The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1993 Page: 1 of 34
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Jeanfie Isdale of the Killeen
Chamber of Commerce wel-
comes a couple to the Fort
By Dawn McGlynn
Thursday January 14 1993
Hood communities
greet new soldiers
It was a tough transition at Fid-
dlers’ Green from “Hooyahs” to
“Howdies” as Army Community Ser-
vice’s Hood Howdy program turned
newly arrived troops into Texans Jan.
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THE PROGRAM welcomes new
soldiers and their families to the Fort
Hood community. It also provides in-
formation about the community and
makes newcomers feel welcome
Denise McIntyre program coordina-
tor said.
13th COSCOM ublic A ffairs
Designed to save lives on the battlefield the
Combat lifesaver course is in full swing once
again training Fort Hood soldiers to care for
their fallen comrades should the need arise.
THE 21ST Combat Support 1st Medical
Group 13th Corps Support Command operates
this program. The Department of Defense ini-
tiated the program at the beginning of Opera-
tion Desert Shield to train soldiers to be
combat lifesavers.
The CLC-trained soldier is half-way between
an everyday soldier and a combat medic. They
area valuable commodity in time of war.
Colonel Sidney Baker 13th COSCOM G-3 a
Vietnam veteran is one man that understands
the value of combat lifesaver training.
“In Vietnam we were relying on basic sur-
vival skills the basic things a soldier is taught
like splinting a fracture and stopping the
bleeding but there were never enough real
medics” said Baker. “Combat lifesaver train-
ing is the answer to that. (A casualty) is more
likely to survive a traumatic injury if someone
is there to treat the wounds on the spot.
“In the heat of the action ... you can never
have enough medics.”
By Niki Wilkie
13th ublic Affairs etachm ent
While many of us were scram-
bling to do our last minute holiday
shopping feasting on our Christ-
mas dinner and hitting the after
Christmas sales the Sportsman’s
Range was hard at work getting a
holiday makeover to last through-
out the new year.
THE RANGE is increasing its
ability to meet the needs of Fort
Hood soldiers by adding 46 zero
range firing lanes and eight pri-
vate weapon lanes.
Land from another range was
used to create the lanes formerly
Range 17 a pistol range.
Mike Nemesh range supervisor
said these additions bring the total
number of firing lanes to 77 zero
lanes and 18 PW lanes.
McIntyre called the orientation
which takes place the second Friday
of every month a whirlwind tour of
the area.
“We talk about necessities like
child-care and the hospital as well as
fun things” McIntyre said.
Some of the “fun” includes topics
like Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation
Area area shopping area arts and
crafts and recreation available and a
local area tour.
“The second Friday of the month
was the only time we could get every-
one together” McIntyre said.
(See HOWDY A2)
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Hood area at January’s Hood
Howdy orientation.
“It saves the soldiers time” Staff
Sgt. Billy Franklin range NCOIC.
said. “We can put more of them on
the range at once get them zeroed
and get them back to their unit.”
Range personnel have noticed a
difference with the new lanes.
“In the past we’ve had people
who got here at 8 a.m. sitting in
the bleachers at noon waiting to
fire” Nemesh said. “Yesterday we
had all the people who were here
for training fired by 10:30 a.m.”
Most of the soldiers who come to
zero their weapons use the range
Thursday mornings during ser-
geants time Franklin said. He’s
responsible for overall safety prop-
er uniform maintaining standards
and assisting firing units.
Parker said his job is the same
since the lane additions but with
more people firing the responsibil-
ity is greater.
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13th COSCOM soldiers take combat lifesaver course
Officially the CLC was designed to train
non-medical personnel in basic medical tasks
to help save wartime casualties. Basically
that means training soldiers on such basic
skills as setting a fracture and giving atropine
injections for nerve agent poisoning as well as
more advanced skills such as giving an I.V.
DoD regulations require one soldier in every
squad to be a combat lifesaver. The classes
usually shrink when there is no conflict to
prepare for.
“THE CLC slowed down at the end of the
Gulf war and training was sporadic” said Sgt.
1st Class Maurice Suarez the CLC training
coordinator. “We provide training for the units
whose first sergeant and commander request
it.”
Now however in preparation for Operation
Restore Hope the 21st CSH has two teams
which train 70 people a week. With a student
to teacher ratio of 5 to 1 the instructors said
they did not mind spending extra time with
their students.
The 40-hour course is packed into only three
days.
“It’s intense training and what we teach we
teach in depth” said Pvt. 1st Class Earl Lewis
an instructor. “If someone has a problem with
anything in class we will go more into depth
Sportsman’s Range increases training capabilities
The original intent of the
Sportsman’s Range Nemesh said
was to give soldiers who were new
to Fort Hood or assigned anew
weapon a chance to zero their
weapons.
While that purpose is still simi-
lar it is now expanded so many
units come out and zero all their
soldiers before going to the qualifi-
cation range.
For zeroing purposes units
should break down into groups of
10 soldiers each group with an
NCOIC Nemesh said.
ALSO UNITS can send soldiers
who are having trouble at the
qualification range to check their
zero then return to qualify. The
added number of lanes speeds up
this process.
There are two different PW
lanes Nemesh said. Eight of the
Edwards visits
Staff Sgt. Robert Burgan noncommissioned of-
ficer in charge of afield testing team 1st Cav Div
briefs Rep. Chet Edwards on the AV Pointer
Unmanned Air Vehicle during Edwards’ visit to
Fort Hood Monday. The visit included a demon-
stration of the Pointer used for reconnaissance
missions.
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Niki Wilkie/13th PAD
with them until they understand it. We don’t
mind spending that extra time on a subject
because the question they have might be the
same one on everyone else’s mind.”
These instructors mostly noncommissioned
officers were hand-picked by Suarez when the
course was initiated. They graduated from the
combat lifesaver’s instructor’s course. The in-
structors teach under the advice on the Insti-
tute of Professional Development using IPD
books.
“The only reason they do not get the instruc-
tor identifier on their military occupational
speciality is because they were only taught
how to teach medical tasks” said Suarez.
“However there’s no doubt in my mind that
they are professionals.”
REQUESTS for classes are required at least
two weeks in advance but Suarez said that
they can provide them anytime even one hour
in advance because “our instructors are happy
to teach.”
As of Dec. 8 1992 351 Fort Hood soldiers
had been trained as combat lifesavers with
more classes scheduled in the weeks to come.
“I believe they could save a lot of lives”
Suarez said. “In a battle you can’t have
medical personnel around all the time r- that’s
where the combat lifesavers come in.”
lanes are set up for 10 to 50-meter
targets and the other 10 are for
10-100 meter so the range can
accommodate anything from small
caliber pistols to big bore rifles.
To use the range Franklin said
soldiers must bring their weapon
one magazine hearing protection
and be in full field uniform in-
cluding protective mask.
Anyone wishing to fire a PW
must have on-post registration
hearing protection and ammuni-
tion.
Ammunition is provided at the
range during the week for M16A1/
A2 rifles. For PWs and weekend
firing firers must provide their
own ammunition.
The range is open seven days a
week. Through March the hours
are 8 a.m. 5 p.m. Monday
Friday and 8 a.m. 4 p.m. week-
ends and holidays.
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