TOWER BARRACKS, Germany – U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria honored 49 long-term employees for their dedicated service during a length of service ceremony Oct. 18, 2024 at the Tower View Conference Center.
Honorees have been in government service for at least 20 years, 13 of them serving 40 years, two for 45 years and one for even 50 years.
“You are integral to our community's success: People who do what needs to be done day after day, year after year – and even decade after decade,” said deputy to the garrison commander Dwayne Key during his speech, “all of this without losing your enthusiasm and commitment to providing quality services.”
During the ceremony U.S. and local national employees were honored.
One of the local national employees, Angelika Reinsch was honored for 40 years of service.
“It's just a nice gesture to get honored and treated with respect for your hard work,” said Reinsch about the ceremony.
Reinsch started working for USAG Bavaria in 1984 and has been working for the Directorate of Emergency Services the last 23 years.
“Bavaria is my home,” she said. “And the jobs are secure and well-paid.”
“We are all aware that a company is only viable thanks to its staff and is only able to function smoothly thanks to its most loyal employees,” said Dieter Gebhardt, chairman for the German works council. “No company becomes strong if it doesn't have strong employees. And over the course of such a long time, a close relationship develops with the employer.”
Gladwin Spohr got honored for 50 years of service during the event. Currently he works for the Auto Skills Center at Tower Barracks, but he first came to Bavaria in 1988.
“I started back here in January ’88 in the third or sixth they call missile battalion, and the community's changed a whole lot,” Spohr said. “I've been assigned to a lot of other different posts but down here in Bavaria … it is just better in Bavaria."
“My goal was to do 45 years, but after I passed that one I said, well, let me try for the 50 and I'm still going,” continued Spohr. “It's a good feeling. Not too many of us get to do that these days. I just hope other people are ones that were 45 years can stick around and make 50 also and stay healthy and can contribute to our community here.”
Honorees:
50 years
- Gladwin Spohr
45 years
- Peter Linder
- Robert Shoemaker
40 years
- Dennis Foote
- Guenter Hampl
- Serge Kearse
- Silvia Lobenhofer
- Troy Mason
- Angelika Reinsch
- Juergen Schraml
- Erwin Speth
35 years
- Dieter Berger
- Konrad Dotzler
- Heinrich Fenk
- Alfred Hey
- Martina Kaiser
- Martin Poehnl
- Robert Reindl
- Claudia Robinson
- Stephan Wolf
- Ali Zakariah
25 years
- Christian Anderson
- Thomas Herder
- Hermann Gollwitzer
- Sarah Helen Karim
- Walter Kollbrand
- Stefan Kunz
- Clarissa Lamar
- Martin Pscherer
- Ambar Yenz
20 years
- Herbert Diertl
- Stephanie Franz
- Marko Friedrichs
- Gerald Fuerst
- Bernd Hiltel
- Andreas Hoerl
- Shanee Jenkins
- Birgit Joyce
- Stephanie Kaltwasser
- Monja Lazarus-Green
- Monica Lynch
- Klaus Meier
- Matthias Pamler
- Hans-Juergen Pfleger
- Michael Ritter
- Marko Roesch
- Josef Scheidler
- Stefan Schwemmer
- Herbert Speth
Pictures from the ceremony ca be found here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBP8oT
If you are interested in pursuing a career with USAG Bavaria visit: https://home.army.mil/bavaria/employment.
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