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Thursday, March 3, 2016
74th Year, Issue 8
www.FortHoodSentinel.com
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Blood center needs type O-Negative
Robertson Blood Center is seeking
O-Negative blood donors to help meet
an increased requirement.
Soldiers, Family members, and retir-
ees that would like to donate blood
can stop by the Robertson Blood Cen-
ter Monday-Friday from 7:30 a.m.-3:30
p.m. The blood center welcomes all
donors; however, O-Negative donors are
in greatest demand at this time.
The mission of the Armed Services
Blood Program is to provide quality
blood products and services for all cus-
tomers in both peace and war. Blood
donations are typically available for
local use or are on their way down-
range within five days in support of
deployed Blood Support Detachment
missions.
Community members interested in
donating can visit the Robertson Blood
Center during normal business hours
or call 285-5808 for more information.
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Town Hall
The Training and Doctrine Command
will host a State of NCO Development
Town Hall from 4-6 p.m. today, which
will be presented by TRADOC Command
Sgt. Maj. David Davenport.
In this live town hall, he will speak
about professional development and
talk about major changes in NCO devel-
opment.
To log in, visit www.tradoc.army.mil/
watch or access it on Twitter at #talk-
2TRAD0C.
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Transitions
For military connected kids,
moving from school to school
every two to three years is an
ever-present reality, said Maj.
Gen. John Uberti, III Corps
deputy commanding general.
Uberti, along with brigade level
command teams from across the
installation, attended both days
of the summit.
Leaving friends behind, mak-
ing new friends and just fitting
in at a new school are just a few
of the obstacles military kids con-
tend with during duty location
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Program recognized Fort Hood
as the winner of the fiscal year
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summit in 2010 focused on
education challenges up to high
school. The change is the result
of a renewed emphasis from the
III Corps commander, Lt. Gen.
Sean MacFarland, to address
the unique challenges military
Families face when it comes to
education goals at all levels.
“We are big believers in edu-
cation; the importance of it - it
was important for us, it was
important for our children,”
said Lynda MacFarland, wife of
the III Corps commander. “The
kids are our kids - that’s the way
we feel about it. We want them
to have the best opportunities to
have the best education, so there
are a lot of challenges with the
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Educators and community
partners from across Central
Texas met on Fort Hood, Feb.
23-24 for the 2016 Area Educa-
tion Summit.
The two-day conference
served as a venue for educa-
tors and Fort Hood officials
to solidify partnerships, iden-
tify common issues and leverage
best practices when it comes
to both primary and secondary
education for Soldiers and Fam-
ily members.
The first day was dedicated
to the nine independent school
districts that surround the
installation, with day two con-
centrating on continuing educa-
tion opportunities for Soldiers
and spouses.
Hosted by Fort Hood’s Child,
Youth and School Services, in
conjunction with the Partners
in Education Program, the
summit also included keynote
speakers from the Department
of Defense’s Education Activ-
ity and Voluntary Education
branches.
“It creates a platform for us,
as educators, to really commu-
nicate with our partners here at
Fort Hood all of the programs,
all of the choices that we’re able
to offer our military Families,”
said Dr. John Craft, superinten-
dent of the Killeen Independent
School District. “Having that
venue, that platform, is a pretty
tremendous opportunity.”
This is the second year in a
row that Fort Hood has held
a summit that has included
educators from the pre-Kin-
dergarten to doctorate level,
said Peggy Stamper, Fort Hood
CYSS. Prior to 2015, the last
“Our military kids face some
emotional and social challenges
that a typical student doesn’t,”
he said.
According to DoDEA, there are
approximately 617,000 children
with one or more active-duty
parent worldwide, with 80 per-
cent of kids attending U.S. public
schools. Through the Education-
al Partnership Program, DoDEA
has funded close to $40 million
to Texas school districts that sup-
port large numbers of military
connected students for additional
transitional, social and emotional
support programs, said Jennifer
Daily-Perkins, the DoDEA
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Carl R. Darnall Army Medical
Center is holding its second Day in
the Life full-scale rehearsal event Sat-
urday. The hospital operations team
is looking for 50 additional volun-
teers to be role-players in patient care
scenarios in this final dress rehearsal
prior to opening for patient care in
early April.
“The first Day in the Life exercise
gave our staff great experience in the
new facility. I was very proud of the
team’s hard work, and the commu-
nity support was awesome,” said Col.
Mark Thompson, the CRDAMC
commander. “The lessons learned
by the staff combined with some
great feedback from the community
allowed us to identify and correct
potential concerns that might impact
the patient experience.”
Community members can expect
the next exercise to be a little differ-
ent from the first since the hospital is
one month closer to opening.
“During the second event, we
will test how well those adjustments
are going to work, plus we’ll run a
few new scenarios that will help us
continue to increase our familiarity
with working in the facility before
we bring patients in on April 3,”
Thompson explained.
Earlier this month, communication
and patient care systems were still
being installed and tested. With that
phase now complete, the staff will be
able to incorporate the use of systems
like the new way-finding electronic
map and patient management sys-
tems into the DIL experience.
Community members interested in
participating in the Day in the Life
event can contact the hospital opera-
tions at 553-2689/286-7256 or send
an email to usarmy.hood.medcom-
crdamc.list.operations-group@mail.
mil for more information.
“It’s an honor for
us to receive this
prestigious award
and a fitting recog-
nition of the great
efforts of our gar-
rison team,” said
Brian Dosa, Fort
Hood DPW direc-
tor. “I am particu-
larly proud of our
Environmental
Division and their
many significant
accomplishments.”
The Secretary
of the Army Envi-
ronmental Awards
Program recog-
nizes the environ-
mental steward-
ship of the Army’s
top installations,
teams and indi-
viduals and their
accomplishments
in sustainable practice, environ-
mental management and com-
munity enhancement.
The environmental team is
responsible for mission readi-
Photo by Christine Luciano, DPW Environmental
Glenn Collier, ECAT assessor, explains best management practices for
storing used and unused products to 2nd Lt. Neidy Hernandez and 2nd
Lt. Steven Sloan, environmental compliance officers with 3rd Cavalry
Regiment.
collective effort
surround- of community
stakeholders,
§nimlby wh° Promote
honor in the field and support
of environmental environmental
science and —
tainability.
“It is the col-
lective effort of
community stake-
holders, who pro-
mote and support
environmental
stewardship, that
makes Fort Hood’s
program the best in the Army,
said Timi Dutchuk, chief of
environmental programs, Fort
Hood Directorate of Public
Works.
The Secretary of the Army
Environmental Awards
Fort Hood’s Soldiers, civil-
ians, contractors, and their
Families are lead-
ing the way to a
greener future.
Their commit-
ment to being
environmental
ambassadors of a
better tomorrow
for the installa-
tion,
ing communities
and environment
was reco^
the Army’s highest
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