Take Note — Feb. 23, 2018

Memorial 5K

The 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron booster club will sponsor the 7th annual A1C Zachary Cuddeback Memorial 5K starting at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Ramstein South Side Fitness Center. Entry fee is $20. For more information, call 480-3944 or 480-2231.

Parking discs needed

In certain parking lots on Ramstein Air Base, display of parking disc is required. The maximum allowable time a car may remain in these lots is posted; the driver must set the disc to the arrival time and make it visible. The following are some parking lots where discs are required: MOMS, Ramstein Officers’ Club, commissary, library and community center. Parking without displaying a disc or remaining past the allowed time could result in a citation.

New process, new hours

The Ramstein Visitor Control Center recently changed processes on issuing passes. The VCC now issues passes with a scannable barcode. These passes are valid for one to three days and may be used at any KMC Air Force or KMC Army installation. Any request longer than three days will require customers to receive a long-term pass. Customers should understand with the new process, waiting times may be longer than usual.

The VCC changed its operating hours. It opens at 6 a.m. and closes at 10 p.m., seven days a week. After hours, customers may still sign in guests at the West Gate. The sponsor must be registered in IACS to sign in visitors. Furthermore, ID card holders who forget their ID may also be searched in IACS and be granted base access. For more information, visit
www.ramsteinvisitorcenter.com.

Retiree luncheon

The 86th Airlift Wing Retirees Activities Office will sponsor a KMC Retiree Luncheon at 11 a.m. March 13 at the KMCC Food Court Activity Room. The guest speaker will be the LRMC commander. If you wish to attend, sign up by calling 480-5486 or 06371-47-5486 or emailing 86aw.rao@us.af.mil.

New office hours

Customer hours of the Furnishings Management Section changed as follows:
7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, and 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Fridays.

Annual inventory

The 86th Munitions Squadron will conduct an annual 100 percent munitions stockpile inventory March 26 to 30. During this time, the munitions storage area will be closed to all account custodians; only emergency issue requests approved by the respective group commander may be submitted.

Professional of the Year Banquet

The 2017 Maintenance and Logistics Professional of the Year Banquet will be March 9 in the dual bay hangar, Bldg. 2018, on Ramstein Air Base. Social will begin at 5 p.m., dinner is at 6. Cost is $5 for Airmen, $10 for NCOs and GCOs, and $15 for Senior NCOs and FGOs.

Units needed for blood drives

The Armed Services Blood Bank Center – Europe is looking for units who would like to host blood drives for the military community. Dates available are: Monday, Tuesday; March 12, 13 and 14; April 24; May 7; and June 12.

For details, call 06371-9464-5958 or email colleen.m.urban.civ@mail.mil.

KMCC supports readiness

At the Kaiserslautern Military community Center Exchange and www.ShopMyExchange.com, military members and their families can equip themselves with the tools needed to maintain a BE FIT lifestyle — including athletic apparel and footwear, strength training and cardio equipment, and digital fitness devices — tax-free and at an average savings of 20 percent off MSRP.

Landstuhl offers guided tours

The tourist information office in Landstuhl is offering guided tours in English. Tour guides will be available to offer tours of the castle, the city and the Sickingen Museum. Flyers of guided tours are available at the tourist information office, Haupstrasse 3a. For more information, call the tourist office at 06371-1300012 or email tourismus@vglandstuhl.de.