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  • Boots Overboard!!

    "One minute...30 seconds...Go, go, go!" shouted Senior Master Sgt. John Storms, Superintendent, 786th Security Forces Squadron/86th Contingency Response Group, just before plunging into the open air over Alzey, Germany, followed by a static line of 12 other members of the 86th CRG, Wednesday, Sept.

  • Training prepares PRTs to help Afghan people

    Airmen and Soldiers alike sat in a five-man Humvee waiting patiently for the target to pop up, provoking the gunner to act with nimble hands as he unleashed his weapon on the threatening target. This mixed group of Air Force and Army has been working together for more than two months to receive the

  • Operation “Pica Pica” teaches valuable lesson

    Did you lock your car and secure your valuables after leaving your vehicle today? If not, you may want to double check. The Landstuhl Polizei and 569th U.S. Security Forces Squadron did a sweep of the Landstuhl and Ramstein-Miesenbach areas Sept. 18 for any unsecured vehicles. The operation was

  • A few seconds may safe a life - Bone Marrow Drive comes to Ramstein

    The definition of a hero can be explained as an object or act of extreme admiration and devotion. Police officers, firefighters and military servicemembers are often perceived as real life heroes. Bone marrow donors are also heroes. They volunteer to help save a life of someone that can be a

  • Botswanan force learns from Ramstein Airmen

    Thirty Ramstein Airmen recently embarked on a long journey to the southern region of Africa to share some of their knowledge with their counterparts from the Botswana Defense Force. The team of pilots, navigators, flight engineers, load masters and personnel from security forces, supply and public

  • Seventeenth Air Force stands up

    The air component for U.S. Africa Command declared initial operational capability Sept. 18 in an assumption of command ceremony on Ramstein which also celebrated the unit's Oct. 1 activation. Seventeenth Air Force, also to be known as Air Forces Africa, marked the coming activation by handing the

  • Ramstein Airman starts women's flag football league

    A simple idea that sprouted six months ago is now being fulfilled on the athletic fields on Ramstein - a women's flag football league. Senior Airman Summer Thorn was working out at the gym earlier this year, watching football and thought, "Man that looks like fun." "Although there had already been a

  • Rest Easy, the 569th USFPS and Polizei are keeping you safe

    Day, night, afternoon, and evening, the 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron and local Polizei are working together 24-7 to keep you safe. Sometimes we may feel threatened by their presence, but don't forget that they are there to serve and protect us. Last Friday, Col. Donald "Bits" Bacon, 435th Air

  • Seventeenth Air Force ready for Oct. 1 stand-up

    United States Air Forces in Europe newest command, Seventeenth Air Force, is ready to go operational, according to the new unit's Commander Maj. Gen. Ron Ladnier. The General will be participating in a ceremony to commemorate the unit's stand-up Sept. 18 at Hangar 5 -- the official activation is