Magazine Winter 2016 Published by the Ordnance Corps Association in support of the Army Ordnance Corps personnel worldwide

EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL TEAM of the YEAR 2 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016 From the 39th Chief of Ordnance Brigadier General Kurt Ryan

Greetings from the Home of Ordnance!

he state of our Corps is strong! This First, to train highly competent Ordnance is my assessment, following nearly Soldiers and develop Ordnance leaders that will Tseven months of immersion and integrate into the operating force to support and travel across the Ordnance Corps. win the current fight. Our Ordnance mission is vital to build- Second, to strengthen the total force by help- ing and sustaining combat readiness for ing our Army build and sustain levels of readi- our Army. In every component of the Total ness—individual and collective capacity— Force — Active, Army Reserve and Na- across all components. Nearly 80% of our Corps tional Guard—Ordnance professionals resides in Army Reserve and National Guard and special Ordnance teams are rebuild- formations, and all must be ready to rapidly ing, resetting, and re-training for our next mobilize, certify, deploy and execute their war- mission. fighting functions. We are truly dependent on the In the short time since my arrival, I have total force to fight and win in a complex world. visited many of the distributive Ordnance Third, we must work to strengthen our ability training centers of excellence, spanning to fully implement mission command concepts twenty-seven separate camps, posts and stations within our ranks. To lead Ordnance forces in across our great United States of America. And I the future, we must press beyond the strict con- could not be more pleased with what I have seen straints of command and control thinking and and heard in my recent visits with leaders of the operating force. The Ordnance Soldiers and lead- ers we are growing are highly competent at their war-fighting trade; committed to the defense of our Nation and its people; and compelled by strong values and exceptional character. These Soldiers span the competencies of our Corps: ammunition, explosive ordnance disposal, ex- plosives safety and maintenance special-mission teams. They thrive every day in a world of com- NAN plexity, and stand on freedom’s frontier ready to RD CE O answer the call—the inevitable alert that will propel them to deploy, survive, fight and WIN against any enemy who threatens our way of life. We should all be proud of this new generation of men and women who answer our Nation’s call to serve. They are Ordnance Strong! CO S RP As I complete my initial assessment of the Brigadier General Kurt J. Ryan, 39th Chief of Ord- Corps, I recognize the importance of commu- nance, engages with members of the 307th Brigade nicating my priorities for the Corp’s future. My Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team in their priorities are simple: Tactical Operation Center at Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana.

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ANSWERING THE CALL FOR OVER 200 YEARS! Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 3

U.S. Army Ordnance Corps Association (OCA) Ordnance P.O. Box 5251 Winter 2016 , Va. 23801 OCA Business Phone (804) 733-5596 FAX on the cover (804) 733-5599 Staff Sgt. Gideon Schwartz goes into “harm’s way” during the 2015 EOD Team of the Year competition, www.usaocaweb.org held Sept. 14-17, 2015 at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. (DOD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Jose A. Torres Jr., E-Mail Soldiers, Defense Media Activity) [email protected] [email protected] Gift Shop (804) 733-5596 President Col. (Retired) Greg Mason Executive Director Lt. Col. Michael B. McNeely CONTENTS PAGE Association Director Chief Warrant Officer 5 From the Chief of Ordnance ...... 2 (Retired) Joe Wurm by Brig . Gen . Kurt J . Ryan From the Regimental Command Sergeant Major ...... 4 by Command Sgt . Maj . Edward C . Morris

From the Regimental Chief Warrant Officer ...... 5 by Chief Warrant Officer Richard C . Myers, Jr .

From the President, Ordnance Corp Association ...... 8 by Col . (Retired) Gregory A . Mason

ORDNANCE Magazine (ISSN Sea Dragons Provide Feedback to Ordnance CSM ...... 10 1091-8159) is published by the US by Sgt . Kimberly Menzies — 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command Public Affairs Army Ordnance Corps Association, a private organization dedicated to The Making of a Stryker Systems Maintainer ...... 11 the preservation of the heritage and by Staff Sgt . Erickson Carpio and SFC Neagle Randy, Stryker Systems Maintainer Division traditions of the US Army Ordnance Ordnance Unveils New Exhibit: World War I—It Was a War of Ordnance . . . . 14 Corps. Articles appearing in this by Claire Samuelson, Director, Ordnance Training & Heritage Center publication do not necessarily reflect the position of the US Army Ord- The Ordnance Department at the Eve of War ...... 15 nance Corps, the Department of the by Karl Rubis, Ordnance School Historian Army, or the Department of Defense. Material submitted for publication is Chief of Staff Army Award for Maintenance Excellence ...... 18 subject to edit. Articles may be sent to: New Instructor Badge Program ...... 21 Editor, ORDNANCE Magazine, P.O. by Sgt . 1st Class Jeffrey M . Palmer, Instructor-Writer, Ordnance School Box 377, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. 21005-0377 or via e-mail ad- Kansas RTSM Celebrates the Ordnance Corps Birthday ...... 24 dresses. For more information by SFC Harrison McWhorter contact Mr. Joe Wurm (Chief Warrant Officer 5, Retired) at 410-272-8540; USASOAC Soldiers Win USAOAC BWC 2015 ...... 28 FAX 804-733-5599. The 2015 Explosive Ordnance Team of the Year ...... 31 Subscription Rates: Membership by Cpt Robert Hruska, Chief, Concepts, Capabilities, And Doctrine Division, Tradoc Capability Manager - EOD in the US Army Ordnance Corps by Sgt . 1st Class Aubree Davis — USASOC Public Affairs Association includes a subscription to the ORDNANCE Magazine. For non- EOD Directorate Transforms TRADOC Capabilities Manager-EOD ...... 34 member persons and organizations by Cpt Robert Hruska, Chief, Concepts, Capabilities, And Doctrine Division, Tradoc Capability Manager - EOD subscriptions are $16.00 a year in the USA and its possessions, $34.00 a Automatic Test System Modernizing for Army 2025 and Beyond ...... 36 year, foreign. by Daniel Moody, Combined Arms Support Command, Materiel Systems Directorate 4 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016 From the Regimental Command Sergeant Major Command Sergeant Major Edward C. Morris

reetings from the Home of the Ordnance Corps! Words can- Gnot express how proud I am of all the Soldiers in our Corps. Together, we have accomplished a lot over the past months and we will continue to do great things in the months ahead. We recently conducted several State of the Ordnance Corps briefings at Cy- ber School, , III Corps, Fort Hood and Joint Readiness Training Cen- ter, Fort Polk. We engaged the leaders and Soldiers at each installation in discussions about ongoing trends and leader develop- ment opportunities. They were pleased to hear about our Ordnance Corps initiatives and how lessons learned from an operational perspective will assist the Ordnance Corps as TRADOC shapes the Army. The Ordnance Corps is thrilled to welcome the first round of female NCOs in the three Mil- itary Occupational Specialties (MOSs) recently opened to female Soldiers: 91A (M1 Abrams Tank Systems Maintainer), 91M (Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems Maintainer) and 91P (Artillery Systems Maintainer). We recently participated in the quarterly FORSCOM G-4 video teleconference where Spc. Shantele Frie became the Army’s first female members of our Professional Development Of- 91M Bradley Fighting Vehicle System Maintainer fice provided an update on Ordnance products noncommissioned officer when she was promoted such as the Command Maintenance Discipline to sergeant during a ceremony held at Novo Selo Program (CMDP) website and resources for Training Area, Bulgaria, Dec. 1.

CSM Morris and members of the Ordnance Personnel Development Office with the Soldiers from the 1st Calvary Division at Fort Hood, Texas.

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— Go Ordnance! — Sustainment Starts Here! — Army Strong! — www.goordnance.army.mil/ Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 5 From the Regimental Chief Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Richard C. Myers, Jr.

reetings Team Ordnance! It has pared for the current and future fight. Readiness been nearly nine months since I is our business—both equipment and personnel. Gassumed the role as Regimental As you lead your sections, shops, and/or mainte- Chief Warrant Officer and I continue to be nance personnel I challenge you to consider the amazed at the tremendous talent filling the impact your actions have in building and sustain- Ordnance warrant officer ranks. As I travel ing readiness. across your formations, I routinely hear While building and sustaining readiness, from Commanders that our warrant offi- the Army will undoubtedly see unprecedented cers are invaluable assets to the teams they change that requires forward thinking, technical serve. I feel quite confident in saying that and tactical leaders. Ordnance warrant officers today’s Ordnance warrant officer is techni- have an opportunity to play a critical role in cap- cally competent, intelligent, focused, inno- turing and acting on important lessons learned vative, and committed just as much as any and implementing change that strives to create time in our history. effective, efficient sustainment operations. The Allow me to offer my sincere congratulations success of future military campaigns much like to all selected for advancement by the recent Ac- those of the past are dependent upon a flexible, tive and Reserve Components Warrant Officer responsive, and adaptable sustainment system Selection Boards. Promotions remain extremely led by talented subject matter experts such as competitive, and performance remains the key you. Our future will be marked by innovation, contributing factor to selection. Not long ago the Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA) identified Readiness, Future Army, and Take Care of the Troops as his top three priori- ties. As Ordnance Soldiers we play an important role in ensuring the United States Army is pre-

Ordnance Warrant Officers: Technical Experts in action!

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General Ryan continues the discussion with one of the maintenance Warrant Officers on the way to the Brigade Maintenance shelter.

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develop trust and confidence within sionals must remain grounded in our lead and influence the nearly 90,000 our force that supports flexible but Corps’ competencies. We must continue members of our phenomenal Corps. I disciplined initiative. We will work to self-develop on ‘all things Ordnance’ am counting on each and every one of hard to lead and train the force to so we can truly be experts at our complex you to help re-connect, and stay con- balance the art of command with the trade. We are our Nation’s “Armament nected for life, to our Corps. science of control in executing our for Peace” and as such, we must hone our I am immensely proud of each and war-fighting functions across mission skills each and every day to ensure we every one of you and I look forward to command, sustainment and protection are ready to operate across the full range meeting you, and training with you, as portfolios. of military operations and act decisively I find my way to your organizations, And last, I want to connect, or re- in all we do! As Ordnance profession- classrooms or training and proving connect, every Ordnance professional als—officers, warrant officers and NCOs grounds. — GO ORDNANCE! back to the Corps. Regardless of rank alike—we must continuously polish and Supports Starts Here! Army or position, we as Ordnance profes- perfect our leadership skills to effectively Strong! Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 7

CSM Morris discussed Maintenance Operations with Soldiers and leaders during his Fort Polk visit.

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finding classes at Regional Training Site-Maintenance (RTS-M) In closing, to all the active and retired Officers, Noncommissioned locations. The FORSCOM G-4 teleconference is an important Officers, Soldiers, Civilians and family members, Thanks for your venue which enables the Ordnance Corps to communicate rel- continued support. Happy New Year. — GO ORDNANCE — evant information and provide updates on our initiatives to all Supports Starts Here!! FORSCOM Sustainers.

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growth, and unprecedented technological advancements. In tasks. Don’t pass up an opportunity to teach, develop, and order to remain competitive we must update our professional educate your subordinates on creative problem solving skills throughout our career and recognize our role in fully techniques that enable them to function in highly complex committing to the value of learning daily and not just while and dynamic environments as proficient maintainers and attending a Professional Military Education course. Our managers of the Army’s equipment. Our value as technical learning environment must be one that prepares us as thinking experts rests in our ability to enhance our organizations. men and women who clearly understand the purpose behind Use that expertise to build and sustain materiel and per- the military operations in which we participate. sonnel readiness in a way that enables your commander to You can help the Army maintain the initiative and tackle achieve unity of effort and mission success. readiness as a highly specialized expert officer, leader and In closing, thank you for all you do. It is an honor to trainer by maximizing every opportunity to prepare your Sol- serve with and for you as your Regimental Chief Warrant diers to perform critical maintenance, ammunition, or MOS Officer. — GO ORDNANCE! 8 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016

Members of our ORDNANCE CORPS ASSOCIATION

Today, the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps Association ber of one of these chapters and would like some assis- is more important than ever as our Corps continues to tance to get it restarted, please contact us at 804-733-5596. decrease in size. The Association Director, Mr. Wurm, The more members and support that we have, the more we and I work very closely with the Chief of Ordnance and increase our ability to provide more scholarships and sup- the Regimental Staff to stay plugged in to the needs of port to our Soldiers and Families. Please let us know how the Corps. As I stated in my first article, my key ob- we can support you better! jectives are growing our association and promoting the Over the past several months, we have worked dili- professional and educational development of our mem- gently to build the executive council and association com- bers. This professional development has at its hallmark mittees for the Association. In the previous years, CW5(R) the mission of fostering and preserving, through educa- and Mrs. Wurm performed the functions of the council, the tion and the scholarship programs, the spirit, traditions, committees, and operated the Ordnance Gift Shop. If it had heritage, and history of the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps. not been for the Wurms, our Association would have been Our Association depends on individual and corporate long gone. I want to publicly acknowledge and thank them membership in order to thrive. At 1,363 individual mem- for their efforts. We have built a team that I am very con- bers (up 10%) and 28 corporate members, we still have fident will help us grow the Association here at Fort Lee lots of room to grow. In the past, we had chapters in North and beyond. We are fortunate to have another great former Carolina, Korea, Military District of Washington, Boston, battalion commander Association Executive Director, LTC New York, Robert E. Rooner Chapter, and Ft Gordon. As Michael McNeely; Secretaries—CW4(R) Chester Morris; of today, Fort Gordon is the only active chapter. Our mem- SGM(R) Joseph Kirby; Membership/Incentive/Publicity bership committee is trying to regain contact with previous Committee — CW5(R) Larry Giles; Investments/Finance/ members so can revive those chapters. If you were a mem- Budget Committee—CW4(R) Monty Meston; Program/

Chief Warrant Officer Five (Retired) Joe Wurm presents NCOs with the LTG Levin Hicks Campbell, Jr. Distinguished Award of Merit. Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 9

Educational Development/Special Events Committee — llihzg; www.gofundme.com/n4v0k4. You can also make Mrs. Gayle Olszyk, Ordnance Hall of Fame member. As a donation by visiting www.usaocaweb.org or by calling you can see, we have assembled a great team of volunteers 804-733-5596. We have already set up a foundation ac- ready to strengthen the Corps; however, we still need your count and have already started taking donations towards support and recommendations on how to make the Asso- $185K goal. Don’t forget about the Ordnance Store locat- ciation better. ed on Ordnance Campus in Hatcher Hall and online. We We will be starting our campaign over the next few need your support!!! months to solicit sponsorship for our annual golf tourna- We are also seeking ideas to commemorate the New ment to be held on Thursday, 12 May 2016, at Fort Lee, Home of Ordnance here on Fort Lee. If you anyone has Virginia. We will use the proceeds from the golf tourna- ideas, please contact me at [email protected]. ment to support scholarships, support Ordnance Soldiers Ideally, we would like to have the print drawn and ready and Families during the holidays and to continue to run the for issue by the Ordnance Corps’ birthday in May 2016. Association. Please continue to visit the website or email The Ordnance Corp Association takes great pride in me or Mr. Wurm if you would like to be a supporter. The supporting our Ordnance Corps, its Soldiers, Civilians, Ordnance Memorial Foundation is almost five years old and their Families. From awarding scholarships, to help- now and continuing to grow. It is important that we don’t ing Families during the holidays, to our outstanding recog- forget the Ordnance Soldiers who have paid the ultimate nition programs, we continue to keep our heritage strong. sacrifice since 9-11. If you would like to support the Ord- Thank you for helping me support our great Ordnance nance Memorial Foundation or the Association, you can Americans — GO ORDNANCE! visit either of the GoFundme sites: www.gofundme.com/

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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii—U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Edward C. Morris, the ordnance regimental command sergeant major, and Sgt. Maj. Gene E. Canada, the Ordnance Chief Enlisted Career Manager in the Personnel Development Office, met with the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command ordnance Soldiers, July 21, 2015, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

“I am here to listen to any issues and concerns that you, as Ordnance Soldiers, are experiencing, in order to do my part to help make improvements,” said Morris, when interacting with the Soldiers. The visit was an opportunity for those within the Ordnance military occupational specialty to provide direct and personal feedback to the senior enlisted leadership within their field. “We were able to discuss real issues that we are facing in our field,” said Spc. Nathan Hopf, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with Headquarters and Headquarters Bat- tery, 94th AAMDC and native of Torrance, Calif. “We discussed everything from how hard it can be to get parts, lack of equipment and the lack of man-power which makes it difficult to accomplish the mission.” “This was an opportunity for Soldiers in the Ordnance career field to have a voice,” continued Hopf. During the visit Soldiers also discussed U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Edward C. Morris, the Ordnance Regimental Command Sergeant opportunities for personal development Major, recognizes Spc. Nathan Hopf, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with Headquarters and Head- and career progression. quarters Battery, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, and native of Torrance, Calif., “It was helpful to hear about the various for his dedication to excellence in his field, July 21, 2015, during a visit at Joint Base Pearl tools that are available to us to be able to Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kimberly K. Menzies, 94th Army Air and Mis- sile Defense Command Public Affairs) progress as a Soldier in this field,” shared Hopf. “A big discussion point was men- torship, having experienced Soldiers share their knowledge with the junior Soldiers ing their questions is really beneficial “Many times it feels like maintenance is something I have been grateful to have for low density MOSs, especially with Soldiers are forgotten about or we com- provided to me from my leaders here.” the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense pletely operate in the background,” said Many Soldiers appreciated the visit be- Command, because it demonstrates that Hopf. “Being able to talk to Command cause it highlighted the importance that all commanders care about all our Soldiers Sgt. Maj. Morris and Sgt. Maj. Canada re- Soldiers play in completing the mission. equally, not just air defenders,” said Sgt. ally made me feel appreciated. Their visit “Visits that include senior leadership Maj. Kelvin Tomlinson, the 94th AAMDC definitely reinforced the importance and addressing Soldiers and personally field- Logistics Sergeant Major. relevance of our jobs.” Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 11 The Making of a Stryker Systems Maintainer by Staff Sgt. Erickson Carpio and SFC Neagle Randy, Platoon Sergeant, Stryker Systems Maintainer Division

Stryker Systems Maintainer (91S) Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) requires proficiency in a highly specialized skill set. To prepare these Soldiers for their mission, the United States Army has created a three phase Professional Development Program unique to this MOS.

The Desk Top Trainer (DTT) is a tool that is used for a Soldier to learn troubleshooting and identifying components.

he Stryker Systems Maintainer officially became an MOS offer. The Program of Instruction (POI) dictates a 1 to 4 Instruc- in October 2011. In the past, selected Wheeled Vehicle tor to Student ratio while training on the live Stryker platforms TMechanic, 91B were given an additional four weeks of or technology in Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simula- Stryker training to earn the R4 Additional Skill Identifier (ASI) tions (TADSS). Every year, approximately 300 Soldiers will to help categorize these Soldiers. The 91B with an ASI of R4 graduate this course and are assigned to support the warfighters. was capable of maintaining the automotive portion of the Stryker The Stryker Systems Maintainer Skill Based Training (SBT) while MOS 91C (Utilities Equipment Repairer) maintained concept is an intensive Three Phase professional development the air conditioning system and the 91K (Armament Repairer) strategy. It begins with a CRAWL phase—working on a com- maintained the armament systems. The 91S was created with the puter based program that provides easy entry into the skills and purpose of combining all three MOS to maintain a Stryker. concepts being taught. Soldiers quickly reap the benefits of early Soldiers must successfully complete 17 weeks of technical successes in this phase. The Desk Top Trainer (DTT) laboratory training at the Stryker Systems Maintainer Division at Fort Lee, provides an in-depth understanding of where every component Virginia to earn the MOS of 91S. Their education is trusted to the of the Stryker are located. Soldiers begin to visually identify the best Noncommissioned Officers the United States Army has to complicated systems of the Stryker. The DTT also allows instruc- 12 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016

PVT Ooms and PVT Watts maintain the brakes system with the supervision of SSG Henderson. — Photo by SSG Erickson Carpio tors to demonstrate a task on a projector on challenge with a simulated Stryker. plication of their newly acquired skills. while allowing the Soldiers to follow Soldiers learn to troubleshoot, replace They have the confidence to adapt their along on their own screens. This training defective components, and finally verify new skills to meet goals and to complete regimen allows the students to familiarize their repairs. The instructors remain tasks. At this phase, Soldiers are trouble- themselves with every component of the engaged with the Soldiers to ensure shooting and doing maintenance on live Stryker and maintenance tasks. they are progressing on course with as- Stryker vehicles with minimal guidance The Instructor provides the students signed tasks. This hands on environment from their Instructors. The ultimate goal with an Enabling Learning Objective, reinforces the skills learned in the crawl is for each Soldier to have the skill set ELO, this provides the students with a phase and the students quickly begin and confidence to be a contributing asset clear and concise expectation of their task to assimilate the conceptual technique to their gaining unit. Upon arrival to their and performance. Since the DTT labora- with the actual maintenance task. By first unit assignment each Soldiers has the tory has the ability to do both mainte- the time the Soldiers complete the walk knowledge and skill sets to perform all nance and troubleshooting tasks, Soldiers phase, they have mastered many of the critical tasks associated with the Stryker learn to do actual tasks sequentially and maintenance tasks and have progressed as platforms that were taught in the school- successfully. Stryker Systems Maintainer. house and are now ready to perform The second phase—WALK—elevates The third phase—RUN—allows apprentice level maintenance tasks. As expectations as Soldiers move to a hands- Soldiers the experience of practical ap- time passes, Soldiers will acquire advance Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 13

General Dempsey stated on the Army Learning Concept 2015 that “we live in a much more competitive security environment. This means that we have to learn faster and better than our future adversaries.”

— General Martin E. Dempsey. Army Learning Concept 2015. TRADOC Pamphlet 525-8-2. Fort Monroe, Virginia. 20 January 2011.

Soldiers remove an engine during E Mod while closely monitored by SSG Diepeveen. — Photo by SSG Erickson Carpio skills to maintain the Stryker fleet from is minimal by providing good quality modify, change or add to our maintenance their peers and supervisors and ultimately training to each 91S10 Soldier. training so we get it right! With the return to the schoolhouse for 91S30 The crawl, walk, and run strategy is a 91S10 course we think we have it about level training. We know time is always dependable approach to training that the right. We can always do better so please of the essence when in combat a Stryker United States Army Ordnance School provide us your feedback so that we can platform becomes non mission capable so uses effectively and efficiently. It is vital better support our Operational Army re- rest assured we are doing our very best in to our training that each of you provide quirements. Hooah and Go Ordnance! the schoolhouse to ensure that downtime us feedback as often as you can so we can

Sources: Dempsey, Martin E., GEN, Army Learning Concept 2015. TRADOC Pamphlet 525-8-2. Fort Monroe, Virginia. 20 January 2011. Page i.6PBy: SSG Erickson Carpio, Student Control/Test Control, Stryker Systems Maintainer Division 14 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016 ORDNANCE UNVEILS NEW EXHIBIT World War I– It was a War of Ordnance By Claire Samuelson, Director, Ordnance Training & Heritage Center

On 01 October 2015, the Ordnance modate the vision of a WWI display. Training & Heritage Center (OT&HC) CMH supported the OT&HC by funding unveiled a World War I exhibit in the movement of the macro artifacts into Hatcher Hall high bay on Ordnance the high bay space. campus. The gallery features artifacts Among the Ordnance artifacts are the that embody the struggles and strengths one-of-a-kind Skeleton Tank that was of the Ordnance Department as America tested by the Ordnance Department just entered the Great War. In addition to prior to cessation of hostilities. The Skel- training Ordnance Soldiers and Marines eton was voted one of Virginia’s Top ten on the accomplishments of the Ordnance Endangered Artifacts in 2014. Several Department during the WWI years, this items belonging to SGT Shirley Day are exhibit is also geared to be relevant to also on exhibit. SGT Day enlisted in the several current Military Occupation Army in 1917 and as a member of the Specialties. There are historical examples Ordnance Department performed salvage throughout the exhibit that emphasize duties of disarming and rendering live experimental items and general advance- ammunition inert. His Model 1917 ments in numerous arenas that are appli- tunic, ditty bag and unusual chevron are cable for today’s Ordnance officer areas showcased. Numerous items used by of concentration and warrant officer and Ordnance Lieutenant J. P. Hargis of the enlisted specialties. 5th Trench Mortar Company are also The exhibit, It Was a War of displayed. Two rare experimental items Ordnance, is a culmination of efforts that will also be unveiled are a Bashford between the OT&HC, the Ordnance Ar- Dean 1917 American Helmet Model No. mament & Electronics (A&E) Training 2 and a blowback submachine gun with Department and the Center of Military a turret capable of firing ten clips of .45 History (CMH). The A&E Department caliber bullets. made the exhibit possible by clearing a The unveiling was hosted by Chief of high bay in their training area to accom- Ordnance BG Kurt Ryan. Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 15

the Ordnance Department at the Eve of World War I BY KARL RUBIS, ORDNANCE SCHOOL HISTORIAN

Sandy Hook Proving Ground, circa 1910. Sandy Hook, established in 1874, served as the only Army Proving Ground until WWI. With the U.S. entry into WWI, it became apparent that a much larger proving ground was necessary for the testing of modern ordnance. Aberdeen Proving Ground was established in November 1917.

In her seminal work on the Ordnance Department in World War II, The Ordnance Department: Planning Munitions for War, Ordnance historian Constance M. Green aptly described the operating culture and environment of department leadership in the years preceding World War I. It is a description of competence, but self-satisfaction with the status quo. The following brief excerpt reveals the lack of appreciation for the scale and scope of the war that the U.S. was about to enter and the fundamental changes it would bring to the Ordnance Department. 16 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016

neighbors to the south, the United States felt no call to devote thought and money to making instruments of war. National energies were directed toward exploiting the natural resources of the continent and building up industrial might for peaceful ends. The Army had always fought through to victory in the past, so Americans reasoned, and, were ill chance to plunge the country into another war, again American arms would triumph. No one was troubled about deficiencies in American ordnance. When war broke out on the continent of Europe in 1914, the American public refused to consider the possibility of United States involvement. The Ord- nance Department in the preceding decades had developed orderly routines for supply of the small standing Army and as late as the fall of 1916 gave few signs of alarm at having the Congress make only moderate increases in ap- propriations. In fact, not the Congress, but the Chief of Ordnance himself in the prewar years recommended reduction of proposed appropriations for some items of equipment. The Chief of Ordnance, Brig. Gen. William B. Crozier, included in his annual reports for 1915 and 1916 recommendations based upon observa- tion of the form the war in Europe was taking, particularly urging the need of more powerful artillery and armored motor cars. He protested the continued insistence of Congress that government arsenals manufacture practically all ord- nance material unless private concerns BG William Crozier, Chief of Ordnance (1901-1918), was selected by President Theodore Roosevelt could compete on price, a condition to be Chief of Ordnance due to Crozier’s reputation as an innovator with new ideas. rarely realizable; he pointed out that pur- suit of this policy would delay expansion of manufacturing capacity badly needed he Ordnance Department enjoyed wide public confidence during its first in any future emergency. But he found hundred years. Occasional criticisms of American military equipment were reassurance in the number of American “Tusually forgotten as soon as the Ordnance Department had remedied a manufacturers that had undertaken particular weakness. As American industrial genius began to emerge just before mid- large orders for munitions for European century, America’s faith in its own capacities, military and other, began to grow. Belief governments, although he recognized that American ordnance was equal to any demands that might be made upon it encour- that plants set up to make foreign models aged an unconcern over European munitions developments. What matter that foreign could not immediately produce Ameri- powers adopted machine guns a decade before the United States? If this country lagged can arms and ammunition. “The time behind a little in one field or another, when need arose American ingenuity could be required for an unprepared adaptation counted on to overcome the handicap quickly. Entrenched on the North American con- of this kind is sometimes surprising, tinent with a friendly neighbor to the north and relatively feeble, even if troublesome, and in case of emergency would be seri- Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 17

U.S. Army Colonel Isaac Newton Lewis invented the Lewis machine gun in 1911. The Ordnance Department obstructed wide- scale purchase of the weapon, supposedly due to personality conflicts between the inventor and the Chief of Ordnance, BG Crozier. In WWI, the U.S. Army was heavily reliant upon French and British machine guns to equip U.S. forces. ous.” Still, planning was unhurried. New designs for field and best what combat troops required. While occasionally the Secre- seacoast gun carriages were begun in 1916 and that summer, in tary of War appointed special boards to pas upon the respective order to equip and train militia the use of machine guns, the War merits of models offered by rival inventors, ordinarily the ser- Department bought a few Lewis guns to supplement the meagre vices had little say about what equipment they would fight with. supply in the hands of troops on the Mexican border. Yet little The Infantry could request a more effective service revolver, the more than six months before the United States was to declare Artillery longer range guns, the Cavalry improved saddles and war upon a major military power, the Department was just holsters. But not until the 1920’s were the using arms to play a reaching a decision about how to spend the newly appropriated primary part in determining military characteristics desire or in $12,000,000 earmarked for procurement of machine guns. judging which model best met requirements. Before 1918 determination of design and types of weapons The fact of the military unpreparedness of the United States for the United States Army lay chiefly with Ordnance officers. in the spring of 1917 is familiar to all the generation that lived Although an Engineer officer, a Signal Corps officer, and usu- through that era and to all students of its history. The steps ally both a Coast Artillery and a Field Artillery officer served on belatedly taken to overcome the shortages of trained men and the Board of Ordnance and Fortification and so outnumbered equipment are less well known. Decision to adopt French artil- the one Ordnance member, the Ordnance Department itself lery design I order to speed procurement for the U.S. Army was dominated this body whose recommendation was virtually fiat. made before the Ordnance Department discovered the inescap- Indeed, the authority exercised by the Chief of Ordnance over able problems of adapting French drawings to American manu- decisions as to what weapons the U.S. army should have seems facturing processes. Locating facilities to produce more familiar to have grown during General Crozier’s regime. In the summer items such as propellants, rifles, and pistols, was accomplished of 1901 the board had protested to the Secretary of War the more successfully. The first and continuing difficulty was find- Ordnance department’s arrogation unto itself of the authority ing enough men competent to cope with the task.”1 and functions vested by law in the board. The Secretary of war apparently ignored the complaint. In December General Crozier, newly appointed Chief of Ordnance, won a skirmish endnotes over the question of Ordnance Department power to direct field gun tests. The rest of the board ha to back down when Crozier 1 Constance M. Green, ed. The Ordnance Depart- presented a message for the Secretary of War declaring that it ment: Planning Munitions for War . Washington D.C., was his intention “to have the test of field guns conducted by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955. This book Ordnance Department, through the instrumentality of Ordnance is the first volume of three chronicling the Ordnance officers by the methods of the Ordnance Department, and at Department in World War II; part of the famed Green the Ordnance Department’s place.” Thereafter General Crozier, Books (due to the color of their binding) published by triply fortified by his position as Chief of Ordnance, by his the Center for Military History. The other two volumes recognized stature as an engineer, and by his contributions in the are The Ordnance Department: Procurement and field of artillery design, went through the motions of deferring to Supply (1960), eds. Harry C. Thomson and Lida Mayo the board and of heeding reports of special Artillery committees and The Ordnance Department: On Beachhead and or of Infantry Board members. But, Ordnance Department influ- Battlefront (1968) by Lida Mayo. ence was paramount. Crozier believed that the technician new 18 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016 CHIEF OF STAFF Army Award for Maintenance Excellence AAME Twelve members receive the AAME on behalf of their units at the 2015 Combined AAME Logistics Excellence Awards (CLEA) ceremony on 10 June 2015 at the Pentagon. Presenting the awards are GEN Raymond T. Odierno, Chief of Staff of the Army; LTG Gustave F. Perna, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4; and CW5 Richard Myers, Regimental Chief Warrant Officer. FY14 AAME Best of the Best

L-R : Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Chief of Staff of the Army; Lt. Gen. Gustave F. Perna, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4; Sgt. Dashields, 7th Joint Multinational Training Command, Grafenwoehr, Germany; and CW5 Richard Myers, Regimental Chief Warrant Officer. — Photo by David Vergun. Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 19

FY14 AAME Winners

AAMEThe Chief of Staff, Army Award for Maintenance Excellence (AAME) Program is conducted each year to recognize Army units and/or activities that have demonstrated excellence in maintenance operations.

L-R : Gen. Odierno, Chief of Staff of the Army; Mr. Parsons—All Others—Tank Automotive Command/Field Maintenance Expansion, , Missouri; Cpt. Warren—Army National Guard, MTOE Small—Forward Support Company, 527th Engineer Battalion, Ruston, Louisiana; Cpt. Wilson —Active Army, MTOE Medium—Maintenance Company, Group Support Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado; Col. Grubbs—For Active Army, Depot Level—Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Texas; Sgt. Dashields—Active Army, TDA—7th Joint Multinational Training Command, Grafenwoehr, Germany; Sgt. Sanchez—Active Army, MTOE Small—2nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 66th Military Intelligence Brigade, Wi- esbaden, Germany; CW3 Ross—Army Reserve, MTOE Medium—301st Military Intelligence Battalion, Phoenix, Arizona; Sgt. Cruz—Active Army, MTOE, Aviation—the 1st Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation), 66th Military Intelligence Brigade, Wiesbaden, Germany; CW3 Petsche—For Army National Guard, MTOE Medium—1075th Medium Truck Company, 734th Transportation Battalion, Columbus, Nebraska; Spc. Steele—Active Army, MTOE Large—24th Military Intelligence Battalion, 66th Military Intelligence Brigade, Wiesbaden, Germany; Ltc. McCoy—Army National Guard, TDA - Combined Support Maintenance Site Louisiana, Pineville, Louisiana; Mr. Butler - Army Reserve, TDA - Equipment Concentration Site #125 (Ground), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Lt. Gen. Perna, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4; CW5 Myers, Regimental Chief Warrant Officer. — Photo by David Vergun. 20 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016

History of AAME

The AAME was established in 1982 by the separately, and the competition in each component Department of the Army to recognize exceptional is divided into three categories: Small, Medium and accomplishment in maintenance and provide added Large, based on number of authorized personnel. incentive to the competitive programs of Major Army The Program aligns with the Department of Defense Commands. Active TOE, Army National Guard TOE, Awards Program and winners are considered for Army Reserve TOE, DOL’s, and TDA units compete Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards.

Why is the AAME Important? w Recognizes exceptional maintenance accomplishments and initiatives w Improves and sustains field maintenance readiness w Ensures the best units compete w Assesses the maintenance component for unit readiness w Promotes competition at ACOM, ASCC, DRU, and DOD levels w Improves efficiency and reduces waste

How do I Compete? w Unit Develops Nomination Packet (follow current ALARACT) w Submits packet through their ACOM, ASCC, or DRU Evaluation Process Phase I Phase II

w 10-12 Member Panel w On-Site Team Evaluations

w Evaluates Unit Packets w Evaluates Semi-finalists Winners w Determines Semi-Finalists w Winners participate in the CLEA What are you waiting for? More information at GoOrdnance.army.mil/AAME/aame.html Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 21 New Instructor Badge Program Aims to Attract, Produce Top Trainers

Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey M. Palmer, Instructor-Writer, Ordnance School

FORT LEE, Va. (Sept. 17, 2015) — The Ordnance School recently closed the book on the 39-year-old Instructor Development Program. It was one of the first decisions made by the new Chief of Ordnance Brig. Gen. Kurt J. Ryan when he recently assumed command of the regiment, subsequently adopting the Army’s new Instructor Development and Recognition Program as a replacement.

The Instructor Development and Rec- way to re-invest in the institution while badges. There are four levels of qualifica- ognition Program (IDRP) was initially improving the skills of students. tion current ordnance instructors can earn unveiled in 2013 as an incentive for “Every NCO will complete the mis- —associate, instructor, senior instructor noncommissioned officers to strive for sion regardless of a reward or not, but the and master instructor. instructor positions at NCO academies. instructor development recognition pro- Under the new IDRP, only three levels The commonly held belief was that it gram aims to make the product better,” he are attainable—instructor, senior instruc- would not only help NCOAs recruit the said. “Why not make available a recruit- tor and master instructor. best qualified NCOs to become instruc- ing tool to help attract the best qualified tors, but also evolve to become an ideal NCO to the school and help Soldiers be WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR CURRENT incentive program for other schools try- the best they can be?” ORDNANCE INSTRUCTORS? ing to attract top-quality troops to their One of the biggest changes in the tran- There will be a cross-level switch from teaching platforms. sition is scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, badges being worn currently to an Army Adam Jenkins, a master instructor 2016. That’s when the schoolhouse will instructor badge equivalent. For instance, at the Ord. School with more than eight start converting current instructor badges those who have earned the Ordnance Se- years of experience, said the IDRP is a to the new Army-approved instructor nior Instructor Badge will be awarded 22 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016

Staff Sgt. Bane Kraft, an Ordnance School instructor, guides Soldiers during the process of selecting the proper rigging equipment using the latest vehicle recovery systems. The instruction is part of the advanced individual training that takes place at the Downer Complex located in the northern area of the installation. photo credit: T. Anthony Bell

the Army’s Senior Instructor Badge. As a IDRP. Civilian instructors will continue instructors the opportunity to fulfill re- requirement, all current instructors must to wear their Ordnance Instructor Badges quirements to convert their current badge complete the Instructional Design Basic and not the Army’s IDRP as it only ap- or get a new one as well as provide the Course found on the Army Learning Man- plies to military instructors at this time. Training Management Office ample time agement website. This is designed to be a While considering the conversion from to gather all required documentation to straightforward, simple process, provid- the old badge system to the new, there ensure all instructors will be awarded the ing the required documents are submitted. were many talks with Training and Doc- appropriate badge. Those who currently hold Associate trine Command. It was apparent a suspen- Ordnance suspended the program on Instructor Badges will not be awarded a sion of the current system would need to July 28 to ensure a smooth implementa- badge under the new program and will take place, but the dates it would happen tion. This is not as simple as just remov- have to start off at the beginning level of were not known. Suspension allowed all ing one badge and putting on another. The Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 23

TMO, responsible for the administrative WHAT IS REQUIRED TO EARN THE ARMY’S days apart. Senior instructors must com- implementation, worked through the vari- INSTRUCTOR BADGES? plete the Foundation Training Developer ous staffing actions required to push the According to TRADOC Regulation Course or equivalent, Intermediate Facili- program forward. 600-21 and current guidance, recipients tations Skills Course, Instructional Design Time needed to be allotted for certain must pass the Army Physical Fitness Test, Basic Course, attain 400 or more hours of personnel to complete schooling, conduct fulfill the requirements of Army Regula- primary Instruction time and have two coordination efforts at all levels from di- tion 600-9, and meet minimum require- observations completed on an approved visions to departments, rewrite ordnance ments set forth in AR 614-200. rubric not less than 30 days apart. They regulations to support the new IDRP, de- Additionally, NCOs must complete also must design a course/lesson and earn velop a new instructor observation form the Foundation Facilitator Course or a score of at least 80 percent on the rubric and get approval from TRADOC to move equivalent, Cadre Training Course, 80 or found in TRADOC Regulation 600-21. ahead with full implementation. The pro- more hours of primary instruction time, Master instructors must attend the Ad- jected timeline for full implementation is and have two observations completed vanced Facilitators Course, Evaluating March 1, 2016. on an approved rubric not less than 30 Instructor Workshop, accumulate at least

Adam Jenkins, master instructor, said wearing the badge should not overshadow the substance it represents and that “It isn’t just about a piece of metal attached to a uniform or a one-up on a fellow NCO. Most NCOs recognize excellence, they recognize an accomplishment and they recognize the need to do the best they can,” he said. “This is a measuring tool for all instructors and potential instructors. This will allow leadership to gauge personnel and place emphasis back in the schoolhouse on the quality of their instructors versus just accomplishing the mission.

“This program not only benefits NCOs who come and excel at the schoolhouse,” Jenkins concluded, “but also but will help develop an instructional atmosphere that breeds the best qualified and trained ordnance Soldiers the Army has ever received from an organization that demands nothing less.”

400 hours of primary instruction time, WHY IS THE NEW INSTRUCTOR PROGRAM structors. Rewarding those responsible and be recommended and selected by the AN IMPORTANT MOVE FOR THE FUTURE for training military personnel is not just Master Instructor Selection Board. OF THE ORD. SCHOOL? a one-fold move; recognizing every Sol- Most instructors arriving after the full The reasons vary, but most critical is dier through this program is a benefit to implementation and who fulfill a three- the urgent need to get the best qualified each student who undergoes training at year tour will be capable of attaining and trained Soldiers to their first duty the schoolhouse because it instills a sense instructor and possibly senior instructor stations, said Jenkins. Providing the best of pride and worth. status within their first TRADOC tour. training, resources and instruction avail- Accordingly, Jenkins said wearing the Master instructor status, however, will able is the only way the goal is achieved; badge should not overshadow the sub- likely be attained during a second TRA- all of this starts with investing in the in- stance it represents. DOC tour of duty. 24 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016 KANSAS RTS-M CELEBRATES THE ORDNANACE CORPS BIRTHDAY by SFC Harrison McWhorter

Chief of Ordnance History Wall Display Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 25

The Regional Training Site-Maintenance (RTS-M) located in Salina, Kansas celebrated the 203rd Birthday of the United States Army Ordnance Corps on 14 May 2015, with the induction of select Instructors and staff members into the “Ordnance Order of Samuel Sharpe.”1 The purpose of the Ordnance Order of Samuel Sharpe is to recognize those individuals who have served the United States Army Ordnance Corps with demonstrated integrity, moral character and professional competence over a sustained period of time and whose selfless contributions to the Corps stand out in the eyes of their seniors, peers and subordinates alike.

CW4 (Ret) Ron Mullinax (retired Ordnance Warrant Officer) presents his Son MAJ Mark Mullinax (current RTS-M Commander) with the Ordnance Order of Samuel Sharpe 26 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016

Chronology of the Ordnance Shell and Flame

“The wall will document our history by identifying all of our previous unit members and serve as a learning tool for all stu- dents who attend training at our organization.”

— CW3 Brent Campbell

Those inducted into the Order were, nance Corps Association’s Keeper of the the “Shell and Flame” to its current de- MAJ Mark Mullinax; Commander of Flame award is to recognize and show sign. The wall also depicts numerous the RTS-M, CW3 Brent Campbell; Se- our appreciation for the invaluable service framed images which include the Ord- nior Instructor and Fulltime Officer-in- Ordnance spouses provide to our Corps. nance Corps Shield, Flag, Crest, Creed, Charge (OIC), MSG John Duerr; Chief Those awarded were Amy Campbell wife Prayer, Song and the Corps Association Instructor, SFC Chuck Russell; Instruc- of CW3 Campbell and the late Debra Mc- Awards. Additionally the wall will chron- tor, SFC Morton Griggs; Instructor, SFC Intyre wife of SFC Griggs. icle the history of the RTS–M in Salina, Jay Strickland; Instructor and SFC Ranie The RTS-M also celebrated the Ord- KS. CW3 Campbell said “the wall will Ruthig; Instructor. nance Corps Birthday with an unveiling document our history by identifying all of The RTS-M also recognized two of multiple items for the units’ Ordnance our previous unit members and serve as a spouses by awarding them the “Keeper Corp History Wall Project. The wall dis- learning tool for all students who attend of the Flame”.2 The purpose of the Ord- plays the history and progression of the training at our organization.” Ordnance Corp from the early design of

1 U.S. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS ASSOCIATION http://www.usaocaweb.org/awardsCriteriaSamuelSharpe.htm 2 U.S. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS ASSOCIATION http://www.usaocaweb.org/awardsCriteriaKeeperFlame.htm Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 27

Ordnance Corps Branch Insignia and Crest History Wall Display

Ordnance Corps Flag and Plaque History Wall Display

Ordnance Corps Association Awards History Wall Display

Ordnance Corps Armament Shield with Song, Prayer, Colors and Creed History Wall Display

Mrs. Diane Mullinax (Spouse of CW4 (Ret) Mullinax) presents the Keeper of the Flame to Mrs. Amy Campbell (Spouse of CW3 Campbell) 28 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016 USASOAC Soldiers Win USASOC BWC 2015 Sgt. 1st Class Aubree Davis — USASOC Public Affairs

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, June 12, 2015) The U.S. Army Special Operations Command announced the winners of this year’s Noncommis- sioned Officer and Soldier of the Year during a ceremony concluding USASOC’s 2015 Best Warrior Competition, June 12.

This year’s NCO of the Year, Staff Sgt. Rodney O. Cabebe, and Soldier of the Year, Spc. Emanuel L. Moore are from U.S Army Special Operations Aviation Command.

“What impressed me about this year’s competition the most is the Soldier’s love for service,” said Command Sgt. Maj. George Bequer, USASOC command ser- geant major. “This competition is about Warrior Tasks. At the end it’s the NCO’s responsibility and the Soldier’s responsi- bility to carry out orders; it’s about train- U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Rodney O. Cabebe (left) and Spc. Emanuel L Moore, U.S. Army Special ing, it’s about combat tasks, it’s about Operations Aviation Command, demonstrate their Army knowledge during the Army Warrior Tasks shoot, move and communicate.” portion of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) Best Warrior Competition, June Cabebe, a radio and communications 10, 2015, Ft. Bragg, N.C. The Best Warrior Competition determines the Non-Commissioned Officer repair NCO, has served 11 years in the (NCO) and Soldier that will represent USASOC and compete at the Army level for NCO and Soldier military and serves as a combat skills of the year. — U.S. Army photo by Spc. David M. Shefchuk Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 29

U.S. Army Staff Sgt Rodney O. Cabebe (left) and Spc. Emanuel L Moore, U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command, drag a simulated casu- alty during the Army Warrior Tasks portion of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) Best Warrior Competition, June 10, 2015, Ft. Bragg, N.C. The Best Warrior Competition determines the Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) and Soldier that will represent USASOC and compete at the Army level for NCO and Soldier of the year. — U.S. Army photo by Spc. David M. Shefchuk.

instructor for the Army’s only Special The runner-up for NCO of the Year written essay and general Army subjects Operations Aviation Training Battalion, was Sgt. Robert A. Love, 75th Ranger exam, The Army Physical Fitness Test, a Fort Campbell, Ky. Regiment. The runner-up for Soldier of stress fire range, day and night land navi- Moore, a radio and communications the Year was Spc. Alexander W. Van Me- gation, combatives, Army Warrior Tasks repair specialist, has served in the mili- ter, 75th Ranger Regiment. testing, and concluded with a military tary for 18 months and is assigned to This year’s USASOC Best Warrior board featuring a panel of sergeants ma- 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Competition, which started on June 8, jor from across the command. Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, Ky. featured representatives from four sub- “Every one of [these Soldiers] repre- “It truly is an honor and I look for- ordinate commands within Army Spe- sents the traits of the ARSOF Soldier,” ward to competing at the Department of cial Operations Forces. The competitors said Lt. Gen. Charles T. Cleveland, com- the Army level,” said Moore. where judged on the following events: manding general for USASOC. 30 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016

FROM LEFT: U.S. Army Soldiers Spc. Emanuel L. Moore, USASOAC Commanding General Brig. Gen. Erik C. Peterson, Staff Sgt. Rodney O. Cabebe, U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command, pose for a picture after the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) Best Warrior Competition awards ceremony, June 12, 2015, USASOC H.Q., Ft. Bragg, N.C. Moore and Cabebe won the USASOC Best Warrior Competition and will represent USASOC at the Army level for the Soldier and Non-Commissioned Officer of the year competition.

The NCO and Soldier of the year represented USASOC at the Sergeant THIS YEAR’S COMPETITORS WERE: Major of the Army’s Noncommissioned 1st Special Forces Command United States Army Special Officer and Soldier of the year “Best (Airborne Operations Aviation Command Warrior” competition in October. The Staff Sgt. Lukasz Herbst, 10th Special Staff Sergeant Rodney O. Cabebe, runner-up NCO and Soldier of the Year Forces Group (Airborne) 160th Special Operations Aviation must be prepared to assume the respon- Spc. Dillon Corcoran, 5th Special Regiment sibility for representing the command Forces Group (Airborne) Spc. Emanuel L. Moore, 160th Spe- if for some reason either of the winners United States Army John F. Kennedy cial Operations Aviation Regiment cannot complete their requirements over Special Warfare Center and School 75th Ranger Regiment the next year. Sgt. 1st Class Artom Neekonov Sgt. Robert A. Love Spc. Jeffrey A. Walter Spc. Alexander W. Van Meter Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 31 The 2015 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team of the Year CPT Robert Hruska, Chief, Concepts, Capabilities, and Doctrine Division, TRADOC Capability Manager - EOD

The Ordnance Corps Explo- sive Ordnance Disposal Team of the Year Competition (EOD TOY) was hosted at Fort AP Hill from 14 September to 18 September 2015 for the second year in a row. A long standing tradition within the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Community, the Team of the Year (TOY) Competi- tion brings together the best teams throughout EOD for one week to showcase, through a series of exhausting events, the technical and tacti- cal proficiency of the United States Army’s EOD Soldiers.

Staff Sgt. Zachary Cleland, 723rd Ordnance Company (EOD), 52nd Ordnance Group, Fort Campbell, Ky., documents a dummy mortar found in a village during an event of the 2015 EOD Team of the Year Competi- tion Sept. 17 at Fort A. P. Hill. It was part of a scenario in which a mortar was found in a village and had to be properly disposed. — Photo by T. Anthony Bell. 32 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016

Staff Sgt. Michael Broesch, Sgt. Thomas Hagens and Spc. John Shirley, 221st Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), 111th Ord. Group, Army National Guard, receive instructions prior to an event during the EOD Team of the Year Competition Sept. 17 at Fort A.P. Hill. The team was one of six who competed.

While the TOY itself is grueling test of resolve and skill, it is the final step of what has been many months of preparation by the participating teams who have been measured through a series of preliminary competitions hosted by their own organi- zations. Major formations represented by the 2015 competition were United States Army Pacific, United States Army Europe, 111th EOD Group, and the 20th CBRNE Command who fielded teams from the 48th Chemical Brigade, 71st EOD Group, 52nd EOD Group. Once selected, the responsibility to represent his or her organization well falls largely on the EOD Team Leader, the heart of EOD’s combat power, who identifies what is required to be successful when pit- ted against the best. To a competing team the big things are critical, but it’s the little things that can mean the difference for a win when the competition is sometimes decided by a score difference of less than Staff Sgt. Dustin Bussard, 74th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) and rep- one percent. Often training includes long resenting U.S. Army Pacific Command, carefully removes a rocket from the pod of a downed days of robotics proficiency, Improvised Cobra helicopter during an event of the EOD Team of the Year Competition Sept. 17 at Fort A.P. Explosive Device (IED) identification, Hill. Bussard’s team, which included Spc. Matthew Hamilton and Cpl. Ryan Voss, beat out five Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) identifica- others to win the title. The 74th is an element of the 303th Ord. Battalion, 45th Sustainment tion and render safe procedures, marks- Brigade, 8th Theater Support Command, located at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. — Photo by manship, fitness, and a host of other EOD T. Anthony Bell. specific and Soldier tasks. Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 33

plan and gather resources from a multitude of formations across the Army. While the bulk of planning is resourced by TRADOC Capability Manager-EOD (TCM-EOD) with sustainment and support by , EOD evaluators, who are required to possess the EOD Master Badge, and equipment not organic to the Munitions and Explosive Ordnance Dis- posal Training Department (MEODTD) are resourced from most major commands with EOD formations. Cooperation from Fort AP Hill, where the competition is hosted, and a multitude of other organiza- tions is critical to the success of the event. While it is a time consuming and re- source intensive event, the TOY provides a unique opportunity to not only grant bragging rights to the victorious team and The 2015 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team of the Year was from 74th OD CO (EOD), 303rd OD their organization, but to showcase the BN (EOD), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. extraordinary competence of the Army’s EOD Technicians and provide visibility to commanders and the Chief of Ordnance This year’s competition took a whole ments through a series of assessments about where the community’s technical Soldier approach, testing fitness and Sol- that included IED and UXO disruption, capabilities are the strongest and where dier skills along with EOD specific tasks. complex remote movement of ordnance, additional training resources might be The event included an APFT, weapons post blast analysis and reporting, technical focused. qualification and 12 mile road march with intelligence of first seen ordnance items, The 2015 Ordnance Corps Team of stations dispersed over its distance testing protective works to shield structures from the Year was from 74th OD CO (EOD), capabilities such as call for fire, combat blast damage, night operations, chemical 303rd OD BN (EOD), Schofield Bar- casualty care, ordnance identification, warfare agents, and homemade explosives racks, Hawaii. Other companies fielding bomb lift, weapons assembly, and EOD and drug labs. teams in this year’s competition were History. The event also tested the teams’ Preparation for an event of this size, en- 723rd OD CO (EOD), 52nd OD GRP ability to conduct EOD operations in both compasses more than just the EOD Teams. (EOD), Fort Campbell, KY, 53rd OD CO, permissive and non-permissive environ- The event takes the better half of a year to 71st OD GRP (EOD), Yakima Training Center, Washington, 68th Chemical CO, 48th Chemical BDE, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 702nd OD CO (EOD), 16th Sustainment BDE, Grafenwoehr, Germany, and 221st OD CO (EOD), 11th OD GRP (EOD), Camp Blanding, Florida. Military organizations that supported the 2015 Ordnance Corps Team of the Year were: 59th Ordnance Brigade, 832nd Ordnance Battalion, HHC 59th Ordnance Brigade, Army Logistics University, 20th CBRNE Command, Fort AP Hill Gar- rison, US Army EOD Technical Detach- ment, Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command, and Combined Arms Support Command G8. Civilian Organizations that supported the 2015 Ordnance Corps Team of the Year Competition were: US Army EOD Association, EOD Warrior Foundation, Tactical Electronics, Inert Products LLC, Staff Sgt. Gideon Schwartz goes into “harm’s way” during the 2015 EOD Team of the Year com- FLIR CBRN Detection, DetectaChem, petition, held Sept. 14-17, 2015 at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. (DOD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Jose A. Foster Miller, and i-Robot. Torres Jr., Soldiers, Defense Media Activity) 34 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016

CPT ROBERT HRUSKA Chief, Concepts, Capabilities, and Doctrine Division, TRADOC Capability Manager - EOD

EOD Directorate Transforms to TRADOC Capabilities Manager—EOD

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Directorate (EODD) has undergone a transition becoming a TRADOC Capability Manager-Explosive Ordnance Disposal (TCM-EOD), the charter was signed 29 June 2015 by General David Perkins, TRADOC Commander. The transformation appoints TCM-EOD as TRADOC’s centralized manager for EOD doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, and facilities initiatives in support of the Army EOD community.

EODD stood up in 2009 as an initial response and first analysis, doctrine, manning, equipment, and program and step towards addressing the recommendation by the budgeting requirements.” U.S. Army Audit Agency (AAA) in its 2008 Audit of The EOD Directorate, assigned to the Office of Improvised Explosive Device Training for EOD Soldiers, the Chief of Ordnance, acted as a singular point to establish an EOD Land Warfare Center of Excellence of contact and primary advisor for EOD doctrine, in order to “support the Army’s institutional EOD organization, training, materiel, leadership, personnel training program with enduring research, intelligence, and facilities (DOTMLPF) to the Chief of Ordnance Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 35

and the Sustainment Center of Excellence, however a TCM charter is the next step toward a more refined approach to managing EOD capabilities across the Army and delegates the authority of the TRADOC Commanding General for the centralized management of assigned responsibilities as outlined in TRADOC Regulation 71-12, TRADOC Capability Management, which includes working issues across all aspects of DOTMLPF to ensure capability in all concepts of operation. Some initiatives currently being undertaken by TCM-EOD include: a rewrite of EOD Group, Battalion and Company level doctrine, the codification of Joint EOD Doctrine, procurement of an EOD vehicle, modernized night vision capability, enhanced Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) capabilities, the Next Generation Bomb Suit, an EOD specific Captains Career Course, continued modernization of NCO professional development courses, and the Advanced EOD Team Leader Operations Course. TCM-EOD is the 33rd TRADOC Capability Manager in the Army, and uniquely contains an organic Training Development section and Doctrine manager. 36 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016

AUTOMATIC TEST SYSTEM Modernizing for Army 2025 and Beyond Daniel Moody, Combined Arms Support Command, Materiel Systems Directorate

As the Army transforms to an tum builder for the ATS initiative us- Figure 1-1. ing computers, software, and cabling Soldier Portable Army 2025 Force, materiel to provide electronic interaction with On-System Repair the weapon system. In the 1990s, the Tool (SPORT) modernization of Automatic Product Director, for Test, Measure- ment, and Diagnostic Equipment (PD Test Systems (ATS) must keep TMDE) materially modernized the next generation of APATS. The Sol- pace in order to shoot, move, dier Portable On-System Repair Tool and communicate on demand. (SPORT) (Figure 1-1) provided the maintainer the capability to display, diagnose, and repair various weapon systems while utilizing Interactive Technical Manuals (IETMs) Air and ground weapon through the use of a Controller Diagnostic Aid (CDA). The CDA was a lightweight por- table computer with an Intel processor chip, hard drive, CD ROM, and Microsoft Win- systems aren’t fail proof and dows 95 Operating System. The CDA allowed for uploading/downloading of weapon system data using Military Standard (MIL STD) Vehicle data bus technology. require maintenance In the late 1990’s, the SPORT be- gan to experience obsolescence, and to ensure platform PD TMDE fielded the next genera- tion APATS called the Maintenance readiness are to standard. Support Device (MSD). The MSD leveraged commercial industry with a clam-shelled design, increased proces- For over 35 years, Army weapon sys- sor speed, and storage capabilities. The tems have relied upon ATS to perform MSD was identified as the Army’s pre- diagnostic measurements internally as a ferred choice of APATS and Electronic means to screen and fault isolate failures Technical Manual (ETM) reader. The within their platform. The diagnostic con- ruggedized design, and automated ca- cept was designed in two parts: At- Plat- pabilities resulted in an increase in cus- form Automatic Test Systems (APATS) tomer demands. By 2006, and with the and Off-Platform Automatic Test Systems fielding of the MSD (V2) (Figure 1-2), (OPATS) to support weapon systems at all the Army Acquisition Objective (AAO) Figure 1-2, 91B MOS Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic Soldiers using the MSD V2 levels of maintenance. The APATS was increased to 40K and supports over 50 fielded to provide platform level diagnos- weapon systems to include the tactical tics on the airborne and ground systems wheeled fleet. The increased demands giving the maintainer the ability to identify for graphics, IETMs, and User versatility resulted in a redesign of the MSD. Line Replaceable Module (LRM) faults. In December 2011, the MSD (V3) (Figure 1-3) was fielded as a smaller more capable The defective LRM was then job ordered netbook APATS while maintaining the same ruggedized shell as its predecessor versions. to the OPATS and a maintainer would per- The MSD V3 was configurable to provide the maintainer with a clam-shell, or tablet form additional diagnostic measurements configuration, for ease of use and operation. The multi-core processor speed, expandable to repair the LRM. Random Access Memory (RAM), larger removable hard drive, and Windows 7 Operat- APATS. In the late 1980s, the first ing System enabled an improved diagnostic test capability for the maintainer. Like the generation of APATS called the Contact predecessor replacements, the MSD V3 is a ruggedized, self-contained, soldier-portable Test Set (CTS) was fielded. The CTS system that Army maintainers utilized in the harsh field environment and at all mainte- provided a limited diagnostic ability for nance levels to test, diagnose and repair complex missile, aviation and vehicular weapon the maintainer and considered a momen- system electronics, engines, transmissions, etc. It is the primary reader of IETMs and Winter 2016 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE 37

Figure 1-3. MSD V3 New Equipment Training (NET) & Fielding at Fort Bragg platform specific application software used to upload/download mission data. Additionally, the MSD (V3) is tentatively identified to host the Unit Level Logistics–Aviation (Enhanced) (ULLS- A(E)) logistics software which would provide Field level Aviation maintenance personnel an automated ability to document rotary- wing aircraft maintenance actions, track Preventive Maintenance Checks & Services (PMCS), and manage on-hand Prescribed Load List (PLL) usage. The innovation changes within APATS kept pace with the Army’s emerging requirements and support weapon system readiness rates. In 2015, the Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM) Capability Developers for TMDE completed the requirements analysis for the future APATS to support the Army 2025 platform level diagnostics mission. The next generation MSD will consist of two model types: A ruggedized tablet type APATS model and a clam-shelled laptop will be developed and identified as the MSD (V4). Each model will have an identified Line Item Number (LIN) and separate Basis of Issue Plan (BOIP) to allow for easier proper- ty book accountability and narrowed focused allocation for main- tainer support requirements. The MSD (V4) is being considered as the selected data collection source for Condition Based Main- tenance Plus (CBM +) initiatives across future weapon systems. In addition, the MSD (V4) will incorporate the interoperability Figure 1-4. Direct Support Electrical System Test Set (DSESTS) functions to communicate with the Global Combat Service Sup- port—Army (GCSS-Army) Logistics Information System (LIS). PD TMDE’s two pronged acquisition approach for the MSD (V4) will result in an overall lower programmatic cost, potentially im- DSESTS consists of an M900 series truck, an Expansion shelter, proving fielding time lines and increasing procurement quantities Automatic Test Equipment, and additional hardware & software across the Program Objective Memorandum (POM) years. The components called Test Program Sets (TPS) to support each LRM. MSD (V4) is planned to begin fielding in 2016. Currently, the DSESTS continues to provide an OPATS capability OPATS. The initial fielding of an OPATS capability occurred for the Abrams and Bradley platforms. in the early 1980s with the fielding of the Direct Support Elec- Unlike APATS, there wasn’t a single source of procurement trical Systems Test Set (DSESTS) (Figure 1-4). The Ordnance and management for weapon system LRM off system diagnos- Maintainer Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) 91G uses the tics support. In the early 1990’s, PD TMDE fielded the Integrated DSESTS to provide Off-System diagnostic tests and fault isola- Family of Test Equipment (IFTE) Base Shop Test Facility V3 tion of the M1A1 Abrams and M2 Bradley platform LRMs. The (BSTF) (Figure 1-5). The AN/TSM-191 v3, BSTF (V3) consisted 38 ORDNANCE MAGAZINE Winter 2016

Figure 1-5. Base Shop Test Facility (BSTF)

of a FMTV prime mover, an S-250 Shelter, Automatic Test Equip- requirement resulting in PD TMDE leveraging with the Navy and ment, and an assortment of TPS to support each LRM enabling Marine Automatic Test System architecture to develop some of the Ordnance Soldier MOS 94Y the ability to diagnose and repair the NGATS hardware solutions. electronic LRMs for multiple Aviation and Missile weapon sys- The NGATS configuration consists of two M1112A2 HEMTT tems. Similar to the BSTF V3, a new OPATS identified as the An/ prime movers, two ISO 20 foot shelters, one 60kW Generator, Au- TSM-191 (v5), BSTF (V5) was fielded by PD TMDE in 2002 to tomatic Test Equipment, and multiple TPSs to perform diagnostic provide LRM support of the OH-58D Helicopter optical mission. support for all variants of the Abrams, Bradley, Paladin, Avenger, The BSTF (V5) was fielded and assigned to the Aviation Support and future systems. The open architecture design and leveraging Battalions (ASB). of commercial industry enables NGATS to be a general purpose In 2004, multiple policies were established in an attempt to OPATS focusing on increasing diagnostic tree capabilities, lower- standardize and downsize Automatic Test Systems. The Under ing weapon system LRM No Evidence of Failure (NEOF) rates, Secretary of Defense Memorandum subject: Department of De- and increasing system reliability. The NGATS aligns with the fense (DoD) Policy for Automatic Test Systems (ATS), dated Army Two levels of Maintenance and will be operationally as- 28 July 2004, dictated transformation of the Army’s Automatic signed to field and sustainment maintenance locations. In 2017, Test Equipment (ATE) to an Army standard and downsized ATE. PD TMDE plans to begin fielding NGATS to the Brigade Com- The Army directed compliance with the DoD policy and imple- bat Teams, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) MOS mented regulations to support its own policy in AR 750-43. In Schools, and depots. an effort to address obsolescence and redundancy experienced by Conclusion. Designated as the Army’s preferred choice of the DSESTS, BSTF (V3) & BSTF (V5), CASCOM developed APATS and OPATS, the MSD (V4) and NGATS will provide the requirements for a future OPATS. The Next Generation Au- weapon systems with a technologically advanced diagnostic tomatic Test System (NGATS) (Figure 1-6) Capabilities Produc- tool by fielding a single source of ATE to reduce logistical costs, tion Document (CPD) was approved in April 2007 and selected enabling faster diagnostic run times, and providing a precision as the Army’s designated replacement for DSESTS, BSTF (V3) measurement capability for increased fault isolation accuracy & BSTF (V5). The NGATS CPD was coded as a Joint Interest rates well beyond 2025.

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