ARMY KASERNE BULLETIN BOARD

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   ursula says:

   February 3, 2012 at 4:31 am

   Thousands of US troops leaving Bavaria
   Published: 3 Feb 12 09:17 CET
   The American military will close two military bases in the German state of Bavaria by 2015 as part of a planned drawdown of forces stationed in Europe.
   The cities affected – Bamberg and Schweinfurt – will lose approximately 7,500 soldiers, according to mayors who met with the leader of the US Army in Europe, Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling Wednesday.

   Mayor Andreas Starke of Bamberg said there will be a gradual reduction of troop numbers over the next few years before the bases officially shutter.

   Starke said although the closures would have “far-reaching consequences,” hurting craftsmen and other businesses who have made millions of euros from the Americans, he said it will also have benefits.

   “In a crisis, there’s also a chance,” Starke said, pointing to the city’s long-running need for new student housing to support the University of Bamberg.

   Schweinfurt Mayor Sebastian Remelé too tried to take something positive from the announcement, saying new residential housing was needed and that he could also envision new businesses moving onto space left by the decommissioned base. However, he said, 600 local civilian jobs were threatened by the closure.

   Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said the federal government would be offering special assistance to the affected cities.

   “The federal government will surely help wherever it has leeway,” Friedrich told the Münchner Merkur newspaper.

   In January, the US government announced it was pulling between 10,000 and 15,000 military personnel out of Europe as part of redeployment to focus on the Middle East and Asia.

   The Local/DAPD/mdm

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   ursula says:

   February 2, 2012 at 3:55 am

   Wednesday, February 1, 2012 3:19:19 PM
   NEWS ALERT /Washingto9n Post/Wash. D.C.

   U.S. seeks to end combat operations in Afghanistan next year, Panetta says

   The United States and NATO will seek to end combat operations in Afghanistan next year and shift to a role of providing support and training to Afghan security forces, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta says.

   U.S. military commanders had said in recent weeks they would begin a transition this year toward taking more of an advisory role as Afghanistan’s national army and police take greater responsibility for fighting the insurgency. But Panetta’s remarks are the first time the Obama administration has said it could foresee an end to regular U.S. and NATO combat operations by the second half of next year.

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   Janice A. Farringer says:

   January 30, 2012 at 12:55 pm

   I was stationed at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart from 1977-1980. As a writer now, I am collecting oral histories of women who served in any service from or including the years 1976-1983.

   If you would be available to help me I would love to talk with you by telephone. It should take less than an hour and I will send a CD of our conversation before you sign a release so that I may use the material. Contact Janice Farringer
   at jafarringer@yahoo.com. Thanks.

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