The following units are are based at U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder: 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT); D Troop, 5 CAV; 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry; 3rd Battalion, 4th Infantry; 4th Battalion, 70th Armor; 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery; 24th Brigade Support Battalion (BSB); and 40th Engineer Battalion.
Heimbach is the nearest train station to Baumholder. It is about 5 miles away and is on the 322 bus route. Trains to Frankfurt Airport take between two and three hours and involve at least one change.
Direct trains from Idar-Oberstein to Frankfurt take about an hour and a half. The bus route 320 connects Idar-Oberstein to Baumholder, which is about 7 miles away.
Trains from Neubrücke, some 25 miles from Baumholder, to Frankfurt take between one and three quarter hours and two hours, depending on whether a change is necessary. Like Heimbach, Neubrücke is on the 322 bus route.
