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  • KMC troops serve on JTF Lebanon

    Joint Task Force Lebanon consists of personnel from all military services and the Reserves, including approximately 30 embarked staff aboard the USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) from the KMC. JTF Lebanon has two task forces coordinating air, land and maritime support to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut and

  • UCI: 38th CSW is ‘Excellent’

    For three weeks - one week in March and two weeks in August - inspectors pored through every aspect of the 38th Combat Support Wing, a wing of more than 2,500 military and civilian personnel in 31 geographically separated units throughout the U.S. Air Forces in Europe theater. And during its

  • Overseas Americans to send holiday greetings

    The Army and Air Force Hometown News Service from San Antonio will have a camera team in the KMC starting Monday to record holiday greetings for broadcast on local Stateside television and radio stations. The camera team will be here for five days at three different locations throughout the KMC

  • POW/MIA Day honors service sacrifices

    The KMC recognition of POW/MIA Day will be Sept. 15. The following schedule will be observed: · 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. - POW/MIA Recognition Vigil at the River Rat Memorial at the Ramstein Officers' Club takes place. Guest speaker will be Col. Rich Johnston, KMC and 86th Airlift Wing commander. The

  • 86th AW takes two A/TA awards

    Two 86th Airlift Wing Airmen were named Airlift Tanker Association award winnerss and will attend a recognition ceremony at the A/TA Convention Oct. 29 through Nov. 1 in Orlando, Fla. Capt. Brian S. Choate, 86th Operations Group C-130 pilot, won the Gen. Robert "Dutch" Huyser Award, which recognizes

  • Oh, Canada!

    Canadian military participants in the Global War of Terror didn't need much time to figure out the important role Fisher Houses have in the equation. The Fisher Foundation accepted a check from the Canada-based Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Association for over $20,000 Saturday in a

  • Ramstein Airman named Seaman Award nominee

    Master Sgt. Charles Cremeans, 786th Security Forces Squadron deployable medic, was recently named the Air Force nominee for the Lewis L. Seaman Enlisted Award for outstanding operational support. The award is sponsored by the Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S. "We are clearly very proud of

  • KMCC VQ long on amenities

    As construction continues at the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center, designers' efforts to ensure pleasant future stays at the Visitors' Quarters are clear. Crew rest is a safety - and customer service - concern, so peace and quiet come as a pair at the VQ. By design, the feel inside the VQ is

  • DEDICATED: Ramstein crew chiefs take control of additional planes

    One by one, seven staff sergeants from the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron raised their hands Monday and took an oath in front of their commanders and colleagues. They are Dedicated Crew Chiefs for C-130E Hercules aircraft now. And with that title comes a special kind of responsibility. They are

  • KMC commander visits Romania

    U.S. Air Force F-16 Falcons launch alongside Romanian MIGs, one right after another on a hot summer day in Constanta, Romania. The aircraft are taking part in Exercise Viper Lance 2006, the first-ever U.S. F-16 Falcon exercise on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Constanta, Romania. As the planes dog