African American and Hispanic veterans were more likely than their white counterparts to get the COVID-19 vaccine at a veterans’ health facility in the first few months that mRNA vaccines were available in the U.S, a study published Wednesday found.

As Afghan evacuees at Rhine Ordnance Barracks wait to move on, they are being introduced to aspects of American life.

Flights carrying Afghan refugees from Germany to the US are expected to resume in the coming days following a weekslong pause imposed by US health authorities after measles cases, a US Air Force official said.

An event honored paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division who died in 1944 crossing the Waal River during Operation Market Garden.

Service members overseas will have to pay more to mail packages to the U.S. starting next month when the U.S. Postal Service hikes rates for the peak end-of-year holiday period, a USPS spokeswoman said.

At ceremonies at Ramstein Air Base, Daenner Kaserne in Kaiserslautern and Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden, scores of people remembered those who died when hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers in New York, the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. and a field near Shanksville, Pa.

The cuisine, atmosphere and conversation at Julien with have you saying “tres bon!”

Around 82% of troops have had at least one coronavirus shot, and infection rates in the military are significantly lower than they are across the general population, said Lt. Gen. Ron Place, head of the Defense Health Agency. 

Under new rules that take effect Sunday, people who are fully vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 can attend indoor and outdoor gatherings, go to a movie, shop and eat out, much as they did before the pandemic, Rheinland-Pfalz Chief Minister Malu Dreyer said Tuesday after meeting with state leaders.

Active-duty airmen and Space Force guardians who do not have a valid exemption must be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by Nov. 2, and reservists and Guardsmen by Dec. 2.

An Afghan woman sat alone in a warehouse at a barracks in Kaiserslautern that had been transformed into a processing center for evacuees.  It may have been hunger or pain that caused her to double over every once in awhile. Or it could have been a mental health issue facing many evacuees at the camp.

The alliesrefuge.org website had been set up, where people can see what the evacuees need and where volunteers are required. From there, the operation mushroomed into the effort it is now, with 200 people volunteering at the intake site every day, sorting through truckloads of donations, which are distributed at other sites around Ramstein.

Every year since 2002 with the exception of last year, which was cancelled because of the pandemic, Bad Nauheim has hosted a festival to honor the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Among the nearly 3,100 veterans who took part in the study, the prevalence of suicidal thoughts fell from 10.6% prior to the pandemic to 7.8% 10 months into it, bucking predictions that coronavirus lockdowns and limits on travel and gatherings could leave veterans feeling lonelier and increase suicidal behaviors among them, the study said.

Evacuees seem to be in “good condition,” said Brig. Gen. Josh Olson, the 86th Airlift Wing commander. “They look exhausted. They look very tired” and are traveling with “very little,” he said. “But seeing the children and the families coming off with huge smiles, it warms your heart.”