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  • Members of the 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron check IDs at the Vogelweh main gate Feb. 28. Photo by Airman 1st Class Kelly LeGuillon

    Building human bonds through gate guard teams

    In searching out ways to improve security and customer service at Vogelweh's gates, the 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron has developed a simple strategy based on the team concept. With the introduction of the Golf-5 team, security forces Airmen and their German civilian police counterparts work in groups of five to six, performing entry controller
  • Senior Airman Chance Medley, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron air evacuation technician, goes through the Joint Mobility Processing Center before deploying. Photo by Airman 1st Class Kenny Holston

    Teamwork in action

    Ramstein's Joint Mobility Processing Center exemplifies teamwork in action at the passenger terminal. The JMPC serves as the hub for deployment operations originating or terminating at Ramstein. The JMPC processes deploying passengers and cargo, ensuring everybody and everything deploying from, or redeploying to Ramstein is properly processed,
  • SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Mark Applewhite, (right), a crew chief deployed to the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, assists Senior Airman Bryan Gallagher, a petroleum, oil, and lubricant—fuels specialist deployed to the 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, with refueling a C-130 Hercules aircraft on a Southwest Asia air base Jan. 31, 2008. Airman Applewhite is deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany and Airman Gallagher is deployed from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Patrick Dixon)

    Deployed Airmen prepare pilots, aircrews to fly, fight, win

    How often do you put your life in the hands of someone else? Pilots and aircrew members do it every time they fly. It's all a matter of trust, said Capt. Anthony Campbell, a C-130 Hercules aircraft commander deployed with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, who described flying a 40-something-year-old C-130 like driving your dad's 1960-model

  • Pet owners must follow German rules

    What happens to Scruffy and Fido when their owner deploys or moves back to the U.S.? Unfortunately, some KMC pet owners have chosen to abandon their pets. Under the German Animal Protection Law, pet owners can be fined for taking this action. Pet owners should try to find somebody who wants to take ownership of the pet or place an ad to sell or
  • NATO military police provide security for 600 people assigned to Allied Air Component Command Headquarters Ramstein. (Courtesy Photo)

    NATO police protect 600 people, $80M facility

    Once you gain access to Ramstein Air Base, you still have several layers of security to pass when entering the NATO Allied Air Component Command Headquarters building located off the traffic circle on the north side of the base. The ultra modern five-story facility, valued at $80 million, is protected by NATO military police representing five NATO
  • After 33 years, Walter Meier meets with long lost son, Staff Sgt. Timothy Westerlund. Sergeant Westerlund was put up for adoption in Germany, and used his assignment at Ramstein as an opportunity to find his biological German father. (Courtesy photo)

    After 33 years, roots

    Two phone calls, two people, two completely different outcomes. Staff Sgt. Timothy Westerlund, Ramstein Area Defense Counsel paralegal, said he expected it. His attempt to reach through language, countries, and time, (more than 30 years) led him here, to Germany, to find his German biological parents. "I went between wanting to find them and not

  • Carter G. Woodson and African American/Black History Month

    "If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated" - Carter G. Woodson. February is African American/Black History Month. As with all observances, this month is designated not to divide or distinguish differences, but more
  • Staff Sgt. David Kieper, Zachary Windorf, Airman 1st Class Jeremy Burney, Master Sgt. Scott Windorf, and Airman 1st Class Jonathan Farmer stand in front of the lake that was drained to evict its large wells catfish. (Courtesy photo)

    435th MUNS Airmen net different kind of fishing trip

    The second day of their fishing trip was unlike the first. Up to their chest in mud, Airmen from the 435th Munitions Squadron were still catching fish, albeit with bare hands in sucking mud, in an attempt to save hundreds of them from suffocating in the muck. "Time was of the essence, fish were going belly up as we were rescuing them," said Master
  • Cristian Fernandez plays kick ball with his dad, Staff Sgt. David Fernandez, Health and Wellness Center Diet Therapist Craftsman, on Jan. 15, 2007. The HAWC is offering a new program called Lets Eat Smart Then Exercise Right (LESTER) which focuses on keeping children healthy by working with the whole family. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Amber Bressler)(RELEASED)

    New Years Resolution: Improve your childs health

    Parents who are concerned about their children's eating habits and weight, should - as a new year's resolution - look at the new program that the Ramstein Health and Wellness Center starts Wednesday. The program is called Lets Eat Smart Then Exercise Right. Any family with a child between the ages of 6 and 11 and willing and able to attend can
  • A statue of Giulietta Cappello is located oustide her home, from the 13th century, in Verona. From Kaiserslautern, count on a seven-hour drive to Verona, Italy. For details, visit, www.tourism.verona.it/ (Photo by Monica Mendoza)

    This Valentine's Day, find the romance

    Sometimes there is more to visiting a historic city in Europe than rushing from one monument to the next, checking off that museum from your "must-see" list. Sometimes, it's about the stroll - the leisurely lunch and the long walks in the park. This Valentine's Day, find that town - find the romance. In the city of Verona, Italy, you can't help but
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