Take Note — June 1, 2018

Maroon Surge

The 86th Medical Group will host a Community Outreach Day, June 6 on Ramstein Air Base. Events will take place on the field behind the North Chapel. Activities include: Education Fair, Blood & Bone Barrow Registry Drive, Pharmacy Take-Back Event, tours, live DJ, and more.

Estate claims

Anyone having claims on or obligations to the estate of Master Sergeant Patrick S. Cripps, assigned to the 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron, should contact the Summary Court Officer, Second Lieutenant Benjamin Carney at 314-480-2684 or benjamin.carney.2@us.af.mil.

Anyone having any claims on or obligations to the estate of Staff Sgt. Irvin Williams, Jr., assigned to the 691st Cyberspace Operations Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, should contact the summary court officer, 1st Lt Sarah Bergdahl at 478-0448.

Citizenship Q&A

The U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt will provide a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Briefing to include a Question & Answer Session on Wednesday, June 13,  from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Ramstein In-Processing Line Computer Lab (Bldg 2402).  Anyone interested in finding out more about immigrating to the U.S., maintaining permanent resident status while living overseas or becoming a U.S. citizen is welcome to attend this briefing and get answers directly from the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.  If there are any specific questions or issues you would like them to address during the briefing, please send an email to the Ramstein Passport Office at 786fss.passports@us.af.mil so we can ask the Consulate representatives to address the issue during the briefing.  Seating is limited to 60 personnel. Please go to https://booknow.appointment-plus.com/y7jgzct0/ and select Base Agency and Base Service “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Briefing” to register for the event.

Green Dot Training

Have you taken your annual Green Dot training? This is a mandated annual training to gain awareness and prevention of interpersonal violence, to include sexual assault, domestic and inter-personal violence, and suicide. You have two choices for your training. If you completed the Green Dot training last year, you only need to take the 2018 GD Refresher training. If you have never taken the training, you need to take the initial training. This year’s theme is “Lots of people X Small behaviors = Big Impact.”

Sign up for your training now at the AF Green Dot SharePoint site, or call the Violence Prevention Integrators at: (DSN) 480-1422.

Have you had a Green Dot moment? A time when you stopped some type of violence from occurring, or a time that you witnessed something and thought about taking action? The 86th Airlift Wing Violence Prevention Implementers (VPI) would like to hear your Green Dot moment for possible publication in the future. Please send your Green Dot Moment or story to: Glen.corlin@us.af.mil or joseph.black.14@us.af.mil

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 ramsteinvisitorcenter.com

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: June 12. For details, call 06371 94645958 or email colleen.m.urban.civ@mail.mil.

KMCC supports readiness

At the Kaiserslautern Military community Center Exchange and 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.