• CJCS SEAC talks servicemember issues

    On the final stop of his multi-country USO holiday tour, Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman, of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talked about what it feels like to be the highest ranking enlisted person in the armed services, as well as other topics pressing today's

  • CJCS visits Ramstein, addresses future concerns

    Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey visited Airmen at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, today as part of a five country, six-day-tour that included the mission completion ceremony in Iraq.During part of his first USO holiday tour as chairman, the general presented a Purple

  • El Toro Rojo Dos a success

    More than 85 Airmen from the 86th Airlift Wing, the 435th Contingency Response Group, and five Soldiers from the 5th Quartermaster Company traveled here for El Toro Rojo Dos, Dec. 11.The two-week off-station training began Dec. 12, and is scheduled to end Dec. 22. This is the first time in two years

  • 435th SFS provide unique training for Belgian Air Force

    Instructors from the 435th Security Forces Squadron Regional Training Center conducted a fly away security team training course for 12 Airmen from the 86th SFS and seven Belgians from the Belgian Air Component here, Dec. 5-9. FAST Teams usually consist of two to four person teams of specially

  • Daughtry, Iglesias give taste of home to troops

    More than 4,000 Ramstein service and family members were rocked by the band Daughtry, comedian Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias and the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve during the Operation Seasons Greetings -- Tour for the Troops 2011 concert here, Dec. 10. The concert, held at Hangar 1, rounded out

  • The Exchange Announces School Lunch Price Increase

    Starting Jan. 3, 2012, school lunch prices at all Department of Defense Education Activity schools Outside the Continental United States will increase.Nov. 10, 2011, the military services approved an increase in the price of school lunches at DoDEA schools in order to keep pace with increasing

  • Medical Airmen train, exercise with EMEDS

    Fifty-one members of the 86th Medical Group, 31st Medical Group from Aviano Air Base and U.S. Air Forces in Europe International Health Services participated in a 5-day long Expeditionary Medical Support exercise here, Nov. 28 through Dec. 2.An EMEDS exercise, completed every two years, allows

  • Chapel hosts tree-lighting ceremony

    To celebrate the upcoming holidays, members of Team Ramstein participated in a tree-lighting ceremony at the Northside Chapel here, Nov. 29.The ceremony was led by Brig. Gen. C.K. Hyde, 86th Airlift Wing commander, and Klaus Layes, city of Ramstein-Miesenbach mayor."This tree not only represents our

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