A List of Russian Provocations Against Its Neighbors

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89. I grew up between some of those bases mentioned

and have followed these developments whenever visiting my relatives who still live there. We moved freely about these villages, crossed daily the Barracks area on our way to school even though it was restricted - the sentries didn't mind most of the time. After some ten years of US troops "leaving", the situation drastically changed. Huge fences were erected around every single village and compound. Although increasingly depopulated for years, they had become no-go areas for Germans. I am glad that now, finally, after 25 years of "leaving", the troops have finally relocated out of my sight. Which doesn't mean they're not still in Germany, look at the map in my previous post, that's where they are now.

The Russians left between 1990 and 1994



The Americans restructured their forces and relocated, a process that started in 1990 and is still ongoing. The airbase in Frankfurt, of central importance for all US military activities in the Middle East, was closed down a few years ago, but not before the airbase in Ramstein had been rebuilt to accomodate large transport planes so that the Frankfurt airport was no longer needed.



Right now they are still in Darmstadt-Griesheim, a seemingly innocuous and comparatively tiny place where the NSA is collecting our personal communication data. Soon the NSA will move to Wiesbaden-Erbenheim into nice, new buildings constructed to better suit their nefarious purpose.

U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden spokeswoman Anemone Rueger said the consolidation of USAREUR headquarters with its military intelligence and signal assets at Wiesbaden allows for the closure of more than 40 sites in Heidelberg, Mannheim and Darmstadt and will save about $112 million in annual operating costs.

http://www.stripes.com/news/wiesbaden-military-community-spotlights-completed-projects-1.180339