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Ramstein is like a small town in Germany. It's a massive U.S. military base near Kaiserslautern.
There's a mall and a hotel, where soldiers can spend the night and even satellites built up there that are important for telecommunications.
It was made very clear to us, before we were allowed to visit
We were not allowed to ask about politics.
We were not allowed to ask any questions that might prompt an answer involving confidential information.
There were very clear limits to what we could ask.
It was all super high security there. Almost conspiratorial.
We were picked up and then had to give over our phones, along with our personal items.
We were driven in a car to another area — into another high-security area within this other high-security area, with even more barbed wire fences.
Despite all that, it was our impression that we weren't being shown the most important parts, which we were supposed to see.