Inside
Yo-yos and physics
Viper Pit training
Fasching
Time to join the locals in celebrating the silly season. See page 16.
Army dentist shares hobby with Hainerberg students. See page 14.
Health Clinic, Training Support Center team up to provide “stress inoculation” training. See page 6.
erald Union H Vol. XV, No. 8
Identity
Wiesbaden: Your home in Germany
Jan. 31, 2013
Community leaders celebrate customer service, role models during workforce meeting unveil further efforts to create a sense of identity U.S. Army Garrison in the Wiesbaden military Wiesbaden Public Affairs community. U.S. Army Garrison “When I first spoke Wiesbaden’s workforce here a year ago I talked celebrated a yearlong about creating a home effort to enhance overall here — not just for Headcustomer satisfaction, quarters U.S. Army Eurecognize role models and rope, but for our 20,000 Soldiers, civilians and family members here in Wiesbaden,” said Col. David Carstens, U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden commander, to the hundreds of Soldiers and civilians gathered in the Wiesbaden Fitness Center Jan 25. “And so, many Col. David Carstens pres- people sitting in this ents community leaders See Identity with their new name tags. on page 2 Story and photos by Karl Weisel
Community members march to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s actions and inspirational messages on Clay Kaserne Jan. 17.
Words to remember
Marching in honor of Dr. King “Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. That is the interrelated structure
of reality.”
Story and photos by Karl Weisel
U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Public Affairs Office
“Nothing in all the During his lifetime world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance Dr. Martin Luther King and conscientious stu- Jr. stood as a towering pidity.” role model for doing
what’s right in the face of discrimination, cruel injustice and a staggering silent majority. After the civil rights leader was cut down by an assassin’s bullet See Dr. King on page 4
Aukamm residents warned to look out for wild boars By Wendy Brown
U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Public Affairs Office
Photo by Wendy Brown
Spc. Darrell Cole walks his dog Dakota next to extensive damage that wild boars have caused in Aukamm Housing Jan. 23.
The last time Spc. Darrell Cole felt safe letting his dog Dakota off her leash at night behind their home on Westfalenstrasse in Aukamm Housing was Jan. 13. That was the evening Cole briefly let Dakota off her leash to use the bathroom, and she immediately ran to the fence and started barking. “I heard stuff crashing in the woods behind the fence,” he said, “but I didn’t see anything. I didn’t know what it was, and then the following morning I came out in daylight and I saw that the ground was all rooted up.” Cole correctly surmised that a pack of wild boars caused the damage, and he alerted Col. James Brashear, director of the Defense Science and Tech-
nology Center-Europe, who sent out a warning about the animals. Other residents have reported seeing a pack of about three adults and four young boars in the area. They dig up the grass in search of insects to eat. Residents who live in the area should keep their dogs on leashes and stay away from the back sides of the buildings at night, said Beate Zuber, U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Directorate of Public Works building coordinator program manager. Wild boars are nocturnal and hide during the day. Under no circumstances should anyone feed the boars or attempt to approach them, Zuber said. Members of the Housing Office and DPW are aware of the issue and will work with the city of See Wild boars on page 10