When an active shooter situation occurs, witnesses must act quickly to protect themselves and others.

Knowing and understanding how to prevent, prepare, respond to and
recover from potential hazards can save lives. The most publicized
active shooter incidents have been Columbine High School (1999),
Virginia Tech (2007), and Fort Hood (2009).Read More

A vibrating box, a leaking solution and a loose powder all signal
“danger” in a mail room. Yet, all three were found at the Stuttgart
Army Airfield mail distribution node during the week of Feb. 14.Read More

Q: I am considering buying a used vehicle while I am stationed in Germany. Is there anything I should know before I do so?Read More

Beginning April 25, applicants for Army jobs in Stuttgart should apply
online through USA Jobs and not the Army Resume builder at Civilian
Personnel Online.

The transition from the Army’s hiring software, Resumix, to another
automated recruitment tool, the Office of Personnel Management’s USA
Staffing, has begun and will be completed in Europe by April 30.Read More

Patch High School won its third straight Department of Defense
Dependents Schools Division I European wrestling crown  as it rolled
over the competition Feb. 18-19 in Wiesbaden.Read More

The Stuttgart Piranhas swim team ended an impressive season with a
long-coveted divisional championship title, along with a weekend of
intense finishes at Champs, the individual championships for the
European Forces Swim League.  
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Medical/Dental Issue: Defense Department Civilian with Exceptional Family Member Scope: Current Defense Department Policy 1315.19 allows DOD civilians an option to bring their family members outside the continental U.S. regardless of gaining installation’s ability to support family member’s special needs. Family members needing care bring undue stress and strain toRead More

Former Marine Kurt Garcia is no different than many of his
contemporaries. In his almost 28 years of military service, he made 13
permanent change of station moves, served in the U.S., Asia and Europe,
endured numerous long separations from his family, and underwent
intense, physically challenging training.  

But he can’t transfer his Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to his 12-year-old son, Dominic, or his 10-year-old daughter, Gabrielle.Read More

It was a bitter cold evening in Prague, Czech Republic. On the main
entrance steps of the Military Church of St. John of Nepomuk, three
members of the Czech army guard of honor stood stoically on each side
of the door with rifles and fixed bayonets. The Prague Castle Guard
regimental band brass sextet — which normally only plays for state
ceremonial events — added to the formal ambiance.Read More

Depression in children and teens has become a serious concern nationwide.

Since the school shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999
— a massacre in which two students killed 12 students and a teacher,
injured 24 others, then committed suicide — school systems have
revamped school psychology programs to combat teen depression, bullying
and suicide.Read More

Headquarters, U.S. European Command, recognized its top service members
and civilian employees of 2010 in a ceremony held Feb. 10 on Patch
Barracks

Rear Adm. Charles W. Martoglio, EUCOM chief of staff, praised the 15
service member nominees and 22 civilian nominees in front of their
co-workers, friends and family inside a packed Patch Community Club.
Martoglio praised the nominees for providing quality support to the
Department of Defense during a critical period for the U.S.

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