• KMC housing collection changes

    Beginning June 1, the way trash gets picked up for residents in the Ramstein, Vogelweh and Landstuhl townhouse-style units will change to become more like off-base pick-ups by switching to waste containers for sorting, recycling and handling household trash.Like in the U.S., where sorting of glass,

  • Holocaust survivor shares story with Ramstein

    Selma Van De Perre was just a young woman when World War II broke out in Europe. She remembers the day when her older brother came home with the news.“He came home on the 10th of May shouting ‘wake up, wake up! It’s war, it’s war!’” she remembered. De Perre shared her story of survival in front of a

  • Airmen honor lost IFO 21 crew

    Airmen snapped to attention to render a solemn salute as they watched the U.S. flag being lowered in front of them. More than 50 Airmen from the 86th Operations Group gathered for a remembrance ceremony and retreat, May 3. Col. Daniel Mangan, 76th Airlift Squadron commander, led the formation that

  • 37th AS kicks off exercise in Romania

    The 37th Airlift Squadron kicked off exercise Carpathian Summer 2016 May 9, 2016, at Otopeni Air Base, Romania. This 11-day off-station training is a bilateral exercise to enhance interoperability and readiness with Romania by conducting combined air operations. According to 1st Lt. Mark Alpert,

  • KMC soldier earns SECDEF 2015 Jr NCO award

    U.S. Army Sgt. Roman Vyatkov, Defense Threat Reduction Agency Russian Linguist, was named the Secretary of Defense’s 2015 Junior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year at the Pentagon April 7, 2016. Vyatkov is a Russian linguist and interpreter for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in Europe

  • Whatever may come: are we ready for it?

    I sat at my desk feeling tired as the clock approached 5 p.m. It was a long day at work and I was ready to go home. I already started daydreaming; Retreat, that sweet afternoon bugle song, would call an end to the duty day as I say “see you later” to my coworkers and enjoy a nice workout at the gym.

  • US, Germany attend legal conference

    A delegation of Air Force and Army judge advocates and civilian attorneys from the KMC gathered with local German legal professionals during a German-American Legal Conference May 10. The U.S. delegation was represented by personnel from U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, U.S. Army

  • 569th security forces Airmen conduct active shooter response training

    Airmen from the 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron participated in an active-shooter-response exercise May 5, at Vogelweh Military Complex.The exercise was conducted to fulfill an annual training requirement for security forces members, and sharpen their combat skills."Today we conducted active

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