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The 435th Contingency Response Group, assigned to the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing at Ramstein Air Base, showcased strategic readiness and interoperability during exercise Swift Response 21 at Pápa Air Base, Hungary, May 5-14. The exercise highlighted agile combat employment initiatives through joint and combined training in a simulated contested […]

At a young age Edwin Bowser was introduced to the wrong side of the law, but an arrest that happened more than 20 years ago turned it all around and led him to be the man he is today. Bowser recalls being a child running around in the back of […]

Seventy years ago this year, the U.S. Army took over control of the Baumholder Military Community from the French. Since then, as the post ebbed and flowed, so did the city outside the fence line. In a 1945 agreement, the French occupied the post after World War II. The German […]

Ramstein Airmen concluded Operation Varsity, a week-long exercise testing the base’s ability to respond to a variety of scenarios, on May 21. The exercise began May 17, simulating multiple scenarios including air attacks, unauthorized entry to the flightline, ground attacks, and responding to unexploded ordnance. “The purpose of the exercise […]

BRUNSSUM, Netherlands – This March marked a year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The U.S. Army Garrison Benelux, continues to navigate the changes wrought across four countries, our own and three host nations, sometimes with little forewarning. With lockdowns, teleworking, curfews, closures, stop movements and learning […]