Green Berets assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), prepare to enter a room during a Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat (SFAUC) training exercise near Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 16, 2017. The SFAUC exercise tests the Green Berets’ ability to lead direct action strikes in urban areas. Urban combat is a skill 10th Group routinely trains on with multinational Special Operations partners. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Stevenson)

During a short ceremony June 28, Col. Sean P. Swindell, the 10th
Special Forces Group commander, honored both Operational Detachment
0116 and the Service Detachment of 1st Battalion 10th Special Forces
Group (Airborne) with the Larry Thorne Award for being the best
detachments in the Group throughout 2009.Read More

Entomologists at the U.S. Army Public Health Command Region-Europe are reporting an early season for ticks this year. 

Though the risk of being bitten by a tick during  normal outdoor
activities on military installations is low, the risk of encountering a
tick increases as people and pets get further off paved trails and
mowed parks into tall grass and brushy vegetation.

Lyme disease (known as Lyme borreliosis in Europe) is the most frequent tick-borne disease in Europe. Read More

More than 50 service members representing the various components of U.S. Special Operations Command Europe took part in numerous ceremonies and events commemorating the 66th anniversary of D-Day in the Normandy region of France June 2-6. Elements of 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Naval Special Warfare Unit 2Read More

Social networks have redefined friendship and the way we connect to each other. Face-to-face meetings have given way to Facebook.   In fact, if you have a Facebook account (only one of 3,750-plus social networking sites) you are a citizen of the fourth largest “country” in the world. According toRead More

People can run into bad luck while they are on the road and become
legitimate candidates for charity. Unfortunately, others are simply up
to no good, warn officials at the U.S. Army Europe Office of the
Provost Marshal.

“With the onset of summer, we again expect to see cases of people
trying to defraud Americans on the road in Europe,” said Lt. Col. Shawn
J. Kelley, USAREUR OPM law enforcement chief.Read More

If you’re looking for adventure this summer, look no further than Outdoor Recreation.

U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart’s Outdoor Recreation offers a wide range
of activities for outdoor enthusiasts, whether families or singles.Read More

Waylin Owsley, 14, a U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart Summer Hire employee, takes a moment to close the lid of a dumpster after disposing of a bag of office trash at a recycling island on Panzer Kaserne. Closing dumpster lids helps to prevent rodents from getting into the dumpsters and alsoRead More

Move over, Simon Cowell, and make room for the next big thing: U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart’s Teen Idol.

The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Child Youth and School
Services-sponsored talent competition for middle and high school
students was held June 11 in the Patch Community Club.Read More