The Mountaineer, Vol. 71, No. 13

1. Vol. 71, No. 13 April 5, 2013
Cold weather training
A Special Forces Soldier
conducts ice climbing
training at Rocky
Mountain National
MRX builds
confidence,
Park. In addition to ice
climbing, the Master
Mountaineering Course
included downhill and
cross country skiing,
snowmobile and rope
movements and
avalanche rescue
readiness
and snow shelter
construction.
See story on Page 6.
By Spc. Nathan Thome
4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office
Soldiers reacted rapidly to incoming reports and rushed between staff
sections to make the division’s mission run smoothly despite obstacles
tossed in their way during a mission rehearsal exercise, March 20-29.
Known as “Unified Endeavor 13-2,” the exercise held at the 4th
Infantry Division Headquarters, was designed to help the division staff
prepare for an upcoming deployment.
The exercise was intended to create the illusion for its participants that
they are in their future area of operations, and tasked to complete the series
of scenarios as they appear in as little time as possible, said Lt. Col. Jack
Chaffin, deputy plans and operations officer, 4th Inf. Div.
“Just like a brigade that goes to the National Training Center (at Fort
Irwin, Calif.) for their culminating event to become stamped ready for
combat, a division headquarters does an MRX in preparation for its
deployment,” said Chaffin.
“The nature of division is such that we don’t need to maneuver
through the desert at the National Training Center, we need to practice
staff processes and systems; how do we communicate, coordinate and
receive guidance, how do we transmit that to subordinate units in orders;
all the things you have to do in any given day to make things run in a
division area of operation,” said Chaffin. “That’s kind of the overarching
task and purpose behind what we’re doing.”
Trained and experienced leaders, made up of Soldiers and civilians
from various installations and known as the white cell for the exercise, came
to Fort Carson to assist the division by presenting real-world scenarios from
past and current operations for the staff to work through and solve.
“We put the deploying unit through what they will encounter while
deployed; everything from weather, culture interaction and enemy
interaction,” said Col. John Valledor, co-exercise controller for UE 13-2,
Mission Command Training Program, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. “We
only inject what coincides with the commander’s training directives to
ensure successful training.”
Valledor said the goal was to create experiences to help deploying
Soldiers develop the skills they will need to be successful.
“The endgame is to prepare Soldiers to achieve the mission when
Photo by Spc. Thomas Masterpool
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2. 2 MOUNTAINEER — April 5, 2013
Sexual assault has no place in military
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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
Rick Emert issued a message Tuesday to all members of the Defense
Department, emphasizing that stopping sexual assault
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3. April 5, 2013 — MOUNTAINEER 3
Hagel announces fewer furlough days
By Nick Simeone
American Forces Press Service
$41 billion (in cuts) now
versus the $46 billion.”
But despite a
“We came out better than
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department has
revised from 22 to 14 the number of days hundreds of
Congressional reprieve,
Hagel said the Pentagon
we went in under the
thousands of civilian employees could be furloughed is still going to be short sequester, where it looks
this year because of the budget sequester, Defense at least $22 billion for
Secretary Chuck Hagel announced March 28. operations and mainte- like our number is
In addition, a senior Defense Department official
speaking on background told reporters the start of the
nance, “and that means
we are going to have to
$41 billion (in cuts) now
furloughs will be delayed until mid-to-late June, after
more than 700,000 department employees receive
prioritize and make some
cuts and do what we’ve
versus the $46 billion.”
— Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
furlough notices now set to go out in early May. got to do,” including
Furloughs would happen over seven two-week making sharp reductions
pay periods until the end of September, when the in base operating sup-
current fiscal year ends, the senior official said, with port and training for nondeployed units. through the fiscal year and characterized the current
employees likely to be told not to come to work for More critical in the long run, he said, is how budget situation as “not the deepest, but the steepest
two days during each of those pay periods. budget cuts will affect readiness and the department’s decline in our budget ever,” and warned it will
Department officials say they are still working to overall mission. Because of that concern, he said he affect military readiness into the future.
determine which employees might be exempted. has directed Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter “We will have to trade at some level and to some
Hagel characterized the reduced furloughs as and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the degree our future readiness for current operations,”
well as a revised estimate of sequestration’s impact on Joint Chiefs of Staff, to conduct an intensive depart- the chairman said.
the defense budget as good news. The changes follow mentwide review of U.S. strategic interests including He called on elected leaders to give the
Congressional approval of a defense appropriations how to protect the nation with fewer resources. Pentagon the budget flexibility it needs to carry out
bill that prevented an additional $6 billion in cuts, “How do we prioritize the threats and then the institutional reforms.
ordered under sequestration, from taking effect. capabilities required to deal with threats?” he said. “We can’t afford excess equipment,” Dempsey
“It reduces a shortfall at least in the operations “There will be some significant changes, there’s no said. “We can’t afford excess facilities. We have to
budget,” the secretary told reporters at a Pentagon way around it.” reform how we buy weapons and services. We have
news conference. “We came out better than we went in Dempsey said the department has already to reduce redundancy. And we’ve got to change, at
under the sequester, where it looks like our number is exhausted 80 percent of its operating funds halfway some level, our compensation structure.”
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4. 4 MOUNTAINEER — April 5, 2013
America pays tribute to Families of fallen military
By Luke Elliott Engeman, Survivor Outreach Services
U.S. Army Installation Management Command Program Manager, U.S. Army
Installation Management Command.
SAN ANTONIO — America will pay respect “The sacrifices of a Gold Star wife
Friday to the spouses and Families of fallen members reach beyond losing the person she
of the U.S. Armed Forces. considers a life partner — it is a
A resolution to designate Gold Star Wives Day loss of goals and expectations, it
was approved March 20 by the U.S. Senate in recog- impacts her identity within the
nition of the sacrifices made by these spouses and Army culture and completely
Family members. changes the path of her future.
The Senate resolution states the military service- “The importance of Gold Star ph
ot
o
y
members and veterans “bear the burden of protecting Wives Day is that it brings acknowl- rm
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the freedom of the people of the United States and … edgement to and honors the many U.S
the sacrifices of the families of the fallen members sacrifices of these incredibly courageous
and veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States and resilient women,” she said. The gold star lapel pin, left, was
should never be forgotten.” The Department of Defense presents one established by an act of Congress for issue
Gold Star Wives Day was first observed Dec. of two lapel pins to Gold Star Family members. to immediate Family members of servicemembers
18, 2010, through a Senate resolution with support The pins are worn by the survivors to recognize killed in combat. The next-of-kin pin, right, signifies a
from the Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., a non- their sacrifices and as a way for others to honor their service-related death or suicide during active duty
profit organization of about 10,000 members that family members’ military service. other than combat.
provides services and support to the spouses of The first pin is the Gold Star Lapel Pin, which
fallen servicemembers. was established by Congress in 1947 and is presented which is presented to immediate Family members
“Remembrance days like Gold Star Wives Day to spouses and Family members of servicemembers of servicemembers who die while serving outside
specifically honor the sacrifices of some of the individ- killed in combat. of combat operations. This pin features a gold star
uals a Fallen Soldier has left behind,” said Donna The second pin is the Next of Kin Lapel Pin, on a gold background.
Division Chaffin. “That’s the first direct feedback the needs such as electricity, workspaces and
“We want to from Page 1 division commander’s going to get from
the observer/trainers, and more importantly,
heating were working.
“We ended up with a pretty large plan;
emphasize they deploy and get them familiar with the it provides the division commander an generally when these exercises are done,
duties they’ll perform downrange,” said opportunity to give guidance to his staff.” there’s a mission training complex that’s
friction, the Valledor. “Our measure of success comes Personnel known as scripters were already been created and established, and
from the commander’s training objective; tasked to replicate the operational environ- it’s where they house the exercise control
chaos, the the commanding general is the actual ment; they wrote down notes to turn them personnel, all the people outside who come
difficulty, trainer, we’re supporters who help achieve
the training objective.”
into a script, which were then coded and
turned into scenarios for each day.
here to help us run the exercise,” said Capt.
Matt Hicks, network engineer, 4th Inf. Div.
challenge To make the training more realistic, “You’ve got the guys who actually run “Because we didn’t have the complex, we
teams in the white cell made trips to the simulation that provides the fake data had to do a lot of construction, buildup and
and tempo, Afghanistan and other areas of current that feels as real as it can, the guys who infrastructure ourselves, which led to us
operations to talk to leaders downrange to are assessing, evaluating and helping the installing about 70 switches, numerous
because that find out what they need to do to give the unit see itself,” said Chaffin. “We also routers, 13 miles of cable and at least 200
will make training unit a workout, said Valledor.
In addition to the more than 20 units
have a variety of response cells, which act
as virtual or mock subordinate or higher
of our own computer systems. In the end,
we had about 1,500 people coming and
a Soldier that made up the white cell, other teams units, giving us the friendly forces feed, converging at both the commissary and the
supported the division to make the training like what our brigades are doing or what digital training campus.”
better able to successful. higher is telling us to do.” As the MRX pressed on, time between
“Throughout this entire process, you’ve To set up the MRX and to keep it scenarios shortened, and the intensity
perform down got the observer/trainer teams who are operational, division and network increased each passing day.
the road.” evaluating, assessing and working with the
staff sections; so they’re taking notes,
engineers revamped the old commissary
building on Fort Carson to house supporting
“One of the things that tend to happen
in an MRX is that the operation tempo is
— Lt. Col. Jack Chaffin comparing notes, and about halfway units. They also planned and worked much higher than your everyday experience
through the exercise, we’ll stop and there throughout the exercise to keep communi- in a deployed environment, it’s very fast
will be a mid-after action review,” said cations running and to make sure physical paced,” said Chaffin. “One of our jokes is
imagining the worst week in a future area of
operation, and that’s what we try to replicate
during the MRX. We want to emphasize
friction, the chaos, the difficulty, challenge
and tempo, because that will make a Soldier
better able to perform down the road.”
Maj. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, Chaffin said one of the main objectives
commanding general, 4th of the intense training environment is to
Infantry Division and ensure the Soldiers are fully prepared to
Fort Carson, presents the go downrange and that they can handle
Army Commendation Medal whatever is thrown at them.
to Capt. Matt Hicks, “The commanding general said early
network engineer, 4th on that we don’t want to build bad muscle
Inf. Div., during an award memory,” said Chaffin. “The best way to
ceremony at the division train the basic (Soldiering skills) is repetition,
headquarters building, and if you can do it under a degree of stress,
to recognize Soldiers it’s that much more effective. The real
for their hard work during idea is to make the training harder than a
the Mission Rehearsal deployment is ever going to be, because if
Exercise, March 29. we can handle this, then we know we’ve got
Photo by Spc. Nathan Thome the deployment locked in.”

5. April 5, 2013 — MOUNTAINEER 5
SMA visits Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler speaks to
Soldiers at Camp Buehring about challenges facing
today’s Army during a visit to Kuwait, March 25.
Soldiers
in Kuwait
Story and photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram
1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public
Affairs Office, 4th Infantry Division
“You have to recognize the things that make us who
we are as Soldiers and what the American people expect
from us,” he said. “We are held to a higher standard
Chandler also answered questions posed by Camp
Buehring Soldiers about the future of the Army.
The sergeant major of the Army answered
than most, we are the top 1 percent. It is not enough to Soldiers’ questions directly and demonstrated the
CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait — Sgt. Maj. of the be competent. We must have character, and we must Army leadership’s respect for their enlisted Soldiers’
Army Raymond F. Chandler III spoke to Soldiers about be committed to our nation and to this profession.” concerns, said Sgt. Harold Hoover, Company C, 1st
many of the challenges the Army currently faces during Chandler also emphasized Army leadership’s Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored
a visit to Camp Buehring, Kuwait, March 25. goal of eliminating suicide and sexual assault Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.
The Army’s senior enlisted leader, tasked with throughout the force, and the individual Soldier’s role “He gave us a better perspective on what is going
the training and welfare of the force, spoke about in the prevention of both. on throughout the Army,” Hoover said. “He cleared up
the troops’ commitment and the standards by which “The standard is to eliminate sexual assault,” he a lot of my Soldiers’ questions right off the bat before
they should be living. said. “We had fewer assaults last year than the year they even asked and spent a lot of time answering
“There are a lot of things I want to talk about, but before, but any sexual assault is too many. Preventing others’ questions as well.”
the first thing I want to say is ‘thank you,’” Chandler it starts with the little things. Stop letting inappropriate Spc. William Grimaldo, Company B, 4th Brigade
said. “You are out here in the desert; you are away jokes slide in the workplace; even careless words Support Battalion, 1st ABCT, 4th Inf. Div., said the
from your Families and loved ones. I understand that can lead to sexual assault. visit showed the importance Chandler places on
is tough; but we are grateful for your service and your “The Warrior Ethos teaches us to never leave a enlisted Soldiers.
commitment to the nation.” fallen comrade,” he continued. “Yet the suicide rate “He let us know that the military is doing (its)
Chandler encouraged Soldiers to remain resilient continues to climb. We are all responsible for the best to help us out, to get the things we need,”
and ready to confront challenges facing troops in welfare of our brothers and sisters in arms. We must Grimaldo said. “I really appreciate him taking the
today’s Army. look out for each other.” time to speak with us and answer our questions.”

6. 6 MOUNTAINEER — April 5, 2013
Special
Forces
scale
frozen
peaks By Lt. Col. Steve Osterholzer
10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Public Affairs Officer
Members of the Fort Carson-based Special Forces Advanced Mountaineering
Photos by Spc. Timothy Clegg
Operations School recently conducted winter training that few Soldiers ever
A Special Forces Soldier leads a climb up a route during a mountain operations experience: ice climbing, an ascent of Longs Peak, snowmobiles and downhill
exercise in Rocky Mountain National Park. skiing were all experiences unique to the unit’s Master Mountaineering Course.
For five weeks, the 11 students — all graduates of the Senior Mountaineering
Course conducted here in the fall — learned critical skills
unique to conducting movement in a winter mountain
environment. Temperatures dipping to 10 below zero gave
new meaning to “Extreme Cold Weather Training.” Several
of the students, mostly from various Special Forces Groups
around the country, were from the South.
The course was designed to be a “train the trainer”
type of instruction, as the students now will take their
newly-acquired skills back to their Special Forces units
and government agencies. Special Forces Soldiers must
be adept at a wide variety of infiltration/movement
techniques, to include operating in a mountainous
winter environment.
“The biggest challenge for most of the students was
the altitude change,” said a cadre noncommissioned officer.
“At times, it just turned them into zombies.”
The training concentrated on three primary areas:
mountain mobility operations, high alpine movement
techniques and extreme cold weather operations. Much of
the training focused on the challenges of simply getting
from point A to point B amidst 14,000-feet mountains
buried under several feet of snow. Downhill and cross
country skiing, snowmobile movements and ice climbing
were all in a day’s work for these “Mountain Warriors.”
Rope movements, avalanche rescue and snow shelter
construction were other areas they trained on.
“An ascent of a 14,000 (foot) mountain is challenging
under any conditions,” said one of the Special Forces cadre.
“Scaling Longs Peak in winter really tested the students’
skill and determination in these extreme conditions.”
Training was conducted at Breckenridge Ski Resort,
the backcountry of Rocky Mountain National Park and
national forest land near Gunnison. Several 4th Infantry
Division Soldiers were able to participate in the training as
the cadre honed its instruction techniques in downhill
skiing as a handful of the division Soldiers served as
students on the slopes of Breckenridge during trainup in
late February.
The learning curve was steep.
“For one of the students, it was his first time on skis,”
said a cadre member. “Within just a few days he had to go
from essentially being a beginner on the bunny hill to
descending black diamond runs, skinning up the mountain
and pulling a sled full of gear.”
The students had to utilize all their newly-acquired
skills in a culmination exercise, where they planned and
executed a night raid.
“Special Forces Soldiers are unique warriors,” said a
cadre NCO. “The harsh weather conditions, high altitudes
and extreme terrain pushed them to their limits. They now
Master Mountaineering Course students scale an icy waterfall at Rocky Mountain National Park as will take these hard-won skills back to their unit and serve
fellow Soldiers belay from below. as subject-matter experts in the demanding mission of
mountaineering operations.”

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Miscellaneous Fort Carson dining facilities hours of operation
The Directorate of Public Works Recycle Program DFAC Friday Saturday-Sunday Monday-Thursday
staff — is marking all outside, military unit or Stack Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Closed Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.
contractor, recycling dumpsters and roll offs Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
containing the wrong recyclable commodity or Dinner: Closed Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.
trash with a red sign and the containers will not be Wolf Breakfast: 6:45-9 a.m. Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Breakfast: 6:45-9 a.m.
picked up for emptying until the problem is Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
corrected. The signs state “Red tagged container Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.
is not acceptable until content meets Fort Carson
recycling requirements.” Segregating waste Warfighter Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Closed Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.
manually through the recycle staff is time consuming (Wilderness Road Complex) Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
and costly. Units needing assistance with waste Dinner: Closed Dinner: Closed
recycling can call 526-5898. LaRochelle Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Closed Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.
German Armed Forces Military Proficiency Badge 10th SFG(A) Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
— training and testing is conducted monthly. Events Dinner: Closed Dinner: Closed
include swimming, marksmanship, track and field
events (100-meter dash, shot put, long jump or high Dorcey at 526-6670 or email bryan.s.dorcey.civ@ building 1129, Freedom Performing Arts Center.
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and a 12-kilometer road march. Upon completion • Elevator maintenance — Call Bryan and the briefing starts at 7:30 a.m. Sign-in for
of all required events, Soldiers are awarded a Dorcey at 526-6670 or email bryan.s.dorcey. personnel being reassigned stateside is at 1 p.m.,
badge in gold, silver or bronze level — determined civ@mail.mil. with the briefing starting at 1:30 p.m. Soldiers are
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This is a foreign military award authorized to be Call Dennis Frost at 526-6997 or email 5118, signed by their physician and battalion
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Soldiers should submit packets through their chain • Repair and utility/self-help — Call Gary 526-4730/4583 for more information.
of command to Sgt. Michael Phillips at 524-4944 Grant at 526-5844 or email gerald.l.grant2.civ Army ROTC Green-to-Gold briefings — are held
or email michael.j.phillips6.mil@mail.mil. For @mail.mil. Use this number to obtain self-help the first and third Tuesday of each month at noon
more information contact Chief Warrant Officer 4 tools and equipment or a motorized sweeper. at the education center, building 1117, room 120.
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Call 526-4454 or 524-2594 for more information. request latrines, for service or to report damaged • Initial and partial issues — Monday-
Recycle incentive program — The Directorate of or overturned latrines. Friday from 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Public Works has an incentive program to • Signs — Call Jim Diorio, Fort Carson • Cash sales/report of survey — Monday-
prevent recyclable waste from going to the landfill. Support Services, at 896-0797 or 524-2924 or Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Participating battalions can earn monetary rewards email jdiorio@kira.com to request a facility, • Direct exchange and partial turn ins —
for turning recyclable materials in to the Fort Carson parking or regulatory traffic sign. Monday-Friday from 7:30-11:30 a.m.
Recycle Center, building 155. Points are assigned for The Fort Carson Trial Defense Service office — is • Full turn ins — by appointment only; call
the pounds of recyclable goods turned in and every able to help Soldiers 24/7 and is located at building 526-3321.
participating battalion receives money quarterly. Call 1430, room 233. During duty hours, Soldiers • Unit issues and turn ins — require
526-5898 for more information about the program. should call 526-4563. The 24-hour phone number approval, call 526-5512/6477.
First Sergeants’ Barracks Program 2020 — is for after hours, holidays and weekends is 526-0051. Education Center hours of operation — The
located in building 1454 on Nelson Boulevard. Mountain Post Training and Education Center,
The hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Briefings building 1117, 526-2124, hours are as follows:
Monday-Friday. The office assists Soldiers with 75th Ranger Regiment briefings — are held • Counselor Support Center — Monday-
room assignments and terminations. For more Tuesdays in building 1430, room 150, from Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Fridays 11
information call 526-9707. noon to 1 p.m. Soldiers must be private-sergeant a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Sergeant Audie Murphy Club — The Fort Carson first class with a minimum General Technical • Army Learning Center — Monday-
Sergeant Audie Murphy Club meets the third Score of 105; be a U.S. citizen; score 240 or Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday of each month at the Family Connection higher on the Army Physical Fitness Test; and • Defense Activity for Nontraditional
Center from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The SAMC pass a Ranger physical. Call 524-2691 or visit Education Support and Army Personnel Testing —
is open to all active members and those interested http://www.goarmy.com/ranger.html. Monday-Friday 7:30-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-4:30 p.m.
in becoming future SAMC members. The club Casualty Notification/Assistance Officer training — Repair and Utility self-help — has moved to building
was originally a U.S. Forces Command organization is held April 16-18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 217 and is open Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
of elite noncommissioned officers but is now an Veterans’ Chapel. Class is limited to the first 50 Medical Activity Correspondence Department
Armywide program for those who meet the criteria people. Call 526-5613/5614 for details. office hours — The Correspondence (Release
and have proven themselves to be outstanding Retirement briefings — are held from 8 a.m. to of Infor mation) Office in the Patient
NCOs through a board/leadership process. noon the second and third Wednesday of each Administration Division hours are Monday-
Contact SAMC president Sgt. 1st Class Dawna month at the Freedom Performing Arts Center, Wednesday and Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Brown at 526-3983 for information. building 1129 at the corner of Specker Avenue and closed Thursday and federal holidays. Call
Directorate of Public Works services — DPW is and Ellis Street. The Retirement Services Office 526-7322 or 526-7284 for details.
responsible for a wide variety of services on Fort recommends spouses accompany Soldiers to the Work Management Branch — The DPW Work
Carson. Services range from repair and maintenance briefing. Call 526-2840 for more information. Management Branch, responsible for processing
of facilities to equipping units with a sweeper and ETS briefings — for enlisted personnel are held work orders — Facilities Engineering Work
cleaning motor pools. Listed below are phone the first and third Wednesday of each month. Requests, DA Form 4283 — is open for processing
numbers and points of contact for services: Briefing sign in begins at 7 a.m. at the Soldier work orders and other in-person support from
• Facility repair/service orders — Fort Readiness Building, building 1042, room 244, 7-11:30 a.m. Monday-Friday. Afternoon
Carson Support Services service order desk can be on a first-come, first-served basis. Soldiers must customer support is by appointment only, call
reached at 526-5345. Use this number for emergen- be within 120 days of their expiration term of 526-2900. The Work Management Branch is
cies or routine tasks and for reporting wind damage, service, but must attend no later than 30 days located in building 1219.
damaged traffic signs or other facility damage. prior to their ETS or start of transition leave. Claims Office hours — are Monday-Friday from 9
• Refuse/trash and recycling — Call Eric Call 526-2240/8458 for more information. a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m., located on the first floor
Bailey at 719-491-0218 or email eric.e.bailey4. Disposition Services — Defense Logistics Agency of building 6222, 1633 Mekong Street. Shipment
civ@mail.mil when needing trash containers, trash Disposition Services Colorado Springs, located in under Full Replacement Value claimants must
is overflowing or emergency service is required. building 381, conducts orientations Fridays from submit Department of Defense Form 1840R or After
• Facility custodial services — Call Bryan 12:30-3:30 p.m. The orientations discuss DLA Delivery Form 1851 for additionally discovered
processes to include turning in excess property, items to the carrier within 75 days online. Claimants
reutilizing government property, web-based tools must log into Defense Personal Property System at
BOSS meetings are held the first available, special handling of property and environ- http://www.move.mil and submit the claim within
and third Thursday of each month mental needs. To schedule an orientation, contact nine months directly to the carrier to receive full
from 2-3:30 p.m. at The Foxhole. Arnaldo Borrerorivera at arnaldo.borrerorivera@ replacement value for missing or destroyed items. All
Contact Cpl. Rachael Robertson at dla.mil for receiving/turn in; Mike Welsh at other claims should be submitted to the Claims
524-2677 or visit the BOSS office in room 106 of The mike.welsh@dla.mil for reutilization/web tools; or Office within two years of the date of delivery or date
Hub for more information. Text “follow CarsonBOSS” Rufus Guillory at rufus.guillory@dla.mil. of incident. Call the Fort Carson Claims Office at
to 40404 to receive updates and event information. Reassignment briefings — are held Tuesdays in 526-1355 for more information.

9. April 5, 2013 — MOUNTAINEER 9
Civil affairs supports Jordanian special forces
By Andrea Sutherland Special Forces Group, based in Watkins, assessments of the populations and
Mountaineer staff a town east of Denver. “The Jordanian gathering atmospherics — what
government, with limited resources, the population’s perceived needs
In times of crisis and natural needs a strong international team are versus their actual needs.
disasters, civil affairs Soldiers excel. effort so they are not overwhelmed “These classes are on the
They’ve helped organize disaster relief by the Syrian refugee crisis.” fundamentals in the event that
efforts; they’ve helped governments Members of the 19th SFG the civilian capacity is overwhelmed
understand the needs of the people; partnered with Jordanian special forces and military presence is required,”
and they’ve helped plan and execute as part of the National Guard State said the 19th SFG major. “This is
the building of refugee camps. Partnership Program, a Department of their first time in the U.S. They
From March 24-29, six representa- Defense program that began in 1993 are getting a background on our
tives from the Jordanian special forces and paired each state with various structure and values.”
capitalized on this expertise, learning countries as part of a partnership Jordanian representatives
from the experiences of Soldiers. capacity-building effort. learned best practices for
“This is a roundtable of best As part of that partnership, organizing camps, keeping
practices,” said Maj. George Meyer, representatives from the 19th refugees informed and
440th Civil Affairs Battalion. “We’re SFG sought the expertise providing a refugee-led
facilitating the discussion, a doctrine 101, of local civil affairs units, government within the
but we’re learning from them as well.” linking the Jordanians with camps to help address needs.
Meyer said that his battalion’s focus members from the 440th Civil “We want to discourage
is primarily on Pacific countries, but Affairs Bn. the prison perception, this is
much of the doctrine is transferable. “The relationship between the their temporary home,” said Capt.
As unrest in Syria continues, U.S. and Jordan has been strong since Ivan Nunez, 440th Civil Affairs Bn.,
refugees fleeing the war-torn country the 1960s,” said Jordanian Lt. Col. addressing the Jordanians. “People
have made their way to neighboring Mohammad Sabra. “In these should govern themselves, police
Jordan. exchanges, we learn how to do things Camps housing refugees exist, themselves and capitalize on the skill
Although humanitarian and civilian we may not have expertise in. The U.S. but Jordanian representatives sets already present, such as doctors.”
organizations have helped take in tens experience is more than ours. … These expressed fear that those camps are Nunez stressed that the primary
of thousands of refugees, Jordanian kinds of meetings and exchanges already over capacity. objective in organizing refugee camps
military officials are preparing to take strengthen our relationship.” “One of the camps was built for is to minimize civilian interference
control, if needed. Sabra said that because the 85,000 (people),” Sabra said. “But with military operations and to protect
“There are 437,000 Syrian refugees Jordanian military does not have its it’s currently housing close to civilians from combat operations while
registered in Jordan, but there is a fear own civil affairs team dedicated to 148,000 (people).” helping to prevent the outbreak of
that if you include the unregistered handling crises, such as the thousands For three days, civil affairs disease and relieve refugee suffering.
refugees that this number had doubled,” of refugees, their soldiers are tasked representatives briefed Jordanians on
See Support on Page 11
said a major with 5th Battalion, 19th with the additional duties. refugee camp maintenance, conducting
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10. 10 MOUNTAINEER — April 5, 2013
Masters
champion
trains
trainers Story and photos by
Staff Sgt. Henry W. Marris III
practice various exercises as Ramos walked around
and provided on-the-spot instruction, helping to
Sgt. Tonya Monroe, second from right, and Sgt. Arielle
Gates, both with Company A, 64th Brigade Support
Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
3rd Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, ensure they were doing the exercises correctly. Division, listen as Don Ramos, left, a 79-year-old
4th Infantry Division “Now that we are getting into more technical power lifting champion, provides instruction on
lifts, having someone with that much experience Monroe’s technique.
A 79-year old weightlifter who holds multiple helping us out, teaching us these technical lifts, it
national and world records shared some of his was priceless,” said Sgt. Frankie Lodolce, mechanic,
knowledge with noncommissioned officers from 64th Company B, 64th BSB, 3rd BCT. “We are going to Soldiers in their respective units when performing the
Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat have that experience to teach our Soldiers the right exercises that make up the TAP fitness regimen. It
team, 4th Infantry Division, March 22 at Garcia thing to do.” also helps the strength and conditioning coaches at
Physical Fitness Center. The NCOs attend the training in order to assist the fitness center who sometimes have to watch more
Don Ramos was invited to teach a than 100 Soldiers perform the exercises.
train-the-trainer class as part of 3rd Chase Beideck, the strength and conditioning
BCT’s Tactical Athlete Program, which specialist assigned to 3rd BCT, said Ramos’
is normally taught by the strength and vast knowledge of the sport of weightlifting was
conditioning coaches who work at the beneficial to him just as much as it was to the
fitness center. NCOs attending the training.
According to the USA Masters “I have been lifting weights for about 14 years,”
Weightlifting website, Ramos holds 16 said Beideck, “but it’s not until you come across good
U.S. records and 15 world records. coaches that you can really pick up on the subtleties
Adding to the feat, his records are in of the various lifts. It’s great to have someone with
multiple age and weight categories. that kind of knowledge to come in and teach the lifts.”
“I wanted to help the Soldiers better
understand how to do what it is they are
doing,” Ramos said. “I think if you Chase Beideck, strength and conditioning specialist,
don’t understand the biomechanics of Garcia Physical Fitness Center, demonstrates
what you are doing, you can ruin your proper lifting technique to noncommissioned
lifting and risk injury.” officers from 64th Brigade Support Battalion,
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Courts-Martial
Pfc. Sergio Uribe, Company F, 1st to reduction to staff sergeant and during a March 22
The following are the results of cases
tried on Fort Carson from March 12-28.
Inf. Div., was convicted, by a military
Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, three months confinement. general court-martial. judge, consistent with his pleas, of
1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, Sgt. Paul H. Sasse, Headquarters and He was sentenced to one specification of absence from
4th Infantry Division, was convicted, Headquarters Detachment, Group reduction to private, forfeiture of all his unit, Article 86; five specifications
by a military judge alone, consistent Support Battalion, 10th Special pay and allowances and a bad of wrongful use of a controlled
with his pleas, of attempted posses- Forces Group (Airborne), was conduct discharge. substance, Article 112a; and six
sion of child pornography, indecent convicted, by a military judge Pvt. Jesse D. Minick, Company D, 1st specifications of wrongful distribution
acts and possession of child alone, consistent with his pleas, of Bn., 67th Armor Reg., 2nd BCT, 4th of a controlled substance, Article
pornography during a March 12 one specif ication of resisting Inf. Div., was convicted, by a military 112a, during a March 26 general
general court-martial. He was apprehension, Article 95; three judge alone, consistent with his pleas, court-martial. He was sentenced to
sentenced to reduction to private, specifications of assault, Article of seven specifications of failure to forfeiture of all pay and allowances, 32
forfeiture of all pay and allowances, 128; one specification of disorderly report, Article 86; one specification months confinement and a bad
20 months confinement and a bad conduct, Article 134; and two of violating a general regulation, conduct discharge.
conduct discharge. specifications of communicating a Article 92; three specifications of Pfc. Dustin Dellinger, Company B,
Sgt. 1st Class Cameo D. Meyers, threat, Article 134, during a March wrongful drug use, Article 112a; and 204th BSB, 2nd BCT, 4th Inf. Div.,
Headquarters and Headquarters 21 special court-martial. He was one specification of communicating was convicted, by a military judge
Company, 704th Brigade Support sentenced to reduction to private a threat, Article 134, during a March alone, consistent with his pleas, of
Battalion, 4th BCT, was convicted, and 11 months confinement. 25 general court-martial. He was one specification of absence without
by a military judge alone, consistent Spc. Justin R. Colby, Company C, sentenced to forfeiture of all pay and leave, Article 86, during a March 28
with her pleas, of two specifications 704th BSB, 4th BCT, 4th Inf. Div., allowances, eight months confinement general court-martial. He was
of wrongful use of drugs, Article was convicted, by a military judge, and a bad conduct discharge. sentenced to reduction to private,
112a, during a March 15 special consistent with his pleas, of two Pvt. Michael C. McFadden, Company A, eight months confinement and a bad
court-martial. She was sentenced violations of Article 85, desertion, 1st Bn., 8th Inf. Reg., 3rd BCT, 4th conduct discharge.
Support Sudanese refugees in Kenya. and a voice helped quell that fear. He Jordanians appreciated the knowledge
from Page 9 “Every night, the elected repre- also encouraged the Jordanians to 440th Civil Affairs Soldiers shared.
sentatives within the camp met to help keep refugees engaged. “As a military, we would like
“They are not enemy prisoners of discuss the issues,” he said. “It “You have to keep people busy,” for us to be open to knowing
war,” he said. “They are refugees.” was proficient.” he said. “People who are bored and understanding (the refugees’)
Sgt. 1st Class Mark Kostoulakos, Kostoulakos said that while abuses find trouble.” needs,” he said. “We want to be open
440th Civil Affairs Bn., shared his of power could arise, making sure Sabra, who served as the interpreter minded. … We want a chance to
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