Kaiserslautern American, May 9, 2014

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Volume 38, number 18

Dentist ‘crowned’ with AF-level award Story and photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Stefanko 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

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tanding out from among thousands of dental Airmen around the world, Maj. Curtis Hayes, 86th Dental Squadron chief oral and maxillofacial surgeon, was recently named Air Force Dentist of the Year for 2013. The purpose of the Air Force Dentist of the Year award is to acknowledge the exceptional performance of a military dentist in the line of duty. Hayes examines, diagnoses and treats abnormalities of oral and maxillofacial structures, provides direct oral and maxillofacial surgery services, examines patients, interprets and evaluates radiographs, prescribes and performs surgery and provides consultation services. “It is a very humbling experience to be selected out of the entire Air Force dental corps,” Hayes said. “To be hand-picked out of thousands of dentists is just amazing.” One of the many ways Hayes exemplified his skills was during a mission in Africa where he led See AWARD, Page 2

Maj. Curtis Hayes (left), 86th Dental Squadron chief oral and maxillofacial surgeon, and Senior Airman Britanni McKnight, 86th DS dental assistant, operate on a patient during a dental implant surgery April 29 on Ramstein.

Landstuhl’s Dustoff troops deploy one last time Story and photo by Rick Scavetta U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz

Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment bow their heads during the chaplain’s prayer inside the aircraft hangar at the Landstuhl heliport.

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oldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, embraced their families and friends before getting on the bus to deploy. A detachment from the helicopter medical evacuation unit, led by Capt. Michael Chase, will spend the next few months in Kuwait, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. During the April 28 departure cer-

emony, Preslee Kautzmann, a toddler, played with a plush bear dressed in gray Army camouflage like the uniform her father, Chief Warrant Officer Colter Kautzmann, wears when piloting a Black Hawk helicopter. Her mom, Sara Kautzmann, maintained a smile during the ceremony. It was afterward, in the parking lot where families waved to the busload of troops, that emotions surfaced. “This is deployment No. 1 for us,” See DEPLOY, Page 3

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Children honor mothers Sunday, Page 18


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