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‘Hybrid Airman’ training enhances 435 CRG mission, Page 2
AOTW: Ramstein deployed Airman helps those coming home, Page 6
Angel Tree: First Sergeants kick off season of giving, Page 9
Diamond on the rock, Page 12
December 13, 2019 | Volume 43, Number 49
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Kisling NCOA partners with Botswana air arm by Tech. Sgt. Rachel Waller U.S. Air Forces in Europe & Air Forces Africa Public Affairs When Airmen hear of an enlisted professional military education school, they typically think of an Air Forceonly school with a narrow mission scope. However, according to the Kisling Noncommissioned Officer Academy’s website, the mission is not only “to prepare junior enlisted leaders to be adaptable for current and future leadership and management challenges in order to operate critically in complex and ambiguous environments,” but to bring their curriculum to joint and combined environments. See NCOA PARTNERS, Page 3
U.S. Air Force Kisling Noncommissioned Officer Academy instructors and Botswana air arm students pose for a photo as part of the African Military Education Program over the summer of 2019 in Botswana. Kisling NCOA is partnering with the Botswana air arm to help stand up their first NCOA by developing instructors and content for future use. Courtesy photo
LRMC staff targets to improve relationships, patient care with Ukrainian counterparts Story and photo by Marcy Sanchez Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Rehabilitation specialists from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center recently participated in a joint medical training exercise with their counterparts in the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence at a military hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, in efforts to build key relationships and increase levels of interoperability. The exercise, part of the Military Health System’s Global Health Engagement initiative, allowed for the
sharing of interdisciplinary best practices, standardization of processes and discussion of medical resources and capabilities. “We go teach (Ukrainian rehabilitation specialists) on specific topics during each engagement,” said Capt. Daniel Huffman, assistant chief of Rehabilitation Services at LRMC. “This gives them some new things to work on.” During the exercise, LRMC specialists, along with rehabilitation specialists from See LRMC, Page 6
Capt. Daniel Huffman, physical therapist and assistant chief of Rehabilitation Services at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, assists Spc. Andrew Barrett, culinary specialist, 55th Quartermaster Company, Special Troops Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, with stretches as part of Barrett’s rehabilitation plan at LRMC’s Rehabilitation Clinic, Nov. 21. A team of rehabilitation specialists, including Huffman, recently participated in a Global Health Engagement medical exercise with Ukrainian counterparts at a military hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, to build relationships and strengthen global health initiatives with partner nations and allies.