QUESTION:
Have you been to the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center lately? And have you taken a walk through their parking lot? I have been to the KMCC twice in the last two weeks and have parked out front from the main entrance. While walking into the center, I look around, and I must say, I am very embarrassed at the amount of trash I see on the ground. I’m not talking about a cup here, a piece of paper there, or a couple of pieces of trash; that is something I would easily pick up and dispose of. What I’m talking about are multiple paper cups, napkins from the food court and pizza boxes (individual ones). I even saw a couple of floss picks on the ground. It almost makes you think someone is dumping their trash in the KMCC parking lot. I spoke with the KMCC manager, and he said he would go look at it and get his people on it, but that was two weeks ago. I thought this to be important considering how many hundreds of millions of dollars we spent on the KMCC, and we cannot keep the parking lot clean.
ANSWER:
Thank you for your concern regarding the appearance of the KMCC and Ramstein Air Base. Base appearance is everyone’s responsibility, including the 86th Airlift Wing, all tenant organizations and the Army and Air Force Exchange Service. The KMCC is a unique facility within the Department of Defense, and responsibility for facility appearance (including the parking lots) rests with AAFES, our mission support and civil engineer groups. I have requested our entire team pay special attention to the parking lots to ensure we keep them as clean as possible under current fiscal constraints. Overall base appearance is everyone’s responsibility. I encourage everyone to stop littering and pick up and properly dispose of any trash we see. Together, we can all make a difference to ensure Ramstein remains a great place to live, work and play.
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QUESTION:
Have you been to the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center lately? And have you taken a walk through their parking lot? I have been to the KMCC twice in the last two weeks and have parked out front from the main entrance. While walking into the center, I look around, and I must say, I am very embarrassed at the amount of trash I see on the ground. I’m not talking about a cup here, a piece of paper there, or a couple of pieces of trash; that is something I would easily pick up and dispose of. What I’m talking about are multiple paper cups, napkins from the food court and pizza boxes (individual ones). I even saw a couple of floss picks on the ground. It almost makes you think someone is dumping their trash in the KMCC parking lot. I spoke with the KMCC manager, and he said he would go look at it and get his people on it, but that was two weeks ago. I thought this to be important considering how many hundreds of millions of dollars we spent on the KMCC, and we cannot keep the parking lot clean.
ANSWER:
Thank you for your concern regarding the appearance of the KMCC and Ramstein Air Base. Base appearance is everyone’s responsibility, including the 86th Airlift Wing, all tenant organizations and the Army and Air Force Exchange Service. The KMCC is a unique facility within the Department of Defense, and responsibility for facility appearance (including the parking lots) rests with AAFES, our mission support and civil engineer groups. I have requested our entire team pay special attention to the parking lots to ensure we keep them as clean as possible under current fiscal constraints. Overall base appearance is everyone’s responsibility. I encourage everyone to stop littering and pick up and properly dispose of any trash we see. Together, we can all make a difference to ensure Ramstein remains a great place to live, work and play.