The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 23, 1994 Page: 1 of 42
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VOL. 54 NO. 12
iWHAT’s Inside
FORT HOOD SOLDIERS qualify
for Expert Infantryman’s Badge.
Page A7
FIRST TEAM OPENING Yellow
Ribbon Room for family support
group meetings functions.
A A
SERVING THE PHANTOM ARMO-RED CORPS
Page B1
LOCAL STAR TREK fan club
warps members into community ac-
tivities beams up fun.
Page Cl
lance
BECAUSE OF THANKSGIVING
there will be a change in recycle collec-
tion in family housing areas. Villages
normally serviced Thursday Nov. 24
will be serviced Wednesday Nov. 23.
A PRE-RETIREMENT orientation for
military personnel will be held 9-10:30
a.m. Nov. 29 at the Main NCO Club.
Individuals planning retirement within
a year as well as their spouses are
encouraged to attend. S 287-5210.
AN ROTC REPRESENTATIVE from
Sam Houston State University will be
on post 10 a.m.-noon Nov. 29 for sol-
diers interested in the Army’s officer
preparation program. To schedule an
appointment call 287-2331.
THE III CORPS AND FORT HOOD
Officer Candidate School examining
board is scheduled Jan. 9-10 1995. Ap-
plication deadline is Jan. 3. There is a
mandatory pre-briefing for all qualified
applicants 8 a.m. Jan. 6. All applicants
must be pre-screened by their servicing
personnel service battalion prior to their
applications being forwarded to III
Corps. Applications should be submitted
to III Corps Soldier Action Section
ATTN: AFZF-AGP-A-S. 288-5186.
THE 2ND ARMD DIV commander
challenges each of his soldiers to sup-
port Santa’s Workshop by donating a
toy during this year’s drive. Just bring
a toy to division headquarters or to one
of the drop-boxes around post. 23? 287-
7221/288-5835.
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SECTION A
Units prepare for exercise ............. A3
Thanksgiving thoughts ...................A4
Operation Vigilant Warrior A5
SECTION
Credit advice for holidays ..............B1
Birth announcements...................... B2
Safe turkey preparation .................B4
Quarters of the a r........................B9
SECTION
Payday clim bing............................... Cl
Movie listings ....................................C4
Travel Texas ......................................C5
Trading Post ......................................C6
TV Listings ......................... C8/9
SECTION
Post golfer competes All-Army .... D2
III Corps Public Affairs
By Sharon Mulligan
III Corps Public Affairs
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Families and friends waited
with smiles and open arms at Rob-
ert Gray Army Airfield to welcome
their loved ones who returned
home safely from Guantanamo
Bay Cuba Nov. 18 just in time to
celebrate Thanksgiving.
More than 180 soldiers from the
64th Military Police Company
720th Military Police Battalion
Fort Hood stepped into the next
generation of high-tech automa-
tion and maintenance as the Di-
rectorate of Logistics new mainte-
nance facility held its grand open-
ing Nov. 15.
“In this facility we can repair
everything from the beepers people
wear to an M-l tank” said Col.
Charles Bush director of logistics.
The new facility “is apiece of
the future” said Brig. Gen. James
P. O’Neal III Corps and Fort Hood
chief of staff. It is one key in the
Army’s future restructuring and
repositioning.
“At the heart of the plans for
the future of the Army there is no
change from what we’re doing here
at Fort Hood” O’Neal said. “We’re
going to conduct repairs maintain
forward support and deploy units
from right here.”
The DOL maintenance complex
was designed to be completed in
four phases. The first three have
been completed and the fourth is
scheduled for completion in 1997.
Phase one started in 1988 and
completed in 1990 included the de
sign and construction of a 96000-
square-foot component repair shop
a 43000-square-foot machine shop
Fort Hood Texas 76544
4* if as* S E
Maintenance facility
offers new services
CpI. David Glandorf of 259th MCT 49th Trans Bn 13th COSCOM is reunited with his wife Marcee and 1-
year-old daughter Courtney after returning from Southwest Asia.
89th Military Police Brigade re-
turned from a five-month deploy-
ment to Cuba. Included was the
brigade commander Col. Mike.
Pearson who also served as the
commander for all Army forces
and Joint Task Force McCalla and
was also in charge of all Haitian
camps in Guantanamo Bay.
Pearson who assumed command
of the brigade one day before the
deployment said the soldiers did a
a 42000-square-foot covered stor-
age area and a 2000-square-foot
flammable storage warehouse.
Phase II started in 1992 and
completed 1994 brought a 58000-
square-foot consolidated shop
building a 15000-square-foot
wash rack a 43000-square-foot
electronic/communication repair
and calibration shop a 10-acre
cannibalization yard and a.
25.000-square-foot paint/media
blasting facility.
Phase III started in 1992 and
completed 1994 added to the com-
plex a 100000-square-foot consoli-
dated maintenance building and a
2.000-square-foot inspection/optic
building.
Phase IV will add a* one-mile
test track and two divisional fire
stations which will support the
Comanche Village housing area.
“This facility sets the standard
throughout the Army and the
workforce here can meet any chal-
lenge put to it” said William
Shine civilian aide to the secre-
tary of the Army. “We’re going to
save money time and increase
safety.”
The workers are up to the chal-
lenge said Johnny Friday local
union president.
“Now that we (the workers)
have this building we must pro-
duce” Friday said.
Hood MPs return from Guantanamo Bay
Willie Hay/13th COSCOM
super job protecting and taking
care of more than 20000 refugees
in the Cuban camps.
“There were a lot of people who
needed help and we took care of
them” he said.
During the deployment the sol-
diers learned to deal with humani-
tarian issues in addition to im-
proving their military skills.
Pearson said he was confident
that even though the refugees
Santa’s workship
Santa Claus admires one of the toys donated during last year’s
Santa’s Workshop Toy Drive to help Fort Hood families in need.
People can give toys through Dec. 5 by placing them in any of the
huge gift-wrapped donation boxes at several locations around post.
November 23 1994
Home
for the
holiday
By Willie Hay
13th COSCOM Public Affairs
Thanksgiving promises to be es-
pecially memorable this year for
the 40 soldiers from two 13th
Corps Support Command units
who made it home for the holidays
after serving three weeks in
Southwest Asia in support of the
24th Infantry Division from Fort
Stewart Ga.
Twenty-nine of the returning
soldiers are members of Headquar-
ters Support Company and the
85th Medical Detachment (Combat
Stress Control) 61st Area Support
Medical Battalion 1st Medical
Group. The remaining 11 soldiers
are assigned to the 259th Move-
ment Control Team 49th Trans-
portation Battalion.
“This is the first group of sol-
diers we’ve welcomed back from
Southwest Asia” said Lt. Col. Ri-
chard L. Agee 61st ASMB com-
mander one of several com-
manders on hand to greet them as
they stepped off a C-130 Nov. 17
at Robert Gray Army Airfield. “As
the United States reduces its com-
bat forces deployed to Southwest
Asia we’re able to reduce the com-
‘bat service support soldiers in the
region.”
The 85th Med Det soldiers not
only taught classes in stress man-
agement and suicide prevention
but also were called on to perform
two crisis interventions said Capt.
Rafael Salas a clinical psycholo-
gist with the unit.
“Our skills were really tested in
(See Home A3)
may not have enjoyed staying in
the refugees camps they would be
able to tell their children and
grandchildren that the Americans
treated them right.
Although many of the 2600 III
Corps soldiers deployed to Cuba
have returned home to be with
their families for the holidays
more than 1800 remain in Guan-
tanamo Bay keeping the peace for
the refugees who call it home.
*1
£3
Doraine McNutt/13th COSC.OM
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