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  • Spreading a gospel for the dead: Marines teach MEDCEUR military medics

    It's not your everyday Marine Corps instructional slide show. Before the familiar "Questions?" screen rolls, a dozen images of bodies ravaged by combat in Iraq flash before the class.A Personnel Retrieval and Processing Marine stands by signaling his assistant to change slides in a small multimedia

  • Former POW inspires audience with experiences, wisdom

    Members of Team Ramstein honored prisoners of war or those missing in action at a luncheon Sept. 17 at the officers' club here. The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing hosted the event in remembrance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, featuring guest speaker retired Navy Capt. David Hoffman. "Thank

  • Team USAFE goes to Air Force Marathon

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe will be represented by a 14-person team competing for the top spot at the 14th annual Air Force Marathon Sept. 18 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.The first official marathon was held on the 50th anniversary of the Air Force and is held on the third Saturday in

  • MEDCEUR goes live

    Months of preparation came to fruition Sept. 15 as approximately 250 servicemembers from ten nations engaged in live exercise scenarios as part of the 2010 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe, MEDCEUR.MEDCEUR '10 simulates six different mass-casualty situations, including riots

  • Spouses club sponsors local horse

    The Aviano Officer and Civilian Spouses Club are now the sponsors of Baby, a local horse that is recovering from abuse and maltreatment.Baby is one of 17 rescued horses at Zedan's Ranch and EZ's Place horse shelter in Montereale, Italy. Before the 28-year-old horse was brought to the shelter in

  • Political dos and don'ts during campaign season

    With the 2010 elections coming up, television newscasts and newspaper articles are filled with the latest news about the candidates running for various offices. While exercising a right to vote is the duty of all Americans, military and civilian federal employees should understand the laws and

  • 100th SFS Defenders help prep RAF Regiment for Afghanistan tour

    The sweet smell of diesel exhaust began to fill the pitch-black air as Airmen started their Humvees an hour before daylight and began to convoy out to their rendevous point with a flight of Royal Air Force Regiment infantrymen in the middle of a 30,000-acre range.The first full field day of Exercise

  • Ramstein Civilians make complex C-21 engine swap

    Civilian contractors from DynCorp International began replacing a C-21 aircraft engine Sept. 10 here that is projected to be completed by Sept. 16.Usually an engine conversion is done meeting time-change requirements after 1400 hours of run time, but this engine is being changed due to an

  • MEDCEUR classes set stage for success

    Tents, medical supplies and field hospitals stand ready for the moulaged patients of live mass casualty exercise scenarios at MEDCEUR '10, Medical Training Exercise in Central & Eastern Europe 2010. The medical personnel who will spring into action during these scenarios are 400 yards away in