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MORE ONLINE: Visit StuttgartCitizen.com and sign up for the daily email for more timely announcements FEATURE FEATURE NEWS Your Vote Counts; get your Panzer Exchange Associate Halloween events are sched- absentee ballot in to have looks back on military career uled for Stuttgart installations; your voice heard. — PAGE 3 spanning three major wars. — PAGE 4 access rules change for visitors. — PAGE 12 COLOR RUN Color Run celebrates life and closes out Suicide Prevention Month by raising awareness. — PAGE 14 Thursday, October 6, 2016 Sustaining & Supporting the Stuttgart U.S. Military Community Garrison Website: www.stuttgart.army.mil Facebook: facebook.com/USAGarrisonStuttgart StuttgartCitizen.com Pumpkin circus is coming to town The World’s Largest Pumpkin Festival, Ludwigsburg Kürbisausstellung runs at the Blühende Barock garden area at the Ludwigsburg Castle. — Pages 16-17 Photo by Kevin S. Abel S. Kevin Photo by FLU VACCINE ANNOUNCEMENTS AFRICOM NEWS EUCOM NEWS Learn how to protect yourself, your family and Community updates on garrison services, plus Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Soldiers earn Air Assault badge while in friends by getting your annual fl u vaccine. activities and classes to know about. Service members teach lifesaving skills to Europe at Camp Aachen, Germany. — Page 5 — Pages 6&7 Kenya Defense Forces. — Page 8 — Page 9 Page 2 NEWS The Citizen, October 6, 2016 is newspaper is an authorized publication for October is Disability Employment Awareness Month 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 By Kevin S. Abel group, crossing lines of age, ethnic- disability employment issues. It rep- Defense or the Department of the Army. All editorial content in this publication is edited and approved for USAG Stuttgart Public Affairs Office ity, gender, race, sexual orientation resents the most comprehensive job public release by the United States Army Garrison Stuttgart Public A airs O ce. Advertisements and and socioeconomic status. accommodation resource available private organizations noted in this publication are not October is National Disability U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart and helps people with disabilities part of Department of Defense. Employment Awareness Month; the supports the Rehabilitation Act of enhance their employability and purpose of this designation is to 1973, which prohibits discrimina- educates employers how to capi- raise awareness and educate every- tion on the basis of disability in pro- talize on the value and talent that one about disability employment is- grams run by federal agencies; pro- people with disabilities add to the sues and celebrate the many contri- grams that receive federal financial workplace. butions of America’s workers with assistance; in federal employment; CAP is the centrally funded rea- disabilities. and in the employment practices sonable accommodations program This effort to educate the public of federal contractors and requires for employees with disabilities in about the issues related to disabil- federal employers to provide rea- the DoD. Congress granted it the ity and employment began in 1945, sonable accommodations. authority to provide assistive tech- when Congress enacted Public When faced with recruitment/ nology, devices, and support servic- Law 176, declaring the first week selection employment actions, man- es free of charge to Federal agencies United States Army Garrison Stuttgart of October each year as National agers and supervisors are to hire the that have a partnership agreement www.stuttgart.army.mil Employ the Physically Handicapped best-qualified candidate based on with them. These technologies, www.facebook.com/USAGarrisonStuttgart Week. Some 25 years later, Congress their knowledge, skills and abilities which can be used to maintain, in- U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart Commander Col. Glenn K. Dickenson expanded the week to a month and not based on whether they have crease, or improve an individual's Director of Public A airs and changed the name to National a disability or not. job performance, are available to Kevin S. Abel Disability Employment Awareness There are a large number of re- accommodate people with appar- Editor Month. sources out there if a new employee ent or hidden disabilities such as Kevin S. Abel The American Disability Act de- has a disability or a current em- Blind/low vision, cognitive, com- Sta Writers Laura Cambiago-Spangler fines an individual with a disability ployee becomes disabled that can munication, Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Holly DeCarlo-White Carola Meusel as “a person who has a physical or help. Two of these resources are; Job or dexterity. USAG Stuttgart Public Affairs Offi ce mental impairment that substan- Accommodation Network (JAN) Building 2949, Panzer Kaserne tially limits one or more major life https://askjan.org/ and Computer/ Army Post O ce Mailing Address: activities; a person who has a his- Electronic Accommodations To learn more about reasonable Unit 30401, APO AE 09107 tory or record of such impairment; Program (CAP) http://cap.mil/. accommodations, contact the your German Mailing Address: Panzer Kaserne, Geb. 2949, 3rd Floor, Panzerstrasse, or a person who is perceived by oth- JAN is the leading source of free, Disability Program Manager or the 71032 Böblingen ers as having such an impairment.” expert, and confidential guidance USAG Stuttgart Equal Employment Telephone: +49 (0)7031-15-2485, DSN 431-2485 People with disabilities are a diverse on workplace accommodations and Opportunity Office. Fax: +49 (0)7031-15-3096, DSN 431-3096 e appearance of advertising in this publication, including inserts or supplements, does not constitute Domestic Violence Awareness Month activities endorsement of the products or services advertised by the U.S. Army or the U.S. Department of Defense. Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for purchase, use or patronage without regard Oct. 7: Bubble Soccer lives lost as we reflect and be decorated by parents and to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical handicap, political a liation or any raise awareness on the sever- children together to quali- other non-merit factor of the purchaser, user or patron. If a violation or rejection of this equal opportunity • Parade Field in front the ity of this issue. fy for prizes. Prizes will be policy by an advertiser is con rmed, the printer shall refuse to print advertising from that source until the Garrison Command Building, • Free childcare provided for award to 1st, 2nd and 3rd violation is corrected. Panzer Kaserne, 5:30 - 7:30 those who register at Army place winners. p.m. Community Service in ad- Publisher: • Join Army Community vance. Children must be 10 Register at DSN 431-3518 / CIV Service Family Advocacy years or younger and regis- 07031-15-3518. Program along with ASAP tered with CYSS to receive AdvantiPro GmbH in celebrating and encour- care. www.advantipro.com Telephone: +49 (0) 631-30 3355 30 aging healthy relationships Oct. 20: “Pup”Kin Love e Citizen is a biweekly o set press publication in observance of Domestic Register to attend at DSN 431- published by AdvantiPro GmbH and printed by Oggersheimer Druckzentrum. Circulation is 7,000 Violence Awareness Month. 3518 / CIV 07031-15-3518. • Panzer Kaserne, 10 - 11 a.m. copies. • Limited space available. • Army Community Service Handelsregister: Zweibrücken, HRB 1824 Z Family Advocacy Program Gerichtsstand Kaiserslautern Ust-IdNr.: DE 229812354 Register at DSN 431-3518 / CIV Oct. 18: Cupcakes 4 and the Veterinary Clinic John ompson 07031-15-3518. Change Contest are partnering for a unique Managing Director event to highlight Domestic Newspaper Layout/Designer • USO Center, Building 2915, Violence Awareness Month. Manuel Flaetgen Graphic Designer Oct. 14: Storytellers: Panzer Kaserne, 3 p.m. Participants and their pups Display Advertising Contact Survivors of Domestic • In observance of Domestic in costume will arrive at Jaqueline Samad Telephone: +49 (0) 631-30 3355 37 Violence Violence Awareness Month, Panzer's dog run and have Email: [email protected] Family Advocacy Program their picture taken. The com- Classi ed Advertising Contact • Patch Chapel, Building 2305, and the USO are hosting a munity will vote on the best Isabell Smith Telephone: +49 (0) 631-30 3355 31 Patch Barracks, 6:30 - 8:30 cupcake decorating contest. costume duo and prizes be Email: [email protected] Website: www.FindItGuide.com p.m. Drop off your creations be- awarded to the top three. Mailing Address: • Hear testimonies of domestic tween 10 - 11 a.m. Judging AdvantiPro GmbH violence survivors and join will take place from 3:30 DSN 431-3518 / CIV Europaallee 3 67657 Kaiserslautern the candlelight vigil honoring - 4:30 p.m. Cupcakes must 07031-15-3518. The Citizen, October 6, 2016 NEWS Page 3 Absentee Voter Tips for Military, Overseas Citizens Federal Voting Assistance Program News States only count your backup ballot if If you're wondering if your vote election visit the Stuttgart FVAP web- Release your voted state ballot is not received made it home, check the status of your site at http://www.stuttgart.army.mil/ by the deadline. ballot by selecting your state at the services-vap.html, or call the civ. 07031- With less than forty-five days un- FVAP website and contacting your 15-2865 or DSN 431-2865, hours of op- til the general election on Nov. 8, ab- Fill out your ballot and election office directly. eration are Mon. – Fri. 8 a.m. to 4:30 sentee voters are beginning to receive election materi- Military and over- p.m. their state ballots. als correctly seas voters who During Absentee Voting Week, Many need to Federal Voting Assistance Sept. 26 through Oct. 3, the Federal states register Program Voting Assistance Program reminded have or re- The Federal Voting Assistance the Stuttgart Military Community to Program is a Defense Department or- submit their ballot as soon as possible ganization that works to ensure service and to follow up to ensure that that members, their eligible family mem- their ballot is received by their election bers, and overseas citizens are aware of office.