The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1992 Page: 12 of 40
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A12 FT. HOOD SENTINEL
By Kiki Bryant
III Corps Public Affairs
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Today you could pick up any
newspaper or magazine in the
nation and read at least one
story about the changes taking
place in the U.S. Army. Draw-
downs computer battles post
closures and deactivations are
just a few of the topics making
the headlines.
BUT NO matter how the
battles are fought or the num-
ber of soldiers who are doing
the fighting the old saying of
“a soldier travels on his stom-
ach” is still a very valid part
of today’s Army.
The cooks assigned to Head-
ier quarters and Headquarters
!?r Company III Corps were de-
sv’ ployed to the National Train-
ing Center Fort Irwin Calif.
for exercise Mojave Strike can
attest to that. The fact that
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Cooks participate in NTC
work hard during exercise
ahead of their equipment did
not alter the fact that there
were 200 plus III Corps sol-
diers who wanted a hot meal.
According to Sgt. William
Bonnier mess sergeant “When
we came out here we thought
the soldiers would be eating
MREs on the 4th 5th and 6th
(March) with the first hot meal
being served on the 7th. That
changed out here. We had to
serve T-rations on the 6th.
This required a lot of running
around and paperwork.”
On March 8 the plan is to
begin serving the troops two
hot dining facility style meals
said Bonnier. To do this Bon-
nier and his drivers Spc. Dar-
ryl Roberson and Pvt. 2 Ronald
Morris make a daily ration
run in to Fort Irwin. While
they’re out getting supplies
and getting rid of trash and
waste from the last meal Sgt.
Jerry Groce and Spcs. Otis
Johnson and Daniel Bratton
begin preparing the next hot
meal from inside their Mobile
Kitchen Tent.
Because of the limited num-
ber of III Corps troops at the
NTC the cooks are also doing
their own KP duty. All of this
accounts for a very long and
tiring day which begins at 3:30
a.m. and lasts until 9 p.m.
THIS TR IP to the NTC is
the first for all the cooks and
drivers except Bonnier. His
first visit was a couple of years
ago with the 1st Battalion
82nd Field Artillery 1st Cav-
alry Division.
“The biggest difference then
was that I had to feed more
soldiers (1000) and we did it
all from GP Mediums and
served all A -rations (hot
meals)” Bonnier said. “The
job’s basically the same no
matter what you use to cook it
from. We just come out here
and support our people and get
the job done.”
Roberson who will be leav-
ing the service in five months
said the trip to NTC completes
a training cycle for him. “I’ve
participated in all the major
exercises: REFORGER Team
Spirit so this is alright” he
said. “It’s sort of a vacation
because at home in the rear we
would be more strung out.”
For some of the cooks Mo-
jave Strike gives them the op-
portunity to get back into the
kitchen and dining facility en-
vironment. Since the Phantom
Command wining acility
closed earlier this year (fiscal)
Groce has been working as the
HHC III Corps EDRE (Emer-
gency Deployment Readiness
Exercise) noncommissioned of-
ficer and Bonnier serves as the
HHC III Corps reenlistment
noncommissioned officer. The
other cooks and drivers support
the Triple Threat Dining Facil-
ity and the company.
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Thursday March 121992
Blood Drive
Capt. Aaron Williams 3rd Signal Brigade watches
as Gladys McGee adjusts his bandage. Williams
donated blood for the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Inc.’s first annual Dr. Charles Drew Black History
Month blood drive recently at the Fort Hood Blood
Donor Center.
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