1 CHIÈVRES, Belgium – At an installation where community and friendliness pair together like coffee and milk, the Bene Brew Café and Pub officially opened its doors March 11 at Chièvres Air Base, Belgium in a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Tommy Mize, director of Installation Management Command Directorate - Europe.
The facility, operated by the Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation, immediately next to the Community Activity Center and fitness area, offers patrons coffee, breakfast and lunch foods with more to come in the near future.
“Bene Brew was envisioned and created to fill a community need,” said Stacy Perez, FMWR director, “to offer a place where Soldiers and Families can come together.”
Monument in small Belgian village serves as remembrance of ‘Wereth 11’
Monument in small Belgian village serves as remembrance of ‘Wereth 11’
In this U.S. Army file photo from 2007, the monument dedicated to the Wereth 11 is surrounded by flowers, a wreath and the Belgian flag. (U.S. Army file photo)
Monument in small Belgian village serves as remembrance of ‘Wereth 11’
By Lawrence Blyden, courtesy, Benjamin F. Luke Lodge No. 127
[Editor’s note: Now more than 76 years since, one of the U.S. Army Garrison Benelux community members wrote this article to draw attention to 11 Soldiers who were massacred at the onset of the Battle of Bulge. Lawrence B. Blyden is the president of the Benjamin F. Luke Lodge No. 127 of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge.]
1 BRUNSSUM, Netherlands – The “giant voice” broadcast system announced “EXERCISE, EXERCISE, EXERCISE” to the community Jan. 29 at the Brunssum Site of U.S. Army Garrison Benelux in the Netherlands.
The alert was the result of a coordinated, planned training event, engaging key stakeholders at the garrison, which included U.S. Army military police; host nation partner Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (Koninklijke Marachaussee or KMar), a military police force that falls under the Dutch Ministry of Defense; U.S. Army emergency management personnel; and U.S. Army Postal Service personnel.
The exercise began when Tony Allen, postal operations supervisor, discovered two suspicious parcels upon arrival at the facility. Following standard operating procedures, Allen moved quickly to raise the alarm and notify the garrison’s military police (MPs). MPs mobilized and evaluating the situation, they cordoned off the area, safely redirected traffic and engaged allied
New coronavirus travel restrictions, curfew announced for thousands of soldiers in Europe
Logenstrasse, near the soccer stadium and train station in Kaiserslautern, Germany, is empty during a curfew imposed because of the coronavirus in the spring of 2020. The streets soon will be devoid of most Americans in the evenings as the Kaiserslautern-based 21st Theater Sustainment Command has imposed a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew on personnel and family members, starting Jan. 4, 2021.
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By KARIN ZEITVOGEL | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 17, 2020
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Nurses, health care draw focus at Battle of the Bulge 76th
Nurses, health care draw focus at Battle of the Bulge 76th
BASTOGNE, Belgium U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Ronald Gidwitz speaks at the unveiling of two dedicatory plaques Dec. 11. (U.S. Army photo by Julie Piron, USAG Benelux Public Affairs)
Nurses, health care draw focus at Battle of the Bulge 76th
BASTOGNE, Belgium – During a year defined by a global pandemic, a commemoration Dec. 11 and 12 in Bastogne of the 76th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, one of the deadliest battles and most decisive Allied victories of World War II, focused on the heroic actions of nurses.