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The Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) is an American military community in and around Kaiserslautern, Germany, supporting United States Armed Forces and NATO installations, such as the Ramstein Air Base, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Kapaun Air Station, Vogelweh Housing Area, Pulaski Barracks, Kleber Kaserne, Daenner Kaserne, Sembach Kaserne, Miesau Army Depot, and Rhine Ordnance ...
St. Barbara Housing Area Darmstadt: Stetten Kaserne Munich: transferred to Bundeswehr: 1950s Strassburg Barracks Idar-Oberstein: closed 2008 Strub Kaserne/Gebirgsjäger Kaserne closed 1995 commissary, health clinic, AFRC Housing Berchtesgaden Sullivan Barracks: Mannheim: closed 2013 Sundgauer Housing Area Berlin: closed 1994 Taukkunen Barracks ...
In November 1951, Helenen Kaserne became the headquarters of the reactivated VII Corps. [4] In September 1949 Helenen Kaserne was renamed by Brigadier General Arnold J. Funk to the Kelley Barracks in honor of Staff Sergeant Jonah E. Kelley, of the 78th Infantry Division, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions occurring at Kesternich, Germany in January 1945 during the ...
Panzer Kaserne (or Camp Panzer Kaserne [1]), is a U.S. military installation in Böblingen, Germany, part of U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart. [2] The post is administered by U.S. Army Installation Management Command-Europe (IMCOM-Europe), a legacy from its use as an Army installation since just after World War II.
In 1973, the headquarters of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) was relocated to Ramstein Air Base near Kaiserslautern. The Air Force moved most personnel out of Wiesbaden in 1975 as part of Operation Creek Swap, in which most Army facilities in Kaiserslautern were turned over to the Air Force, in exchange for the facilities at Wiesbaden.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presence in Turkey dates back to the 1950s and it was known then as “The U.S. Engineer Group.” It’s still known as the TUSEG office – an homage to the original office’s name in the 1950’s – and is still part of Europe District.
It provided support and supervision for U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern, among others. USAG Baden-Wuerttemberg was activated March 27, 2008. Its original predecessor organization from 1991 to 2005 was the 26th Area Support Group. From 2005 until 2008, USAG Heidelberg fulfilled both the local community support and regional command functions.
In the late 1940s, Kaiserslautern area became the largest U.S. garrison outside the United States (Kaiserslautern Military Community). On 14 November 1956, a U.S. Air Force F-86 fighter jet crashed into the district office in the Burgstrasse / Maxstrasse area. In addition to the pilot, two civilians were killed, and numerous wounded.