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JROTC cadets face a church as birds fly overhead during an Armistice Day ceremony.

DODEA students pay tribute to America’s World War I fallen in France

Nearly 50 cadets from the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, or JROTC, at Ramstein High School donned blue uniforms and stood in formation during solemn Veterans Day and Armistice Day events.

Stuttgart middle blocker Peyton Mannin, right, blocks a spike from Ramstein's Ella Yost while teammate Alexandria Lyles leaps at the net during the 2025 DODEA-Europe Division I girls volleyball championship match on Nov. 8, 2025, at Ramstein High School on Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Royals back on top of large-school throne

Ramstein outlasts Stuttgart in four sets to win its first DODEA-Europe Division I volleyball title since 2019.

Black Forest Academy's Eden Miller tries to keep the ball in play Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, at the DODEA-Europe Division II girls volleyball championships in Vicenza, Italy. Teammates Alia Lawrence, left, and Eden Dowdy watch.

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With or without star player, Black Forest Academy reigns

It’s the first DODEA-Europe girls volleyball title for the Falcons in at least a decade.

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Ansbach’s Kennedy Lange spikes the ball at the DODEA-Europe Division III championships on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, on Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Ansbach will face Spangdahlem in the finals on Saturday.

It’s Ansbach vs. Spangdahlem and Ramstein-Stuttgart for girls small, large finals

Cougars will go for a fourth straight DODEA-Europe Division III crown, while the Royals and Panthers stop Wiesbaden’s three-year reign in D-I.

Stuttgart opposite hitter Liam Coan hits the ball between Vilseck defenders Drake Neville, left, and Jonathan Talbot during a round-robin match at the 2025 DODEA European boys volleyball championships on Nov. 7, 2025, at Kaiserslautern High School in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Stuttgart boys reach final in inaugural season

Panthers will play Ramstein in DODEA-Europe’s large school final in Germany.

Two stars meet at the net as Rota's Jourdan Timmons, right, tries to get the ball past Black Forest Academy's Priscilla Sivonen at the DODEA-Europe Division II girls volleyball championships Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Vicenza, Italy. The two will duel again for the title Saturday.

BFA will meet Rota, Bahrain in D-II finals

Falcons girls sweep three foes Friday to set up a match with Rota in DODEA-Europe volleyball, while the BFA boys will play Bahrain for the title.

Students work in class at Kaiserslautern High School, Germany. Many Defense Department teachers were notified by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service on Nov. 5, 2025, that they owed hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

Payroll system sends mistaken debt letters to DODEA teachers despite lack of pay in shutdown

Teachers at Defense Department schools were mistakenly notified that they owed money, to the tune of hundreds or even thousands of dollars. The letter was automatically triggered by a glitch in the payroll system.

Ramstein defensive back Rhett Dalling stretches out to intercept a pass that was batted into the air after teammate Ahmad Williams and Kaiserslautern receiver Jakob Bell jostled for the ball during a Sept. 5, 2025, game at Ramstein High School on Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Something must give as unbeatens meet in final

Ramstein and Stuttgart were perfect on the field during the regular season and now meet with the DODEA-Europe 11-man football title on the line.

AFNORTH quarterback Sladen Hager throws a pass before SHAPE defender Aldas Pasvenskas gets to him during a Sept. 13, 2025, game in Mons, Belgium.

Rematch will determine nine-man victor

International School of Brussels will try to stay unbeaten against one-loss AFNORTH in DODEA-Europe football title game.

Spangdahlem quarterback Zander Doulder tosses the ball to running back Cordrick Sago while Alconbury's Edison Vega chases during a Sept. 26, 2025, game at Spangdahlem High School in Spangdahlem, Germany.

Sentinels looking to go 3-0 against Dragons

A Spangdahlem season sweep of Alconbury would culminate in a DODEA-Europe six-man football title.

Ramstein's Ella Yost hits the ball into the arms of Wiesbaden's Saniyh Housey during a game at Clay Fitness Center in Wiesbaden, Germany, Sept. 27, 2025. Wiesbaden won the game in five sets.

Can Wiesbaden, Ansbach win four in a row?

There will be a new champion in the DODEA-Europe Division II girls volleyball tournament, but reigning champs have to fight off hungry foes in D-I and D-III.

A spike from Black Forest Academy's Jonas Witherall got past Vicenza's Baedyn Morehouse on Nov. 1 and the Falcons got past the Cougars into this week's DODEA-Europe Division II championships.

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Boys champs will be crowned on both sides of the Alps

Vicenza and Ramstein will each host final four events to determine two champions in DODEA-Europe boys volleyball.

A military family stands together for a photo outside of an apartment building.

Parent-led group pushes for support of special needs kids at air base in Japan

A military family at this airlift hub in western Tokyo, faced with limited therapy options for their special needs son, has created a community network that’s opened possibilities for nearly 50 other families on base.

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