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The Air Force Ball at Ramstein Air Base, October 5, was organized by the 86th Logistics Readiness Group to celebrate 77 years of Air Force heritage with the Ramstein community.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Germany leads the world in recycling, peaking at 70 percent waste being recycled and reused in recent years. To put that into perspective, the U.S. only recovers about 33 percent annually. Recycling is a new habit which some American citizens have a difficult […]

In the 19th century, many musicians left their homes in the Westpfalz region to roam the world as traveling musicians playing in military orchestras and royal court ensembles. One of its famous resident-musicians was Anna Malz, who was born 1888 in Köstelwald in the Bohemian Erz Mountain Range. At that […]

The newly activated 809th Multi-Role Bridge Company conducted their first bilateral river crossing on the Danube River near Ingolstadt with the Bundeswehr (German Army) on Sep. 25. More than 100 U.S. Army Soldiers gathered on the riverbanks of the Danube, which historically acted as the natural boundary for the Roman […]

Petroleum-oil-lubricant based fuel fires pose a high hazard and present a particular challenge for firefighters. POL fires are difficult to extinguish with water as POL is lighter than water and tends to float on top. In the past, aqueous film forming foam was injected into the water stream to smother […]

Sgt. Daniel Beltran, a bridge crewmember crew chief assigned to the 809th Multi-Role Bridge Company, recently saved a woman from drowning in the Danube River in Ingolstadt, Germany.

DEUTSCHES WEINLESEFEST UNTIL OCT. 14, CITY CENTER, NEUSTADT/WEINSTRASSE As soon as the festive season in Bad Dürkheim is over, the next major event about the liquid gold begins in Neustadt. At the end of the celebrations, numerous traditional and marching groups as well as spectacular floats parade through the city […]