From my archive of press clippings:
Stars and Stripes
U.S., German officials meet to discuss possible Landstuhl move
By Mark Abramson and Marcus Klöckner, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Friday, January 22, 2010
The following correction to this story was posted January 22: Due to an editing error, a Jan. 22 story about the possibility of moving Landstuhl Regional Medical Center to another location should have said the hospital was built in 1953. As of Jan. 10, it was staffed by 1,786 military members and 1,283 civilians. And it is supported by an Army, not an Air Force, helicopter medical evacuation unit.
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — U.S. military commanders met with German officials this week to discuss the possibility of moving Landstuhl Regional Medical Center to the site of an old Army depot east of Ramstein Air Base.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark Dillon, commander of the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein, told local mayors on Wednesday that U.S. leaders would recommend moving the center to Weilerbach Army Depot, according to Sandra Archer, an Air Force spokeswoman.
The depot is now used only occasionally for military training, according to U.S. Army Europe spokesman Bruce Anderson."
"The Landstuhl hospital — the largest U.S. medical facility in Europe — was built in 1953. It has treated more than 60,000 wounded troops from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2004, hospital officials said.
The hospital is staffed by 1,786 military members and 1,283 civilians, according to figures as of Jan. 10, hospital officials said."
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"The Army post at Landstuhl also is host to a Fisher House facility, where family members of sick and wounded servicemembers can stay while their loved ones are being treated at the hospital.
In an earlier interview, Army Col. Brian Lein, then the hospital commander, said any move would involve such support facilities."
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Stars and Stripes reporter Warren Peace contributed to this story.
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S&S - Airlift wing recruiters want ‘pioneers’ to come to Papa, Hungary
From my archive of press clippings:
Stars and Stripes
Airlift wing recruiters want ‘pioneers’ to come to Papa, Hungary
By John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Sunday, April 12, 2009
John Vandiver / S&S
U.S. airmen are becoming a common sight on the streets of Papa, a small town of 32,000 in western Hungary. Personnel from 10 NATO countries and two non-NATO countries have joined forces to form the Strategic Airlift Capability project, a multinational consortium that involves a Heavy Airlift Wing of three C-17s. With about 150 personnel, plus family members and contractors, the international crowd is adding an economic jolt to the sleepy city 100 miles west of Budapest.
John Vandiver / Stripes
First Lt. Szabolcs Szaloky of Hungary gathers up English- language phonebooks at city hall in Papa. Though there are few English speakers in town, city leaders and local business owners have been responding to the need for more English services in an area, where German is the most common second language. English menus are now commonplace at local restaurants.
PAPA, Hungary — It didn’t take long for Master Sgt. Frank Prebble to make an impression on the people of Papa.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Commanders from the 12 countries involved in the new Strategic Airlift Capability project are looking to recruit people like Prebble who they’ve come to call pioneers."
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"After all, those troops are on three-year tours in a place where few speak English. Common services such as a commissary, base exchange, base housing or a base school are nonexistent, not to mention VAT cards, tax-free gas or any of the usual accoutrements of an overseas assignment.
There’s no place to hide in Papa or pretend you’re in America, which is an easy thing to do in places like Ramstein.
But what has made the transition to Papa a little easier for this group is that they aren’t in hostile territory. Indeed, many of the locals have embraced the multinational group, who are bringing an economic jolt to the area during difficult financial times."
Stars and Stripes
Airlift wing recruiters want ‘pioneers’ to come to Papa, Hungary
By John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Sunday, April 12, 2009
John Vandiver / S&S
U.S. airmen are becoming a common sight on the streets of Papa, a small town of 32,000 in western Hungary. Personnel from 10 NATO countries and two non-NATO countries have joined forces to form the Strategic Airlift Capability project, a multinational consortium that involves a Heavy Airlift Wing of three C-17s. With about 150 personnel, plus family members and contractors, the international crowd is adding an economic jolt to the sleepy city 100 miles west of Budapest.
John Vandiver / Stripes
First Lt. Szabolcs Szaloky of Hungary gathers up English- language phonebooks at city hall in Papa. Though there are few English speakers in town, city leaders and local business owners have been responding to the need for more English services in an area, where German is the most common second language. English menus are now commonplace at local restaurants.
PAPA, Hungary — It didn’t take long for Master Sgt. Frank Prebble to make an impression on the people of Papa.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Commanders from the 12 countries involved in the new Strategic Airlift Capability project are looking to recruit people like Prebble who they’ve come to call pioneers."
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"After all, those troops are on three-year tours in a place where few speak English. Common services such as a commissary, base exchange, base housing or a base school are nonexistent, not to mention VAT cards, tax-free gas or any of the usual accoutrements of an overseas assignment.
There’s no place to hide in Papa or pretend you’re in America, which is an easy thing to do in places like Ramstein.
But what has made the transition to Papa a little easier for this group is that they aren’t in hostile territory. Indeed, many of the locals have embraced the multinational group, who are bringing an economic jolt to the area during difficult financial times."
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