Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, April 29, 1966 Page: 10 of 16
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"If we are to win in Viet
Nam it will be through the
use of psychological warfare as
well as the straight military
operation. We will win through
the hearts and minds of the
people."
These are the words of Capt.
FORT SILL Okla. "The
Artillery Officer Candidate
School is tough but not so
tough that its out of reach."
At separate interviews recently
three graduates of OCS
here seemed to echo each oth
er's words as they discussed
Officer Candidate School.
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Subjects of the interview
were: Col. Charles E. Howard
presently the OCS comman
dant Lt. Col. Rudolph Smith
now commanding the 2nd Bat
talion 2nd Artillery and Maj.
Richard S. Wheeler the chief
of the Allied Liaison Visitors
Division in the Artillery and
Missile School.
Interviewed First
Interviewed first was Maj.
W he el a an of
than 16 years service three of
which were as an enlisted man.
On that note Maj. Wheeler
began his comments.
"One of the greatest advan
tages of having earned a com
mission through OCS is the fact
that prior to entering the course
every candidate was an enlist
ed man. Therefore he is much
more aware of the enlisted
man's problems and is able to
cope with them."
"Compare this to a lieutenant
who has recently gained his
commission through the ROTC
program. Although he is well
trained it is rare to find one
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Captain Believes Psychological
Warfare To Be Answer In RVN
J. E. Collings executive officer
of the 1st Armored Division's
2nd Bn. 13th Armor. Collings
recently returned from Viet
Nam where he served as a
psychological warfare adviser in
the Hop Tak area.
Captain Collings spoke with
What's Happening Elsewhere
the training is as good gQ
tough now as it was then.
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He continued OCS is not
mission is great enough he 11
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evident sincerity of his affec
tion for the Vietnamese people.
"I spent 13 months talking to
the villagers and organizing self-
help projects. We supplied the
equipment and they supplied the
labor building their own schools
and digging their own wells.
who has been among enlisted unit another phase or training
men and at the onset of his begins.
service he is at a slight disad
vantage."
How Difficult?
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Advantages of Serving
As to the advantages of serv
ing in the Army as an officer
Col. Smith pointed to a number
uru ^aS- of things. But he spoke in de-
Maj. Wheeler attended. tail on one subject: the pro-
"We all like to think that
OCS was at its toughest when
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dedicated officer can
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we attended ne quipeu out
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have little problem.'
Col. Smith graduated from ter he returned to OCS this
Si A O S in 1 9 4 2 as an an of
calling his life as a candidate School. He is the second officer
and later as a second lieuten- commissioned through OCS to
ant he Said "OCS WaS tOUgh
then and it is now. During my
time the course was accellerat-
promotions
that there will always exist
Ulctl tlieie W11J. axwajro caul «.
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tough for a man who is men
tally and physically prepared
and if the desire for a com
for lieutenants who can
move up as fast as the next
man.
Col. Howard completed a fast
ed
^ree
mont
hs at OCS in
1941 and less than 25 years la-
e( ar
ed and there was little time
for anything but hard work and
study. It's no different now."
Does such a rapid grueling
pace place a newly commission
ed lieutenant.at a disadvantage
when he reports for his first
assignment?
"Nobody expects seasoned of
ficers immediately after grad
uation. Commanders realize
that a candidate has learned
the fundamentals in OCS and
that when he reports to his new
ound one word: "Motiva-
tion."
"OCS is a disciplined fast
moving concentrated course
that leaves little free timt
Therefore when a man corner
here he has to be highly moti
vated and adaptable or else he
will encounter many problems
"Understand that candidates
are treated as grown mature
individuals and our program is
not so difficult that it's out of
reach for most men. As a mat
ter of fact academics claim a
very small percentage of the
men here."
Classmates Mostly NCOs
When Col. Howard was in
OCS his classmates were most
ly NCOs with a considerable
amount of leadership experi
ence and he also recalls that
it was a tough course.
The average candidate to
day is about 21 years old and
has not served as an NCO. But
the course he is attending to
day is as tough and as fast
as any other course and a lot
of time is spent on leadership
training.
Continuing on the subject of
just how difficult OCS is Col.
Howard said "The course is
tough enough to assure that
those who go through are def
initely officer material.
VflLISMT THAT A CATCHY TUH£?
"When the Viet Cong de
stroy these projects the people
resent it bitterly. They've taken
something that the villages
themselves have built ... not
simply an 'American' installa
tion."
The youthful captain a native
of Monroe Utah described
some of the victories achieved
through psychological warfare.
"In one month" he said "I've
seen as many as 50 Vietnamese
defect to our side. Previously
they had been Viet Cong. This
was during our "open arms"
campaign. In this operation we
dropped leaflets and broadcast
news programs from airplanes.'
Besides these aerial missions
the psychological warfare unit
provided entertainment for the
villagers through skits and
movies. Additionally the unit
continually sought new ways for
the villagers to improve their
own conditions.
"The attitudes of the people
of Hap Tak were definitely af
fected by this approach" Col
lings said. "They are becoming
convinced it's to their advan
tage to resist Communism."
Awards Given
In 501st Dayroom
Inclement weather forced
cancellation of an outside
awards ceremony at the 1st
A or iv is on a
company the 501st Administra
tion Company but the presen
tations were made inside the
unit's dayroom.
Col. George I. Taylor 1st AD
chief of staff presented awards
to four 501st Admin men. SFC
John P. Lochner was awarded
the Army Commendation Medal
S-Sgt. Earl L. Reeves received
a III Corps and Fort Hood and
a 1st AD Certificate of Achieve
ment for distinguishing himself
as an honor graduate of Senior
NCO Class No. 2 at the Fourth
U. S. Army NCO Academy.
Two others were honored for
being top graduates of differ
ent Army courses. S-Sgt. Wil
liam Cortley was the honor
graduate of his class at the
Army Recruiting and Career
Counseling Course Class No. 8
at the Army Adjutant General
School Fort Benjamin Harri
son Ind. Pvt. William A. Spen
cer topped his class at the Per
sonal Management Specialist
School also at Fort Benjamin
Harrison.
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LT. CLARK
Kelly's Aide
To Maryland
The office of the 2nd Armored
Division's commanding general
is undergoing a personnel
changeover.
Following the arrival of Maj.
Gen. John E. Kelly's new sec
retary Mrs. Ruth Zahorian is
the departure of one of his two
aides Lt. Allen B. Clark.
Replacing him will be Lt.
Marshall F. Wallach currently
completing airborne training at
Fort Benning Ga.
Lt. Wallach comes to Fort
Hood as a secind lieutenant
who received his commission at
the Reserved Officer Training
Corps at Dartmouth College. He
holds a bachelor of arts degree
in economics.
He will join Capt. Wesley A.
Groesbeck General Kelly's sen
ior aide in coordinating the ac
tivities of the general's office.
Lieutenant Clark who has
been General Kelly's junior
aide-de-camp since July of last
year leaves Friday for the
Army Intelligence Course at
Fort Halabird Md. and from
there will begin his new assign
ment in Viet Nam.
The West Point graduate
came to Fort Hood immediate
ly after receiving his commis-
son as a second lieutenant and
has been assigned to the 17th
Engineer Bn. where he was ex
ecutive officer and battalion S-
3. He participated in Operation
Big Lift the Hell On Wheels
big move to Germany in 1963
before becoming the general's
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2nd Armored Division basic
combat trainees are learning
that confidence and self-protec-
tion play major roles in the life
of a soldier in combat.
Most of the time spent dur
ing the trainees' week of bi
vouac is on the Individual
the Individual Tactical Training
(ITT) course.
There BCT's learn the ways
and means of staying alive un
der the most adverse combat
conditions.
The course offers the trainee
his first experiences with barb
ed and concertina wire obsta
cles camouflage and cover and
concealment techniques as well
as tactical fire and movement
essentials to name a few.
Instruction on the course is
carried out through classroom
sessions and practical app1'ca
tion by an experienced commit
tee of noncommissioned officers
and cadremen.
The job of locating a site and
choosing an actual design and
layout of the course was as
signed to Lt. Karl B. Hill exe
cutive officer for Battery B 1st
Bn. 14th Atillery.
Lieutenant Hill came up with
a site about 10 miles away from
the main post off old George
town Road.
Another two weeks was spent
in construction of the course.
The 17th Engineer Bn. aided in
this chore.
The entire course which lies
within ten thousand-meter grid
squares on the map is strate
gically designed so that the
training areas are closey spac
ed but more importantly so
that instruction can be done
systematically utilizing group
rotation.
In addition to camouflage and
high and low crawl fire move
ment training BCT's are taught
the use and importance of night
vision as well as the use of
silent weapons and noise dis
cipline.
Extensive attention is given
to night combat subject high
lighted by the night infiltration
section which is complete with
a be re a re an
crossings.
To boost the teaching pow
er of the course however above
and beyond Army requirements
Lt. Hill has introduce his own
innovations.
One is tactical movement to
and from the field mess area.
Another is the unsparing use of
artillery and hand grenade sim-
mulators flares and blanks.
"Before each meal the BCT's
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form into groups and tactically| To add to this "atmosphere"
maneuver their way through a Lieutenant Hill has introduced
network of obstacles until they
reach the mess area" the lieu
tenant said.
"The simulators serve to pro
vide an atmosphere of live com
bat and test the reactions of
BCT's" he added.
Basic combat training ended
Friday for 648 men of the 2nd
Armored Division's 1st Bn. 66th
Armor.
The graduation reviewed by
Maj. Gen. John E. Kelley di
vision commander marked the
second group of trainees to
graduate the battalion com
manded by Lt. Col. Joseph M.
Gay.
Due to inclement weather the
ceremony site was shifted from
Sadowsky Field to Fort Hood's
Theater No. 4.
Among the many official dig
nitaries attending the BCT grad
uation was Col. A. N. Whitley
3rd Brigade commander.
As in every BCT graduation
awards for outstanding trainees
were presented.
Honors for the best company
went to Co. commanded by
Lt. Charles L. Donovan.
Pvt. Herbert J. Chatterton of
Co. A won the American Spirit
Honor Award and Privates
Chatterton James E. Spellman
of Co. and Robert Woodson
of Co. were the outstanding
trainees.
In the Physical Combat Pro
ficiency Test Co. C's Pvt. Leon
A. Holmes achieved a near max
imum score of 496 points. He
was pursued by Pvt. Arturo
Avina and Co. B's Pvt. Charles
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"enemy aggression." Through
out the various areas of the
course and at any time the
BCT's may be confronted by
guerillas and speak a foreign
language or with foreign dia
lect
Combat Training Ends
For Men
Of 66th
Armor
J. Suarks who had 398 and 390
points respectively.
Top marksmen with the M-14
rifles were Pvt. Leroy Bell (Co.
A) Pvt. Leo C. Leingang Jr.
(Co. B) and Pvt. Richard A.
Hottenstein (Co. C).
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Simulated air attacks by jets
is another highly effective in
novation and is being used more
and more in Fort Hood's train
ing schedules. The attacks are
arranged through the divison's
air liaison office.
Lieutenant Hill and his com
mittee follow a policy of teach
ing the fundamentals of each
area of the course in the morn
ings then testing the BCT's in
the afternoon.
"This way we can determine
how much they have learned
during the morning instruction
point out mistakes and cor
rect them that afternoon" iHe
lieutenant Hill said.
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the last week of training when
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