US troops given German food bank advice amid shutdown

Signs of the ongoing US government shutdown causing difficulties or uncertainties for US soldiers appeared, and then were swiftly removed after drawing attention, on the US Army Garrison Bavaria website this week.

The US Army Garrison Bavaria is the army's largest group outside the US with around 36,000 troops stationed across four facilities in Germany.

"The shutdown will impact services provided by the Garrison at installations across Rose Barracks, Tower Barracks, Hohenfels and Garmisch," it said on a web page to provide guidance to members of how to deal with the government shutdown.

"During this time our US Army Garrison Bavaria team will continue to deliver life, health, and safety services for those working and living in our community."

The web page also contained a "running list of German support organizations for your kit bags" that included charities like Foodsharing e.V. and Essen für Alle (Food for All), as well as the app Too Good To Go.

At the top of the list was Tafel Deutschland, which it described as "the umbrella organization distributes food to people in poverty through its more than 970 local food banks."

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