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OCTOBER 31, 2013 1 THE OCTOBER 31, 2013 VOL. 70, NO. 42 OINTER IEW® DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY PSERVING THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AND THE COMMUNITY V OF WEST POINT ® Cadets compete for choice military training Roughly 30 cadets started the day in hopes of earning the one slot to attend the Sapper Leaders Course. Six hours into the assessment, only 10 remained. More than 400 cadets endured the daylong tryouts Oct. 26 throughout West Point in the hopes of being selected for one of 16 competitive Military Individual Academic Development programs next year. These MIADs include the Chilean Mountain School, Combat Diver Qualifi cation course, French Airborne School and Special Forces Assessment and Selection. See Page 3 for story and photos. MIKE STRASSER/PV INSIDE HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Tonight’s Cadet Spirit & Group Halloween Parade starts at 4:30 p.m. See Daylight saving time ends ONLINE Page 12 for the route. Sunday. Remember to turn back WWW . POINTERVIEW . COM WWW . USMA . EDU U.S. ARMY PHOTO your clocks one hour. 2 OCTOBER 31, 2013 NEWS & FEATURES POINTER VIEW Army to stand up new Resiliency Directorate By Jacqueline M. Hames training,” he said. force,” Campbell said. most good. Army News Service The G-1’s goal is to take resiliency concepts Campbell said he wants to take the lessons Campbell acknowledged that as the Army and translate them into something commanders learned about resiliency over the past few years entered the fiscal year, new budgetary challenges Army leaders announced Oct. 21 a new can do and touch, he explained, emphasizing and apply them to help Soldiers, families and would appear, limiting resources for resiliency directorate would be established in the Pentagon the long-term effort that will be involved in a civilians. training. under the Army’s G-1. cultural shift toward resiliency. Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, the Army’s He said that senior leaders will be faced The Resiliency Directorate will be stood up The G-1 has already reorganized, Bromberg surgeon general, discussed key points for with tough decisions, and will need to assess Monday, Lt. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg, deputy said, adding that the new Resiliency Directorate bringing resiliency to Soldiers. risk and prioritize programs, but he hopes chief of staff, G-1, said when speaking during is being established with no overall growth in The first is to ensure support systems are non-commissioned officers and leaders out in a panel at the Association of the United States personnel. delivered to where Soldiers are, and to do that, the field will provide candid feedback so those Army annual meeting and exposition. “The responsibility of the directorate will the medical community is nesting their support decisions are the right ones. The panel discussed the service’s Ready be to be the synchronizer and the driver and within the larger Army community, so everyone “We can’t afford to be redundant. We have and Resilient Campaign and Bromberg said the energy at the department level for making is working together to improve the readiness to take the right resources and make sure we get new directorate will be responsible for leading resiliency the cultural change across the Army,” and resilience of Soldiers and family members. the biggest bang for our buck on all of our posts, a cultural change Armywide. Bromberg said. “The second point that I’d like to make is camps or stations to take care of our Soldiers and Bromberg said one of the challenges the The Army is now in phase one of that that it really is meeting people where they need our families and our civilians,” Campbell said. Army faces in the upcoming years is force change, Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. John to be met. So, it’s the synchronization of those readiness in the face of downsizing and budget F. Campbell said, asking non-commissioned programs and capabilities, and it’s making sure constraints. officers to lead the change at the ground level. that we don’t wait for them to come to us, that The Hunting lottery is “So, how do you maximize your readiness? “After more than a decade of fighting both in we try to do that outreach,” she said. Well, you maximize equipment by maintaining Iraq and Afghanistan—the longest conflict our Horoho added that it’s important to make Nov. 7. See page 11 your equipment, or you can maximize your nation has been involved in—we have to have sure the programs being presented to Soldiers people also, by keeping them in resiliency the ability to rehabilitate, reset and reshape the are the right programs, the ones that will do the for details. Zajimovic thankful for chance meeting with Albright Commentary by Class of 2016 Cadet On Oct. 17, Col. Brian Mennes facilitated an introductory Nicole Zajimovic conversation with Secretary Albright on the challenges of Unity of Effort in Civil-Military Operations. My name is Nicole Zajimovic. I am a cadet who had the The conversation was then opened for Cadet Q&A for honor and privilege of meeting the Honorable Madeleine insights on their future leadership challenges. I had the chance Albright Oct. 17 during her visit to West Point. For anyone to to attend this meeting, and at its conclusion, my sponsor Lt. understand how much this means to me, I must first share my Col. Stephen Ruth, U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School background. commandant, caught sight of me and we spoke about how My parents were born and raised in Bosnia, my father is meaningful this day was to me. Muslim and my mother is Catholic. In the early ‘90s, they sought Later that afternoon, I sent Lt. Col. Ruth an email asking if refuge in Germany, which is where my brother and I were born. there was any chance I could meet Secretary Albright. At the conclusion of the war, the refugees were forced to He told me that he would help me try to catch her for a quick move back to their respective countries, but my parents sought moment after the Thayer Award dinner. After dashing across the a different opportunity for our family. apron immediately following dinner because Secretary Albright With the help of the Clinton administration, we were able to had already entered the bus that would take her to Jefferson Hall, move to America in 1998. I later became an American citizen Lt. Col. Ruth led me to Dr. Albright, who was being escorted when I was 10 years old. by our great Superintendent. I was slightly out of breath when I America welcomed my family with open arms and allowed met her, but quite frankly, that could probably be attributed more me to pursue so many things. The possibilities were, and to how nervous I was rather than the speed-walk to the library. continue to be, endless. The opportunities that have been given Secretary Albright considerably influenced American policy to my family since day one are what gave root to my passionate in Bosnia that affected my family during the wars in the region desire to serve my country. in the ‘90s. Attending the U.S. Military Academy and serving my Her passion and perseverance are unparalleled, and for her nation as an Army officer is another step in fulfilling what is work, I could never be more thankful. my American dream. To serve the nation that has never stopped Just as Dr. Albright mentioned about being grateful in her serving me is the most satisfying repayment, though even if it Thayer Award speech and at the C3MO discussion, I must say is not payment enough. that I am grateful as well. Grateful for this nation, for USMA Class of 2016 Cadet Nicole Zajimovic meets with I must also share how I got the chance to meet Secretary and the opportunity to meet the Honorable Madeleine Albright, the Honorable Madeleine Albright in Jefferson Hall Albright. I am a member of C3MO, the Cadet Center for Civil- along with an infinite amount of other blessings bestowed following the Thayer Award dinner Oct. 17. Military Operations. upon me. 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