Nine USAG Rheinland-Pfalz firefighters get promoted, recognized for their performance

By Linda Lambiotte, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz Public AffairsJanuary 31, 2023

Nine USAG Rheinland-Pfalz firefighters get promoted, recognized for their performance
1 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Nine firefighters were promoted during a ceremony held at Rhine Ordnance Barracks Jan. 31. From left: Gerald Adams, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz, Col. Reid Furman, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, Paul Jung, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, Jochen Scherdel, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, Daniel Pommel, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, Ulf Buerger, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, Alexander Wagner, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, LTC David Castillo, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, and Terry Dunlap, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz. (Photo Credit: Linda Lambiotte) VIEW ORIGINAL
Nine USAG Rheinland-Pfalz firefighters get promoted, recognized for their performance
2 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Nine firefighters were promoted during a ceremony held at Rhine Ordnance Barracks Jan. 31. From left: Gerald Adams, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz, Col. Reid Furman, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, Martin Hofmann, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, Yves Haas, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, Thorsten Preyer, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, Thomas Heinrich, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, LTC David Castillo, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, and Terry Dunlap, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz. (Photo Credit: Linda Lambiotte) VIEW ORIGINAL
Nine USAG Rheinland-Pfalz firefighters get promoted, recognized for their performance
3 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Col. Reid Furman, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz commander, provides remarks during a promotion ceremony held Jan. 31 at Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kaiserslautern, Germany, where nine firefighters were promoted to the positions of crew chiefs and station chiefs. “This is a recognition of your potential and the leadership roles you are all going to join,” he said. (Photo Credit: Linda Lambiotte) VIEW ORIGINAL
Nine USAG Rheinland-Pfalz firefighters get promoted, recognized for their performance
4 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Col. Reid Furman, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz commander, provides remarks during a promotion ceremony held Jan. 31 at Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kaiserslautern, Germany, where nine firefighters were promoted to the positions of crew chiefs and station chiefs. “This is a recognition of your potential and the leadership roles you are all going to join,” he said.

From left: Col. Reid Furman, Martin Hofmann, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, Yves Haas, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz. (Photo Credit: Linda Lambiotte)
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KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Nine firefighters were promoted during a ceremony held at Rhine Ordnance Barracks Jan. 31.

Paul Jung, Daniel Pommel, Ulf Buerger, Jochen Scherdel, and Alexander Wagner were promoted from firefighters to the position of crew chiefs.

Martin Hofmann, Thomas Heinrich, Yves Haas, and Thorsten Preyer were promoted from crew chiefs to the position of station chiefs.

LTC David Castillo, director of Emergency Services, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz, and Gerald Adams, fire chief, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, presented the certificates.

Col. Reid Furman, USAG Rheinland-Pfalz, provided remarks.

“In the Army, we reward performance,” said Furman. “But we promote because of potential, for the things that we know you are going to be able to do.”

USAG Rheinland-Pfalz is looking to hire more personnel to fill emergency services positions. This is a great opportunity for local nationals who want to make a difference in their community. A local national is defined as someone that is not American, has lived in Germany for at least one year and is a German citizen or has an EU work visa.  The next recruiting event is scheduled for Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ramstein Congress Center.