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  • No Better Time To Kick the Tobacco Habit

    November is the Air Force's Quit Tobacco Use Month and is a perfect time to begin the first steps towards kicking the tobacco habit! Although kicking the tobacco habit may seem easier said than done, a variety of tools exist to help you successfully reach this monumental goal. The Ramstein Health

  • Ramstein's drug testing program demands perfection with a smile

    Being in the Air Force comes with many responsibilities; one of those tasks is taking random drug tests. While it might seem a pain to some, it takes a lot of hard work and perfection to keep Air Force personnel tested. This is a tough level to obtain with more than 9,000 personnel to test annually,

  • 76th AS aids OCO through DV airlift support

    Many people think the 76th Airlift Squadron only flies distinguished visitors around Europe and the United States, but that is not always the case. A team of 11 active-duty members and four civilian maintenance contractors recently returned from a 67-day deployment, flying DVs in and around Iraq and

  • The language of love: Ramstein couples improve relationships

    More than 500 men and women from throughout the Kaiserslautern Military Community filled the Ramstein Officers' Club's ballroom Oct. 10 to hear from a man who has devoted his life to educating couples about how to improve their relationships. Dr. Gary Chapman, award winning author of "The Five Love

  • Chief earns perfect 100

    Every month, the 86th Airlift Wing recognizes those members who earn a perfect 100 on their annual physical fitness assessment with a certificate and/or a letter of recognition and their picture displayed in the base paper. This month members from the Ramstein Health and Wellness Center spoke with a

  • What is Energy?

    Energy is the ability to do work. It comes in different forms -- heat (thermal), light (radiant), mechanical, electrical, chemical and nuclear energy. There are two types of energy -- stored (potential) energy and working (kinetic) energy. For example, the food you eat contains chemical energy and

  • 86th Dental Squadron emphasizes early preventative care

    Cleaning, flossing and repairing teeth is nothing unusual for the dentists and technicians at the 86th Medical Group here. Each year they see thousands of active duty members, civilian employees and family members. But family members, especially young children, are really where the dentists get the

  • Meet your Ramstein teachers

    The 2009 school year is in full swing. Currently, there are more than 3,000 students enrolled in the Department of Defense Dependent Schools on Ramstein Air Base, more than 800 of them at Ramstein Elementary School. Recently, the 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs office went out to talk with two

  • NATO Allied Air Component Command Headquarters Ramstein goes on alert

    Readiness is the ability of forces, units, weapon systems and other equipment to deliver the outputs for which they were designed. For the past 12 months, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Allied Air Component Command Headquarters Ramstein, or CC-Air Ramstein, has been focused on that