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  • Going through the gate of a defenders mind

    Airmen broke down doors, cleared buildings, performed medical evacuations, secured an airfield and provided defense against insurgent threats during a 16-day training course lead by cadre from the 435th Security Forces Squadron in Baumholder. Staff Sgt. Jon-Paul Horning, 86th SFS creek defender

  • Cadre Creek Defender illuminates, teaches through night

    Preparing more than 1,000 security forces members for deployments every year falls on the shoulders of less than 20 cadre from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing operating out of Baumholder, Germany.The cadre are there to guide security forces Airmen to reach their optimal capabilities.Senior

  • FTAC teaches basics, training, and professionalism

    The basics, check. The training, check. Now, on to professionalism. From the intensity of basic military training to the countless hours of sitting in class gaining career knowledge, the time finally comes to use those skills and become military professionals. This is the path all Air Force members

  • Family fun ruck

    Approximately 75 members of the 435th Contingency Response Group conducted a 5 kilometer weighted-ruck march, Oct. 11, 2013, Ramstein Air Base. The squadron rucks every Friday morning, year round, but this was the first time family members accompanied the Airmen. Family members were able to

  • Karate students hold no punches

    The Karate Tech class is offered to KMC members of all ages to learn moves for self-defense. The instructor trains students not only to compete in martial arts competitions, but to strengthen the body and soul. Using techniques created more than 1,400 years ago, students learn to improve

  • Fire dog sparks interest in fire prevention

    Members of the KMC participated in Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 6 to 11. Sparky the fire dog and KMC firefighters visited various military elementary schools facilities to teach this year's theme of preventing kitchen fires. Participants were given home fire-prevention checklists and other materials

  • SFS fly-away teams disarm

    The fly-away security teams are designed to fly into unsecured or nontraditional flightlines and ensure security for the aircraft and its crew members. The five-day course teaches security forces Airmen a variety of skills including verbal judo, airfield surveying, cross-culture awareness and

  • Voice of the KMC

    Former Army specialist Isaac Roosevelt, known on local television as "Mr. Funky," works as anaccounting technician for the 86th Force Support Squadron on Ramstein.Roosevelt came to Europe in 1989 with the Army. After returning from Operation Desert Storm, he separated and pursued a musical career.

  • Exec keeps chief on time, informed

    As the executive assistant to Chief Master Sgt. James Morris, 86th Airlift Wing command chief, Tech. Sgt. Rachel Bowers has a large variety of day-to-day tasks she is required to do to ensure everything works as planned.From routing and reviewing senior enlisted performance reports to organizing

  • Creek Defender prepares defenders

    Creek Defender cadres from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing, operating out of Baumholder, began to ready 98 security forces members at the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa's only Ground Combat Readiness Training Center, before deploying throughout the world.Cadres are tasked with