Jul 27, 2012 - Kaiserslautern American

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July 27, 2012

HAVE YOU READ YOUR KA TODAY?

Volume 36, number 30

KMC voices heard at virtual town hall by Rick Scavetta U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern

See TOWN HALL, Page 3

TIP OF THE WEEK For those participating in the Viking Challenge today, drink plenty of water and ensure you are getting the proper nutrition. Motivate each other, have fun and be safe.

AF, Army leaders discuss missions by Airman 1st Class Trevor Rhynes 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

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eadership from the 86th Airlift Wing and 21st Theater Sustainment Command toured facilities on Ramstein Air Base and Panzer Kaserne Tuesday. Stops on the tour included visits to Ramstein’s Air Traffic

Control Tower, the Joint Mobility Processing Center and the 603d Air Operations Center. Tours on Panzer Kaserne included the 21st TSC’s Current Operations Integration Cell, Engagement Skills Training Center and Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer. The purpose of the tour was to familiarize Army and Air Force senior leaders with a perspective of

each other’s mission and training capabilities. “From this tour, I have learned that we are more similar than we are different,” said Maj. Gen. Aundre F. Piggee, 21st TSC commanding general. “Because we live in this joint community, I think it’s important to get to know each other.” See MEETING, Page 6

CSAF nominee testifies before Senate committee by Tech. Sgt. Richard A. Williams Jr. Air Force Public Affairs Agency WASHINGTON — Gen. Mark Welsh III addressed a range of issues here July 19 during his Senate confirmation hearing to be the next Air Force chief of staff. Welsh, who has commanded U.S. Air Forces in Europe since December 2010, answered ques-

tions from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee about budget and force structure, sexual assault prevention and response, the new Defense Strategic Guidance, and other areas. “I am very excited about the opportunity to work with you to find ways to reduce our deficit and to keep our Air Force trained, equipped and ready to defend our nation, its citizens and its interests,”

LIFESTYLES

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Photo by Spc. Iesha Howard

FEATURES

U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern’s upcoming virtual town hall should make it easier to voice community concerns and get quick answers. In the past, participating in town hall meetings often meant taking time from work or family, arranging child care and driving across town. Now, garrison leaders want to offer other options for people to take part in town halls. The event begins at 2 p.m. Monday and lasts 90 minutes. KMC members can submit questions by phone, email and online. Answers are posted immediately to Facebook and afterward on the garrison website. It’s the first time Submit questions to the virtual town the garrison has hall from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Monday: tried a virtual town PHONE: call 493-4329 or 0631hall, said garrison 3406-4329. WEB: www.kaiserslautern.army.mil/ spokesman Mark Heeter, adding that feedback/townhall.htm. if the idea is wellFACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/ received, more will army.kaiserslautern. follow. “We won’t have physical audience members,” he said. “We’re using other means like Facebook and email. People can call in or follow the event on AFN.” The garrison includes more than a dozen U.S. Army bases spread out across the area — a 40-mile stretch from Grünstadt to Miesau. In the past, town hall attendance was limited by people’s ability to either leave work or take time away from families to drive to a central location. Finding ways to communicate over such a geographically dispersed area is important to

Spc. Phillip Wyatt, an enlisted management branch specialist with the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, assists Air Force Lt. Col. Angenene Robertson, 786th Force Support Squadron commander, in the Engagement Skills Training Center Tuesday on Panzer Kaserne in Kaiserslautern. As part of an Air Force/ Army Leadership Day, each command hosted senior leaders for a familiarization tour demonstrating respective mission and training capabilities and how they affect each other’s day-to-day operations.

From debt stress to carefree living, Page 9

Take a moonlight tour of Falkenstein Castle, Page 19

Welsh said during his opening statement. “I’ll admit I’m even more excited about the opportunity to lead the men and women who serve in the world’s finest Air Force.” Welsh said America’s Airmen move people and cargo to every corner of the world, conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations for every combatSee NOMINEE, Page 6

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