News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany 
Four years after narrowly surviving a helicopter crash, retired U.S. Air Force Col. Laurel “Buff” Burkel returned to Germany to share her story with members of the 86th Airlift Wing at the Hercules Theater, Oct. 18.
Over four days, three aircraft, 18 medical specialists, more than 24,000 gallons of fuel, and 100 liters of blood were committed across an 8,000-mile journey to a single goal — saving the life of one Soldier.
The deep thumps of the human body, the grunts of discomfort and the exhaustion of combat are all components of the Army’s Combatives Program, a hand-to-hand combat program which aims to instill the Army’s Warrior Ethos and bridge the gap between physical training and tactics.
Every Airman’s deployment experience is different. For some, deployments are exhilarating, while for others they can be stressful and traumatic.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman April VanHorn, 86th Aerospace Medicine Squadron medical technician, received the honor of being Airlifter of the Week, Oct. 11 on Ramstein Air Base.
Water consumed on any of the U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz locations is safe to drink and tested rigorously throughout the year, according to local leaders and environmental experts responsible for the testing.
Being stationed overseas comes with its own set of unique challenges, but for one U.S. Air Force noncommissioned officer, a three-year assignment teaching at the German NCO Academy, on Marseille Kaserne, Appen, Germany, has been a challenge like no other.
It wasn’t lost on anyone who attended the annual German-American Friendship Concert in downtown Kaiserslautern Oct. 3, that the date coincided with the anniversary of the reunification of East and West Germany.
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