US EditionReferral to German food aid resources disappears from US Army Garrison Bavaria website
The US Army removed a list of German food aid groups from its Bavaria shutdown guidance after social media backlash; about 37,000 US soldiers in Germany face pay uncertainty.
- On Wednesday, US Army Garrison Bavaria removed from its shutdown guidance web page a running list of five German support organizations that had been posted to the site.
- Weeks earlier the running list was prepared to assist German local employees who might not be paid during the lapse in appropriations, a U.S. official said it was mistakenly posted for soldiers, sparking social media users' outrage.
- An archived copy shows three German food-relief organizations and the Too Good To Go app, including Tafel Deutschland, which distributes food through more than 970 local food banks.
- Approximately 37,000 US soldiers face uncertainty over November salary payments, while the German government said it would pay about 11,000 local employees during the shutdown.
- Since Oct. 1 the shutdown has continued and by Tuesday became the longest on record, with October pay covered by emergency funding including $2.5 billion, two $1.4 billion allocations, and a $130 million donation.
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Army posts, then removes list of German food banks for troops during shutdown
Army officials in Germany removed a list of German-run food banks from a “Shutdown Guidance” webpage aimed at soldiers stationed in that country, hours after the list was met with outrage on social media. A U.S. official told Task & Purpose the list had been posted mistakenly, and was aimed only at German employees on U.S. bases in the country, not at U.S. soldiers stationed there. Like all U.S. military bases, Army installations in Germany empl…
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US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
A US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany published a list of food banks in the area that could help soldiers and staff as part of its “Shutdown Guidance,” the subtext being that soldiers and base employees might need to obtain free food from German government services during the government shutdown.The webpage included information about which services are affected by the ongoing shutdown of the federal government, FAQs about how to wo…
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