{"id":33810,"date":"2023-11-02T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=33810"},"modified":"2023-11-04T06:42:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T06:42:42","slug":"soldiers-support-community-during-halloween-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=33810","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers support community during Halloween party"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Sgt. Albert Cartagena (left) and Sgt. Taariq Edge cook chicken wings and chicken shish kebabs for the U.S. Army NATO Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company Soldier and Family Readiness Group fund-raising booth at the Sembach Kaserne Halloween Trunk-or-Treat Party. The party featured a performance by the U.S. Army Europe Band and Chorus, festival games, a haunted house, a bouncy house, food for purchase from various community groups, and of course, decorated booths and car trunks for trick-or-treating. (Photo by 1st Sgt. Cory Jones)
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SEMBACH, Germany \u2013 Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army NATO Brigade\u2019s Headquarters and Headquarters Company supported the Sembach Kaserne community\u2019s annual Halloween activities with a fundraiser for their Soldier and Family Readiness Group on Oct. 27.<\/p>\n

The Halloween Trunk-or-Treat Party was co-sponsored by the Sembach Elementary School PTO and the Sembach Community Committee.<\/p>\n

The party featured a performance by the U.S. Army Europe Band and Chorus, festival games, a haunted house, a bouncy house, food for purchase from various community groups, and of course, decorated booths and car trunks for trick-or-treating.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Albert Cartagena said he dressed as a 1980\u2019s disco guy. His role in the event was to develop the plan for the food service including \u201cgoing to the commissary and buying everything under budget and pre-seasoning in preparation for cooking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe highlight of the event for me was seeing everyone working together as a team in support of the SFRG and the unit,\u201d said Cartagena.<\/p>\n

SFRGs are a unit commander\u2019s program made up of Soldiers, family members, civilian employees and volunteers from a military unit, according to Capt. Ana Hill, company commander.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe group forms a network of mutual support and assistance and enhances Soldier and family readiness,\u201d said Hill. \u201cTaking care of the Soldiers, families, and our civilian employees is one of the Army\u2019s top priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSFRGs link Soldier readiness to the family and provide official, accurate command information, connect Soldiers and families to the chain of command, provide a network of support, and connect SFRG members to on- and off-post community resources.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sgt. Taariq Edge was the unit\u2019s grill master for the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe highlight of the event for me was seeing everyone lined up in their costumes to grab food from our team,\u201d said Edge.\u00a0\u201cI believe it\u2019s a chef thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing everyone\u2019s reaction to food you have prepared sparks a great feeling. I have to give kudos though to Sgt. Cartagena as he prepped and seasoned everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese types of activities are good for Soldier morale because of the camaraderie it brings, giving Soldiers a chance to pull out of their shell and interact with everyone on a different level,\u201d said Edge whose Mike Myers costume did not arrive in time for the event.<\/p>\n

Cartagena also offered that events such as the Halloween Trunk-or-Treat give Soldiers the opportunity to step out of the self-imposed role they play at work and be themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sgt. Albert Cartagena (left) and Sgt. Taariq Edge cook chicken wings and chicken shish kebabs for the U.S. Army NATO Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company Soldier and Family Readiness Group fund-raising booth at the Sembach Kaserne Halloween Trunk-or-Treat Party. The party featured a performance by the U.S. Army Europe Band and Chorus, festival games, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33812,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33810","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\/33810","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=33810"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33813,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33810\/revisions\/33813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}