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News
4ID sweeps III Corps Soldier, NCO of the YearTroops from the unit are in contact. There is a friendly aircraft downed in the target area. Wounded personnel are currently pinned down and unable to maneuver due to sniper fire from a nearby village. The commander’s guidance is to destroy the threat with indirect fire in order to provide freedom of movement and security until medical evacuation and recovery assets arrive. Intelligence has confirmed all friendly local nationals have left the village due to insurgent activity, and the local mosque is no longer recognized as a place of worship. The commander has evaluated and cleared all collateral concerns in the area. React. This is the scenario the Soldiers and noncommissioned officers used during the hands-on lane portion of the III Corps Soldier and NCO of the Year competition held...
Other News
21st Cavalry Brigade completes final flightPilots and aircrews with the 21st Cavalry Brigade (Air Combat) closed the books on 30 years of Apache helicopter training July 21 with one last flight before turning in their final six AH-64D helicopters as the brigade prepares to discontinue missions by next summer.
13th SC(E) welcomes new commanderThe 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) hosted a change of command ceremony July 23 on Hildner Field to bid adieu to one senior leader, and welcome another. Maj. Gen. Clark LeMasters Jr. relinquished his position as the commanding general to Col. Rodney Fogg during the ceremony.
2-38 Cav Soldiers fly high with SPIES trainingCAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - Suspended from a rope at 100 feet in the air, five Multinational Battle Group-East Soldiers outstretched their arms and gave a thumbs-up, signaling they were OK. With their adrenaline flowing, the Soldiers were flown in a “racetrack” flight pattern around the camp in a rare training opportunity none of them would soon forget.
2-227 trains to fight wildfiresThe National Fire Outlook for 2014 is expected to be higher than normal across most of the southwestern states, Southern California and Alaska, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. To combat this, the Secretary of Defense has authorized the commitment of U.S. forces in a prepare-to-deploy status beginning in July – including the Air Cav.
62nd Engineers on-call, prep for upcoming hurricane seasonThree companies from the 62nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade have been designated by the Army as one of the response units should a hurricane disaster happen in the United States this year.
Voting assistance officers ready to educate, inform votersThe mid-term election is less than four months away, and Fort Hood’s voting assistance officers are urging Soldiers and Family members to make their voices heard. During this voting cycle, 33 Senate seats, 435 House seats, 36 state governors and three U.S. territories’ governorships, various state and local offices and ballot questions and referenda will be decided, Jerry Hernandez, installation voting assistance officer, said.
Soldiers work to cure water woesHours after returning from a training exercise in the field, one platoon received a change of mission. Soldiers of the fuel and water platoon, Company A, 215th Brigade Support Battalion “Blacksmith,” 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Greywolf,” 1st Cavalry Division, worked to provide clean and potable water to residents of one of the Comanche Village housing communities and Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, July 14 to 15.
Vibrant response reaches CBRNE Force midpoint, continuesCAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. - Vibrant Response 2014, a major field training exercise directed by U.S. Northern Command and executed by U.S. Army North, has reached its midpoint. Conducted here and at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Indiana, the exercise brings together service members and civilians from the military and other federal and state agencies throughout the country for training in responding to a catastrophic domestic incident.
407th AFSB farewells, welcomes commandersFriends and Family of the 407th Army Field Support Brigade gathered July 24 on Hildner Field to say goodbye to Col. Steven Allen as their commander, and hello to Col. Steven DeBusk. At the ceremony, the reviewing officer, Maj. Gen. John Wharton, Army Materiel Command commanding general, pointed out the complexity and wide range of responsibilities of the 407th.
1st Cav engineers train with new munitions control unitFor some Soldiers, basic training included a class on the lethal M18 Claymore mine, a directional weapon, the words “FRONT TOWARD ENEMY” emblazoned across the face of the device. There was only one choice a Soldier could make when engaging a suspected enemy with the Claymore, and that was unleashing a devastating blast – spraying a barrage of about 700 steel balls measuring an eighth of an inch in diameter.
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News Briefs
West Range Road closed
Fort Hood officials closed the House Creek Bridge on West Range Road at 7 a.m. Wednesday to all traffic to ensure public safety after engineers discovered major structural issues with the bridge.
Tactical military vehicles will continue to use the low-water crossing for track and wheeled vehicles and the one-way elevated bridge for wheeled vehicles. All other traffic – commercial, privately owned vehicles and non-tactical military vehicles (buses/vans/sedans) -- will be diverted to Tank Destroyer Boulevard and Farm-to-Market Road 116 and then to Gatesville or to Elijah Road.
Directorate of Public Works officials expect the bridge to be closed for as long as 12 months in order to fund, contract and complete the necessary repairs. Fort Hood officials have posted appropriate signage.
JMO Career Connection
Soldier for Life: Fort Hood’s Transition Assistance Program will host a Junior Military Officer Career Connection from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday at Oveta Culp Hobby Soldier and Family Readiness Center.
The event is free and open to officer ranks from first lieutenant to major.
Recruiters from Bradley-Morris, Cameron-Brooks, Lucas Group, Orion, MSSA and JPMC will attend.
For more information, call 288-2227.
Construction complete
Old Georgetown Road is now open for travel. Officials caution motorists to drive safely in the area, as there is still high usage by the military and construction workers currently operating in the ranges around the road.
Fort Hood officials closed the House Creek Bridge on West Range Road at 7 a.m. Wednesday to all traffic to ensure public safety after engineers discovered major structural issues with the bridge.
Tactical military vehicles will continue to use the low-water crossing for track and wheeled vehicles and the one-way elevated bridge for wheeled vehicles. All other traffic – commercial, privately owned vehicles and non-tactical military vehicles (buses/vans/sedans) -- will be diverted to Tank Destroyer Boulevard and Farm-to-Market Road 116 and then to Gatesville or to Elijah Road.
Directorate of Public Works officials expect the bridge to be closed for as long as 12 months in order to fund, contract and complete the necessary repairs. Fort Hood officials have posted appropriate signage.
JMO Career Connection
Soldier for Life: Fort Hood’s Transition Assistance Program will host a Junior Military Officer Career Connection from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday at Oveta Culp Hobby Soldier and Family Readiness Center.
The event is free and open to officer ranks from first lieutenant to major.
Recruiters from Bradley-Morris, Cameron-Brooks, Lucas Group, Orion, MSSA and JPMC will attend.
For more information, call 288-2227.
Construction complete
Old Georgetown Road is now open for travel. Officials caution motorists to drive safely in the area, as there is still high usage by the military and construction workers currently operating in the ranges around the road.
Fallen Warriors
Pfc. Donnell Antwain
Hamilton Jr.
1st Cavalry Division
Pfc. Donnell Antwain Hamilton Jr., 20, whose home of record is listed as Kenosha, Wisconsin, died July 24 at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio, from an illness sustained in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.
Hamilton entered active-duty service in October 2012 as an M1 armor crewman.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, since April 2013.
Hamilton deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from July 2013 to March 2014.
Hamilton’s awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with campaign star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon. ...
Hamilton Jr.
1st Cavalry Division
Pfc. Donnell Antwain Hamilton Jr., 20, whose home of record is listed as Kenosha, Wisconsin, died July 24 at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio, from an illness sustained in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.
Hamilton entered active-duty service in October 2012 as an M1 armor crewman.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, since April 2013.
Hamilton deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from July 2013 to March 2014.
Hamilton’s awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with campaign star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon. ...
Justice Served
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