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  • School meal service more than fast food favorites

    While steamy globs of mystery mush served with an ice cream scooper might be your recollection of school lunch when you were little, today's military children are eating high on the hog. Believe it or not, the same company that provides military members that fast food fix on base is the same

  • Planning ahead for winter weather

    Falling leaves and colder weather mean winter is here. Last winter may have been mild, but three years ago, 27 inches of snow fell on the KMC - the second most in 55 years. Those who were here know how important it is to plan ahead. It is important that you, your family and organization are ready to

  • Splish splash: Herc gets a 12-man scrub

    Even if it won't end up scheduled between "septic tank maintainer" and "hog farmer" on Dirty Jobs, Mike Rowe's Discovery Channel TV series, one Air Force job has plenty of filth to go around. Two 12-member shifts, made up of Airmen from the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, washed a C-130E

  • Just visiting some old friends: Retired chief revisits his aircraft

    Chief Master Sgt. John Wright was an aircraft maintainer in the Air Force for 30 years before retiring in 1991. In his time he worked on a wide variety of air frames, but he was always partial to the C-130. On Oct. 27, he visited Ramstein for the first time since Operation Desert Storm. "For my

  • Kicking the tobacco habit: a personal story

    November is the Air Force's Quit Tobacco Use month, which is the perfect time to make strides to adopt a lifestyle change that will ultimately lead to an improved quality of life and overall health. However, kicking the tobacco habit is certainly not an easy thing to do. Those of us who haven't been

  • Team Ramstein participates in air show

    Thirty Ramstein Airmen on two C-130 recently flew the long journey to the southern region of Africa to participate in an air show and share some of their knowledge and experience with the airmen if the South African Air Force. After their four-day visit with the Botswana Defense Force, the group

  • Experienced master sergeant starts power lifting team

    When a gentleman is able to bench press 400 pounds, squat more than 600 pounds, dead lift more than 660 pounds and has won a list of body building championships, it would be easy to assume he would be a great mentor for young athletes entering the sports of bodybuilding and power lifting. Creating a