Being fit is more than just lifting weights.

In fact, a person’s total fitness includes their emotions,
spirituality, and the ways in which they interact with their family and
friends, according to the Department of the Army. That’s why the DA
designed the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program: to measure the
overall fitness of Soldiers, family members and DA civilians in the
areas of physical, social, family, emotional and spiritual fitness.Read More

Bewildered and struggling to pay down debt, Spc. Lakeshia Dennis fell
behind in her rent last fall and wasn’t sure where to turn for
assistance in regaining her financial footing.

Dennis, assigned to the 554th Military Police Company, found help
through Army Emergency Relief. AER provides emergency financial
assistance to active duty and retired Soldiers, their family members,
surviving spouses and orphans.Read More

After a record-breaking season followed by a disappointing loss in the
European championship, the Patch High School precision air rifle team
looks to its top shooters to end the year on a high note at the national
level.

The Panthers broke a school system record Jan. 22 when they earned 1,415
out of 1,500 points during their final match of the season and entered
the 2011 Department of Defense Dependents Schools Europe marksmanship
championship “shooting almost 80 points higher than any other team,”
according to team coach Jack Wayne.Read More

Dr. Emmitt L. Brown, the scientist from the movie “Back to the Future,”
had things fairly well devised several years ago, feeding trash to the
“flux capacitor” to power his time machine. Read More

On the same day that President Obama outlined his Better Building
Initiative that aims to reduce companies’ energy bills by about $40
billion a year, U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart hosted its second annual
energy symposium.

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Family Child Care providers, while operating their own home-based businesses, offer children of working parents a “home away from home.”

Opening an FCC home is a business opportunity that helps financially
empower military spouses while providing a much-needed service in U.S.
Army Garrison Stuttgart, said Deborah Mandrell, FCC director.Read More

Customer feedback is a crucial part of doing business for L.L. Bean,
USAA and Apple. It’s no different for U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart.
While the garrison isn’t out to capture market share, it is striving to
build a customer-centric culture using the voice of the customer, just
like these top-ranked customer service champions do.

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Q: I’ve recently heard stories
about service members who were overcharged on their mortgages or had
their homes foreclosed on, despite legal protections that exist. What
are those protections?Read More

Certain U.S. electronic devices can disrupt communications in Germany
and may result in legal proceedings and fines for those who use them.

Devices that can cause harmful interference operate on the 800-900
kilohertz (kHz) and 1.8-2.4 gigahertz (GHz) frequency ranges, along with
some 4G wireless technology, according to John Whitehurst, a spectrum
supportability manager for U.S. European Command J6 in Stuttgart.Read More

The Army has a bold vision for managing natural resources on its
installations: It will become net zero. That is, our use and production
of resources will balance out so that we do not over-consume or waste.
The most exciting part of the Army net zero vision is this: we all have a
part to play in achieving it.

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In Iraq and Afghanistan, Soldiers will place themselves in danger to
protect a comrade in harm’s way. We need to apply that same instinct at
our home stations and provide aid to a Soldier in the fight against
sexual assault.Read More

Identifying Soldiers for behavioral  health problems before they deploy, and then coordinating continuing care for them while they are overseas, can reduce suicidal thoughts, psychiatric disorders and other problems, according to a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The study was conducted with more than 20,000 Soldiers assignedRead More