The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 1995 Page: 1 of 38
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VOL. 54 NO. 21
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SERGEANTS MAJOR gather to
discuss issues at professional board
Page A7
31ST ADA BDE soldiers test skills
during sea emergency deployment
readiness exercise.
THE NEXT MANDATORY training
course for all unit alcohol and drug coor-
dinators will be 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb.
21-22 in Building 1806. Copies of ap-
pointment orders and statement of
background checks of those planning to
attend should be submitted to the front
desk clerk in Building 1805 by Tuesday.
SERVING THE A N O ARMORE CORPS
Page A5
VOLUNTEER-OF-THE-YEAR
nominations sought by units post
organizations.
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THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT of Crim-
inal Justice will conduct two one-hour
briefings to discuss job opportunities 9
a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fiddlers’
Green Community Recreation Center.
|Topics will include prison expansion
types of jobs application procedures
ualifications pay and benefits. For
ore information call the Army Career
and Alumni Program at 288-6741 or the
Texas Employment Commission at 532-
7466.
THE NINTH ANNUAL WILD WEST
night is April 8 at Abrams Physical
Fitness Center. Sheriff elections the
largest fund-raiser of the charity event
have already begun.
Wild West sheriffs who arrest and
put people in “jail” during the festivi-
ties are supported by their units which
raise money in a day-long activity. The
unit that collects the most money per
soldier during the fund-raiser has its
candidate named a sheriff nominee.
Units can get sheriff election informa-
tion packets from Alicia Embrey 699-
3078 or Linda Reines 539-2297. Wild
West night tickets are now on sale
through unit representatives.
SECTION A
Random Acts of Kindness Week .. A2
Black History Month events A4
TEXCOM tester honored .............. A5
Hood Bulletins ............................... A6
SECTION
Yellow Ribbon Room opens B1
Birth announcements ................... B3
School lunch menus ...................... B4
Dental health tips ........................ B8
SECTION
Night at the Fights ....................... Cl
Movie schedule .............................. C5
Trading Post ............................... C6/7
TV listings................................... C8/9
SECTION
Post basketball games .................. D3
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By Richard Puckett
III Corps ublic Affairs
Despite complaints of rent goug-
ing the Fort Hood area ranks
near the bottom of housing costs
with lower-than-average off-post
leasing prices and cost-of-living
index in military markets accord-
ing to 1994 government and civil-
ian surveys.
But a recent study conducted by
Past commander
praises leaders
By Niki Deifel
III Corps ublic Affairs
The need for leadership is greater now than
ever before a former III Corps and Fort Hood
commander said.
Retired Lt. Gen. Walt Ulmer addressed post
leaders as part of the Commanding General’s
Guest Speaker Program Feb. 2.
“Anyone who talks about leadership is being
a bit presumptuous in any environment but
particularly in this one” Ulmer said. “There
are an awful lot of folks around the world who
know at least as much as I do about the
subject and as I look around this room a
significant number of them are here.”
Ulmer’s talk on leadership dealt with differ-
ences in the civilian and military communities.
“The big difference is in commitment” he
said. “At Sears Roebuck no one expects you to
die for the company. Here under certain cir-
cumstances you and I by tradition are ex-
pected to die for the company.”
With the downsizing and changing mission
of the military quality leadership is more
important than ever Ulmer said.
“The need for competent and caring leader-
ship is probably greater now than it has ever
been. The American public has an extraordi-
nary debt they owe people in the military right
now who are undergoing all kinds of changes
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Mark Farquhar of Guyco Contruction welds structural steel on Building 16009 as part of the barracks
reconstruction program.
Fort Hood housing official^ shows
that the average soldier who lives
off post is still paying more than
$200 out of pocket monthly after
Basic Allowance for Quarters and
the Variable Housing Allowance
are figured in.
(See Visit A9)
More than 90000 soldiers and
family members call the Killeen
Copperas Cove and Temple areas
home.
“On the average it costs less to
live here than most otheii posts”
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Post housing office targets soldiers’ BAQ
Somber moment
mu*
ichard Puckett/III Corps
said Carol Anderson chief of Fam-
ily Housing Branch. “But the real-
ization is that BAQ and VHA are
not adequate to help soldiers
maintain an average standard of
living.”
In a multi-family housing price
comparison Fort Hood soldiers
pay about $375 for a one-bedroom
apartment $525 for a two-
bedroom and $575 for a three-
bedroom.
Single family housing is compa
Lt. Col. Rob Soeldner commander of 1st Sqdn 7th Cav Regt 1st Cav Div awards the Legion
of Merit to 1st Sgt. Jeffrey Sapderfer Trp A during an emotional retirement ceremony in
November ending his 15-year career. Sanderfer lost his battle to cancer in late January. A
memorial service was held this week. For story and photos see Page A8.
February 9 1995
Barracks
results
showing
By Richard Puckett
III Corps ublic Affairs
The Army is spending millions of
dollars in 1995 to rebuild barracks
at Fort Hood and Sgt. Charles
Smalls couldn’t be happier.
Smalls and the other single sol-
diers from 1st Battalion 14th
Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ar-
mored Division were the most re-
cent troops to move into new facili-
ties.
After spending more than a year
in an older and more crowded
building the soldiers started mov-
ing into their new home just as
1995 began.
The bigger more spacious and
self-contained barracks are part of
a 13-year multi-million dollar
project designed to improve the
quality of life for soldiers for years
to come said Steve Burrows the
Directorate of Public Works’ chief
of master planning/real property.
“I think this a real positive pro-
gram” he said. “The soldiers like
it. We’re treating them with re-
spect and that is the difference. I
think the soldiers will not only
enjoy the new buildings but also
take better care of them.”
Since the project’s beginnings in
1990 28 buildings have been re-
built. Thirty-eight more will be
completed before 2003. Finding
ample room for displaced soldiers
has been challenging Burrows
said.
There are usually about five to
seven barracks buildings under re-
construction at any given time.
Soldiers being moved can expect to
live for about a year in temporary
facilities Burrows said. This tem-
porary arrangement is causing sol-
diers to live three to four per
room.
The wait was worth it for Spc.
Spinks of Battery B 1st Bn 15th
FA Regt. Spinks said he never had
(See Build A7)
rable. A two-bedroom home aver-
ages about $50000 a three-
bedroom goes for $65000 and a
four-bedroom home is about
$75000.
Anderson and David Emmert
Housing Division chief have been
making their case both locally
and nationally for a review of the
allowances. Anderson briefs every
major military and civilian official
(See Rent A3)
obyn regory/lst Cav Div
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