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March 2, 2012
Volume 36, number 9
KMC Soldiers lead Montenegro relief efforts by Rick Scavetta U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern When Army Capt. Terry Hill told his daughter Kaylee that he must leave home to help snowbound villagers in mountainous Montenegro, the 3-yearold rushed to her toy box. Hill and his wife, Julie, were not surprised when Kaylee returned with a plush toy. “It was a little Smurf,” said Hill, a medical evacuation pilot from Company C, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment. “She knows about the importance of giving to others. She asked that I give it to a little girl like her.” In mid-Feburary, as snow piled high among Montenegro’s mountains, Company C Soldiers were gearing up for a long weekend for President’s Day, said company 1st Sgt. Kyle Brunell. That changed when a warning order arrived at company’s Landstuhl headquarters — prepare aircraft and crews to support humanitarian assistance to the Montenegrin people. “When people are in need, that’s what we do. We respond,” Brunell said. “By nature, a medevac comSee RELIEF, Page 3
Photo by Spc. Lorenzo Ware
Dr. Darko Nisavic of the Montenegrin emergency medical team gets hoisted up by Sgt. Joseph Campbell from U.S. Army Europe’s Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade onto a UH-60 medical evacuation helicopter Feb. 23 during a humanitarian assistance mission to aid Montenegrins stranded by severe weather.
Officials discuss proposed new medical center Story and photo by Tech. Sgt. Markus M. Maier U.S. Air Forces in Europe Public Affairs
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.S. senior military leaders hosted German federal, state and local government representatives at Armstrong’s Club Monday to talk about the proposed new Kaiserslautern Military Community Medical Center.
The purpose of the meeting was to familiarize the German leaders with the current status of the project, the proposed way ahead and talk about some of the challenges. “This is a great opportunity for us to have solid dialogue and discussion about a project that is absolutely critical to U.S. forces here in Europe,” said Maj. Gen. James Boozer, See CENTER, Page 2
Major receives German award for moral courage by Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
German undersecretary Rainer Bomba, German Federal Ministry for Traffic and Construction, and Maj. Gen. James Boozer, U.S. Army Europe deputy commanding general, share some thoughts during a meeting about the proposed new Kaiserslautern Military Community Medical Center Monday at Armstrong’s Club on Vogelweh.
“There was no time to think; I just did it. It was about helping someone out and doing the right thing.” Maj. Deron Warren, an emergency room physician at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center stopped a robbery at a restaurant in Kaiserslautern in April 2011. For his bravery and courage, Polizeipräsident (commissioner) Wolfgang Erfurt, the chief of Polizei for Kaiserslautern, awarded Warren the Auszeichnung für Zivilcourage (civil courage award) Tuesday. The award is only given to a handful of people each year and this was the first time the award was given to a U.S. citizen or Air Force member. “It is a great honor for me when I get a chance to See COURAGE, Page 6
TIP OF THE WEEK The Air Force chief of staff announces his reading list that helps Airmen expand education. See the list on Page 6.
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