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Te weekly e-newsletter or those serving Soldiers, Civilians and Families at U.S. Army Garrisons around the world

http://www.army.mil/imcom Vol. 5, No. 1 Jan. 7, 20

See TREE PLANTING, Page 3 See ATTERBURY, Page 2

WWE, entertainers pay tribute to Soldiers

Military to Civilian: TAP smooths change Enhancing emergency comms at Natick

Because Im Te Miz, and Im awesome!Every week, World Wrestling Entertain-

ments current champion, Te Miz, can be heardtaunting millions o ans and opponents, with

For many, retirement sounds exciting, but inreality, it may also bring challenges.

(Read more)

An emergency situation arises at the NatickSoldier Systems Center. In minutes, NSSCs entire

workorce receives notication (Read more)

his popular catchphrase. Whether or not peopleagree with Te Mizs boastul statement, its hardto argue WWE doesnt try hard to do an awesomejob. (Read more)

D6 Sends: A vision or the uture

Like many others this time o year, Ihave been reecting on the past 12 monthsand looking orward to the new year. Inmy proessional capacity, I am ocusing onthe uture o the Installation Management

Community. Specically, what should theInstallation Management Community looklike a year rom now?

I have been asking this question oInstallation Management personnel duringmeetings, town halls, and garrison visits.Aer all, the dedicated proessionals atthe garrisons and headquarters are doingthe work on a daily basis; they know whatit takes to deliver the acilities, programsand services that support our Soldiers andFamilies.

I have also been seeking eedback romSoldiers, Families... (Read more)
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Atterbury prepares civilians for deploymenIt is an experience amiliar to any Soldier:

waiting in line or deployment processing. Itsa seemingly endless series o queues as person-

nel move though the stations -- medical, dentanance and so on. (Read more)

El Paso traded its avorite green uniorms orthe blue and gold o the University o Notre Dameand the green and orange o the University oMiami during the 2010 Sun Bowl.(Read more)

U.S. Army engineers showed students at SamHouston High School how robots empower, theAmerican Warghter.(Read more)

Tere are many ways or troops to talk withthier kids while deployed-Internet, telephonesFamily Readiness Groups and more. (Read m

Instead o sharing roads with cars and bicyclists, service members at Hunter will soon havnew asphalt-paved running trail. (Read more)

Bliss Soldiers enjoy 77th Sun Bowl

Army display robots at Schools

Deployed Soldiers talk with kids on VT

Hunter Army Airfeld gets new trail

IMCOM World NewsPublished by:U.S. Army Installation Management Command

Commanding General: Lt. Gen. Rick LynchPublic Aairs & StratComm Director: Mike Thiem

IMCOM World News StaffPublic Affairs & Strategic Communications Directorate

Managing Editor: R. Slade WaltersLayout Editor: Elise Van PoolWeb: Neal SnyderVideo: Keith Smith

This ofcial U.S. Army electronic publication is published weeklyunder the supervision o the U.S. Army Installation ManagementCommand Public Aairs & Strategic Communications Directorateto provide the U.S. Army Installation Management Community,which is made up o Soldiers and Civilian employees o theU.S. Army Ofce o the Assistant Chie o Sta o the Army orInstallation Management (OACSIM); the U.S. Army Installation

Management Command (IMCOM); the U.S. Army Family, Moraleand Welare Command (FMWRC); and the U.S. Army EnvironmentalCommand (AEC), with inormation on people, policies, operations,developments, trends and ideas o and about the InstallationManagement Community. Contents o the IMCOM World Newsare not necessarily the ofcial views o, or endorsed by, the U.S.Government, Department o Deense, the Department o the Army.Any editorial content in this electronic publication or linked rom thiselectronic publication is the responsibility o the IMCOM Public Aairs& Strategic Communications Directorate and the specifc region orgarrison public aairs ofce where the content originated. Unlessotherwise indicated (and except or by permission and copyrightitems), material may be reprinted provided credit is give to theoriginating garrison, author and/or photographer. All photographsby U.S. Army unless otherwise credited. Submissions o garrison-related articles published to army.mil by garrison public aairs ofces

are invited.

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Submissions or comments:[email protected](210) 424-8153

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Tree planting encourages ecosystem growth

Holiday un at USAG Stuttgart

Fort Riley Families honor deployed

Make-A-Wish helps Leavenworth amily

Strength also comes rom having heart

CSA tours Leonard Wood tornado dama

Environmental ofcers train to protect

Solar Thermal Roo Debuts at Adelphi

he number o longlea pine trees on Fort Ben-ning will soon top 14.7 million. ree planters havebeen working since the beginning o December

emperatures were well-below reezing onDec. 3, but that didnt keep amilies in U.S. ArmyGarrison Stuttgart rom coming to Family andMorale, Welare and Recreations annual Winter-est event, held rom 4-9 p.m. next to Husky Fieldon Patch Barracks. (Read more)

Families and riends o deployed Soldiersgathered together to honor those Soldiers duringa luminary event. (Read more)

Maj. ed Pelzel, his wie Kristi, and their10-year-old son Stephen know that the youngestmember o their amily is dying. Tey know thatSean, now 4, has a limited liespan because o arare brain disease. But today, the amily is givingSean the very best vacation they can. (Read more)

A young mother cried a ew days beoreChristmas because o what the Watervliet Arsenaldid to her and to her amily. (Read more)

Four days aer a tornado struck Fort LeonaWood Army Chie o Sta Gen. George W. CasJr. visited the installation. (Read more)

Environmental ofcers traveled to Wiesbad

to learn how to handle chemicals. (Read more

Construction that started in December atAdelphi Laboratory eatures a solar thermal ro(Read more)

to plant 1,000 acres - approximately 605,000 seed-lings - o the hardy Southern pine.(Read more)

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IN THE PRESSExternal Media Report

Te Olympic bobsled pilot John Napierdid not take any practice runs Tursday inadvance o this weekends World Cup raceshere.

Early that morning, he sent a text mes-sage to his United States team coach, sayinghe should probably stay o the track. Hehadnt slept much, he wrote. Nightmareshad kept him awake. (Read more)

Te Veterans o Foreign Wars post inLeavenworth traditionally was dominated

by aged ex-servicemen. But in recent yearsa revolution has occurred in the KansasArmy town, with a new young leader-ship transorming the post into a centerproviding support and entertainment ormale and emale veterans o all ages andconicts.(Read more)

Te militarys only burn center is get-ting a new, bigger home that should beready by this summer.

Te Armys Institute o Surgical Re-search Burn Center will move rom themain building o Brooke Army MedicalCenter here to the ourth oor o a seven-story, 760,000-square-oot tower beingadded.(Read more)

Te new year brings with it an addedbenet or spouses o deceased ederalworkers or military personnel enrolled inthe Tri Savings Plan: spouses now havetheir own personal beneciary participantaccounts.

During the past year, surviving spouse

beneciaries could participate in an in-terim program. (Read more)

Te Armys largest post saw a record-high number o soldiers kill themselves in2010 despite a mental health eort aimed areversing the trend.

Te Army says 22 soldiers have eitherkilled themselves or are suspected o do-ing so last year at its post at Fort Hood inexas, twice the number rom 2009. (Readmore)

Bobsledder Chose Aghanistan

VFW reaches out to younger Vets

New burn center will add capacity

Rolling Over TSP to spouses

Eorts dont stem Hood suicides

Childrens programs earns acclaim BOSS brightens holidays or patients

ACS opens Winter Wonderland CSA visits Fort Wainwright

Kits help children through deployment Families remain job No. 1 at Rucker ACS

Lab dedicated to NSRDEC employee Kids News: Youths gain experience

Army outreach delivers students options Lieutenant puts hockey career on ice

Former Soldier returns as top cop DES hosts Iraqi counterparts

obyhannas Child, Youth and School Servicesorganization oers some o the best program-ming in the nation, according to the NationalAssociation or the Education o Young Children.Te Family Services Division early childhoodprograms here were awarded NAEYC Accredita-tion. (Read more)

Wiesbaden Soldiers helped put smiles on theaces o young cancer patients at Mainz Uni-versity, Dec. 7. Several members o WiesbadensBetter Opportunities or Single Soldiers programstopped by the Mainz cancer center to hand outholiday goodies and to spend time with the youngpatients. (Read more)

ACS invited the community to their WinterWonderland, here, uesday.

Keiki shared their holiday wishes with Santaand Mrs. Claus and got their photos taken. Teyparticipated in interactive cra activities likedecorating Christmas stockings and makingcandy-cane-reindeer to give as gis. (Read more)

Gen. and Mrs. Casey visited soldiers, amilymembers and leaders rom the Fort Wainwrightand Fairbanks communities Sunday and Monday,thanking them or their service, wishing themhappy holidays and listening to their concerns.

Te general started his day early Monday witha visit to the 16th CAB. (Read more)

Nine-year-old Colbie Cornell is excited aboutChristmas. Hes hoping to see an Xbox Kinectunder his tree, along with a motorized RazorScooter. While he is expecting to have a good

Christmas, he also realizes that one special personwill be notably absent.(Read more)

Army Community Service sta membersprovide Soldiers and Family members here withuser-riendly tools at one Web site location.

By clicking on Families rom the Fort Rucker

Web site, a world o inormation awaits, includ-ing topics ranging rom relocation, child care,recreation... (Read more)

Scientists and engineers rom throughout theNatick Soldier Research, Development, and Engi-neering Center gathered Dec. 9 in the Grant Con-erence Center to remember a ormer colleagueand honor the Armys commitment to educationin the elds o science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (SEM). (Read more)

Like superheroes equipped with utilitytoolbelts and colorul garb, participants in thegarrisons school partnership program now haveunique -shirts, pens and other gear.

Wiesbaden students were the rst recipients othe new Kids News -shirts during a taping o theprogram at AFN studios Dec. 8. (Read more)

U.S. Army educational coordinators deliveredscience and technology presentations to SanAntonio high schools with the hope o inspiringstudents to look to the Army or career optionsand opportunities.

Tis outreach eort, led by members o theU.S. Army R&D ...(Read more)

Zach McKelvie still has dreams o playing inthe NHL but says hes more than happy servinghis country.

Te 25-year-old rst lieutenant, who playedour years at Army and was team captain hisjunior and senior seasons, signed with the BostonBruins as an undraed ree agent. (Read more)

Fort Jackson has a new top cop. His name isDavid Navarro. Similar to a citys chie o police,Navarro is the installations supervisory police o-cer, who oversees all military and civilian policeofcers on post.

My primary goal is to teach my ofcers howto deal with situations similar to those Ive dealtwith on the outside, said Navarro, an 11-yearveteran with the Richland County SherisDepartment who came on board in late October.

(Read More)

Fort Jackson leaders invited a delegation oIraqi police leaders in December to observe andlearn how the Directorate o Emergency Servicesoperates.

Te delegation, which included two brigadiergenerals and two ofcers - one o whom is Iraqsrst emale police ofcer - visited the installationDec. 16 as part o a larger trip to spend time withthe Richland County Sheris Ofce. Sheri LeonLott went to Iraq in July to help train Iraqi police

ofcers. (Read more)
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