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From USAG Stuttgart Vol. 48, No. 14, December 2019 Serving the Greater Stuttgart Military Community www.stuttgartcitizen.com Happy Holidays from USAG Stuttgart Stuttgart. Photo by John Reese, USAG Stuttgart Public A airs Winter is upon us, and the 'tis the season for colorful markets with maroni, or chestnuts, roasting on open fi res. Find your market with the handy guide on p.8. Bamberg. Photo by Larry Reilly, USAG Stuttgart Public A airs Esslingen. Photo by Kevin Abel, USAG Stuttgart Public A airs Page 2 NEWS The Citizen, December 2019 Give the gift of a CFC donation this holiday season By John Reese Money isn’t the only way members USAG Stuttgart Public A airs of the Stuttgart military community How CFC works may contribute. e CFC also accepts It’s the holidays, and the annual pledges of hands-on help time from 1. Choose your cause. Combined Federal Campaign makes those who can volunteer instead of Whether you care about youth development, military families, it easier than ever to donate to the donating cash, and individual’s units housing and shelter, or animal welfare – the CFC has a charity for charities of your choice. can be located online so that your or- any cause you want to support. You can even give to multiple chari- CFC 2019 is ongoing until Dec. 13. If ganization gets credit for the donation. ties with one pledge. you haven’t already been approached Whether you make your pledge by your unit/o ce’s CFC rep, you can online or on paper, be sure to check 1. Make your pledge. still donate, 24 hours a day, online. the speci cs of the charity to see how e online pledge portal allows you to easily renew your pledge Online is an easy option. e web- e ective your donation will be. each year and o ers the full range of pledge options: site is great because donors no longer Donors may remain anonymous if have to wait to be contacted; they can they wish. Payroll deduction do it at the o ce or while they’re at Simply go to https://cfcoverseas. Credit/debit card home. ere are more than 7500 dif- org/ to donate to your favorite char- e-check ferent charities to choose from, so no ity. Be sure to click the “I am located Volunteer hours matter what you support, you can nd in a non-US or foreign territory with- Paper pledge forms are also available upon request. it online. Paper pledges are still ac- out a ZIP code” box and enter our unit cepted, but cash is no longer an op- code, JEJAWJ, for Army civilians and 1. Help is on the way! tion as of last year. Stutttgart military “VPYNH5” for active duty Army to en- anks to your generosity, your chosen charities will make a di er- community members are encouraged sure your pledge is counted towards ence in your local community, across the nation, and around the to visit the website and nd some- our community. world. thing they passionately support. CFC Since it began 58 years ago, CFC contributions help support your cause has raised billions of dollars for For more information, call the CFC project o cer at 596-2541. and your community. charities. Garrison online scheduler now using customer IDs By Rick Scavetta “Right now, our app has an ap- “Users input the initial of their rst phone number, to receive a text – but USAG Stuttgart Public A airs pointments button,” Khajenoori said. name, the initial of their last name and this remains optional. “Newcomers, and those of us who the last four numbers of their phone e appointment instructions and Protecting personal information is have been here a while, use our app number,” said Col. Jason Condrey, com- forms have been updated to explain very important to U.S. Army Garrison to schedule a variety of things: ve- mander, USAG Stuttgart. “For example, this. Our garrison services that use the Stuttgart. hicle registration, hospital tours, host Jason Condrey would be = JC1234.” appointment scheduler have also been e garrison recently made changes nation orientation, housing appoint- Customers will enter this number briefed, so they will expect to see people to further minimize the amount of per- ments, etc. Up until now, the sched- into the customer ID elds and the using these new customer IDs. sonal information collected to schedule uling service has asked for your full form can be submitted. In fact, there’s “ is is a recent change, so we ask appointments, said Bardia Khajenoori, name.” a box that needs to be checked stating for your patience and cooperation as we an analyst with the Plans, Analysis and Customers will now create a cus- that the customer ID is used rather make this transition to further protect Integration O ce. tomer ID. than a full name. ere is space for a personal information,” Condrey said. Have you taken the family housing survey yet? Public Affairs communities. e survey should've if you did not receive an email at all. and other issues. It will take place in the USAG Stuttgart been sent from ArmyHousingSurvey@ Call the Housing customer service Kelley eatre, 6:30 p.m., Dec. 11. All celassociates.com to the service mem- desk at 431-2230 or 07031-15-2230 or who live in Army housing are invited. Are you living in Army owned and ber's email on Nov. 7. You have until email usarmy.stuttgart.usag.list.dpw- Click on this link to submit your leased Family Housing? en take the Dec. 12 to complete it. [email protected]. questions in advance, or by using the U.S. Army Housing Survey before Dec. If you do not receive the survey, Stuttgart military community resi- event page on the garrison Facebook 12. please rst check your bulk or spam dents are encouraged to attend the page–it will be also be streamed on Your feedback is critical to shaping folders. Contact the USAG Stuttgart nal community town hall of 2019 to Facebook with some questions taken housing and services provided to our Housing O ce with any questions or address concerns regarding housing live online. UNITED STATES ARMY Contributors Web: www.StuttgartCitizen.com Email: [email protected] Everything advertised herein shall be GARRISON STUTTGART Angelika Aguilar Facebook: www.facebook.com/ made available for purchase, use or Paul Hughes USAGarrisonStuttgart/ The Stuttgart Citizen is an authorized patronage without regard to race, color, Commander newspaper, produced in the interest of religion, sex, national origin, age, marital Col. Jason W. Condrey USAG STUTTGART PUBLISHER the U.S. Army community in Stuttgart by status, physical handicap, political af- PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE the U.S. Army-Garrison Stuttgart Public fi liation, or any other non-merit factor of Senior Enlisted Adviser AdvantiPro GmbH Affairs Offi ce. Contents of the Citizen the purchaser, user or patron. Command Sgt. Maj. Building 2949, Panzer Kaserne Europaallee 3 are not necessarily the offi cial views of, Toese Tia 67657 Kaiserslautern or endorsed by, the U.S. Government or The appearance of advertising herein, Army Post Offi ce Mailing Address Telephone: +49 (0) 631-30 3355 30 the Department of the Army. including inserts and supplements, Public Affairs Offi cer Unit 30401, APO AE 09107 Web:www.AdvantiPro.com does not constitute endorsement by the Larry Reilly Managing Director The Stuttgart Citizen is printed by Dept. of the Army, or AvantiPro, of the German Mailing Address Bret Helenius AvantiPro, a private fi rm in no way con- fi rms, products or services advertised. Command Information Chief Panzer Kaserne Geb. 2949, 3rd Floor, nected with the U.S. Govt., under exclu- Rick Scavetta Panzerstrasse, 70032 Böblingen ADVERTISING IN THE CITIZEN sive written agreement with U.S. Army Unless otherwise indicated, all six- Display Advertising Contact Stuttgart. It is published monthly using digit phone numbers in The Stuttgart Editor Telephone: +49 07031-15-3105 Jaqueline Samad the offset method of reproduction and Citizen are DSN numbers and all lon- John Reese DSN (314) 431-3105 Telephone: +49 (0) 631-30 3355 37 has a printed circulation of 5,000 copies. ger numbers are civilian. The Citizen, December 2019 NEWS Page 3 Angel Tree benefits local families during holidays Story and photos by Rick Scavetta USAG Stuttgart Public Affairs Dozens of people gathered at the Panzer Exchange mall for the kickoff of Operation Angel Tree, a holiday event that benefits junior service members facing financial hardship, Nov. 21. The program, hosted by USAG Stuttgart’s Army Community Service, runs until Dec. 13. Deserving families, with sponsors from pay grade E-1 to E-5 and ci- vilian grades GS-6 and below are eligible. For Kathryn McNeely, deputy to the garrison commander, it’s the third year she’s taken part in this gift donation. Her child is grown, so she enjoys having a chance to offer something to a child in need, she said. “This is just one small way that you can give back to the commu- A paper gingerbread man with information about a child within the Stuttgart military community awaits a sponsor. nity,” McNeely said. The idea for an angel tree comes a military child,” McNeely said. “I from the Salvation Army. The pro- have a lot of fondness for tweeners gram began in 1979 in a shopping and young people coming of age. If mall in Virginia. Back then, chil- we can help make their holidays a dren would use greeting cards with little better, then that will be a good angel images to write their hopes thing.” for gifts and place them on the tree.
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