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KMC honors Kindergraves with ceremony

KMC honors Kindergraves with ceremony

From 1952 to 1971, American infants who died at birth or shortly after at the American military hospital at Landstuhl or nearby civilian hospitals were buried in the Kaiserslautern Main Cemetery adjacent to the U.S. Army Daenner Kaserne. At the time of these deaths, transporting the departed stateside was not […]

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KMC law enforcement honor National Police Week

KMC law enforcement honor National Police Week

Kaiserslautern Military Community law enforcement members gathered to commemorate and conclude National Police Week 2021 with a fallen soldier memorial ceremony, May 14. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy designated the week of May 15th as National Police Week to remember and honor law enforcement officers for their service and […]

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Education

USAG RP’s new Rheinland-Pfalz University provides workforce opportunities

USAG RP’s new Rheinland-Pfalz University provides workforce opportunities

U.S. Army Garrison Rhein-land-Pfalz recently unveiled its new Rheinland-Pfalz University, a training and development program for all Installation Management Command Directorate – Europe civilian personnel with the garrison. The program will function similar to an actual university, and is the garrison’s way of formalizing the local education process to build […]

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4x4x48: Army Europe and Africa community participates in ‘Ready and Resilient’ challenge

4x4x48: Army Europe and Africa community participates in ‘Ready and Resilient’ challenge

Last month, United States Army Europe and Africa conducted the first annual Ready and Resilient 4x4x48 Challenge. Over 70 participants ran, walked, or rucked four miles every four hours for forty-eight hours, with 35 participants completing all twelve legs of the challenge throughout the month of April. Participants met the […]

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Community, Events

Community Events - May 21, 2021

Community Events – May 21, 2021

Due to host nation regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19, some community events may be cancelled or postponed. Please verify the status before making plans to attend a community event. The Summer Reading Program The Rheinland-Pfalz libraries are kicking off their Summer Reading Program online in June. The theme […]

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Service members participate in a trust building exercise at the Deployment Transition Center at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 6, 2021. The exercise builds trust between participants and creates an open and honest environment where participants can share and begin to deal with what they went through while deployed overseas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Sanchez)

Healing then homeward

The Deployment Transition Center remained active in multiple ways during the COVID-19 pandemic, and continues its mission of providing services for military members returning home from deployment.

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Airlifter of the Week: Specimens in good hands

Airlifter of the Week: Specimens in good hands

An 86th Airlift Wing civilian was selected as Airlifter of the Week for her performance at Ramstein Air Base, May 6. Rachel Byrd, 86th AW drug demand reduction program administrative manager, excelled during the COVID-19 pandemic in one of the largest collection sites outside of Air Education and Training Command. […]

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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Savana Zarn poses with her dog Jessie.

Airlifter of the Week: Passion for work and paws

An Airman assigned to the 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron was recognized as Airlifter of the Week for her passion in and out of the workplace at Ramstein Air Base, April 29. Airman 1st Class Savana Zarn, 86th LRS logistics planner, is responsible for consolidating and analyzing the daily deployment tasks […]

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Holocaust survivor speaks for the voiceless

Holocaust survivor speaks for the voiceless

For more than 23 years Steven Frank, a Holocaust survivor, has been talking with thousands of students across the world about his personal experiences during the Holocaust and why the victims should never be forgotten. George Santayana, a renowned novelist and philosopher, once wrote that those who cannot remember the […]

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US Air Force supports Latvian Independence flyover

US Air Force supports Latvian Independence flyover

           

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