The U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart Directorate of Emergency Services has
declared war on illegal parking and abandoned vehicles. In the first 10
days of 2012, Military Police issued 342 parking citations,
predominately on Patch and Kelley Barracks. MPs have tagged 84 vehicles
with yellow “abandoned vehicle” stickers since Thanksgiving. Eight have
been towed.
Although U.S. Army Europe officials recently announced Army personnel on
permanent change of station orders to Germany will soon fly overseas
using the Patriot Express flights originating at the
Baltimore/Washington International Airport in Maryland and landing at
Ramstein Air Base, the change does not apply to those service members
and Defense Department civilian employees headed for Stuttgart. Read More
Rear Adm. Charles Martoglio, U.S. European Command chief of staff, presents gifts donated by volunteers from the Stuttgart military community to local German children during a ceremony held at the Stuttgart-Feuerbach Rathaus Dec. 20.
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Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Consolidated Dining Facility earned first place in the military garrison
category of the 2012 Philip A. Connelly Award for Excellence in Army
Food Service.Read More
Five Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group
(Airborne), were honored for their gallantry and heroism in a Valor
Ceremony held on Patch Barracks Dec. 6, 2011.Read More
Starting Jan. 3, school lunch prices will increase at all Department of
Defense Education Activity schools outside the continental U.S.Read More
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
The holiday season has arrived in the Stuttgart military community. 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
In 2011, a 7.2 magnitude quake leveled about 2,000 buildings in eastern Turkey, a longtime ally and NATO partner. Read More
The garrison was awarded the 21st Annual Secretary of Defense Community Drug Awareness Award for fiscal year 2010. 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.”
