Sign up for ‘Amazing Race’ by Sept. 13 The U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart Directorate for Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation will host an “Amazing Race” Sept. 18, starting at 10 a.m. at the Patch Fitness Center. The race will test community members’ athletic prowess, fine motor skills and creativity.Read More

Bad Cannstatt is Stuttgart’s largest and oldest city district and holds centuries-old relics of Swabian culture and tradition.

Visitors to Bad Cannstatt will find a small piece of history on every
corner of the city, including Roman settlements, medieval sites, fine
wines and mineral baths.Read More

Left to right: Patch Elementary School teachers Shawna Penilla-Williams, fifth grade; Dana Rivera, second grade, and Melissa Nettleingham, kindergarten,  share a laugh in the buffet line during the Community Welcome Back event for teachers and new community members, held at the Swabian Special Event Center on Aug. 26. The communityRead More

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

With only a few months left before winter sets in, many community
members will continue to ride their bicycles, scooters and skateboards
through summer and fall.

In addition, many children will be riding their own sets of wheels to and from school, starting Aug. 30.

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This year’s annual Stuttgarter Weindorf (Wine Village) will run from Aug. 25 through Sept. 5 in downtown Stuttgart. The fest opens daily at 11 a.m. and runs until 11 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday, and until midnight Thursday through Saturday. The Weindorf focuses on celebrating Stuttgart’s 1,000-year-old wine tradition. Visitors canRead 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