Self Help Store Hours
Self Help Store is open 11 APR – 15 APR due to staff shortages:
Ansbach
Open Monday and Friday 0730-1315 – 1345-1500
Closed Tuesday through Thursday
Illesheim
Open Tuesday and Thursday 0730-1330 – 1400-1500
Closed Monday, Wednesday and Friday
We apologize for any inconvenience.
FMO Closed for Inventory
The Housing Furnishings Management Office will be closed from 3 – 5 May for mandatory inventories. Please plan accordingly when arranging delivery, pick-up, or exchange of loaner furnishings and appliances as these services can’t be provided during this time. Appliance repair will still be offered by submitting a work request through the established procedures.
The USAG Ansbach ACS, ASAP and DFMWR hosts a community-wide event amongst six teams through various family friendly activities and competitions from 7 APR thru 7 JUL at Bismarck and Katterbach Kaserne in order to enhance community cohesion and resiliency through taking an active role in supporting, attending and participating in resiliency games while learning about and accessing garrison programs and services.
A World War II personal journey film will be shown on April 12 at 4 p.m. at the American Legion (next to the Thrift Store) and April 13 at 6 p.m. at the Sadowski Theater. It is free and there will be a questions/answer period after the movie with the filmmaker. It is a documentary about a young man and his wife who took a bicycle trip across Germany to trace the walking trip his Grandfather made as a German POW during World War II. The Grandfather was moved from one POW camp to another over a large part of Germany.
The Community Egg Hunt is 9 April at 1000 at the Ansbach Elementary School. Come join the fun on 9 April with music, egg hunts, egg spoon race and egg tosses. Plenty of goodies and fun to go around! Parking is limited, so if you can please walk or bike to the elementary school.
Speakers Series – Aviation in Europe focus
The second of three speakers series is 21 Apr at 1730 at Hangar 2 on Katterbach. The guest speakers Col. John Broam, Col. Patrick Schuck and German Army aviators. The purpose of the speakers series is to discuss the importance of our collective security and the successes of our transatlantic partnership and explain why the Americans are still in Germany and Europe. Register to attend at https://ansbachhometownherald.com/trans-atlantic-partnership-speaker-series/.
DPW Environmental hosts an Earth Day event April 26 at 0900-1300 for children between 2nd and 5th grade. Activities include: honeybees, water wildlife, the forest, energy conservation, fire prevention and much more. For more information contact DPW Environmental at: DSN 467-3306 OR CIV 09802-83-3306.
Travel Freedom — With Lifted COVID Restrictions, Spring and Summer Travel Adventures await
All of us have survived under the shadow of COVID for the past two long years. Missed opportunities, lost loved ones, and hiding from variants of an unseeable bug has haunted our community, but it appears that this page finally turned. COVID has become manageable…that is not to say anyone is immune or that it is truly gone. It is still a very real, and very contagious virus. One that we each should continue taking precautions to avoid and prevent sharing. But it is manageable, with vaccinations, pills, hygiene and social distancing, we have come to learn that its spread can be controlled. More importantly, people through shots and boosters, have proven that having vaccinations prevents the severest outcome; less hospitalizations, and less deaths. It is not the 100% ‘Solution’ everyone wanted, but it is enough for government’s around the world to lift previous restrictions. It is time to begin taking advantage of this Solution and start planning for the Spring and Summer. As you do, your Garrison Security Division asks that you to include the Foreign Travel Report (FTR) in your planning process. A link to the FTR can be found on the front page (bottom middle) of the Ansbach Garrison’s Webpage (https://home.army.mil/ansbach/index.php/), or if you have a Smart Phone, grab an image of the QR Code from our new “CampfireCatTales” ads running on the Garrison’s monitors. https://homeadmin.army.mil/ansbach/application/files/9916/4363/8481/Foreign_Travel_Report-d.pdf