{"id":194846,"date":"2024-06-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=194846"},"modified":"2024-06-06T17:09:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:09:43","slug":"garrison-recognizes-service-of-59-community-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=194846","title":{"rendered":"Garrison Recognizes Service of 59 Community Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ql-editor\">\n<p>VICENZA, Italy \u2013 Members of the Vicenza Military Community gathered at the Golden Lion to recognize the achievements of their peers working for the garrison during the <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/sxz-sjL1sq\/\" target=\"_blank\">quarterly award ceremony<\/a> on May 30. 59 members of the community were recognized for achievements that have impacted the VMC, such as volunteering and emergency operations during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/276635\/soldiers_lend_a_hand_to_italian_partners_after_vicenza_floods\" target=\"_blank\">recent floods in the Veneto region<\/a>.  The garrison recognized the length of service for employees with five, 10, 20 years and for five people with 25 years of service. At the end of the award ceremony U.S. Army Garrison Italy Commander, Col. Scott Horrigan addressed the audience and expressed his appreciation for all they do in the community.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt starts and begins with the people in this room. You are absolutely changing our community every single day,\u201d Horrigan said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Giorgia Polo, an Admin Support Specialist for the 414th Contracting Support Brigade earned an award for civilian service for volunteering for the Italian cultural integration program dream team. Dream Teams are a garrison initiative where community members volunteer for committees that improve services and quality of life projects throughout the VMC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"editor-image single\">\n<figure class=\"photo cur-photo\">\n          <span class=\"centered-image\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"img-container\"><br \/>\n              <a class=\"rich-text-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2024\/06\/06\/7d99763c\/original.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>              <\/a><br \/>\n                          <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/span><figcaption>\n                        <span class=\"image-caption\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"caption-text\"><br \/>\n                Giorgia Polo, Admin Support Specialist for the 414th Contracting Support Brigade at her desk on Caserma Ederle. Polo was recognized on May 30 at the garrison quarterly award ceremony for volunteering for the Italian cultural integration program dream team.<br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-author\"> (Photo Credit: Sgt. Giuseppe Terrasi)<\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2024\/06\/06\/7d99763c\/original.jpg\" title=\"View original\" target=\"_blank\">VIEW ORIGINAL<\/a><br \/>\n            <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cVolunteering gives me the opportunity to focus on something other than work, I feel good when I volunteer because I can help people. I like to solve problems, so the dream team is all about assessing problems and providing solutions,\u201d Polo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dream teams have helped in initiatives such as Org Day, our in-processing procedures, and housing experience. \u201cFor all those who\u2019ve participated in the dream teams, I want to thank you,\u201d Horrigan said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"editor-image single\">\n<figure class=\"photo cur-photo\">\n          <span class=\"centered-image\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"img-container\"><br \/>\n              <a class=\"rich-text-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2024\/06\/06\/781f3ec4\/original.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Garrison Recognizes Service of 59 Community Members\" src=\"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/size0-full-102.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                          <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/span><figcaption>\n                        <span class=\"image-caption\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"caption-text\"><br \/>\n                Kate Dunbar, the Agreements Manager for the Resource Management Office and planner for the Garrison Organization Day, announces the winners of the Org Day events May 17, 2024 at the Caserma Ederle sports field.<br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-author\"> (Photo Credit: Laura Kreider)<\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2024\/06\/06\/781f3ec4\/original.jpg\" title=\"View original\" target=\"_blank\">VIEW ORIGINAL<\/a><br \/>\n            <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kate Dunbar, the Agreements Manager for the Resource Management Office was also recognized as the Level II Professional of the Quarter, and for planning the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjBriSr\" target=\"_blank\">USAG Italy Organization Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMy favorite aspect of working here is actually just being out there working with all the Soldiers, civilians and family members, being able to help in any way I can and just being a part of this great community,\u201d Dunbar said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This ceremony also recognized Carabinieri and Soldiers who contributed as Color Guard members from across the garrison.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VICENZA, Italy \u2013 Members of the Vicenza Military Community gathered at the Golden Lion to recognize the achievements of their peers working for the garrison during the quarterly award ceremony on May 30. 59 members of the community were recognized for achievements that have impacted the VMC, such as volunteering and emergency operations during the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194848,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=194846"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194851,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194846\/revisions\/194851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/194848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=194846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=194846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=194846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}