• New AFN Countdown Show Blends Web and Radio

    Armed Forces Network Europe is using the Internet to determine the most popular songs airing on its new AFN "The Eagle" radio countdown show debuting Sunday (17 May) afternoon from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m Listeners determine the top songs for the new show, "Eagle 20," by logging on AFN Europe's web site and

  • Kaiserslautern Kindergraves - Keeping Children's Memories Alive

     This year's annual Kindergraves memorial ceremony takes place May 16 at the Kaiserslautern main cememtery (Waldfriedhof). Children are not supposed to die, but they do. It creates an empty space in the parent's hearts and is a long, painful process of grief, especially when a grieving parent must

  • Exchanges pull Hydroxycut diet supplement from shelves

    A recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning to consumers has prompted military exchanges to remove the diet supplement Hydroxycut from store shelves, officials here said May 5. Military exchange officials contacted May 5 confirmed that Hydroxycut products, used by dieters and body builders,

  • Dreams, goals succeed at Special Olympics

    An encouraging, great-feeling moment said Army Lt. Col. Trevor Shaw when he watched his daughters from the finish line at the 50-meter wheelchair-assisted race May 6 at the Special Olympics Spring Games at the German Police Academy here. First-time competitor at these games, Haley Shaw, 12, a sixth

  • Seventh graders learn financial responsibility at CU 4 Reality Fair

    Students from Kaiserslautern Middle School attended a CU 4 Reality Fair April 30 at the school's gymnasium on Vogelweh Military Complex, Germany, to learn how to handle finances responsibly. Hosted by Service Credit Union and Department of Defense Dependent Schools Europe, the fair taught seventh

  • Air Force leaders name next top enlisted leader

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley have announced the Airman selected to be the service's next enlisted leader. Chief Master Sergeant James A. Roy will become the 16th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force during an

  • Ramstein's Airmen team up to support NASA

    Ramstein's 37th Airlift Squadron, 1st Combat Communications Squadron and the New York Air National Guard teamed up in support of NASA in its launch of the space shuttle Atlantis here May 9. The initial job for the three units began by loading rescue cargo into two C-130 Hercules on the Ramstein

  • FitFactor triathlon helps kick off fitness month

    Members of the Kaiserslautern Military Community participated in the FitFactor Triathlon May 3 at the Ramstein Aquatic Center. Approximately 100 youth and adults swam, biked and ran their way to the finish line where family, friends and spectators cheered them on. The event, held mainly for youth to

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