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	Kaiserslautern Military Community
		The city of Kaiserslautern is nestled in the small hills west of the Rhine River Valley, on the edge of the famous German Pfalz forest.
		The Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) is the largest military community outside the continental United States, and is a combined community consisting of Army and Air Force components.
		As the population of Kaiserslautern grew, Emporer Rudolph von Habsburg gave the town its charter in 1276.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/kaiserslautern.htm (1996 words)

	Red Army Faction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the same time, a total communication ban was imposed on the prison inmates, who were only allowed visits from government officials and the prison chaplain.
		The collapse of Communism and the Soviet Union was a serious blow to left-wing groups, and by 1990 only the RAF remained.
		Among these were the killing of industrialist Ernst Zimmermann; another bombing at the US Air Force's Ramstein Air Base (near Kaiserslautern), which killed three; the death in a car-bombing of Siemens executive Karl-Heinz Beckurts; and the shooting of Gerold von Braunmühl, a leading official at Germany's foreign ministry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red_Army_Faction (2509 words)

	Getting Around in Europe - A Guide to Installations and Services
		The Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) is unique because it is the largest overseas military community, and it is a combined branch (Army-Air Force) community.
		Kaiserslautern is located in the German State of Rheinland-Pfälz, which lies in the southwest part of the country.
		Kaiserslautern is 80 miles southwest of Frankfurt and 295 miles northeast of Paris.
	www.gettingaround.net /shtml/gateway/vogelweh.shtml (1364 words)

	Ramstein Air Base - The Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC)
		The Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) is located in the federal state of Rheinland-Pfalz in the southwest corner of the country.
		Since then, the military community has fluctuated slightly with the American, NATO, and Host Nation population within the KMC in 1997 at 51,855 personnel.
		Kaiserslautern is a busy industrial and marketing city, yet its rich historical past has been preserved.
	www.info-kl.de /Info-KL-Ordner/Staedte/Ramstein-AirBase.html (1485 words)

	Oconus.com - European Reviews for American Military Employees Living Overseas
		Living in the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) has its rewards, one of the most important of which is the opportunity to travel, may it be locally or into the reaches of far-flung lands.
		Kaiserslautern and its environs has transformed itself into a hub from which its spokes shoot off East, West, North and South with highways, byways and railways stretching into the French Frontier, stark mountain ranges of the Bavarian Alps and the low, lush lands of Belgium and Holland, just to name a few locations.
		East of Kaiserslautern, nestled within the rigid hills of the Bergstrasse (Castle Road), is the quaint town of Ladenburg that has its own claim to the legacy of the Roman Empire: It’s the oldest Roman town on the right bank of the Rhein River.
	www.oconus.com /main/eArticle.asp?208 (2016 words)

	Oconus.com - European Reviews for American Military Employees Living Overseas
		A tour in Kaiserslautern is a gold mine to many assignments overseas, and is popular among the military who choose where they wish to take their next overseas tour, for good reason.
		During the war Kaiserslautern took the back seat to such cities as Berlin, Frankfurt, Mannheim and Ludwigshafen whose industrial and political might overshadowed such smaller cities of Kaiserslautern whose only purpose was to barracks German troops and act as a rail marshalling area for the German military.
		Kaiserslautern may be a small city, but the cultural and entertainment aspects of it are quite expansive, allowing an American stationed in the KMC to indulge in a myriad of activities, from dining, nightlife, musical and sports entertainment, to viewing nature in all its wild glory.
	www.oconus.com /main/eArticle.asp?201 (1271 words)

	Getting Around in Europe - A Guide to Installations and Services
		FC Kaiserslautern when it won the 1951 and 1953 national championships, and even more importantly was captain of the 1954 German national team that became World Cup champions with a stunning upset victory over Hungary in the final at Bern.
		Kaiserslautern is a busy industrial and marketing city, the home of iron, furniture, automobiles and other industrial plants, as well as several breweries.
		Kaiserslautern also had a role to play in the revolutionary ferment that swept Germany in the 19th century.
	www.gettingaround.net /shtml/gateway/gateway.shtml (2453 words)

	Tuesday, May 22, 2001
		The Air Force, which is responsible for much of the military housing units in the Kaiserslautern area, firmly maintains it was proactive.
		Some residents of other communities have made similar claims of insensitivity when it comes to water quality and the way their concerns were treated.
		Military folks in Aschaffenburg get their water from a municipal system, though Army officials are working with city officials to improve conditions.
	ww2.pstripes.osd.mil /01/may01/ed052201n.html (1472 words)

	Military Installation Guides 2.0
		HISTORY OF THE MILITARY COMMUNITY: Kaiserslautern is the largest military community outside the continental United States.
		The Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) consists of Army facilities at Kleber, Panzer, and Daenner Kaserne, Vogelweh, Landstuhl, Miesau, Pirmasens, Rhine Ordnance and Pulaski Barracks along with Air Force facilities located at Ramstein Air Base, Einsiedlerhof, Sembach and Kapaun Air Station.
		Kaiserslautern is also the home of the 21st TSC which is the largest forward-deployed logistical command in the United States Army.
	benefits.military.com /misc/installations/Base_Content.jsp?id=1675 (489 words)

	Ramstein Air Base
		Ramstein Air Base is a U.S. Air Force / NATO military airbase near the town of Ramstein, Germany.
		The commander of the 86th TFW became host commander of Americans living in what is now known as the Kaiserslautern Military Community, or KMC.
		While the KMC remains the largest U.S. community overseas at 39,000 people, the defense drawdown continues to shape its future.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/ra/ramstein_air_base.html (766 words)

	Getting Around in Europe - A Guide to Installations and Services
		The air base is part of the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC), home of more than 53,000 Americans and the largest American community outside of the U.S. Ramstein, Vogelweh and Sembach are the predominately Air Force communities within KMC.
		The climate is mostly temperate in the summer, cool and rainy in the spring and fall, cold and foggy in winter.
		There are two chapels to serve the community, one on the main base and one at the Bitburg Annex, offering a variety of worship services for Roman Catholic, Protestant and Jewish denominations.
	www.gettingaround.net /shtml/usafe/germany.shtml (3937 words)

	Stars & Stripes
		Military officials would not discuss details of possible actions because of an agreement to withhold comment until the lord mayor’s office issued a press release.
		Whether there is a serious problem with troop behavior in Kaiserslautern or it is media contrived depends on whom you speak with and what reports you read.
		Kaiserslautern police officials said this week that despite the recent attention, Americans are not involved in any more incidents than they have been in the past.
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?article=31377§ion=104 (673 words)

	DoDEA: Kaiserslautern District Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		High School Representatives: A high school senior from each high school in the KMC will be elected by his/her peers at the beginning of the school year to serve as their high school representative to the School Board.
		Purpose: To strengthen the voice to the community in the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) on matters concerning Department of Defense Dependent School (DoDDS) by serving as a conduit between the parents, Installation Commander and DoDDS.
		Ensure military personnel are aware of Commander United States Air Forces in Europe (COMUSAFE) policy regarding time spent attending school functions/meetings is considered duty time and supervisors are to encourage their participation.
	www.kais-dso.eu.dodea.edu /PartnershipsKMCSB.htm (2922 words)

	USAFE News Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mark Volcheff, 86th Airlift Wing and Kaiserslautern Military Community commander, said, “the military of course is very sad about the tragedy that has occurred.
		The bond between Americans and the local communities now is “even stronger than before, and I knew even at first it was incredibly strong,” the KMC commander said.
		Her husband, Staff Sgt. John Azbell of the 786th Communications Squadron, said he think it was important to have this service here today to bring everyone together to show their sorrow for those who are grieving.
	www.usafe.af.mil /news/news01/uns01307.htm (654 words)

	Ramstein Air Base
		The Kaiserslautern and Ramstein Ski Clubs are very active, with trips and meetings during the season.
		The Kaiserslautern Rod and Gun Club has several hundred members and offers skeet and target shooting plus fishing.
		Located in the Rheinland-Palatinate, approximately seven miles west of Kaiserslautern, Ramstein Air Base (AB) is the largest North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-controlled air base on the European continent.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/ramstein.htm (1955 words)

	One of Military's Largest Exchanges
		The flight line bustling with Air Force aircraft says it is true, but there is nothing close to anything like this in the military.
		The center will be one of the largest military exchanges in the world and is the single largest military construction project at the moment with a price tag of $150 million.
		Private contractors officially broke ground in December, and the hotel and services portions of the facility are scheduled to be finished in spring and open for business in early summer, said Birgit Baldwin, deputy commander of the 435th Services Squadron.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,SS_081105_Mall,00.html (699 words)

	Kaiserslautern American Middle School
		The Ramstein STO and the Kaiserslautern STO have administrative responsibility for school bus transportation in the KMC.
		Parents with school-age children who are new to the KMC must register at their school's STO for bus transportation in order to get bus passes and schedules for their children.
		The Kaiserslautern STO is located in building 2010 at the Kaiserslautern School Complex, room A6 on the second floor.
	www.kais-ms.eu.dodea.edu /schooltransportdot.htm (474 words)

	Military community in Germany mourns families killed in Austrian cable car fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Military community in Germany mourns families killed in Austrian cable car fire
		The family from Texas are among eight U.S. military personnel and their relatives who are missing and presumed dead in a cable car fire at Kitzsteinhorn mountain in Kaprun, Austria, that killed at least 159 people Saturday.
		U.S. military recovery teams joined the effort to identify bodies yesterday and were collecting the belongings of the missing, including the Goodridges' green SUV parked in front of the Sport Hotel, its ski racks empty.
	thepost.baker.ohiou.edu /archives3/nov00/111400/brief2.html (313 words)

	Families of Military Patients can enjoy new recreation facility; pavilion at the Landstuhl Fisher House dedicated.
		Four regional businesses that have long working relationships with the American military and their families contributed fund for the construction of the modern facility which was designed to be of architectural compatibility with the two Fisher Houses at Landstuhl.
		Kaiserslautern County Commissioner Rolf Kunne was the speaker for the ceremonies on the Fisher House Grounds.
		The KMC is the largest single host nation region to US forces overseas, with nearly 40,000 Americans military defense personnel.
	www.armyfisherhouses.org /testsite/pav.html (413 words)

	Cadence International - Sharing the Gospel and Our Lives with the Military Community
		They experience the daily stress and rigors of military life, separation, loneliness, fear, insecurities, etc. Many are seeking friendship and ways to cope with these issues.
		I spent most of my youth in the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) and moved back to the United States as a junior in high school.
		I returned to the KMC from 1994-1998, during which time I worked as a civilian contractor for the U.S. Air Force and became intimately involved in the ministry of Cadence International.
	www.cadence.org /bucklew (292 words)

	RIS Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Its mission is to assist the KMC in providing a world-class educational program that inspires and prepares all students in the military community for success in a dynamic environment.
		Its goal is to strengthen the voice of the community in the KMC DoDDS School district by service as a conduit between community members, Installation Commander, and DoDDS.
		The School Board operates separately from the SAC which is composed of an equal number of parents and teachers, and advises the principal on school matters.
	www.rams-is.eu.dodea.edu /2005Community/pg_community.htm (241 words)

	USAG Kaiserslautern • Home
		The USAG Kaiserslautern mission is to provide administrative and logistical support to all U.S. Army military and civilian personnel, their families and other organizations in the area of operation.
		The USAG Kaiserslautern coordinates with the Air Force to ensure base operations support is a combined effort that provides support to all U.S. Army forces passing through its area of responsibility.
		The USAG Kaiserslautern receives and assists in the reception, staging and onward movement of U.S. reinforcing forces and acts as the command and control power projection platform as directed by higher headquarters.
	www.kaiserslautern.army.mil (193 words)

	Stars & Stripes
		A deployment-related baby boom in the Kaiserslautern and Baumholder, Germany, military communities means many women must deliver their children in German hospitals because the American military hospital can’t handle the influx.
		The spike in pregnancies is a byproduct of the division’s recent return from Iraq and its upcoming deployment back to Iraq early next year, those dealing with the expecting mothers said.
		The number of pregnancies is also high in the Kaiserslautern, Germany, military community, which is home to the largest concentration of Americans outside of the United States.
	www.stripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=28383 (922 words)

	AIA lends a caring hand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Donating personal time to charities is very common in military communities; however, 26th Intelligence Group personnel in the Kaiserslautern Military Community are involved in a particularly unusual and worthwhile program.
		During those years, the city of Kaiserslautern donated the use of public burial plots, while local groups associated with the military community maintained the sites.
		The lease for the grave sites (grave sites in Germany are leased on a yearly basis rather than purchased outright at the time of death) was scheduled to run out in 1986, but the KMC Chief’s Group came to the rescue by extending the lease with the city of the Kaiserslautern.
	www.fas.org /irp/agency/aia/cyberspokesman/99-09/feature.htm (395 words)

	page_2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		These animals are not allowed in government housing per Kaiserslautern Military Community Instruction 48-104,2.1.
		On arrival at the Kaiserslautern Military Community you will have to register your pet with the Kaiserslautern Veterinary Treatment Facility or the Ramstein Veterinary Treatment Facility.
		Abandoning animals is also prohibited per Kaiserslautern Military Community Instruction and is also a crime in Germany.
	www.kaiserslautern.army.mil /OLDSITE/vet/page_2.htm (590 words)

	Official Site of the American Red Cross in the KMC - Home
		We provide aid to the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) in Germany, serving Ramstein, Landstuhl, Vogelweh, Sembach, Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Pulaski, Miesau, Pirmasens, Daener, Kleber and Panzer Kasernes.
		Knowing in advance that communication links, access to financial assistance and counseling will be available in an emergency brings peace of mind to the military and to the families from which they are separated.
		If the Reservist is away from home due to military duty and the family needs to get in touch with him or her during an emergency, select this link to find out how to use the American Red Cross.
	kmc.redcross.org (482 words)

	N.H. bill would lower GI drinking age to 18 for active-duty troops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Splaine, who did not serve in the military, was the primary sponsor of the bill which raised New Hampshire’s drinking age to 21 in the early 1980s.
		In Germany, the Kaiserslautern military community, which includes Ramstein Air Base, the Oasis Lounge on Kleber Kaserne in Kaiserslautern and the Ramstein Enlisted Club have an 18-year-old drinking age limit.
		You can claim all you want that you are part of the military because of the concept of unorganized militia but when the proposal in NH was aired only organized military, active duty only, was in the language.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1530425/posts (3495 words)

	AFN Europe.net - AFN K-Town - Your Music, Your News, Your Station! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Soon after, construction began on a new facility in Vogelweh, and on October 21, 1954, AFN Kaiserslautern signed on from the new building on 5th Avenue.
		Ramstein and Vogelweh were among the first Air Force communities to receive this service, and after AFN Europe took over the TV function in 1972, was expanded to the rest of the Kaiserslautern Military Community.
		In the past 50 years, AFN has expanded to meet the needs of military communities overseas.
	www.afneurope.net /Kaiserslautern/article.asp?id=29416 (471 words)

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