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  • Contract quality assurance at work in KMC

    They may not be on the battlefield, but they are on the frontlines. Every day, hundreds of government representatives in the KMC work with contractors to ensure quality delivery of services to the government. Contractors provide a wide variety of services in support of the military's varied

  • German AF PME instructor enrolls in USAFE NCO academy

    Master Sgt. Holger Fels, a 15-year veteran professional military education instructor in the German Air Force, is no stranger to teaching professional development to Airmen in Germany's 70K-member "Luftwaffe." What he's not so familiar with is how to impart the same type of knowledge to Airmen in

  • A last hurrah for winter?

    The saying goes, 'April showers bring May flowers.' But what does April snow bring? The wild weather the Kaiserslautern Military Community has had recently can simply be attributed to some slightly colder than usual temperatures, said Senior Airman Anne Kitchen, a forecaster/observer with the 86th

  • Buddy System proves friendly to Air Force surgical technicians from Guam

    Whenever Tiamae Cruz needed a helping hand in Guam, a friendly face always seemed to arrive within minutes. So when the 18-year-old decided to join the Air Force and leave the confines of her Pacific island measuring 30 miles long by 12 miles wide, she looked around for the usual reassurance. Enter

  • Services’ self-help facilities have you covered

    The 435th Services Squadron's auto hobby shops and auto recycling center offer different services for automotive needs. According to John Stanchfield, 435th SVS marketing director, these centers are traditionally known as self-help facilities. However, the auto skills centers have certified

  • Social networking sites garner commander concerns

    Imagine a terrorist organization searching to collect information about base personnel, their personal lives, children, where they work, their education, how much money they make. Imagine them being able to find out who is currently deployed, who is about to deploy, where we've been and who we have

  • Boy Scout organizes project for KMC USO

    Ramstein High School freshman and Boy Scout, Kevin Stewart, recently reached out to the community to help servicemembers and their families in the Kaiserslautern Military Community area. While waiting for a space available flight in the Air Mobility Command passenger terminal at Ramstein he decided

  • Building human bonds through gate guard teams

    In searching out ways to improve security and customer service at Vogelweh's gates, the 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron has developed a simple strategy based on the team concept. With the introduction of the Golf-5 team, security forces Airmen and their German civilian police counterparts work in

  • Teamwork in action

    Ramstein's Joint Mobility Processing Center exemplifies teamwork in action at the passenger terminal. The JMPC serves as the hub for deployment operations originating or terminating at Ramstein. The JMPC processes deploying passengers and cargo, ensuring everybody and everything deploying from, or

  • Deployed Airmen prepare pilots, aircrews to fly, fight, win

    How often do you put your life in the hands of someone else? Pilots and aircrew members do it every time they fly. It's all a matter of trust, said Capt. Anthony Campbell, a C-130 Hercules aircraft commander deployed with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, who described flying a