It’s a quaint but charming place, the kind of joint where you’d stage a homecoming dance. Three Activision production team members work quickly to set up the 24 PlayStation 4s for a no-stakes, friendly tournament in the community center’s main hall. It’s not hard to guess why: Call of Duty has come to town. Whenever we see one of the soldiers as our tour group passes, there’s usually a grin on their face. However, sometimes you need more than shops to feel at home again, and that’s why the troops at Ramstein are getting excited. Minor breaches, such as the movie-theater showtimes being in military time, as well as the bier halle next to the Dunkin’ Donuts poke holes in this strange American theme park, but it does its job well enough, especially if you’re a soldier who’s been away from home for months. If you walked into Ramstein without realizing you were already in Germany, there would be almost no giveaways except for the occasional German sign or national resident who dips into their native language when they can’t find the right English word.īuilt into the base hotel is a mall (the KMCC) that has a massive department store and a food court containing a Taco Bell, Starbucks, and Johnny Rockets. The recreation center even serves up surprisingly authentic tasting barbeque and thin-crust pizza. The base also provides a setting that tries to capture a piece of the world back home for the people who serve here.Ĭommunities within Ramstein are composed of rows of canary-yellow apartment complexes. Ramstein's base operations includes training and maintaining multiple squads of bomb-disposal experts and K-9 units. The American-run installation was founded by a number of European nations in 1952 as a display of the strength of international relations in the aftermath of World War II. Ramstein fulfills several duties, including training and maintaining multiple squads of soldiers.
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