{"id":176180,"date":"2024-05-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=176180"},"modified":"2024-05-15T12:35:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:35:46","slug":"food-service-leader-who-fondly-recalls-tasting-c-rations-in-the-70s-as-a-boy-set-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=176180","title":{"rendered":"Food service leader who fondly recalls tasting C-rations in the \u201870s as a boy set to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Dietmar Schatz, a supervisory management specialist for Logistics Readiness Center Bavaria\u2019s food service program, talks with a shift leader at the Rittershalle Warrior Restaurant in Grafenw\u00f6hr, Germany, May 15. Schatz, a German host nation employee with the U.S. Army for nearly 41 years, is set to retire in the next couple of weeks.
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\n Dietmar Schatz, a supervisory management specialist for Logistics Readiness Center Bavaria\u2019s food service program, works at his office in Vilseck, Germany, May 15. The supervisor of almost 100 dining facility attendants at three warrior restaurants in the U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria community is set to retire from the Army in the next couple of weeks with nearly 41 years of service.
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VILSECK, Germany \u2013 As a young boy in Germany in the early 1970s, Dietmar Schatz would go on camping trips with his Boy Scout troop near the Army training areas. In those days the Soldiers would eat C-rations in the field, which were canned, shelf-stable meals perfect for combat conditions. Schatz said he was thrilled when the U.S. Soldiers would offer him and his German friends a sampling of their Army C-rats.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpaghetti with meatballs, beef steaks, crackers, fruit cocktail and chocolates \u2013 everything in a can \u2013 even cigarettes. Those Soldiers were so very nice to us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

That stuck with Schatz for well over a half a century, and now the supervisor of all the dining facility attendants at three warrior restaurants in the U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria community is set to retire from the Army with nearly 41 years of service.<\/p>\n

Schatz was raised in Gm\u00fcnd, Germany, just south of Grafenw\u00f6hr. Now he lives in Wieden, and he\u2019s been working in food service and at Army dining facilities and warrior restaurants in the USAG Bavaria footprint his entire career.<\/p>\n

Assigned to Logistics Readiness Center Bavaria, the 64-year-old husband, father of two, and grandfather of six more, said he\u2019s proud of his work supporting Soldiers and his lifetime of service as a German host nation employee with the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was first in Grafenw\u00f6hr for 15 years and then I transferred to Vilseck,\u201d said Schatz, who currently supervises and manages nearly 100 dining facility attendants at three warrior restaurants \u2013 one in Grafenw\u00f6hr, one in Vilseck and one at Camp Normandy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hire them, I do their payroll, and if required, I do their disciplinary actions as needed,\u201d said Schatz, adding that he also works with the two shift leaders at each of the three warrior restaurants for required employee training and work schedule management.<\/p>\n

Schatz also manages the Government Purchase Card for LRC Bavaria\u2019s food service program. In fact, he\u2019s been a GPC holder for over 21 years, he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor the food service program, I purchase all the personal protective equipment and supplies for the dining facilities as well as the food truck \u2013 things like paper products for the to-go-meals and new dining facility equipment, as needed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

With just a few days left before he officially hangs up his Army food service program hat, Schatz said he looks forward to settling into retired life. But things won\u2019t necessarily slow down for him. With a garden and a home to tend to \u2013 plus six grandchildren \u2013 he\u2019ll stay busy, he said.<\/p>\n

LRC Bavaria is one of eight LRCs under the command and control of the 405th Army Field Support Brigade. LRCs execute installation logistics support and services to include supply, maintenance, and transportation as well as clothing issue facility operations, hazardous material management, personal property and household goods, passenger travel, non-tactical vehicle and garrison equipment management, and property book operations. When it comes to providing day-to-day installation services, LRC Bavaria directs, manages, and coordinates a variety of operations and activities in support of USAG Bavaria.<\/p>\n

LRC Bavaria reports to the 405th AFSB, which is assigned to U.S. Army Sustainment Command and headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The brigade provides materiel enterprise support to U.S. forces throughout Europe and Africa \u2013 providing theater sustainment logistics; synchronizing acquisition, logistics and technology; and leveraging U.S. Army Materiel Command\u2019s materiel enterprise to support joint forces. For more information on the 405th AFSB, visit the official website<\/a> and the official Facebook site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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