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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 ...
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (originally known as the Landstuhl Army Medical Center) was established on October 15, 1951. [2] Completion of the 1,000-bed Army General Hospital building occurred on April 7, 1953. In 1980, soldiers who were injured in Operation Eagle Claw were brought to the hospital.
The late 1980’s and early 1990’s saw a great deal of change in Europe. By the end of 1991, the Warsaw Pact no longer existed, Germany was reunified and the Cold War had ended. This had a significant impact on U.S. military posture in Europe and subsequently reduced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers military design and construction mission.
The command traces its history to 1956 when the first Army Reserve units (four Army Reserve Schools) were established in Europe. [2] The 7th ARCOM was activated provisionally in January 1986. Five 7th ARCOM units mobilized and deployed with their affiliated active-Army units in Southwest Asia for Operations Desert Shield/Storm.
The 86th Air Base Group was activated as the main base support unit for Landstuhl while the 7030th HQ Support Group was the main base support unit for Ramstein. On 1 December 1957, the two bases were consolidated into the largest NATO-controlled air base in service on the continent. It was called "Ramstein–Landstuhl Air Base", but later ...
The 405th AFSB maintains Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksites in Europe and provides APS-2 equipment to units arriving from the continental United States. It also has mission command of eight Logistics Readiness Center and two Base Support Operations units.
During the 15th Century, the lords of Sickingen assumed responsibility for Landstuhl and the surrounding area. [2] The most famous member of this dynasty was Franz von Sickingen . He converted the castle – Nanstein Castle ( German : Burg Nanstein ), the most visible landmark in Landstuhl and the surrounding area – into a dominating fortress.