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The Ramstein Tax Center will open Monday for the 2012 tax filing season.
The tax center is located in the Ramstein Legal Office, Bldg. 2137,
across from the Ramstein Southside Gym.

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are expected to announce the
lifting of the direct combat exclusion rule for women in the military, a
senior defense official said Thursday.

The Air Force Information Dominance Outstanding Information Assurance
Element went to the 86th Airlift Wing Information Assurance Office Jan.
7.

A slapstick newcomers video and a look at Baumholder’s past, present and future set an upbeat tone at the U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder personnel assembly Jan. 16.

CORRECTION A report of a possible possession and trafficking of a controlled substance was made at the Vogelweh Bowling Alley Jan. 11, and not at the Vogelweh Commissary, as printed in last week’s KA.  JAN. 15 1:07 a.m.: An Eagle Eyes report of suspicious activity was reported to security forces.  […]

Correction In last week’s Kaiserslautern American an article incorrectly stated that Detachment 4 of the 2nd Air Postal Squadron won the Air Force Outstanding Aerial Mail Terminal award as the best postal unit in the Air Force. The winner was actually Detachment 1 at Frankfurt. Community forum U.S. Army Garrison […]

The New Year provides an opportunity to reflect on past achievements and
focus our priorities in 2013. The 86th Airlift Wing and Team Ramstein
had a monumental year in 2012.