The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1992 Page: 1 of 40
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Got a problem soldier? Well the
BOSS wants to hear about it.
BETTER Opportunities for Sin-
gle/unaccompanied Soldiers has
taken off at Fort Hood with a no-
nonsense attitude. The BOSS
By Larry R. Butterfas
4th Public A ffairs Team
Fort Hood Firefighter John Smith prac-
tices using pneumatic cutters during re-
cent training at a simulated auto ac
Competition
The First Cavalry Division Artillery began
its Cav Cup competition May 1 and finished
with a ceremony May 8 honoring the victori-
ous teams at Red Team field.
THE DIVARTY Cav Cup has three phases
according to Master Sgt. Frederick Garley
operations sergeant major for DIVARTY.
“The first phase of the competition was
MOS-related tasks for each section” Garley
said. “This gave the soldiers a chance to show
how well they knew their jobs.”
Phase two was common tasks events. This
consisted of an orienteering course marksman-
ship and a mystery event. The mystery event
turned out to be an assortment of fun contests
Horseshoes in MOPP level four a MOPP-four
relay and litter races.
The marksmanship course was made more
difficult.
“We had smoke grenades so the targets were
partially concealed. Also there were sound
effects recordings of combat sounds going off
around the soldiers” Garley said.
The final phase was an Army Physical Fit-
ness Test.
“There was alot of enthusiasm from the
soldiers” Garley said. ‘We learned a lot by
holding this competition.”
One thing learned was how well the section
chiefs performed at the Leadership Reaction
Course according to Garley.
“They were able to assess the situation and
come up with a solution quickly” he said.
Garley said “It was a good competition for
us to measure our ability and our standing on
getting the job done. The soldiers proved their
worthiness.”
Thursday May 14 1992
meeting was held 3-5 p.m. Friday
at the new Live Oak Pavilion at
Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation
Area.
Soldiers representing battalion
level units and below presented
grievances and made positive sug-
gestions in a forum that put them
face-to-face with Fort Hood com-
mand leaders and on-post service
‘BOSS’ targets soldier needs
Life-saying exercise
1st Cavalry Division Artillery
honors ‘Cav Cup’ victory teams
by writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official
expression of the Department of the Army. The appearance of advertise
contractors.
Representatives from CENTEL
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Appropriated Funds and BLORA
spoke and listened to soldiers.
Soldiers aggresively addressed
issues such as TV service in the
barracks phone service and so on.
They weren’t shy in the least
cident. The Fort Hood firefighters con-
duct this type of training throughout the
year. (See story page A-7)
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Staff Sgt. James Key Btry 1-82 FA 3rd section
section chief holds the 1st place trophy from the
Howitzer competition of the Red Team Cav Cup.
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Marilyn Phipps/III Corps
marry R. Butterfas/4th PAT
ments and advertising inserts does
the Department of the Army for the
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when it came to questions and
“what ifs?”
Viola Crowder community ac-
tivities Directorate of Personnel
and Community Activities intro-
duced speakers and coordinated
the meeting. The first speakers
were Larry Coffman and Ginger
(See BOSS A2)
Fast thinking
first aid action
saves soldier
By Marc Meloen
6th Cav Bde Public Affairs
On a recent sunny Saturday
at the Anderson golf course
Chief W arrant Officer Joe
Grady of the 6th Cavalry Bri-
gade was enjoying a game of
golf with friends. A thunder-
storm brewed on the horizon.
AS THE brewing storm
moved over the area rain
began falling accompanied by
lightning. Taking the lightning
as a warning the golfers called
it quits for a while.
As they were returning to
the Club House Chief Warrant
Officer John Kemp noticed a
golf bag laying on the grass
and said “There is somebody
down over there.”
The two golfers dashed over
to find Staff Sgt. Joseph LeB-
lond 1st Battalion 8tli Cav-
alry was injured. Grady in-
stantly assessed the individual
as having been struck by light-
ning and realized LeBlond was
not breathing.
GRADY QUICKLY began
the necessary life saving steps.
Minutes later Staff Sgt. Curtis
Hines MEDDAC joined the ef-
forts to save the victim. Within
moments LeBlond regained
consciousness. He was talking
by the time the ambulance
crew arrived.
Grady and Hines each re-
ceived an Impact Army Com-
mendation Medal for their he-
roic actions that saved the
valuable life of a Fort Hood
soldier.
1st Cav voices
‘safety first’
to First Team
By Larry R. Butterfas
4th Public A ffairs Team
One of the biggest subjects
stressed throughout the Army
is the need for safety. Recently
the 1st Cavaliy Division took a
day to teach and impress safe-
ty onto its soldiers.
THE DIVISION closed most
of its non-essential training to
emphasize training May 5 ac-
cording to Clark M. Butts
chief safety officer 1st Cav
Div.
“Each company commander
was directed to have activities
devoted to safety” Butts said.
Each unit had safety opera-
tions similar to what they’d
normally deal with. Operations
such as fire drills safe driver
training and the seat belt con-
vincer.
The seat belt convincer is
machine that simulates a colli-
sion at about 5-8 mile-per-
hour.
Reggie Jones assistant divi-
sion safety officer summed up
the days activities best when
he said “The bottom line is
everyday should be a safety
day.”
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Phipps, Marilyn. The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1992, newspaper, May 14, 1992; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth309937/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.