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FORT BLISS’ ONLY AUTHORIZED NEWSPAPER 2018 tion for ublica Print P s Best . Army’ Named U.S El Paso native Army making improvements fi nds adventure in Navy ■ 5A to Family Readiness Groups ■ 1B Thursday, June 20, 2019 Connect with the Bugle at: Fort Bliss, Texas @FortBlissTexas 1st AD and Fort Bliss fortblissbugle.com • Click on the eEdition Graham Snodgrass / U.S. Army The Community Resource Guide digitally connects service members and families to available resources based on their identifi ed need. By linking the Housing Environmental Health Response Registry to the CRG, Army Public Health Center is hoping to leverage this resource to make sure all housing residents are getting the word about the registry. Housing Health Registry added to all installation community resource guides >> SNOOP DOG By Douglas Holl | USAPHC Airman 1st Class Quion Lowe / 49th Wing ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Zordon, a 49th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, searches the area in a mock deployment village at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., May Md. -- Residents with housing-related 23. Team Bliss Soldiers travelled north to Holloman for the MWD handler lane training where four teams practiced giving emergency fi rst aid to their health and safety concerns can now fi nd dogs in a deployed environment. For more canine-friendly images by our Air Force teammates from the 49th Wing, turn to page 4A. information about the Housing Envi- ronmental Health Response Registry in every Army installation Community Re- source Guide. The HEHRR was launched in April by the U.S. Army Medical Command to ad- Higher dress housing health or safety concerns of current or former Army housing residents. learning “Housing is one of those topics that is often searched for in the CRG,” said Anna Courie, the Army Public Health USASMA now a Center Health Promotion Policy and Evaluation project offi cer. “If Army families have health issues surrounding staff college branch, their military housing, they can search for the HEHRR in the CRG to register fi rst students to their concerns and problems. We really want to get the information out to our users to take action on their concerns.” receive BAs to David Crozier / NCOL COE United States Army Sergeants Major Academy Class 69 will be the fi rst students from the Sergeants Major The CRG digitally connects service graduate Friday Course to earn Bachelors of Arts in Leadership and Workforce Development through USASMA. members and families to available resources based on their identifi ed need. By Danielle O’Donnell | NCOL COE “Achieving accreditation is also another on the importance of education,” Command Courie says the CRG is better than a The U.S. Army Sergeants Major Acad- way we are adding value to our Soldiers’ ser- Sgt. Maj. Jimmy Sellers, the commandant of basic web search, because it has been emy at the NCO Leadership Center of Excel- vice,” Sgt. Major of the Army Daniel Dailey the NCO Leadership Center of Excellence, confi gured so that the service member, lence is now an accredited school under the said. “We are building readiness and develop- said. “We cannot underscore that education family member, or civilian can search academic governance of the Command and ing highly-skilled leaders with competitive is important, but leadership is equally impor- based upon need category, provider, A-Z General Staff College. Qualifi ed graduates of skill sets.” tant and developing our NCOs to be leaders index, or by keyword search term. the Sergeants Major Course can now attain a The BA in LWD is a degree program which is something we cannot take our eye off of. “The military has its own lingo and Bachelor of Arts in Leadership and Workforce helps the Army develop better NCOs who are This accreditation is paving the way for our language,” said Courie. “We’ve tried to Development through USASMA. ready to lead and inspire Soldiers and units. NCO Corps to focus in on taking care of, and think like a Soldier or spouse coming A Combined Arms Center Execution Order There are 214 USASMA Class 69 students leading Soldiers. It allows them to focus on to a new duty station and using terms on March 21, 2018, offi cially made a branch participating in the pilot program and more leadership, to develop individually and spend of reference that are familiar to them to campus at USASMA, the CGSC’s fourth than 90 students are projected to be the fi rst to less time in college classes.” quickly get them the information they school, thus placing USASMA under CGSC’s confer their degree Friday. Soldiers who pursue the BA in LWD re- need on their problem or risk factor.” academic governance policies and processes. “There has been a lot of emphasis as of late USASMA By linking the HEHRR to the CRG, See Page 2A APHC is hoping to leverage this resource to make sure all housing residents are getting the word about the inside this issue FORT BLISS ■ Unit News ...................................3A registry. Since its launch, residents from Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday ■ 38 installations have called the registry WBAMC’s 131st Field Community .................................1B hotline at 1-800-984-8523 to voice their Hospital supports IRT mission ■ 7A ■ Sports .........................................7B concerns. Places to go: Chill out at ■ Off Duty ......................................9B Residents who enroll in the registry BLM’s Aguerre Spring ■ 2B ■ Army Classifi eds .......................10B will receive information about any environmental health hazards they may be ■ Commercial Classifi eds.............11B Molinari: Redefi ning Sunny, hot Sunny, warm Sunny, warm Sunny, warm concerned with, including water quality, ‘Hang Ten’ ■ 5B Hi 100, Lo 73 Hi 97, Lo 71 Hi 94, Lo 70 Hi 93, Lo 69 ■ Puzzles .....................................11B lead, mold or mildew, dampness or as- See REGISTRY Page 2A 2A • June 20, 2019 • FORT BLISS BUGLE HHH ACROSS THE FORCE HHH REGISTRY Continued from Page 1A bestos. They can also use the registry to re- port a health concern or request contact from Soldier who battled one of APHC’s public health experts to assist them with their issue. in Fallujah to receive “The HEHRR is an opportunity for families to engage in a dialogue with Army pro- highest military honor fessionals related to housing and health con- By Joe Lacdan | Army News Service cerns,” said John Resta, director of the U.S. Army Public Health Center and acting depu- WASHINGTON – Former Staff Sgt. Da- ty chief of staff of Public Health for the U.S. vid Bellavia will be awarded the Medal of Army Medical Command. “The Army wants Honor for his bravery during some of the everyone’s voice to be heard and is commit- deadliest fighting in Iraq, President Donald ting great resources to improve the quality of Trump announced June 10. life for its families.” A squad leader during the second battle of If a resident has successfully addressed Fallujah, Bellavia, now 43, exposed himself their needs with their local housing office to enemy fire as he defended his Soldiers on and healthcare team, they need not enroll in Nov. 10, 2004. the registry, but they may, said Ginn White, Third Platoon, Company A, Task Force 2-2 project manager for the Army Public Health was with U.S. Marines facing about 1,500 Response Team. The registry is completely to 3,000 insurgents who had been using the voluntary. Senior Army leaders are monitor- mostly abandoned city as cover. Company A ing the housing response very closely and learned six-to-eight insurgents were hiding communicating directly to housing manag- somewhere in a block of 12 buildings, and ers. the company would have to search each one Courtesy photo “The Army is using the registry to under- to try and find them. After unsuccessfully Staff Sgt. David Bellavia, left, will be awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery during some of the stand where and what types of housing con- searching the first nine buildings, Platoon deadliest fighting in Iraq, President Donald Trump announced June 10. cerns are impacting Families,” said White. members entered the next structure and en- “Your voice helps us accurately measure and countered heavy gunfire from within. “Never in my life had I seen anything like mendations include the Bronze Star and the shape the response, now and proactively for Bellavia used his M249 squad automatic that,” he said of the fighting. New York State Conspicuous Service Cross. the future.” weapon to suppress and counter the insur- Bellavia called for an M2 Bradley Fight- The native of Waterport, New York, grew Resources like the registry and CRG can gent attack, allowing Third Platoon mem- ing Vehicle to provide suppressing fire with up listening to stories from his grandfather, a be incredibly empowering, said Courie, who bers to escape the house. its 25 mm cannon as he headed inside. He World War II veteran who still resides in the is also a military spouse. The platoon then began taking fire from then fought his way up three floors, using his area. He became enamored with the military “We PCS every two years on average,” insurgents on the house’s rooftop. Bellavia, rifle and grenades to kill four enemy insur- life at a young age and at 23, he left college said Courie. “I love that I can pull up my realizing the only way to keep his platoon gents and mortally wound another. The first and enlisted in the Army in July 1999. phone and click through the CRG application from taking casualties was to eliminate the insurgent Bellavia killed had been loading Bellavia left active duty in 2005 and cur- to find information on my medical needs, enemy, re-entered the house.

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