News Call Gen. Petraeus Preps Forces for Transition in Iraq In a Christmas letter to all members tional brigades that began deploying in they will have to adjust rapidly to of Multi-National Force-Iraq, Gen. January 2007. The 3rd Brigade Combat changing conditions in theater. David H. Petraeus summarized pro- Team, 1st Cavalry Division, redeployed Another change in leadership is gress made during 2007. Security has to Fort Hood, Texas, in early December scheduled in February, when Lt. Gen. improved in many parts of the nation, without replacement. Another four Ray Odierno, commander of Multi- with violence down about 60 percent brigades are scheduled to leave by July. National Corps-Iraq and Gen. Pe- from a peak last June. The progress, The 1st Armored Division, led by traeus’ second-in-command, will re- however, is reversible, Gen. Petraeus Maj. Gen. Mark Hertling, replaced the deploy with III Corps. Gen. Odierno pointed out, and much work remains, 25th Infantry, led by Maj. Gen. Ben- has been commander of Multi-Na- especially helping Iraqi security forces jamin Mixon, in northern Iraq last Octo- tional Corps-Iraq since December and Iraqi government organizations ber. In December, the 4th Infantry Divi- 2006 and is respected by the Iraqi mil- take responsibility for their country’s sion, with commander Maj. Gen. Jeffery itary and political leadership. When future. In addition, the job must be W. Hammond, took control of Multi- III Corps redeploys to Fort Hood, he done as U.S. forces rotate and senior National Division-Baghdad from the 1st will be replaced by Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. commanders shift with them. Gen. Pe- Cavalry Division, commanded by Maj. Austin III, commander of the XVIII traeus warned that 2008 will bring Gen. Joseph Fil Jr. It is the 4th Infantry’s Airborne Corps. Like most senior many changes and that the “way third deployment to Baghdad; Gen. commanders, Gen. Austin has exten- ahead will not be easy.” Hammond was an assistant division sive combat experience in Iraq. When The Army is slowly beginning to re- commander there in 2004 and 2005. Ex- the 3rd Infantry Division led the inva- duce the number of troops deploying perience will help the new senior com- sion in March 2003, he was the assis- to Iraq as part of the surge of five addi- manders effect a smooth transition, but tant division commander.

Study Reveals Delayed Stress. An deployment medical screening. nent troops—who went through two Army study found that veterans of Col. (Dr.) Charles S. Milliken and screenings. Their findings were pub- the war in Iraq are more likely to re- Col. (Dr.) Charles W. Hoge of the Wal- lished last year in The Journal of the port mental health problems several ter Reed Army Institute of Research American Medical Association. Only 4 months after deployment rather than and Jennifer L. Auchterlonie of the percent to 5 percent of the veterans immediately upon their return, with Army Center for Promotion and Pre- were referred for mental health care one in five active duty soldiers and ventive Medicine compared the men- after the initial postdeployment health more than 40 percent of reserve com- tal health assessments of the first assessment. That number jumped af- ponent troops needing referral for 88,235 soldiers—56,350 active duty ter the postdeployment health re- mental health treatment after a post- soldiers and 31,885 reserve compo- assessment three to six months later, when 20.3 percent of the active duty soldiers and 42.4 percent of the Army Reservists needed treatment. The later numbers include soldiers who had re-

Surgeon General Confirmed. Lt. Gen. Eric B. Schoomaker, confirmed as the 42nd Army Surgeon General, receives his additional stars from his wife, Audrey, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr., at a promotion ceremony at the Penta- gon in December. Gen. Schoomaker will also serve as commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Command. Maj. Gen. Carla Hawley-Bowland will replace him as com- manding general of the North Atlantic Re- gional Medical Command and Walter Reed Army Medical Center. U.S. Army/SSgt. Angel D. Thompson Army/SSgt. U.S.

February 2008 I ARMY 61 COMMAND SERGEANT GENERAL OFFICER CHANGES* MAJOR *CHANGES* *Assignments to general officer slots announced by the CSM J.D. Fourhman General Officer Management Office, Department of the Lt. Gen. J.F. Fil Jr. f rom 1st Inf. Div. to Army. Some officers are listed at the grade to which they are from CG, 1st Cav. 3rd USARCENT/ nominated, promotable or eligible to be frocked. The report- Div./CG MND-B to CFLCC. ing dates for some officers may not yet be determined. CG, Eighth U.S. I Army/CoS, UNC/ CFLCC—Coalition Forces Land Component CFC/U.N. Forces Command; USARCENT—U.S. Army Central. Korea. *Command sergeant major position assigned to a general officer command.

ferred themselves or were receiving mental health care because of em- ployee-assistance referrals. The sol- diers had symptoms serious enough Maj. Gen. H.B. Maj. Gen. R.P. Maj. Gen. C.F. Maj. Gen. G.S. to prompt a medical provider to order Bromberg from Lennox from CG, Pollett from CG, Pollock from Dep. an evaluation, but were not necessar- CoS, USSTRAT- U.S. Army ADA NETCOM to CoS, SG/Acting SG, COM to CG, U.S. Ctr. and Fort Bliss USSTRATCOM. USA/Chief, U.S. ily diagnosed. Army ADA Ctr. to ADCS, G-3/5/7. Army Nurse Corps and Fort Bliss. to Dep. SG for The need for referrals jumped in four Force Mgmt./Chief, categories tested. The largest change U.S. Army Nurse between the immediate health assess- Corps, OSG. ment and the follow-up were reports of Brigadier Generals: D.K. Chipman from Staff JA, CENTCOM to Cmdr./Cmdt., JAG’s Legal Cntr. and conflict with friends and family, which Sch.; J.D. Johnson from Asst. Div. Cmdr., (Mnvr.), 2nd Inf. Div. to Dep. CG, FMWRC; M.A. Legere from Asst. CoS, J-2, USFK/Dep. C-2, CFC/Dep. U-2, UNC to Asst. Dep. CoS for Intel., C-2, MNF-I; rose from 3.5 percent to 14 percent for M.J. Walsh from Cmdr., Gulf Reg. Div., ACE, OIF to CG, U.S. Army Engineer Div., Miss. Valley. active duty soldiers and from 4.2 per- I ACE—U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; ADA—Air Defense Artillery; CENTCOM—U.S. Central cent to 21.1 percent for the reserve com- Cmd.; CFC—Combined Forces Cmd.; FMWRC—Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Cmd.; ponent troops. Symptoms of major de- JAG—Judge Advocate General; MND-B—Multi-National Div.-Baghdad; MNF-I—Multi-Nat. Force-Iraq; NETCOM—Army Network Enterprise Technology Cmd.; OIF—Operation Iraqi Freedom; OSG—Office pression rose from about 5 percent to 10 of the Surgeon General; UNC—U.N. Cmd.; USFK—U.S . Forces Korea; USSTRATCOM—U.S. percent for active duty troops and to al- Strategic Cmd. most 25 percent for the reserve compo- nents. The percentage of reports of of deployment on soldiers. Four train- for enlisted soldiers, noncommis- post-traumatic stress disorder rose ing briefs have been developed and sioned officers and warrant officers. from 11.8 percent to 16.7 percent for ac- are available for soldiers, leaders, Na- When lieutenants are promoted to tive duty soldiers and 12.7 percent to tional Guard/Reserves and families. captains, they will begin multifunc- almost 25 percent in the reserve compo- tional training because it is then that nents. The leap was also greater in the Army Creates Logistics Branch. By officers become exposed to positions reserve components in terms of overall general order of the Secretary of the that require diverse expertise. Logisti- mental health, rising from 17.5 percent Army, the Logistics branch is the new- cians will have a broader focus and to 35.5 percent, while the active duty est branch for commissioned Army of- will function as supply-chain man- percentage rose from 17 to about 27. ficers. All captains through colonels agers, but will keep up their skills in The first study to track the mental in the Ordnance, Quartermaster or their secondary specialty. They will health of veterans of Operation Iraqi Transportation branches across all wear the Logistics branch insignia Freedom over time, the report is part components of the Army who have and the regimental crest associated of the Army’s effort to improve health completed the Captain’s Career Course with their secondary area of concen- care and reduce the stigma often asso- are now Logistics branch officers. tration. ciated with mental health disorders. A new primary military occupa- As part of Base Realignment and Since the completion of the study, tional specialty, 90A replaces func- Closure, the three logistics schools— the Army has implemented Battle- tional area 90 (multifunctional logisti- the Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, mind (www.battlemind.org), a pro- cian). The new specialty indicates Va.; the Transportation School, Fort gram that prepares soldiers for combat proficiency in all three logistics areas. Eustis, Va.; and the Ordnance School, as well as returning home following New lieutenants will continue to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.—will combat. The goal of this training is to begin their careers as Ordnance, be consolidated at Fort Lee by 2011. develop a realistic preview, in the form Quartermaster or Transportation offi- Logistics officers will train there. For of a briefing, of the stresses and strains cers, and those branches will remain more information, visit the Logistics

62 ARMY I February 2008 branch web site: www.cascom.army. mil/cascombasic2/publicsite/ Army Casualties in Afghanistan logbranch/index.htm. The following U.S. Army personnel were reported killed in Operation Enduring Freedom from December 1 to December 31, 2007. All names BRAC Costs Soar, Savings Shrink. A have been released through the Department of Defense; families have new Government Accountability Office been notified. (GAO) report advises that the cost of consolidating defense operations as Cpl. Joshua C. Blaney, 25 SSgt. Michael J. Gabel, 30 mandated in the 2005 Base Realign- SSgt. Gregory L. Elam, 39 Cpl. Tanner J. O’Leary, 23 ment and Closure (BRAC) plan has soared 48 percent in the last two years. The cost of closing and realigning 57 major bases and hundreds of smaller Army Casualties in Iraq facilities has climbed from an estimated The following U.S. Army personnel were reported killed in Operation Iraqi $21 billion to $31 billion since 2005. At Freedom from December 1 to December 31, 2007. All names have been the same time, projected savings have released through the Department of Defense; families have been notified. dropped 5 percent to about $4 billion a year. In 2005, the base-closing commis- Sgt. Kyle Dayton, 22 Sgt. Peter C. Neesley, 28 sion estimated its recommendations Cpl. Blair W. Emery, 24 Spc. Randy W. Pickering, 31 would save the Department of Defense Sgt. Eric J. Hernandez, 26 Sgt. Benjamin B. Portell, 27 $36 billion over the next 20 years; GAO PFC George J. Howell, 24 Sgt. Austin D. Pratt, 22 findings indicate that BRAC can now Capt. Rowdy J. Inman, 38 1st Lt. Jeremy E. Ray, 26 expect to save $15 billion over that pe- Sgt. Samuel E. Kelsey, 24 Spc. Matthew K. Reece, 24 riod, a decrease of 58 percent. Spc. Johnathan A. Lahmann, 21 Pvt. Daren A. Smith, 19 GAO found that the need for con- SFC Jonathan A. Lowery, 38 Capt. Adam P. Snyder, 26 struction of additional facilities and PFC Juctin R. P. McDaniel, 19 Sgt. Bryan J. Tutten, 33 infrastructure not included in the orig- Spc. Brynn J. Naylor, 21 Pvt. Dewayne L. White, 27 inal estimate was a major contributing

February 2008 I ARMY 63 factor. Increased military construction Agency facilities and move them to Veterans Record Service. The Army costs account for nearly two thirds of Fort Belvoir, Va. Historical Foundation is managing an the estimated cost increase. Nation- I $700 million to close Walter Reed electronic database for veterans to wide 123,000 people will be realigned. Army Medical Center and relocate its record details of their service and A previous GAO report examined medical care functions to National share their stories with the American the number of personnel involved in Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md. public. Each entry will include the sol- the BRAC efforts and found discrep- I $680 million to relocate the dier’s name, rank, hometown and ser- ancies between Army headquarters es- Army’s Armor center and school from vice history. All those who received an timates and those of nine domestic , Ky., to Fort Benning, Ga. honorable, medical or general dis- bases that will gain personnel. Offi- I $680 million to close Fort Mon- charge from the active Army, Army cials at Fort Benning, Ga., for example, mouth, N.J., and shift defense work to Reserve, Army National Guard, Army expected 6,000 soldiers and military Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Air Corps (Army Air Forces) and students more than Army headquar- I $550 million to establish the San WAC/WAAC will be able to register ters anticipated. They also projected Antonio Regional Medical Center and at the National Museum of the U.S. nearly 9,500 more school-age children move enlisted medical training to Fort Army or can register online at the His- than the 2006 DoD projection. Sam Houston, Texas. torical Foundation web site. Friends Some of the increased costs result DoD officials point out that saving or relatives may register soldiers or from the Pentagon’s failure to take in- money was only one of the reasons for sign up those who served as far back flation into account in its original esti- the BRAC recommendations; imple- as 1775. Those who died in combat re- mates. When inflation is factored in, menting them should improve defense ceive special recognition. Registration estimated costs have risen to $28.6 bil- capabilities. Given the revised esti- is free. For more information or to reg- lion, or about 36 percent, and projected mates, the GAO predicts it will take the ister, visit www.usarmyregistry.org. annual savings have dropped by 20 DoD four years longer than planned— percent, to about $3.4 billion. In addi- until 2017—to recoup up-front costs of Mementos to Vietnam Vets. In honor tion, the GAO believes the estimates the realignments and closings. In addi- of the 25th anniversary of the dedica- may be overstated because they in- tion, the estimates are apt to change be- tion of the Vietnam Veterans Memor- clude salaries of personnel DoD plans cause of possible increases in environ- ial, the museum of the Department of to reassign from sites slated for closure mental cleanup costs and military the Interior is sponsoring an exhibit of to positions in other areas. Among the construction. The GAO also warns that mementos left at the Wall in Washing- largest one-time cost increases are: the Pentagon will have trouble imple- ton, D.C. The first was a I $970 million to consolidate and menting the BRAC recommendations that was thrown into the memorial close National Geospatial-Intelligence by its September 2011 deadline. fountain when the concrete was being poured. More than 100,000 tributes have been deposited at the memorial since then—everything from dog tags, cowboy boots and an artificial Christ- mas tree to a Harley-Davidson motor- cycle. The title of the exhibit, which also features drawings, photographs and models showing how the Wall was created, is “The Vietnam Veterans Memorial: America Responds.” Al- though the museum can showcase only a fraction of the articles left as tributes, Duery Felton Jr., exhibit cura- tor, Army and Vietnam veteran, says that each item is “equally important and serves as a living memorial.” The exhibit is open through May 31, 2008, from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., Mon- day through Friday (except for fed- eral holidays) and the third Satur- J.D. Leipold day of the month from 1:00 P.M. This customized Harley-Davidson was left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by a group of veterans who etched on the bike the names of 37 Wisconsin service- to 4:00 P.M. For more information members unaccounted for in Vietnam. It is on display at the Vietnam Memorial visit www.doi.gov/interiormuseum/ exhibit at the museum of the Department of the Interior through Memorial Day. or call 202-208-4984. I

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