Kaiserslautern American — May 31, 2019

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NEWS

FEATURE

LIFESTYLES

SPORTS

AFPC “Roadshow” Town Hall, Page 5

USAG RP recognizes civilian professionals with new awards program, Page 8

Weitersweiler German-French farmers market, Page 14

KMC District Soccer U15 Girls make history taking German championship, Page 16

May 31, 2019 | Volume 43, Number 21

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75th Anniversary of D-Day:

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A time of celebration, remembrance

by Maria Forte 86th Airlift Wing Historian Starting June 6, a weeklong series of parades, re-enactments, speakers and memorial services throughout Europe will commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, the day Allied forces landed on beaches in Normandy, France, and began liberating German-occupied France from Nazi control. The event is likely to attract more than 30,000 veterans and their families to remember the sacrifices made June 6, 1944. The 75th Anniversary is both celebratory and reverent as remembering our fallen is a critical cultural experience. The event allows younger generations to tie into the past by talking with veterans who experienced this moment in history and walk the beaches where their grandfathers once stood. Event participants get to experience the sounds, smells and visuals through memorials, museums and places where the end of WWII began. See DDAY, Page 2

Atlantic Stripe: Molding, mentoring, developing today’s NCO by Master Sgt. Renae Pittman U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Approximately 70 Airmen, Soldiers and NATO service members from across Europe came together at Ramstein Air Base for the annual Atlantic Stripe conference, a highly selective, four-day professional development seminar aimed at deliberately developing junior noncommissioned officers to become better Airmen and leaders. Multiple leaders came together from U.S. Air Forces in Europe and See ATLANTIC, Page 6

U.S. Airmen, Soldiers, NATO partners, and senior leaders pose for a group photo during the Atlantic Stripe Conference at Ramstein Air Base, May 10. This four-day self-development conference, hosted by U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, provided 70 junior noncommissioned officers briefings on a wide variety of topics including leadership philosophy, etiquette, resiliency and decision making. Photo by Spc. Christopher Brecht


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