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UNTIL THE BAZAAR German air force officer helps evacuees, Page 10
KMC marks opening of KES, RHS, Pages 12-13
AVDET 21-4: 435 CRS, Polish special forces open airfield ops, Page 15
September 24, 2021 | Volume 45, Number 38
Relationships, connections, support critical to preventing suicide, Page 24
21-24 Oct. Ramstein Air Base Hangar 5 www.RamsteinBazaar.org
Read the KA online at KaiserslauternAmerican.com
ROB, RAB medical professionals administer MMR vaccines by Airman 1st Class Kiaundra Miller 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Medical professionals assigned to Ramstein Air Base and Rhine Ordnance Barracks began mass administering mumps, measles and rubella, and chickenpox vaccines to Afghan evacuees awaiting onward travel. The mass vaccination began Sept. 16, at the request of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention due to a small number of measles cases in the U.S. among newly arrived evacuees from Afghanistan. “These vaccines offer them the ability to have extra protection,” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jaime Rojas, 86th Medical Group chief of aerospace medicine. “With the extra protection of the vaccines, wherever we end up sending them, there is protection for both the individual and for the people at the end destination as well.” The vaccinations are required before the CDC mandated flight pause to the U.S. is lifted and See VACCINES, Page 3
A U.S. Air Force Airman administers mumps, measles and rubella, and chickenpox vaccines to a child evacuee awaiting onward travel at Ramstein Air Base, Sept. 18. Ramstein established two centers where evacuees can volunteer to receive the vaccine to protect them from contracting MMR and varicella. Medical professionals administered varicella and MMR vaccines to more than 3,000 evacuees on the first day of mass vaccinations. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Devin Nothstine
Round, orange and good for the soul:
German pumpkin fests by MilitaryInGermany.com The American love affair with pumpkins is well documented. On the other side of the Atlantic, autumn is the season in which decorative gourds pop to life all across the country. See PUMPKINS, Page 25
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the week, Page 27