News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany 
Being a firefighter anywhere requires a cool head. In Alaska, it sometimes calls for one that is ice-cold. Fire protection specialists assigned to the Air Force’s 673rd Civil Engineer Squadron headed to frigid Six Mile Lake at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, recently for ice rescue training. They tested their skills […]
The fire departments at Army Support Activity-Black Sea stationed on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Romania and Novo Selo Training Area in Bulgaria were recently awarded the Installation Management Command Europe “Fire Department of the Year” award in the small category as well as the “Military Fire Officer of the […]
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley host and convene another session of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Jan. 19.
The 21st Theater Sustainment Command invited British Armed Forces to participate in a two-week joint training on NATO logistics tool, Logistics Functional Area Services, to prepare for Defender Europe 23 on Panzer Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Dec. 5-16, 2022. The three-phase training included 15 U.K. and U.S. military members and began […]
The 21st Theater Sustainment Command received more than 2,400 armored vehicles and equipment items into the European theater during simultaneous port operations in Alexandroupoli and Thessaloniki, Greece, and Gdynia, Poland, to support an Atlantic Resolve rotational deployment in November. Even as 21st TSC staged the equipment for rapid onward movement […]
The Department of the Air Force will promote and cultivate a mentoring culture to show Airmen and Guardians how mentoring can help maximize their full potential in January following President Biden’s proclamation on Dec. 30, 2022. The theme this year is: “Love your mentoring journey.” The DAF values mentorship as […]
The Royal Netherlands Air Force is preparing a deployment of their F-35 fighter jets in support of NATO’s enhanced Air Policing mission in the northeast. Eight F-35s are going to deploy to Malbork, Poland, to join NATO’s mission bolstering the defensive posture along the eastern flank in February and March. […]
The Department of Defense, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Military Compensation Policy Directorate will conduct an Overseas Housing Allowance Utility Expenses Survey from Jan. 1 to March 1. The survey is designed to collect data on utility and recurring maintenance expense incurred by uniformed […]
U.S. Marine Corp veteran and Army Soldier Sgt. 1st Class Richard Stayskal was selected for Special Forces Underwater Operations School. To attend, he needed medical clearance for a lung injury he sustained while taking enemy fire in Iraq 2004. In January 2017, an Army doctor gave Stayskal clearance to attend […]
Troops from the U.S., Germany, Poland, Czech Republic and Estonia participated in free-fall and static line parachute jumps. These trainings ensure timely and coordinated responses during peacetime and crises.
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