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  • Members of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Top 3 and their family members volunteer to clean the Kaiserslautern American Kindergraves. The Ramstein Area Chief’s Group and German-American and International Women’s Club provide oversight to the 451 children’s graves.

    Community unites for Kindergraves Memorial

    Each spring, the Saturday following Mother's Day, the Ramstein Area Chief's Group and the German-American and International Women's Club Kaiserslautern conduct the Kindergraves memorial ceremony. The Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Color Guard leads the procession at 9:45 a.m. May 17 from the Daenner Chapel to the Kindergraves on
  • Tech. Sgt. Robert Evans interfaces with senior leadership on a tasking at the Joint NATO Command Branch office. (U.S Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Regina Brewer)

    Local unit keeps Air Force personnel at NATO connected

    The Joint NATO Command Branch is located in Stuttgart-Vaihingen as part of the 431st Air Base Group. The branch is comprised of one officer and six enlisted personnel. Its mission is to maintain superior MAJCOM personnel support to the Air Force members serving the NATO mission. The branch provides personnel support to approximately 1,400
  • Passengers are loaded into a C-17 headed for Dover Air Force Base, Del., April 21. Space-A travellers are given seats aboard Department of Defense-owned or controlled aircraft after all mission requirements, including cargo and duty passengers, have been met. Photo by Airman 1st Class Nathan Lipscomb

    Know thy Space-A do's and dont's

    Many military members turn to space-available flights while overseas to save money when traveling back home to see family and friends. But knowing how the process works can save military members and their families from unexpected heartache. "The key to successful Space-A travel is understanding how the system works," said Senior Master Sgt. Louis
  • James Johnson and Michael Poli, U.S. Air Forces in Europe CSS Quality Assurance evaluators, conduct a contract surveillance at the Spangdahlem Technical Control Facility. The evaluators assess the contractor’s performance on the Northern Communications contract through scheduled and unscheduled surveillances at multiple sites throughout Europe.

    Contract quality assurance at work in KMC

    They may not be on the battlefield, but they are on the frontlines. Every day, hundreds of government representatives in the KMC work with contractors to ensure quality delivery of services to the government. Contractors provide a wide variety of services in support of the military's varied missions. The recent trend has been to outsource more and
  • German Air Force Master Sgt. Holger Fels joins fellow Kisling Noncommissioned Officer Academy students in a daily physical training session at Kapaun Air Station, Germany. Sergeant Fels, a German NCO Academy instructor in Appen, Germany, voluntarily enrolled in the six-week academy course designed for U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeants in preparation for a four-year special duty assignment as an exchange instructor at the Senior NCO Academy at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers

    German AF PME instructor enrolls in USAFE NCO academy

    Master Sgt. Holger Fels, a 15-year veteran professional military education instructor in the German Air Force, is no stranger to teaching professional development to Airmen in Germany's 70K-member "Luftwaffe." What he's not so familiar with is how to impart the same type of knowledge to Airmen in America's Air Force. Recently hand-selected from 200

  • A last hurrah for winter?

    The saying goes, 'April showers bring May flowers.' But what does April snow bring? The wild weather the Kaiserslautern Military Community has had recently can simply be attributed to some slightly colder than usual temperatures, said Senior Airman Anne Kitchen, a forecaster/observer with the 86th Operations Support Squadron weather flight. The KMC
  • Airmen Taija Alcantara (left) and Tiamae Cruz pose together in an operating room where they are in training to become surgical technicians. Their military careers have continued to follow each other since they joined under the Air Force Buddy System in Guam. Photo by Chuck Roberts

    Buddy System proves friendly to Air Force surgical technicians from Guam

    Whenever Tiamae Cruz needed a helping hand in Guam, a friendly face always seemed to arrive within minutes. So when the 18-year-old decided to join the Air Force and leave the confines of her Pacific island measuring 30 miles long by 12 miles wide, she looked around for the usual reassurance. Enter Taija Alcantara, grammar school chum, high school

  • Services’ self-help facilities have you covered

    The 435th Services Squadron's auto hobby shops and auto recycling center offer different services for automotive needs. According to John Stanchfield, 435th SVS marketing director, these centers are traditionally known as self-help facilities. However, the auto skills centers have certified Automotive Service Excellence mechanics on staff to help

  • Social networking sites garner commander concerns

    Imagine a terrorist organization searching to collect information about base personnel, their personal lives, children, where they work, their education, how much money they make. Imagine them being able to find out who is currently deployed, who is about to deploy, where we've been and who we have been there with, all without coming in the gate or
  • Eagle Scout Kevin Stewart organizes DVDs for his leadership service project at the United Service Organizations administration office on Pulaksi Barracks Feb. 29. Kevin collected 330 DVDs to distribute to the Air Moblilty Command passenger terminal, to wounded Soldiers at the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility, and to the new USO opening at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Photo by Airman 1st Class Amber Bressler

    Boy Scout organizes project for KMC USO

    Ramstein High School freshman and Boy Scout, Kevin Stewart, recently reached out to the community to help servicemembers and their families in the Kaiserslautern Military Community area. While waiting for a space available flight in the Air Mobility Command passenger terminal at Ramstein he decided to watch a movie. To his dismay, there were hardly
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