• Ramstein selects new SNCOs

    Supervisors and subordinates came together at the Ramstein Officers Club to celebrate the promotion of their co-workers to master sergeant May 15. Ramstein took 301 of the 5,604 line numbers the Air Force used to promote 24.62 percent of the 22,748 eligible technical sergeants. The promotion list

  • President issues Armed Forces Day proclamation

    President Barack Obama signed and issued a proclamation May 14 designating May 16 as Armed Forces Day. Here is the presidential proclamation: On Armed Forces Day, 1961, President Kennedy connected civic engagement and our nation's security. He stated, "The strength of our armed forces rests not

  • New uniforms: Comfortable, functional are goals

     Officials from the Uniform Program Office here continue to work for Airmen, researching and purchasing uniforms that provide more function, protection and comfort. The Air Force chief of staff met with office personnel April 21 for an update on clothing issues Airmen face as they support global

  • 86th CRG celebrates tenth anniversary

    When Col. Cliff Bray was called into Gen. John Jumper' s office in 1999 to discuss the creation of a new kind of unit, the general had a big idea. "He really gave us very little guidance. He told us three or four things," recalled Colonel Bray, now retired after 30 years in the Air Force. General

  • Team offers Airmen outlet for traumatic stress

    With Airmen deploying now more than ever, it only makes sense for the Air Force to create resources for the Airmen once they get back to their home station. One of these resources is the traumatic stress response team, which was introduced Air Force wide in 2006. All Air Forces bases with a medical

  • New AFN Countdown Show Blends Web and Radio

    Armed Forces Network Europe is using the Internet to determine the most popular songs airing on its new AFN "The Eagle" radio countdown show debuting Sunday (17 May) afternoon from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m Listeners determine the top songs for the new show, "Eagle 20," by logging on AFN Europe's web site and

  • Kaiserslautern Kindergraves - Keeping Children's Memories Alive

     This year's annual Kindergraves memorial ceremony takes place May 16 at the Kaiserslautern main cememtery (Waldfriedhof). Children are not supposed to die, but they do. It creates an empty space in the parent's hearts and is a long, painful process of grief, especially when a grieving parent must

  • Exchanges pull Hydroxycut diet supplement from shelves

    A recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning to consumers has prompted military exchanges to remove the diet supplement Hydroxycut from store shelves, officials here said May 5. Military exchange officials contacted May 5 confirmed that Hydroxycut products, used by dieters and body builders,

  • Dreams, goals succeed at Special Olympics

    An encouraging, great-feeling moment said Army Lt. Col. Trevor Shaw when he watched his daughters from the finish line at the 50-meter wheelchair-assisted race May 6 at the Special Olympics Spring Games at the German Police Academy here. First-time competitor at these games, Haley Shaw, 12, a sixth

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