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A4 FORT HOOD SENTINEL
By Willie Hay
13th COSCOM Public Affairs
Who can a unit armorer turn
to for help when he has a
nonoperational rifle or ma-
chine gun gathering dust in
the arms room? And what kind
of turnaround time can he ex-
pect when the weapon goes out
for repair?
The 64th Corps Support
Group has fresh answers to
those questions. Unit armorers
in 13th Corps Support Com-
mand and III Corps nondivi-
sional units can turn to the
64th’s small arms repairers
who recently began offering
‘‘one stop” customer service in
their new Consolidated Small
Arms Repair Shop on West
Fort Hood.
What’s more the shop prom
504th MI Bde
History will be made during
Phantom Saber IV when the
15th Military Intelligence Bat-
talion (Aerial Exploitation)
504th military Intelligence
Brigade deploys its Improved
Guardrail-Five (IGRV) system
by convoy 125 miles to San
Angelo to conduct aerial intel-
ligence operations.
This training opportunity
will be the first time for the
IGRV system to deploy from a
CONUS unit and it will also
be the farthest distance this
technologically-advanced sys-
tem has been deployed by over-
land convoy.
The 15th MI Bn (AE) is as-
signed the specific mission of
CpI. Michael Jenkins works on the bolt of a M-2 .50-caliber
machine gun in the 64th CSG 13th COSCOM’s Consolidated
Small Arms Repair Shop on West Fort Hood.
PHANTOM
EDITORIAL OFFICE: Headquarter HI Corps and Fort Hood Fort Hood Sentinel Fort
Hood Texas 76544
telephone (817) 287-2436 DSN 737-0107.
COMMANDING GENERAL: Gen. Paul 1„ Funk .t
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER: Col. C. Kfca Hunt * V£
MANAGING EDITOR Anita Horky 'r.h
MILITARY EDITOR: CpI. Julia Bobick
STAFF WRITERS: Sgt. Cliff Sees Spc. Niki Deifel. Spc. Amy Koehler Pfc. Michael J.
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CONTRIBUTING PAOs: 1st Cav Dlv (287-5185): Master Sgt Darrell Cochran Spc.
Robyn M. Gregory Spc. I* A. Prentice 4th PAP: Staff Sgt. Eric Pattis Pfc. Pee Constant*
Pvt. 2 Geoffrey Fink 2nd Arrnd Div (287-7004): Spc Stewart Brouillette Sgt. Greg Davis
Spc. Felicia Wingler 13th PAD: Spc. Rebecca Matanic Spe. Tina Prince Pfc. Judy Stallings:
13th COSCOM (287-6872): Spc. R. Alexander Southern Sgt. Pontine McNutt Sgt. 1st Class
Willie Hay? 31sf ADA (288*52318 3rd Bde (287-6179) DACH (288-8805): Jeti Chappclle
TEXCOM (288-9110): Wayne Hair Garrison Chaplain (287*4533): Julie Biggerstaff 6th Cav
Bde (287-8088): Chief Warrant Officer David S. Bernett Trading Post (287-0101): Kathy
Co-located at West Fort
Hood with its brigade head-
quarters the 15th MI Bn is
continually ready for world-
wide deployment to support the
corps commander’s intelligence
requirements.
Repair sh offers ‘one to service
wises to repair the weapon on
the spot or if necessary store
it in the shop itself until re-
placement parts can be ob-
tained and put on the weapon.
The shop is located in building
90031 the security warehouse
just outside Robert Gray Army
Airfield.
The longest a weapon would
normally remain in the shop
awaiting repairs is about two
weeks according to 2nd Lt.
Carlton Hamrick shop officer.
“It was the group com-
mander’s idea to improve cus-
tomer service by consolidating
the 64th’s three small arms
repair shops under one roof”
Hamrick said.
He explained that in the
past repair shops operated by
the 263rd and 597th Mainte-
nance Companies of 544th
Maintenance Battalion and by
Willie Hay/13th COSCOM
being the III Corps com-
mander’s only organic deep-
look aerial intelligence plat-
form oriented specifically at lo-
cating identifying and tran-
scribing enemy radio com-
munications.
The battalion’s six RC-12D
reconnaissance aircraft and
ground-based Integrated Pro-
cessing Facility (IPF) were last
deployed during Operation
Desert Storm and have been at
Fort Hood for two years after
being rebuilt and upgraded by
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the 602nd Maintenance Com-
pany of 553rd Corps Support
Battalion repaired different
types of small arms and didn’t
have an on-site storage facility
to keep them overnight.
“Starting (in October) we
plan to take our one-stop ser-
vice a step further by sending
out a contact team to make
‘house calls’ to units that re-
quest them” he continued. “If
we can’t fix the weapon at the
unit we will take it back to
the shop and hold it until re-
pairs are completed.”
According to Sgt. William
Riggs shop foreman 15 sol-
diers work in the consolidated
facility repairing all weapons
smaller than howitzers. The
soldiers both small arms re-
pairers (Military Occupational
Specialty 45B) and armament
repairers (MOS 45K) operate
in three three teams each
headed by a sergeant. All
weapons are inspected before
they go back to the unit.
“What we perform is really
level three maintenance on
small arms” Riggs explained.
“For instance a soldier quali-
fying with his assigned weapon
is first required to perform im-
mediate action or level one
maintenance whenever he ex-
periences a malfunction. The
next level of maintenance is a
technical inspection by the
unit armorer. Finally if the
weapon can’t be repaired by
either of those individuals it’s
our job to inspect it order any
necessary replacement parts
and perform the repairs.”
According to Riggs the shop
maintains a “bench stock” of
repair parts but that stock is
limited.
“Under the Army’s Small
15th Ml Bn deploys system by convoy for exercise
Sacramento Army Depot.
New technological advances
have been integrated into the
system’s lengthy capabilities
thus providing the corps com-
mander an even more en-
hanced deep-look capability.
The Integrated Processing
Facility is rarely moved from
its semi-permanent home on
West Fort Hood due to its im-
mense size and value.
Designed to be deployed to
field locations as a tactical sys-
tem historically it has been
placed in an improved area
and transported by strategic
airlift.
The fact that this sophisti-
cated system is essentially a
one-of-a-kind highlights the
need for proper procedures
by
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Arms Repair Program we
can’t maintain a large stock of
parts but have to order them
through supply channels” he
said. “Also we’re required to
have a quality assurance per-
son issue the parts we have in
stock to the weapons repairer
on an as-needed basis.”
Shop personnel are prepar-
ing to monitor the annual
weapons in sp ection com-
manders must perform in the
arms rooms of the units they
service.
“That should enable us to
ensure that operational readi-
ness is maintained despite
such factors as the turnover of
unit armorers and company-
level changes of command”
Hamrick said.
Riggs and Hamrick said con-
solidating small arms repair in
the 64th CSG benefits the
small arms repairers them-
selves as much as the customer
units they serve.
“Under the old system of
separate repair shops the sol-
diers tended to specialize in
repairing a single type of
weapon” Riggs said. “Now
they’re cross-training in all
kinds of small arms and in-
creasing their skills across the
board in their MOS.”
Hamrick pointed with pride
to the words painted on the
.wall of the shop: “Instead of
thinking of ways it can’t be
done think of ways it can.”
“That’s the motto we adopted
for ourselves when we consoli-
dated the weapons repair
teams from the three compa-
nies in 64th CSG” he said.
“Everyone has pulled together
to form anew team and set a
new COSCOM standard for
service on small arms repairs.”
when performing any move-
ment operations.
Four of the Army’s newest
and largest tractor trailer rigs
are assigned to pull the semi-
trailer-sized IPF loads and
other pieces of equipment are
either carefully loaded into
prime movers or towed by
trailer.
The battalion will conduct
actual flight operations from
Mathis Field in San Angelo
flying the RC-12D to more
than 25000 feet and linking
its sensitive receivers to opera-
tor positions within the IPF.
The operators then hone in on
opposing force signals extract-
ing and reporting critical com-
munications intelligence infor-
mation directly to the maneu-
ver commanders.
Law &
O
rd er
Recently the garrison com-
mander approved the eviction
of a sergeant first class and his
family from government family
housing in Comanche III.
The eviction was based on a
pattern of misconduct perpe-
trated by the soldier’s spouse.
Specific acts include child
endangerment reckless driving
and numerous sworn state-
ments by neighbors complain-
ing about several incidents of
misconduct by the spouse.
If you are experiencing prob-
lems you are urged to seek
help through your chain of
command your chaplain or
Army Community Service.
Sponsors are reminded that
they are held responsible for
their family members and
guests and could have the
privilege of residing in govern-
ment family quarters termi-
nated.
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By Willie Hay
13th COSCOM Public A ffairs
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Wright is a 21-year-old na-
tive of Kenosha Wis. with
almost three years of service.
In January 1992 he com-
pleted advanced individual
training at Redstone Arse-
nal Ala. as a 35Y inte-
grated family of test equip-
ment operator/maintainers a
new military occupational
specialty.
Wright’s first assignment
after AIT was at Camp
Sears Korea where he was
put in charge of abase shop
test facility van for the first
IFTE fielding in the Army
inventory.
Upon assignment to the
602nd Maint Co a year later
le again operated abase
shop test facility van and
took part in the fielding of
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Sgt. Michael L. Mayes right and another 96th Trans Co
soldier roll a tire off the trailer of their Super HETS in the
180th Trans Bn motor pool. Mayes a motor transport
operator is the 13th COSCOM NCO of the Quarter.
Two soldiers honored
for hard work dedication
Two members of the 64th
Corps Support Group have
been selected 13th Corps
Support Command Soldier
and Noncommissioned Of-
ficer of the Quarter for the
fourth quarter of fiscal year
1994.
Spc. Mark D. Wright a
weapons systems tester as-
signed to the 602nd Mainte-
nance Company 553rd Corps
Support Battalion is the
13th COSCOM Soldier of the
Quarter.
Sgt. Michael L. Mayes a
motor transportation opera-
tor with the 96th Transpor-
ta tio Com pany 180th
Transportation Battalion is
NCO of the Quarter.
The Temple Chamber of
Commerce recently saluted
both soldiers and members of
their chain of command at
its weekly board meeting.
Wright and Mayes each re-
ceived a framed certificate of
appreciation from the cham-
ber a savings bond from a
bank in Temple and a gift
certificate from a local mer-
chant.
After their appearance be-
fore the chamber of com-
merce the soldiers were
treated to breakfast at the
Inn at Scott and White in-
terviewed on KPLE radio
given a tour of Mobile Chem-
ical Company and recognized
at a Kiwanis Club luncheon
at Temple Junior College.
Distribution on post is free.
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Willie Hay/13th COSCOM
Spc. Mark D. Wright
Two members of
the 64th Corps
Support Group
have been se-
lected 13th Corps
Support Command
Soldier and NCO
of the Quarter for
the fourth quarter
of fiscal year 1994.
Mayes is a 24-year-old who
hails from Mt. Airy N.C. He
joined an Army Reserve
transportation unit during
his junior year of high
school. After completing
basic training he returned
to high school and earned his
diploma. He completed train-
ing as a motor transpor-
tation operator at Fort Dix
N.J. and served with his re-
serve unit for two and a half
years before entering active
duty in 1990.
After serving a three-year
tour in Panama Mayes was
reassigned to 96th Trans Co
as a truck driver in the 3rd
Platoon. He has been mar-
ried for five years and he
and his wife Kimberly have
two sons.
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Wright has been recom-
mended for promotion and is
currently attending the Pri-
mary Leadership Develop-
ment Course. Recently mar-
ried to another soldier he
plans to make sergeant in
three years and pursue a col-
lege degree in engineering.
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