The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 86, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1996 Page: 1 of 50
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Chance of rain Friday with partly cloudy
skies throughout the weekend.
FRIDAY: High: high 90s. Low: low 70s.
SATURDAY: High: high 90s. Low: low 70s.
SUNDAY: High: high 90s. Low: low 70s.
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Volume 54 no. 86
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TEXCOM reduces mountains of pa-
perwork and errors with new hi-tech
pen-based data collection system. A9
Program helps teenag
ers find summertime jobs through in-
dividuals local businesses. B2
lid in to summer Fort Hood is
home to only airconditioned skating
rink in area. Center gears up for sum-
mer sessions. C1
MWR pre-
pares for
concerts at
stadium.
CeCe Win-
ans to ap-
pear June
15. C1
PERSHING PARK CONSTRUCTION
Traffic has increased due to utility line re-
placement along Wales and Dillingham
Streets. The contractor will begin work
between Yeakel and Dillingham Streets
and continue toward Highway 190.
Non-construction traffic on W males
Street will present an increased safety
hazard to contractor personnel and resi-
dents. These streets will be limited to con-
struction traffic.
Residents are encouraged to use al-
ternate routes. Continued cooperation is
appreciated and will contribute to the
safety of residents and construction work-
ers.
MEMORIAL DAY VISITS May 26 has
been set aside for Memorial Day visits to
Fort hood cemeteries within live-fire ar-
eas. Families may visit cemeteries 6 a.m.-
8 p.m. without area access clearance.
Range control will have guides avail-
able to assist families. They will monitor
visits and ensure all visitors are clear of
live-fire areas on time.
Signs with direction to cemeteries will
be posted along roads. People can use
East Range Hubbard West Range and
Owl Creek roads. The Area Access
control center will be open to provide in-
formation at 287-8398.
CONSTRUCTION The crosswalk traffic
light near Tank destroyer Boulevard and
Commanche Avenue will be temporarily
removed Friday.
Here comes the Judge...........................A4
Hood Bulletins ................................ A7
Village Voices..........................................B4
AFTB........................................................B5
Chapel N otes..........................................B6
Birth Announcements.............................B8
Now Playing ^...................................C5
Trading ost............................................C8
Television guide.................................C9-10
Across the State.................................... C11
Sports.................................................... D1-2
Make the pain go away
By Ralph A. Franco Jr.
Darnall Network Administrator
Darnall will form anew Family Practice Service
when five new Family Practice physicians arrive late
this summer. The physicians will be assigned to the
Family Care Clinic within Darnall.
The basic philosophy of TRICARE Prime or any
other managed-care health system is that primary
care managers can take care of their patients’ health
care needs 90 percent of the time. Most PCMs are
physicians known as Family Practice doctors.
With only one Family Practice physician as
Pulling the plug
By Scott Lofgren
Director of Information Management
An era closed on Fort Hood April
27 as the Directorate of Information
Management pulled the plug on the in-
stallation mainframe.
The IBM mainframe served Fort
Hood well for more
than 30 years doing
everything from pro-
cessing e-mail keep-
ing track of all the sol-
diers on the installa-
tion keeping account-
ability of the ammuni-
tion on post schedul-
ing ranges the list
goes on and on.
But times have
changed. The installa-
tion transitioned to cli-
ent-server and now all
the data for the instal-
lation resides on one
server where anyone
connected to the Instal-
lation Local Area Net-
work can access this
information.
The Applications
Section of the N et-
working Branch
1114th Signal Battal-
ion/DOIM moved data and applica-
tions from the mainframe during the last
seven months.
What took more than 20 years to
develop took only seven months to
reengineer and move to more advanced
" I'
Installation mainframe
ends 30 years of service
This one “small” computer
replaced Fort Hood’s 30-
year-old IBM mainframe.
FORT HOOD
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Dr. (Lt. Col.) Carole Ortenzo and Dr. (Capt.) Darin Jackson discuss the necessary treatment for a
“victim” of an “explosion at an industrial plant” in Temple. Darnall Army Community Hospital
accepted more than a dozen overflow patients into the emergency room from the May 17
community mass casualty exercise held in Temple. Students from nearby communities posed
as the injured victims.
and state-of-the-art equipment/proce-
dures.
The IBM E-mail (PROFS) was ter-
minated last August when the installa-
tion converted to only one advanced e-
mail (MS MAIL) vice operating two
different systems.
With data in one central area there
is only one “mas-
ter” database data
resides in one place
and is up to date
when people access
the information.
Mike Wheat/III Corps
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Darnall to gain more family doctors
signed Darnall could enroll only a small portion of
the Fort Hood community in TRICARE Prime.
The arrival of the five Family Practitioners this
summer and more in 1997 and 1998 will increase the
number of appointments. It will also expand the avail-
ability of TRICARE Prime to those who want to se-
lect one of Darnall’s clinics as a PCM.
“This will greatly increase Darnall’s ability to
meet the high demand for outpatient care at Fort
Hood” said Col. William N. Lane deputy commander
for clinical services at Darnall. “The physicians who
are coming have been identified to us by name.”
Family Practice physicians Capts. Ronald P.
Before imple
menting everyone
kept their “own”
statistics and data
most times the in-
formation was
changing hourly so
no one had the cor-
rect/up-to-date in-
formation.
The installa
tion in essence is in
the mode of “data
sharing” vice is-
lands of out dated
information.
The closure
of the mainframe
retires an old sys-
tem that was main-
tenance intensive.
While converting to client server re-
quired an initial investment for equip-
ment the savings realized from termi-
nating the installation mainframe will
(See Mainframe A10)
Katie Buchta/MEDDAC
Teamwork
Aviation
battalion
inactivates
By Sharon Mulligan
III Corps Public Affairs
The III Corps and Fort Hood com-
munity bid farewell to the 2nd Battal-
ion 158th Aviation Regiment 6th Cav-
alry Brigade during an inactivation cer-
emony May 15 on Blackhorse Field.
“What the unit did for the commu-
nity the 6th Cavalry and the Army was
critical and unique” said Col. Randal
M. Tieszen 6th Cavalry Brigade com-
mander. “With their colors cased no one
wjll be here to fill the void.”
With the battalion leaving one re-
minder of the consummate profession-
alism and constant state of readiness
of the post is going away.
“Once the ‘Powerlifters’ are gone
it will be hard to imagine not seeing Chi-
(See Inactivate A3)
King Kirk W. Eggleston^ Heather L. Fewell Jfcian
L. Lane and Carol A. Purdy will arrive in August.
Lt. Col. Donn R. Richards also a family physician
will arrive in November Lane said.
Research conducted by Darnall’s Clinical Sup-
port Division shows the greatest unmet demand for
health care is routine appointments for adults.
Darnall could not meet this demand with only
one military Family Practitioner and a few contracted
health care providers. The steady flow of Family Prac-
titioners over the next three years will greatly expand
Soldiers from 1st Cav Div work together to carry a simulated
casualty through muddy water during the Litter Carry Obstacle
Course of the installation EFMB course. For the story and more
photos see page A11.
(See Family doctors A2)
La Donna D. Herschel/III Corps
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