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  • 86th FSS Arts and Crafts Center: one-stop-shop

    Whether it's painting ceramic dishes or ordering a frame to fit that poster of yours -- the 86th Force Support Squadron Arts and Crafts Center has you covered.Open to all ID card holders, the A&C center here offers classes and resources for beginning, intermediate and advanced artists."We try to

  • World Rabies Day is 28 Sept 2011: How Much do You Know About Rabies?

    Rabies is a virus that is normally spread by the bite of an infected (rabid) animal. The virus is almost always fatal without proper post-exposure treatment. In Germany, including in the Rhineland-Pfalz area, the risk for rabies is very low. Wild animals known to carry rabies in Germany are foxes

  • DEP members get a glimpse of BMT

    "Sir, trainee Smith reports as ordered." The reporting statement. Most recruiters urge members of the Air Force Delayed Enlistment Program to memorize the statement before getting to Basic Military Training. For most, the statement is easy to remember in a normal situation, but not so easy when a

  • Retired barber watches base evolve

    After watching the Kaiserslautern Military Community evolve for more than half a century, retired barber Sigfreud "Sigi" Degen, has watched Airmen and leaders come and go -- and done so with pleasure.After 50 years, Sigi has collected quite the stock of historical photos and documents and is now

  • HRO makes house hunting easier

    The process of finding a home in an overseas location can generate feelings of confusion, frustration, and at times, anguish. The already tough process of finding off base housing for average families gets more difficult as the size of the family gets larger. For an E-5 or E-6 with three or more

  • Ramstein bodybuilders dominate Stuttgart Competition

    The Ramstein Bodybuilding and Fitness Team Dominated the 4th Annual European Bodybuilding and Figure Championship held at Kelley Theatre on U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, Saturday Aug. 27. The team took home first place in every category except for women's figure short where they took home third."We

  • EFMP provides support, morale

    Eleven months ago, the Exceptional Family Member Program revamped their services offering both medical and family support services.Since the revamp, Exceptional Family Members have experienced both a medical and a force support aspect of the EFMP. The program works like this -- once a family member

  • Flugtag survivor returns to Ramstein

    On the morning of Aug. 28, 1988, Buck Sgt. David Richards was up early.A 24-year-old bomb dog handler with the 435th Security Police Squadron at Rhein Main Air Base, he knew he had a long day in front of him; but he had no idea this would be one of the longest days of his life.He met up with his

  • General Dillon reflects on leading Ramstein

    As the 86th Airlift Wing prepares for Brig. Gen. Mark Dillon's change of command ceremony, 2 Sept., the day-to-day operations at the Gateway to Europe have not changed. Maintainers are still changing parts, medical technicians are still seeing patients and aircraft filled with deploying service

  • Single parents making it in the KMC

    No one has the guide to perfect parenting because all children are different. So when you find out you are going to be a parent, you have no idea what to do. You go out and buy every "What to Expect" book on the shelf and lose sleep over the fact that your child isn't crawling by four months. As a