The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 3, 1991 Page: 4 of 16
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4 THE FT. HOOD SENTINEL
Forum
By Mary Mueller
TEXCOM Public Affairs
“Now I realize that the Com-
munists stole my youth” is what a
young former East German Army
captain told Lt. Col. Horst Schopf
after the recent German reunifi-
cation.
SCHOPF IS the first German
National Exchange Officer to be
permanently stationed at Fort
Hood for a three-and-a-half-year
tour. One of his responsibilities
during his tour as a German staff
officer in G3 Exercise Warplans
and Operations is to assist in offi-
cer professional development
(OPD) training programs. To do
this he provides information about
doctrinal and operational proce-
dures of the German Army the
Bundeswehr which has experi-
enced drastic changes since the
reunification Oct. 31990.
“Concerning the integretion of
the former East German Army
(Nationale Volks Armee) there
was no slow approach” Schopf said
E ito r’s note: The following
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E llen leinke in resp se to a
thank-you te she sen th
lem ents fo th sp itality
show sb an Sgt. 1st
Class Gregory Kleinke 224th
ed ical ta t a
hanksgiving.
November 231990
My husband and I are Ameri-
cans who work and live in Dhah-
ran Saudi Arabia. We realize the
sacrifice your family is making
and want you to know how much
we appreciate it. Arrangements
have been made to bring a few
military at a time into our homes
in Dhahran for short visits (two-
six hours) however most are stuck
out in the desert and have no
contact with the outside. They can’t
even call home. No place for R&R.
Some come to our home who need
laundry done all enjoy a shower
and eating home-cooked food. The
Mom!
I’d like to say happy anniver-
sary to my wife. I love you and my
two sons.
S taff Sgt. aniel A rm strong
\y
Reunification poses problems
at a Dec. 20 1990 OPD training
session conducted for TEXCOM
officers and civilians. ‘I was a
complete immediate unification.
Existing high-ranking officers were
dismissed or retired.”
ACCORDING TO Schopf
100000 out of 170000 East Ger-
man soldiers are left and there
are talks of cutting that number
in half.
“Midnight of October 3 all ex-
misting West German treaties ap-
plied to East German soldiers”
Schopf explained. ‘They had to
change uniforms regulations and
chain of command.”
But even more importantly
according to Schopf “they have to
learn to think ‘free’ and live ‘free.’
You and I have no idea what it is
like to live under a total dictator.
The laborers have no idea how to
work (without constant supervi-
sion)”
THE DRAMATIC changes
brought about by the reunifica-
most important item is a phone
call home. After a very short visit
we usually send them back with
home baked goodies to share with
their buddies.
We also belong to a group we
call the “Desert Dogs.” On our
weekends we load up our 4-wheel
drive cars with books magazines
soda baked goods cards fruit
etc. and drive north into the des-
ert to visit different units. We truly
enjoy taking these pictures to send
home. If we haven’t gotten mixed
up you will recognize the enclosed
photograph. If not you may send
it back to us and we’ll try to get
the right one. We wish we could do
more.
Their morale is high but they
are not receiving enough mail and
they are beginning to feel forgot-
ten. There can never be too many
letters or “Care” packages.
He looks great and sends you
his love. Tnshallah” (God willing)
things will settle down over here
and all of us can get on with our
..\i
Sgt. W endell W illis
EDITORIAL OFFICE: Headqu artel's III Corps and Fort Hood 1?ort
Bobd Sentinel Fort Hood Texas 7654^5056 telephone (817)287-0913
Sgt. 1st Class icardo Cop- Spec. a rr ayhill Spec. risto er yler
I’d like to say happy anniver-
sary to my wife and merry Christ-
mas to my three kids.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER: Lt. Col. Barry S. Sprouse
COMMAND INFORMATION OFFICER: Capt. Pamela V. Keeton
EDITOR. George Thomas
NCOIC: SSgt. Kiki Bryant V."'
STAFF WRITERS:Sgt. Ken Hpller Spec. Daniel Maloney Spec.
Sheny livers Spec. SJ De La Cruz Spec B.L. Griffin Spec. James H.
Coke Jr. Spec. Jeremy Heflin Spec. Jeff Duran Spec. Ron Aragon
PHOTOGRAPHER: Spec. Samantha Shirley-Jones
/STAFF 'ILLUSTRATOR: Jim Moody
CONTRIBUTING PAOs 1st Cav Div Pfc Robyn Gregory (287-
9398) 2nd Armd Div Spec Jamie L Wiechert and (287-0115) 13th
COSCOM Spec. Doraine McNutt Spec. Todd Kleismit (287-8872) 3rd
Sig Bde (287-6179) DACH (288-8005)
Lt. Col. Horst Schopf
tion are being accomplished by
the Bundeswehr with no additional
help. Every aspect of West Ger-
man society is responsible for the
reindoctrination of its East Ger-
man counterpart.
‘The West German police are
working with the East German
police the educators with the
educators and so on” Schopf said.
The Bundeswehr had to ask for
volunteers to go to East Germany
to accomplish the Army reunifica
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
lives. They are all fine young men
and women and we are very proud
of them. ___
Our best to you and your fam-
ily
Bill and Jody Clement
Dr. and Mrs. W.G. Clement
#195466
Saudi Aramco
Box 5923
Dhahran 31311
Saudi Arabia
P.S. We enjoyed having Gre-
gory for Thanksgiving. He is a
wonderful young man.
Dear Editor:
I write for every member of the
341st Medical Group to express
our appreciation for the outstand-
ing support the 13th Corps Sup-
port Command extended to us
during the month we stayed at
Fort Hood.
As reservists we were required
to move quickly from the comforts
of home to a total Army environ
ipiium
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it ilU tlS ti is
tion while living under hardship
conditions.
was going to volunteer” Shopf
said “but I could not live under
those conditions with my family.
There is no housing.”
NOT ONLY is the reunifica-
tion hard on the West German
workforce it is also extremely hard
on the economy. According to
Schopf the Bundeswehr not only
has to retrain the remaining East
German soldiers it has to safe-
guard military installations and
unbelievably large amounts of
equipment and ammunition left
behind by the Communists until
they can be redistributed or de-
stroyed.
“We have inherited the world’s
largest OPFOR (opposing force)”
Schopf mused. Amd similar logis-
tical and economic hardships ex-
ist for each strata of the new
Germany.
“WE SAW the (reunification)
train coming. We just didn’t real-
ize how fast it was traveling”
Schopf concluded.
ment. The soldiers of 13th
COSCOM made that transition
much smoother than it otherwise
might have been.
The group reaped benefits such
as adequate housing and the next
best thing to home cooking for
both officers and enlisted.
When we asked for time off to
allow our soldiers a final weekend
with their families 13th COSCOM
came through again.
Perhaps the most important
factor was the professional level
of NBC and other training that
will make a big difference in how
we react during our stay in Saudi
Arabia.
We couldn’t have picked a bet-
ter mobilization station had we
been given the option of doing so.
The 341st Medical Group salutes
13th COSCOM and Fort Hood.
Col. Robert G.
Commander
Group
Smith
341st Medical
Saudi Arabia
Sa^ I’d like to say hello and happy I’d like to wish my wife and I’d like to say hello to my wife I’d like to say hi to my wife and Happy holdiays to Diane
and children. Happy holidays. I holidays to all my friends in Texas children a merry Chnstmas. I hope and unborn child and my family little boy. Happy holidays. everyone at First Baptist
love you and miss you. Spec. las to see y°u soon- in Wisconsin. Happy holidays. S taff Sgt. errick munch 1st Lt. au las
I’d like to wish my wife a happy
birthday and merry Christmas.
Sgt. eroy W washington
I’d like to say hello to my wife.
I love you and have a happy holi-
day. Hope to see you soon.
Spec. ter
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Signs fixed
Fm calling in reference to Martin
Drive between Central and Hood
Army Airfield west gate. North-
bound traffic is 25 miles per hour
posted and southbound traffic is
35. They need to be the same speed
rather than two different speeds.
Thank you.
Thank you for your call con-
cerning the speed limit on Martin
Drive. The signs have been cor-
rected.
traffic control
I’m a civilian. I work at the
Fort Hood Drug and Alcohol Pro-
gram. My problem is with incom-
ing morning traffic. Last year I
submitted a suggestion that they
change the way they control traf-
fic at Central Avenue during PT
because when I come in I use the
back road. As I approach Central
Avenue I’m blinded by the MP car
light and the MP lights on top of
the car. That plus the fact that the
MP who is supposedly directing
traffic is lost in that light. I sug-
gested that they move these cars
off the side turn them away from
traffic and shine the headlights
on the MPs and tell the runners
to follow the street signs pointing
one way so that when the car is
positioned they will be shining on
the back of the runners and you
can see the MPs. I got an answer
back that the MP has a flashlight
with alight stick on it for direct-
ing traffic. That was the most
ridiculous thing I’ve heard. It got
light and I thought someone with
a little bit of intelligence would
reconsider this and look at the
situation. Is it going to take some-
one coming to work in the morn-
ing running over some soldiers
out doing FT before someone makes
a change?
Another time there was an
accident at the comer of Hood
Road and Tank Destroyer and
traffic was backed up to 190. The
MPs could have taken one MP to
re-direct traffic through the hous-
ing area to break up some of the
conges ion.
Thursday January 3 19^1
28S-MART
Col. obert F. arris
irector of Engineering and
mousing
I thin ic someone needs to look
fx
Howdy! I want to wish my wife
daughter parents and grand-
mother a merry Christmas and
Happy New Year.
Spec. raig Allen Reding-
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at the 'affic control system on
Fort Hood before something re-
ally tragic happens around here.
Thank you.
The MPs parked at Park Cen-
tral and Hood Road for traffic
control have been instructed to turn
off their headlights and leave on
their parking and overhead emer-
gency lights. This should alleviate
the problem of headlight glare oh
other drivers* eyes.
For traffic accidents normally\
inbound traffic is staggered be-
tween soldiers coming in for PT
and for normal duty hours. On the
morning of the accident mentioned
there was no scheduled PT. So
approximately 10 to 15 thousand
vehicles entered the main gate
within 45 minutes. To complicate
matters there was a serious acci\
dent that greatly disrupted traffic
flow. The MPs diverted traffic onto
Railhead Drive until the wreckage
could be cleared. The MPs will not
re-direci traffic through a housing
area from a major thoroughfare
as this would be too dangerous for
the residents. The MPs did the
best job that could have been don4
under the circumstances. Unfor-
tunately when you have a major
blockage on amain thoroughfare
during rush hour some people ark
going to be inconvenienced.
Lt. Col. W illiam M. ri
Installation Provost Marsha^.
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medicinal isc a rd
My concern is about saving
money. With medical bills the way
they are I understand that at
Damall when the prescription is
filled it is set on the counter for
up to 72 hours untouched by
anyone but the pharmacist. After
72 hours this medication is thrown
away. Some of these pills run from
$1 on up. I think this is a terrible
waste. I want to know why they
can’t just put the medication back
into the vent to be used again.
I
Thank you for your inquiry jn
situations when prescription
medication has not been picket
up the medication is returned
10
stock for re-issue. The medication
is not thrown away.
&
Col. ert G. Claypool
Com ander medical Corps
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and safe holiday. I think of you
everyday and I miss you.
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