The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1993 Page: 4 of 34
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A 4 FORT HOOD SENTINEL
By Evelyn D. Harris
American Forces Information Service
A phone call home while
you’re traveling on business
can set at ease the minds of
you and your loved ones. Just
don’t expect Uncle Sam to pay
for it.
I 1988 the General Ser-
vices Administration issued re-
vised rules allowing agencies
to reimburse employees for one
phone call home per day while
on overnight business trips.
But the rules leave it up'to
individual agencies to decide
whether to give employees this
benefit.
“The Department of Defense
decided not to reimburse em-
ployees” said Anne W. Larkin
assistant general counsel for
Washington Headquarters Ser-
vices which set the DoD poli-
cy. “The military services and
the defense agencies pay their
own telephone bills. We have
To
Worth Repeating
think is to differ.
Know rules governing office phones
“A simple and proper function of gov-
ernment is to make it easy for us to do
good and difficult for us to do wrong.”
“The price of eternal vigilance is indif-
ference.”
Marshall McLuhan
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER: Lt. Col. C. Kim Hunt
COMMAND INFORMATION OFFICER Eloise Limdgren
EDITOR: Staff Sgt. Don Moore
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Spc. Jamie Lockwood
the largest work force in the
world. To allow those calls
would be a tremendous burden
to the services and the Depart-
ment of Defense.
“You could lobby for a
change to this rule but in this
era of tight budgets I would
not give encouraging odds on
success.”
DoD does reimburse travel-
ers for official calls made while
traveling. What is considered
official may vary. Calls in di-
rect support of government
business are official but some
commanders may allow peri-
odic health and welfare calls
for those assigned to remote
sites.
DoD irective 5500.7
“Standards of Conduct” de-
fines official use as that di-
rectly supporting government
business or approved by the
DoD component authority as
being in the government’s best
interest.
When DoD employees are
not traveling they should use
Jimmy Carter
U.S. president
Clarence Darrow
U.S. attorney
Canadian author
“When you cease to make a contribu- shoot the works for victory with every-
tion you begin to die. thing at our disposal.
Eleanor Roosevelt Gen. Mark Clark
U.S. humanitarian
The Fort Hood Signal Corps Regimental Association is
sponsoring an “Orange Alert” for signalers of all ranks.
Come and meet your fellow flag wavers for free hor
d’oevers and a no host bar at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at the
West Fort Hood Officers’ Club.
The 13th Signal Battalion 1st Cavalry Division will be
giving the presentation.
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Shonda Freeman
office phones for official busi-
ness only. The only exceptions
approved June 21 1989 allow
personal local calls in limited
circumstances.
Employees can make per-
sonal calls to a spouse or minor
child or to arrange for doctors’
appointments or emergency re-
pairs provided the calls do not
adversely affect the perform-
ance of official duties are of
reasonable duration and fre-
quency and could not reason-
ably be made at any other
time.
Employees who live far from
the workplace and need to
make personal long-distance
calls meeting the above stand-
wards must pay for the calls
themselves. Larkin suggests
obtaining a telephone calling
card for the purpose. Unless it
is an emergency DoD em-
ployees may not make unau-
thorized calls even if they in-
tend to reimburse the govern-
ment.
Black Panthers
This marker was set up at
Fort Hood’s main gate Sept.
15 in a celebration to com-
memorate the 50th an-
niversary of the arrival of
the 761st Tank Bn at what
was then Camp Hood for
training. The 761st “Black
Panther” Bn trained against
the Tank Destroyers at
Hood before traveling to Eu-
rope to become the first unit
of black soldiers to go into
combat for the U.S. Army.
The “Black Panthers” a
separate tank battalion
were in combat for 183 con-
secutive days before the
Germans surrendered to
end the war in Europe. Look
for stories on the 761st
Tank Bn in future issues of
the Sentinel.
Niki Deifel/III Corps
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‘‘In setting our military goals we need
first of all to recognize that most of the
world’s most basic woes do not lend
themselves to purely military solutions.”
‘In dealing with the environment we
must learn not how to master nature but
how to master ourselves our institutions
and our technology.
By Linda Lee
FORT HOOD
S N A N O A O O S
Maj. Gen. Wesley K. Clark commander of
the 1st Cav Div is briefed on AFATDS
during the second phase of testing in the
1st Bn 82nd FA motor pool. DIVARTY
soldiers began testing of the Advanced
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway
U.S. Army
“If fight we must let’s go in there and
Richard M. Nixon
U.S. president
U.S. Army
American Forces Information Service
The theme for this year’s
Hispanic eritage Month
which began Sept. 15 is His-
panics A Diversified Work-
force to Change the Future.
Hispanic-Am ericans play
an important role in the mili-
tary services as the Defense
Department downsizes. His-
panic-Americans are individu-
als who can trace their roots to
Latin America and Spain U.S.
Census Bureau officials said.
The three largest Hispanic
groups in the United States
today are th exican-
Americans Puerto Ricans and
Cubans. Other Hispanic groups
include Spaniards Dominicans
Colombians and Nicaraguans.
In today’s Army there are
1754 Hispanic officers which
is 2.2 percent of the officer
corps 378 warrant officers 2.8
percent and 24354 enlisted
members 4.8 percent.
A further breakdown of the
figures show Hispanic women
play an ever-expanding role in
the service as 270 are officers
20 are warrant officers and
2169 serve in the enlisted
ranks.
Two percent of Air Force of-
ficers or 1832 people are His-
panics while in the enlisted
ranks there are 14202 or 3.8
percent. There are 280 His-
panic women officers with
1948 Hispanic women serving
in the enlisted ranks.
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The commanding general
recently approved several or-
ders restricting access to the
installation.
The individuals were
barred for such misconduct
as making harassing phone
calls to a former spouse
breaking into vehicles and
theft.
Incidents such as these
continue to result in depen-
dents civilians or retirees
being barred from Fort Hood.
Persons entering the in-
stallation must follow federal
law. If they violate the law
they may be prosecuted in
federal court and/or be
barred from the installation.
If this bar is violated the
punishment can be six
months confinement and a
$5000 fine or both for each
Retired general proud of Hispanic
contributions cultural diversity
Hispanics make up almost
10 percent of the U.S. popula-
tion currently estimated at
250 million. By the end of the
century Census Bureau fig-
ures estimate the Hispanic
population will be about 30
million. Also estimates show
that by the year 2020 His-
panic-Americans will be the
country’s largest minority
group.
Military and American his-
tory details the sacrifices His-
panics have made in the de-
fense of the nation starting
with the American Revolution
and continuing through today.
O well-known Hispanic-
American in the U.S. military
was Navy Adm. David Far-
ragut. A veteran of the War of
1812 and the Civil War he is
remembered for his actions
during the Civil War Battle of
Mobile Bay. When the battle
was going badly he yelled to
his crew on board the USS
Hartford “Damn the torpedoes!
Full speed ahead!”
An important but little
known figure during the Revo-
lutionary War was the Spanish
governor of Louisiana Ber-
nardo de Galvez. He sought
and received permission from
the Spanish government to aid
the Americans in their defense
against the British in the Gulf
of Mexico and Mississippi
River valley. He also played a
crucial role in the 1780 Battle
of Mobile.
It wasn’t just Texans origi-
nally from the United States
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Robyn M. Gregory/lst Cav Div
Field Artillery Tactical Data System in July.
The new equipment is a multi-service joint
and combined fire support system de-
signed to bring better command and con-
trol to the battlefield.
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incident.
The commanding general
also approved the eviction of
a sergeant and his family
from government housing in
Comanche II.
The eviction was based on
two domestic disturbances
that resulted in damage to
government property and as-
saults.
Sponsors are reminded of
their responsibility to control
family members and guests.
Failure to do so may result
in the termination of post
housing privileges.
who were killed defending the
Alamo in 1836 during the
Texan war for independence.
Many Texicans like Antonio
Fuentes and Carlos Espalier
fought alongside Jim Bowie
and Davy Crockett and were
killed by Mexican soldiers.
Military historians estimate
that almost 10000 Mexican-
Americans served in the Civil
War fighting for both the
Union and the Confederacy.
Four companies raised in Cali-
fornia in 1863 successfully de-
feated a Confederate invasion
into the New Mexico territory.
Confederate units with Mexi-
can-Americans on their rosters
included the 10th Texas Cav-
alry the 55th Alabama Infan-
try and the 2nd Texas Mount-
ed Rifles.
irty -sev en ispanic-
Americans have received the
Medal of Honor including
eight during the Korean War
and 13 during the Vietnam
conflict. The first Hispanic sol-
dier to receive the medal was’
Pvt. David Barkley for actions
during World War I but his
heritage wasn’t discovered
until 71 years later.
I World War II the first
Hispanic Medal of Honor re-
cipient was Pvt. Jose Martinez
for his heroism during the in-
vasion of the Aleutian Islands
in 1943.
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Moore, Staff Sgt. Don. The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1993, newspaper, September 23, 1993; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth310007/m1/4/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Casey Memorial Library.