Competition ends with weight loss

Editor's note: This is the last in a three-part series on the Biggest Loser Competition and the Kaiserslautern Military Community members who are working to achieve a better lifestyle while losing weight. The 86th Services Squadron announced the winner of the fourth-annual Biggest Loser Competition

KMC festival celebrates Month of the Military Child

Organizations throughout the Kaiserslautern Military Community came together to host a festival supporting Month of the Military Child here April 24.The intent of the festival was to create a family friendly environment where all members were able to get together and enjoy the day. "Our goal is to

Exercise enhances training, partnerships for U.S., Bulgarian military

Airmen from Team Ramstein's 86th Airlift Wing and 435th Air Ground Operations Wing, as well as U.S. Army jumpmasters, have teamed with Bulgarian Armed Forces to conduct Exercise Thracian Spring '10 April 22 to 28 here.The bilateral training exercise brings U.S. and Bulgarian military forces together

Airmen Learn to Protect and Defend

KMC Airman receives Sijan award

The Air Force's 2009 Capt. Lance P. Sijan Award recipients were honored in a ceremony April 21 in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes, to include one KMC Airman.Unable to attend due to air travel delays caused by volcanic ash, Capt. Rachel Phillips, assigned to the Air Force Office of Special

Wing to resume air operations, other delays continue

Flight operations at the 86th Airlift Wing resumed here April 21 following the opening of German air space and a successful test flight. Germany's officials opened the airspace at approximately 2 p.m., allowing wing officials to later launch a C-130J "weather ship" in the area. At approximately 5:30

Despite air space closure, LRMC continues to care for wounded warriors, patients

Though flights to and from many European countries have been grounded or cancelled since April 15 due to high-flying volcanic ash from Iceland's erupting Eyjafjallajökull volcano, patients continue to receive quality medical care at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, nearby Ramstein."All patients,

Lifestyle: Bayerfeld-Steckweiler hosts medieval market

The seventh medieval spring market in Bayerfeld-Steckweiler will take place April 24 and 25. The market hosted by a medieval group called Freie Rittergruppe Alsenztal will be set up on Schlossbergstrasse.A variety of marketeers, craftsmen, jugglers, musicians, knights and damsels of a castle let the

APO mail delivery put on hold (update)

UPDATE as of April 22: The backlog of inbound and outbound mail currently warehoused in Frankfurt must first be cleared, which is expected to occur soon. Inbound mail coming from Frankfurt should begin to hit PSC mailboxes perhaps as early as April 23. Mail backlogs in the states are now inbound

Air Force, Army partner to combat tick-borne diseases

Tick season is upon us ... in an effort to educate the community on the risks of tick-borne diseases, the 86th Aerospace Medicine Squadron public health flight here has been working with the U.S. Army Public Health Command Region-Europe to conduct surveillance in the area. "Part of our