DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS
COMMUNITY
CULTURE
FEATURE
Most of Europe will move its clocks forward by one hour when daylight saving time begins Sunday. In Germany, daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. (set clocks forward to 3 a.m.).
Ramstein opens new dorm, Page 3
Germans observe Easter traditions, Page 14
IMCOM-Europe names Best Warrior winners, Page 18
March 23, 2018 | Volume 42, Number 12
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4th ASOG supports Dynamic Front 18 Story and photos by Senior Airman Devin M. Rumbaugh 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
U.S. ARMY GARRISON BAVARIA, GERMANY Airmen assigned
to Ramstein’s 4th Air Support Operations Group Detachment 1 supported U.S., allied, and partner nations during exercise Dynamic Front 18, held Feb. 23 to March 10, at U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria, Grafenwoehr, Germany. Dynamic Front 18 is a U.S. Army-led exercise involving Distinguished visitors from multiple nations gather for a briefing about the day’s operations during exercise Dynamic Front 18, at U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria March 7 in Grafenwoehr. Dynamic Front 18 is a U.S.-sponsored multinational exercise that involved participation from 26 NATO, allied, and partner nations.
KMC members keep Kindergraves clean
Cortlee Austin, Kaiserslautern Military Community member, cleans a gravestone March 10 at the American Kindergraves in Kaiserslautern. Between March and November, U.S. service members from the KMC area volunteer on a bi-weekly basis to maintain the Kindergraves by cleaning, mowing, and placing flowers on graves.
See DYNAMIC FRONT, Page 2
Story and photos by Senior Airman Devin Boyer 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Kaiserslautern Military Community members worked together to clean the American Kindergraves, March 10, as part of a bi-weekly volunteer program designed to take care of the foundation year round. From 1952 to 1971, 451 American infants lost their lives at birth or shortly after birth at local hospitals. Families buried the remains of those children in a cemetery near U.S. Army Daenner Kaserne. “Back in the ‘70s, nobody was looking after the graves,” said Chief Master Sgt. Philip Leonard, Ramstein Area Chief ’s Group member. “[The graves] were all over the cemetery and there wasn’t a paid lease.” See KINDERGRAVES, Page 9