USSPACECOM, SMDC personnel support Operation Allies Refuge [Image 1 of 3]

RAMSTEIN AIR FORCE BASE, RP, GERMANY

08.30.2021

Courtesy Photo

United States Space Command

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Christopher Knoth (third from left) and Army Reserve 1st Lt. Mark "Waz" Wasmundt (right), assist other service members in preparing meals for Afghan refugees in support of humanitarian relief efforts Aug. 30, 2021, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Ramstein is a transit location for evacuees from Afghanistan, providing temporary lodging, food, medical services and treatment while they await transportation to their next destinations. More than 7,000 evacuees landed at Ramstein within the first 48 hours of Operation Allies Refuge, according to information from the U.S. Air Force. Knoth, from Coldwater, Ohio, serves as the senior noncommissioned officer to Regional Satellite Communication Centers Europe/Africa under U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense’s Satellite Operations Brigade. Wadmundt, from Springfield, Illinois, is the U.S. Space Command Integrated Planning Elements representative to U.S. European Command and, in his Department of the Army civilian role, serves as the Wideband satellite communication lead to RSSC Europe/Africa. SMDC is the Army service component command to USSPACECOM, providing trained, ready warfighters to support the combatant command’s mission.

• Date Taken: 08.30.2021
• Date Posted: 08.31.2021 12:35
• Photo ID: 6811558
• VIRIN: 210830-F-XO712-0001
• Resolution: 1024x768
• Size: 886.69 KB
• Location: RAMSTEIN AIR FORCE BASE, RP, DE
• Hometown: COLDWATER, OH, US
• Hometown: SPRINGFIELD, IL, US