The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1983 Page: 1 of 32
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VOL. 41 NO. 44
Fort Hood
This Week
The Fort Hood civilian per-
sonnel office will be receiving ap-
plications from March 15 to April
15 for temporary summer em-
ployment at Fort Hood. Call 685-
4722 or visit bldg. 4217 for details.
The Fort Hood Trading Post
commonly referred to as the
in t’* ill begin
appearing in the Sentinel next
Thursday. It will discontinue
publication on that date as a sepa-
rate flier.
A four month test enabling sol-
diers to buy smaller meals at re-
duced prices began March 1 in
five 2nd Armd Div dining facili-
ties. The purpose of the test is to
promote physical fitness good
health and weight control.
A Fort Hood soldier learned last
month that being caught with LSD
can be painful. On Feb. 1 Pvt' Billy J.
Sanderson 6th Cav Bde (AC) was
found guilty by a General Court
Martial of possessing 12 hits of LSD
and five grams of marijuana.
His punishment consisted of a Bad
Conduct Discharge confinement of
two years hard labor total forfeiture
of pay and allowances and reduction
to E-l.
Capt. Monty Mertz prosecutor
said he felt the sentence reflected the
panel’s concern over dangerous
drugs in the military. “I think the
message in this case is very clear”
Mertz said. “Don’t mess with LSD or
other dangerous drugs if you want to
stay in the Army.”
In other key February courts mar-
tial at Fort Hood:
SFC Richard E. Rousseau 2nd/
41st Inf 2nd Armd Div was reduced
to staff sergeant for altering a DA
Form 31 (request and authority for
leave). He was tried by Special Court
Martial.
SSgt. Michael E. Jarvis l/21st
FA 1st Oav iv re iv a
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confinement at hard labor for three
years total forfeiture of pay and
allowances and reduction to E-l for
forgery larceny falsifying an official
t a lte rin a lic
document and obtaining service by
false pretenses. He was tried by
General Court Martial.
Sp4 Samuel T. Dove HHC 1st
Cav Div received a Bad Conduct Dis-
charge confinement at hard labor for
two years total forfeiture of pay and
allowances ancl reduction to E-l for
possessing marijuana with intent to
JERICHO A view of the city Jericho one of
many cities visited by Sp4 John Meza HHC
54th Sig Bn during his six-month tour of
By WAYNE COREY
Soldier convicted
of LSD charges
Beginning March 15 Fort Hood un-
its will become involved in a year
long test designed to stream line
property accountability.
“I like to call it our ‘attack on prop-
erty accountability’ M^j. Horace L.
Newton III Corps G-4 & test coordi-
nator said. “The test is designed to
reduce the burden on our company
commanders so they can spend more
time on training maintenance and
other leadership responsibilities.”
Initial areas to be covered during
the test according to Newton in-
clude accounting for low cost hand
tools costing less than $5 as expend-
ables authorizing commanders to
adjust losses of durable tools when
there is no indication of negligence or
abuse and the total loss is less than
$100 allowing commanders to main-
tain the durable expendable docu-
ment register at company level and
distribute. He was tried by General
Court Martial.
Sp4 Robert C. Gruzman lst/78th
FA 2nd Armd Div received a Bad
Conduct Discharge confinement at
hard labor for two years total
forfeiture of pay and allowances and
reduction to E-l for possessing and
distributing marijuana. He was tried
by General Court Martial.
Sp4 Willie J. Holliman lst/92nd
FA 2nd A rm iv re iv
confinement at hard labor for two
months forfeiture of $150 per month
for two months and reduction to E-l
for striking another soldier in the
face with the butt of an M-16 rifle. He
was tried by Special Court Martial.
Pvt. John J. Lloyd II an Army
student at Goodfellow Air Force
Base Texas (under the military juris-
diction of III Corps) received a Bad
Conduct Discharge confinement at
hard labor for six months and forfei-
ture of two-thirds pay for six months
for stealing $680 from the wall locker
of another soldier. He was tried by a
Special Court Martial.
In two key Articles 15 at Fort Hood
during February:
A senior NCO from the lst/68th
ADA 1st Cav Div was fined $400 a
month for two months for drunk
driving on post. The 1st Cav Div
commanding general directed the
Article 15 be filed permanently in the
soldier’s OMPF.
A specialist four from HHC
TRADOC Combined Arms Test
Activity was reduced to PFC and re-
ceived 14 days in the post correction-
al custody facility for being drunk on
duty.
assigning additional supply person-
nel to specific organizations autho-
rized a large number of sets kits and
outfits.
One thing we have to remember as
we im plem ent these improved
procedures” Newton said “is to
insure an understanding in our
troops that this does not lessen our
emphasis on supply discipline. It
simply helps ease the bureaucratic
procedures involved in property
accountability and helps comman-
ders realize that there is a cost of
doing business.
Cutting costs
“Cutting our cost of doing busi-
ness while still maintaining property
accountability is mainly what we’re
after” Newton said.
“It wouldn’t make sense to waste
man-hours pulling the ‘pack’ of a
track vehicle just because a tool fell
in and couldn’t be retrieved any other
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duty in support of the United Nations Peace-
Keeping Force in the Sinai Peninsula.
(Photo by John Meza)
Fort Hood Sentinel
Fort Hood First in Army Combat Power
FT. HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY MARCH 10 1983
Property accountability test to start
way. But that is what we are current-
ly having to do to account for proper-
ty. Now we are trying to eliminate
these types of wasteful practices. Af-
ter all the tool will still be there when
it comes tim to pull the ‘pack’
again.”
Under the new test plan comman-
ders will be authorized to adjust los-.
ses of durable hand tools when they
determine neither negligence or
abuse are suspected and the proxi-
mate cause of loss is known.
“How this will work” Newton said
“is each commander will document
each incident on a disposition form
as a em ran for record
identifying the items dropped and
including a brief statement of the
circumstances.
“However the commander will not
be allowed to use this procedure
when the incident involves the loss of
non-expendable items or within 30
days of com encem ent of the
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IT'S A BOY Red Cross volunteer Mary Ulcak confirms the
vital statistics of a newborn baby before sending word to the
father overseas. PFC Frank J. Castro HHB 1st Bn 77th Cav
1st Cav Div assigned to Darnall Army Community Hospital
tells her the size weight and sex of the infant.
(U.S. Army photo)
By KEN KAMPPILA
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The constant reminders of pre-
vious wars and the ever-present dan-
ger of armed conflict are the realities
of duty in the Sinai Peninsula.
Sp4 John Meza HHC 54th Sig Bn
3rd Sig Bde telephone repairman
said “Egyptian and Israeli soldiers
carry their weapons at all times. It
wasn’t a combat situation but it was
the closest thing to combat I’ve ever
seen.
Meza recently returned from a six-
month tour of duty in support of the
nited N ations Peace-K weeping
Force in the Sinai.
“Thie environment is also a big fac-
tor in the Sinai” Meza said. “Intense
heat flash floods and dangerous
animals area few of the obstacles and
there is a certain type of grasshopper
that secretes a dust that can blind you
if the dust gets in your eyes.
“Flash flooding occurs during the
rainy season due to the high water
table and after a hard rain the ground
stays wet for a month. I’m amazed at
change of responsible officer inven-
tory.”
Newton also pointed out that com-
manders should not feel constrained
from initiating Reports of Survey if
any item whether it is expendable
durable or non-expendable is lost or
dam aged and negligence is sus-
pected.
Testing organizations
Throughout the test period on-site
evaluations are to be conducted by
representatives from Department of
the Army FORSCOM and III Corps
at approximately the sixth and 12th
month of the test period.
An area of particular interest to
Newton is the assignment of addi-
tional supply personnel to specific
organizations.
“Having been a supply sergeant be-
fore obtaining my commission I
know what it’s like trying to run a
supply room with just yourself and a
By CRAIG SEASON
Red Cross saves
Army $90000
“The Army would have to pay out
an estimated $85000-$90000 yearly
to hire at minimum wage replace-
ments for the Red Cross volunteers
who work at Fort Hood” Red Cross
Station Director Ira Huggins said.
President Ronald Reagan called
Red Cross Volunteers “among those
millions of citizens who quietly
serve” and expressed his apprecia-
tion to the organization by proclaim-
ing March 1983 as Red Cross Month.
The 11 paid staffmembers of Fort
Hood’s Red Cross office manage
approximately 85 part-time volun-
teers who fill a variety of positions at
Darnall Army Community Hospital
Army Dental Activities facilities the
Blood Center and at the field office.
More volunteers trained by the Red
Cross teach cardio-pulmonary resus-
citation first aid swimming water
safety and other skills to people in
the local community.
The mission of the Red Cross as
mandated by Congress is twofold:
disaster relief in the form of food clo-
thing and shelter and service to
military families.
The Fort Hood field office recently
came to the aid of a Hood soldier
whose house was destroyed by fire.
Red Cross workers oversaw the col-
lection of food and clothing for the
surviving family members as well as
monetary donations. They arranged
transportation for the soldier and his
family back to his home of residence
and helped him compile some of the
documents necessary to obtain a
compassionate reassignment to a
post in his home state.
Soldier liked duty in Sinai
how the people adapt to those condi-
tions.”
The Sinai Peace-Keeping Force is a
product of the Camp David Accords.
United Nations Forces and Obser-
vers have the responsibility to super-
vise the im plem entation of the
accords and to employ their best
efforts to prevent any violations of its
terms.
“Before I went I didn’t know what
I was getting into” Meza said. “I just
put my faith in the Army and went
with confidence because I was sure
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supply clerk to help. Many long
hours are spent trying to keep up in-
ventories and turning in equipment.
There is not enough time spent on the
individual needs of the soldier.
However during this test the addi-
tional personnel will be used exclu-
sively for administration of property
documentation and inventories.”
Concluding his thoughts on the
test Newton said “Although the test
is designed to simplify property
accountability we are still very much
concerned about supply discipline
and the individual needs of the
soldier. In order to reach that goal we
are rk in a rd to a rd
loin a com on se se
approach to accountability based on
trust in our commanders.
“If this test is to be truly successful
both leaders and soldiers must de-
monstrate a strong sense of supply
discipline together.”
The majority of the work done at
the Hood field office comes under the
category of service to military fami-
lies.
“Casework is our number one
priority here” Huggins said. “A total
of 13397 people received one or more
social services from the Fort Hood
office in 1982.”
The busiest of those services pro-
vided last year was assisting with
com unication between service
rs an th ir fa ilie s.
Thousands of emergency telephone
calls and teletype messages were
handled by the staff at the Fort Hood
field office in 1982.
“I was at the teletype machine all
day long during REFORGER ’82”
teletype operator Brenda Robles
said. “We provide emergency com-
un icatio service to soldiers
around the world. For instance” she
ripped a message that had just come
in on the teletype and read it.
“Here’s the wife of a service mem-
ber who is in Germany saying she
has been robbed and has no money to
buy food or pay bills. We will send a
message to her husband in Germany
passing on his wife’s request that he
make a deposit to their bank account
so she can make it through the
month.”
Other types of messages relayed
through the Red Cross office here in-
clude those involving death serious
injury or illness birth critical family
problems or other urgent situations.
The second most used service pro-
vided by the Fort Hood office is
financial assistance. Last year case-
workers here gave out loans to more
(See Red Cross pg. A8)
that it was an important job.”
Although Meza is a telephone re-
pairman he was utilized in supply
support due to a shortage of supply
personnel. “I dealt mainly with auto
parts” he said.
“While I was there I met people
from many other countries. I learned
that there’s a natural friendship
among people. Everyone sticks
together and looks out for each other.
It doesn’t matter where you’re from
(See Sinai pg. A8)
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