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November 14, 2014
Volume 38, number 45
Congrats CCAF grads The Community College of the Air Force is an institution of higher learning dedicated to the enlisted members of the U.S. Air Force. CCAF is accredited through Air University by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the associate degree. The CCAF partners with more than 106 affiliated Air Force schools, 82 education service offices located worldwide and more than 1,500 civilian academic institutions to serve more than 305,000 active, Guard and Reserve enlisted personnel, making the CCAF the world’s largest community college system. For a list of graduates’ names, see pages 10 and 11.
Photo by Airman 1st Class Trevor Rhynes
Military police officer saves local man’s life For Sgt. Harry Nixon, a recent evening patrol near Miesau Army Depot led to the South Jersey native helping save a German man’s life. Nixon, 38, a military police officer at U.S. Army Garrison RheinlandPfalz, was driving his patrol car behind the depot on a routine security check. It was just before dusk when he passed a man with a bicycle. “I was driving along the backside of Miesau, doing a perimeter check. A lot of local nationals ride their bikes in the forest back there,” Nixon said. “This older gentleman didn’t look
“Sergeant Nixon’s professionalism, quick thinking and thoroughness helped save a local German man’s life.” — Lt. Col. George B. Brown III, the garrison’s director of emergency services
too healthy. I thought, ‘Well, he’s out there trying to ride his bicycle; that’s hard core.’” Still, something didn’t seem right. Nixon turned around, just to check. A few minutes later, as he returned through the area, Nixon saw the bicycle on the side of the road. The man was gone. Nixon got out of his vehicle and began to search.
“I wondered where he went that fast. He had a bright orange wind jacket,” Nixon said, adding that he found the man in a ditch not far from the forest road. “He had attempted to ride and had fallen over. At first I thought he was going into cardiac arrest. ‘Please don’t die on me,’ I was thinking that.” Nixon checked for vital signs and assessed that the man was in shock. He tried the radio in his patrol car but couldn’t reach the provost marshal’s office. He then tried his mobile phone, but had no reception. He got in the car and drove down the road a bit, where reception was better, and called his desk sergeant.
NEWS
Do not leave valuables and/or military gear visible in your car. Remember to ALWAYS lock your doors!
HEALTH
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German police and an ambulance arrived on the scene and determined the man was suffering from low blood sugar and was in insulin shock. They took him to the hospital for further care. A former armor crewman with 12 years in uniform, Nixon reclassified to become a military police officer because he wanted to help people. Now he’s assigned to the 92nd Military Police Company at Sembach Kaserne, which supports U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz’s local law enforcement mission. “Sergeant Nixon’s professionalism, quick thinking and thoroughness See PATROL, Page 3
LIFESTYLES
by Rick Scavetta U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Public Affairs
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Kaiserslautern on ice, Page 16