The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1995 Page: 3 of 36
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January 51995
Judy Stallings
ljifh PAD 2nd Armd Div
N ovem ber Pfc. John
iss a tow and dragon mis-
repairman from Company
124th ain Support Bat-
tion was named the 2nd A r-
5red
ivision Soldier of the
uarter for the fourth quarter
4 1994.
’1 Truss a native of Muskegon
ich. began preparing for the
soldier of the quarter board as
sbon as he arrived on ort
ood in arch.
“W hen I firs got to it
the board was one of the ain
thin they pushed” Truss
s&id. Going to the board was
ohe of the things they encour-
:ed me to do.”
A lthough this was Truss’
firs experience before a board
tie advanced all the way to the
division level. Before compet-
in a the battalion level he
ent to three company pre-
hbards to prepare him for the
ext step.
Truss came out on top at
a tta lio level and said he was
both amazed and confused th a
he won since he was up
against four specialists.
He said he thought one of
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Information Service
Defense Secretary W illia
rry has canceled several
major defense odernization
projects and transferred th ir
funds to ilita ry pay a lity
life and readiness.
8 The cuts to ta lin $8 illio
ill affect projects in fiscal
1996 through 2001.
The cuts were not as harsh
as expected thanks to Presi-
dent ill lin to ’s plan to
boost defense spending $25 il-
lio over the next six years.
them would surely in.
From battalion level Truss
advanced to the ivision Sup-
port Command board and then
on to division.
Going to division I figured
th a would be the end of it for
me. I didn’t expect to in it
Truss said. “I was surprised I
won because there were five
specialists and one other (p ri-
vate firs class) so I expected
one of them to in .”
Truss has made a good im
pression on Co E ’s new firs
sergeant who arrived at Fort
Hood shortly before the iv i-
sion board.
“He’s an outstanding soldier
who is re ally going places”
said 1st Sgt. Aaron Jones. He
is technically proficient in his
MOS and his general ilita ry
knowledge is exceptional.”
he 2 2 -y a r-o ld ld ie
joined the A rm as a private
and has advanced to private
firs class in the 17 months
he’s been in the service.
A stable career and the
A rm college fund were the
two ain reasons for Truss’
decision to join the A rm y but
the longer he’s in the more he
re a lize how va lu ale his
A rm train in is.
“Now th a I ’m in the A rm y I
W ith this extra money DoD
planners would have had to cut
nearly $20 illio from mod-
ernization merry said.
These cuts we believe are
prudent and they ill not in
terfere ith our efforts to de-
velop the new wave of weap-
onry needed for the 21st cen-
tu ry ” merry said at a news
conference.
DoD canceled the Tri-service
Stand-off A tta issile.
This system has had ig ifi-
cant development problems
and current estimates of the
it cost in production are un-
acceptably hig ” merry said.
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2nd Armd Div soldier excels at unit boards
“He’s an outstand-
ing soldier who is
really going plac-
es.”
1st Sgt. Aaron Jones
Co E 124th MSB
lik MOS and the train in
I ’ve gotten” Truss said. “I can
see now th a the train in ill
be good for me when I leave
the A rm .”
is fu tu re plans in the A rm
are not yet determined how-
ever. Truss said if he can make
sergeant before his enlistment
is up he ill strongly consider
re-enlistm ent.
Truss credits two people in
a rticu la for helping him in
soldier of the quarter.
Cpl. Robert ilto also of
Co E 124th a in Spt Bn con-
sta tly quizzed him and S taff
Sgt. Joseph Davis Truss’ sec-
tion chief encouraged him to
go before the board.
A lthough Truss didn’t come
out on top a the I I I Corps
soldier of the quarter board he
said there’s always next tim e.
DoD ill restructure the
A rm ’s Comanche helicopter
program. The A rm ill com-
plete development of the pro-
gram and build two flyable
prototypes. the Comanche
ill not enter production.
“We ill depend on the
Apache Long Bow system to
provide the capability for the
near to medium term ” merry
said.
DoD ill cut tw DDG-51
A rle ig Burke-class Aegis de-
stroyers over the next six
years. The N avy ill build 16
instead of the planned 18. DoD
ill also delay construction of
efense projects cut to improve military quality of life readiness
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a third new attack submarine
by a year. Construction ill
start in 2002 instead of 2001.
The department ill delay
development of the marine
Corps advanced amphibious as-
sault vehicle by two years.
Perry also announced a 10
percent cut in fiscal 1996 re-
search and development for the
A ir Force’s F-22 fighter.
This is going to have only a
marginal impact on the pro-
gram because we do have some
existing funds from previous
years th a ill be available”
he said.
Some projects th a survived
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2nd Armd Div Soldier of the Quarter Pfc. John Truss of Co E 124th MSB works on dragon
missile test equipment at his motor pool.
include the marine Corps V-22
Osprey the A rm ’s Advanced
Field A rtille ry System and the
Jo in rim a ry A irc raft rain
in System.
John Deutch deputy secre-
ta ry of defense followed Perry
and re-emphasized the issue of
personnel readiness.
“The emphasis on personnel
and readiness has led us to
look at any of our mod-
ernization programs th a are
important and good ... but
th a can be delayed in order to
pay for the readiness and peo-
ple programs” he said.
Deutch pointed out the bud
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Deutch also addressed charg-
es defense is underfunded even
ith the president’s $25 illio
in itia tiv He said the combi-
nation of presidential in itia
tive more favorable economic
re a a od-
ernization cuts ill provide the
necessary funds.
Deutch said if the secretary
of defense the Jo in Chiefs of
S taff and unified commanders
in chief see shortfalls in readi-
ness “we ill come back and
say th awe need more money.”
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Horky, Anita. The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1995, newspaper, January 5, 1995; Fort Hood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth310071/m1/3/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Casey Memorial Library.