Everyone desires top-notch customer service, and I make it my business
to find out if everyone in the community is getting such service.

There are many venues from which you can provide us with your concerns,
issues and feedback, but there is none more effective than the
Interactive Customer Evaluation program, better known as ICE.Read More

Millions of Americans have turned to yoga as a form of exercise, but
here in Stuttgart, U.S. service members are using it to improve their
resiliency.

The 5,000 year-old practice of yoga can help stressed-out service members restore their inner sense of peace and calm.
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Editor’s Note:
This is the first installment in a three-part series addressing how
reintegration affects families in the military.

When a deployment ends, service members and families may feel like their troubles are finally over.

However, it takes time to recuperate from spending months to a year in a combat zone. And, the adjustment isn’t always easy.Read More

During World War II, Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick commanded the First
Special Service Force “Black Devils.” He personally selected recruits
who were strong, relentless and independent thinkers.

Today, Frederick’s namesake award is presented to both Canadian and
American Special Forces operators who exhibit the qualities Frederick
sought. This year’s American recipient is Master Sgt. Joe Dickinson, a
Green Beret from 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne).
This is the second consecutive year the award has gone to a 1/10 SFG
(A) Soldier.Read More

A dark thing happens when situations or relationships begin to spin out
of control. A feeling of hopelessness or despair may set in. No matter
how hard you may try to shake it, the gloom darkens and turns what used
to be joy for life into unbearable pain.

“I just can’t take this anymore. I just want the pain to end,” some Soldiers have been heard to say. Read More

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 sean.marvin@eur.army.mil. Q: I am a federal employee working for the Department of Defense, and have been closely following the upcoming elections. AreRead More

Suicide is a subject that we, as members of the military community, do
not really talk about on a daily basis. Perhaps it is because it
typically does not happen to people we know. 

But that’s not exactly the case.

The Army has lost 170 Soldiers to suicide so far this year, and
although you may not have known them personally, they were not total
strangers.Read More

Options for child care in U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart have expanded,
thanks to the new Kelley Child Development Center on Kelley Barracks.

The $5 million facility is the first of four specially funded child
care centers to be completed in Europe. Similar projects at the
Landstuhl, Wiesbaden and Ansbach military communities are expected to
be completed in the next several months.

The emphasis on proper child care facilities is part of the Army Family
Covenant, a promise to Soldiers and families to ensure excellence in
child, youth and school services.Read More

Human intelligence is critical and key to Special Operations Forces
missions. Knowing how to collect, analyze and debrief information is
particularly important for intelligence Soldiers when providing
integral data to commanders and operators on the ground.Read More

This fall, the Stuttgart military community will have its own Civil Air Patrol cadet flight.

CAP is a congressionally chartered, non-profit volunteer organization
and the civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. The cadet program
teaches teens ages 12-18 about aerospace, emergency services, physical
fitness, leadership skills and management.

The Stuttgart flight will fall under the Ramstein Air Base cadet squadron.Read More

Beginning Oct. 1, most Army families will see an increase in their
child care fees, while others will see a reduction or no change in fees
for school year 2010/2011, as a result of a new Department of Defense
policy.

According to Maj. Gen. Reuben Jones, commander of the Family and
Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command, the Army will ensure
outstanding child and youth programs.
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As our Soldiers and families persevere in their service to the nation,
it is heartening to know that we are not in this alone — our fellow
citizens want to understand what we are experiencing and support us
where they can.
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Getting too hot can make you sick. You can become ill from the heat if your body can’t compensate for it and properly cool you off. Heat exposure can even kill you: it caused 8,015 deaths in the U.S. from 1979 to 2003. Several factors affect your body’s ability toRead More