News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany 
The 37th Airlift Squadron supported high-altitude, low-opening airdrop operations Aug. 2 near Banja Luka, Bosnia.
The jump included 13 U.S. jumpers from Ramstein, Royal Air Force
Lakenheath and Stuttgart Air Base; and three Bosnian jumpers. Also
along to observe the C-130 flight was President of Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Zeljko Kosmic, and Gen. Sifet Podzic, commander of Bosnia-Herzegovina
troops.
The American College of Surgeons has verified Landstuhl Regional
Medical Center as a Level II Trauma Center, making it the only medical
facility outside the United States to hold that distinction and only
one of three Level II trauma centers in the Department of Defense.
The 38th Combat Support Wing, headquartered on Kapaun Air Station, is deactivating after three years.
All around the globe Air Force bases are celebrating their 60-year
anniversary as a service. Ramstein, as well, will hold a huge birthday
celebration to remember the past and to look toward the future.
It was 60 years ago when the U.S. Air Force broke away from the U.S.
Army and became its own branch of the military. Today, with more than
346,000 active duty Airmen and nine major commands, the Department of
the Air Force
Ramstein Youth Center hosts a variety of camps all summer for children ages six to 12. Kids have attended Hollywood Camp, Dinosaur Camp and Journalism Camp. In Journalism Camp, children created their own newspaper, KidCopia, with original stories and photos, right.
It was a day as hot as it was historically significant for the 400
Soldiers participating in the activation of the 16th Sustainment
Brigade July 16 at Warner Barracks parade field in Bamberg.
The Rheinland-Pfalz State Mobility Agency is upgrading two traffic
circles near Ramstein
Upon arrival in Germany, Airmen, Soldiers, Department of Defense
civilian employees and family members have much to do while getting
settled in. One major item on that
Contrary to popular belief, the Army
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