Capt. Stefan Eich, the ceremony’s guest speaker, and Lt. Col. James Payne, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery, congratulates Sgt. Daniel Krostwite on being the distinguished graduate of the final German Air Force Air Defense Artillery School class. Photo by Samantha Reho, Monitor staff.

Last GAFAD students graduate, Germans
head home

Samantha Reho

Monitor Staff


Congratulatory handshakes and huge smiles were exchanged amongst one another as the last German Air Force students graduated from the Air Defense Artillery School in an intimate ceremony Oct. 27 at the 3rd Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery Brigade headquarters. ...

 

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