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VOL. 22 NO. 17
North Fort Hood will be brist
ling with activity again Satur
day after a short layoff from a
rigorous schedule of summer
trainees.
2d AD Spends
Summer Months
^Firing Weapons
The full scope of annual fir
ing of weapons is being car
ried through by the 1st Bn. 66th
Armor this week as the 2d Ar
mored Division goes all out on
a master training schedule
that calls for almost daily
range firing during the summer
months.
The 66th Armor is only one
of the several division units
that will fire all its organic
weapons before the end of sum
mer. Strategic Army Corps and
Army requirements call for the
^qualification of each soldier on
^iis assigned weapon ... at
least once a year.
Being used are the Pilot
Knob and Sugar Loaf Moun
tain firing ranges for the pre
liminary marksmanship in
struction and actual firing while
some units will have the pre-
range firing instructions in
their company areas.
While the riflemen machine-
gunners pistol firers and other
small'arms bearers are firing
for record and familiarization
the artillerymen and mortar
men of the division in addition
to grienade men will be whet
ting their sights and throwing
arms for future range work.
All in all by the end of the
year perhaps by the end of
the summer every weapon in
the division both large and
small will have been fired and
the gunners will have qualified.
The big guns of the artillery
are expected to be range fired
by the middle of September
and tank gunners will probably
have completed the usual Tank
Tables VIII-A and VIII-B by
the end of August.
Some division units have al
ready completed the firing of
rifles machine guns and pis
tols.
The method of qualification
this year for the M-14 rifle is
trainfire in which riflemen are
given the opportunity to com-
wpete against mechanical targets
in combat-realistic terrain fea
tures. Unlike rifle training me
thods of previous years trainfire
provides what has been describ
ed as "the closest thing possible
to combat rifle firing."
While the range firing of ri
fles machine guns and pistols
is being completed by men of
the armor infantry and artil
lery units men who have been
assigned to the division recently
as Advanced Individual Train
ees (AITs) will also be instruct
ed but on a separate training
schedule.
Reserved for the AITs are
See FIRING Page 2)
Two-Week Training
Awaits 90th Infantry
The advance party of the 90th
Infantry Division Texas Army
Reserve will roll into the con
fines of rugged North Fort Hood
Friday signaling the arrival of
almost 8000 Reservists for two
weeks of vigorous summer ac
tive duty training.
Along with the 6300 men of
the 90th Infantry 11 other
groups totaling 1400 men will
be training including one Re
serve battalion from the New
Mexico Reserve and one com
pany from the Arkansas Re
serve. The 5th Medium Tank
Bn. 35th Armored Division
New Mexico Reserve 959th En
gineer Co. Arkansas Reserve
458th Army Postal Unit 300th
Aviation Co. 310th Finance Dis
bursement Section 565th Medi
cal Detachment (Dental) 900th
Military Intelligence Detach
ment 314th Military Police Co.
425th Military Police Detach
ment 644th Transportation Co.
343d Transportation Co. all
Texas Reserve units will be
under the control of the 90th
Infantry for the training period.
Also approximately 450 Reserve
reinforcement personnel will be
The yearly campaign not only
raises funds for AER but also
is a way of calling the society
to the attention of soldiers who
might need to turn to it for
help.
In a recent letter Lt. Gen.
Harvey H. Fischer III Corps
and Fort Hood commander
said "Regardless of how large
or small the individual contri
bution 100 per cent voluntary
participation by military per
sonnel is desired as a means
of helping one another and per
petuating the fine old tradition
of which we are all proud that
'the Army takes care of its
own.'
Financial assistance loans
and grants is provided to Ar
my members and their depend
ents who are faced with emer
gencies beyond their ability to
meet. Last year at Fort Hood
J715.40 was granted or loaned
by AER. Each case is consid
ered carefully and sympatheti-
assigned to the 90th Infantry for
the two weeks.
The 90th a regular summer
visitor to North Fort Hood is
commanded by Maj. Gen. Ro
bert H. Travis of San Antonio.
Fort Hood's 1st Armored Di
vision will support the training
with airplanes vehicles and oth
er necessary equipment such as
field telephones special wea
pons and medical supplies
The training will stress small
unit tactics and training with
the rifle machine gun anti
tank weapons and mortars. Spe
cial training will include a non
commissioned officers course
and a chemical biological and
radiological warfare course.
Training at North Fort Hood
at approximately the same time
as the 90th Aug. 2-16 will be
the 493d Quartermaster Group
commanded by Lt. Col. Nolan
Trent. Under the 493d will be
the 217th Quartermaster Bn.
15th Quartermaster Detach
ment 422d Quartermaster Bn.
974th Quartermaster Co. 323d
Ordnance Bn. 293d Ordnance
Co. and the 975th Ordnance Co.
This group will be here for two
weeks of on- the- job duty
training.
Fort Hood AER
Drive Launched
Fort Hood soldiers will liave
a chance Friday to contribute
voluntarily to the Army Emer
gency Relief and the Army Re
lief Society —two agencies de
voted to helping Army person
nel and their dependents in a
financial pinch.
The AER and the ARS ask
for voluntary contributions from
each member of the Army once
a year. This year's drive at
Fort Hood began July 20 and
will run through Sept. 4.
adjutant general's section and
assistance is given on the basis
of need.
AER aid is not considered
charity because the funds used
are contributed primarily by
soldiers for the purpose of help
ing a buddy.
Here are some typical types
of cases facing Fort Hood sol
diers last year when relief was
obtained from AER: nonreceipt
of pay and allowances loss of
pay acute illness funeral ex
penses emergency travel pay
ment of rent to prevent evic
tion and privation of depend
ents.
An overall Army-wide goal of
$600000 has been established by
the board of managers in order
to finance together with loan
repayments and income from
investments an estimated $4-
500000 for assistance during
1964 and to conserve AER as
sets raised from the public in
World War II for use in event
of a major emergency
The Army Relief Society is
closely affiliated with the Army
E A E
through agreements which are
renewed every three years.
ARS was founded in 1900 with
the specific purpose of assisting
needy widows and orphans of
Regular Army personnel.
The AER and ARS will both
be sponsored by the one dona
tion. All Army personnel are
urged to give to the society that
helps each one in need. The
cally by an officer of the post I Fort Hood goal is $33407.31.
CLOSEUP ON A ROCKET LAUNCHER—Pvt. Robert A. Beal of Bat
tery A 1st Bn. 3d Artillery 2d Armored Division is careful while loading
the rocket into the 3.5 inch rocket launcher perched on the shoulder of gun
ner PFC Donald C. Abeyta also of Battery A. The 3d Artillery recently fired
the rocket launcher at Fort Hood ranges. (U. S. Army Photo)
SJiiil
fourth Army Golf Meet To Begin Here Tuesday
Color guards from posts
throughout the five state
Fourth Army area will partici
pate in change of command
ceremonies at Fort Sam Hous
ton Friday as Lt. Gen. Carl H.
Jark passes command to Lt.
Gen. Robert W. Colglazier Jr.
General Jark retires from the
Army Friday after more than
35 years' service. He and Mrs.
Jark will live in San Antonio.
Color guards from IIP Corps
and the 1st and 2d Armored Di
visions at Fort Hood will team
with those from Fort Chaffee
Ark. Fort Polk La. Fort Sill
Okla. Fort Bliss Tex. and
Fort Sam Houston as General
Colglazier assumes command.
To open the ceremony the
Fourth Army Band will play
three ruffles and flourishes and
the General's March while a 15-
gun salute is fired. After Gen
eral Jark inspects the troops
the massed colors will be
brought forward.
Gen. Hugh P. Harris Conti
nental Army Command com
mander will present General
Jark an award.
During World War II General
Jark served as executive offi
cer of the 63d Division Artillery
fighting in France and Ger
many. At the outbreak of the
Korean War he became chief of
he at on iv is on a
East Command in Japan and
two months later was assigned
as its deputy G-3.
He became artillery comman
der 1st Cavalry Division in Ja
pan in 1952 and the following
year was assigned to Depart
ment of the Army headquar
ters Washington as chief of
the organization and training di
vision office of the assistant
chief of staff for operations.
Subsequent assignments in
cluded: artillery officer and ar
tillery commander of the Seven
th Army Germany comman
der of the 7th Infantry Divi
sion Korea deputy to the U.S.
representative on the military
committee and standing group
Three Air Force colonels
from England Air Force Base
La. visited the 2d Armored Di
vision Tuesday for a briefing
on the operations and combat
structure of the Iron Deuce.
Col. Richard V. Travis Col.
Philip Brooks and Col. Hart
ford P. Jenks all from the 834th
Air Division at England spent
a full day viewing 2d AD ac
tivities and visiting with Fort
Hood and division officials.
Colonel Travis commands the
834th while Colonel Brooks is
commander of the 3d Tactical
Fighter Wing and Colonel Jenks
is 401st Tactical Fighter Wing
deputy commander for opera
tions.
The three officers' visit to
the 2d AD was in return for
an earlier visit to England by
Maj Gen. Edwin H. Burba 2d
Armored Division commander.
F-100 Super Sabre fighter jets
from the 834th Air Division sup
ply a good portion of the close
air support necessary in suc
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY JULY 311964
MORNING SNACK—A 5-ton tractor-trailer from the 63d Quarter
master Bn. whets the appetite of an Air Force C-124 during air transportabil
ity training at Gray Army Airfield. The giant jaws of six cargo planes swal
lowed a caravan of vehicles ranging from this mighty semi to tidbit jeeps.
Following the loading and securing of the vehicles and men the members of
the 63d QM and other Loggers took to the air in a simulated airlift.
Lt. Gen. Colglazier Takes
Command Of Fourth Army
of the North Atlantic Treaty Or- been numerous. They include
ganization office of the Secre
tary of Defense and J-3 (ope
rations) U. S. European Com
mand Paris and director of
the Officer Candidate School
and executive director of the
Field Artillery School at Fort
Sill Okla.
General Jark's decorations in
clude the Legion of Merit with
Oak Leaf Cluster Bronze Star
Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
A at on a
with two Oak Leaf Clusters and
the Croix de Guerre with Palm
(France).
Military highlights as Fourth
Army commander for the Leigh
Neb. native who graduated
from West Point in 1929 have
1st AD To Greet
Gen. O'Malley
Brig. Gen. Charles S. O'
Malley Jr. new 1st Armored
Division assistant commander
will be welcomed to Old Iron
sides by an honor guard cere
mony at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at
Sadowski Field.
The 3d Brigade will provide
honor guard infantry and armor
companies rom the 2d Bn
46th Infantry and 2d Bn 13th
Armor. The salute battery of
ix 105mm howitzers will be
manned by Battery 4th Bn
3d Artillery. The 1st Armored
Division Band will also be pre
sent at the ceremony.
A reception in General O'Mal-
ley's honor will be held on the
patio of the Officers' Field Mess
following the welcoming cere
mony. All senior battalion and
separate company command
ers senior members of the gen
eral and special staffs and oth
er officers and NCOs who are
personally acquainted with the
general will attend the cere
mony. Wives are also cordially
invited to attend.
AF Officers Visit 2d AD For Briefing
cessful 2d Armored Division
combat operations. Periodical
ly ranking officers from the
air division and the armored
division exchange visits in or
der to achieve a better under
standing of the other unit's op
erations and capabilities.
Following the Air Force of
ficers' arrival by helicopter
Tuesday morning the three
colonels visited General Burba
for a briefing at division head
quarters. Later in the morning
the party journeyed to Post
Headquarters for a visit with
Lt. Gen. Harvey H. Fischer
III Corps and Fort Hood com
mander.
After lunch at the Fort Hood
Officers' Open Mess the offi
cers launched a busy afternoon
with a briefing on training ac
tivities at the 2d AD's 3d Bri
gade Headquarters.
Following the briefing came
a first-hand look at 3d Brigade
training and equipment. The in
itial stop on the itinerary was.
troop deployments during the
Cuban crisis orderly release of
reserve and National Guard un
its from the federal service
adoption of new missions at
Fort Polk and Fort Chaffee re
organization of the 1st and 2d Ar
mored Divisions in line with the
latest concepts in tactics sup
port weapons and equipment
the activation and deployment
of up- to- date missile systems
and units principally at Fort
Sill and increased emphasis on
helicopter training with heli
copters getting their toughest
tactical testing in actual com
bat in Viet Nam.
General Colglazier who will
assume his duties as Fourth
Army commander Saturday is
a 1925 graduate of Texas A&M
and was commissioned in the
Officers Reserve Corps the same
year. In May 1941 he was call
ed to active duty from his con
struction firm in San Antonio
and returned home following
the war with an outstanding
record in supply and engineer
ing assignments.
He was called to active duty
in July 1951 after the start of
the Korean War and has re
mained on active duty since
that time. He became assistant
chief of staff for logistics De
partment of the Army in 1954.
General Colglazier was com
manding general U. S. Army
Europe Communications Zone
O an an A
1956 to December 1957 and
again was designated assistant
deputy chief of staff for logis
tics.
Among his citations and dec
orations are the Legion of Mer
it with two Oak Leaf Clusters
Bronze Star Medal Honorary
Officer of the Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire and
the Legion of Honor and Croix
de Guerre (France).
General Colglazier who was
born October 18 1904 in St.
Louis Mo. is married and has
one son.
the Clear Creek rifle ranges
to view the 2d AD trainfire op
erations.
After the trainfire ranges
the Air Force colonels returned
to Training Area No. 3 where
a variety of armored division
equipment was on display. The
display included tanks armored
personnel carriers an armored
vehicle launch bridge (AVLB)
the Davy Crockett rocket and
an assortment of artillery ve
hicles and equipment.
Included in the equipment
display was a demonstration of
the AVLB and the division's
new M-60 tank. Following the
demonstration the colonels
were given an opportunity to
try the'r hand at being tank
and APC drivers.
Before returning to England
Air Force Base the visiting of
ficers stopped off in the 2d AD
air liaison section's area for a
demonstration of tactical air
control party (TACP) vehicles.
Brig. Gen. Frank C. Norvell
retiring 1st Armored Division
assistant commander closed out
a 30-year Army career to the
so of a a us a
marching feet at a division re
view in his honor Thursday
morning at Sadowski Field.
The review began at 9:30 a.m.
with the sounding of Adjutant's
Call by the 1st Armored Di
vision Band. After the presenta
tion and honors Col. William
S. Coleman Old Ironsides chief
of staff and commander of
troops for the review escorted
General Norvell on the trooping
of the line. Battery 1st Bn.
6th Artillery provided an 11-
gun salute for the retiring gen
eral.
Following the trooping of the
line General Norvell was
awarded the Legion of Merit.
After bidding farewell to the
as an a
their troops the general watch
ed the* 15000-man division pass
in review in his honor for the
last time while the division's
aircraft passed in formation
overhead. Also present on the
reviewing stand were Lt. Gen.
Harvey H. Fischer III Corps
and Fort Hood commander and
Maj. Gen. H. J. Jablonsky 1st
Armored Division commander.
Following the review Old
I on id of an
wives held a reception for Gen
eral Norvell and his wife Mary
on the patio of the Fort Hood
Officers' Field Mess.
General Norvell plans to con
tinue a fully active life in the
Central Texas area. He has ac
cepted a position as vice pres
ident and military representa
tive of the First State Bank of
Killeen and is presently build
ing a home in Harker Heights
where he will live with his wife
Mary and daughter Susan. The
Norvells also have a son Frank
C. Norvell Jr. who is an Army
captain stationed at Fort Sill
Okla.
"We have made so many
friends in this area in the past
a a N
said commenting on his retire
ment plans "that this was the
most natural place for us to
stay. Then too the opportunity
for growth and development in
Killeen seems to be unequaled
in this area" he continued
"and this is the kind of retire
30-Year Career Ends
For General Norvell
As its nickname The Ward
ing Eye implies the 501st Avi
ation Bn. is one of the main
sources of intelligence for the
1st Armored Division. Within
the battalion one unit ASTAP
(Aerial Surveillance and Target
Acquisition Platoon) has the
sole mission of providing aerial
coverage of the division area of
influence in support of the di
vision's intelligence require
ments.
ASTAP is not one of the
many newly christened ab
breviations which have blos
somed forth in recent years.
ASTAP has existed in Army
Aviation since World War I.
For many years the main
tools of ASTAP were the sin
gle-engine fixed-wing obser
vation airplane and the radio-
controlled drones with photo
graphic capabilities. Howev
er ASTAP has kept up with
the pace of the modern Army
and recently has undergone
vast changes in structure
functions and equipment.
The Aerial Surveillance and
Target Acquisition Platoon
commanded by Capt. Charles
E. Teeter is part of Co. B
the general support company
of the 501st Aviation Bn. The
six officers and 41 enlisted men
are in five sections—aerial ra
dar section aerial infrared sec
tion drone section tracking
and control team plus a pla
toon headquarters section.
G-2 passes intelligence re
quirements on to the 501st Avi
ation Bn. Once the battalion
operations center has author
ized the mission it is turned
AND AWAY WE GO—A pilot of the 501st
Aviation Bn. gives the full throttle to a Mohawk
OV-1B feeding fuel into its twin turbo-prop jet
engines developing 2300 horsepower. Shown above
are a small number of the precision gauges con
trols and switches which make up the integrated
instrument flight system of the Mohawk. This is the
same system used by commercial jet airliners.
(U.S. Army Photo by Jack Tuckish)
(See Page 14)
20 Pases In Two Sections
ment opportunity I was lookingileft Fort Hood escorted by the
for." 1st Armored Division jeep-
Friday morning the retiring mounted band and Old Ironsides
general and his wife officially military police.
ASTAP Provides
Aerial Coverage
By TOM HUERKAMP
With the advent of nuclear
weapons pinpoint artillery and
faster than sound aircraft it
has become necessary to know
enemy activities and positions.
Because of the fluid move
ment of armored warfare and
the lightning fast striking capa
bilities of an armored division
this important information must
be gathered swiftly accurately
and frequently.
over to ASTAP and the Imag
ery Interpretation Team of the
501st Military Intelligence De
tachment.
The commander of ASTAP
working hand in hand with this
team determines the type of
surveillance necessary. When
the data has been gathered it
is turned over to the Imagery
Interpretation Team which de
ciphers the needed intelligence
information.
The drone section under
the direction of S-Sgt. Wil
liam E. Taylor has under
gone the least change of any
section in the platoon. Except
for refined equipment this
section still performs its
mission in the same manner
as when it was first con
ceived.
The drone is an unmanned
unarmed radio-radar controlled
aircraft resembling a king size
model airplane. It is primarily
designed to perform photo
graphic reconnaissance.
The small size speed and
maneuverability of the drone
provide surprise which makes
it a difficult target for enemy
air defenses. It has a speed of
180 miles per hour and car
ries a 90-pound payload. The
equipment carried by the
drones is capable of day and
night photography.
The drones complete their
mission with the assistance of
two support units. One of these
is a mobile radar tracker used
as a navigational aid in con
trolling the flight of the drone.
It directs the drone to its tar
get returns it to the launch
area and activates the para
chute that returns the aircraft
and equipment to the ground.
Sp-4 Joseph S. Jankowski
heads the tracking and control
team which operates this radar
set.
The drones are launched
with the aid of a JATO tube
attached to each side. These
are small rocket boosters
burning solid fuel which blast
the aircraft into flight at a
speed of 170 miles per hour in
seven tenths of a second.
The drone system can com
plete a mission against a tar
get at an approximate range
of 35-40 miles in 45 minutes
from the time the launch crew
is notified of the mission. This
time includes 15 minutes for
launching the drone and 30 min
utes of flight time.
The second unit which sup
ports the drones is a mobile
photographic darkroom used to
process film upon completion
of a mission. This unit is part
of the platoon headquarters sec
tion.
"We can produce wet neg
atives within 15 minutes after
receiving the film" said Sp-5
Norman E. Livengood who is
in charge of the mobile dark
room. "This makes it possible
to provide information on a tar
get in an hour or less."
The advent of the Mohawk
aircraft has brought a revolu
tion in aerial surveillance and
(See ASTAP Page 2)
FORT HOOD
Traffic Toll
iAs Of Friday Morning
July 31
Injuries 64
Fatalities 13
This Time Last Year
Injuries 90
Fatalities 20
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