News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany 
Military children often have to switch schools multiple times in a year during a PCS. While many families choose to homeschool because of the quality of the school district their children are in, bullying or for religious reasons, some military families have opted to homeschool for practical purposes.
Everyone knows the Germans were responsible for the creation of the Mercedes and the Porsche. But there is a bigger list of common, everyday items that many don’t realize the Germans invented — and they are things many of us could not live without!
Most of us have binged here and there — staying up late to catch episodes of “Game of Thrones,” scouring travel sites to inform our decisions about where to stay or eat within our budget, reaching for our phones when our bodies sense that we will have a minute or more of unoccupied mind time.
Your German teacher may have taught you how to say hello, “Guten Tag,” but have you ever been answered with a friendly greeting of “Grüß Gott,” “Moin” or “Guude”?
Congratulations to the following Community College of the Air Force graduates! Senior Airman Devin Adams Staff Sgt. Ephraim Advincula Senior Airman Bradley Allison Staff Sgt. Joshua Alvarez Staff Sgt. Jamie Christina Armstrong Staff Sgt. Kristie Lynn Aubuchon Staff Sgt. Corey Austin Master Sgt. Brandon Banks Master Sgt. Nathan Barlow Staff […]
Summer is just around the corner, and right now is the perfect time to begin putting together your family’s summer reading list.
More than 20 German high school students from the Rittersberg Gymnasium in Kaiserslautern got a first-hand look behind the fence at life on a U.S. military base during a visit to Panzer Kaserne June 10.
The USDA Free/Reduced Price Lunch Program can save a family up to $466 per child attending Department of Defense Dependents Schools every year.
The drawdown made no discernible impact on promotion rates within one local organization: 42 Scouts from Pack 69 embraced new ranks, new roles and, in many cases, new uniforms during a mass “crossover” ceremony held June 1 at Camp Kachina, located just south of Vogelweh.
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