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  • DOD fights binge drinking through 'That Guy' campaign

    Now in its third year, a campaign by the Military Health Systems and the Tricare military health plan continues the Defense Department's effort to reduce excessive and binge drinking among 18- to 24-year-olds serving in the armed forces. The 'That Guy' campaign has two goals: to reduce alcohol abuse

  • Law restricts those under 21

    Since Aug. 1, 2007, people under the age of 21 are prohibited from drinking any alcohol when operating a vehicle on public roads in Germany. In other words, the presence of any alcohol in the blood is an offense under German law if you are driving and under the age of 21. Anyone violating this law

  • USAFE band brings piece of America to Romania

    The theater is quiet; then the audience rises. Two songs of liberty and patriotism are played by the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Concert Band, the Romanian national anthem followed by the Star-Spangled Banner. "We do this to honor their country," said Chief Master Sgt. Bill Castleman, USAFE band

  • Ramstein post office offers mailing tips for holiday season

    The fast approaching holiday season is a wonderful time for celebrating, and of course, gift giving. Everyone in the KMC will be sending and receiving presents from loved ones all over the world. Members of the North Side Military Post Office on Ramstein are preparing for the intense increase in

  • Sobriety checkpoints to start in the KMC

    Security forces personnel, accompanied by key leaders from local units, will begin conducting sobriety checkpoints throughout the KMC beginning in November as part of an overall campaign to decrease drunken driving. According to the 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron, the average blood alcohol level

  • Beautification detail helps individuals regain base privileges

    A new program now offers KMC civilians and sponsor's dependents involved in misconduct an opportunity to regain base privileges sooner. The Base Beautification Detail was created to give individuals a chance to reduce their punishment by participating in community service, said Lt. Col. Cynthia

  • Creek Defender course trains new cadre

    Airmen from the 786th Security Forces Squadron went through a grueling Creek Defender cadre training course here Oct. 19 to 26. The goal of the weeklong course was to equip security forces Airmen with the tools necessary to be cadre instructors in one of the Air Force's largest pre-deployment

  • Record numbers run for Red Ribbon Week

    Soldiers, civilians and family members of the 5th Quartermaster Company kept their promise during the U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern's Red Ribbon Relay held Oct. 25 at the track near the Vogelweh Commissary. "We met our goal - to participate and support this awesome event and dominate it," said

  • Medal of Honor recipient visits FTAC Airmen

    A reverent silence blanketed the First Term Airmen's Center, broken only by the still, soothing voice of an 85-year-old War World II veteran and Medal of Honor recipient. Hershel Woodrow Williams, a former Cpl. in the U.S. Marine Corps, visited Airmen at FTAC as well as several other locations on

  • Pumpkin Patrol keeps goblins, ghosts safe

    Four-year-old Jaylan Mayers was able to go trick-or-treating for the first time last year thanks to the Pumpkin Patrol. For at least 20 years, Pumpkin Patrols consisting of the German Zivil-Polizei (Civilian Police) Air Force's Security Police and the Military Police have patrolled all five housing