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2532 - Vilseck, Bavaria, Germany

Vilseck is a town of 6400 people on the Vils River. It is an old town first settled in 925 with the construction of a castle. In 1937, Südlager (German Army Base) was built here as part of the  Grafenwöhr Training Area. The base was capitulated to the United States Army in 1945. The US base is called Rose Barracks. The current units are based at Rose Barracks:

  • 2nd Cavalry Regiment
  • Bavaria Medical Activity
  • 72nd Med Det VS
  • A Co, 39th Finance
  • 2nd ASOS
  • Elements of the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command
  • 514th Military Police Augmentation Platoon.
Of course this remained a permanent US military installation due to its proximity to the West German/East German border during the Cold War and is a part of American commitment to NATO.

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