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STRIPES (Matthew M. Burke) - Soldier killed in head-on crash on German highway was surface-to-surface artillery sergeant | Stars and Stripes

A soldier who died last month in a fiery crash on a German federal highway in Bavaria has been identified as a noncommissioned officer on his first overseas deployment.

STRIPES (Lydia Gordon) - North Carolina man receives 3 life sentences for ‘Fort Bragg Cartel’ murders | Stars and Stripes

A man convicted in the drug-related killings of a special operations soldier and an Army veteran will spend the rest of his life in federal prison.

STRIPES (Matthew M. Burke) - US soldier dies in fiery crash on German highway | Stars and Stripes

The soldier was killed when two cars skidded into oncoming traffic and struck a tractor-trailer, according to German media reports.

STRIPES (Matthew M. Burke) - 2nd Cavalry tests new Strykers with increased firepower for first time outside US | Stars and Stripes

The exercise marked the first time soldiers with 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment fired live rounds from the upgraded Stryker variant on European soil.

STRIPES (Lydia Gordon) - Nameless posts on US military community page in Germany causing harm and havoc | Stars and Stripes

Anonymous posts on a major U.S. military forum in Bavaria have sparked investigations and has threatened the livelihood of local business owners.

STRIPES (Matthew M. Burke) - US soldier in Germany invents wearable drone detector to protect front-line troops | Stars and Stripes

Army Sgt. Ryan Minton is putting the finishing touches on a drone detector that soldiers can wear like protective gear.

STRIPES (Matthew M. Burke) - Blazes caused by live munitions at US Army base in Bavaria scorch hundreds of acres | Stars and Stripes

Fires from live-fire training at a sprawling U.S. Army base in Germany burned hundreds of acres and required helicopters to bring them under control.

STRIPES (Matthew M. Burke) - Drouin brings experience on NATO’s eastern flank to post atop vast Army garrison in Germany | Stars and Stripes

Col. Derek Drouin took command of U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria from Col. Stephen Flanagan during a ceremony on the Tower Barracks parade field.

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Theodore Dalrymple) - Perfection’s Prison

Too much disorder makes life a hell—but what of too much order? The post Perfection’s Prison appeared first on The American Conservative .

Culture Perfection’s Prison Too much disorder makes life a hell—but what of too much order? My computer’s wallpaper shot, the picture that comes up whenever I turn the computer, changes regularly, at whose or what’s instigation I know not, but certainly not at mine. I suppose that it—or is it they?—must have some inkling of my taste, for never does anything visually offensive to me appear.  Recently, a panoramic view of the Bavarian town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber came up. The town was picture-perfect: not a parked car in sight, nor (come to think of it) any human being, human beings being so messy. At first I took the…Open

STRIPES (Matthew M. Burke) - German city to celebrate America’s 250th amid troop uncertainty | Stars and Stripes

A German city located near a major U.S. Army training hub is throwing its first-ever Fourth of July bash to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary