Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, July 23, 1971 Page: 1 of 20
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VOL. 30 NO 26
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Spec. 5 Herbert L. Tiner
\vas presented a $1000 check
July 16 by Lt. Gen. Beverley
E. Powell III Corps and Ft.
Hood commander for a device
he made which reportedly sav
ed the Army $127000.
The reward was made possi
ble by the Army's Incentive
Awards Program which is ad
ministered at Ft. Hood by
a or a in a of
Civilian Personnel office.
See Picture Page 2
Tiner devised and fabricated
•a mount for the sight from
This week marks the mid
point of Ft. Hood's summer
camp program for the Na
tional Guard at North Ft.
Hood. The first 'guard unit ar
rived May 30 and the last
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ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN requiring immun
izations prior to registering for the fall term must
have their shots at the Immunization Clinic at
Darnall Army Hospital. Clinic hours are Monday
Wednesday and Thursday from 8 to 11 a.m. and
from 1 to 4 p.m. Hospital officials suggest par
ents bring their children and shot records to the
clinic as soon as possible to avoid the end-of-Aug-
ust rush.
AUDITIONS FOR THE MUSICAL fantasy
The Fantasticks will be held July 28 through Aug.
1 at the Ft. Hood Community Theatre Bldg. 515
on 24th St. and Old. Bn. Ave.
Tryouts will be from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednes
day through Sunday with auditions from 1 to 5
p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Call 685-2568 for
additional information.
Inside Story
Representing Ft. Hood in the 5 th Army Softball
tournament at Ft. Leonard "Wood Mo. will be Che
502nd MP's. They defeated the 303rd ASA team
to gain the honor. See Sports page 8.
Social Notes 6
Sports 8
Movies 12
The "Tiger" is another year
older. The 2nd Armd. Div.'s 1st
(Tiger) Bde. celebrated its 29th
birthday this month in a com
posite ceremony with the rest
of Hell on Wheels' units.
The 1st Bde. traces its history
back to March 1 1942 at Ft.
Benning Ga. when its parent
unit was constituted and ac
tivated in the regular army as
Hq. Co. Combat Cmd. A (CCA)
2nd Armd. Div.
The unit trained at Ft. Ben
ning through the spring of 1942
participating in the Carolina
BEACH POLICE CALL A police call yes Temple Lake Park. The trash on the beaches was
but it's all volunteer work. These volunteers of Hq. revealed because of the low water in the lake. (U. S.
and Hq. Co. 55-th Avn. Bn. volunteered their own Army Photo by Hugh Meyers)
time to spend an afternoon cleaning up the beach at
Ft. Hood Soldier Receives
$1000 For Rocket Mount
an M-91 rocket launcher to The amount of the awards
adapt it for use on the M-31
field artillery trainer.
The first such mount was
made late in 1969 while Tiner
was with the 123rd Maint. Bn.
of the then 1st Armd. Div.
Eight of the mounts were
fabricated and in use through
April 1970.
The $1000 'represented the
largest prize given through the
Incentive Awards Program in
three years according to Mrs.
Malina.
will depart in August. The 1st
Bn. 78th Arty. 2nd Armd.
Div. has been given overall
responsibility for the sup
porting role for the program
throughout the summer.
SENTINEL SHORTS
Passtime .... 13
Eyecatcher 15
Classified 19
maneuvers until August when
it moved to Ft. Bragg N.C.
In November 1942 the
division departed Ft. Bragg for
Africa making its first am
phibious assault landing on
hostile shores in French Moroc
co. In May 1943 CCA moved
from Forte De Mamora Moroc
co to the Port Aux Pouiles
Algeria for waterborne opera
tions training and upon com
pletion deployment to Tunisia
in June.
In November 1943 the unit
are governed by Army
Regulation says Mrs. Malina
with $1000 being the limit Ft.
Hood can authorize. Cash
awards of as much as $2500
can be given with DA ap
proval.
In addition Mrs. Malina
revealed that the total number
of suggestions turned in by
military personnel for the
fiscal year 1971 was an all-
time high 1882. Military
suggestions adopted during
The 36th Inf. Bde. was the
first of seven National Guard
components that will be
training at the north fort sup
ported by Hell On Wheels
units. Guard units from six
at a in
August mostly for two week
periods. Last year there were
or ha 4 0 0 0
training at the North Ft. Hood
site during peak activity. This
year about the same number
of troops are being trained
by 1st Cav. and 2nd Armd.
Div. units.
Guard units are being put
through their annual Army
a in in to
Department of the Army re
quirements. Most of the troops
presently training at the site
belong to the 123rd Inf. Bn.
of the Texas National Guard.
Hie 1st Bn. 78th Arty. has
Officers of the 1st Cav. Div.
attended a four-hour block of
instruction Tuesday morning
July 20 which provided them
a comprehensive explanation
of the Army's position on the
subject of drug abuse. The
four phases of the class in
cluded presentations by the
division chaplain a Criminal
I stigation Detachment
(CID) Mental representative
a is
Health Consultation Service
(MHCS and the First Team
staff judge advocate.
Lt. Col. Tomas Burriel-
moved to Great Britain near
London.
As part of the assault force
an in on O ah a a
France it was awarded the
Normandy Northern France
Ardenne's Alsace Rhineland
and Central Europe compaign
re am A a in
Madgeburg Germany with the
30th Inf. Div. the unit assembl
ed in the Salzgitter-Immendorm
area as V-E Day approached.
The war over CCA spent the
ensuing weeks in training and
redeployment before serving in
that period totaled 71 with
$5460 awarded and $58802
estimated saved by the in
novations.
Civilian employees turned in
710 suggestions and 274 were
adopted at a savings of
$246595 in the civilian award
category. A total of $20020
was awarded.
During the ceremony
Tiner was also presented
with the Army Commendation
Medal by Powell for his work
at the Boy Scout office.
been at the north fort since
April preparing the site for
the onslaught of guardsmen.
The battalion cut grass clean-
Continued On Page 2
The Ft. Hood Teen Club is
sponsoring a "Night of Music"
for teenagers at Prichard
Stadium Saturday July 31.
[The local teenagers will
listen and dance to their music
from 6 p.m. until midnight.
Shiva's Head band will be the
lead band with support from
S to an he a
Wheel—all from Austin—and
the South Group from Killeen.
Parents who want to un
derstand the music that turns
teenagers on are invited to
Carmona division surgeon
made introductory comments
for the class and introduced
the Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Elmer
A an a
numerous instances in which
drug abusers have conquered
their problems by a spiritual
W
rehabilitation centers such as
the one in Lexington Ky.
have recorded only 3 per cent
success in prolonged curing
of addicts spiritually oriented
up a
Challenge Centers'' the
"Jesus People Movement" and
ARMORED SENTINEL
Published in the interest of the personnel of Fort Hood
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY JULY 231971
Clean Beach
At Local Lake
Ecology popular word these days you hear
a lot about it but its hard to find someone actually
doing something about it.
Not so with the men of Hq. & Hq. Co. 55th
Avn. Bn. Nineteen of them volunteered to spend
•the afternoon cleaning up the beach at Temple Lake
Park.
Promised a day off some time ago these men
chose to spend it out at the lake cleaning up the
trash and litter left behind by other less eco-con-
scious visitors.
The men: 1st Sgt. Orlando Davisson Sgt. Kenneth
Parlini Spec. 5 Karl Hoffine Spec. 5 Kenneth
Campbell Spec. 5 James Mathias Spec. 5 Myron
Schweiss Spec. 5 David Jorgenson Spec. 5 Terry
Thain Spec. 5 Rodney Dalan Spec. 5 Henry Clark
Spec. 4 Bruce Omenhiser Spec. 4 Eugene Shearmon
Spec 4 Richard Brock Spec. 4 Thomas Walls Spec.
4 Danial Escobar Spec. 4 Steve Compton Pfc. John
Brandt Pfc. Fitzh Fields Pvt. Charles Simmons
are all to be commended not for going to the beach
on a free afternoon but for going to the beach
to clean it up unlike so many others.
Rock Fest Planned
attend. All parents and
children are welcome.
Tickets may be purchased
at the Ft. Hood or West Ft.
Hood Teen Clubs in advance
or at the Prichard Stadium
gate on the night of the
festival. The costs are $1 for
be a
Dependent Youth Activities
(DYA) members and $2 for
all others.
Teenage dependents of
military and civil service
personnel residing near Ft.
Army Position Seen In Drug Class
Bing O. Ott criminal in
vestigator for Det. C. 5th MP
Grp. CI began his presen
tation by identifying the drugs
2nd AD Brigade Celebrates 29th Birthday
Berlin as the honor guard for
re id an at
Potsdam Conference.
After five months at Bad Orb
the unit moved in December
1945 to Camp Hood Tex. Settled
in early 1946 it remained until
1951 when sail was set for
Germany.
Assigned as part of the NATO
Shield until November 1957 the
men returned to Ft. Hood to
supervise basic combat training
by units of the division. In 1961
CCA and the division undertook
the mission of maintaining a
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Hood are eligible to join the
Teen Club at a cost of $1
however the family must first
be DYA members. DYA cards
may be purchased at the Teen
Clubs and DYA office. Costs
a re or at or A
memberships as follows: E-l
through E-7 and GS-1 through
GS8 are $2 E-8 E-9 0-1
through 0-3 WO-1 through WO-
4 GS-9 through GS-11 are $3
0-1 0-5 GS-12 GS-13 are $4
0-6 through 0-9 GS-14 through
GS-16 are $5.
"God's Children" boast over currently considered as
80 per cent success with only
nominal expenses.
"This is not a moral ap
proach it is a spiritual ap
proach" said the chaplain in
re re to he
publicized movement. "But
the deeper a person has gone
into addiction the stronger
spiritual release he needs to
recover."
enemies categorizing them as
depressants stimulants and
hallucinogens. Utilizing color
slides the CID agent revealed
the methods of identifying the
drugs and the recognizable
symptoms of a drug abuser.
An extensive presentation
by Maj. Stewart W. Quisling
mental hygienist for the Men
a a a
Service followed a brief in
troduction by Maj. Gen. James
C. Smith division com
mander. In citing the scope
combat ready unit and in mid-
1962 CCA and the division
be am be of
Strategic Army Corps.
Now ready for short notice
deployment to any trouble spot
in the world the brigade
participated in Operation Big
Lift in 1963. During the exercise
the entire division was air-lifted
to Germany in a matter of
hours. Redeployment to Ft.
Hood was completed by
Christmas 1963.
Spring 1964 saw the brigade
The change of command
ceremony began with the
strains of the 1st Cav. Div.
Band as the commanders of
the battalions and Hq. Btry.
formed the color guards to
the fromt of the reviewing
stand. Surveying the troops
was the reviewing officer
Maj. Gen. James C. Smith
1st Cav. Div. commander.
Following the exchange of
colors and command' tabs Lt.
Col. Tripp who becomes the
executive officer of DivArty
welcomed Morrison to the unit
and expressed his pleasure at
having been the DivArth chief
during the challenging period
of transition from the armored
to TRICAP concepts.
Morrison spoke next stating
that he was "glad to be back
with the Cav" and that he
was looking forward to his
assignment. Morrison served
as the commander of the 2nd
Bn. 19th Arty 1st Cav. Div.
in Vietnam in 1968-69 serving
in the Office of the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
and attending the Army War
College before receiving his
present assignment.
After Smith's welcoming
posted the band struck up
the 1st Cav. Div. Song and
of drug abuse in the United
States Quisling said that in
New York City alone thievery
of drug addicts last year cost
more than two billion dollars.
"There are about a million
addicts in the United States
today" he noted "and there
are nine million alcoholics."
is in ha a
alcoholism is a form of ad
diction and a tremendous pro
blem of our society as it is
sold as a legal depressant and
in a key role in exercise "Desert
Strike" the largest peacetime
maneuver ever conducted in the
1st Bde. and 'attached units
were selected for STRICOM ex
ercise "Quickfire" a no-notice
test of the brigade's ability to
embark to a port for overseas
deployment.
Late in 1964 the brigade
pa pa in E is
"Bluestar I II and III" the
first off-post exercises con
ducted in Central Texas since
1955.
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In a colorful ceremony held
Monday July 19 the First
Team's Div. Arty received a
new commander. Col. Robert
C. Morrison in the 4 p.m.
ceremony at Div. Arty Field
assummed command from Lt.
Coi. J. Bruce Tripp before the
it an
guards and guests of his new
command.
•V
A TIRED BUNCH? These men Temple Lake Park all volunteer
from Hq. and Hq. Co. 55th Avn. Bn. work. Below one GI shows the art
look like they had a hard day. They of picking up trash on the beach
did. They cleaned up the beach at (U. S. Army Photo by Hugh Meyers)
First Team Div Arty
Command Changes
the Army Song to conclude
he re on a
pa pa an
withdrew refreshments
nearby.
Morrison is highly qualified
for his new post. A graduate
"of West Point he was in the
or an W a it
The G3-DPT Range Division
thinks it has found the answer
to the problem of where to
ride mini-bikes.
With help from the 63rd
Engr. Bn. construction has
been completed on the Castle
Mountain Mini-Bike course
and track.
Mini-bike enthusiasts who
cannot license their vehicles
for use on public highways
and thoroughfares now have
a legal and sale place to ex
pend their cycling energies.
The entrance to the course
track is located north of Cas
tle Mountain and 75 meters
south of the North Nolan Rd.
In late 1965 the brigade
received basic combat trainees
a program which continued until
early fall 1967.
In March 1968 the brigade
received three more infantry
battalions losing its only armor
battalion the 2nd Bn. 66th
Armor. The brigade conducted
basic training for its infantry
battalions and the major portion
of the 7th Bn. 6th Inf. supported
ROTC summer training at Ft.
Sill Okla.
Lt. Col. John F. Forest assum
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"Wolfhounds" of the 27th Bn.
25th Infantry. Morrison spent
three years at the Artillery
School and received a Master
of Science degree in electrical
in in a
Tech soon afterward. He
taught at West Point for three
years in that subject.
Minibike Track
Open To Riders
East Range Rd. intersection.
Containing small hills and
sharp turns the V/% mile
course was primarily designed
or in
it a
motorcycles can make good
use of the 4-10 mile oval track.
Both the course and track
are open for use to all Ft.
Hood personnel and their
dependents. Ample parking
space is available.
Persons using the facilities
are warned there is no
supervision and the individual
assumes the risk for any in
jury or damage.
Chaplaincy Celebrates
196 Years Of Service
The Army Chaplaincy commemorated its 196th
Anniversary yesterday.
In 1775 on this date the Continental Congress
adopted a resolution establishing the Army Chaplain
cy which then began a constant history of service
to the soldiers of our country.
From the beginning "men of God" volunteered
to stand beside our soldiers both in peace and in
war to ask Gods blessings on them and the cause
of freedom for which they fought. These chaplains
have shared their lives with the soldiers of our nation
in heat and in cold in hunger and in discomfort
in combat and in garrison and have done so willingly.
This tradition continues today. Wherever our
soldiers are the chaplains of all faiths stand beside
them. In time of conflict they place their lives on
the line as do all our soldiers. Thirteen have lost
their lives in Vietnam two have won the Con
gressional Medal of Honor. Many others have shown
the same courage that is traditional among the
soldiers of our nation.
The chaplains goal is not only to make the
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ed command of the' Tiger
Brigade Sept. 3 1968 and on
Sept. 6 the brigade was
reorganized losing two infantry
at a on an a in in
armor battalion.
During the last year led by
Col. Oscar M. Padgett Jr.
brigade commander the men
of the 1st Bde. traveled to Ft.
Bliss where they participated irj
Boldshot-Brimfire 5-71 a"
offspring of gigantic Bolds^t-
Brimlire 2-71 conducted at Ft.
Hood last summer.
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