The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1985 Page: 1 of 40
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Index
AIDS................................ ... C6 McGruff...................... ...........A ll
Always eady ................ ... A7 Off uty..................... ...........CIO
Blackhorse Bugle........... ... C9 Signal Report............ ............ A8
Cav Country.................... Sports......................... ............ B1
Community Calendar... ... B8 Street Scene.............. ............ A4
Consumer ip s.............. ... A4 SUPCOM ........ B6
Hell On W heels.............. .. Dl Trading Post.............. ............ D4
om efront..................... ... A6 Trivia orner............. ...........CIO
Hood riefs.................... ... B7 iew oint................ ............ A4
IRN O penings................ ... C5 World N ew s.............. ............ A2
“Published by Frank ayborn Enterprises Inc. a private firm in no
way connected with the epartm ent of the Army. Opinions express-
ed by writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an
By WANDA DEW
ST
Fort Hood Sentinel
Fort Hood First in Army Combat Power
FT. HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY AUGUST 22 1985
In ly rt ood as
selected as a participant in the
Model Installation Program.
MIP IS AN Office of the Sec-
retary of Defense initiative that
identifies “test beds” within
the four services to allow local
commanders to “cut red tape”
and to try methods and proce-
res th a ill ten tially
make the installation abetter
place to work and live.
Robert Stone deputy Assis-
tant Secretary of Defense (In-
stallations) created the MIP
20 years completed
By SHARON REYNOLDS
Forty-two years ago a scared
17-year-old girl came to Camp
Hood to live and work. In a little
more than a week from now
that same girl now a woman
will retire from her civil service
job at Fort Hood.
A FTER GRADUATING
from high school orothy
Baird now chief Finance Ser-
vices Section III Corps and
Fort Hood took her first job in
finance. “I started out on the
bottom as a plain clerk” she
said. “Back then the payrolls
were kept by the units and we
did the computation. When I
wasn’t computing I was driv-
ing a jeep picking up supplies
and having ty ew writers re-
paired. Most of the repair work
was done by German POWS.”
re a an
changes since then according
to Baird. Of course the pay has
changed. Back then paychecks
were rather small. She said her
yearly income was about $1800
a year. A private was getting ab-
out $50 a month compared to a
private now who makes about
$573 a month she said.
“I guess the biggest change is
computers taking over.” Baird
said that at first she was skep-
tical that computers could ever
be used for pay purposes. But
she said that they have worked
By SHARON REYNOLDS
“I hope I’m viewed as being a
fair judge! That’s what I try to
be.”
THAT WAS hat nited
S ta te a istra te en is
Green said during a recent in-
terview.
In arc re as
appointed to magistrate of the
Waco Division of U.S. District
Court for the Western Division
in Waco but he said it’s easier
for him to come here once a
week than to bring all of Fort
Hood’s criminal misdemeanor
and traffic offense cases to him
in Waco.
The magistrate estimated
that he handles about 2000
cases per month at Fort Hood.
“That equates roughly with the
entire city of Waco which has a
population of about 105000.
Traffic tick ets which are
categorized as petty offenses
under U.S. Code carry a max-
imum penalty of $200. Green
said “I have given the max-
im um penalty a number of
concept. His concept is based
on the findings discussed in the
book In .Search of Excellence.
In this book excellent Amer-
ican companies were observed
to thrive by making innovation
very easy. DoD appears to
make innovation very difficult.
Je rri Lenox anagem ent
an aly st irecto rate of Re-
source Management pointed
out that the IP concept a
three-year test in deregulation
and decontrol permits tempor-
ary waiver of standard proce-
dures and regulations which
often restrict a commander’s
management prerogatives and
prevent effective operations.
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MIP offers commanders
freedom to 'cut red tape7
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Magistrate holds court here
times especially when some-
one is flagrantly violating the
law and endangering lives.”
ACCORDING TO reen
tickets area means of bringing
a person’s conduct into com-
pliance with the law.
reen said that his back-
ground although not military
is similar to the military way of
life. He said his father traveled
extensively. Part of his child-
hood was spent in Venezuela
and he graduated from high
school in Holland. He went to
college in Syracuse N.Y. and
in Paris and graduated from the
entral S tate niversity in
Oklahoma. Then Green said
he went to law school at South
Texas College in Houston.
“My experiences in law have
een road and a ry in ”
Green said. “I’ve handled cases
that involved everything from
ru cases to white collar
crime.”
But Green said that law is a
“difficult profession” and that
anyone should consider very
carefully before choosing to go
into it.
official expression of the epartm ent of the Army. The appearance of
advertisements and advertising inserts does not constitute an en
IT ENCOURAGES new and
innovative ways of doing busi-
ness which if workable may
be applied on a wider scale. For
instance a MIP initiative that is
successful at Fort Hood could
result in a permanent change to
Army and DoD regulations.
The MIP currently involves
38 installations DoD-wide. Ten
of them are Army installations.
A long ith rt ood the
other Army’s models entered in
the program are:
Fort Sill Okla. (December
83)
A rd ro in
Ground Md. (January 84)
A nniston A rm epot
Finance veteran retires
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MEMENTO Dorothy Baird chief plays an original Camp Hood towel.
Finance Service Section proudly dis-
out great. were pretty hard to come by stayed in the barracks. “The
then. “Gas coffee sugar and only difference between our
TIMES WERE hard hen tea were all rationed” she said barracks and the military bar-
Baird first began working at “A nybody who owned a car racks was that ours had a high
am Hood. Many of the things was lucky to have tires.”
that are taken for granted today So in those days “work girls” (See Baird pg. A2)
“It’s not atypical nine-to-five
job” he said “and if a person is
not willing to give the time re-
quired then law shouldn’t even
be a remote possibility.”
While at Fort Hood Green
said he has had the privilege to
work with some extremely skil-
led and competent attorneys.
GREEN EXPLAINED anew
program at Fort Hood in which
Judge Advocate General offic-
ers are made Special U.S. Attor-
neys in cases involving sol-
diers.
Rugby anyone?
Rugby football teams from the 1st Cavalry
Division and the 2nd Armored Division will
square off in a gam Aug. 25 at 2 p.m. at
Hood Stadium. Anyone interested in playing on
either team should contact Steve Carter
287-1521 for the 2nd Armored Division or Trip
Pomeroy 287-5671 for the 1st Cavalry
Division.
FORTY PAGES
Ala. (February 84)
New Cum berland Army
Depot Pa. (February 84)
U.S. Army Support Com-
mand Hawaii (March 84)
Fort Polk La. (July 84)
Hanau Military Commun-
ity Germany (November 84)
New Ulm Military Com-
munity Germany (January 85)
Taegu Korea (March 85)
DON ARMSTRONG chief
Management Analyst Division
DRM said ‘‘Although we are
en terin this program later
than some installations we ex-
(See Model pg. A2)
Photo by Sharon Reynolds
“In the new program a JAG
officer is made a special U.S.
attorney rather than appoint a
civilian attorney who doesn’t
know the life stresses of the
military” Green said. It allows
the Army to have some control
over their people. It also gives
trial experience that JAG offic-
ers normally do not get.”
Green said he enjoys Fort
Hood. He said the hospitality
here is extremely refreshing.
“I’m just going to try to do
this job as best as I can” Green
said.
a
dorsem ent by the epartm ent of the Army of the products or services
advertised.”
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