{"id":27066,"date":"2023-09-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=27066"},"modified":"2023-09-12T06:42:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T06:42:32","slug":"lrc-stuttgart-food-service-specialist-serves-up-stuttgart-community-for-nearly-55-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=27066","title":{"rendered":"LRC Stuttgart food service specialist \u2018serves up\u2019 Stuttgart community for nearly 55 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Haze Hardy, Jr. has been serving the U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart community for nearly 55 years. The lead food service specialist with Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart works at the Originals Caf\u00e9 on Panzer Kaserne in B\u00f6blingen, Germany, his first duty station as a drafted Soldier in 1968.
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\n Haze Hardy, Jr., the lead food service specialist with Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart on Panzer Kaserne, in B\u00f6blingen, Germany, grabs a bowl and a tray to help him prepare lunch at the Originals Caf\u00e9. Hardy arrived at Panzer Kaserne as a drafted Soldier in 1968, and he\u2019s been here serving the community ever since.
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B\u00d6BLINGEN, Germany \u2013 The year was 1968, and thousands of young men were being drafted into the Army and sent overseas. Haze Hardy, Jr. was one of those men.<\/p>\n

When Hardy left his home in South Carolina and arrived at his first duty station at Panzer Kaserne in B\u00f6blingen, never would he have imagined that nearly 55 years later he\u2019d still be here.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s exactly what happened. He\u2019s still here.<\/p>\n

The lead food service specialist with Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart met his wife during that first tour of duty. She was a local German girl, and Hardy was smitten. He didn\u2019t stay a Soldier for long, but he stayed with her and stayed in Germany. In fact, he\u2019s quick to point out exactly how long he served as an active-duty Soldier \u2013 two years, 11 months, 26 days and 4 hours, he said.<\/p>\n

The 73-year-old Originals Caf\u00e9 employee started out with the Army\u2019s club system after his enlisted time. His first of two quarter centuries in the food service business was with Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation. Hardy was working at the Stuttgart Golf Course in Kornwestheim before taking a chef position at the officer\u2019s club on Patch Barracks, which closed many years ago.<\/p>\n

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\n Haze Hardy, Jr., the lead food service specialist with Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, prepares corn bread for lunch at the Originals Caf\u00e9 on Panzer Kaserne, in B\u00f6blingen, Germany. When Hardy left his home in South Carolina and arrived at Panzer Kaserne, his first duty station, never would he have imagined that nearly 55 years later he\u2019d still be here.
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\n Haze Hardy, Jr., the lead food service specialist with Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, prepares dressing for lunch at the Originals Caf\u00e9 on Panzer Kaserne, in B\u00f6blingen, Germany. Hardy was drafted into the Army in 1968. He said he served two years, 11 months, 26 days and 4 hours as a Soldier, but he stayed in Germany and continues to serve the Stuttgart community for nearly 55 years, now.
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In fact, long before his current organization was even called LRC Stuttgart, Hardy worked in food service for the Directorate of Logistics, 6th Area Support Group. Eventually, 6th ASG would become U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart and DOL would become LRC Stuttgart, 405th Army Field Support Brigade.<\/p>\n

So much has happened and so much has changed for Hardy over the past five and half decades serving the Stuttgart community, but one thing has remained constant \u2013 his passion for cooking.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I entered the military, they didn\u2019t let me cook because when you\u2019re drafted you don\u2019t get any choices, said Hardy, who served as a medic and enlisted Soldier. \u201cWhen I got out (of the Army), I started cooking. Ever since, I\u2019m cooking, always cooking. I love to cook.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cooking is one of three constants in Hardy\u2019s life, he said. He\u2019s been married to his wife, Susanna, for 47 years. He\u2019s been cooking for the USAG Stuttgart community for 51 years, and he\u2019s been living in Germany for almost 55 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I came here at the age of 18, at that time we had 70,000 Soldiers in the Stuttgart area,\u201d he said. \u201cA lot has changed over the last half a century, but I still love it here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere I grew up, it was a little dangerous,\u201d said the native of Anderson, South Carolina. \u201cI don\u2019t like guns, and I don\u2019t like violence, and this place is always nice and quiet. Nobody messes with you. The police don\u2019t mess with you. It\u2019s peaceful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI love Germany. Germany is a beautiful country, and Europe is a beautiful place. But you really don\u2019t need to go far. You don\u2019t have to go all over Europe. You can see amazing things, beautiful things, right outside your front door,\u201d said Hardy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Besides enjoying life in Germany, being married to his wife, and working as a food service specialist, the father of two, grandfather of four, and great-grandfather of four more said he likes the support he receives from LRC Stuttgart.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like working for the LRC. My supervisors are always nice,\u201d Hardy said. \u201cBut they\u2019re over there in the White House, and we\u2019re over here getting the work done, day in and day out \u2013 blue collar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sebastian Mann, who works with Hardy at the Originals Caf\u00e9, said Hardy and the entire LRC Stuttgart team do a great job and are very important to the USAG Stuttgart community.<\/p>\n

\u201cLRC Stuttgart reaches across the community from one side to the other. I\u2019ve seen firsthand how LRC Stuttgart supports this community, and it\u2019s amazing,\u201d Mann said.<\/p>\n

LRC Stuttgart is one of eight LRCs under the command and control of the 405th AFSB. 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 Stuttgart directs, manages, and coordinates a variety of operations and activities in support of USAG Stuttgart.<\/p>\n

LRC Stuttgart reports to the 405th AFSB, which is assigned to U.S. Army Sustainment Command and under the operational control of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Europe and Africa. The brigade is headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and 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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