The Wolters Trumpet (Fort Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, June 24, 1966 Page: 4 of 4
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Page 4, Fort Wolters Trumpet, Friday, June 24, 1966
Officer Observations
Class 66-18
With the end nearly in sight
it may now be permissable to
pause and view the accom-
plishments, or lack, of same,
which have distinguished the
"golden domed officers'' ofGG-
18B4.
We began our flight training in
a most unusual manner, by not
flying. After the first three days
passed, we had yet to get off
the ground and the class was
buzzing with rumors that we
were to become the Army's
newest secret weapon. . .The
First Aviation Division, Ground
Mobile.
Finally the big day arrived
and we got our first ride in
helicopters. Our pre-solo phase
proceeded without incident,
which is quite disconcerting to
one drooling all over his flight
suit for news to use in an ar-
ticle. Our first to solo was
our only Warrant Officer, Carl
Midkiff, known affectionately as
"POP''.
Onward we pushed and un-
daunted we remained. As we
neared the end of our primary
phase it became obvious that we
were to be an elite group. One
thing puzzled our class, how-
ever. What was so obvious to
us seemed to pass unnoticed by
the majority of these in Army
Aviation. Our passing did not
go totally unnoticed. Near the
end of our primary training we
set, at least unofficially, a rec-
ord for leaving Stage Field Four
and the surrounding area strewn
with more downed aircraft than
the mind can imagine.
Now that we have finally turned
out our first literary glimpse
of "the men of gold," we hope
that more will follow. Our clos-
ing item is still in the rumor
stages, although the sources are
reliable enough for it to merit
coverage. At least one of our
officers has taken the flight
surgeons warnings about main-
taining our physical condition-
ing seriously. He can be seen
covering mile after mile long
Candidate's Column
1st WOC Co.
First WOC would like to take
this opportunity to welcome the
new inhabitants in the Fourth
WOC barracks. But, keep it
down in the morning, fellows,
there are some of us who would
like to sleep.
Also in our best "big
brotherly"' way we would like to
give a world of advice to the
new Third WOC hover-babies. EE
you control that helicopter, it
flies better. If you need any
more help, fellows, just let us
know. We feel very sympathetic
toward you ever since we &ot
your guidon back for ycu from
those mean old men who stole it.
It is true that A1 Alverez does
his gruund recon from inside
his ship? Rattle-rattle!
WOC WCD
2nd WOC Co.
With flightt rain in g ,classes
and the special chore of
harassing the Cadre, the past
week was a busy oneforthe
"Green Hats." The next week
will be even rougher, for the
dreaded "Prog" rides are in
the near future.
The week started off with all
systems in the green. But as the
days passed, it went into the red
for several candidates. Poor
WOC Thornton is still trying to
figure out how his IP, Mr.
Young, thinks that he auto-
rotated out of the prevalent
clouds onto the tower of Stage-
field Three.
Even 3rd WOC caught our eye
as they hovered to the tune of
the "Blue Danube."
There seems to be a contest
between the two companies.2nd
WOC adopts a new mascot
and 3rd WOC tries to put their
sticky little fingers on it. You
now have a choice between two
cats, two dogs or one skunk.
When the weekend finally ar«
rived, A-l and A-2 started
jumping with joy. It was party
time and they lived it up. The
party was held at the post
swimming pool and nearby
picnic area. To their surprise,
it was still there when they
resumed theparty Sunday morn-
ing. They want to give their
thanks to CWO Freitas for
letting them use his Demsey
Dumpster as a gigantic ice chest
to cool the "goodies." Also,
they want to thank the pretty
lifeguard, Miss Evens, for
sacrificing her Saturday
evening for them.
Captain Courson, Lieutenant
Blum and CWO Freitas attended
the party accompanied by Mrs.1
Courson and Mrs. Freitas.
Their company was greatly en-
joyed .
A-l and A-2 extend their
sympathy to the "Phantom" and
the "Plum," but you were a cute
sight as you sailed through the
air into the swimming pool. Do
you have a feeling that your
loyal subjects don't care for
you? Consider yourself lucky,
Captain Courson, for if you
didn't have another engagement
to attend that night, you would
have also joined the fishes.
On the other side of the
company area, we find that
WOC's Church, Ellis, and
Barthelmess romped all over
CWO Marcotte's bowling team.
Maybe you shouldn't play with
your team, sir?
As a closing note, I would like
to know what the "Phantom"
and "Social Security" have
against the "Purple
Cockroach" and the "Black
Cockroach?" Bet you thought
your name wasn't going to ap-
pear, huh, CWO Welfare?
WOC G. SHIRLEY
3rd WOC Co.
Across the clear blue of the
western sky comes the Third
WOC Company. Yes, you had
better head for cover, because
the 3rd WOC has been turned
loose with their new toys
(Hillers and Hughes).
Last week they spent a good
deal of their time cluttering up
the skies. Some of them did a
pretty good job of cluttering up
the ground too; (finding hover-
ing a little hard, boys?) and
there are a few candidates
who are still trying to figure out
how to start the silly things.
I'm sure that Leonardo De
Vinci had absoulutely no idea of
the misery he would cause
future Army aviator candidates,
such as having to memorize half
of the manual; or De Mailer's
not being able to see over the
instrument panel; or some of
us taller candidates having
to have special equipment just
to be able to sit in the thing.
But, he did have an idea of the
love mankind has for flying,
whether it's their own automo-
biles or their aircraft (Moral
of the week: slow down and
let me live!!!)
The 3rd WOC's outstanding
softball team, rallied from
last week's defeat to best an
excellent 1st WOC team five to
four. The game was won by an
outstanding performance of
teamwork.
We wish to extend our deepest
sympathy to Candidate Flowers
who was injured in last week's
game.
Well gentlemen, that's about
all for this week. See ya around.
SNEAKY PETE
before dawn breaks over Wol-
ters Village. Coupling his run-
ning with an unbelievable num-
ber of strenuous calesthenics,
he has developed, in his own
words, "a physique which you
would have to see to believe."
Lt. Thomas C. (PINKY) Parker
CLASS 66-19/20 A4
"Charge" is the key word in
the minds of the Red Hats of
Major Hannon's flight these
days. Class 66-19/20A4 has
completed its primary phase
of training with Southern
instructors and has started
off with a bang in the advanced
phase.
While others took their first
couple of days in advanced,
getting acquainted on the
ground, Major Hannon's new
charges got acquainted in the
air. Part of their getting ac-
quainted was learning a new
mental attitude toward our flight
training here at Fort Wolters.
Aggressiveness is the attitude
being instilled into each mem-
ber of the flight. How is this
done? Each IP of Major Hannon
is planting into the minds of his
students in large red letters,
the word "C-H-A-R-G-E."
After just one week in
advanced, the flight is
beginning to show signs that
they understand that the
"charge" is on.
Of course, there are those of
the chargers who get carried
away at times. For example,
there's one in particular who
having soloed in autorotations
in primary, felt he should brush
up on his technique. I under-
stand it was a beautiful job
until it was noted that it was
an unsupervised solo and for
some reason it didn't go over
too well.
Speaking of autorotation,
there's a rumor going around
that a certain gas truck driver
doesn't park his vehicle at the
end of the autorotation lane
any more. I wonder why?
Of course, another rumor
floating around is that WOC
John Wilson has decided to be-
come a fair weather pilot.
Something about low flying rain
clouds and an oil rig, I think .
Always when a new phase of
training starts there's some-
one who just doesn't get the
word. Lieutenant Kidd just
couldn't understand how he
could be late first thing on a
Monday morning. "But I was
there on time," said he. That's
OK, we won't tell everyone he
was following a schedule from
two weeks ago, will we?
Last but not least, Lieutenant
Whittier vows that the TH55A
can't do a backing autorotation
but Major Hannon said if he
could it would be a double
A flight.
"The charge is on!"
LIEUTENANT SANDS
0
Student Officers Lead Cut;
311th Climbing In Softball
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sports editor
Student Officers' lead has
been cut to a half-game In the
post Intramural League stand-
ings as Battery D, 4th Missile
picked up a "must" win this
week. The officers, with a 9-3
record, have no games
scheduled this week due tonight
flying.
The red-not 311th Army
Security Agency, having moved
quickly into thini place in the
standings, only remain a game
behind Battery D.
Headquarters Company holds
a game lead over the civilian
contractor Southern Airways
team while Beach Army
Hospital rounds off the field of
six teams.
311TH STOPS DELTA
Battery D. suffered their
fourth set-back of the season
at the hands of the 311th ASA
Bn., 10-2. The 311th, behind the
five-hit pitching of Bill Siegel,
tallied for three runs in the
fifth and seventh innings during
the June 13 contest. Delta's two
runs came in the sixth inning.
Second-baseman Les William-
son had two hits in three at-
tempts for the losers.
HQ. CO. DOWNS BAH
Headquarters Company kept
their hold on fourth place with
a 9-7 win over cellar-dwelling
Beach Army Hospital. Head-
quarters jumped out in front
with three runs in the first and
added five more in the fourth.
The medics posed a big threat
in the last inning, scoring five
times. Pitcher Bill Rex went
two for three for the victors
while scattering five hits
against the hospital.
DELTA BOMBS BAH
Delta's "must" win to remain
in second place came over
Beach Army Hospital, blasting
the medics 18-4. Battery D
posted six runs in the fourth
inning and added nine more on
eight hits in the sixth. Bill
Whitehead, Delta's shortstop,
had three hits including a home
run. First baseman Elroy
Robertson had a perfect night
for the 311th with two hits and
a walk.
SOUTHERN BLANKS HQ.CO.
Southern Airways posted their
first three-inning contest of the
year, shutting out Headquarters
Company 10-0. Southern's at-
tack was highlighted by a
nine-run fourth Inning. Head-
quarters, who couldn't get a
rally going, had only two hits.
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311th ASA
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CLASS 66-22
Officer Class 66-22 began
arriving at Fort Wolters on
May 8. For some, it was old
home week. For others, it was
the beginning of a military
career. And for a select few,
it was the start of a honey-
moon. The class was settled by
May 16 in various quarters that
ranged from trailers to the
Brazos Villa. Some found quar-
ters as far away as Fort Worth,
and the lucky bachelors live in
the spacious, modern BOQ.
Class 66-22 is broken into
three sections. Recently
promoted Capt. Owen Ratcliff is
the student class leader, and is
assigned to Section A3. Recently
promoted Capt. Henry Gordon
leads Section A4, and 1st Lt.
William Dean leads Section A2.
Lieutenant Dean is due for a
promotion soon and is also ex-
pecting a birth in his family.
He has promised the whole class
that they can help him celebrate.
Also along the line of
promotions, Lt. Ivan Camp and
Lt. Ronald Klieve have recently
been awarded their silver bars.
Of course there is the usual
amount of rivalry between sec-
tions. The A2's and A3's fly
the Hiller aircraft, which the
A4's refer to as "rivit
buckets," but the A4's are
kidded heavily ^ about flying
Hughes "Mattel Messersch-
mitt." However, Section A4
does hold the class volleyball
championship.
The first members of the class
to take the traditional solo
swim were WOs Quentin Be-
echer and Roy Parsons. Lately,
however, the number of solos
has been so great that the
traditional dunking winds up
with everyone taking the solo
swim. Some of the classmates
have soloed as many as four
times.
The class regrets to announce
: the loss of Lt. Ron Porta who
1 suffered an eye infection and
will be resting for a few weeks,
and Lt. Paul Hollowell who is
recovering from a broken ankle.
Last Friday night the class had
' its first official social function.
All IPs and students were invit-
ed to the club for a solo party,
and a good time was had by all
who attended.
The present objectives of the
class are to keep cool in the hot
Texas summer and to pass
primary check rides.
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