{"id":33782,"date":"2023-11-02T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=33782"},"modified":"2023-11-04T06:42:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T06:42:25","slug":"garrison-wiesbaden-celebrates-retirees-and-their-stories-at-annual-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=33782","title":{"rendered":"Garrison Wiesbaden celebrates retirees and their stories at annual event"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Retired U.S. servicemembers representing all branches from across Europe, gathered for information briefings and to speak with service agency experts as part of the 2023 U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Retiree Appreciation Day, held at the Little Italy Community Event Center on Clay Kaserne Wiesbaden, Oct. 28, 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs retirees, you are strong advocates sharing stories of your journey through your Army life. Experiences that educate the American people about the Army and other services, while inspiring the next generation of servicemembers to follow in your footsteps,\u201d said Garrison Commander Colonel David Mayfield in his opening remarks.
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WIESBADEN, Germany \u2013 Retired U.S. servicemembers representing all branches from across Europe, gathered for information briefings and to speak with service agency experts as part of the 2023 U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Retiree Appreciation Day, held at the Little Italy Community Event Center on Clay Kaserne Wiesbaden, Oct. 28, 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs retirees, you are strong advocates sharing stories of your journey through your Army life. Experiences that educate the American people about the Army and other services, while inspiring the next generation of servicemembers to follow in your footsteps,\u201d said Garrison Commander Colonel David Mayfield in his opening remarks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Representatives from service agencies and organizations such as the Defense Health Agency Europe, Department of Veterans Affairs, Wiesbaden Health Clinic, American Red Cross, the USO, and many more \u2013 were on hand ready to support and assist the more than 100 retirees who attended from the greater-Wiesbaden community.
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Representatives from service agencies and organizations such as the Defense Health Agency Europe, Department of Veterans Affairs, Wiesbaden Health Clinic, American Red Cross, the USO, and many more \u2013 were on hand ready to support and assist the more than 100 retirees who attended from the greater-Wiesbaden community.
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Robert Altee, an 89-year-old retired Air Force airman, was awarded a gift basket from the garrison commander for being recognized as the servicemember that has been retired the longest. “I owe the Air Force a good life and, as it turns out, a long one,\u201d said Altee, who retired in 1973.<\/p>\n

Guest speaker, retired Sergeant Major of the Army Daniel Dailey, discussed key retiree issues being developed and updates to the challenges facing the military retiree community today. The former Sgt. Maj. of the Army serves as the U.S. Army\u2019s Retired Soldier Council Co-Chair and as the Association of the United States Army NCO and Soldier Programs Vice President.<\/p>\n

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Installation Management Command-Europe director Tommy Mize during his opening remarks said: \u201cI want to thank you for your service that you\u2019ve provided to our nation, and for inspiring others to follow in your footsteps and serve something higher than themselves.\u201d
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Installation Management Command-Europe director Tommy Mize also shared remarks with those in attendance, \u201cI want to thank you for your service that you\u2019ve provided to our nation, and for inspiring others to follow in your footsteps and serve something higher than themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Representatives from service agencies and organizations such as the Defense Health Agency Europe, Department of Veterans Affairs, Wiesbaden Health Clinic, American Red Cross, the USO, and many more \u2013 were on hand ready to support and assist the more than 100 retirees who attended from the greater-Wiesbaden community.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Retired U.S. servicemembers representing all branches from across Europe, gathered for information briefings and to speak with service agency experts as part of the 2023 U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Retiree Appreciation Day, held at the Little Italy Community Event Center on Clay Kaserne Wiesbaden, Oct. 28, 2023. \u201cAs retirees, you are strong advocates sharing stories […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33784,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33782","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\/33782","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=33782"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33790,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33782\/revisions\/33790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}