Patrick Smet, an employee at Army Garrison Benelux’s Installation Access Control Office, serves as a liaison between community members and and the local authorities who participate in a traditional festivity called “Crossage” in Chièvres, Belgium, Feb. 14, 2018. The annual event, named after the golf-like, medieval sport, takes place the day after Mardi Gras. Players drive an oak ball called a “chôlette” with a wooden club or “rabot” into metal kegs set up around town. ( Army

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