Col. Rob Kane, 86th Airlift Wing commander, mingles with 86th AW Airmen during his promotion party in Hangar 1 April 8. The colonel was recently selected for promotion to brigadier general.
Left, Rachel Hartford, a chemist with the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine Europe at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, prepares a control standard to test the quality of the area’s drinking water.
Lead vocalist Staff Sgt. Adrian Wyatt sings with the 86th Maintenance Squadron band, We are Hardline Spare, at Colonel Kane’s promotion ceremony. The 10-member band is made up of squadron members and performs at military functions and off-base venues.
Nebraska congressman and former head football coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers Tom Osborne (bottom right) greets LRMC’s Red Cross volunteer neurosurgeon. Mr. Osborne came with the congressional delegation to tour LRMC, visit patients and hear stories from the frontline Monday.
Tennessee congressman Lincoln Davis (below) watches as 2nd Lt. Christopher Ruel shows off an unusual fighting technique. The lieutenant, a patient at LRMC, is assigned to A Troop, 1/278th Regimental Combat Team stationed Camp Caldwell, Iraq. He kept visiting congressmen entertained with his downrange tales.
Dan Clark, inspirational speaker and contributing author to the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series (above) , speaks to Ramstein Airmen at Nightingale Theater April 8.