GEN.GORDON R. SULLIVAN, USA RET. President, AUSA Letters LT.GEN.THEODORE G. STROUP JR., USA RET. Vice President, Education, AUSA Remembering Gen. Walter Kerwin VIP visit my battery. The 30th Brigade MARY BLAKE FRENCH Editor in Chief at that time was a round-out augmen- LARRY MOFFI Managing Editor tation brigade for the 82nd Airborne, so PAUL W. BARTELS Art Director we were somewhat used to this. I had DENNIS STEELE Senior Staff Writer been in a nuclear weapons unit on ac- TONI EUGENE Associate Editor JOSEPH L. BRODERICK Production Artist tive duty, so VIPs were no big deal. TENLEY WADSWORTH Assistant Editor Shortly thereafter, a staff car pulled SARA HOV Assistant Editor into our area, and a four-star , JEREMY DOW Editorial Assistant his aide, our battalion commander Contributing Editors and the command sergeant major GEN.FREDERICK J. KROESEN, USA RET.; piled out. I was introduced to the U.S. MAJ.GEN.EDWARD B. ATKESON, USA RET.; Army Forces Command commander, AND SCOTT R. GOURLEY Gen. Kerwin. Being visited by a four- LT.GEN.THOMAS G. RHAME, USA RET. star general did rather grab my atten- Vice President, Finance and tion, but I proceeded to brief him on Administration, AUSA my mission and the battery, and then answered the usual personal ques- JAMES E. BURKE Advertising Manager tions that he directed to me. After in- KAREN L. HERRELL Army quiring about the state of the battery

Advertising Production Manager U.S. Gen. Walter T. Kerwin Jr. and my soldiers, Gen. Kerwin asked NORMAN CAMPBELL Fulfillment Director me, “Captain, is there anything that VALERIE HOLMAN Fulfillment Manager I The passing of Gen. Walter T. Ker- you need?” Now I am sure that I was ARMY is a professional journal devoted to the advancement win Jr. last July brought to mind supposed to consider this a polite of the military arts and sciences and representing the in- terests of the U.S. Army. Copyright©2009, by the Association afresh a memorable encounter that I question and was expected to reply of the Army. I ARTICLES appearing in had with him while I was a captain in “No, sir,” but as my associates to this ARMY do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the officers or members of the Council of Trustees of AUSA, or its edi- the North Carolina Army National day will attest, shyness has never tors. Articles are expressions of personal opinion and should not be interpreted as reflecting the official opinion of Guard (NCARNG). At the time, I was been a problem of mine. the Department of Defense nor of any branch, command, installation or agency of the Department of Defense. The battery commander of Battery A, 1st Instead, I said, “Yes, sir, there is; I magazine assumes no responsibility for any unsolicited Battalion, 113th Field Artillery. We cannot talk with my forward ob- material. I ADVERTISING. Neither ARMY, nor its pub- lisher, the Association of the , makes were the direct support battalion for any representations, warranties or endorsements as to the the 30th Mechanized Infantry Brig- truth and accuracy of the advertisements appearing herein, This Month’s Cover and no such representations, warranties or endorsements ade, NCARNG. should be implied or inferred from the appearance of the advertisements in the publication. The advertisers are Contrary to the stereotype of “week- solely responsible for the contents of such advertisements. I RATES. Individual memberships and subscriptions end warriors,” during about half of payable in advance (one year/three year): $20/$60 for E1-E4, our drill weekends, we would convoy cadets/OCS and GS1-GS4; $25/$68 for E5-E7, GS5-GS6; $30/$82 for E8-E9, O1-O3, W1-W3, GS7-GS11 and veterans; from Charlotte, N.C., to Fort Bragg, $33/$90 for O4-O6, W4-W5, GS12-GS15 and civilians; $38/$103 for O7-O10, SES and ES; life membership, gradu- N.C., to live fire on Saturdays. The ad- ated rates to $525 based on age; $16.50 ($13 for E1-E4, cadets, vance party would depart home sta- GS1-GS4) a year of all dues are allocated for a subscription to ARMY Magazine; single copies, $3.00. Additional postage to tion on Friday to draw the weapons all foreign countries, $15 per year for members, $25 for non- member subscribers. For other rates, write Fulfillment Man- from the motor pool, and the remain- ager, Box 101560, Arlington, VA 22210-0860. der of the battalion would motor

ADVERTISING. Information and rates available march to Fort Bragg very early on Sat- from the Advertising Production Manager or our ad- urday morning, fall in on the M109s vertising representatives, who are: James E. Burke and Irene and move to the field, usually register- Lamar, 230 Park Ave., Suite 646, ing to live fire by early afternoon. We New York, NY 10169. (212) 697- 2844. FAX (212) 682-1421. would then fire on into the evening, E-mail: [email protected]. secure the following morning, turn in U.S. Army soldiers of the 1st ARMY (ISSN 0004-2455), published monthly. Vol. 59, No. 2. and clean our tracks, and drive back to Brigade Combat Team, Subscription $33 a year. Publication offices: Association of the United States Army, 2425 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA Charlotte—an arduous but rewarding 25th Infantry Division, patrol a 22201-3326, (703) 841-4300, FAX: (703) 841-3505, e-mail: drill. section of Iraq’s Diyala River [email protected]. Visit AUSA’s web page on the Internet at www.ausa.org. Periodicals postage paid at Arlington, Va., One such Saturday in early 1974, I re- Valley. (Cover photograph by Petty and at additional mailing office. ceived word from the battalion that we Officer Walter J. Pels, U.S. Navy.) POSTMASTER: Send address changes to ARMY Magazine, Box 101560, Arlington, VA 22210-0860. were going to have a very high-ranking

February 2009 I ARMY 3 servers worth a darn. The radios we code and system pretty well, but I have are way out of date and a bunch ARMY Magazine welcomes letters didn’t know much at all—nothing of junk. We were supposed to get the to the editor. Short letters are more about the good times, the bad times new generation of equipment, but I likely to be published, and all let- and all the links in between. We are understand those radios were all sent ters may be edited for reasons of much bigger now—the Academy and last year to Israel during the war, and style, accuracy or space limita- the nation—and we can hope there is tions. Letters should be typewrit- we haven’t gotten a thing.” I thought still a place for honor in both. ten and double-spaced. All letters my battalion commander was going to The objective coverage in Honor must include the writer’s full name, go into cardiac arrest on the spot, but address and home telephone num- Bright shows how the most important Gen. Kerwin turned to the major who ber. The volume of letters we re- part of the West Point experience can was his aide and said, “Make a note of ceive makes individual acknowl- get off track. As author Lewis Sorley that.” I figured that would be the end edgment impossible. Please send demonstrates in the story of the honor of it. letters to The Editor, ARMY Maga- code, there has to be education and the A month later, our entire artillery zine, AUSA, 2425 Wilson Blvd., Ar- opportunity to develop a strong com- battalion received a shipment of brand- lington, VA 22201. Letters may also mitment to honor. There were times new, state-of-the-art radios! About 25 be faxed to (703) 841-3505 or sent when we were consumed by other years later, I had a chance to talk to via e-mail to [email protected]. things. In his treatment of challenging Gen. Kerwin at a meeting and related problems, how we allowed them to that story, with my thanks. We had a tion. The book is masterful in many happen and how we shouldered them hearty laugh together over it. ways—I don’t see how it could be bet- and carried on, Sorley has found the COL. J. A. BARTON CAMPBELL, ter. It will be a long-lasting authority essence of the honor story. At the same USAR RET. of unlimited benefit to readers far and time, he shows how and why there are Richmond, Va. beyond West Point and the Army, pro- questions we must continue to answer. viding a look at how a small group I think readers who have taken the Honor Bright can bring forth a code of honor that honor code for granted—I, for one— I I’d like to add to what Maj. Gen. will endure. Honor Bright is a work of will see how absolutely necessary it is Edward B. Atkeson, U.S. Army re- powerful, straightforward truth. The to give it the proper place, proper sup- tired, wrote about Honor Bright in the research is impeccable. I thought I port and proper understanding at any November 2008 issue “Reviews” sec- knew the West Point motto, honor given time. It seems to me when I read Honor Bright that right now, we have to respect the need to keep the code in the hands of the cadets and give them the fullest support in their develop- ment, their growing leadership and their handoff to classes that follow. Honor Bright will serve well those leaders who want to see honor hold its proper role in personal development, not by any means just at West Point but other places as well. GEN. JOHN R. GALVIN, USA RET. U.S.M.A. ’54 Jonesboro, Ga.

Gen. Eric Shinseki I The appointment of Gen. Eric Shin- seki, U.S. Army retired, as head of the Department of Veterans Affairs on De- cember 7, 2008, highlights a remarkable turn of events. On a day remembered as a “day of infamy” in U.S. history due to the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Academy Hawaii, by the Empire of Japan, Presi- dent-elect Obama chose to name this

U.S. Military highly decorated veteran as the coun- Newly commissioned second lieutenants of the Class of 2008 try’s first Japanese-American head of celebrate at the 210th graduation of the U.S. Military Academy. the VA. Bravo! In testimonies before

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