patrick’s Day.
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