Ramstein concludes first combined Mudder and CLEAR Challenge

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  • By Senior Airman Devin M. Rumbaugh
  • 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany --  Kaiserslautern Military Community members concluded the first combined Ramstein Mudder and Courage, Leadership, Education, Advocate, and Respect Challenge event on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 2.

The event gathered over 100 volunteers and 57 five-member teams to run and facilitate the 18-obstacle course spanning 2.5 miles.

In the past years, the Ramstein Mudder was designed to help build more resilient Airmen, focusing on mental, physical, social, and spiritual health, the four pillars of Comprehensive Airman Fitness.

“This is our 5th year holding the Mudless Mudder and Ramstein Mudder, but this is the first time for the Ramstein Mudder CLEAR Challenge joint event,” said Scott Lockard, 86th Airlift Wing vice director. “This is a great opportunity to touch on the four pillars of Comprehensive Airman Fitness, but also to make everybody aware of sexual assault.”

With the Ramstein CLEAR Challenge being an awareness event, focused on bringing awareness of sexual assault and its impact, combining the two events happened naturally.

“It gives you an opportunity to reflect; to think how can I help? Who can I help? How can I stop this? Because in our lifetime it would be great if we didn’t need a sexual assault prevention and response office, a special victim’s council, because we had everyone treating each other with dignity and respect and working together and loving each other like they should be,” said Lockard. “We got an awesome team here who put it together, and we’re looking forward to doing it for many more years.”