• An Airmans take on joint operations

    The following essay, written by one of our best and brightest, Senior Airman Steven Nehls from the 31st Fighter Wing, depicts how important each and every one of us are to the joint fight. He competed for U.S. European Command Servicemember of the Year and I was particularly impressed with the

  • Get ready, it's flu season

    FluMist, an influenza vaccine applied as a nasal spray, is the vaccine of choice for those ages 2 to 49. The more traditional flu shot is administered to those who are younger - ages 6 months to two years old, those older than 49, and those for whom FluMist is not recommended, for example, pregnant

  • GI Mail offer safer way to stay in touch

    Global Internet Mail is a personal e-mail program available to all service members that can be used from any computer with internet access, including government systems. While messages sent between official government e-mail accounts is the most secure form of e-mail communication, messages sent

  • I am a marine

    Staff Sgt. Ben A. Coleman is a Marine liaison at the 435th Medical Group Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility. He greets all injured Marines, coming from downrange, arriving at Ramstein. His job is to keep the Marines family and unit updated about all the steps of the Marine's progress through

  • Big Fish, Little Fish: C-5 Galaxy gets filled to the gills with helicopters

    It was like a scene on the Discovery Channel; one of those underwater programs where a rather large fish swallows a smaller fish whole, all in the name of survival. A team of 10 airmen from the 352nd Maintenance Squadron loaded two, recently-retired, MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopters onto a C-5 Galaxy

  • US Joint Color Guard Opens 1st Regular Season NFL Game in London

    For U.S. Marine Corporal Ryan P. Hall, it was a challenge not much different from other color guard presentations he has performed. "We've done color guard duties in the rain, so that was nothing new either," said the Marine who has been serving on color guards for ten years since his high school

  • BHS hosts successful Walk for the Cure event

    Bitburg High School recently celebrated Breast Cancer Awareness Month in grand fashion, raising nearly $4,500 for breast cancer research Oct. 25. The goal of the project was to increase student awareness about breast cancer because one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Inspired by

  • Spangdahlem pilot awarded Mackay Trophy

    Capt. Scott Markle received the Clarence Mackay Trophy during a ceremony here Oct. 29 for his actions while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom last year. Captain Markle, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot from the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, directly engaged a

  • Warriors for a day

    More than 200 children received their official tasking and prepared for a mock deployment Oct. 24 at Hangar 1. The day-long deployment began with the young warriors in-processing and picking up their Air Expeditionary Force cards, helmets and web belts. Immediately after suiting up, they formed up

  • Dont even think about mailing meat

    Many U.S. personnel in Europe have received a $100 fine from the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection because they mailed packages of wurst, ham or pâté to America. And, the infestations of animal disease have cost the U.S. taxpayers millions of dollars each year. It is illegal to import red