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Ayden Frail, 5, visits with U.S. Army Reserve pilots and crew chiefs at Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment at Simmons Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 18, 2013. Ayden was diagnosed with neuroblastoma last year on Thanksgiving Day. He visited the unit because he “really likes helicopters.” (Photo by Timothy L. Hale/U.S. Army Reserve Command)

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2 Double Eagle - October 2013 Addressing global issues through EPO, P3i By Erin Thede Talley identified the promotion of water security as a way U.S. Army Reserve Employer Partnership Office to prevent conflict and introduced the U.S. Army Reserve's unique approach, applying its expertise and capacity, while On Sept. 10, 2013, the U.S. Army Reserve Employer simultaneously training U.S. Soldiers to solve water security Partnership Office participated in the first Summit on Water challenges. Security and Conflict Prevention. The Army Reserve participation in the summit marks the The Summit was co-hosted by the U.S. Institute of Peace, beginning of the developing P3i program that will enhance the Association of the United States Army, and the U.S. Water unit, leader, and individual readiness for our Soldiers. Partnership. During the recent Army Reserve Senior Leader Forum in Along with Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley, U.S. Army Reserve Colorado, Talley outlined how the Employer Partnership Office Command commanding and P3i will work together general, invited leaders to solve global issues such as included Dr. Andrew Steer, water security. World Resources Institute “They have to be solved president and Jeff Seabright, by the private-public sector Coca-Cola’s vice president and we're in a unique place to of environment and water bring that partnership together resources. because we're citizen-Soldiers,” The summit served as the Talley said. launch of the “Water Security Talley envisions evolving and Conflict Prevention Trust” the functionality and mission initiative that includes leaders of the current Employer across multiple disciplines to Partnership Office, which has include scientific, military, more than 4,000 agreements and national security. The goal in place, to help Soldiers build of the summit was to bring their civilian-acquired skills attention to the trend in water under a private sector model. scarcity and risk involved to P3i will pursue increase conflict. opportunities discussed at the Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, summit to create networks of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers organizations and mechanisms commanding general, to assist in the continued highlighted the connections cultivation and development between conflict and water Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley, U.S. Army Reserve Command of civilian-acquired skills scarcity by defining objectives, commanding general moderates a panel discussion at such as training, coaching the Water Security and Conflict Prevention Summit held trends, and opportunities to in Washington, D.C., Sept. 10, 2013. The Army Reserve and mentoring, as well as the meet the challenges. is collaborating to share engineering, transportation enhancement of personal, Bostick and other and medical expertise in the effort to ensure the world’s familial, professional, and population has access to safe and secure water. (Photo by speakers urged governments to Maj. Meritt Phillips/Office of the Chief, U.S. Army Reserve) military resilience skills for increase investments in water Soldiers. management infrastructure. The Army Reserve is presented with a future of constrained "Effective water resource management and resilient resources while needing to sustain its capabilities as an enduring infrastructure encourage security, encourage capital flows into operational force. Soldiers will continue to be presented with a region, and create a platform for growth and development," the challenge of balancing their military, civilian, Family, Bostick said. and personal lives. The P3i provides additional resources and Talley, who recognizes how the Army Reserve can assist training that will enhance not only their military careers but with these challenges, unveiled his U.S. Army Reserve Private- their civilian careers as well. Public Partnership Initiative, or P3i, to summit attendees. "If we look at the global problems that we have, they EDITOR’s NOTE: Additional information pulled from the U.S. cannot be solved by the government alone,” Talley said. “It Institute for Peace and U.S. Water Partnership. is going to take the private and public sectors to solve these problems ... and at the very top of the list is the environment, View videos from the summit at: http://www.usip.org/events/ climate change and water." water-security-and-conflict-prevention-summit

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Ayden Frail, 5, of San Antonio, and his grandmother, Terri Pena, visited U.S. Army Reserve pilots and crew chiefs at Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment at Simmons Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 18, 2013. Ayden was diagnosed with neuroblas- toma last year on Thanksgiving Day and Terri also has terminal cancer. “We’re just trying to do things together so they (Family) have a lot of memories,” Pena said.

4 Double Eagle - October 2013 Faith, Family, and Patriotism Fuels Little Boy’s Fight for Life Story & photos by Timothy L. Hale treatments at Children’s Methodist and U.S. Army Reserve helicopter crew U.S. Army Reserve Command Hospital in San Antonio. members. “This is the most freedom he has had “My most favorite thing about FORT BRAGG, N.C. – If you had to nine months,” said Terri Pena, Ayden’s helicopters is they shoot and they fly,” he live your life over again, what would you grandmother who accompanied him on said. do differently? the trip from San Antonio. B.J. said his son has heard None of us can go back and change Like Ayden, Terri is fighting her discussions about their family’s rich the past, and we often long for the “good own battle with cancer with tumors on military history, especially during World ol’ days” when in reality, those days are her lungs and heart. She also has Stage War II. He said it was only natural for right here in the present. 3 breast cancer. Their conditions have Ayden to sense the pride and honor of For five-year-old Ayden Atticus Frail, formed a strong bond between them as what it means to serve in uniform. there is no going back, only looking they spend their remaining days together. “He has a flight suit and a regular forward with the wide-eyed excitement “I am terminal as he is,” Terri said. U.S. Army uniform he likes to wear,” he that most children his age enjoy. “We’re just trying to do things together said. “Sometimes he goes to the doctor When you look at him, you would so they (Family) have a lot of memories.” with fatigues on. He doesn’t have a fear think he’s just like any other little boy. After more than nine months of of anyone’s thought process.” But while his eyes may be bright and treatments, coming to Fort Bragg was a His uncle, Chief Warrant Officer blue, they hide the scars of a disease that big change for Ayden. 5 Tom Baker, a U.S. Army Reserve is wrecking his young body. But on this day, Sept. 18, 2013, Command Safety officer, is also a Ayden is fighting the battle of his Ayden was living out one of his dreams helicopter pilot. life against a childhood killer – Stage 4 – to be an Army helicopter pilot – as a Although, when asked if he’d like to neuroblastoma – a cancer that develops guest of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, fly with his uncle, Ayden said, “he doesn’t from immature nerve cells found in 169th Aviation Regiment, a U.S. Army even know how to drive!” bringing several areas of the body. Reserve unit at Simmons Army Airfield laughter from those gathered in the News of his cancer arrived at the on Fort Bragg. hanger. home of B.J. and Jennifer Frail last year Dressed in a flight suit just his size, Capt. Steven Hayes, Alpha Company on Thanksgiving Day. The diagnosis set he clambered about a UH-60 Black commander, said having a young child in motion months of multiple surgeries, Hawk as if he were scaling a jungle gym chemotherapy, radiation, and other – all under the watchful eyes of family See AYDEN, Pg. 14

Ayden Frail, 5, of San Antonio, tries on a flight helmet while visiting U.S. Army Reserve pilots and crew chiefs at Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment at Simmons Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 18, 2013. Ayden was diagnosed with neuroblastoma last year on Thanksgiving Day.

October 2013 - Double Eagle 5 Davis says farewell to Fort Bragg, again

6 Double Eagle - October 2013 Former Bragg garrison commander & USARC CXO trades familiarity for new ventures

Addison “Tad” Davis IV, U.S. Army Reserve Command command executive officer, shakes hands with USARC senior leaders during his farewell ceremony at the USARC headquarters on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 16, 2013. Davis, who has more than 35 years of uniformed and civilian ser- vice with the Army, is leaving USARC for a senior manage- ment position in the civilian sector.

Story & photos by Timothy L. Hale that’s able to mobilize, deploy, conduct the mission successfully U.S. Army Reserve Command and redeploy back home and prepare for the next mission,” he said. “Everybody in this headquarters gets it.” FORT BRAGG, N.C. – After 35 years of serving in uniform Davis’s long term planning initiated the Army Reserve and as a senior civilian, Addison “Tad” Davis IV, is leaving the Investment Strategy that synchronizes and executes the facilities Army. investment agenda for the next 15 to 20 years. Davis said farewell to former colleagues and current He was also instrumental in developing the Army Reserve employees at the U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarters at Sustainability and Energy Security program that has ensured a ceremony held here, Sept. 16, 2013. that energy expenditures today are the same as they were 10 He is taking a senior management position at Corvias years ago, even though prices have risen significantly. He was Group, a fully integrated development, construction and recognized last year by General Electric as one of the nation’s property management firm that specializes in public-private top practitioners in the field of energy sustainability. partnerships with both the military and higher education. Davis has been engaged with a number of conservation, “I’ve always had the desire to work in the private sector or education, and business development initiatives in the for a non-profit following my public service,” Davis said. Fayetteville, N.C., community. During his military career, he Davis is no stranger to Fort Bragg. He served as the had a number of assignments within the airborne and special garrison commander from 2000-2003 and as the USARC operations organizations. command executive officer since 2010, initially taking the job As Davis closes the military chapter of his life and opens when the headquarters was located at Fort McPherson, Ga. a new one, he said he hopes that he is remembered for his Over the past three years, Davis has successfully contributions to the nation. accomplished several major projects on behalf of the Army “I think I’d like them to say, ‘He gave it everything he had Reserve. each and every day to make the Army a better place to be for He managed the relocations of the USARC headquarters our Soldiers, our civilians, and our Families,’” Davis said. from Atlanta to Fort Bragg and the headquarters of the Office, Davis, who spent many years at Bragg dating back to when Chief of the Army Reserve from Crystal City, Va., to Fort he was a child, said serving here is unlike any other post. Belvoir, Va. He also oversaw the construction of 125 new Army “Fort Bragg is not really a place on the map you go to, it’s a Reserve facilities while closing 179 aging facilities in support of way of life,” Davis said. “You set the standard for the rest of the the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure. Army. “It’s been one challenge after another,” Davis said. “But “That was one of the exciting things about bringing the what stands out in my mind after all these different challenges Army Reserve here to Fort Bragg,” he said. “Now, we can take – whether it was the move, sequestration, furloughs, continuing an already good Army Reserve and make it even better. resolutions we faced every year – it’s the resiliency of the team “It is a special place,” Davis continued. “An unless you’ve here. been here and experienced it first-hand, I don’t think you get it. “They understood, at the end of the day, what the mission Those of you who have been here a couple of days and weeks, was. That is to make sure we’ve got a trained and ready force it’ll grow on you after awhile.”

October 2013 - Double Eagle 7 ’s story oneA 36-star flag MANand an American POW are reunited at USARC

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Artifacts: National Museum of the Army Reserve, Illustration: Timothy L. Hale/U.S. Army Reserve Command World War II prisoner of war Bernard FORT BRAGG, N.C. – A World War II prisoner of war shared his experiences Rader, who was assigned to the 301st Regiment, 94th Infantry Division, from with U.S. Army Reserve Command Soldiers and civilians at a presentation 1943-45, gave a presentation at the hosted by the National Museum of the Army Reserve, Sept. 10, 2013, here at U.S. Army Reserve Command on his the command’s headquarters. war-time experience to Soldiers and Army civilians Sept. 10, 2013. June, Pfc. Bernard Rader, who was assigned to the 301st Regiment, 94th Infantry his wife of 61 years, has assisted with Division, from 1943-45, shared his war experiences with the aid of his wife, his presentations for more than a June, his battle buddy of 61 years. decade. (Photo by Amy Phillips/U. S. Army Reserve Command) He and his wife began giving presentations 10 years ago, at the urging of friends, to honor Andrew Gerow Hodges, the American Red Cross field director who helped set him free in 1944. When time permits, they show the award-winning World War II documentary based on Hodges, called “For One English Officer.” The presentations are also a form of speech therapy for Rader who suffered a stroke in 1999. He still has some speech impediment but is going strong at age 90. “Because I’m stubborn,” Rader said. June said her husband did not open up about his war experience until the last decade or so. “It helps because you get to talk about it,” he said. Rader begins his tale in February 1943 as a 19-year-old Jewish boy drafted as an infantryman. He was fearful of being captured by the Germans but that didn’t stop him from serving his country. “You have to do something for your country,” Rader said, while June stresses the effects of the war at the home front. “Everyone was involved in that war ... everyone had a blue star in their window,” she said. June recalled “meatless Wednesday,” how hard it was to find shoes, and how women filled jobs left by the men who went to war.

10 Double Eagle - October 2013 They gave us everything they had ... we didn’t have a chance. — Pfc. Bernard Rader 94th Infantry Div. & POW

Unlike those days, June notes that people today are not one that freed Rader and his patrol. According to Rader, 79 involved with the conflicts occurring in the Middle East unless American, British, and French troops were freed during that they have someone they know in the service. exchange. “You weren’t asked to make any sacrifices,” said June. There is a tribute to Hodges at Samford University, where Rader went to basic training at Camp Dix, N.J., and Fort he served as the chairman of the board of trustees, that credits Hood, Texas, where he learned to be an engineer. him with freeing 169 Allied prisoners. “When I was done, I was a man,” Rader said. Robert cites the exchanges had to be “rank for rank, He said the most important thing the Army ever taught branch for branch with physical condition as nearly as equal as him was discipline; something that he has used throughout his possible.” life. Rader said that he kept in touch with his hero up until The highlight of Rader’s story is the fateful patrol on Hodges’ death in 2009. October 2, 1944 at Lorient, on the south coast of France. The Raders found their way to USARC while searching for Rader was part of a 55-man patrol on what was supposed a 36-star American flag given to him and other former POWs to have been an easy mission to pick up a group of German by the people of Lorient during a visit in 2004. soldiers wanting to surrender. According to a paper written by “They didn’t know how many stars were on our flag and his son, Robert, the patrol set out at 8 a.m. not even wearing thought 36 was a good of a number as any to put on it,” Rader their M1 steel helmets because they believed it was a low-risk said. mission. For that matter, June said she is shocked that the school By 11 a.m., the quiet march along the French countryside kids they speak to today don’t even know how many stars there suddenly turned into chaos as they walked into an ambush. are on the flag, or what they symbolize. “They gave us everything they had ... we didn’t have a In 2004, Rader and fellow former POWs returned to chance,” Rader said. Lorient with a plaque they bought in honor of the French, and Rader believes that one of the French resistance fighters placed it on a wall leading up to the compound which held accompanying them was a German spy, who gave them the most of Rader’s remaining patrol. The plaque expresses their false tip that led to their capture. gratitude for the French compassion and generosity while they Robert writes of his father witnessing a fellow Soldier killed were held captive decades ago. by a “burst of machine gun fire” while trying to wave a white While they were there, they found an American flag placed flag. Dazed and wounded by a mortar shell himself, Rader said next to their plaque. After some research, they discovered a everything after that was a haze. French woman who hoped Americans would liberate them, Later, it was discovered that the patrol fought three made the flag. When the Germans invaded, she hid the flag in companies of Germans soldiers during their six-hour fight. her chimney. According to Rader, she told the Germans that Rader and the surviving members of his patrol were held discovered the bundle that she was curing a ham. captive for 47 days. He and the other wounded were kept at Rader also traveled back to Lorient in hope to find his a German-held hospital while the others were kept at a small dog tags, which were buried right before they were captured in compound. 1944. A fellow patrolman helped Rader bury the tags because He recalls that although they were not mistreated, the it bore an “H” for Hebrew - a simple letter that could have German-held hospital was ill-equipped to properly take care of spelled death for Rader. the wounded. Also, food for everyone, Germans included, was Although he never found his dog tags, he and the other scant. former POWs returned home with the rare 36-star flag now “I was a starving prisoner of war until a gallant Red Cross displayed at USARC’s basement. worker saved my life,” Rader said. Army Reserve curator, Chris Ruff, said the special flag was Rader spoke with great respect of how Hodges risked his acquired by the Army Reserve Museum in 2007. life every time he crossed the enemy line to bring supplies to Upon his Army discharge, the New York native returned the American prisoners. But his greatest feat was negotiating home, completed college, and fulfilled his dream of becoming three prisoner exchanges with the Germans. an accountant like his father. On Nov. 17, 1944, the first prisoner exchange was Today, the 94th Infantry Division is an Army Reserve conducted during an unprecedented six-hour cease-fire – the training division located at Fort Lee, Va.

October 2013 - Double Eagle 11 U.S. Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Margaret Wilmoth speaks to the audience at the Deployment Health Assessment Program leader conference at the U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarters at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 12, 2013. Wilmoth, who also serves as the Georgia State University dean of nursing, told the attending Army Reserve medial leaders that one of the most important jobs they have is to help care for the Army’s most valuable weapon system - the U.S. Army Soldier.

Story & photo by Timothy L. Hale battlefield,” the men and women who healthy Soldier to operate those, you’re U.S. Army Reserve Command have and will deploy in the future. not going to have the maximum Discussions during the two-day potential effect,” she said. FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Top medical event covered topics ranging from pre “Really investing in your people is leaders from across the U.S. Army and post-deployment health assessments, the best way, for any organization, to Reserve met to discuss the future health post-deployment health reassessments, develop and grow. So investing in our of the force as Soldiers and civilians the Yellow Ribbon Program, Veterans Soldiers and our Families is critical to continue to deploy overseas. Affairs referrals, Army Reserve Warrior the success of what we have to do in the The 2013 Deployment Health Transition Liaisons, and Comprehensive Army Reserve, for the Army and the Assessment Program leader conference Soldier and Family Fitness and Resiliency country,” she said. was held at the USARC headquarters, training. Wilmoth, who is the Dean and here, Sept. 12-13. “We all need to step out on the same Professor at the Byrdine F. Lewis School Started in 2006, the DHAP gives right foot and move forward,” Maher of Nursing and Health Professions at medical leaders the latest information, said. Georgia State University in Atlanta, also tools, and techniques to help them care Brig. Gen. Margaret Wilmoth, the has a son and daughter-in-law serving for the force. keynote speaker, said that investing in in the Army Reserve. Being both a Col. Cornelius Maher, Army Reserve people really matters. service member and a mother of a service command surgeon, said the prime task “You can have all the fancy weapon member gives her a unique perspective. of medical personnel is to take care of systems in the world, but if you don’t “It helps me appreciate the stresses the “most important weapon on the have a trained, knowledgeable, and See DHAP, Pg. 21

12 Double Eagle - October 2013 Building, testing continues on new ITRS By Kenneth Spears by command for readiness analysis and stage, Fogarty said that Team NCI has USARC ITRS Training Manager decision support. a large number of beta-testers putting “In addition to visual and functional the system through its paces. However, FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Interest and changes we’ve made to the system, access if users would like to volunteer, he anticipation continues to build among to ITRS will become more restricted encourages them to contact the help Individual Training and Readiness System in order to meet information assurance desk. users as Team NCI prepares to launch the security requirements,” Fogarty said. “We believe it’s critically important modernized version of ITRS. “Users will only be able to access ITRS to include the ITRS community in This new version of ITRS, slated to from a military network. Access from this next stage of testing,” Fogarty said. launch Dec. 1, incorporate enhancements commercial networks will no longer be “Active ITRS users have followed the new requested by the ITRS community. available.” ITRS development with great interest The current ITRS product has been Fogarty said that new ITRS and have offered many suggestions that in existence since 1997. incorporates a “roles-based” access that we’ve incorporated in the new system. “While there have been some will determine the level of access users Involving these folks in beta-testing will modifications to the data sets and will have and what information they can give them the opportunity to see the new reports, there have been little design and see. product ‘come to life,’ and ensure the functional modifications made to the “Access levels will be based on user’s smooth launch of what we believe is a system as a whole,” said Rick Fogarty, UICs,” he said. “Users currently at the quality product,” Fogarty said. ITRS Program Manager for Team NCI. company level will only have access to “That will change shortly as we migrate to their assigned company, while users at ITRS users that would like the new ITRS product.” a battalion level will be able to view the to volunteer to be a part of ITRS is accessed on a regular basis by entire battalion.” the new ITRS beta-testing tens of thousands of Soldiers and civilians While much of the initial to determine unit readiness. ITRS extracts development work for the ITRS has should contact the ITRS Soldier data from multiple databases, and been completed, continuous internal Help Desk at usarmy.usarc. displays that data at one location in a testing of the new product has been the [email protected] consolidated form and format via standard focus of the ITRS team. Very soon, the and express their interest. and custom reports. ITRS eliminates the ITRS team will reach out to the ITRS Or they may contact the need to access databases individually, community for users who would like and instead, consolidates the data, and to participate in the user group testing help desk by telephone at provides a speedy and efficient one-stop process. 855-222-8950. shop for information, which is then used Based on ITRS current development

An example of the Individual Train- ing and Readiness System tri-fold brochure. The brochure outlines some of the key new changes to the ITRS program to include log- in, report creation, and storage in a new filing module entitled “Rucksack.” If ITRS users have not received this brochure, they can contact the ITRS help desk.

October 2013 - Double Eagle 13 Ayden Frail, 5, of San Antonio, center of the front row, visits with U.S. Army Reserve pilots and crew chiefs at Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment at Simmons Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 18, 2013. Ayden was diagnosed with neuroblastoma last year on Thanksgiving Day. He visited the unit because he “really likes helicopters.” Capt. Steve Hayes, Alpha Company commander, said, “Sometimes we get wrapped up in our duties and we forget, and maybe, in a sense, we start feeling sorry for ourselves. Then you realize there is somebody who has it a lot worse than we do. It’s our duty to put life into perspective and honor those and give a smile to somebody less fortunate than we are.”

AYDEN Follow Ayden’s story on Facebook from Pg. 5 https://www.facebook.com/ like Ayden visit his unit helps put life in perspective. AydenAtticusAngels “Sometimes we get wrapped up in our duties and we forget, and maybe, in a sense, we start feeling sorry for ourselves,” Hayes said. “Then we realize there is somebody who has it a lot worse than we do. WHAT IS NEUROBLASTOMA? “It’s our duty to put life into perspective and honor those and give a Neuroblastoma is a cancer that smile to somebody less fortunate than we are,” he said. develops from immature nerve No one knows how long Ayden has, but one thing is for sure – if cells found in several areas of the he beats his cancer, he wants to be a Soldier when he grows up “because body. Neuroblastoma most com- they protect people.” monly arises in and around the It’s that sense of protection that seems to drive Ayden in his fight. adrenal glands, which have sim- “He says that God sent him here to show everyone how to love one another,” she said. “He has brought thousands upon thousands of ilar origins to nerve cells and sit people, through his Facebook page, together … for one common cause. atop the kidneys. However, neu- We’re all about love and Ayden’s gift is to show love to everyone. roblastoma can also develop in “Ayden is the light of our lives, the sunshine in his smile,” Terri said. other areas of the abdomen and “He’s a miracle.” in the chest, neck, and near the B.J. said Ayden fully understands what potentially lies ahead if he spine, where groups of nerve cells can’t beat the disease. He said his son calls dealing with cancer “his job exist. and he has to take care of that job” just like his mom and dad take care Neuroblastoma most common- of their own jobs. ly affects children age 5 or young- “We use the terms ‘fight’, and ‘ready to go at a moment’s notice’, er, though it may rarely occur in which is why I think he associates with the military so much,” B.J. said. older children. “It’s endlessly inspirational and I could write a book, but the book is still SOURCE: www.mayoclinic.com being written.”

14 Double Eagle - October 2013 Pick up your butts! By Timothy L. Hale Editor, USARC Double Eagle

September was pollution prevention month on Fort Bragg. I know this is October but when I saw cigarette butts in the U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command parking lot a couple of weeks ago, it made me start thinking about pollution and environmental stewardship. According to anti-cigarette butt pollution website, www. cigwaste.org, 99 percent of the 360 billion cigarettes sold in the U.S. have cellulose acetate (plastic) filters; at least one-third of those – 120 billion – are discarded into the environment. Washed into rivers, lakes and the ocean, and eaten by birds, animals and fish, they are the most littered item in the U.S. and the world. Smoking-related debris is 1/3 or more of all debris items found on U.S. beaches and in rivers and streams. A FORSCOM/USARC headquarters building policy, dat- ed Sept. 7, 2012, outlines the location of designated smoking areas. “Smoking starts and stops at designated smoking areas. There will be no smoking at back doors or walkways. Cigarette responsibility. If you make a mess, you clean it up.” butts go in designated trays, not the ground.” The Great American Smokeout will be held Nov. 21, so If you are wondering where the designated smoking areas why not start early? That would take care of disposing of the are located, they are in the back of the building along the side- butts. walk nearest the FORSCOM entrance. They are clearly marked But if you can’t, that’s alright too. Just do the environment as designated smoking areas. a favor and pick up your butts. And in those areas are designated receptacles to properly To read more about the environmental impacts of ciga- dispose of your butts. rette butts, visit http://www.cigwaste.org/wp-content/up- Lt. Col. George Ross, the FORSCOM/USARC Special loads/2013/01/cbpp-just-the-facts.pdf. Troops Battalion commander said it’s all about policing up after ourselves. CLICK HERE for Double Eagle back issues. “It’s about taking personal responsibility the actions they take and ensuring they keep Marshall Hall looking like the professional place it should be,” Ross said. Timothy L. Hale, a U.S. Air Force veteran, is an award-winning I am a former smoker who struggled for years to quit - cig- photojournalist and editor of the USARC Double Eagle. A member of arettes, then a pipe, then back to cigarettes and then eventually a number of professional organizations to include Nikon Professional going chewing tobacco. Services, he also owns a photojournalism and graphic design service and Please, do not take me the wrong way. This is by no means freelances for an international photo wire service. The views expressed in a calling out but more a message of awareness. this column are expressly his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Ross agreed. the U.S. Army Reserve Command, the Department of the Army, and/or “There is no judgment here,” he said. “It’s simply taking the Department of Defense.

October 2013 - Double Eagle 15 THIS MONTH IN ARMY HISTORY

(ABOVE and RIGHT): Chris Ruff, Na- tional Museum of the Army Reserve curator, places documents, a uniform, and other artifacts belonging to Maj. Gen. Roger W. Sandler inside a display at the USARC headquarters at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 17, 2013. The archives at the NMAR are a valuable resource available to avid historians and serious researchers. (Photos by Timothy L. Hale/U.S. Army Reserve Command)

Living documents 16 Double Eagle - October 2013 Bringing the past ... to the present By Deborah Foster-King including a library and research area, grow, the OARH strives to coordinate U.S. Army Reserve Archivist allows instant access to primary source with others in the military history documents for research by planners and community to further enhance the Whether you are researching a book, operating officials. availability of historically significant looking for old unit photographs, or Documents created by USARC and records for a growing number of seeking a better understanding of past the Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, researchers. military operations, the Office of the as well as submitted organizational The mantra of “I found it in the Army Reserve History can be your one- unit histories and documents reflecting Army Reserve archive” is ringing true stop source. the activities from major subordinate across the uniformed services – from The mission of the OARH is to commands and direct reporting units, USARC leadership to the U.S. Air Force, serve as the institutional and operational provide a comprehensive look at Army to other units and military museums. The memory of the Army Reserve. Reserve. Office of Army Reserve History invites Through the U.S. Army Reserve Seasoned with personal records researchers to use the U.S. Army Reserve Historical Research Collection Plan, the from some of the former chiefs of the Historical Collection so they, too, might OARH has amassed a treasure trove of Army Reserve, the collection includes have the opportunity to say they “found records documenting the Army Reserve’s records early as the 1918 Stars & Stripes it in the archive.” mission of providing trained and ready newspaper. Donations individuals and cohesive units to mobilize An important aspect of the collection None of this would be possible without and deploy in support of national defense is the Oral History Program. This unique and valuable donations – they are strategies. program includes topics on World War II, indispensable for the success of the Army We also preserve historically current overseas contingency operations, Reserve repository. significant records and personal papers, and other combat and non-combat Unclassified documents of interest and provide access to a well-organized, operations. include: Army manuals and publications, documented history – ultimately Recent retirement and end of tour books related to the Army and military supporting the USARC mission, its vision interviews discuss the establishment and history, diaries, letters, newspapers and and strategic purpose. early history of USARC and the shift periodicals, memoirs (verbal and written), Implementing this collection from the Army Reserve as a strategic force and photographs listing names of plan captures how the Army Reserve to an operational force. personnel, dates and descriptions of the meets the global requirements across Record copies from other agencies event or activity. the full spectrum of operations. It also include the U.S. Army Forces Command, Of particular interest are veteran encourages the study of military history the Center for Army Lessons Learned, personal accounts, information from that strengthens today’s military training, and the Army Reserve Council. Other the both world wars, Vietnam, the Gulf aids practical experience, and promotes a record groups are represented in reports, War, Iraq, Afghanistan, and anything deeper understanding of strategy, tactics, biographies and photographs, as well as relating to current overseas contingency logistics, and principles of war. details on Army Reserve domestic support operations. The Repository and Collection for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Under the leadership of Dr. Lee S. Atlanta. U.S. Army Reserve Harford, Jr., the Army Reserve history October is American Archives Month Historical Research Collection director and USARC command historian, In Dec. 2012, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley, Deborah E. Foster-King, archivist 910-570-8180 the USARHRC repository, or archive, chief of the Army Reserve, challenged [email protected] houses that documented history in more his commanders maintain a relevant unit For Army Reserve artifacts, contact the than 6,700 square feet of floor space. archive adding that “having the proper National Museum of the Army Reserve, U.S. Army Reserve Command The archive and the National documentary evidence will provide the Chris Ruff, curator Museum of the Army Reserve is located source material for published accounts 910-570-8182 at USARC headquarters at Fort Bragg, of the unit’s Soldiers in action … The [email protected] Jennifer Friend, museum specialist N.C. noteworthy achievements …” 910-570-9595 The state of the art repository, While the collection continues to [email protected]

October 2013 - Double Eagle 17 What is Immediate Response Authority? Lt. Col. Jeffrey Hunter for prior approval from a higher authority (e.g., the Secretary USARC SJA Operational Law Division of Defense or, in some cases, the geographical combatant commander). Congress recently provided the Secretary of Defense the Immediate response may include search, rescue, authority to mobilize members of the Army Reserve for evacuation, and emergency medical treatment of casualties; Defense Support to Civil Authorities missions. maintenance or restoration of emergency medical capabilities; However, this new authority has no impact a commander’s safeguarding of the public health; emergency restoration of separate Immediate Response Authority. essential public services and utilities, including fire fighting, IRA allows for: (1) a Federal military commander or water, communications, transportation, power, and fuel; responsible DoD civilian official; (2) to provide immediate emergency clearance of debris, rubble, and explosive ordnance; disaster relief; (3) in “response to a request for assistance from a and other actions. In contrast, an immediate response may not civil authority;” (4) when “time does not permit approval from include any support that would violate the Posse Comitatus higher authority;” (5) and when “imminent serious conditions” Act. exist, such as a natural or man-made disaster or emergency that Commanders who exercise IRA must comply with several causes substantial harm to the population or infrastructure (i.e., caveats and requirements. First, any assistance provided must tornado, flash flooding, forest fires); (6) which require military be provided as a last resort. Therefore, Soldiers must be the last assistance in order “to save lives, prevent human suffering, or in and the first out. Second, the request must be in writing. mitigate great property damage within the United States;” Therefore, any verbal request must be followed by a written (7) because local and State authorities are not yet capable of request. Third, the request must specify the type of support promptly and fully responding to the disaster or emergency. being requested, although the method and means of support A commander’s IRA is not based on the Stafford Act, should be left to the Commander’s discretion. Fourth, the which permits the Federal Government to provide assistance command must document all the support it provides for to civil authorities when they are overwhelmed by a disaster or reimbursement and reporting purposes. Finally, the commander an emergency, in order to save lives, alleviate human suffering, providing the support must notify the commanding generals mitigate great property damage, and protect the health and of USARC and FORSCOM, through the chain of command, safety of the population, although both seem to have a nearly by the most expeditious means available, and seek guidance for identical purpose. continuing assistance. Therefore, except for unusual circumstances, a commander A commander’s IRA is NOT a blanket authority to provide should not exercise IRA after the President has issued a Stafford unlimited military assistance, any time, anywhere, for any Act declaration for the same event. length of time. A commander’s IRA must never take precedence Every Soldier providing IRA response assistance must be over combat and combat support missions or the survival of in a paid duty status—both to protect them from possible military units. Therefore, priority must always be given to personal liability for any injuries, death, or damages they may military mission fulfillment and operational requirements, cause in the scope of their duties by providing them protection followed by support to Federal Agencies and civil authorities, in under the Federal Tort Claims Act, and to prevent an Anti- that order. Deficiency Act Violation. 1. Commanders must wait until they receive an invitation Commanders may honor requests from civil authorities by civil authorities before DOD can assist with a disaster or (e.g., governors, mayors, city managers, chiefs of police or fire emergency event. You can initiate the request, but you must be department, sheriffs, or directors of local emergency services, invited. etc.) 2. Army Reserve Soldiers may not volunteer to provide However, they may only do so if, because of urgent and the same services for free. In addition, the acceptance of unexpected circumstances, there is no time to seek and wait See IRA, Pg. 20

18 Double Eagle - October 2013 Courage, selfless service are inseparable Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Michael Cannon the field of conflict. USARC Chaplain’s Office An Army can be no more than the sum of its parts, and our parts are our people. Edmund Burke wrote, “The only thing necessary for the The national ethic cannot be maintained unless we practice triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” the same in our every day work. Whether in the office or in the Reflecting on those words as a Soldier serving in the U.S. field, we have the opportunity to serve others. To act in a way Army Reserve, it is easy to see many acts of compassion in the that lacks compassion may seem reasonable at times, but it is work of good men and women throughout our formations and not moral and if it isn't moral, it is evil. military history. To live without courage may seem a way of avoiding One of the great Army values is Selfless Service. conflict, but ultimately it is only a way of deferring to others Selflessness is an act that is taken for the good of one even the problems we ourselves should engage and resolve. at the expense of the one acting selflessly. In the Christian scriptures, Paul taught in Romans, “Do Another virtue of the American soldier is courage. not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” These two go together and should never be separated. These words give me great hope that the sacrifices we make, Without courage, selfless acts become little more than the stewardship and legacy of selfless service, doesn’t simply servitude. Without selflessness or compassion, courage can evaporate in the morning sun. become ruthless barbarism. But forged together they create a The sacrifices of a generation working to free, help, controlled strength able to accomplish much with the purpose improve or establish lives around the world, is an act of of making the world a better place. overcoming evil. Being an American Soldier means that we hold a Don’t be overcome by evil because it is fiscally smart to responsibility and stewardship for the opportunities to use the act in a way to achieve a goal at the expense of someone else. power of our Army, the will of our country, and the freedoms Don’t be overcome by evil because it is expedient even if it afforded by our Constitution to do good. seems justifiable. We cannot claim to be in the right without compassion for Be encouraged as you sacrifice for others. Your selfless those in whose lands we serve, even those enemies we meet in labors are not only recognized but are also appreciated. FORSCOM/USARC Christian Bible Study U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command hosts a weekly Christian Bible study. Studies are held each Tuesday, starting at 11:30 a.m., Room 1901 near the USARC G4. Please come and share a time of fellowship and worship with us.

“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.” Second Timothy 3:16-17

October 2013 - Double Eagle 19 Around the Headquarters

Fort Bragg’s All-American Trail closed for hunting season Fort Bragg’s All-American Trail through Jan. 2. Approximately These areas are used for closed Sept. 28 and will remain two years ago, a runner was training purposes and the closed due to hunting season. accidentally killed by a hunter presence of runners and riders The trail will reopen Jan. 2, who mistook the runner as wild can disrupt training events and 2014, when the hunting season game. become a safety hazard for ends. Runners and off-road bike the runners and riders. Fort Bragg cannot stress riders are also asked not to use Runners and riders also enough the importance of not the roads in the training areas may face trespassing charges using the trail between Sept. 28 for running routes. if found in the training areas.

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gratuitous services from an Army Reserve Opet’s Odyssey Soldier would constitute an improper Master Sgt. Steve Opet augmentation of an appropriation since an Army Reserve Soldier may not waive compensation for work they would normally perform if a statute establishes their entitlement to compensation for that work, unless another statute specifically permits a waiver. 3. Immediate response should be provided on a reimbursable basis; however, the immediate response should not be delayed or denied because of the inability or unwillingness of the requestor to make a commitment to reimburse DoD. 4. There is also a requirement to “immediately” notify the National Joint Operations and Intelligence Center (NJOIC) through the chain of command ([email protected] and/or (703) 692-4595. The NJOIC will then inform the geographical Combatant Commander. For Army and Army Reserve units, “immediate” means “within two hours” of the decision to respond. FOLLOW THE DOUBLE EAGLE ON DVIDS www.dvidshub.net/units/USARC

20 Double Eagle - October 2013 Military and civilian supervisors must complete mandatory Supervisor Development Course The U.S. Army Reserve continues to planning, position management and immediately, on your profile make sure track the completion status of the Army classification hiring, merit system the supervisor’s email address is the new mandated training for Supervisors of principles and personnel practices, enterprise mail.mil address. Civilian personnel. performance management, training and If they do not have a profile in At this time, the SDC #1-250-C53 development, recognition, incentives CHRTAS other than their AKO account course is the only Department of the and awards, coaching, counseling and email, the forwarding address must be Army headquarters approved training mentoring, leave administration, and updated to the mail.mil address. The available. many other topics. wrong email address continues to delay The course is a distance learning Enrollment in the SDC is available students’ registration. As you read this course and must be completed within through the Civilian Human Resource article take time to update your profile one year of assignment to a supervisory Training Application System at the in AKO to ensure you have the correct position. following URL site: https://www.atrrs. address – you may not be getting your The SDC is also required for army.mil/channels/chrtas. mail forwarded from AKO. Supervisors as refresher training Once you complete the registration For more information contact Jeffrey every three years. This course takes process, your supervisor will receive a Weart, Chief Civilian Training and approximately 39 hours to complete system-generated email with instructions Leader Development Office, 910-570- including a final exam. to approve your training. If your 9147 or email at jeffrey.m.weart.civ@ Course topics include: workforce supervisor does not receive an email mail.mil. DHAP Audit Readiness High Flying Eagle Award from Pg. 12 of what it’s like to be a family member of an Army Reserve Soldier,” she said. “And it helps me really understand the importance of making sure our Soldiers are ready and resilient and have all that they need to deploy,” she said. The one challenge that leaders have is helping younger Soldier understand the importance of completing the Pre-DHA, PDHA and the PDHRA, she said. “The more we can explain to the young Soldier that this (program) is about them and not just about completing another document,” she said. “It’s about making sure that we, as leaders, truly care The U.S. Army Reserve Internal Review Directorate recognizes excellence for and this is a really important thing for achieving 94 percent or higher in the Military Equipment/General Equipment their health.” (ME/GE) testing conducted by the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Financial Management & Audit Readiness by presenting the EAGLE Award. Wilmoth said that as budgets continue to tighten, it is even more Maj. Gen. Peter S. Lennon, second from left, 377th Theater Support Command important to focus on providing care. commanding general, receives the award from Maj. Gen. Luis R. Visot, left, U.S. Army Reserve Command deputy commanding general for operations, Ada “We cannot stop investing in our Campbell, supervisory auditor, and Jeff Lynch, senior auditor project manager. Soldiers,” Wilmoth said. “Coming home The 377th achieved a 94.55 percent pass rate on samples tested from October is a very important transitional time, and 2012 through July 2013. Other units achieving this distinction were 412th Theater Engineer Command, 1st Mission Support Command, and U.S. Army Civil Affairs it’s really important, even in an era of and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne). budget cuts, that we truly to consider the importance of that and make sure that This accomplishment was a huge team effort. Without the hard work of unit personnel, Soldiers and civilians and the superior effort put forth, this the health and welfare of our Soldiers accomplishment would not have been achieved. Thank you for your continued remains a top priority.” dedication and devotion to duty. (Courtesy photo)

October 2013 - Double Eagle 21 Across the Army Army Reserve could shrink to 185,000

Gen. Ray Odierno, U.S. Army chief of staff, testifies before the House Armed Services Committee, in Washington, D.C., Sept. 18, 2013, on the anticipated impact on the Army of the Budget Control Act and sequestration in fiscal year 2014. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cortez/U.S. Army) Story by J.D. Leipold unmanned aerial vehicles and the modernization of our air Army News Service defense command-and-control systems just to name a few,” warned Odierno. WASHINGTON - The Army’s chief of staff told lawmakers if The chief continued that not until fiscal years 2018 to they don’t mitigate reductions under the Budget Control Act, 2023 would readiness in modernization begin to rebalance, 85 percent of brigade combat teams would be ill-prepared for but it would also come at the expense of significant reductions contingency requirements by the end of fiscal year 2014. in end-strength and force structure. Presently, the active Army Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Ray Odierno was blunt, as is slated to drop from a war-time high of 570,000 to 490,000 he testified Sept. 18, to the House Armed Services Committee. Soldiers by fiscal year 2017. His statistic on the Budget Control Act, readiness included Further budget cuts would bring that number down to both active and reserve-component brigades, if the speed and 420,000 in the active Army, 315,000 in the National Guard magnitude of cuts are not stopped. and 185,000 in the Army Reserve. Odierno and other service chiefs said the Budget Control “This will represent a total Army end-strength reduction of Act, coupled with sequestration, will have a long-term impact more than 18 percent over seven years; a 26 percent reduction on the Army’s readiness and modernization. in the active Army, a 12 percent reduction in the Army “We’ll be required to end, restructure or delay more than National Guard, and a nine percent reduction in the U.S. 100 acquisition programs, putting at risk the Ground Combat Army Reserve,” he said. Vehicle program, the Armed Aerial Scout, the production and modernization of our aviation programs, system upgrade for CLICK HERE for complete story on Army.mil

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