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The implementation of the Military Health Systems GENESIS is set to bring significant changes to the military health care system in Europe and within the Kaiserslautern Military Community in September. MHS GENESIS serves as a centralized Department of Defense electronic health record system for service members and their families. This […]

September is Suicide Awareness Month. A month dedicated to raising awareness on the efforts to lower suicide rates in our country. Eight years ago, I didn’t know there was a month dedicated to this. I had just been struck by, so far, the biggest heartbreak of my life: losing my […]

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin lll and Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hosted the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Sept 19.

Bringing home the remains of those missing in action is America’s sacred duty, said Army Capt. Jordan Smith. Smith, the leader of a 25-member team from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, is working to recover the remains of airmen lost during World War II. On April 8, 1944, a flight […]

The Department of Defense held its annual Suicide Prevention Recognition Ceremony in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon Sep. 6. Hosted by the Defense Human Resources Activity, the ceremony recognized installation programs from U.S. Army Garrison, Rheinland-Pfalz, Kaiserslautern, Germany; Guam Army National Guard, Barrigada, Guam; Marine Aircraft Group 12, […]

Paratroopers from 11 different nations came together to conduct a two-week airborne exercise titled Falcon Leap, culminating with a static line jump onto the Ginkelse Heide drop zone at Arnhem, Netherlands, Sep. 2-17.