Sembach Kaserne is a United States Army

United States Army

The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

 installation near Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate forest . The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, and from Luxembourg.Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 and is about 19 miles (30 km) east of Ramstein Air Base

Ramstein Air Base

Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force base in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz. It serves as headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe and is also a North Atlantic Treaty Organization installation...

. Prior to October 2010, it was a United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 installation, and prior to 1995, it was an active military airfield known as Sembach Air Base (former ICAO ETAS).
It is the home of the United States Army's 230th Military Police Company, the 21st Operational Weather Squadron

21st Operational Weather Squadron

The 21st Operational Weather Squadron provides weather support for all US Air Force and Army in the European Command and is based at Sembach Kaserne, Germany, they are commonly referred to as USAFE Operational Weather Squadron.-Mission:...

, the 786th Security Forces Squadron regional training center, and the United States Air Forces in Europe Band.
Sembach serves a population of about 2,000.