• USAFE’s FIRST Health and Fitness Expo to take place in May

    United States Air Forces in Europe Services will host its first USAFE Health and Fitness Expo 27 May to 5 June 09. The Expo will combine a variety of vendors, health and fitness agencies, and special events in an effort to showcase the advantages of healthy lifestyle choices and the fun fitness

  • Man on the Street: Memorial Day plans

    Recently, a Ramstein Public Affairs member stepped out to talk to members of Team Ramstein about their Memorial Day plans. This is what they had to say:Capt. Shane Pair, 435th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility chaplain Q:What does Memorial Day mean to you? A: It's a time to honor those who

  • 101 Critical Days of Summer: ‘Live to Play and Play to Live’

    The 101 Critical Days of Summer will officially begin at 4 p.m. 22 May and end at 7 a.m. Sept. 9. To support this year's 101 Critical Days of Summer, the Air Force Safety Center is promoting the theme "Live to Play and Play to Live," with private motor vehicle operations and water safety headlining

  • CONTRACT AWARDED FOR KMCC SPORTS LOUNGE

     A recently awarded contract grants a local business owner control and management rights to the sports lounge area of the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center here. The contract, awarded April 27, provides Ramstein village based concessionaire Andreas Hausmann the opportunity to hire staff,

  • Ramstein paralegal named best in Air Force

    Master Sgt. Kristen Orcutt, 435th Air Base Wing Legal office, noncommissioned officer in charge for legal operations was recently selected as the Yates-Popwell Award winner for 2008. The Karen Yates-Popwell Award is an Air Force level award that recognizes the active-duty senior noncommissioned

  • Ramstein selects new SNCOs

    Supervisors and subordinates came together at the Ramstein Officers Club to celebrate the promotion of their co-workers to master sergeant May 15. Ramstein took 301 of the 5,604 line numbers the Air Force used to promote 24.62 percent of the 22,748 eligible technical sergeants. The promotion list

  • President issues Armed Forces Day proclamation

    President Barack Obama signed and issued a proclamation May 14 designating May 16 as Armed Forces Day. Here is the presidential proclamation: On Armed Forces Day, 1961, President Kennedy connected civic engagement and our nation's security. He stated, "The strength of our armed forces rests not

  • New uniforms: Comfortable, functional are goals

     Officials from the Uniform Program Office here continue to work for Airmen, researching and purchasing uniforms that provide more function, protection and comfort. The Air Force chief of staff met with office personnel April 21 for an update on clothing issues Airmen face as they support global

  • 86th CRG celebrates tenth anniversary

    When Col. Cliff Bray was called into Gen. John Jumper' s office in 1999 to discuss the creation of a new kind of unit, the general had a big idea. "He really gave us very little guidance. He told us three or four things," recalled Colonel Bray, now retired after 30 years in the Air Force. General

  • Team offers Airmen outlet for traumatic stress

    With Airmen deploying now more than ever, it only makes sense for the Air Force to create resources for the Airmen once they get back to their home station. One of these resources is the traumatic stress response team, which was introduced Air Force wide in 2006. All Air Forces bases with a medical

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