MORE ONLINE: Visit StuttgartCitizen.com and sign up for the daily email for more timely announcements NEWS FEATURE GOING GREEN TRAVELING ABROAD MERCEDES-BENZ MUSEUM SAVE WATER Get informed to travel safely Experience 125 years of auto- Golf course saves water where this summer. — PAGE 8 mobile history. — PAGE 3 it counts during hot summer days. — PAGE 4 CARE FAIR Easing the culture shock for newcomers with community resources. — PAGE 2 Thursday, August 6, 2015 Sustaining & Supporting the Stuttgart U.S. Military Community Garrison Website: www.stuttgart.army.mil Facebook: facebook.com/USAGarrisonStuttgart stuttgartcitizen.com The road to discovery: scenic drives Noteworthy car trips you can make in a day or during a weekend getaway in Baden-Württemberg. — Pages 12-13 Photo by jopelka/Shutterstock.com Photo by NEWS AFRICOM ASK A JAG HEALTH BEAT The FTC warns, it’s not them calling about the OPM Internship program accepting applications year- Answers about Germany’s Good Samaritan laws The DHA and FDA collaborate for the fi rst time to breach. Tips for recognizing and preventing round offers students hands-on experience wor- and regulations rendering assistance and aid as support smoking education on the "Real Cost" of government imposter scams. — PAGE 8 king in government. — PAGE 9 necessary. — PAGE 4 tobacco use. — PAGE 10 Page 2 NEWS The Citizen, August 6, 2015 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 CARE Fair eases culture shock endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense or the Department of the Army. All editorial content in this publication is edited and approved for USAG Stuttgart Public Affairs Offi ce public release by the United States Army Garrison Stuttgart Public A airs O ce. Advertisements and private organizations noted in this publication are not Adjusting to an overseas assign- part of Department of Defense. ment isn’t always easy. There is so much to learn: a new language, new customs, and if that weren’t enough, you’ve got to fig- ure out how to negotiate daily life in a new military community. In U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, that means dealing with facilities spread across four installations. And woe to those who aren’t familiar with the Army. That’s where U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart’s 2015 Community Activi- United States Army Garrison Stuttgart www.stuttgart.army.mil ties, Registration and Education, or www.facebook.com/USAGarrisonStuttgart CARE, Fair comes in. Col. Glenn K. Dickenson Newcomers to the Stuttgart CARE Fair 2014 was the place to be to fi nd out about available resources and services in the U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart Commander military community can begin to USAG Stuttgart community. The 2015 CARE Fair will take place on August 22 at the Panzer Main R. Slade Walters Director of Public A airs overcome their “culture shock” and Exchange. — Photo by Family and MWR. S.J. Grady learn about the myriad of commu- Command Information Chief nity resources that can help ease the Holly DeCarlo-White Carola Meusel transition during the CARE Fair on 2015 CARE Fair participants Editor Writer Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at USAG Stuttgart Public Affairs Offi ce Building 2949, Panzer Kaserne the Exchange shopping center on Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Protestant Women of the Chapel Army Post O ce Mailing Address: Panzer Kaserne. Mu Psi Omega Chapter Catholic Women of the Chapel Unit 30401, APO AE 09107 Representatives from more than Army Community Service Scouting programs German Mailing Address: 50 installation directorates, service AFRICOM Family Readiness Sitzmarkers Ski and Snowboard Panzer Kaserne, Geb. 2949, 3rd Floor, Panzerstrasse, 71032 Böblingen organizations and special interest Group Club FEATURE Telephone: +49 (0)7031-15-3105, DSN 431-3105 groups will be on hand. 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The Citizen, August 6, 2015 FEATURE Page 3 ‘Time travel’ through automobile history at Mercedes-Benz Museum Story & photos by Carola Meusel by engineer Carl Benz, known as the USAG Stuttgart Public Affairs Office world’s first three-wheeled automo- bile with a combustion engine, is also Stuttgart is well known for its displayed. automobile industry, especially Following the legend rooms tour, Mercedes-Benz. People interested in seven exhibition areas guide visitors taking a closer look at the “car with from the invention of the automobile the star” from Janis Joplin’s 1970 hit to the history of the Mercedes-Benz can visit the Mercedes-Benz Museum brand while overlapping political and in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. historical events, such as World War The museum boasts 125 years of I and II. automobile history, with 160 vehicles According to Vogt-Moykopf, the and 1,500 exhibits displayed through- cars are always located in the center out nine floors. of the room to mark the focal point of According to a Mercedes-Benz attention. Museum press release, the museum’s “Everything in the museum re- interior design follows the structure of volves around the vehicles. The cars a DNA double helix representing the are highlighted — almost like on a A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Coupé with gull-wing doors is on display at the Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz vision of continuously theater stage,” Vogt-Moykopf said. Museum in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. inventing new and advanced products. The oldest Mercedes from 1902, The helix also divides the exhibition the Mercedes Simplex, for example, into two tours: “Mythosräume,” or leg- is positioned underneath Swarovski end rooms, and “Collectionsräume,” crystal lights while classical music or collection rooms. plays in the background. The legend rooms visualize the “This setting is a very elegant presen- development of the Mercedes-Benz tation of the car,” Vogt-Moykopf said. brand by taking visitors back in time Visitors can look at the vehicles to 1886 and forward to today’s innova- displayed on the right and on the left, tions, such as emission-free mobility.