Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1967 Page: 4 of 18
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AKMe^ED SENHPH1L
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Texas every Friday by the Community Enterprises Inc. Temple Texas.
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news of the individual writers and under no circumstances are to be considered
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To Catch A Thief
By Sp4 D. D.FLEGEL
Wherever people live together there will always be
found those who supplement their income by stealing from
others. In our major cities the police departments have
used every means at their disposal trying to catch these
people.
Of all larcenists the burglar is hardest to catch. He
operates in a manner that leaves little indication or evi
dence that a crime was committed. A successful burglar
will never use violence to ply his trade. He will not use
violence to gain entry nor will he use it to avoid capture.
Military communities are not immune to these peo
ple. The Army deals firmly with burglars and in no less
degree with barracks thieves. The punishment grows more
severe as the amount involved in the larceny increases
For a theft involving $20 or less the maximum sentence
is six months confinement and a dishonorable discharge.
For the theft of larger amounts the punishment is na
turally more harsh.
Stria penalties are not the whole answer or even
the most important. The difficulty in levying a penalty
is catching the culprit who is rarely seen performing his
misdeeds.
The only truly effective means of combating bar
racks larceny is to deprive the would-be thief of the op
portunity. In the majority of cases on record the underlying
factor blamed for the thefts is simply not securing valu
ables. Seldom has a case been reported involving breaking
and entering a locked container.
There is a consistent theme that applies to nearly all
barracks larcenies. In most cases a golden opportunity was
presented to anyone who might be susceptible to such
temptation. The items lost were available and easily ac
cessible to the thief. The only trace that a crime had been
committed was the missing item. Had the victim taken
the trouble to secure his property he never would have
been parted from it.
Once the larceny has ben committed the loss proba
bly will not be recovered. Even if the criminal is apprehen
ded the lapse of time between the theft and his apprehen
sion will allow him to dispose of the stolen item.
The moral is simple. The only way to protect your
property is to secure it.
—0O0
Don't Be A Showoff
Injury to Ft. Hood personnel on the highways in pri
vately owned vehicle accidents far outnumbers any other
cause each month according to the post safety officer. This
fact can be changed only by drivers and their attitudes
toward vehicle operation.
A great number of high speed accidents are caused
by the "show off'' a driver wanting to show his driving
skills rhis ability to pass everyone else on the road.
The "show off" is also the man who says he can
drink and drive safely.
A bad driver the one who takes chances who drinks
and drives or who drives at an unreasonable speed is an
immature person a person who has not yet grown up in
his thinking.
The immature driver is one who says he can have a
few drinks and still drive safely. He is the man who has
no regard for himself his passengers or other drivers. He
is the selfish driver the one who wants all the road and
is willing to risk his life his friends' lives and the other
drivers' lives by taking all or any part of the road he wants.
The reckless driver the drinking driver the speedster
is one who can kill with his vehicle and still say it was an
accident.
There are few real accidents. Most of them are inci
dents which were caused by a deliberate unsafe act of
driving. The drinking driver is deliberately taking a chance
which may cause him to be killed or to become a killer.
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Temple. Texas^
Advertising Manager
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New York
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New port-call procedures begin April 1 for unaccompanied
military personnel assigned permanent duty overseas except
for commissioned officers in grade 0-4 and above and warrant
officer W-4. DA Message 801305 says that new orders will list
their port call data overseas replacement station and future
unit. The grades excepted use standard procedures.
The first automobile accident occurred in New
York City May 30 1896 when Henry Wells of Spring
field Mass. in a Duryea Motor Wagon collided with
Evylyn Thomas a bicycle rider who was taken to the
Manhattan Hospital. Her leg was fractured and Wells
spent the night in jail awaiting the report as to the
extent of the injuries.
More than 150 Advanced Indi
vidual Trainees (AIT's) marked
the end of nine weeks of train
ing with the 1st Armored Divi
sion's 16th Engr. Bn. Cat
amount last Saturday.
At the same time the Cata
mounts held an awards and
or at on re on
thirteen battalion soldiers.
The trainees of Co.
passed in review before Colonel
Thompson L. Raney 1st Bde.
commander in the parking lot
opposite battalion headquarters.
The new enigneers' training
started with demolitions in
struction where they learned
the techniques of laying a
minefield and the delicate
operation of breeching and
clearing a mined area.
Classroom and practical field
experience in bridge building oc
cupied most of the latter half
of the AIT cycle. During their
sixth week the men spanned
Cowhouse Creek with a float
bridge and the next week saw
the trainees bridging a dry gap
with a timber trestle bridge.
Before the troops passed in
review Private Travis
McLain was presented the
Achievement Trophy as the
outstanding trainee of the cycle.
The highest decoration
presented at the ceremony was
a Bronze Star Medal for
meritorious service to Specialist
4 Frank A. Swanson.
Two Air Medals were among
the decorations. Sergeant Wayne
W. Schiller received the 6th and
7th Oak Leaf Clusters to the
WO APPOINTMENT
Staff Sergeant William M.
Koebel former supply NCO for
Co. C 2nd Bn. 13th Armor
received an appointment as a
Warrant Officer in a ceremony
last Friday.
Watch Out for a Covenant With
Death. It's coining to Copperas
Cove.
TAKING CHARGE While participating in a live fire exercise by the
2nd Armored Division's 6th Bn. 92nd Arty. Lieutenant General Fred M. Dean
(center) Deputy CINCSTRIKE takes a powder charge for an 8-inch Howit
zer. Staff Sergeant Simmie E. Smith right) and Private Terrence T. Bourg
eois acted as guides and assistants during the "Red Devil" battalion's phase
of the general's tour. (U.S. Army Photo by Sp4 EdWozny)
'Catamounts' End Nine Weeks Of Training
Air Medal while Sp4 Kenneth
A. Agner received the Air Medal
and the 1st Oak Leaf Cluster.
Six men were awarded the
Army Commendation Medal.
They were Lieutenant William
Bell SSgts. Ronald C. Carter
and John Z. Pearl Sgt. Albert
L. Preston Sp5 Curtis McCray
and Sp4 Howard R. Stodghill.
Two men Staff Sergeants Ira
Boyd and Adolph Perthuis were
THE ARMORED SENTINEL FORT HOOD TEXAS
awarded the Purple Heart for
wounds received in the Repub
lic of Vietnam.
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Crowning itself the pioneer of
the 1st Armored Division's
training program the 5th Bn.
6th Inf. became the first division
unit to conduct the Army
Training Tests (Ait) during
Basic Unit Training.
Recently the trainees went
to the field for the initial portion
of the test. This was on squad
level. This week the men are
being tested on platoon and
company level.
These tactics were not new
to the soldiers for most of the
men in "The Regulars" are
Vietnam Veterans.
The tests began in the early
morning hours following a 25
mile road march to
J.he
•U see
The Catamounts also
presented their awards for
Soldier of the Quarter for
an a a 1 9 6 7 S S
Norbert Hock took the honors
in the E-5 and above category
while Sp4 Wayne R. Stebbins
topped all contestants in the
E-4 and below division.
testing
site. There the squads exhibited
their fire and movement techni-
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Cove.
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Training Program Pioneers Conduct Test During BUT
ques as the non-commissioned
officers scored them.
After each squad had run the
first test they grouped for a
final combat assault against a
simulated aggressor position.
Lieutenant Colonel Richard
Allen commander of "The
Regulars" watched his men as
they matched each challenge
thrown before them.
The battle veterans added a
realistic touch to the tests when
they layed down a field of fire
with live ammunition into the
deserted trees.
That night a combat patrol
sent the ex-jungle fighters
through familiar paces. The men
were given a set of coordinates
maps and compasses to reach
their objective.
Then each squad set out on
a mission to form their own
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Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1967, newspaper, March 31, 1967; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254927/m1/4/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Casey Memorial Library.