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  • Super Saber Performer

    Name: Senior Airman Ryan L. KremmerUnit: 704th Munitions Support SquadronDuty title: Monitoring facility operatorHometown: Tacoma, Wash.Years in Service: Four yearsWhy joined: To serve my country, utilize the benefits of education and travel the world.Family: Father, Mike; mother, Lori VanSomeren;

  • Baron seniors celebrate graduation

    Fifty-four Bitburg High School seniors received their diplomas at the high school's 58th annual graduation ceremony, which took place in Hangar 1 here June 9.All of the class' students graduated this year with approximately 40 students continuing to college in the fall.Every student who was accepted

  • Revised questionnaire clarifies fitness test risks

    Spangdahlem Air Base added a statement of understanding to the fitness screening questionnaire to help ensure Airmen know the risks of taking the physical training evaluation while sick or injured.The changes were suggested recently by the U.S. Air Forces in Europe fitness staff to clarify the risks

  • Giving back: Base walks for wounded warriors

    Sabers participated in a Wounded Warrior Fund walk-a-thon to raise funds for wounded warriors at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center at the base track June 7."We had a really good turnout," said Senior Airman Roz Roueche, 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron volunteer. "The track was full of people who

  • GKES closes, celebrates history

    NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen's elementary school held a commemorative end of year ceremony June 8 to celebrate the school's legacy before its closure June 12.The Department of Defense Dependent Schools-Europe closed Geilenkirchen Elementary School as part of an efficiency initiative to deliver

  • 2012 Jabara award winner named

    An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot and 2002 Air Force Academy graduate received the 2012 Jabara Award during a ceremony at the Academy May 3.Maj. Joseph Hext, 81st Fighter Squadron, received the award for heroism during a sortie supporting U.S. and Afghan forces in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan, as part