News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany 
U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz held a Volksmarch at the Baumholder Hall of Champions on Smith Barracks, April 3, to raise awareness for Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
It had started raining and didn’t look to be letting up.
The downpour wasn’t unusual for Smith Barracks, but in the early Springtime, the gray skies made the normally verdant Baumholder hills look neon in contrast.
Sonia Rogowski, though, only smiled.
“I think this is my husband,” she said, looking around at the gust of wind and rain swirling around her. “His way of saying ‘Hi.’ He used to love playing pranks on me.”
She stuck a hand out, allowing the rain to puddle inside her palm, and laughed.
“This would be just like him.”
LIVORNO, Italy – The Port of Livorno hosted multiple U.S. Army units that came together to conduct the reception, staging, and onward movement of the 1st Cavalry Division, Division Sustainment Battalion on March 24. The 39th Transportation Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command and 598th Transportation Brigade (Surface Deployment and Distribution Command), 839th Transportation Battalion, with the assistance of 1st Calvary Divion’s Port Support Activity, the Italian Armed Forces, and Livorno Port authorities, facilitated the movement of more than 400 pieces of equipment from the port to multiple forward operating sites across Europe.
“If our flight hadn’t been delayed, we would have been at the terminal when the bomb went off, not exactly in the terminal where it was, but we would have been there,” said Enrique “Tato” Rivera, recalling the day he arrived to work for the U.S. Army Garrison Benelux.
This week’s photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America.
According to historical records, about 500,00 people from the Palatinate region emigrated to the United States between 1650 and 1940. Some of the early immigrants settled in the Carolinas, farmers preferred Pennsylvania and grapes growers planted vineyards in California. Others were merchants and sought their fortunes in business centers along the east coast.
24/7 Fitness Access Now Available Want to work out on your time? 24/7 Service is now available at the following USAG Rheinland-Pfalz facilities: Kleber Physical Fitness Center, Landstuhl Physical Fitness Center; Mountaineer Physical Fitness Center; Rhine Ordnance Barracks Physical Fitness Center; and Sembach Physical Fitness Center. To access these facilities […]
Over 900 Department of Defense Education Activity students from the KMC attended a Fly Like a Girl event at Ramstein Air Base, March 20.
Throughout history, women have experienced hardships and have fought to overcome them. U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacklyn Edgmond, 435th CRG airborne jumpmaster, has traveled the path carved by these resilient women.
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