• Career job reservation: why it's important

    Career assistance advisers help commanders and first-line supervisors in counseling enlisted personnel on re-enlistment andretraining opportunities, educate Airmen about benefits and entitlements, and help commanders, supervisors and enlisted personnel on retention activities and programs.These

  • KMC hosts motorcycle safety day

    The 86th Airlift Wing safety office in conjunction with the USO and local organizations, hosted its annual motorcycle safety day June 1, 2013, Kapaun, Germany. The event exhibited safety equipment demonstrations and techniques, and showcased road obstacle maneuverability and braking

  • Tying the knot overseas

    Marriage is one of the biggest commitments made in life. It's a promise to build a life together, to account for another's needs and start a family. Once the commitment is made, the paperwork shouldn't be the thing that keeps someone from taking the big leap.Here is some helpful advice for those

  • Pharmacy keeps KMC healthy

    The 86th Medical Group pharmacy maintains readiness by providing the KMC with daily pharmaceutical needs and customer service, filling about 500 prescriptions a day. The Ramstein pharmacy is one of the most utilized pharmacies in U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa."Everyone who deploys

  • 86th AMDS protects KMC from biohazards

    The 86th Aerospace Medical Squadron's bioenvironmental engineering flight works to provide better health and wellness to members here by performing risk assessment tests for facilities and planning documents for chemical, physical and biological stress factors which may cause illness to ensure a

  • 86th SFS defenders ready to roll -- always

    "We always keep a bag packed; we don't have time to settle in. Missions can come up at any second on any given day," said Senior Airman Nathan Garcia, 86th Security Forces Squadron armory. "We have to maintain readiness."At any given time, defenders from the 86th SFS on deployment status here can be

  • New technology provides more realistic training

    Members of the 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron and the 86th Medical Group participated in medical training with new mannequins, May 31, 2013, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.The new mannequins offer first responders a wider variety of training because they speak, lose blood and can move. The training

  • AMC traffic uses Moron during airfield closure

    The 496th Air Base Squadron experiences an increase in air traffic beginning May 24, 2013, at Moron Air Base, Spain, due to a temporary runway closure at Naval Station Rota, Spain.Construction personnel at Rota began resurfacing the runway and working on the emergency aircraft arresting gear system

  • AFSO21 at work; 86th LRS reduces IEE spending

    Ramstein's 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Equipment Element put Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century to work on reducing unnecessary expenditures.The AFSO21 program is a tool for the Air Force to improve on its processes and increase global readiness. To improve distribution

  • CASF USO celebrates 10 years of wounded warrior care

    The USO attached to the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility celebrated its 10th anniversary during a ceremony here May 22.The ceremony included three guest speakers and a presentation in honor of the Michigan State Spartans basketball team, which played in the Armed Forces Classic here last

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