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  • Airmen, Soldiers share medical expertise

    Regardless of the branch a service member belongs, capable and efficient medical staffs are essential to getting injured personnel home safe.As the military becomes more integrated, the chances of medical teams being composed of members from multiple services learning and working with each other to

  • SABC rodeo rounds up life-saving techniques

    Members of the 86th Medical Group participated in a self-aid and buddy care rodeo July 10 on Ramstein.The rodeo was designed to give medical personnel a hands-on refresher of the potentially life-saving techniques taught in SABC."I feel like I'm back in boot camp where I learned it for the first

  • FVAP helps service members exercise their right to vote

    The Ramstein Voting Assistance Office hosted Armed Forces Voter Week here from June 30 to July 7, 2014 on Ramstein.The event was part of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, which is designed to ensure Department of Defense members, their eligible family and overseas citizens are aware of their

  • Deployment, distribution unit uses diversity for mission readiness

    Packing equipment, weighing shipments and inspecting cargo chutes is all in a day's work for members of 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron's Deployment and Distribution Flight.The D-Flight consists of Airmen from the aerial delivery department and distribution division who help deliver cargo to and

  • Behind the scenes with protocol

    There hangs a simple white board, covered in what seems to be the trivial scribbles of a to-do list. Though insignificant at first glance, a closer look reveals extraordinary events like meeting President Obama and the Air Force chief of staff, to planning the details of a change of command and

  • Blue Knights keep Ramstein in flight

    At a moment's notice, Airmen of the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron provide combat-ready C-130J Super Hercules, designated visitor aircraft and equipment.More than 240 Airmen in the squadron work to ensure aircraft are ready to complete nearly 930 missions and 2,230 sorties a year, covering the

  • WWII vet gives final salute to friend, lifesaver

    Seventy years ago the world was at war and many lives were lost. June 6, 1944 was a day forever marked in history books as D-Day, the invasion of Normandy, France. There are many tales of heroism from that particular day, but one account has surfaced regarding the day after the initial invasion,

  • Students navigate Germany with SERE Airmen

    Having the ability to navigate through any type of terrain and be able to get from point A to point B with a compass and map can be a useful skill to have, not only in an emergency but for recreational purposes as well.Advancement via Individual Determination students from Ramstein Middle School

  • WWII veterans tell 70-year-old story

    Editor's Note: The information in this story is based on the personal recollection of two World War II veterans of their lives and the D-Day events from 70 years ago. In the largest orchestrated air, ground and sea assaults of the century, more than 850 C-47 Skytrains piloted by Airmen with the Army

  • Ramstein Airmen rekindle piece of D-Day history

    Seventy years ago, young men from the 37th Troop Carrier Squadron at RAF Cottesmore, England, prepared their aircraft and themselves for what would soon be known as one of the most significant and meaningful days in the history of the world...D-Day.Today, Airmen of the 37th Airlift Squadron are