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LRMC obstetrics team aids in Afghan evacuee birth

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany - (From left) U.S. Air Force Maj. Kristin Blouin, neonatal nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, and native of Tennessee Colony, Texas, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lamaar Melvin, aerospace medical technician, Labor and Delivery, LRMC, and native of Newburgh, New York, were part of an obstetrics team which responded to an Afghan evacuee newborn delivery which occurred minutes after an aircraft landing, which transported the evacuee, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The team, part of U.S. Armed Forces medical efforts in response to the Afghanistan evacuations, is one of many 24/7 medical teams staged at Ramstein Air Base, which has transformed itself into the logistical hub for the evacuation of people from Afghanistan in less than a week.

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U.S. Army Medical professionals support Operation Allies Refuge

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Kimberly Byers-Lund (left), a family physician and Army reserve-component Soldier, assigned to U.S. Army Health Clinic Kaiserslauter, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, and U.S. Maj. Jesus Chaves, chief nursing officer, U.S. Army Health Clinic Baumholder, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, evaluate an Afghan evacuee child as part of a medical team supporting Operation Allies Refuge at Ramstein Air Base, Aug. 26. The medical team is part of U.S. Armed Forces medical efforts in response to the Afghanistan evacuations at Ramstein Air Base, which has transformed itself into the logistical hub for the evacuation of people from Afghanistan.

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Garrison member, Nepal native puts language skills to use for Operation Allies Refuge

"I'm getting way more than I give," said the U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz employee of the time and skills he’s donating to help others. "This is very personal to me. It can't get more important than this."

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Former refugee volunteers for Operation Allies Refuge

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Neha Sharma, 66th Military Intelligence Brigade intelligence officer from U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden, talks to children at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 25, 2021. Sharma volunteered to assist in the female hangar during Operation Allies Refuge.

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DOD building capacity to support up to 50,000 Afghan evacuees

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“I've been to Afghanistan numerous times,” said U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Command Sgt. Major Stephen LaRocque. “I've had a lot of Afghan soldiers, Afghan families and interpreters help out a lot of U.S. citizens over there, as well. So it's an honor to help get them to safety and to bring a lot of people back home. It means everything.”

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