Stuttgart Citizen, September 2020 Send your announcements for upcoming events to the USAG Stuttgart Public Affairs Office CYS Virtual Recruitment Fair On Sept. 8, Child And Youth Services will host a Virtual Recruitment Fair. CYS is looking to hire Child & Youth Program Assistant positions. Positions are available on all USAG Stuttgart installations. Non-appropriated Fund positions are open to all qualified candidates eligible for appointments under U.S. employment conditions. Applicants must be 18 or older, have a high school diploma or GED and have good English skills. To take part, submit the following documents (in PDF format) between 7:30-10 a.m. to usarmy.stuttgart.
NEWS BRIEFS hqda-cpac.mbx.naf@mail.mil • Current resume with current APO or local German address and phone number • High school diploma/college transcript(s) • PCS orders and DD 214 (if applicable) For more information call 09641-70-5964100 or DSN 596-4100
2020 C.A.R.E. Fair heads outdoors This year’s Community Activities Registration Education Fair will be held Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Exchange parking lot at Panzer Kaserne. Visitors will get a chance to meet the people who work behind the scenes supporting the community. “Our team is committed to host-
ing a fantastic event and providing an opportunity for organizations to connect with both newcomers and seasoned Stuttgart community members while maintaining COVID-19 safety mitigations,” said Jeremy Plumley, from Army Community Services. More information will be posted on the Family and MWR website, that will highlight all of the organizations participating in this year’s event, Plumley said. For more details on the C.A.R.E. Fair, call 09641-70-596-3870 or DSN: 314-596-3870
Robinson residents asked to move cars for cleanup A cleanup effort on Robinson Barracks
Page 3 from September 14-17 will require residents to relocate vehicles for a day. Army Family Housing residents on the installation will need to move vehicles (including motorcycles) to accommodate weeding and cleanup work in parking areas, according to the Directorate of Public Works. The specific days and alternate parking sites vary by building but have been sent to residents through their Building Coordinators. They can also be found on the Stuttgart Citizen website, under the “Robinson Barracks” section of the “Announcements” tab. In addition, the Commissary parking lot will also be cleaned and weeded on September 15, from 8-11 a.m. Work is planned to finish prior to the Commissary’s opening.
Television reception in some military quarters set to change Story & photo by Mark Heeter Installation Management CommandEurope WIESBADEN — Beginning Sept. 27, any resident of Army quarters in Germany receiving AFN television via cable will no longer automatically receive those channels as a cable-service contract with IMCOM-Europe ends. In the Stuttgart military community, this could affect more than 3,900 people. While the move will affect AFN and cable television service in Army Family Housing, and off-
post government leased housing, officials are evaluating the possibility that service might continue in barracks. Off-post residents using satellite dishes with decoders and customers already subscribing to a TKS EasyTV package will not be impacted by this change. Those who use cable now will continue to receive AFN until the signal drops following contract termination or until equipment they currently use becomes obsolete. The increasing popularity of streaming television services in Germany has rendered such hardware outmoded in many places.
Most housing and barracks residents receive television as part of an Internet package, and this move aligns Army garrisons in Germany with that trend. IMCOM-Europe officials said they looked closely at the numbers of cable connections in use throughout
military quarters in Germany. With the rising influence of streaming services that residents increasingly use, they decided that this was the right time to change direction in reception services. Customers already subscribing to an EasyTV package will continue to receive AFN and U.S. channels without interruption. Anyone currently receiving AFN through cable only will need to subscribe through TKS to continue receiving channels in government housing. Some units in Germany are considering whether to continue the AFN service in barracks after the change takes effect.
