Archive for August, 2018

Features

Move it: 721st APS, Ramstein’s cargo, passenger hub

Move it: 721st APS, Ramstein’s cargo, passenger hub

       

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Sports

Sports Bulletin — August 10, 2018

German Legends soccer game 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the FC Kaiserslautern German championship. To commemorate the event, a German Legends soccer game is being held at 3 p.m. on Sept. 8. Stars of the past, including Otto Rehagel (coach), will come together to compete against German legends including […]

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Lifestyle

Mark Your Calendar — August 10, 2018

KMC Dog Jog: The next Family and MWR Sports & Fitness fun run is all about the dogs of our military community, and the humans who love them. On Aug. 25, bring your furry family member to the Rhine Ordnance Barracks Special Event Center.  Registration is open from 8 to […]

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News

‘Best European Defenders’ compete for title

‘Best European Defenders’ compete for title

Story and photos by Capt. Robert Durr
10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command Public Affairs

Fourteen soldiers from the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command tested their skills, knowledge and stamina during the 2018 Best Warrior Competition on Smith Barracks July 23-26. The winners will represent the 10th AAMDC at the U.S. Army Europe’s Best Warrior Competition and compete against U.S. Army units from […]

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Lifestyle

Outdoor Recreation — August 10, 2018

Outdoor Recreation — August 10, 2018

Baumholder Baumholder Outdoor Recreation, Smith Barracks, Bldg. 816, 485-7182 or 06783-6-7182. Thu. to Mon. 10. a.m. to 6 p.m., Tue. & Wed. closed. https://baumholder.armymwr.com Disneyland Paris Sep. 1 In the Magic Kingdom, you can check out Main Street U.S.A. and the Wild West themed Frontierland. Don’t forget the famous Indiana Jones […]

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Health

Giant Hogweed sows seeds of discomfort in Germany

Giant Hogweed sows seeds of discomfort in Germany

by Juergen Schwarz
U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Safety Office

Enormous plants that cause painful burns, scarring and blindness may sound like something from a science-fiction movie, but they are real and have been found in Enkenbach-Alsenborn and the Glantal at district of Kusel, Germany. Giant Hogweed or Heracleum mantegazzianum is a noxious weed that can grow up to 18 […]

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Health, News

New top enlisted advisor joins LRMC

New top enlisted advisor joins LRMC

by Stacy M. Sanning
Regional Health Command Europe

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center welcomed its new command sergeant major during an assumption of responsibility ceremony with Command Sgt. Maj. Thurman Reynolds taking the helm Aug. 1 at the Landstuhl Fitness Center. Reynolds is the new senior enlisted leader for LRMC, the largest U.S. hospital outside the United States, which […]

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Lifestyle

Community Corner — August 10, 2018

Airman & Family Readiness Center For details, call 480-5100 or 06371-47-5100. Bldg. 2120, Ramstein Air Base. All training is held at A&FRC unless stated otherwise. MONDAY German Culture Orientation: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. TUESDAY N/A WEDNESDAY Base Intro: 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Enlisted Club Reintegration: 9 to 9:30 […]

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Lifestyle

Ramstein celebrates German-American fair

Ramstein celebrates German-American fair

by Window to Rheinland-Pfalz information center

From Friday, Aug. 10 until Sunday, Aug. 12 German-American friendship will be celebrated with a big fair in the center of Ramstein. In 2015 the city hosted the Rheinland-Pfalz-Tag, the state fair of the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz. At this opportunity Germans and Americans celebrated cheerfully together. So the city […]

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News

5th EAMS teams up with 521st AMOW maintainers during C-17 engine swap

5th EAMS teams up with 521st AMOW maintainers during C-17 engine swap

Story and photos by
Staff Sgt. Christopher Stoltz
386th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

SOUTHWEST ASIA — The 5th Expe­ditionary Air Mobility Squadron recently teamed up with the 721st Air Mobility Operations Group from Ramstein Air Base to replace an engine on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The engine swap, which took less than one day to […]

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