The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1995 Page: 2 of 50
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By R. Alexander Southern
13th COSCOM Public Affairs
A self-described “hands-on
kind of soldier” recently repre-
sented himself and his bat-
talion well by being named the
13th Corps Support Command
third quarter Noncommis-
sioned Officer of the Quarter.
Sgt. Robert Beane unit sup-
ply sergeant 597th Mainte-
nance Company 544th Mainte-
nance Battalion 64th Corps
Support Group said he was
surprised to learn he had beat-
en out the other candidates for
the award.
“I didn’t think that I’d scored
that well but the outcome was
very good” Beane said. “When
they were done (figuring the
scores) I was surprised that I
did that well.”
Why was Beane so sur-
prised?
“I’m the kind of soldier who
likes to do hands-on kind of
training. That’s the kind of sol-
dier I am” he said. “Being put
on the spot and asked ques-
tions makes me nervous.”
Although Beane’s modesty
makes him think of himself as
someone who doesn’t do very
well on boards his record
speaks volumes to the con
By William P. Bradner
III Corps Public Affairs
The 163rd Military Intel-
ligence Battalion wrapped up
it’s fifth ICE-X Wednesday
after processing almost 800
“prisoners of war” through in-
terrogation and internship
cages in a wartime scenario.
ICE-X which stands for in-
ternship of prisoners of war
counterintelligence and enemy
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Hands-on soldier’ surprised at outcome
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Not only did Beane’s skill
and hard work win him the
NCO of the month and quarter
boards at the company bat-
talion and group levels but
most recently accelled him past
his peers for a win at the Divi-
sion Level II NCO of the Quar-
ter Board.
To prepare himself for each
board appearance Beane said
he always studies in the same
fashion.
“I only study from the field
manuals and Army regula-
tions. I use as many of them as
I can get. If you don’t study
from the materials and only
use those guides you get at
Clothing Sales you won’t win.
“For a soldier or NCO to win
aboard they have to get in
depth. You have to open them
up and get inside these manu-
als to understand what they
board members are looking
for” Beane advised.
Since Beane started his long
trek of board appearances sev-
eral months ago he has no-
ticed he has learned to com-
municate better with his sol-
diers.
“I’ve found that if I can sit
down in front of aboard of
sergeants major and senior
NCOs communicating with my
prisoner of war exercise in-
volved virtually every major
subordinate command on post
and a number of reserve and
National Guard units as well.
More than 200 roleplayers
volunteered for parts as enemy
prisoners of war and were pro-
cessed into holding cages to
test the effectiveness of the
military police and interroga-
tors involved in the exercise.
“The roleplayers were all
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“I’m the kind of sol-
dier who likes to do
hands-on kind of
training. That’s the
kind of soldier I am.
Being put on the spot
and asked questions
makes me nervous.
soldiers is easy. When they ask
me questions I’ve found I’m
able to answer them much
more efficiently.”
Beane also attributes a great
deal of his success to the solid
support of his wife Josephine.
“She has this knack of find-
ing ways to help me under-
stand and memorize the manu-
als” he said. “When she sees
that I’m stuck on a topic for
instance evaluating a casualty
she’ll come up with a rhyme
or something to help me re-
member.”
The next NCO board for
Beane will be an appearance
at the III Corps NCO of the
Quarter Board but before that
th COSCOM names top NCO of the quarter
S t. ert a
NCO of the Quarter
Battalion wraps-up ICE-X after processing prisoners of war
given scripts” said 1st Lt.
Billi-Jean Wilson the 163rd
MI Bn (TE) 504th MI Bde S-4.
“They were told what they
knew and when to divulge
what they knew.
“It was up to the interroga-
tors to figure out which but-
tons to push to get the infor-
mation” Wilson said.
“It’s a great experience for
the interrogators they re-
ceive firsthand training in how
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he will be inducted into the
Sergeant Audie Murphy Club
in June an honor he has
definitely been looking forward
to.
“I thought that even if I
didn’t make it past the board
and get inducted just getting
to read people and how to get
POWs to open up to them”
Wilson said.
Because more than 100 lin-
guists took part in the role
playing it was also an op-
portunity .for the interrogators
and MI battalion personnel to
dust off their language skills.
But according to the one of the
role-playing supervisors 2nd
Lt. Richard D. Gibson the big-
gest benefit of the exercise
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Sgt. Robert Beane verifies the serial number on a computer monitor with Spc. Latisha
Richardson in the 597th*Maint Co supply room. Beane 13th COSCOM NCO of the Quarter ia
the unit supply sergeant and Richardson is his clerk.
to go before them was an
honor” Beane said.
Now that he has won all
these boards and received all
of the attention and recogni-
tion Beane is setting his
sights on another leadership
challenge being a father.
may have been the joint train-
ing.
“In a real-world mission we
have to work hand-in-hand
with military police they
provide security while we han-
dle the processing and in-
terrogation. Unfortunately we
don’t often get a chance to
train together” Gibson said.
“We’ve developed a really
good working relationship
through this exercise and
that’s going to improve our
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R. A lexander Southern/13th COSCOM
“All I’m looking forward to is.
the birth of my child. All I
want to be is the best daddy I
can be!”
According to the proud fa-
ther-to-be the Beanes are ex-
pecting their first child in mid-'
June.
mission capability” he said.
Exercise organizers also had
the MPs and interrogators re-
sponding to uprisings am-
bushes and belligerent prison-
ers to make sure everyone gets
solid training benefit from the
exercise.
“The reservists and National
Guard units schedule their
yearly training for this exer-
cise” Wilson said. ‘That’s an-
indicator of how good this
training exercise is.”
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