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Appreciation, acknowledgement for Marc J. Gonsalves

Appreciation, acknowledgement for Marc J. Gonsalves

Chief Master Sergeant dedicated to maintaining, caring for American Kindergraves Kaiserslautern Deputy Mayor Peter Kiefer presented a certificate and a Kaiserslautern city medal of honor to U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Marc Gonsalves, 37th Airlift Squadron senior enlisted leader, and his wife, for maintaining and caring for American Kindergraves. […]

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21 TSC Soldiers observe Memorial Day across Europe

21 TSC Soldiers observe Memorial Day across Europe

21st Theater Sustainment Command Soldiers participated in multiple Memorial Day ceremonies across Germany and France on May 26 and 29. The 21st TSC held a Memorial Day ceremony Thursday here to remember and honor the 34 men and women from the 21st TSC who died while defending our nation. “The […]

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Sgt. Jesse Galan, 529th Military Police Company from Wiesbaden, assists a young visitor while checking out the gun turret with armored shields on his discovery tour of the HMMWV.

US Forces demonstrate their expertise at Rheinland-Pfalz-Tag in Mainz

The annual Rheinland-Pfalz-Tag (State Fair) took place in Mainz from May 20 to 22. U.S. Air Force and Army units participated within the joint Military Capability Display area along with the German Bundeswehr.

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Military Medical Museum celebrates 160th birthday with mobile app

Military Medical Museum celebrates 160th birthday with mobile app

On May 21, 1862, Army Surgeon General William Hammond issued Circular No. 2: As it is proposed to establish in Washington, an Army Medical Museum, Medical officers are directed diligently to collect…all specimens of morbid anatomy, surgical or medical…; together with projectiles and foreign bodies removed, and such other matters […]

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East Gate closed / ROB-MC Gate opened

Ramstein Air Base’s East Gate closed and the new Rhine Ordnance Barracks Medical Center (ROB-MC) Access Control Point (ACP) opened. The new ACP (or gate in Air Force speak) was built in preparation for the new medical center and will enable the anticipated increase in traffic once the medical center […]

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KMC SFS units conclude Police Week

KMC SFS units conclude Police Week

Law enforcement team members from across the Kaiserslautern Military Community came together to recognize Police Week and remember those who have fallen in the line of duty at Ramstein Air Base, May 15-20. Police Week began in the 1960s to remember those who gave their lives in the line of […]

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U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 721st Aerial Port Squadron load a pallet of infant formula onto a C-17 Globemaster lll aircraft assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 22, 2022. The infant formula arrived from Switzerland as part of the U.S. Government’s Operation Fly Formula to rapidly transport infant formula to the United States due to critical shortages there. Under Operation Fly Formula, the USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services are authorized to request Department of Defense support to pick up overseas infant formula that meets U.S. health and safety standards. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jared Lovett)

Ramstein Airmen prepare critical infant formula shipments for US

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Rescue Babushka Luba; Travis Airman evacuates mother from Ukraine to US

Rescue Babushka Luba; Travis Airman evacuates mother from Ukraine to US

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, CA (AFNS) —  The war in Ukraine is believed to have displaced more than 5.7 million refugees and asylum-seekers since the invasion began in late February, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency. After the opposition to Ukraine turned its focus to Kyiv, an Airman from […]

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Why is there so little A/C in Germany?

Why is there so little A/C in Germany?

Daily temperatures are getting warmer, base-wide heat is turned off, and summer officially starts next month; but if you are new to Germany, or have even been here for a summer already you may be asking, “why is there so little air conditioning in Germany?” Most German homes do not […]

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Police week: Mind and muscle

Police week: Mind and muscle

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