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ENTEBBE, Uganda — Several cooperative security locations are scattered across multiple countries and locations on the continent of Africa. In place to serve as power projection platforms, CSLs can be used when the U.S. State Department needs assistance, or combatant commanders need additional capabilities during joint and allied operations. Most […]

Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa and NATO Allied Air Command, Gen. James B. Hecker met with the Commander of the German Air Force, Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz at Ramstein Air Base, Feb. 27, to discuss strengthening military cooperation and regional security. This meeting underscored […]

U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz hosted an operations conference Feb. 13 at the Kazabra Club on Vogelweh, which brought tenant units and mission partners together to improve collaboration, synchronize operations and streamline planning for the remainder of the fiscal year. The conference provided a platform for operations professionals across the Rheinland-Pfalz […]

The military has no plans to bring back conscription as the all-volunteer force has served the United States well for decades, said Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. At the end of January 1973, then-Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird announced the military would, […]

The Ramstein Air Base Visitor Control Center is set to permanently relocate to the Rhine Ordnance Barracks Medical Center Gate on March 10. This move is aimed at improving efficiency, enhancing security and reducing wait times for visitors accessing both Ramstein AB and the upcoming Rhine Ordnance Barracks Medical Center. […]

U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz commander Col. Jeffery Higgins met with Col. Olaf Tuneke, commander of the Bundeswehr Artillery School and General of Artillery in Idar-Oberstein Feb. 12. Colonel Tuneke and deputy, Lt. Col. Andreas Orth provided a tour of the modern training facilities to the USAG Rheinland-Pfalz commander, the Deputy […]