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Starlink increases Comm capabilities at RAB

Starlink increases Comm capabilities at RAB

Ramstein Airmen received 15 terminals for satellite internet during Afghanistan evacuation operations, Sept. 20. Ramstein Air Base is currently using the Starlink terminals to support the current evacuation transient hub operations where standard fiber-optic or other standard, physical internet connections are not available. “We are using Starlink as a third […]

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521 AMOW implements Nodal ACE to execute Afghan Evacuation

521 AMOW implements Nodal ACE to execute Afghan Evacuation

Airmen of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing were called to action to support a surge in evacuation efforts out of Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA), Kabul, Afghanistan and the immediate need for increased manpower was apparent, Aug. 16. Realizing this, the 521 AMOW executed a warfighting concept called Nodal […]

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Newcomer’s program welcomes employees to garrison team

Newcomer’s program welcomes employees to garrison team

Introducing and teaching new employees the mission and organization of U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz is the goal of Team Member Orientation and the next one takes place on Oct. 13. The first in-person TMO in 18 months took place Sept. 15 at the Kazabra Club on Vogelweh hosted by the […]

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OSI ‘surge’ pivotal to historic Afghan evacuation mission

In the span of 24 hours, Ramstein Air Base and Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, transformed into the United States’ two primary evacuation hubs for Operation Allies Refuge, supporting the most expansive humanitarian airlift in the history of the U.S. With hundreds of flights and more than 35,000 Afghan travelers […]

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Community, Events

Community Events - October 8, 2021

Community Events – October 8, 2021

Due to host nation regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19, some community events may be cancelled or postponed. Please verify the status before making plans to attend a community event. Armstrong’s Club new VAT hours The Value Added Tax Office in the Armstrong’s Club, Bldg. 1036 on Vogelweh Housing, […]

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Catherine Ilic, a transition workshop instructor, gives a thumbs up to an evacuee from Afghanistan at Ramstein Air Base, Sept. 30. Ilic and others are teaching children classroom etiquette because many of them are unfamiliar with an American classroom environment.

Transition workshops prepare, educate evacuees during OAW

The Ramstein Air Base Cultural Engagement Team and volunteers are helping evacuees from Afghanistan by setting up workshops during Operation Allies Welcome at Ramstein Air Base.

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US Army, German Bundeswehr work together during Operation Allies Welcome

US Army, German Bundeswehr work together during Operation Allies Welcome

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Military family helps evacuees transition to new life

Military family helps evacuees transition to new life

A mother walks into an empty house mid-morning, after working all night. She notices the pile of dirty dishes is a little bigger than it was yesterday. She realizes she’s missing her kids’ first day of school. Later that evening, a father picks up his kids after their first day […]

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Host nation history: Day of German Unity

Host nation history: Day of German Unity

Oct. 3 marks the 31st anniversary of the reunification of the Federal Republic of Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Based on the Potsdam Agreement signed in Aug. 1945 at the end of World War II, Germany was divided into four sectors governed by the United […]

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Features, Health

Evacuees are escorted into a tent where they will receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 26, 2021. Ramstein began the vaccination effort out of an abundance of caution to ensure the health and safety of the evacuees and local communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jared Lovett)

Ramstein, ROB administer COVID-19 vaccines to evacuees

Approximately 3,600 doses of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine were administered to Afghan evacuees at Ramstein Air Base and Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Sept. 26.

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