Alexander reports on the U.S. military and local news in Europe for Stars and Stripes in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He has 10 years experience as an Air Force photojournalist covering operations in Timor-Leste, Guam and the Middle East. He graduated from Penn State University and is a Defense Information School alumnus.
The man arrested in Germany, identified only as Aleem N., is accused of plotting violence against the German state and being a member of a foreign terrorist organization.
The new robotic ground vehicle called Project Origin made its multinational debut at a training exercise this week with more than 5,000 troops from across Europe.
The service is reviewing each installation’s lodging operation based on “current inventory conditions, historical occupancy rates and projected future needs,” according to a statement.
Memorial Day weekend events commemorated the men of the Office of Strategic Services who parachuted in to help France’s resistance fighters in their struggle against the Nazis.
Spiesen-Elversberg resident Andreas Johannes Schmitt, 38, is accused of singlehandedly killing the officers during a traffic stop near the U.S. Army installation in Baumholder during the early morning hours of Jan. 31 to avoid arrest on suspicion of poaching.
The Joint Travel Regulations were amended last week to allow empty gun safes up to 500 pounds in combined weight at no personal cost to military members going through a permanent change of station.
A Tesla driver hydroplaned on the A6 highway on Thursday morning, hitting guard rails and colliding with a U.S. military semitrailer truck, local police said.
Authorities have elevated their investigation into who threw fence posts onto an autobahn near Mehlingen late last month, severely injuring an American riding a motorcycle.
Health Minister Clemens Hoch announced that starting Sunday, people who test positive for the illness will need to self-isolate for at least five days.
People living near the U.S. Army’s Baumholder bases can again safely use municipal tap water without boiling it, Birkenfeld district officials said in a statement.
Under consideration are Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.; Buckley, Schriever and Peterson Space Force bases in Colorado.; Patrick Space Force Base, Fla.; and Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., which is slated to be home to Space Systems Command and renamed as a Space Force base.
U.S. service members and their families may see their off-base food bills rise as prices jump sharply for everyday goods and groceries throughout Germany, amid higher energy prices driven by Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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