News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany People thinking of sending Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs stateside this Easter should be aware of the U.S. Customs regulation banning these chocolates from import into the United States.
“U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents will remove Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs from your baggage or any package mailed stateside,” said Mike Dean of the U.S. European Command Customs Executive Agency.
Those who ship these eggs or similar products can be fined.
An early wake-up call at 4:30 a.m. Feb. 23 brought attention to Soldiers from headquarters, 421st Medical Battalion (Multifunctional), for an “alert to deploy” to conduct Expert Field Medical Badge operations in Vilsek, Germany, more than 460 kilometers from their Baumholder home.
Allied logisticians off-loaded more than 100 pieces of military equipment, including M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks, M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles and assorted military cargo from the vessel “Liberty Promise” March 9 at the Riga Universal Terminal docks in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.
Leaders and professionals throughout the KMC, including those in the medical, chaplain, military and quality assurance fields, participated in a weeklong resiliency forum March 9 to 14 on Vogelweh Military Complex.
The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing led a U.S. Air Forces in Europe command and control advisory mission March 3 to 5 at Rinas Air Base, Albania.
MARCH 11 4:45 p.m.: A major traffic accident was reported in Ramstein-Miesenbach. 6:40 p.m.: A major traffic accident with injuries was reported in Hochspeyer. MARCH 12 5:04 a.m.: Drunken driving and a minor traffic accident were reported in Landstuhl. 2:43 p.m.: Failure to obey was reported on Vogelweh. 4:05 p.m.: […]
The largest U.S. Air Forces in Europe aerospace medicine summit was held March 9 to 13 on Ramstein.
The Air Force’s acceptance of women into the force dates back to long before the first Women’s History Week celebration in 1978.
After winning two Air Force-level awards in 2013, the 86th Civil Engineer Squadron is no stranger to being recognized as the best, so when another one of its members was named the best manager in the Air Force, it probably came as no surprise to the leadership.
Members from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and 435th Air Expeditionary Wing welcomed their new commander during an assumption of command ceremony March 16 on Ramstein.
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