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  • Combat Comm readies Airmen for deployments

    Driving convoys, building defense fighting positions and throwing elbows in hand-to-hand combat were all incorporated into the Combat Readiness Course Oct. 20 through today at Bitburg Air Base. The 1st Combat Communications Squadron ran 33 newcomers to the squadron through the mandatory course which

  • Kaiserslautern Soldier named best in Army

    A 21st Theater Support Command Soldier has been named the Army's best. At the Sergeant Major of the Army awards luncheon in Washington, D.C. Oct. 9, during the Association of the U.S. Army annual meeting, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston announced Spc. John Emmett, 21st TSC, Kaiserslautern,

  • 86th MXS prop shop adjusts, gets LEAN

    It wasn't easy, but the 86th Maintenance Squadron propulsion Centralized Intermediate Repair Facility propeller repair section took a close look at how they did business and made some huge changes. Over one year's time, they shed a "status quo" mentality and emerged as a lean, leading team in the

  • Last MASH bids farewell

    Ending its almost eight-year run as the last of its kind, the 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital became the 212th Combat Support Hospital Monday on Miesau Army Depot. "Soldiers, you can be assured that if you are wounded on the battlefield, and you make it to the 212th CSH (pronounced "cash"), you

  • Ramstein Airmen fly with BDF into Darfur

    Ramstein Airmen flew with a Botswana Defence Force C-130 crew to the Darfur region of Sudan Sept. 23 and 24 to support the African Union peacekeeping mission there. Two C-130 crewmembers from the 86th Operations Support Squadron, aerial porters from the 86th Air Mobility Squadron, and a force

  • Bundeswehr leave Ramstein

    After more than three years, the German Bundeswehr officially relinquished its role as guardian of the Ramstein gates on Wednesday. Guard duty was handed off to members of the 435th Security Forces Squadron at 10 p.m. that same day. "We are very grateful for the outstanding job the Bundeswehr did in

  • AFN Kaiserslautern completes digital upgrade

    KMC audiences will be getting local news "when it happens" and more often with the completion of the Digital Video Upgrade Monday at American Forces Network Kaiserslautern on Vogelweh. "We are going to be able to serve the audience better," said Jerry Cormier, AFN Kaiserslautern broadcast operations

  • Retiree Appreciation Day coming up

    Colonel Kurt Lohide, 435th Air Base Wing commander, invites area retirees to celebrate Retiree Appreciation Day Sept. 29 at Ramstein. The day will offer opportunities to hear about retiree issues, greet old friends and meet new ones. There will also be an update on Ramstein's future facilities,

  • Exercise takes troops to Africa

    Dozens of KMC servicemembers recently traveled to countries along Africa's West Coast to take part in MEDFLAG 2006, an annual U.S. European Command combined military exercise aimed at forging stronger ties with African allies in the region. The 14-day exercise took place simultaneously in Senegal,

  • Ramstein Airmen prepare for training in England

    Airmen ruffling through mobility folders, k-loaders moving pallets and maintainers turning wrenches on C-130s was the scene as the 86th Airlift Wing and 435th Air Base Wing completed phase I of an operational readiness exercise in preparation for the 37th Airlift Squadron's off-station trainer in