Jennifer H. Svan
Reporter at Stars and Stripes
@StarsAndStripes reporter in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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stripes.com | Jennifer H. Svan
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a legal motion May 7, 2025, on behalf of six families with students enrolled in Defense Department schools that seeks reinstatement of more than 200 books and other curricular materials. (Jasmine Vu) A group of military families is seeking a court order forcing the immediate reinstatement of more than 200 books and other curricular materials removed from Defense Department schools as part of a Pentagon mandate.
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stripes.com | Jennifer H. Svan |Marcus Kloeckner
An airman is in custody at Spangdahlem Air Base after driving the wrong way on autobahn A60, which resulted in a head-on collision early on May 3, 2025. One person was killed and three injured, including the airman, according to the Air Force and German police.
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stripes.com | Marcus Kloeckner |Jennifer H. Svan
Progress continues on the new military hospital being constructed at Rhine Ordnance Barracks in Germany, as seen on Feb. 10, 2025. About $23,000 worth of tools and equipment was stolen sometime last week from the construction site. (Hannah Mitchell/U.S. Army) KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — German police are investigating a string of recent thefts from the construction site of the future U.S. military hospital being built near Ramstein Air Base.
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2 weeks ago |
stripes.com | Jennifer H. Svan
Staff Sgt. Cameron Beck was struck and killed by a government civilian April 15, 2021, while riding his motorcycle on Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. His widow is asking the U.S. Supreme Court for review of a lawsuit filed against the federal government in Beck's death. Two lower courts ruled against her, citing a 75-year-old rule that bars military personnel from suing the government for service-related harm. ( Kari Beck) Staff Sgt.
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3 weeks ago |
stripes.com | Jennifer H. Svan
Students head to class at a Department of Defense Education Activity school in Germany in 2024. An executive order signed April 23, 2025, by President Donald Trump directs U.S. public schools, including those operated by DODEA, to end discipline policies based on racial considerations and instead make student behavior the standard. (Jennifer H.
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Ukraine’s new defense minister, Rustem Umerov, speaks to reporters at Ramstein AB, Germany. Umerov read a statement in English, thanking the US and 50-some other countries for support in Ukraine’s fight against Russia. That support = more than $76 billion in security aid so far. https://t.co/n491n5SynO
RT @eslavin_stripes: Some opening remarks from Ramstein. https://t.co/4TPXX4T3pU
RT @eslavin_stripes: The early police reports say the soldier got into an argument with the guards and one shot him in the thigh. https://t…