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Medical Soldiers compete in Europe 2024 Best Leader Competition

Medical Soldiers compete in Europe 2024 Best Leader Competition

More than 30 medical Soldiers from across Europe competed in the 2024 Medical Readiness Command, Europe Best Leader competition Feb. 6-9 at Baumholder Training Area. Teams from each of Medical Readiness Command, Europe’s four direct reporting units competed for a chance to represent the command at the 2024 U.S. Army […]

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Community Events – March 8, 2024

Community Events – March 8, 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 8, 2024

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY MARCH 8, GERMANY/EUROPE-WIDE The first International Women’s Day took place in 1911 and has been celebrated around the world since to pay tribute to women and their achievements. Except in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, it is not an official holiday in Germany, but various events, such as giving […]

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U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade board a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 86th Airlift Wing to perform a static-line jump at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 13, 2024. The 86th AW facilitated the training of over 200 paratroopers from the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and the German army as a joint training to display the Global Gateway’s Airlift capabilities, as well as the contingency response capabilities of the paratroopers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Andrew Bertain)

The Global Gateway on display

The 86th A86th Airlift Wing facilitated the training of over 200 paratroopers from the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and the German army.

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ABC in KMC: Völklinger Hütte

ABC in KMC: Völklinger Hütte

Looking for something to do on a spring weekend and experience an awesome, historic and red-hot steel setting? An exciting option may be just down the road towards France, full of Saarland’s coal and iron history, interesting changing exhibits and a trip into the past. The Völklingen Ironworks (Germaan: Völklinger […]

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US service members at AB 201 build desks for Agadez schoolchildren

US service members at AB 201 build desks for Agadez schoolchildren

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High-speed US Army Chemical Corps officer takes first place in Savannah Bridge Run

High-speed US Army Chemical Corps officer takes first place in Savannah Bridge Run

A high-speed U.S. Army Chemical Corps officer took first place in the ruck division of the 10-kilometer Enmarket Savannah Bridge Run in Savannah, Georgia. U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brian M. O’Leary, the team leader of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Response Team 2 from the 25th CBRNE Company (Technical […]

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WWI doc blazes trail for black hospital, EMS community

WWI doc blazes trail for black hospital, EMS community

Throughout American history, Black service members have forged new paths for future generations, despite the prejudices they may have encountered. One such trailblazer was Dr. Frank Erdman Boston, who reached the rank of major during World War I. He went on to become one of the first Black men to […]

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Sports heroes who served: Olympic gold medalist in hurdles was a career Soldier

Sports heroes who served: Olympic gold medalist in hurdles was a career Soldier

Willie Davenport competed in the Summer Olympics’ 110-meter hurdles in 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976, winning a gold medal in 1968 and bronze in 1976.  Davenport also was one of the few athletes to participate in the Winter Olympics, competing in 1980 in the bobsledding event. Besides having a successful […]

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History Corner – March 1, 2024

History Corner – March 1, 2024

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