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Defense Department students broke their way out of an overturned school bus on a rural road near Ramstein Air Base on Friday, in an accident that resulted in minor injuries and one child taken to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, local officials and students said. → Read More
Spangdahlem High School baseball players who were shown on video chanting racial slurs and a volunteer assistant coach who watched them could face disciplinary action, officials said. → Read More
Undersecretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones, who championed broader diversity efforts as the service’s second-highest ranking civilian, is stepping down effective March 6. → Read More
The Air Force is processing new assignments and scheduled permanent-change-of-station moves are still going according to plan, the service said, following numerous social media posts referring to a pause in processing the movements of airmen. → Read More
It provides up to $18,000 per year for tuition or $10,000 annually in housing assistance. All cadets who have successfully completed field training and entered the Professional Officer Course at the start of their junior year and who are not already receiving ROTC scholarship money are eligible. → Read More
The network is hoping to livestream next weekend’s NFC and AFC championship games and the Super Bowl on Feb. 12 after successfully testing the live function last weekend, AFN spokesman John Clearwater said. → Read More
Pressure is mounting within NATO to provide Ukraine with more armored weaponry, including modern tanks, amid fears Russia is planning a renewed spring offensive in the war. → Read More
Parents and students at Defense Department schools have the opportunity to share their opinions on the quality of education, areas needing improvement and other topics. → Read More
The only U.S. Air Force base in Germany with fighter jets is loaning some of its air combat power to Okinawa, where older aircraft are gradually being phased out and returned to the United States. → Read More
Headed by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the group of leaders from dozens of nations has convened eight times at various locations and virtually since late February, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. → Read More
Brig. Gen. Otis Jones wants airmen struggling to pay utility bills to seek assistance, as a cold front sweeps northern Europe and the cost of energy remains stubbornly high as a consequence of Russia’s war on Ukraine. → Read More
U.S. Postal Service screening of parcels meant for service members overseas is driving an overwhelming number of complaints from military families about weekslong waits for holiday gifts, while other presents never arrive at all. → Read More
A Ramstein Air Base security forces senior noncommissioned officer who was accused in a social media post of bribing another airman to get a passing score on a physical fitness test has been cleared of any wrongdoing, according to a base statement Wednesday. → Read More
The giant nutcracker built by U.S. Air Force Capt. John Miller might frighten the Mouse King, but it’s already delighted kids at Geilenkirchen Air Base. → Read More
Nine more Air Force inns are shuttering and others may follow suit as the service struggles to sustain its network of dozens of lodges without taxpayer funding. All the inns in the latest closure round are in the United States. → Read More
A partnership between Home Depot and the Army and Air Force Exchange Service and the Navy Exchange is expected to start by next spring. → Read More
A Pentagon order requires Army commanders to inspect all quarters and offices of active-duty soldiers by Nov. 18 to check for “unhealthy, unsafe, substandard living conditions,” USA Today reported earlier this month. → Read More
American volunteers are wanted at three kindergartens around Kaiserslautern. The only skill required is the ability to speak English. An ounce of patience might also help, since the job calls for spending time with preschoolers. → Read More
Victims of sexual harassment in the Air Force and Space Force now have the same reporting options and access to help that previously were limited to sexual assault cases. → Read More
Ramstein Air Base’s support last year for Afghans fleeing the Taliban takeover and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February have warmed some Germans to the U.S. military presence here, research says. → Read More