Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 8, 1969 Page: 1 of 16
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VOL. 27 NO. 30
SENTINEL SHORTS
Happenings
THE MONTHLY ORIENTATION for mili
tary families will be conducted in Theater No. 1 at
1 p.m. Wednesday. Attendance at the next orien
tation after arrival is mandatory for the married
serviceman or an adult member of his family.
However wives are encouraged to attend
since the program is designed to inform them of
the many benefits available to them as military
dependents. Participants should bring pen or pen
cil to the theater before 12:50 p.m. and have FH
Forms 986 ready to turn in upon entering.
A SAN ANTONIO high school is looking for
a recently retired combat arms NCO (E-7 to E-9)
available Sept. 1 or sooner to fill an ROTC instruc
tor vacancy. The individual must have instruc
tional ability and sharp appearance. A personal
interview will be required.
To apply write Lt. Col. H. W. Bobbins Of
fice of the Senior Army Instructor Harlandale
Independent School District San Antonio Tex.
78214 or call long distance to 923-7252 during
duty hours or DI4-3560 after hours.
PRE REGISTRATION for the fall semester
at Central Texas College is being held at the Ft.
Hood Education Center from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday. A pre-registration fee
of $5 applicable toward final tuition and fees will
be required.
Students who pre-register will have the ad
vantage of taking those courses at the time most
convenient to them and will avoid the long final
registration lines on the Central Texas College
campus.
Students finding it inconvenient to pre-reg-
ister at the Education Center may pre-regis
ter on campus from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday
through Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri
days.
MARY HARDIN BAYLOR College needs
teaching personnel for courses to be held at the
Ft. Hood Education Center from Oct. 6 to Dec. 4.
Instructors are needed for business educa
tion English physical education political science
psychology and sociology courses meeting on Mon
day and "Wednesday from 6 to 8:20 p.m. and for
business education history political science psy
chology sociology and mathematics courses meet
ing on Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 8:20 p.m.
Applicants must have a master's degree in
the field to be taught. For further information or
to apply write Edward Mercer Box 568 Mary
Hardin-Baylor College Belton Tex. or call 929-
2130.
Military News
NINE POST PERSONNEL were warded $1
each this week for wearing their seat belts. The
awards were made by Military Police during
courtesy traffic checks. Recipients were 2nd Lt.
Linda L. Meyers Edward Cox Nancy Milleri
Jance Peterson Sp4 Susan M. Chaput MSgt. Alva
Campell Bernadette M. May Barbara L. Hersh
and Sp4 Jerry Plummer.
THE FOURTH U.S. ARMY language train
ing facility is looking for military personnel to
attend its 12-week Vietnamese language course
which starts Aug. 12. Interested persons should
call Sfc. Clayton at 5-5300.
Did You Know?
DID YOU KNOW that children need the fol
lowing immunizations brought up to date to com
ply with military and local school registration
requirements: small pox DPT or DT booster
trivalent oral polio booster tuberculin skin test
and measles vaccine up to nine years.
Military dependents can obtain the neces
sary shots from the immunization section of
Darnall Army Hospital located next to the in
formation desk in the main lobby. The hours of
operation are 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday and 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Mon
day Wednesday and Thursday. On Tuesday and
Friday afternoons allergy shots only are given
no routine immunizations.
It is advisable to make arrangements for
these immunizations now to avoid the long lines
which will develop as the school year draws near.
Inside Story
Registration information for Killeen public
schools and Ft. Hood nursery kindergarten and
first grade classes appears onPagel2.
'Editorial 4 Social Notes 6
'Sports 1011 Movies 14
(Classified 15 Eye Catcher ...... 14
ELEVATED CO First Lt. Pat-
rick B. Lawless commander of the
647th Maint. Co. 169th Maint. Bn. 13th
Spt. Bde. had a problem in fact he
had two of them. For Lawless only
stands 5'5" tall while two of his com
pany officers CW2 William D. Green
and CW2 James R. Blair are 6'5" and
A spokesman for the Army
Emergency Relief (AER) and
Army Relief Society (ARS)
fund campaign reported this
week that 29.8 per cent of
the 1969 goal has been met.
Now ending its third week of
a is in is a
campaign will extend to Sept.
5th. The campaign began July
14th.
Last year Ft. Hood topped
its goal by $2025. It was
emphasized that annual fund
drives for AER and ARS have
two purposes. "Publicizing the
existence of AER and ARS
and the help that they can
offer" said one AER official
"is one important fact about
the fund drive that is often
overlooked."
People who know that AER
exists need not go to civilian
a so
emergency funds which can
be costly.
Regulation 910-1 which
establishes policy and
procedures for AER loans
and grants: In part the
regulation specifies "AER
Property Disposal
By PFC. FRANK BLONSKA
Information Specialist
How an organization with
a $ 8 0 on a a
budget disposes of its obsolete
equipment can involve a
on id a a of
money. The Department of
Defense is such an
organization. At Ft. Hood alone
a ox at el $ 1 8
worth of old government
property was disposed of
during the past fiscal year.
Some of this property was
transfered to other
Department of Defense or
a a it iv it O
materials were donated to
a a in
activities such as military
schools Boy and Girl Scouts
civil defense or educational
institutions in accordance with
the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act. of
1949 Public Law 152 Section
203(J). Other pieces of
obsolete property were sold
to the public.
Handling the disposal of
obsolete equipment at Ft.
Hood is the Directorate of
Services Property Disposal
Division employing 23 civil
service employes. All
loans £?re made without
interest only the amount
loaned is repayable." The
method of repayment is by
class E allotment in amounts
small enough to prevent undue
hardship.
Cash grants which are
parallel to an outright gift
are made when it becomes
evident that repayment would
cause undue hardship. The
element of undue hardship is
of prime concern.
a in
circumstances a combination
of a loan and a grant has
been found by AER to be
the best solution.
Nearly $5.5 million were
distributed by AER and ARS
on a world-wide basis through
loans and grants. Although
cases which were assisted
differ considerably it was
possible to group them into
el in a
Almost 70 per cent of total
expenditures fell into three
out of nine categories.
Privation of dependents
accounted for nearly 13500
Turning Garbage Into Money
property turned in for disposal
has been cleared through the
up or in a
disposition. It then undergoes
a 30 to 180 day screening
process for possible use by
Department of Defense or
other federal agencies.
Property to be sold to the
public is made available for
spot or sealed bid auction
or negotiated or retail sale
to reeup the highest possible
on a re to
go he
disposal yard is located at
280th Street and Terminal
Avenue. There prospective
buyers can view large items
such as trucks kitchen or
construction equipment and
wall lockers.
Small items are offered for
sale to all military and
civilians in a retail store
Bldg. 4274. Military clothing
field and office equipment
ad an a to iv
parts—all types of surplus
it a re a a a at
bargain rates.
Useless metal items are
crushed into blocks and sold
as scrap. Approximately
1 5 0 0 0 to of
ARMORED SENTINEL
FORT HOOD FRIDAY AUGUST 8 1969
67" respectively making it impossible
for him to carry on a face-to-face con
versation with the tall duo. So the men
of the 647th built a special platform
with stairs for their commander. Now
Lawless can converse with Green and
Blair "on their own level."
cases and expenditures of
more than $1.5 million or 28.4
per cent of total monies. Non-
receipt of pay and allotment
along with emergency travel
occupied the remaining 40 per
cent of expenditures each
being allocated well over $1.1
million.
Each AER section classifies
every case assisted under one
of the general nine categories.
A a or a
in in he I to
General are kept informed on
a monthly basis of amount
of assistance and the number
of cases by category. The
re or he to a
on it on a
hardship and steps can then
be taken to correct or
improve any administrative
hang-ups.
The importance of attaining
AER's goals does not rest
with the fact that it is only
a in re re in
institution. More important
problems which cause sucb
need will be pin-pointed and
solved.
aluminum lead sheet metal
copper and iron are disposed
of this Way each year at Ft.
Hood. Reclamation of silver
from the hypo solution used
in the -X-ray lab at Darnall
Army Hospital yields some
2000 troy ounces valued at
$4000 each year.
Waste material from mess
halls is also disposed of
re up in of it to
government. Bones meats
and greses are sold to
rendering plants in a sealed
bid three year contract.
Edible garbage is sold to
a pork farm where three to
four thousand hogs are fed
daily from Ft. Hood mess hall
waste. Proceeds derived from
these sales are approximately
$3800 per month.
The property disposal
program was established to
attain maximum utilization
within the government or
recoup the highest monetary
return from equipment too
costly to repair or made
technologically obsolete. It is
a big business. Proceeds from
sales of property at Ft. Hood
average ap proximately
$500000 each year.
Gen. John L. Throckmorton
performing one of his first
of a a
appointed Commander in
of S S
Command will visit Ft. Hood
today and tomorrow.
Arriving at Robert Gray
Army Airfield at 2:45 p.m.
today Throckmorton will be
greeted by III Corps and Ft.
Hood Commander Lt. Gen.
Beverley E. Powell.
A 15-man color guard and
a 1 6 0 an on or a
representing the 1st and 2nd
Armd. Div.'s along with the
2nd Armd. Div. Band under
the direction of CW3 Harold
Emigh will provide an honor
ceremony welcoming
Throckmorton on his first visit
to Ft. Hood.
While at Ft. Hood the
gieneral will observe Operation
Boldshot-Brimfire 1-70 a joint
A A or a in in
exercise.
A 34- year service veteran
Throckmorton was commis
on a
lieutenant in Infantdy upon
graduation from the United
States Military Academy at
West Point in June 1935.
During World War II he
served as G-3 of the 75th Div.
Ft. Leonard Wood Mo. and
as an observer with the U.S.
Culminating an active Army
career of nearly 30 years Col.
Lee L. Stewart retiring III
Corps and Ft. Hood adjutant
general and his wife Val
were honored at a farewell
dinner given in their honor.
Attending were Lt. Gen.
Beverley E. Powell HI Corps
and Ft. Hood commander
Col. A. T. Netterblad Jr. Ill
Corps and Ft. Hood chief of
staff and Col. E. G. Radcliff
III Corps and Ft. Hood deputy
chief of staff.
Stewart was presented the
Legion of Merit by Powell for
his outstanding service and
contributions as III Corps and
The 1st Armd. Div. became
the first unit in the U.S. Amry
to
computerized Combat Service
Support System (CS3) this
pa a iv is
Commander Maj. Gen. John
K. Boles Jr. pressed a single
FT. HOOD
Traffic Toll
To Date This Year
Fatalities 36
Injuries 146
This Time Last Year
Fatalities 25
Injuries 103
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Throckmorton Begins
Ft. Hood Visit Today
GEN. THROCKMORTON
Fifth Army and VI Corps in
the Mediterranean Theater.
Throckmorton was the
assistant G-3 for operations
with the U.S. First Army in
the European Theater Asiatic
Theater and finally at Ft.
Bragg N.C. from Nov. 1943
until Jun. 1946.
Commanding the 2nd Bn.
5 a a
am in a a ii
Throckmorton went to Korea
with his battalion when the
U.S. entered the conflict.
Stewart a graduate of
Texas A&M College was
is on a
lieutenant and entered active
duty on. Nov. 19 1940. His
an as a
virtually spanned the globe.
During World War II he
served at the large War
Department Reception Center
at Ft. Sam Houston Texas
and later with the 101st
Replacement Bn. in England
and France.
Old Ironsides First To Use
Computerised Support System
button on an IBM 360 (Model
40) computer and the third-
generation machine began to
process a backlog of 13 days
of supply requests.
The fully-aptomated IBM
360 replaced the Univac 1005
which dictated a manual
is os it on or a in
requests and replenishments
for supplies. Integral with the
transfer frob manual to
automatic operaion of CS3 i*
a changeover in management
philosophy.
Under the old system a
record of demand history was
required and maintained by
the direct support unit (DSU).
In the 1st Armd. Div. the
DSU is the 123rd Maint. Bn.
The demand analysis system
within the IBM 360 will now
store this data. All requests
or up
individual unit through the
DSU will automatically be fed
directly into the computer.
This enables CS3 to provide
"management by exception."
For example when items in
Speeders Beware!
MPs Have VASCAR
Speeding motorists beware!
Ft.Hood MPs have VASCAR.
VASCAR short for Visual
Average Speed Computer and
Recorder is a new
mechanical co mputer
developed to calculate traffic
he pa a
equipped with it can be
parked or moving at any
speed while it measures the
speed of vehicles coming from
all directions. It can clock
these speeds at distances of
up to a mile away.
police traffic units are using
this system. They swear by
its accuracy and convenience.
The Amarillo Tex. police
report that cars equipped with
VASCAR average 50 more
arrests per month than those
with conventional devicies.
Ft. Hood MPs have been
training extensively in the use
of VASCAR. They'd like to
improve their record as their
counterparts in Amarillo have.
Don't let them! Watch your
speed!
In Sept. 1950 after
assuming command of the
regiment Throckmorton led
his regiment in the intial
breakthrough of the Pusan
Perimeter. For his actions in
or a or to a
awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross he Silver Star
and the Legion of Merit.
PYom Korea Throckmorton
went to the Pentagon where
he served as Aide-de-Camp to
Gen. J. Lawton Collins who
was then chief of staff of the
Army.
Later Throckmorton was as
signed to the Office of the As
sistant Secretary of Defense
for International Security Af
fairs.
Throckmorton has had three
tours of duty at the United
States Military Academy at
West Point. He has served
as an academic instructor S-3
of the Tactical Department
and chief of staff. In 1956
he was promoted to brigadier
a an a in
commandant of cadets a
position which he held until
August 1959.
Thereafter the general was
assigned for one year as
assistant division commander
of the 101st Abn. Div. and
then returned to Washington
D.C. to become secretary of
Adjutant General Stewart Retires
Ft. Hood adjutant general in
ceremonies held July 31 1969.
The colonel had served as
adjutant general since Aug.
15 1966.
Past appointments include
administrative advisor to the
US. Military Mission to Cuba.
Afterward he served as chief
of the Military Personnel
Division at Headquarters U.S
Continental Army Cbmmand
(CONARC).
Prior to his arrival to Ft.
Hood Stewart was deputy
a a a
ad a S A
Europe.
He is a graduate of the
first postwar advanced class
of the Adjutant General's
School the Army Language
School and the Command and
General Staff College.
short supply or special items
are requested management
will control their movement.
Under normal conditions the
ha
operations automatically.
In this way the computer
anticipates trends such as the
impending shortage of a
particular repair part and
warns management before the
actual shortage occurs. Such
decisions may include but are
not limited to control of
intensively managed items
stockage levels and fund
availability. In addition to
special reports prepared in
re on to a a
inquiries a series of daily
weekly monthly and
quarterly recurring lists and
management use are prepared
automatically.
Because of the automatic
processing by the computer
the new supply system will
also expedite requisition of
supplies.
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the general staff of the Army
from 1960 to 1962.
He then assumed command
of the 82nd Abn. Div. at Ft.
Bragg N.C.
On July 311964{_ along with
a promotion to lieutenant gen
eral Throckmorton was as
signed to the U.S. Military
Assistance Command in Viet
nam where he served as de
puty commander to Gen. Wil
liam C. Westmoreland.
After Vietnam the general
went back to the Pentagon
to assume duties as chief of
he O of
Components Department of
the Army. During this period
he also served as the senior
U.S. Army member on the
Military Staff Committee of
the United Nations.
I a 1 9 6 7
Throckmorton assumed
command of the XVIII Abn.
Corps at Ft. Bragg and on
August 1 1967 he moved to
Ft. McPherson Ga. as
commanding general of the
Third U.S. Army.
In May 1969 President Nixon
nominated Throckmorton for
promotion to four-star rank
as commander in chief of the
U.S. Strike Command with
See VISIT Page 2
In addition to the Legion
of Merit his awards include
the Bronze Star Medal with
oak leaf cluster the Army
Commendation Medal
A an S
Medal American Campaign
Medal Army of Occupation
Medal Korean Service Medal
N at on a S
Medal with oak leaf cluster
an it N a
Service Medal. Stewart has
be a or a
participation credit for five
U.S. Army campaigns.
Col. and Mrs. Stewart will
reside in Temple Texas.
In addition all requests to
the DSU which cannot be
at el a a
automatically sent to the next
higher supply source (at Ft.
Hood it is HI Corps) and with
each request a replenishment
re is it on
then informs the DSU about
its action.
Initially the computer will
handle requests for repair
parts expendibles other than
repair parts and packaged
petroleum products.
The entire system whicli
includes III Corps will be
implemented next week. The
2nd Armd. Div. is expected
to implement its computerized
system within 60 days.
By updating its equipment
to a level reached by large
civilian firms much of the
confusion and many of the
problems inherent in an
organization as large and
dispersed as the Army should
be alleviated.
s«s:
SPEED MONITOR With the flick of a switch
VASCAR can record the speed of a motorist travel
ing in any direction and at distances up to a mile
away. Ft. Hood MPs now have VASCAR.
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