Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus is a potentially dangerous
type of staph bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics. It
typically causes skin infection, but can also affect the bloodstream,
lungs, heart, bones and joints.

MRSA is transmitted most frequently by direct skin-to-skin contact or
contact with shared items or surfaces that have come into contact with
someone else’s infection (for example, towels, used bandages or
equipment).Read More

Service members and veterans whose military service was involuntarily
extended under the “Stop Loss” program between the 9/11 terrorist
attacks and Sept. 30, 2009, are eligible for special retroactive pay,
and they have until Oct. 21 to apply for it.Read More

With over 800,000 spectators looking on, 16,000 runners alongside him,
and 40 kilometers of European countryside to conquer, Gregory Cheek, a
Department of the Army civilian at U.S. European Command, had no one to
impress but himself, as he ran in the 27th annual Haspa Hamburg Marathon
this past April.

With each stride, Cheek “stepped on cancer,” a phrase he used to describe his fight against stage three throat cancer.Read More

Q: I am preparing to deploy. What legal documents should I have prepared before I go?Read More

After more than a decade of conflict, the U.S. Army Training and
Doctrine Command embarked on a year-long quest to assess the condition
of the Army profession, conducting surveys, focus groups and forums, and
analyzing past Army studies. 

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The Black Stallion has run long and fast for more than 40 years, but the
race is coming to an end. The Black Stallion Inn Dining Facility on
Patch Barracks is scheduled to close permanently on July 31. After June
30, only active duty service members will be served.  Read More

Passau, located in the Niederbayern area next to Austria’s border, is
known as the “City of Three Rivers.” Situated between the Danube, Inn
and Ilz rivers, Passau offers visitors a picturesque and historic
weekend getaway.Read More

Some Americans like to stay in Germany after their official connections
to the U.S. military have ended. Maybe they have lost their jobs with
the Army or Air Force, their sponsors have left the country, or they
become divorced from a spouse who was stationed in Germany.Read More

Klaas Dormeyer, a 34-year U.S. Army local national employee, died May 30
from an undisclosed illness. He was 56. Stuttgart community members
will gather June 14 at 2 p.m. in the Panzer Kaserne Chapel to reflect
and remember their friend and colleague. From 1978 to 1995, Dormeyer
belonged to an engineer construction unit in the German Civilian Labor
Group system in support of VII Corps. Dormeyer’s unit de-activated in
1995, at which time he was hired as a civilian employee for Area Support
Team,  Garmisch. Read More

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa welcomed a new senior
enlisted leader with the relief of Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, the
outgoing sergeant major, and the appointment of Sgt. Maj. James J.
McCook, the incoming sergeant major, May 29, on Panzer Kaserne. McCook
comes from serving as the regimental sergeant major at the Recruit
Training Regiment, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, in San Diego. Read More

U.S. Army in Europe joined with U.S. Air Forces in Europe elements and members of allied forces in commemorating Memorial Day at a dozen events in five nations. USAREUR supported ceremonies in Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, with senior leaders, chaplains, color guards, buglers and the USAREUR Band, while USAFE and allied pilots and air crews conducted flyovers at each event.

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