kasern

plural kaserns

1. A military barracks, especially of the US military, in Germany.

   […] of many of the kaserns that our troops are occupying in Germany, many go back to Bismarck even, some certainly dating back to the First World War, […]

   1978, Mr Fliakas, before the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Stockpiles, Military Construction Authorization, Fiscal Year 1979 … April 11, 12, and 19, 1978, page 469

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   Second, an agreement focusing on manpower is inherently unverifiable, one can take satellite photographs of tanks or identify the location of unit kaserns but manpower reductions cannot be accurately verified.

   1977, United States House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East, Western Europe in 1977, page 334

   When they come back to their kaserns, they reasonably and correctly and properly expect to go into motor pools and motor parks that are adequately lighted and adequately heated to work in.

   1983, General Rogers, before the United States House. Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations, Military construction overview, page 228

   […] movement to simulated assembly areas within ten miles of the kasern. In some cases, units continued the exercise with a movement into initial battle positions.

   2015, Donald A. Carter, Forging the Shield: The U.S. Army in Europe, 1951-1962, Government Printing Office, page 91