News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany 
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin lll met with NATO counterparts and leaders from over 40 other nations at Ramstein Air Base to discuss both the current and future defense needs of Ukraine.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has told his Swedish counterpart he hopes that Sweden will get NATO membership before the summer. On the first day of a four-day trip to Sweden and Germany, Austin met with Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson for a Tuesday morning defense meeting at […]
Nearly 9,000 American troops are expected to participate in the Defender 23 exercise which kicks off April 22, the deputy Pentagon press secretary said today. “This annual, nearly two-month long exercise is focused on the strategic deployment of U.S.-based forces, employment of Army pre-positioned stocks and interoperability with European allies […]
The first port operation of DEFENDER 23 kicked off at Rota, Spain, on April 6, in a joint effort to build and maintain expeditionary forces in Europe. Aviation equipment from 5th Battalion, 159th Regiment General Support Aviation Battalion, an Army Reserve unit out of Fort Eustis, Virginia, was transported into […]
Noncommissioned officers from Ukraine’s Air Force and National Guard, along with the Ukrainian Armed Forces Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force, visited and studied in the Kaiserslautern Military Community for three weeks in March.
Lt. Gen. John D. Lamontagne, U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa deputy commander, toured the 86th Airlift Wing to meet Airmen and learn about their contribution to the mission.
The Defense Department issued a new policy to provide 12 weeks of paid, non-chargeable parental leave to service members who have a child through birth, adoption or a long-term foster care placement of at least 24 months. These 12 weeks of parental leave, which became effective Dec. 27, come in […]
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