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Community Events – March 22, 2024
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 […]
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Unterwegs – March 22, 2024
EASTER WEEKEND MARCH 29-APRIL 1, GERMANY-WIDE Both Good Friday on March 29 and Easter Monday on Apr. 1 are public holidays in Germany, based on a religious background. All public offices and shops will be closed in observance. Also remember, the clock will be set ahead one hour on March […]
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European Airlift/Airborne Conference
U.S. Air Force and NATO members attended the recent European Airborne/Airlift Conference at Ramstein Air Base to cross communicate effective strategic airlift capabilities.
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Emigration from Emerald Isle
According to a 2020 census, 191 million Americans — making up 57 percent of the population — have European roots. After Germans, the second largest group is said to be descendants of Irish immigrants, which make up 11 percent of the population of the United States. In the mid 1840’s […]
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86th OG Spouse Tour provides look into military life, mission
The 86th Operations Group hosted a spouse immersion tour to provide spouses with a better understanding of the groups’ mission at Ramstein Air Base, Feb. 28. The tour was organized to offer a rare glimpse into the daily operations and challenges faced by their loved ones. “We wanted to create […]
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Army bodybuilder brings muscle to battlefield
Army Capt. David B. Winne, a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is an explosive ordnance disposal officer and instructor at the Naval School of Explosive Ordnance Disposal at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The graduate from Liberty University in Virginia routinely demonstrates his commitment to physical fitness by participating in bodybuilding […]
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KMC Commander meets with Kaiserslautern Deputy Mayor
The Deputy Mayor of the City of Kaiserslautern, Manuel Steinbrenner, and the 3rd Air Force Commander, Major General Derek France, met in Kaiserslautern, March 4.
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ABC in KMC: Decades of dedication
Most active-duty personnel in the Kaiserslautern Military Community have an average assignment time of two to four years, government service personnel sometimes longer. German Armed Forces colleagues might spend three to four years at one duty location, but a thirty-year tenure is extraordinary even for Bundeswehr standards. This year two […]