January 27, 2012
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Volume 36, number 4
Polish aeromedical evac team visits Ramstein by Airman 1st Class Trevor Rhynes 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
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eam Ramstein’s 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron got an opportunity to show its mission to another allied Air Force this week. A six-person team, made up of two doctors, two nurses and two paramedics from the Polish 8th Air Base in Krakow visited Ramstein in order to get an overview of how the U.S. Air Force’s AE process works, so they can provide better oversight in setting up their own AE mission. The tour included visits to see a C-21 in its AE configuration, to see patients loaded into a C-17 Globemaster III, a visit to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and an AE flight training mission. “The polish team was very open minded, eager to learn and was very impressed with how we perform our mission,” said Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Araujo with the 86th AES, who served as the interpreter for the visit. “They are the first Polish AE crew, so they have to be this involved in order to set up their own rules and regulations.” The first AE team has a large mission to perform. “Currently, the Polish AE mission is carried out by the six personnel who came on this visit,” said Kapitan Marcin Kura, a doctor on the Polish AE team. “We manage everything from fielding a call about a patient, to providing care and
Photo by Senior Airman Aaron-Forrest Wainwright
Flightline medics move wounded warriors off of a C-17 Globemaster III Wednesday on Ramstein. A Polish 8th Air Base Aeromedical Evacuation team came to Ramstein to learn how Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility personnel move wounded warriors out of the battlefield.
transportation, to unloading patients.” The Polish team looked forward to this trip, saying that it also strengthens their alliance with the U.S. “This trip was very beneficial,” said Major
Zhigniew Maciol, the head doctor for the Polish team. “Now, we have contacts who can provide support and open the door for our side to become more familiar with the AE mission that we provide as a NATO contribution.”
21st TSC commander nominated for appointment to rank of major general
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he U.S. president nominated the commander of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command for appointment to the rank of major general, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Aundre F. Piggee, a native of Stamps, Ark., assumed command of the 21st TSC Aug. 25 in Kaiserslautern. A graduate of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Piggee
served in Germany from January 1986 to April 1988 as a direct support maintenance officer and commander of the 77th Maintenance Company, both in the 85th Maintenance Battalion, V Corps, respectively. His previous duty assignments include plans officer, G3, 13th Corps Support Command and III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas, in 1994 and 1995. Piggee’s deployments include commander of the 15th Forward Support Bn., 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, during Operation
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The U.S. president nominated Brig. Gen. Aundre F. Piggee for appointment to the rank of major general. Piggee assumed command of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command on Aug. 25.
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Joint Forge, Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1998 to 2000 and commander of the 15th Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, between June 2005 and February 2008. Piggee served as deputy assistant chief of staff, C4 and assistant chief of staff, J4, at the United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea from September 2009 to August 2011 before assuming command of the 21st TSC.
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