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Friday February 19 1971
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Data Processing Job Grows
As CS3 Continues Expanding
As the 2nd Armd. Div. rolejes throughout the division. The
in the computer automated
Combat Seryice Support System
expands the 11th DPD's
responsibility grows. Its person
nel and equipment are sent into
the far corners of the division
grounds and the opening stages
of Phase II are enacted.
In the last few weeks high
and low speed transceivers have
been placed at the 124th Maint
Bn. and at the division's person
nel services offices.
According to the 11th DPD
commander Capt. James. C.
so O he as
weeks we've placed five trans
ceivers and three inquiry devic-
EMPLOYEE RETIRES
T. A. Hemple 65 of Temple
retired last Friday after 23
years of service with the Maint.
Div. His career began in 1928
when he worked as a diesel
ha or he a
Highway Department. He then
worked in Port Arthur Texas
and Guam before coming to Ft.
Hood in 1949. Hemple was a
heavy equipment repairman
maintaining forklift trucks and
other hydraulic equipment. He
nows^aire^^i^rk^f heavy
equipment maintenance in the
Temple-Belton area .for a
private contractor.
transmitter-receivers update
information and supply in
formation. The inquiry devices
placed at division headquarters
the Division Materiel Manage
ment Activity and PSD ask
forinformation stored in the
computers."
For the 124th Maint. Bn. tjtie
11th DPD sent four transceivers.
The only high speed transceiver
of the four went to Hq. and
A. Co. which supports the
division. Low speed transceivers
went to Companies C E and
which support each of the
division's line brigades. The
an iv el in at
physical carrying of key-pun
ched information cards to the
detachment's computer site.
"Right now we are testing the
circuits. We will be operating
over the existing telephone
network. Within 30 days it is
hoped everything will be opera
tional" said Filson.
The transceivers can send and
receive information via radio.
"The range capability of the
transceivers then is limited to
he an of he a
Theoretically there's no limit
as long as the signal is good"
said Filson.
V...
Accompanying the transceiv
ers and inquiry revices into the
division are the skilled operators
also supplied by the 11th DPD.
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NCOs Set
Examples
Because reenlistment is
vital part of retaining technical
ability and knowledge there is
emphasis on attaining reenlist
ment quotas whether on
monthly quarterly or yearly
bases.
But on Feb. 15 the Army's
Up or Out program which is
not a choice over which the
individual soldier can exercise
his will went into effect. Now
those unable to meet the Army's
arquirements are not allowed to
extend beyond their current
enlistment.
Perhaps this is the reason the
2nd Armd. Div.'s Spt. Cmd. is
ad in he iv is in
reenlistments and passed the 100
per cent mark on Feb. 12. By
the 12th day of this month
Discom throughout its three
battalions and three special
companies had 61 men extend
for either two or four years.
is a
re enlistments than were
necessary for 100 per cent.
But there is a more likely
reason. It is the example
recently set by five of Spt.
Cmd.'s reenlistment counselors.
On Jan. 29 Sfc. James B.
Amerson and Staff Sgt. Thomas
R. Miller both of Support Cmd.
Hq. Staff Sgt. Edward D.
Hawley 502nd S&T Bn. Staff
Sgt. George T. White 124th
Maint. Bn. Sfc. Norman P.
Portwood 2nd Armd. Div. ex
tended for two and four year
enlistments.
The moral of the story is:
Good counseling begins by good
example.
It takes a lot of time and
ammunition to train a new tank
re be he A
figures the most efficient way to
receive maximum training for
minimum time and material is
through the month-long period
of intensive grueling training
of the tank gunnery program.
That is what the newer
tankers of the 2nd Bn. 66th
Armor 2nd Armd. Div. have
been going through since Feb.
8 when they began on Tank
Table I. Tank gunnery will
climax March 5 on Tank Table
VIH with tank crew qualifica
tion. The tankers reached Table
this week firing during the
day and at times through most)
of the night.
"The Tank Gunnery Program
is offered every quarter for the
new men in the battalion who
have not yet qualified in the
tanker military occupational
speciality" said Capt. Darrell
Buffaloe battalion S-3 officer:
"At present 88 men from our
battalion are going through the
program as well as an equal
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Tuesday is Mardi Gras Day
or "Carnival" as it's called in
N O an O in a
celebrated as a last fling before
the gastronomical fasting of
Lent the Mardi Gras festival
has since become a secular
holiday celebrated by young and
old alike.
As the birds return each year
to Capistrano and the col
lege kids flock to Lauderdale at
Easter time so each February
do thousands of people from all
over the United States Canada
Mexico and even Europe flock
to New Orleans for the "Fat?
Tuesday" festival.
Spec. 5 C. J. Robichaux 501st
Admin. Co. 1st Armd. Div. is
a native of New Orleans. To
him Mardi Gras is Christmas
the 4th of July and homecoming
rolled into one. "Where else can
you sit in the middle of the
street while thousands of people
walk around you?" he asks.
"Give New Orleans half an ex
cuse for a party and they'll
stretch it out for two weeks"
Robichaux said.
Mardi Gras is a wino a hip
pie a business man and a jet
setter drinking out of the same
bottle. It's also a time when
you can walk down the middle
he re an no
the buildings for the piles of
trash. Mardi Gras does things
to people. Nice little old ladies
will stomp your hand and fight
you for a balloon" he added.
Spec. 4 James Davidson 501st
Admin. Co. took in the sights
for the first time last year. "I
remember standing in this
crowd. The colors were the first
thing that impressed me. I gaz
ed at all the different colors of
the costumes and floats. Then
a in
number from the division's 1st
Bn. 67th Armor who are using
an in
through with us."
Buffaloe explained that a tank
crew consists of four men: a
driver a gunner (who handles
he a in an
subsidirry guns a loader and
a tank commander (a non-com-
missioned officer).
The training actually began the
last week in January with 33
hours of class room instruction
before moving out to the ranges.
The tankers moved to Tank
Tables I and II on Feb. 8.
"Tablels I and II were mainly
zeroing exercises on stationary
targets" Buffaloe said. "For
THE ARMORED SENTINEL FORT HOOD TEXAS
At first I didn't want any buy
he I go a in
spirit of the crowd and started
fighting for them too. Another
thing about Mardi Gras is that
it pulls you into it. Even the
cheap little bars with their ex
orbitant prices take on a sense
of dignity" Davidson recalled.
Spec. 4 Allan Howard 1st
Armd. Div. Staff Judge Ad
vocate's office said "The first
time I went to Mardi Gras
This is indeed a fine award
and your entire division should
be proud of it" Critz said as
he presented the bronze plaque
to Coats.
Throughout the continental
United States the fatality rate
at Army installations was reduc-
things—'beads balloons and junk.|ed by 90 persons. Critz reported means that each of you has
Month Long Gunnery Program
Helps To Train New Tankers
these tables they used a
simulator that fit into the main
gun but fired .22 Caliber am
munition. The simulator saves
a great deal of money on these
beginning exercises."
On Table III the tankers still
using .22 caliber ammuniton
fired at moving targets. Live
fire began on Table IV and
he in a
repeated. Table IV was the
beginning of night firing which
would be continued on each suc
ceeding tables.
Firing at moving targets with
the main gun began on Table
V. On Ta)ble VI the tanks move
down range towards the targets
and fire .50 caliber machine
Thanks Given Blood Donors
By Parents Post Commander
On Jan. 13 Dee Elmore was
injured in an automobile ac
cident. Emergency surgery was
needed to save his life but the
surgery couldn't be started until
blood donors arrived at
the hospital. 'His parents were
unable to fly the needed blood
from Dallas due to weather con
ditions.
Ten Ft. Hood personnel
responded to the emergency by
donating blood. They were:
Spec. 4 Donald E. Berry Sfc.
Frank L. Doyal Cpt. Eugene
A. Weseman Staff Sgt. Wade
Lachney Spec. 5 Ronald T.
Boyack Sam Shaw Cpt. Dennis
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and Spec. 5 Stephen H.
Thompson.
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said that the action of these
men "was outstanding and it
played a major part in saving
our son's life." She also said
that "the professional and time
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was also a contributing factor
in which we are so grateful."
In a letter of appreciation
dated Feb. 16 to each of the
men Lt. Gen. Powell said "I
also would like to extend my
appreciation to you for your
outstanding response in the
Elmor's emergency situation. It
was gratifying to learn of your
contribution and I join with Mr.
and Mrs. Elmore in thanking
you for your assistance."
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Native Tells Of Mardi Gras Week
I remember seeing and meeting
so many people. There were
license plates from Canada to
Mexico. I even met some Danish
sailors whose ship was in port.
Body-to-body traffic that's what
Mardi Gras is."
Spec. 5 Terry Johns called the
French Quarter. "That's the
main attraction of Madi Gras
and New Orleans for that mat
ter. The facades of the buildings
have kept their French and
Commanders of the 2nd Armd. that 32 of the reductions were
Div. were surprised last week credited to the Fourth Army
when Lt. Gen. Harry H. Critz I safety efforts.
etiring Fourth Army com
mander presented them with
he pa of A
Award of Honor for Safety.
Senior officers of the division
and their sergeant majors had
gathered at Hell on Wheels head
quarters to bid Critz a farewell
as he made his last tour of
the division before retiring
March 26. At the conclusion of
is a re el a
presented Maj. Gen. Wendel J.
Coats Hell on Wheels com
an it he A
highest safety award.
guns and the 7.62 Coax machine
gun.
The down range movement
continues on Table VII but here
all weapons are fired including
the main gun.
"Table VIII is the tank crew
qualification course" Buffaloe
said. "The crew members are
graded on all aspects of tank
gunnery. They will be scored
on accuracy timing fire com-
ands main gun handling and
the way the individual crewmen
perform their functions."
A modified course is given
to people with less than five
months to serve in the unit
allowing them to complete the
in re re
qualification but cutting the ex
penses of sending them through
the more complete course. The
modified program consisted of
Tables I through and Tables
IX and X.
The tank crews will fire on
Table VI Feb. 22-24 on Table
VII on March 1-3 and on Table
VIII March 3-5.
"The day firing begins at 9
a.m. and continues through 5
p.m." Buffaloe said. "The night
firing begins at dark and con
tinues until we finish. On some
tales we may finish by 10 p.m
On others we will be firing most
of the night."
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he continued." The pace of the
festival is very low-keyed and
easy-going. The restaurants
serve gourmet food in a casual
at os he re I a
cosmopolitan festival with a
somewhat European mood."
The Mardi Gras parade
consists of animated floats
To 2nd Division By Critz
"This performance con
'tributed materially to Fourth
Army and the two armored
divisions at Ft. Hood which were
cited by the Department of the
Army for outstanding safety
program effectiveness for fiscal
year 1970" he said.
Fatalities within Hell on Whe
els were reduced by 30 per cent
in comparison with the
preceding fiscal year. There
were 19 fatal accidents record
ed in the division from July
1969 to June 1970.
"The 2nd Anmd. Div. con
tributed to the CONARC reduc
tion significantly and was cited
for winning the Department
of Army Award of Honor for
Safety" Coats stated in a letter
of appreciation. "This reflects
favorably upon each member of
Hell on Wheels. Above all it
helped to keep someone perhaps
yourself alive and well who
might otherwise have been kill
ed or injured."
"The concern for traffic safe
ty shown by the members of
this command is commendable
but we must not take lightly
the recent increase in ac
id a id S a
programs must be reviewed
again and again with continued
emphasis placed on reducing
fatalities. All soldiers are asked
Cub Scout Pack 224 sponsored
by the 1st Bn.. 3rd Arty. 2nd
Armd. Div. held its annual Blue
and Gold Banquet at the Ft.
O O
recently with over 90 clubs and
guests attending. The theme for
the banquet was "Our American
Heritage."
Lt. Col. Robert J. Gabrielli
G-l for the the 2nd Armd. Div.
and also the division's in-
situtional representative to the
Boy Scouts was the guest
speaker. In tracing the history
of the Cub Scout movement
Gabrielli said "The future
leaders of our nation are to
am on he
here tonight. The ideals of
scouting are the same
id a ha ad
country great."
Awards were presented to 10
Cubs by Brig. Gen. James A
Bronze Stars
Presented To 4
The Bronze Star Award for
meritorious service was
presented to four members of
the 2nd Sqdn. 1st Cav. 2nd
A iv a a
ceremony.
Maj. Gen. Wendell J. Coats
Hell on Wheels commander
presented the awards to CW2
Michael P. Goodwin 1st Sgl.
Donald L. Bearden Spec.
Harvey G. Fountain and Spec.
5 Michael A. Flowers.
Air medals were given to
Cummer Bearden Goodwin
CW2 Reynoldo Resendez CW2
John W. Wilcox CW2 Jose A.
Rosado Cruz Sfc. James D.
Hensley and Sgt. Donald E.
Beddingfield. Six Army Com
mendation Medals were also
presented.
bands and decorated diesel
trucks. According to Rodichaux
there are generally some 200
of these trucks rented and
decorated by private citizens or
groups. "The entire parade
would be something like four
hours long but few people stay
in fone place that long. Most
of them follow the parade or
move ahead of it into the
French Quarter."
to insure that the expectations
for a safe 1971 are realized."
This was the first year since
1963 that the division has been
given the coveted award.
During the past year the
division made a conscious effort
to reduce fatalities and ac
cidents through inspections of
privately-owned vehicles safety
shows prior to major holiday
periods and defensive driving
instruction.
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2nd Armd.
S a
Grimsley assistant
Div. commander.
awards were made to the three
Den Chiefs Steve Leva. Mark
Goldner and Rob Bottorff.
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Page Five
1st AD Units
Hoist Colors
Two 1st Armd. Div. units the
1st and 2nd battalions of the
81st Armor held a change of
colors ceremony Tuesday in the
2nd Bn's classroom the purpose
of the change was for the
redesignation and reorganization
of the armor battalions on Ft.
Hood and was directed by the
Department of the Army.
As the orders were read Col.
Edward P. Crockett 1st Bde.
commander exchanged colors
wth Lt. Col. Floyd R. Kendrick
2nd Bn. 81st Armor com Ander.
then Col. John C. Faith 3rd
Bde. commander exchanged
colors with Lt. Col. Edward L.
Roderick 1st Bn. 81st Armor
commander.
The guidon bearers then ex
changed places behind their new
respective pa com
manders.
Lt.—Cols Kendrick an
Roderick cout the battalion cake
with a sword and Maj. Gen.
William R. Desobry con
gratulated both battalions for
leading theway in the 1st Armd
Dov.
BACK AGAIN
CHILTON England (AP)
Ten-year-old Jack Usher wept
when his football got stuck in
the chimney of his Buckingham
shire home. That was 32 years
ago.
Now Usher has his ball back.
He got it when the house was
demolished. "The bladder had
rotted and there was a small
hole in the case but apart from
that it was fine" he said.
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