Independence Day the Stuttgart Way
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MORE ONLINE: For more information about the Stuttgart U.S. military community, visit the garrison website at www.stuttgart.army.mil FEATURE NEWS CULTURE EVERY VOTE COUNTS, SCOUTS VOLUNTEER LICHTENSTEIN CASTLE: but only if you cast it. Scouts help maintain A fairy-tale castle makes Find out more about the FVAP — PAGE 5. historic trail in France — PAGE 4. for a perfect day trip — PAGE 8. NEWS Navy volunteers provide upkeep for American military cemetery in Luxembourg — PAGE 3. Thursday, July 10, 2014 Sustaining & Supporting the Stuttgart U.S. Military Community Garrison Website: www.stuttgart.army.mil Facebook: facebook.com/USAGarrisonStuttgart stuttgartcitizen.net Independence Day the Stuttgart way Thousands gather for food, fun and fi reworks — PAGE 12 Thousands gathered on Patch Barracks July 4 to celebrate Independence Day in the traditional American way: with barbecue, music, family fun and fi reworks. — Photo by R. Slade Walters, USAG Stuttgart Public Affairs Offi ce. COMMENTARY: GOING GREEN: HEALTH BEAT: SAFETY: MENTAL HEALTH PRINTER CARTRIDGES SUGAR SUMMER GRILLING Getting help is not a sign of weakness, but a Recycling printer cartridges can reduce the Empty calories are just the tip of the iceberg Make sure that throwing some brats on the sign of courage, according to the head of the trash in landfi lls, reduce petroleum needs, when it comes to sugar. Too much sugar can grill this weekend doesn’t land you in the Army Nurse Corps – PAGE 2. and even put cash in your pocket — PAGE 10. have serious health consequences — PAGE 9. hospital or worse — PAGE 10. Page 2 OPINION The Citizen, July 10, 2014 is newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the Department of Defense. Contents of e Citizen are not necessarily the o cial views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of Removing the stigma of Defense or the Department of the Army. All editorial content in this publication is edited and approved for public release by the United States Army Garrison Stuttgart Public A airs O ce. Advertisements and private organizations noted in this publication are not part of Department of Defense. mental health care Commentary by Maj. Gen. Jimmie O. Keenan Southern Regional Medical Command Commanding general, Southern Regional and the market manager for the San Medical Command and Chief, U.S. Army Antonio Military Health System, my Nurse Corps daily duties allow me the privilege to ensure the care and treatment of our e human brain is an nation’s sons and daughters. extraordinarily complex organ. e I can’t emphasize enough the need brain is the seat of our personality; it’s to be open and encouraging to anyone, what makes us uniquely ourselves. Soldier or family member who is Our minds are amazingly struggling with a behavioral health United States Army Garrison Stuttgart adaptable and resilient, and the Army diagnosis. www.stuttgart.army.mil has tapped into this trait to help White’s insight into what it’s like www.facebook.com/USAGarrisonStuttgart Soldiers and families prepare for and to accept, treat and overcome PTSD Col. John P. Stack U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart Commander adapt to whatever adversity they may gives me hope that it is an achievable R. Slade Walters face, either on deployment or in their Maj. Gen. Jimmie O. Keenan goal for behavioral health patients to Director of Public A airs daily lives. Commanding general, Southern Regional manage their illness. S.J. Grady Determined to decrease the stigma Medical Command and Chief, U.S. Army However, it takes a village, so the Command Information Chief/Managing Editor of seeking behavioral health treatment, Nurse Corps Army is encouraging leaders, Soldiers, Greg Jones Carola Meusel Writer Writer the Army is in the process of a cultural families, civilians change to encourage Soldiers and their rst Medal of and communities USAG Stuttgart Public Affairs Offi ce “There’s no shame in Building 2949, Panzer Kaserne families to come forward and get the Honor recipient to start talking Army Post O ce Mailing Address: help and the behavioral health care to publicly going and getting help. about it, engaging Unit 30401, APO AE 09107 they need. encourage These service members with each other, German Mailing Address: Former Army Sgt. Kyle J. 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If a violation or rejection of this equal opportunity policy by an advertiser is con rmed, the printer shall get the treatment that you need. If I - that service member who needs America’s sons and daughters are refuse to print advertising from that source until the violation is corrected. can do it, then there’s no reason they help coming forward and actually depending on everyday people like you can’t as well.” admitting, ‘Hey, I need to go see and me to make healthy behavioral Publisher: White was diagnosed with post- somebody,’ - that’s the issue that needs health conversations a normal part of traumatic stress disorder prior to his to be addressed, I believe.” daily life. Stand with me, San Antonio, discharge from the Army, and is the As the commanding general of the and let’s TALK about it! AdvantiPro GmbH www.advantipro.com e Citizen is a biweekly o set press publication published by AdvantiPro GmbH and printed by Oggersheimer Druckzentrum. Circulation is 7,000 copies. Handelsregister: Zweibrücken, HRB 1824 Z Gerichtsstand Kaiserslautern Ust-IdNr.: DE 229812354 John ompson Managing Director Telephone: +49 (0) 631-3033-5530 Email: [email protected] Corinna Emser Production Manager Newspaper Layout/Designer Alexander Pütz Dipl. Designer (FH/University of applied sciences) Display Advertising Contact Jaqueline Samad Telephone: +49 (0) 631-3033-5537 Email: [email protected] Classi ed Advertising Contact Janina Wuttke Telephone: +49 (0) 631-3033-5531 Website: www.class-world.com Mailing Address: AdvantiPro GmbH Europaallee 3 67657 Kaiserslautern The Citizen, July 10, 2014 NEWS Page 3 Sailors honor fallen by volunteering Sailors and family members from the Stuttgart military community spruce up the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Hamm, Luxembourg, June 21. The cemetery contains the remains of over 5,000 American service members, most of whom died during the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944-1945. — Photo courtesy Stuttgart Petty Officers Association By Petty Officer 1st Class D. Keith Simmons for me, in all honesty,” said Petty died during and after the Battle of the but she shared stories by participants Stuttgart Petty Officers Association Officer 2nd Class Shelby Hart, a Bulge,” said Senior Chief Petty Officer ... she met through the years of service reserve management coordinator for Angela Tilley, U.S. Special Operations at the Luxembourg Cemetery.” More than 40 enlisted Sailors and Joint Intelligence Operations Center Command Europe. “The scale of loss As the realism of the bravery and families from the Stuttgart military Europe. “Saturday, 21 June, was from World War II was made real to sacrifices that were made for freedom community spent the day volunteering actually my four year anniversary in me at that cemetery, and I spent a set in, emotions ran high and many at the Luxembourg American Ce- the Navy. To know that so many people great deal of time wondering about the participants had to take a moment to metery and Memorial in Hamm, fell to not only protect our lands, but survivors of that battle and how they reflect on the fact that many of those Luxembourg, June 21. [also] those in Europe, so far away. I coped with so much loss.” who gave their lives were barely old The cemetery is maintained by will always remember that I had the Partnerships and outreach events enough to benefit from the liberties the American Battle Monuments opportunity to clean the headstones of such as this are imperative to the future they were sent to fight for. Commission and with coordination fallen Soldiers from World War II, on of these historically important places. “Between knowing the facts, from the Stuttgart Petty Officers my anniversary date.” “The trip was well planned and hearing the stories, seeing the results Association, the volunteers performed Sailors and families also spent inspiring,” said Petty Officer 2nd of the sacrifices made and being there various upkeep tasks at the site, such as time learning about the history of Class Chad Cabral, U.S.