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  • What do you do after a traffic accident?

    The 86th Airlift Wing recently created a step by step traffic accident information pamphlet for use in the unfortunate event you are involved in a traffic accident on or off base.This pamphlet outlines the actions you must take if you are involved in an accident while living in Germany. The new

  • ‘Kaiserslautern on Ice’ lures ice-skaters Nov. 21 to Feb. 15

    This is the time for enthusiastic ice skaters to prepare for the opening of the "Kaiserslautern on Ice" season, which will start 6 p.m. Nov. 21.  For the fifth year, a mobile ice-skating rink will be set up in the event hall of the Kaiserslautern Gartenschau. The annual ice-skating season will run

  • Free parking during Space-A flights

    Tis the season to see family and friends, but before traveling to the U.S. for some home cooked meals when leaving them on base, know where to park your vehicles otherwise it may get towed.Located outside the 721st Aerial Port Squadron at building 3333, short term parking is available at no

  • Groundbreaking ceremony marks new medical center

    The last time ground was broken for a major military medical center in Europe was 1951 when Germany and other nations were still recovering from the devastation of World War II.About 63 years later and eight miles away, Lt. Gen. Donald Campbell Jr. performed the same rite of passage alongside U.S.

  • Ramstein teams with German partners during exercise

    Ramstein Airmen in concert with German disaster response authorities participated in a combined major accident response exercise, or MARE, here Oct. 18.The exercise tested German and U.S. first responders' ability to react to a massive on-base accident, from initial notification to the recovery

  • Allies remember sacrifices; Operation Market Garden

    End the war before Christmas was the plan in mind when American, British and Polish troops boarded aircraft and flew across the English Channel into the Netherlands to conduct Operation Market Garden on Sept. 17, 1944. The mission was an attempt to pierce the German defenses by capturing key

  • Motor vehicle accident reporting policy change

    A new policy change for reporting on- and off-base motor vehicle accidents will soon take effect to improve flexibility and convenience of reporting while stressing compliance with higher headquarter guidance, Air Force Instruction requirements and German law.U.S. forces and their dependents in the

  • Ramstein welcomes partners for NATO exercise

    The 86th Airlift Wing opened its flightline to Air National Guard C-130 Hercules' from six states and U.S. Transportation Command C-17 Globemaster IIIs Aug. 31, to support an international, Allied exercise. Exercise Steadfast Javelin II features a number of dynamic events designed to challenge

  • NATO opens kitchen to all

    A Greek, an American, a German and their dependents walked up to the bar, a salad bar. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization compound International Dinning Facility recently opened its doors to all personnel with access to Ramstein offering vegetables, drinks and food Aug. 6, 2014. Until the recent

  • German native receives U.S. Army award

    A German medical officer was awarded the Army Achievement Medal July 23 in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center."No matter what field we work in, we are Soldiers first," said Capt. Michael Guthmann, from the German air force Center of Aerospace Medicine. "From staying physically fit, to improving our