Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1969 Page: 3 of 18
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Friday August 151969
By SP4 WALTER KENDRICK
Information Specialist
Joint firepower exercise Bold
Shot Brim Fire 1-70 ended
^kig. 8 and the result for
^irtillery according to Lt. Col.
William D. Johnson commander
of the 1st Bn. 3rd Arty. 2nd
A iv a a
"outstanding success."
One of the purposes of the
exercise was to demonstrate the
artillery's ability to mass its
fires quickly and saturate a
large-area target with the fires
of one direct support battalion.
Nearly 500 men from all
^bivArty elements were
involved. Many of them had
never worked together before.
Three rehearsal sessions
succeeded in producing the close
teamwork required. "We
iceuu.wuj.iv
iC
them into a fine team" Lt.
Col. Johnson said.
"These men did a great job"
a fme
Wednesday. Airport high 105
low 79 for 24 honrs ending
9 p.m. Wednesday. Downtown
Temple high 106 low 76 for
24 hours ending 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday.
Belton Reservoir level:
565.63 feet above sea level
(normal conservation ol
level 569 feet above sea
el S us
Reservoir level: 621.38 feet
above sea level (normal
conservation pool level 622
feet above sea level).
POWs
There are more than 1340
in action as a result of Vietnam
combat.
Artillery Firepower Meets
Challenge Of Its Mission
team-
Seven-hundred forty
were fired by 16M109
self-propelled
rounds were
variable-time
®bnd white phosphorus
'We kept going until
delivered in
first volley was
three seconds.
Because of his ability to see
far in advance of maneuvering
•blements the aerial observer
was crucial to the delivery of
prompt artillery support.
"We had it down to the
second" Johnson sadi. "We
demonstrated the artillery's
THE WE ATHER
Temple area forecast: Fair
and continued hot through
id a a a in
Temperature range: low near
80 high near 108.
Sunrise: 6:53 a.m. sunset:
8:15 p.m. moonrise: 8:04
a.m. moonset: 9:12 p:nl.
I Temple area temperatures
and rainfall: Blackland high
105 low 75 .08 of an inch of
rain for 24 hours ending 5 p.m.
rV
"iTHINKWRe RIGHT—."THAT
LINE ON "THE MAP ISN'T A ROM?
AFTER ALU."
709
W. HWY. 190
chief selling-point its ability
to produce the most timely
reliable report of firepower."
"Everybody learned from this
exercise" Johnson continued.
"It showed us our weak points
and gave us an opportunity to
correct them. We had to move
fast and without notice and we
were certainly able to do so.
took
Overpaid Men Know It
uuutu. +viq casual and advance payments
people from all units^on^ito of personal
responsibility in our society? I
of payment. Time and
we
we Kepi gums Uiiui wc
or
.
finished up everything we had J™*
we
S
Johnson emphasized that the what their correct pay is a.na forgive overpayments why not
most impressive features of the you can prove the truth in that
artillery's performance were
speed and pinpoint accuracy. In anyone $5 and then waiting^ for
the time-on target exercise the "i_~
statement by underpaying
u""u
the immediate outcry which is
allotments. Servicemen are
given the option of alloting pay
for savings support of
However the service number
knows if his allotments are paid
and also if they are deducted
a in
Now we feel much more capable
of fulfilling our Strike Command
commitment."
Strike Command's mission
immediate deployment to
part of the globe. In
exercise Bold Shot Brim Fire
1-70 DivArty provided ample
evidence of its ability to
accomplish its goal.
(Editor's note: Reprinted collected. Audit procedures
with permission from "The Finance Center US. Army will
Army Times" issue of Aug. 6 discover these overpayments
1969) when the original pay voucher
By CAPT. A. L. JUNKINS reaches that office but this
Fort MacArthur Calif. often s?x months later HR 7363
A E re ad in he it or a iv
entitled "Pay Flubs" (Army overpayments and encourage
Times July 23). I could not more servicemen to alter their
he el ha ad on a
heard one distorted view of the installations. In fact if this bill
pay flub story. is passed I feel that partial
again
explosive I have interviewed personnel we must work in offices that
who made the following are understaffed and under
wait
fin
Lt. Col. Johnson commented
"Nothing deterred the battalion
a in in W
determined to drain the last bit who knew
of benefit from it."
.i ^. spending
for Finance to find out.
Why should we forgive
overpayment
which an officer claimed his«
family would suffer hardship if
K00flllStlli61ltS
he returned money alloted to
a bank for savings which was
not deducted from his regular
pay. I called the bank and
and the taxpayer.
THE SECOND
overp
casu
paid
cm casual Or auvance payment ti.z years auuuiuiiig iu ngtuc
^iU.S. service a re an a in he a pi he a
^either as prisoners or missing
j—
record these payments are not Administration.
H. A. STAN BRIDGE. JR.
Agent
513 West Rancler Ave.
"Planning Family Security For You"
be aboIsihcd at
same
time'
have been a finance and IN YOUR editorial you
accounting officer for some time speak of the morale of those
rounds and I am certain that in almost who must repay overpayments
155mm every case overpayments are What of the morale of the
howitzers. The known by the payee at the time
of three types
high
personnel working in Army
Fmance offices? Day after day
statement "I knew I was constant command pressure to
ing make more payments in a
J.llt shorter time. We have suffered
one economy cut after another
while watching our workload
steadily increase with the
Vietnam conflict. Instead of
several millions to
an
to an
individual
overpaid?
he was
spend it to provide more
personnel and facilities to
improve the quality of pay
ad
made to the finance officer.
LET US also examine the
cause of most overpayments.
The greatest dollar amount is d(wn
re re no on of
Jtaistration?
gee
were aware 0
dependents and so on. These gjmpiy by waiting for them to
allotments are centrally paid
be cau
in an S no an an ha
Army. Breakdown in
it. Under this
a serv
iceman would be a
fool tQ re
p0rt overpayments
ght later he could claim
ove
rpayment forgiven
•communication to the field often 1m tiii wondering whatever
re a
responsibili
Hit 4-Year High
JuJ
ree
learned that the full amount of ^rm(j j)jv were the highest
the overpayment was on deposit -n f0ur years Noting that 102
and drawing interest. Under rw
to~l- t?
7 3 6 3 he in or iv a iv is
legislation) he would still have eenlistment officer called July
this money and he would have -^g
nlistments in the 2nd
-"--y men re-enlisted Capt. Jack R.
an
"exceptional month."
made a fool out of the Army pos+.wi^e 291 men reenlisted
lasi month.
GREATEST BonUiS payments in the 2nd
source of pa is
I
in partial casual and advance approximately $231000 with two
payments paid to military individuals receiving $9400
personnel upon permanent
iv to a
eac^
change of station. Servicemen
are allowed to handcarry their
Financial Data Records folder VETERAN AGE
from one installation to another. The average age of the
Simply by removing a partial nation's 26656000 veterans is
advance payment 44.2 years according to figures
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Vehicles
Inspected
Armored vehicles lined the
training field east of Ft. Hood
Wednesday. Men of the 2nd
Armd. Div. waited for the
members of the U.S. STRIKE
Command's joint evaluation
team to begin inspecting their
equipment.
is
any
the
Lined in rows the vehicles
and equipment were arranged
for loading on various types of
cargo aircraft including the C-
5A Galaxy aircraft.
at
Vehicles involved were
inspected for readiness for
ad in
an a
condition.
Men were inspected for their
personal equipment condition
and general appearance.
The inspection was aimed at
in iv is
preparation for air movement
in case of emergency.
The various units had worked
in their respective motor pools
in a ha in
preparing for the inspection that
began at 1 p.m. on Aug. 6.
While members of the
inspection team from STRICOM
moved from vehicle to vehicle
Col. John F. Forrest 1st Bde.
2nd Armd. Div. commander
and commander of the Army
or or he is
conduced a walk-through check.
AUSA Member
Benefits Lauded
Sgt. Maj. William Price 1st
Bn. 41st Inf. 2nd Armd. Div.
is a member of the AUSA. Here
is What lie has to say about
the organization:
"AUSA has always been
concerned with the welfare of
it a a
us in be if an
equipment head the list of
primary aims of the AUSA.
"Every military man benefits
from this worthy organization.
The professional soldier should
be a member of AUSA. The
on a a in an
'Army Green Book' alone are
worth the annual membership
dues."
(o wor][
taxpayers' money going
the
^rain t0 those who
re iv
pa a
a
ty in
0
ur society
2nd Armd. Div.
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13th Horse Silver Spur plaque.
Prior to joining Old Ironsides
Haney served in Vietnam. His
next duty assignment will with
the 4th Armd. Div. in Germany.
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