News Call First Female Soldiers Report to Brigade Combat Teams

In May, the 4th Brigade Combat tached”—to BCTs. The six MOSs are: tions nationwide by the end of 2013. Team (BCT), 101st Airborne Division, I 13M—Multiple Launch Rocket President Obama told reporters after Fort Campbell, Ky., welcomed the System (MLRS) crewmember. the meeting that “we leave Chicago first Army women to its ranks. The I 13P—MLRS Operations/Fire Di- with a clear road map” to bring the 35 women who joined the 101st are rection . “war in Afghanistan to a responsible among more than 200 participating in I 13R—Field Artillery Firefinder end.” NATO stressed its commitment the Women in Service Review, a DoD Radar Operator Specialist. to a long-term partnership with Af- initiative that was announced in Febru- I 91A—M1 Abrams Tank System ghanistan in the following years. ary and would ultimately rescind the Maintainer. The shift of responsibility to Afghan military’s exclusion of women in direct I 91M—Bradley Fighting Vehicle troops, which NATO calls Milestone ground combat. System Maintainer. 2013, is well under way. In May, Af- The Army will assess the impact of I 91P—Artillery Mechanic. ghan president Hamid Karzai an- the change over a six-month period According to Army Chief of Staff nounced the third group of provinces and then make recommendations on GEN Raymond T. Odierno, the pro- to make this transition, which will women’s future assignments. In addi- gram will also look into opening in- bring a total of 75 percent of the coun- tion to the 101st at Fort Campbell, fantry and armor MOSs to women. “If try’s population under Afghan secu- eight BCTs at the following installa- we determine that we’re going to al- rity control. tions are participating. low women to go to infantry, and if Commander of NATO’s Interna- I Fort Carson, Colo. they’re successful,” he said, “they are tional Security Assistance Force (ISAF) I Fort Drum, N.Y. probably, at some time, going to have in Afghanistan, Marine Corps Gen. I Fort Hood, Texas to go through .” John R. Allen, affirmed that Afghan I , Ky. forces will take the lead but said he ex- I Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Afghanistan Update. At a summit in pects stiff resistance from the Taliban If approved, the Pentagon initiative, late May in Chicago, NATO leaders de- during this year’s fighting season and which opens more than 13,000 jobs clared that the transition of security to noted that “combat operations will to women in six military occupation Afghan forces that began in July 2011 is continue in the country throughout specialties (MOS), would mean that “irreversible,” on track and will be com- the period of the remainder of the women would be officially assigned pleted by the end of 2014, with Afghan ISAF mission, which will conclude on —as opposed to being merely “at- forces taking the lead in combat opera- the 31st of December 2014.” The first priority in Afghanistan remains keep- ing pressure on the Taliban, while the second is accelerating the training and capabilities of Afghan security forces.

Special Forces Honored. In a late May ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C., the Gov- ernor General and Commander in Chief of Canada awarded the Cana- dian Commander in Chief Unit Com- mendation to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, N.C. The award cites the Special Forces group for heroic action in Afghanistan

SSG Nikishe A. Simon, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, works in her new assignment in a maneuver battalion as

U.S. Army/SPC Thomas Christiansen U.S. part of the Women in Service Review.

July 2012 I ARMY 9 during the Canadian-led Operation are featured in the book Lions of Kan- the Army’s Warrior Care and Transition Medusa. It is the first time the Cana- dahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Program. dian government has given an award Odds by MAJ Rusty Bradley, U.S. At 144,600 square feet, the facility ac- for valor to a foreign military service. Army Special Operations Command, commodates 240 soldiers in two build- According to the citation: “After Fort Bragg, N.C. ings. Each building contains two apart- completing their initial objectives, the ment-style floor plans: a two-bedroom, Special Forces members willingly en- Warriors in Transition. The Savannah two-bathroom apartment with shared gaged a much larger force to secure the District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- kitchen, living room and laundry room; Canadian Battle Group’s flank and neers (USACE) recently completed con- and a smaller, two-bedroom, one-bath prevented the enemy from staging an struction of a $25.1-million Warrior in apartment with a shared kitchen. Ten effective counteroffensive. Outnum- Transition barracks complex that will percent of the rooms feature counter- bered and facing a well-prepared en- help wounded and injured soldiers re- tops, bathrooms and equipment that emy, they relentlessly assaulted the ob- habilitate or make the transition back to are easily accessible for a wheelchair- jective and eventually captured the military duty or civilian life. The Fort bound person and comply with the position after intense days of fighting.” Stewart, Ga., barracks is part of a three- Americans with Disabilities Act. The events of Operation Medusa stage development to help soldiers in The barracks complex is next to a

GENERAL OFFICER CHANGES*

*Assignments to general officer slots an- nounced by the General Officer Manage- MG K.R. Dahl MG S.M. Dyer, MG R.M. Dyess MG F.B. Hodges ment Office, Department of the Army. Some from Dep. CG USAR, from Cmdr., Jr. from Dir., RID, from Chief, Legisla- (Spt.), 10th Moun- 335th Signal Cmd. ARCIC, TRADOC, tive Liaison, OSA, officers are listed at the grade to which they tain Div., Fort (Theater), East JB Langley-Eustis, Washington, D.C., are nominated, promotable or eligible to be Drum, N.Y., to Point, Ga., to Chief Va., to Dir., FD, to Chief of Land frocked. The reporting dates for some offi- Dep. CG-Spt., Integration Officer, ODCS, G-8, USA, Command, Izmir, cers may not yet be determined. USF-A, OEF, OCIO/G-6, Wash- Washington, D.C. Stand Up Team, Afghanistan. ington, D.C. NATO, Turkey.

MG B.R. Kelly, MG S.R. Lanza MG P.S. Lennon, MG G.J. Les- MG G.A. Medvigy, MG M.W. Perrin USAR, from Cmdr. from Chief of Pub- USAR, from Acting niak, USAR, from USAR, from Cmdr. from Dir., J-2, (TPU), MRTC, Fort lic Affairs, OSA, Cmdr. (TPU), 377th CG, 88th RSC, (TPU), 351st Civil USF-I, OND, Iraq, Sam Houston, Washington, D.C., TSC, New Orleans, Fort McCoy, Wis., Affairs Cmd., Moun- to Dep. Dir., SID, Texas, to CG (TPU), to CG, 7th Infantry La., to CG (TPU), to Dep. CG-Spt., tain View, Calif., to NSA, Fort Meade, AR-MEDCOM, Division, JB Lewis- 377th TSC, New USARC, Fort Dep. CG (Spt.) Md. Pinellas Park, Fla. McChord, Wash. Orleans, La. Bragg, N.C. (IMA), Eighth U.S. Army, Yongsan, Re- public of Korea.

MG D.W. Puster, MG B.S. Sacolick MG S.W. Smith, MG M.P. Tatu, MG L.R. Visot, MG D.L. York, USAR, Cmdr. from CG, US- USAR, from Chief USAR, from USAR, from CG, USAR, Cmdr. (TPU), 84th Div. AJFKSWC, Fort Integration Officer, Cmdr. (TPU), 5th 377th TSC, New (TPU), 86th Train- (IT), Milwaukee, Bragg, N.C., to OCIO/G-6, Wash- Bde. (MC), 75th Orleans, La., to ing Div. (Ops.), Wis., to CG Dir., Force Mgmt. ington, D.C., to Training Div. (MC), Dep. CG-Ops., Fort McCoy, Wis., (TPU), 84th Div. and Development, Dep. Cmdr., 335th Dublin, Calif., to USARC, Fort to CG (TPU), US- (IT), Milwaukee. USSOCOM, Signal Cmd. (The- CG (TPU), 79th Bragg, N.C. ARJSTSC, Salt MacDill AFB, Fla. ater Operational SSC, Los Alami- Lake City, Utah. Cmd. Post) (For- tos, Calif. ward), Camp Arif- jan, Kuwait.

10 ARMY I July 2012 15,000-square-foot family assistance USAR Names New CCW. CW5 Phyl- and demobilizing warrant officers center, which was completed in 2010 lis Wilson, named in May as the new within the command. She will also co- and is staffed with personnel who command chief warrant officer (CCW), ordinate policy and statutory changes provide guidance, assistance and in- Army Reserve and U.S. Army Reserve to foster the advancement of initia- formation on finances, child care, fam- Command, assumes her new duties tives for the Warrant Officer Corps. ily advocacy, legal assistance and a this month and will serve at the head- CW5 Wilson enlisted in the Army in variety of other support services to quarters of the Office of the Chief, 1981 as a military intelligence voice help the soldiers and their families. Army Reserve, , Va. She intercept operator before attending The center also contains a child activ- succeeds CW5 James E. Thompson, warrant officer school in 1989. After ity center and playground, covered CCW of the Army Reserve since Sep- receiving her appointment, she served courtyard, break room and kitchen. tember 2010. in various military intelligence posi- An administrative facility sched- As the CCW, she will represent and tions throughout the Army. She was uled for completion in November will advise the chief and deputy chief of promoted to CW5 in 2009 and has house the staff that manages daily op- the Army Reserve and their staff on served as the all-source intelligence erations and the activities of the re- matters such as managing, resourcing, analyst technician with Military Intel- covering soldiers. organizing, administering, mobilizing ligence Readiness Command, Fort

Brigadier Generals: D.F. Anderson, USAR, from Cmdr. (TPU), 97th Training Bde., Fort Sheridan, Ill., to Cmdr, (TPU), 3rd Bde. (MC), 75th Training Div. (MC), Fort Sheridan; T.E. Ayres from CG/Cmdt./JAGLCS, Charlottesville, Va., to CG, USALSA/Chief Judge, ACCA, Fort Belvoir, Va.; D.C. Baldwin from Cmdr. (TPU), 332nd Med. Bde., Nashville, Tenn., to Cmdr. (TPU), MRTC, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; W.P. Barriage, USAR, from Chief (TPU), 253rd Civil Affairs Cmd., Staten Island, N.Y, to Cmdr. (TPU), 1st Bde. (MC), 75th Training Div. (MC), Houston, Texas; L.P. Burch, USAR, from Cmdr. (TPU), 22nd LSO, Grand Prairie, Texas, to Chief Judge (IMA), USALSA, Arlington, Va.; M.R. Chitwood, USAR, from G-7 (TPU), USAR Legal Cmd., Gaithersburg, Md., to Dep. CG (TPU), 63rd RSC, Moffett Field, Calif.; J.M. Cho from Cmdr., 30th Medical Cmd., Germany, to Asst. SG for Force Mgmt., OSG, USA, Falls Church, Va.; J.B. Clark from Cmdr., LRMC, Germany, to Cmdr., ERMC/Cmd. Surgeon, USAREUR and Seventh Army, Germany; R.L. Cloutier Jr. from Dep. Cmdr. (Maneuver), 3rd Infantry Div. (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Ga., to XO to the SACEUR, SHAPE, Belgium; P.C. Combs from Dep. Cmdr., USACC, Fort Knox, Ky., to Cmdt., USACBRNS, MS CoE, , Mo.; N.V. Coots from Special Asst. to the SG, Falls Church, Va., to SG, USF-A/Medical Advisor, IJC, OEF, Afghanistan; S.K. Curda, USAR, from Cmdr. (TPU), 308th Civil Affairs Bde., Homewood, Ill., to Cmdr. (TPU), 351st Civil Affairs Cmd., Mountain View, Calif.; F.D. Darpino from CG, USALSA/Chief Judge, ACCA, Fort Belvoir, Va., to CG/Cmdt., JAGLCS, Charlottesville, Va.; A.M. Deblieck, USAR, from Acting Cmdr. (TPU), 103rd SC(E), Des Moines, Iowa, to Cmdr. (TPU), 103rd SC(E), Des Moines; S.W. Duff, ARNG, from Dep. CG, USASFC(A), Fort Bragg, N.C., to CoS, KFOR, Pristina, Kosovo; C.R. Gentry, USAR, from Cmdr. (TPU), 643rd RSG, Whitehall, Ohio, to Asst. CoS, G-5 (IMA), Eighth U.S. Army, Yongsan, Republic of Korea; N.B. Green, USAR, from CoS (TPU), 79th SSC, Los Alamitos, Calif., to Cmdr. (TPU), 4th SC(E), San Antonio, Texas; C.K. Haas from Cmdr., CFSOCC-A, OEF, Afghanistan, to CG, USASFC(A), Fort Bragg, N.C.; F.A. Henry from Dep. CG, NETCOM, , Ariz., to CoS, DISA, Fort Meade, Md.; L.G. Irwin, USAR, from Acting Cmdr. (TPU), 926th EB, Montgomery, Ala., to Cmdr. (TPU), 926th EB, Montgomery; T.S. James Jr. from Cmdt., U.S. Army Armor School, MCoE, , Ga., to Dep. CG, 1st Cavalry Div., Fort Hood, Texas; P.S. Jolly, USAR, from Cmdr. (TPU), 364th Sustainment Bde., Marysville, Wash., to Cmdr. (TPU), ARSC, Birmingham, Ala.; K. Jones, USAR, from Cmdr., 505th Signal Cmd., Las Vegas, Nev., to Dep. Cmdr., 335th Signal Cmd. (Theater), East Point, Ga.; R.A. Karmazin, USAR, from Sr. Ops. Officer (TPU), ARCU, DoS, Washington, D.C., to Cmdr. (TPU), 5th Bde. (MC), 75th Training Div. (MC), Dublin, Calif.; T.D. Kok, USAR, from Asst. CoS, G-4 (AGR), USACAPOC(A), Fort Bragg, N.C., to Cmdr. (TPU), 11th Aviation Cmd., Fort Knox, Ky.; T.W. Kula from CG, USACE, Southwestern Div., Dallas, Texas, to Dir., JED, USF-A, OEF; W.S. Lee, USAR, from Cmdr. (TPU), 330th Med. Bde., Fort Sheridan, Ill., to Dep. Cmdr. for Professional Ser- vices (TPU), 807 MC (DS), Salt Lake City, Utah; M.D. Lundy from Dep. Cmdr. (Spt.), 1st Armored Div., , Texas, to Dep. Cmdr., CAC-T, TRADOC, , Kan.; T.P. McGuire from Dep. CLL, OSA, Washington, D.C., to Dep. CG, 82nd Airborne Div., Fort Bragg, N.C.; K.L. Mc- Neely, ARNG, from Dir., Strategic Plans and Policy (J-5), NGB, Washington, D.C., to Dir. EPTF, EUCOM, Germany; S.P. Mulholland from Dep. Dir. of Ops., J-3, USSOCOM, MacDill AFB, Fla., to Cmdr., SOCSOUTH, SOUTHCOM, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.; W.E. Piatt from Cmdt., USAIS, MCoE, Fort Benning, Ga., to Dep. CG, 10th Mountain Div. (L), Fort Drum, N.Y.; M.R. Quantock from Chief, CJ-2, IJC, OEF, Afghanistan, to Dep. Dir. for Trans-Regional Policy, J-5, Jt. Staff, Washington, D.C.; E.M. Reeder Jr., from CG, USASFC(A), Fort Bragg, N.C., to CG, USAJFKSWC, Fort Bragg; T.S. Smith, USAR, from Chief (AGR), GOMO/Dir., SLMO, OCAR, Fort Belvoir, VA., to Dep. Chief, AR, OCAR, Washington, D.C.; M.S. Tuomey, USAR, from Cmdr. (TPU), ARE, DLA, Fort Belvoir, Va., to Dep. Cmdr. for Mobilization (IMA), SDDC, Scott AFB, Ill.; G.J. Volesky from Dep. CG (Maneuver), 1st Cav- alry Div., Fort Hood, Texas, to Chief of Public Affairs, OSA, Washington, D.C.; N.Y. West from CG, ERMC/Cmd. Surgeon, USAREUR and Seventh Army, Germany, to Asst. SG for Force Sustainment, OSG/USA, Falls Church, Va.

I ACCA—U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals; AFB—Air Force Base; AGR—Active Guard and Reserve; AR—Army Reserve; ARCIC—Army Ca- pabilities Integration Center; ARCU—Army Reserve Counterterrorism Unit; ARE—Army Reserve Element; AR-MEDCOM—Army Reserve Medical Cmd.; ARNG—Army National Guard; ARSC—Army Reserve Sustainment Cmd.; CAC-T—Combined Arms Center-Training; CFSOCC-A—Combined Forces Special Operations Component Cmd.-Afghanistan; CLL—Chief, Legislation Liaison; CoS—Chief of Staff; DISA—Defense Information Sys- tems Agency; DLA—Defense Logistics Agency; DoS—Dept. of State; DS—Deployment Spt.; EB—Engineer Bde.; EPTF—European Partnership Task Force; ERMC—Europe Regional Medical Cmd.; EUCOM—U.S. European Cmd.; FD—Force Development; GOMO—General Officer Mgmt. Office; IJC—International Security Assistance Force Jt. Cmd.; IMA—Individual Mobilization Augmentee; IT—Institutional Training; JAGLCS—U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School.; JB—Joint Base; JED—Joint Engineering Directorate; KFOR—Kosovo Force; LRMC—Land- stuhl Regional Medical Center; LSO—Legal Spt. Organization; MC—Mission Cmd.; MC (DS)—Medical Cmd. (Deployment Spt.); MRTC—Medical Readiness and Training Cmd.; MCoE—U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence; MS CoE—Maneuver Support Center of Excellence; NETCOM— U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command; NGB—National Guard Bureau; NSA—National Security Agency; OCAR—Office of the Chief, Army Reserve; OCIO—Office of the Chief Information Officer; ODCS—Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff; OEF—Operation Enduring Freedom; OND—Operation New Dawn; OSA—Office of the Secretary of the Army; OSG—Office of the Surgeon General; RID—Requirements Integration Di- rectorate; RSC—Regional Support Cmd.; RSG—Regional Spt. Group; SACEUR—Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; SC(E)—Sustainment Cmd. (Expeditionary); SDDC—Surface Deployment and Distribution Cmd.; SG—Surgeon General; SHAPE—Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Eu- rope; SID—Signals Intelligence Directorate; SLMO—Sr. Leader Mgmt. Office; SOCSOUTH—Special Operations Cmd. South; SSC—Sustainment Spt. Cmd.; SOUTHCOM—U.S. Southern Cmd; TPU—Troop Program Unit; TSC—Theater Support Cmd.; TRADOC—U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Cmd.; USA—U.S. Army; USACAPOC(A)—U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations (Airborne); USACBRNS—U.S. Army Chemical, Biolog- ical, Radiological and Nuclear School; USACC—U.S. Army Cadet Cmd.; USACE—U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; USAIS—U.S. Army Infantry School; USAJFKSWC—U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center; USALSA—U.S. Army Legal Services Agency; USAR—U.S. Army Re- serve; USARC—U.S. Army Reserve Cmd.; USAREUR—U.S. Army Europe; USARJSTSC—U.S. Army Reserve Jt. and Special Troops Spt. Cmd.; USASFC(A)—U.S. Army Special Forces Cmd. (Abn.); USF-A—U.S. Forces-Afghanistan; USF-I—U.S. Forces-Iraq; USSOCOM—U.S. Special Opera- tions Cmd.; XO—Executive Officer.

July 2012 I ARMY 11 Army SGT Cliff Aughe, a flight medic with Company C, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, New Mexico Army National Guard, attends to an Afghan soldier during an evacuation mission in March.

Belvoir, Va., since September 2010. CW5 Wilson holds a master’s degree in management from Webster Univer- sity. A native of Barberton, Ohio, she is married, with three sons serving in the active military.

Flight Medic Training. Medics from the Army National Guard are among the first to take part in a new program designed to revamp the training of flight medics throughout the Army. Currently, a qualified combat medic in a flight medic slot can be a flight medic, but the requirements are chang- ing. Flight medics, according to MSG

Kym Ricketts, chief medical noncom- Army/SGT Daniel Schroeder U.S. missioned officer with the Army Na- nationally registered paramedic course, full-fledged paramedics serving as tional Guard, need additional training and the last focuses on critical care flight medics than with combat med- because “they do a higher standard of transport. ics performing the role. care and in a different environment Much of the impetus for the pro- The pilot program ends later this than a line medic on the ground.” gram was the result of a study done year and will then be reviewed. The program, taught at Fort Sam on a California Army National Guard Houston, Texas, includes paramedic medical evacuation unit that deployed National Monument. President Obama and critical care training and certifica- to Afghanistan with national certifica- recently designated nearly 15,000 acres tions. Soldiers training for flight medic tion as paramedics that helped inspire of Fort Ord, Calif., as the country’s 17th duty pass through three phases: First, the training program and proposed national monument. the flight medic phase can be waived changes to flight medic requirements. The monument designation bans in place of on-the-job training. The study determined there was a 66 mining and geothermal development The second, and longest, phase is the percent higher survivability rate with in the rural, undeveloped eastern half of the base but will not preclude busi- ness development on the western part Army Casualties in Afghanistan of the property. The designation does The following U.S. Army soldiers were reported killed supporting Opera- provide additional protection to about tion Enduring Freedom from May 1 to May 31, 2012. All names have been 7,200 acres cleared of ordnance and released through the Department of Defense; families have been notified. chemicals and managed by the federal 2LT Tobias C. Alexander, 30 SPC Chase S. Marta, 24 Bureau of Land Management (BLM). CPT John R. Brainard, 26 PFC Richard L. McNulty III, 22 Cleanup of another 7,400 acres cur- MSG Gregory L. Childs, 38 PFC Cale C. Miller, 23 rently managed by the Secretary of the CPT Bruce K. Clark, 43 2LT Travis A. Morgado, 25 Army is under way and will continue SPC Junot M.L. Cochilus, 34 SSG Israel P. Nuanes, 38 through 2019. That parcel will then be SGT Nicholas M. Dickhut, 23 CPL Nicholas H. Olivas, 20 transferred to the BLM. SPC Arronn D. Fields, 27 CPT Jesse A. Ozbat, 28 Cars will be permitted only on desig- SSG Thomas K. Fogarty, 30 CW5 John C. Pratt, 51 nated roads within the monument, but PFC Dustin D. Gross, 19 2LT David E. Rylander, 23 off-road vehicles will be barred from SSG Zachary H. Hargrove, 32 SGT Jacob M. Schwallie, 22 the area. The 86 miles of biking, hiking SPC Alex Hernandez III, 21 SPC Tofiga J. Tautolo, 23 and horseback riding trails along the SPC Vilmar Galarza Hernandez, 21 1LT Alejo R. Thompson, 30 Central Coast will remain open. SGT Michael J. Knapp, 28 SGT Brian L. Walker, 25 SGT Jabraun S. Knox, 23 SPC Samuel T. Watts, 20 Warrior Games Update. The Army ex- celled in several sports at the 2012 War-

12 ARMY I July 2012 rior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., Southall, wounded in 2009 in Afghan- conducted the network field exercise in May, when Army veterans and sol- istan, won the gold medal for her 37- across an area the size of Delaware. diers amassed 62 medals: 18 gold, 19 foot throw in the women’s shot put. Measuring the performance and op- silver and 25 bronze. Army women swept the upright cy- erational value of advanced tactical Army athletes won six gold, five sil- cling competition, adding three medals communications equipment, soldiers ver and seven bronze medals during to the total count, and the men’s re- of the 2nd Brigade strove to maintain the track and field events. Among them cumbent bike team took a gold and a network connectivity as units maneu- were SSG Michael Kacer, U.S. Army re- bronze. CPT William Longwell fin- vered through heat and dust across tired, who served in the military more ished first in the 10K hand cycle event a mountain desert with a complex than 10 years until injured by a rocket with a time of 20 minutes, 54 seconds. mix of elements, including the army, in Afghanistan. He took home a silver Wounded warriors collected another insurgents and civilians of the fic- and three bronze medals. SGT Monica three medals in the shooting competi- tional country of Attica. To simulate tion. The Army topped the in the brigade’s operating within a larger two team events, winning the sitting organizational formation, the 101st volleyball competition and taking the Airborne Division served as the head- gold in wheelchair basketball. quarters element, issuing orders and COMMAND The Warrior Games were created in monitoring operations over the War- SERGEANTS 2010 as an introduction to Paralympic fighter Information Network Tactical sports for injured servicemembers and (WIN-T) network from Fort Camp- MAJOR veterans, and many soldiers say they bell, Ky. CHANGES* CSM J. Carabello from 3rd BCT, relish the return to competition. NIE 12.2 is the final chance to check 10th Mtn. Div., and evaluate Capability Set 13, the first Fort Drum, N.Y., to MCoE and Fort Reducing Sexual Violence. At the integrated group of networked tech- Benning, Ga. I.A.M. Strong Sexual Harassment/ nologies that will be fielded to brigade Assault Prevention Summit held in combat teams beginning this fall. An- May, the Army acknowledged that chored by the WIN-T Increment 2, Ca- sexual harassment and sexual assault pability Set 13 is a major upgrade in continue to be problems and urged tactical communications that will ex- soldiers to take action against them. tend satellite communications to the “We need to eliminate the prevalent company level and allow mission com- CSM K.J. CSM B.L. Knight bystander mentality,” said Army Chief mand on the move. ( Groninger from from 1st Stryker 579th Engineer BCT, 25th Infantry of Staff GEN Raymond T. Odierno. He Det. (FEST-M), Div., Fort Wain- also said that soldiers who do not as- Vicksburg, Miss., wright, Alaska, to to USACE Cmd., USARAK, Fair- sist those who they think might be at Washington, D.C. banks, Alaska. risk of assault or who fail to confront soldiers who might engage in harass- ment or assault are part of the prob- lem. He said he will ask each comman- der to conduct a command climate survey within the first three months of taking command, again at six months, CSM B.E. Maier- CSM R.D. Ward and then every year. itsch from IM- from 130th Engi- COM-Europe, neer Bde. to US- SMA Raymond F. Chandler III also Germany, to U.S. ACE, Transat- spoke to the more than 500 comman- National Spt. Ele- lantic Div., ment Cmd.- Winchester, Va. ders and sergeants major who attended Afghanistan. the summit. The focus, he said, must be

AA—Air Assault; BCT—Brigade Combat on “changing the culture within our Team; FEST-M—Forward Engineer Spt. Army” and understanding that this Team-Main; IMCOM—Installation Manage- ment Cmd.; JB—Joint Base; MCoE—Ma- type of behavior is not acceptable. neuver Center of Excellence; MDW—U.S. Army Military District of Washington; NTC— National Training Center; USACE—U.S. NIE Tests. Network Integration Evalu- Army Corps of Engineers; USAFCOM—U.S. ation (NIE) 12.2, the third in a series of Army Finance Management Cmd.; USAIS— U.S. Army Infantry School; USARAK—U.S. semiannual tests of equipment under Army Alaska; WTC—Warrior Transition Cmd. real-world conditions, took place in *Command sergeants major positions as- May and June at White Sands Missile signed to general officer commands. Range, N.M. More than 4,000 soldiers of 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division,

July 2012 I ARMY 15