• Navy professional military education provides joint training opportunity

    Senior noncommissioned officers with ambitions for being promoted to chief master sergeant must attend in-residence SNCO Academy, but many would-be chiefs don't know that they can complete the training and broaden their joint-military experience by attending sister-service academies. Senior Master

  • JTAC provides perfect precision on and off duty

    It seems like a farfetched idea for a young man who wanted to be a tattoo artist to end up in the Air Force with one of the most extreme jobs as joint terminal attack controller, but this is just what happened to a member of the 1st Air Support Operations Squadron in Wiesbaden, Germany. Tech. Sgt.

  • Wing prepared to welcome new commander

    The former chief of strategy of the Directorate of Strategy, Policy and Assessments at Headquarters U.S. European Command, Patch Barracks, Germany, is scheduled to take command of the 39th Air Base Wing at  Aug. 11. Col. Eric Beene will succeed Col. Philip McDaniel, 39th Air Base Wing commander, who

  • Phase II of KMCC set to open

    Just over a month ago during the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center first stage of opening, base officials opened the doors of several 86th Services Squadron facilities -- Ramstein Inn's Visitor's Quarters, Outdoor Recreation, Romano's Macaroni Grill, Ramstein Tickets and Tours, the Sports

  • History through fitness: 100 years in 100 miles

    Buff: according to Merriam Webster's Dictionary, as a noun it's used to describe garments, the lack thereof or an enthusiast for fires (probably based off the original leather buff garments worn by firefighters). Over time, the enthusiast portion has grown to describe anyone who is interested in

  • Leadership in challenging times

    The world in which we live and work is more dynamic, complex, technology dependent and remotely managed than ever before, but we still need analog leadership in a digital world. Technology puts more information at our fingertips, meaning we can accomplish much of our work without direct contact with

  • New facility to enhance deployment ops

    Since late 2005, Ramstein's Joint Mobility Processing Center has served as the hub for deployment operations originating or terminating here. Recently, the JMPC facility was demolished, to give way to a new facility -- the Installation Deployment Readiness Center. Although the JMPC run by the 86th

  • AMC Space-A Web site consolidates travel information

    Space-available travel is one of the benefits of a military life, and each year servicemembers active and reserve as well as retirees and dependents use it as a viable option to commercial travel. For many servicemembers throughout Europe Space-A is not only a benefit, but their only way to travel

  • Spangdahlem Airman stirs up competition

    The Airman paced about the kitchen with speed and efficiency, racing from the oven to the grill and back to his workstation. He had only 90 minutes to create a masterpiece that had to include four main ingredients: pork, lettuce, spinach and sweet potatoes. Airman 1st Class Jason Sugimoto was