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  • Security forces: to protect and serve

    Sitting in the driver's seat, your vision is blurred and images of the scene come in and out of focus. Your head is pounding as you try to make sense of what just happened. Everything suddenlybecomes clear and you realize the front of your car is on fire.As panic sets in, adrenaline pumping, you try

  • CEG training

    The 86th Civil Engineer Group challenged Airmen during a training scenario to measure readiness capabilities. Members of the 86th and 786th Civil Engineer squadrons responded to simulated situations Airmen might face while in a deployed environment. Participants were drilled with a simulated mass

  • Base Honor Guard displays precision

    Members of the base honor guard perform in a variety of ceremonies at locations ranging from the local KMC area to France. Sharp. Crisp. Motionless. That's the guard's motto, and it's something they strive to achieve with every practice and ceremony they perform in. Being part of the honor guard

  • Airmen Exercise Humanitarian Relief

    Members of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing participated in Exercise Market Orchard, Aug. 27, 2013, outside of U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, Germany. The exercise scenario challenged members to set up an operational air base that could provide humanitarian relief and operations from a previous

  • Ramstein chaplain remembers Flugtag '88 air show disaster

    What started off as a young man working in his youth group's concession stand selling ice cream to patrons of the Flugtag air show on Aug. 28, 1988, ended up being an event that helped shape his Air Force career.Michael Curtis, beginning his senior year in high school, was living in Germany with his

  • AOC Airmen visit historical bunker

    Airmen from the 603rd Air and Space Operations Center took a look at history after visiting the Air Defense Operations Center bunker, Aug. 16, in Kindsbach, Germany.The bunker was built prior to World War II and was utilized for command and control operations for the German army. After the war it

  • Air Force offers virtual reality therapy for those who suffer from PTSD

    Post-traumatic stress disorder is an issue that the 86th Medical Group here has been treating with traditional and virtual methods for more than three years.Social workers at the mental health clinic have customized virtual-reality simulators used to treat PTSD in unison with traditional therapy.

  • Softball tournament

    The Ramstein Men's Varsity Softball team hosted the largest tournament in Europe this weekend. Twenty-one teams, 15 men's and six women's teams competed from all over Europe. These teams gathered together to do battle and claim victory for their respective teams. The competition was fierce, but in

  • Inspection lab keeps aircraft healthy

    The 86th Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection lab is in many ways similar to the services provided by a medical lab. They both use high-tech equipment to see things invisible to the naked eye and aid in preventative maintenance. Their goal is to keep the mission essentials healthy and in

  • Supporting spouses during deployments

    Deploying can be tough, not only on a military member but on the whole family. Airmen never go into a fight alone, neither should a spouse.Senior Master Sgt. Jonathan Wilkins, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron assistant supervisor, is scheduled to deploy on a 365-day TDY. This will make three