Holly Hill, right, the Family and MWR fitness coordinator, explains the results of a body composition and total weight measurement to Samantha Helm, who is gearing up for the Family and MWR Lose to Win Body Challenge.
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Editor’s Note: Do you have a legal question you would like to see answered in a future edition of The Citizen? If so, contact “Ask a JAG” at jason.m.mckenna4.mil@mail.mil. Q: A friend informed me of a newly implemented policy requiring officers and senior enlisted members to self-report criminal convictions. WhatRead More

U.S. Africa Command held its first Hispanic American Heritage Month
celebration last month at Kelley Barracks. More than 100 guests attended
the event, which was themed “Many Backgrounds, Many Stories — One
American Spirit,” and featured music, dancing, speeches and a food
tasting. Read More

The grand opening of the Stuttgart Theatre Center’s Studio on Sept. 23
and 24 was magical, quite literally, with Ted “Merlin” Barlock
performing seemingly impossible illusions in the former German Cantina
above the Kelley Theatre.

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German-American Day The Deutsch-Amerikanisches Zentrum/James F. Byrnes Institute will celebrate its annual German-American Day Oct. 11 with a fall concert from 7-9 p.m. in the White Hall of the Neue Schloss (new castle) in downtown Stuttgart. The concert will feature compositions from classic American musicals, as well as melodies fromRead More

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tobacco
use, particularly cigarette smoking, is the leading cause of preventable
death in the U.S.

Health problems extend beyond smokers to nonsmokers, who are involuntarily exposed to second-hand smoke. Read More

Selected students at Patch High School and Robinson Barracks
Elementary/Middle School received a play-by-play of the launching and
landing of the 2009 Atlantis Space Transportation System-129 mission
Sept. 23 by two of its crew members.

U.S. Navy Capt. Barry E. “Butch” Wilmore and retired Navy Capt. Michael
J. Foreman, NASA astronauts, visited the schools to share what happened
on their mission to the International Space Station in November 2009. At
PHS, all eyes were locked on a multimedia presentation as the voice of
mission control announced the lift off.Read More