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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The ball careened off the basketball backboard, hit the fire alarm then
boomeranged toward the bleachers, where it ricocheted off the boards,
spinning toward the opposite end of the Panzer gym. Goal!Read More

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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Editor’s Note: Tom Driscoll is an
eighth-grade journalism student at Robinson Barracks Elementary/Middle
School. He covered RBEMS’ Suicide Prevention Month activities this month
and contributed the following report.

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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