News (Page 87)

On the afternoon of Jan. 24, 2011, 35 people were killed and 150 injured
when two suicide bombers detonated at a crowded arrival gate in a
Moscow Airport. Read More

Lt. Gen. Michael Ferriter took the reins of the U.S. Army Installation
Management Command from Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch during a change of command
ceremony Nov. 17 on Fort Sam Houston, Texas.Read More

Nearly 1,200 spectators lined the edges of Vose Drop Zone in
Wendelsheim, Rottenburg am Neckar, Nov. 15 to watch a combined U.S.
Special Operations Command Europe and German special forces air
operation that included more than 100 American and German parachutists.Read More

USAREUR announces Army in Europe reductions

U.S. Army Europe announced two separate actions that will reduce the
Army in Europe by 60 military positions, 619 local national and 389
Department of the Army civilian positions.Read More

The weapon of choice at the Panzer Local Training Area on Nov. 5 was not
a semi-automatic rifle, but a pitchfork. An army of volunteers
converged on the LTA armed with lawn mowers, saws and pitchforks to
clear the area from overgrown grass and shrubs, and fallen branches
during “Operation Landscape Protection Day.”

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Tonya Harris (from left), the U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart Victim Advocate Coordinator, discusses the Silent Witness exhibit displayed Oct. 12 at the Panzer Exchange for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, with Amy Dewitt, Connie Alameda and Barbara Dickinson. Each silhouette, or “silent witness” tells the story of a victim of domestic violence. The Army Community Service Family Advocacy Program will host an information booth and Silent Witness display again on Oct. 26 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the USO month luncheon in Building 2915 on Panzer Kaserne.

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U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart Commander Col. Carl D. Bird and the Lord Mayor of Stuttgart, Dr. Wolfgang Schuster, fill in dirt around a newly planted chestnut tree at Robinson Barracks’ Friendship Row Oct. 11. The men planted two trees as symbols of German-American friendship.

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The U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart Fire Department has a new weapon in its
fire fighting arsenal: an aerial ladder truck with articulating arm.
“The ladder, when fully extended, can reach a height of 100 feet,” said
Matthias Künast, a USAG Stuttgart firefighter and one of four trainers
for the new piece of equipment. “It means we can rescue people from the
top floors at the Panzer and Kelley Hotels.”Read More

From June to September, U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart received 256
Interactive Customer Evaluation comments on the Vehicle Registration
Office. Only 55 percent of the comments were positive.Read More