News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany 
It was news no father wants to hear. Under different circumstances he
would have bolted out the door. But stuck two time zones away with
thousands of miles between him and his family, there was no way he would
make it in time.
This was the reality Tech. Sgt. Thomas Galetto faced after finding out
his first-born child required an emergency operation just days after a
premature birth.
For Soldiers stationed overseas, the holidays can be a tough reminder of the family and traditions left back home.
Military aviation underwent extraordinarily rapid development in World
War I, and a technological advantage could almost guarantee a period of
air superiority.
The Panzer Hotel opened its doors Nov. 15 to guests who were staying at the Swabian Inn. Several families moved to the hotel to stay in its newly finished rooms as hotel manager Dave Roach and his staff work to finalize the hotel’s systems in preparation for its grand opening, […]
To show their appreciation for servicemembers, Cooks from the Valley
traveled nearly 6,000 miles to donate and cook steaks this Veterans Day
at the Ramstein Officers
Military and civilian nurses from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center,
Vilseck Army Health Clinic and Ramstein Clinic visited historic medical
sites in Istanbul and Western Turkey to enrich their understanding of
hospitals and nursing through the past 2,000 years. Lois Borsay, from
LRMC, arranged the tour, which was booked by RTT Ramstein and Baritli
Travel in Istanbul.
Why should you conserve energy and why is conservation important? Most
of the energy we use comes from fossil fuels like petroleum and coal,
which provide electricity and gas to power our growing energy needs.
These resources are non-renewable, which means we will eventually run
out.
The 86th Security Forces Squadron K-9 Section is a bit quieter today
with the loss of one of its K-9 heroes, Military Working Dog Boyke/F460.
On June 10, 1944, the U.S. Army Air Force launched what it hoped would
be a surprise attack on the Ploiesti oil refineries in Romania. The low
level attack was carried out by 36 Lockheed P-38 Lighting fighters of
the 82nd Fighter Group, each carrying a single 1,000 pound bomb,
escorted by 39 P-38 Lightings of the 1st and 82nd FGs.
Tobacco smoke has added a new potential danger to its list of hazards: third-hand smoke.
Most people know that first-hand smoke is inhaled directly by a smoker,
and second-hand smoke is the smoke passively breathed in by people near
someone smoking.
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