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  • CRG provides nonstop support for off-station training

    "Nonstop, no-off position" is a common phrase used to describe the 435th Contingency Response Group, and these words held true as the group participated in a 10-day training and exercise mission here.The CRG was one of numerous Ramstein units that participated in the exercise, Dec. 1 to 10 to help

  • Incirlik's got holiday mail

    When service members are thousands of miles away from home, few things brighten their day more than receiving mail from loved ones back home. With Christmas looming, the Incirlik Official Documents Center has received more than 480,000 pounds of mail since Nov. 15. It has also processed more than

  • Tour for Troops 2009 rocks Ramstein with music, laughter

    Red, blue and amber lights streamed toward the performers as they belted out songs and told jokes, causing an exuberant crowd to chant, sing and laugh along.This was the setting for Team Ramstein members who packed into Hangar 1 here Dec. 9 to watch singer/songwriter Jessie James, comedian Carlos

  • Ramstein Airmen train in Israel

    It's not every day you get to see an American flag flying next to the Israeli flag, but during a 10-day training and exercise mission here, it was common to see Airmen walking around with not only the American flag on their shoulder but also the Israeli national flag.Members from Ramstein

  • Refueling is lifeline of U.S., NATO air ops

    Cooperation was paramount Dec. 8 as 30 Royal Danish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons took to the skies over their homeland to rendezvous with a RAF Mildenhall-based KC-135 Stratotanker and perform semi-annual aerial refueling training. The mission fortified both operational readiness and mutual trust

  • ROSC gives joy to servicemembers this holiday season

    Members of the Ramstein Officer Spouses' Club joined cooking forces with members of the Kaiserslautern/Landstuhl Spouses' Association and the Ramstein Enlisted Spouses' Association to bring some holiday joy to the more than eleven thousand servicemembers who call the dorms on Vogelweh Military

  • President signs bill, aids military spouses

    President Barack Obama signed a bill Nov. 11 to help ease a few strains on military families who frequently travel from state to state and country to country.The bill, known as the "Military Spouses Residency Relief Act," is an amendment to the 2003 Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.The MSRRA allows

  • Ramstein welcomes a new Command Chief

    Ramstein servicemembers welcomed the new 86th Airlift Wing Command Chief, Chief Master Sgt. Vernon Butler Nov. 13.Chief Butler will take the lead as principle advisor to 86th AW and Kaiserslautern Military Community Commander Brig. Gen. Mark Dillon with regards to the morale, welfare, discipline,