US Army Garrison Baumholder

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Students of the 435th Security Forces Squadron’s Ground Combat Readiness Training Center’s Security Operations Course prepare to tactically search a building during the urban operations portion of the course on U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, Germany, April 4, 2017.
Students of the 435th Security Forces Squadron’s Ground Combat Readiness Training Center’s Security Operations Course prepare to tactically search a building during the urban operations portion of the course on U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, Germany, April 4, 2017. The students had a mission to talk to a village leader and gain intelligence from him when they were attacked and had to neutralize the threat and make it back to their base. Airmen assigned to the 86th SFS, 422nd SFS, 100th SFS, and 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron participated in the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

 

The United States Army Garrison (USAG) Baumholder, affectionately known as "the Rock" is set in the wooded hills of the Western Palatinate in the German federal state of Rheinland-Pfalz.

Baumholder itself has medieval origins, as the first recorded mention of the town is found in a document dating back to 1156.

World War II brought the military to Baumholder. The German government appropriated 29,158 acres and resettled about 842 families from 14 villages to clear the land for use by the Third Reich.