RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — An active-duty airman from Ramstein was pronounced dead after a fall from a three-story apartment at an off-base residence in Quiedersbach early Friday.

Members of the 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron as well as German police and medical authorities responded to the scene.

The airman was declared dead at 2:25 a.m.

The name of the airman is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification. The death is under investigation.

New unit designations

SECKENHEIM, Germany — The Army held a ceremony this week to mark the new designation of five Europe-based units that provide equipment and support to troops downrange.

Battalions in Livorno, Italy; Bettembourg, Luxembourg; Eygelshoven, Netherlands, and Hythe, England, that were once called combat equipment battalions are now called Army field support battalions. A unit at Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Germany, once called a combat equipment base is now an Army field support company.

The name changes highlight the changing mission of the units, which play a more direct role in missions downrange than before, Army officials said in a news release.

The release noted that two battalion commanders and their staffs are deployed in combat zones.