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“My favorite season is fall,” said Sgt. Robert Francis, 529th Military Police Company. “You get to wear all of your nice clothes — your jackets and stuff.” See page 2.
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Community members showcase diversity during special observance. See page 8.
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Youths have wide range of classes to choose from — from dance to martial arts. See page 9.
erald Union H Vol. XV, No. 25
Wiesbaden: Your home in Germany
Sept. 26, 2013
CSM thoughts
USAREUR’s senior NCO stresses need for discipline, accountability By Karl Weisel
U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Public Affairs Office
“You have a responsibility to be disciplined in your conduct and your behavior and to hold your Soldiers accountable.” That’s one of the messages U.S. Army Europe Command Sgt. Maj. David Davenport shared with Wiesbaden noncommissioned officers during a visit to the community Sept. 12. After taking a look at various aspects of military operations in Wiesbaden, USAREUR’s senior NCO discussed leadership, mentoring and fielded a range of questions from first sergeants and fellow NCO leaders during a luncheon at the Strong Teams Cafe. “My general message is that I want all of our USAREUR Soldiers to be fit, disciplined and well-trained,” Davenport said. “NCOs need to understand their
responsibilities and develop a plan to support that.” Saying that it’s not enough to simply go through the motions of training, physical fitness and education, NCO leaders must become personally engaged in formulating training plans and disciplining those Soldiers who fail to achieve the standards to hold them accountable. “You all have a critical role in fitness,” he said. “NCOs need to be the example of those characteristics and must have a plan to improve their Soldiers’ weak areas. If Soldiers aren’t fit — they fail their Army physical fitness test or don’t meet height and weight standards — you aren’t doing them any favors by not disciplining them with a flag and remedial PT. I’m not talking about abusing or hazing them with remedial PT — I’m See CSM thoughts on page 7
Photo by Karl Weisel
U.S. Army Europe Command Sgt. Maj. David Davenport fields questions from Wiesbaden NCO leaders during a roundtable luncheon at the Strong Teams Cafe Sept. 12.
Photo by Karl Weisel
A mixed color guard of Airmen, Marines and Soldiers presents the colors during a 9/11 Commemoration at Veterans Park on Clay Kaserne Sept. 11.
Remembering 9/11 Community pauses to pay tribute
— a day of memory — but it’s also a day of celebrating patriotism,” said Col. David Carstens, U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden By Karl Weisel commander, at the U.S. Army Garrison middle school’s obWiesbaden Public Affairs Office servance. Recognizing the Wiesbaden militoll 9/11 and its repertary community memcussions have taken bers were joined by on the military and their German neighPhoto by Karl Weisel veterans, Carstens said bors while pausing to Col. David Carstens and Command Sgt. military families have remember on Sept. 11. Maj. Sa’eed Mustafa salute after placing borne the brunt of Students from a wreath at Veterans Park on Sept. 11. uncertainty through the Theisstalschule the stresses of separathe Bundeswehr were in the in Niedernhausen tion when service members joined their American coun- audience at the U.S. Army deploy. terparts at Wiesbaden Middle Garrison Wiesbaden’s Sept. See Remembering School during a special 9/11 11 commemoration. 9/11 on page 3 “Today is both a sad day event, while members of
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