Ramstein Air Base: Bavaria Meets the Stars and Stripes

Zefix nochmal, only in America would you call a place in Germany your biggest overseas gas station, shopping mall, and airport all rolled into one – and then still complain about the schnitzel not being big enough. Ramstein – Not a Band, a Base Let’s clear something up first, ja? Ramstein Air Base is not your heavy metal band with the umlauts. Nein, it’s a major U.S. Air Force base in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Built in the early 1950s, right after…

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Army, Marines, Navy – Texas Tall Talkers in Uniform

Scheibenkleister, if I had a dime for every time a soldier, a jarhead, or a sailor strutted into a Texas bar and claimed their branch was toughest, I could buy myself a new truck AND fill the tank. Texans love a good braggin’ match, and when you stir in uniforms, beer, and Friday night football vibes, it turns into a national championship of who’s got the bigger… boots. Army Boys – The Big Ol’ Herd Army fellas in Texas are…

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Boots, Bier & Barracks – Top 10 Texas Military Bases

Ach Himmel, let me tell ya straight: driving across Texas you’ll see more military fences than cow pastures, and that’s saying somethin’. Some folks only notice the endless barbed wire and the gate guards with that serious face. But me? I see a whole world inside, voller Tradition, duty, and a kind of Ordnung that even us Bavarians respect – jawoll. Texas: Where Bases Are Bigger Than Bavarian Beer Tents In Bayern we brag because Oktoberfest has six million visitors……

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