• Community members participate in AFAP

    Community members participate in AFAP

    Delegates for this year’s Army Family Action Plan conference presented their top issues Nov. 15 to U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Commander Col. Noah Cloud and Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Truchon.

  • Retirees Appreciation Day draws more than 350

    Retirees Appreciation Day draws more than 350

    More than 14,000 retirees from all branches of the U.S. armed forces, along with an additional 2,000 widows and widowers, live in Europe. More than 350 of those retirees and their family members attended Retiree Appreciation Day Oct. 26 at U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden to learn more about the services available to them.

  • A survey has been sent out to residents of Army housing to solicit firsthand accounts of what Soldiers and their families find important in Army housing and to gauge satisfaction with property-management services. The survey will be open through Dec. 13.

    Army launches housing satisfaction survey

    WASHINGTON — After eight months of efforts and initiatives across the Army to improve housing conditions, residents of U.S. Army family housing will have another chance to rate the quality of housing and housing services in 2019 as the Army has launched two more surveys — one on Army-owned and -leased housing, and one on privatized housing.

  • Drivers face consequences following DUIs

    Drivers face consequences following DUIs

    Matt Murcin, the U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Army Substance Abuse Program manager, recently sat down with three community members to talk to them about getting a DUI and what led up to their choice to drink and drive. To protect their privacy, the community members are not identified by their real names.

  • Army veteran and registered dietitian Maria McConville, spouse of Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James C. McConville, talks with military spouse home-based business owners and senior leader spouses at a luncheon Oct. 24, 2019, at the Wiesbaden Entertainment Center. The forum was part of a tour of U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Oct. 23-25 during which Maria McConville spoke with personnel and military spouses about some of the challenges they face and the contributions they make to the community.

    CSA spouse visits USAG Wiesbaden

    Army veteran and registered dietitian Maria McConville, spouse of Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James C. McConville, visited U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Oct. 23 through 25 to tour the installation and talk with personnel and military spouses about some of the challenges they face and the contributions they make to the community.


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Garrison participates in National Day of Mourning

Garrison participates in National Day of Mourning

“Peace is something that we must not take for granted. We have to actively work to preserve it,” reminded Michael Ebling, Lord Mayor of Mainz, to the participants of the National Day of Mourning commemoration Nov. 17 at the Mainz Main Cemetery.

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The 86th Medical Group Health Promotion office is encouraging members of the Kaiserslautern Military Community to commit to healthy, smoke-free lives. According to the American Cancer Society, cigarette smoke kills more Americans than alcohol, car accidents, HIV, guns, and illegal drugs combined. (U.S. Air Force photo Illustration by Senior Airman Joshua Magbanua)

Clinic promotes smoking cessation

The Wiesbaden Army Health Clinic encouraged smokers to quit for one day, as part of the Great American Smokeout. Getting through one day without using tobacco can motivate someone to get through two days, then three days and more.

Retirees Appreciation Day draws more than 350

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USAREUR Soldiers place in Army 10-miler

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Drivers face consequences following DUIs

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Many times when a military family is going through marital discord, parenting challenges, or other stressful life events, they are directed to the Family Advocacy Program.

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Herald Union fileSwollen heads march in a Fasching parade. The high point of the Fasching festivities is Rosenmontag, or Rose Monday. The parade in Mainz is one of the biggest in the country and features almost 10,000 participants from Mainz and other European cities.

Annual celebration brings parades, fairs to Germany

It’s that time of the year again. Germany is celebrating its “fifth season” — Fasching Season or Fastnacht Season.

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