Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1965 Page: 5 of 14
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Friday May 71965
In Silver Hand
Friendly forces headquarters
—located some eight miles
south of Fort Hobd and 20 miles
from the Exercise Silver Hand
"front lines"—hums with cor
porate efficiency. At first
glance the 35000-man "battle"
seems a long way off.
The headquarters keeps in
touch with front line units by
radio and controls the move
ments of its members with cool
efficiency. There are no aggres
sor forces in sight from the
command complex set up on a
privately owned site off the
main Fort Hood area.
It is a different story along
the FEBA (forward edge of the
battle area). Here the Silver
Hand war games become very
real.
Monday morning the friendly
forces had crossed Cowhouse
Creek and were attacking into
the northern hills that control
the high ground commanding
the Silver Hand front lines.
Rifle fire could be heard ev
erywhere as friendly and
ALL IN THE FAMILY—Mrs. Linda Johnson beams happily as her
father SFC Floyd Hawk (Temple Tex.) congratulates her husband Sp-4
Clarence Johnson (Columbus Ga.) (left) upon his re-enlistment. The spec
ialist is the 1153rd Old Ironsides soldier to reenlist in FY 1965 topping the
1964 reenlistment number of 1152 and keeping the 1st AD in front for the
Post Reenlistment Trophy for the 2nd half of FY 1965. Specialist Johnson
is assigned to the 1st Armored Division's 2nd Bn. 13th Armor and his
father-in-law Sergeant Hawk re-enlisted him. (U.S. Army Photo)
Ground Forces Clash
As Jets Strafe Bomb
"Lobo" forces clashed. The bul
lets were blanks but exercise
umpires were ruling men
"killed" or "wounded."
Tanks prowled the hills meet
ing fierce Lobo resistance. Sim
ulator guns boomed away as
armored platoons met and
fought for the valuable high
ground.
Just overhead Air Force jets
screamed in at treetop-level on
afi and bombing runs.
They released no rockets or
bombs but the controllers ruled
great numbers of ground forces
as "destroyed."
The F-100 jets bore in venge-
fuliy after discovering a friend
ly forces bridge across the
Cowh'ouse. It was "blasted out
of the river" and would take
hours to repair.
Command post areas on both
sides of the lines worked to
camouflage their positions from
the searching jets. Perimeter
defenses were tightened as re
ports came in of enemy patrols
working their way in behind the
lines.
Support elements kept up a
steady stream of supplies to
the front. Ambulances raced
back from the lines carrying
the "wounded" to aid stations.
The "war"—from bombs to
rifle rounds was simulated.
But the impression to the front
line onlooker is that of a real
armed conflict.
Battalion Selects Best
Co. B commanded by Capt.
George Consalves Jr. (Hay
wood Cal.) was chosen Best
Company for the month of April
for the 1st Armored Division's
2nd Bn. 46th Infantry. Co.
won the monthly "Best" award
in the categbries of Dayroom
Supply and Maintenance. The
Best Mess and Best Training
were captured by Co. C while
Co. A won the title for Best
Administration.
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With one full quarter left to
go in FY 1965 the 1st Armored
Division has topped the re-en
listment figures of FY 1964.
Sp-4 Clarence Johnson (Colum
bus Ga.) of the 1st Armored
Division's 2nd Bn. 13th Armor
became the 1153rd Old Iron
sides soldier to re-enlist in 1965
thereby topping the mark of 1-
152 set* in 1964.
Specialist Johnson is a tank
driver with the 13th Armor's Co.
A the winning company in the
division tank gunnery compe
it on S E a
(Temple Tex.) re-enlisted Spec
ialist Johnson thereby "keep
ing it in the family." Sergeant
Ha.wk is Johnson's father-in-
law!
Col. Donnelly P. Bolton (San
Antonio Tex.) 3rd Brigade
Medical Class
Complete For
800 Soldiers
The 48th Medical Bn. has
completed testing of more than
800 2nd Armored Division troops
to wind up 15 hours of medical
classes given to Support Com
mand personnel.
Fifteen medics administered
the test which covered the
proper use of emergency medi
cal procedures and how to ap
ply them to specific casces.
The testing area was a large
parade field behind the 17th
Engineer Bn. headquarters.
The test consisted of eight
stations where the soldier had
described to him a battle cas
ualties' symptoms. To receive a
passing score at each station
the correct life-saving steps had
to be described to apply to the
case of a hypothetical casual
ty.
A score of 70 points was re
quired to pass lie test.
So far with less than half
of the scores evaluated 2nd Ar
mored Division men are show
ing that they learned their
lessons well. Scores have been
much higher than expected.
Complete tabulations will be
made after the end of Exercise
Silver Hand.
Terry L. Platz Hq. Co. 2nd
Bn. 67th Armor 2nd Armored
Division has been promoted to
specialist five.
CI DA A
THE ARMORED SENTINEL FORT HOOD TEXAS
1st AD Passes 1964
Reenlistment Mark
commander administered the
oath to Specialist Johnson in
the presence of his wife Linda
and Sergeant Hawk. After the
oath of reenlistment Johnson
was awarded a three-day pass.
The 1st Armored Division
is currently leading in the semi
annual post "re-up" competit
ion according to Capt. Edward
J. Lee (Hattiesburg Miss.) di
vision re-enlistment officer. Old
Ironsides has won the division-
size competition at Fort Hood
four of the last six times.
50-MILE ROAD MARCH
Fifty miles of Fort Hood ter
ritory were covered by the 48th
Medical Bn. 2nd AD in which
all companies of the battalion
combined to form la convoy of
more than 100 vehicles. The
convoy covered all types of ter
rain and was led by battalion
commander Lt. Col. Harold T.
ad N to 1 1 1
march was held to prepare the
unit for the Silver Hand Joint
Exercise.
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Fourth U. S. Army Non-Commissioned Officer Academy sergeant major
explains to SFC James A. Pooser (center) (Charleston S. C.) academy
tactical sergeant and S-Sgt. Edward D. Hanshew (left) (Idabell Okla.)
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Page Five
Gen.O'Malley
Addresses NCO
Academy Class
Brig. Gen. Charles S. O'Mal-
ley assistant division comman
der for support elements spoke
to the first graduating class of
Senior NCO's from the Fourth
US Army Non- Commissioned
Officer and Specialist" Academy
at Fort Hood.
General O'Malley spoke to
the graduating NCO's concern
ing their ever-increasing re
sponsibilities to their men and
the gravity of this task. Re
in on in re as in
tensions he stressed the im
portance of better leadership
and devotion to command re
sponsibilities.
The forty-two member class
held their graduation at Thea
ter No. One. This ceremony
ended five demanding weeks of
training under the new curricu
lum at the academy.
Robert G. Syverson Troop C
2nd Squadron 1st Cavalry 2nd
Armored Division has been
promoted to sergeant.
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Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1965, newspaper, May 7, 1965; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254836/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Casey Memorial Library.