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  • Lifestyles: Advent season is here

    Germans observe numerous traditions during Advent season, which started Sunday and will continue until Christmas. The word Advent comes from the Latin verb "advenare," which means "to arrive" and indicates the coming of Christ.Lighting candles on the Advent wreath is one tradition. The original

  • Lifestyles: Nikolaustag

    On Sunday evening, German children customarily will place their boots outside their rooms to have them filled by Santa Claus with candy, cookies, nuts, oranges and little gifts.Monday is "Nikolaustag," or Santa Claus Day. This day is observed in honor of Saint Nikolaus, who was also the bishop of

  • Airmen from across the world participate in Silver Flag

    Beyond the flight line, along a winding road by the south perimeter of the base, smoke rises over the brim of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe training area. The sounds of sledge hammers on tent posts and raised voices fill the air, "Come on guys, let's do this!" Nov. 20, Airmen from all around the

  • First cadre of DTC facilitators headed home

    Ten minutes into his first mission as a convoy commander, everything had gone as wrong as it possibly could for Tech. Sgt. Lorenzo Zapata."The truck was engulfed in flames, you couldn't even recognize it," he recalled. "And the blood trail from the truck to the median looked like an animal

  • EOD safety day: a strategic pause

    It was news no father wants to hear. Under different circumstances he would have bolted out the door. But stuck two time zones away with thousands of miles between him and his family, there was no way he would make it in time.This was the reality Tech. Sgt Thomas Galetto faced after finding out his

  • SPORTS: KING COMM takes first again

    For the second year in a row the 86th Communication Squadron from Ramstein, Germany has won the title of U.S. AIr Forces in Europe Flag Football champions. In what looked almost like last year's lineup and scores, Kingcomm beat out nine other teams to go up against 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron

  • Lifestyles: Christmas market presents arts, crafts, entertainment

    Kaiserslautern's concert hall, the historical Fruchthalle, will be the stage for the 28th annual culture market Nov. 22 through Dec. 22.More than 50 exhibitors and vendors will display handcrafted artifacts and unique gift ideas and products made by local charity organizations from noon to 7 p.m.

  • Lifestyles: Christmas market opens Nov. 22

    Kaiserslautern will offer Christmas shopping of a special kind when it opens its Christmas market Nov. 22.The market will be set up until Dec. 23 around Stiftskirche and on Schillerplatz. After the Christmas holidays, the Christmas market will become a New Year's market, which will take place from

  • Four Airmen recognized for life-saving efforts

    With a shattered windshield, the crushed car sat in eerie silence. The smell of exploded airbags filled the air -- leaving a stench of burnt plastic and rubber. On approach, the outward silence was swallowed by Spanish music blaring from the wrecked car's radio. If it were not for the music the