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  • Lifestyles: Landstuhl hosts annual city festival

    Landstuhl will celebrate its traditional city fest today through Sunday. The annual event, sponsored by the sales promotion association of the city of Landstuhl, will feature a musical program, car show, children's activities, food specialties and Sunday shopping. A variety of 16 bands, two music

  • Lifestyles: Wurstmarkt returns to Bad Dürkheim

    Bad Dürkheim along the German Wine Street will start its traditional "Wurstmarkt," known as the world's biggest wine fest, today. For the 594th time, the event will take place on the fest grounds, next to the "Dürkheimer Fass," the world's biggest wine barrel, which actually houses a restaurant. If

  • Extra fuel rations available on case-by-case basis

    Members of Team Ramstein who find themselves in a bind with their fuel rations may be allotted additional fuel rations with prior approval from their unit commander.Two types of fuel ration increases exist -- long-term and temporary. An example for the temporary extended fuel ration is to assist

  • CTS celebrates 60 years of Air Force service

    Sept. 8, 1950, the 7329th Labor Service Unit was established at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, and consisted entirely of civilians.Sixty years and several name changes later, the 435th Construction and Training Squadron (CTS) now includes both civilian and military, and serves three primary missions

  • 76th AS performs unique mission for Ramstein, Europe

    Airmen stationed around the world are generally familiar with the capabilities of an airlift squadron, but the 76th Airlift Squadron here has a mission slightly different than normal. The operational aspect of the 76th AS includes supporting congressional delegation members, combatant commanders and

  • Ramstein Rogues offer rugby to military personnel

    Since its inception in 1988, the Ramstein Rouges Rugby Football Club has grown in numbers and is known to be the seedlings of rugby in the Kaiserslautern area. The team has about 40 players and participates in the Rheinland-Pfalz Division 3, consisting of six teams who are mainly civilians. The team

  • Lifestyle: Get medieval at Gräfenstein Castle

    For the 12th time, visitors of Gräfenstein Castle near Merzalben will be taken back to the Middle Ages during a medieval fest taking place today through Sunday. The event, organized by the community of Merzalben and the Phantasia Historica medieval group, will feature musical entertainment,

  • Lifestyle: Second Halloween city parade takes place Oct. 30

    For the second time, the city of Kaiserslautern and the local advertising association "Kaiser in Lautern" will sponsor a Halloween city parade Oct. 30. From 11 a.m. to midnight the city will be full of weird people, witches, magicians, monsters and vampires showing off their colorful costumes. The

  • Labor Day gives the chance to relax

    Observed on the first Monday in September, Labor Day gives the members of Team Ramstein the chance to relax before the rush of the winter season, and the upcoming operational readiness inspection.Labor Day originally began in New York City in 1882 to exhibit the strength and morale of the trade and

  • Dog owners should know German rules

    The Weilerbach Department of Public Order keeps getting complaints about pet owners walking their dogs on public streets, squares, parks and playgrounds and not picking up their dog's dirt and dispose of it."It should be common sense that children's playgrounds and public parks cannot be used as dog