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ARMOR March-April 2001 “SPEARHEAD” PB 17-01-2 March-April 2001 Saddle Up... Tonight We Ride “Daigle, stop! I can’t take it anymore! Shut your pie hole 7) Firing weapons. Hard to beat the testosterone rush, and and quit complaining! You are killing me with all that inces- if you enjoy it, you can always bolo and get more free sant whining . .” So go the unsolicited comments (minus ammo. numerous four-letter modifiers) of one MAJ Rex Awesome, 6) The “Star Spangled Banner” before movies. Don’t know a former drinking partner and self-described “Tanker Extra- how this got started, but like the Pledge of Allegiance in ordinaire.” Awesome takes issue with the tone and tenor of schools, it’s a damn good idea. my ramblings in Saddle Up . Tonight We Ride. The gist of Awesome’s no-so-eloquent comments focus on my fault- 5) Mess halls. Yeah, I know we call them dining facilities finding in recent columns. now, but they will always be mess halls to me. Simply said, if there is a better breakfast deal around, I haven’t found it Awesome’s verbal assault came during a work day; I was yet. busily engaged with important magazine editor stuff (Don’t ask. I still can’t explain it to my kids). His tirade caught me 4) TDYs and going to the field. Sometimes ya’ just gotta get off guard, and my response was typical of a 6-year-old: away from the wife and kids. (Trust me, they feel the same). “That’s what you think!” 3) Beer calls on Friday after work. No one brings Palm Pi- “Why don’t you write about some of the good stuff going lots and watches the stock market tickers; we trade for cool on out there?” challenged Awesome. Class IX stuff. “Why don’t you?” I reply, always quick with the snappy 2) Army kids. Ya can’t beat ’em. Moving every two or three repartee. years and leaving your buddies can’t be easy, but our kids do it well. Doing without a mom or dad for a long time ain’t “Done,” says Awesome, “I’ll write your damn column!” easy either. Army kids face this challenge all the time and Rex Awesome Weighs In: It’s damn easy to complain thrive. and snivel; too many people occupy themselves doing it for 1) Not working for a living. Coming out of college with a my liking. I suffer fools better than I suffer whiners. Simply degree in drinking, the last thing I wanted to do was work for don’t have time to listen to them bitch and complain, and a living, and the Army has allowed me to avoid that for a quite frankly, they make me puke! Let’s talk about some long time. Yeah, I don’t like being away from my wife and things that are right with the Army for a change! kids sometimes, and not all the Army stuff is fun, but I My Top Ten “Good” things about the Army follow: wouldn’t trade it for a wearing a suit and working in the cor- porate world — that’ll come soon enough. Don’t believe 10) Dress blues at a civilian wedding. Who needs to rent a me? Go to a party sometime with your civilian friends and tux? watch the crowd as Big Ed tells his compelling tale of that 9) Physical fitness. Check out your old high school buddies sales presentation in Topeka. Compare that to the reaction at the next reunion, but watch for flying harpoons. you get when someone asks you about putting steel through targets, or what Kosovo was like. 8) Unit coins. Beats the hell out of a pocket full of business cards. Rex — Out! By Order of the Secretary of the Army: Official: ERIC K. SHINSEKI JOEL B. HUDSON General, United States Army Administrative Assistant to the Chief of Staff Secretary of the Army 0100406 The Professional Development Bulletin of the Armor Branch PB 17-01-2 Editor-in-Chief Features MAJ DAVE DAIGLE 6 The Expert Armor Badge: How It Might Work by CPT Rick Johnson and SFC Michael Carew Managing Editor JON T. CLEMENS 8 Armor, Cavalry, and Transformation: “New” Cavalry for the Interim Force by COL Kevin C.M. Benson and LTC (P) Dana J.H. Pittard Commandant MG B. B. BELL 12 Deployable Versus Survivable by SFC Ira L. Partridge 15 Cavalry Operations in MOUT ARMOR (ISSN 0004-2420) is published bi- by CPT Scott Schenking monthly by the U.S. Army Armor Center, 4401 18 An American Weapon for the 21st Century Vine Grove Road, Fort Knox, KY 40121. by MAJ Robert Bateman Disclaimer: The information contained in AR- MOR represents the professional opinions of 23 The Three Tank Platoon, A Consideration For Army XXI the authors and does not necessarily reflect by MAJ Kevin D. Stringer and MAJ D. André Hall the official Army or TRADOC position, nor does it change or supersede any information 25 Redefining the Role of the Command Sergeant Major presented in other official Army publications. in a Tactical Environment by CSM James L. DePriest and COL Oscar R. Anderson Official distribution is limited to one copy for each armored brigade headquarters, armored 27 Developmental Testing of Combat Vehicles cavalry regiment headquarters, armor battalion by John McFassel headquarters, armored cavalry squadron head- quarters, reconnaissance squadron headquar- 32 Hold At All Cost ters, armored cavalry troop, armor company, 24 hours on the Golan Front during the October War of 1973 and motorized brigade headquarters of the by MAJ Michael D. Wickman United States Army. In addition, Army libraries, Army and DOD schools, HQ DA and MACOM 37 The Field Problem Review Board staff agencies with responsibility for armored, direct fire, ground combat systems, organiza- 38 Enter the Gauntlet tions, and the training of personnel for such The Armor School Is Transforming How We Train Our Combat Leaders organizations may request two copies by by 2LT Humayun S. Khan sending a request to the editor-in-chief. 40 ARMOR Magazine to Move Across Post Authorized Content: ARMOR will print only by Jon Clemens, Managing Editor those materials for which the U.S. Army Armor Center has proponency. That proponency 44 Are You Fast With a “God Gun”??? includes: all armored, direct-fire ground com- bat systems that do not serve primarily as 47 Some Road Wheels Defective; Most Failed from Wear, Neglect infantry carriers; all weapons used exclusively 52 2001 Armor Conference and Armor Trainer Update Schedule in these systems or by CMF 19-series enlisted soldiers; any miscellaneous items of equip- 53 2001 Armor Conference: “The Armor/Mechanized Legacy Force: ment which armor and armored cavalry or- Dominating Maneuver Warfare through 2015” ganizations use exclusively; training for all SC 12A, 12B, and 12C officers and for all CMF- 19-series enlisted soldiers; and information Departments About the Cover concerning the training, logistics, history, and leadership of armor and armored cavalry units 2 Points of Contact This issue’s cover is a new painting by at the brigade/regiment level and below, to 3 Letters Jody Harmon, entitled “Spearhead.” include Threat units at those levels. The U.S. Armor Association will soon 5 Commander’s Hatch make the painting available as a print. Material may be reprinted, provided credit is 48 Reviews given to ARMOR and to the author, except where copyright is indicated. Periodicals Postage paid at Fort Knox, KY, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to Editor, ARMOR, ATTN: ATZK-ARM, Fort Knox, KY 40121-5210. Distribution Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. USPS 467-970 March-April 2001, Vol. CX, No. 2 DSN prefix – 464- Points of Contact Commercial prefix– (502) 624- ARMOR Editorial Offices U.S. Army Armor Center Editor-in-Chief Commanding General (ATZK-CG) MAJ Dave Daigle 2249 MG B. B. Bell 2121 E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] Managing Editor Deputy Commanding General (ATZK-DCG) Jon T. Clemens 2249 BG Terry Tucker 7555 E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] Chief of Staff (ATZK-CS) Editor COL George Edwards 1101 Vivian Oertle 2610 E-Mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Command Sergeant Major (ATZK-CSM) Staff Illustrator CSM Carl E. Christian 4952 Mr. Jody Harmon 2610 E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] Directorate of Force Development (ATZK-FD) COL Joe Hughes 5050 E-Mail: [email protected] Mounted Maneuver Battlespace Battle Lab (ATZK-MW) COL Dennis J. Szydloski 7809 ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS: To improve speed and accuracy in E-Mail: [email protected] editing, manuscripts should be originals or clear copies, either typed or printed out double-spaced, with a 3½-inch disk in Microsoft Office, Chief of Armor (ATZK-AR) Word, WordPerfect, WordStar, Rich Text Format, or ASCII (please Aubrey Henley 1272 indicate wordprocessing format on disk or cover letter). Tape E-Mail: [email protected] FAX 7585 captions to any illustrations or photos submitted. Additionally, we can receive articles as e-mail or attachments at: Special Assistant to the CG (ARNG) (ATZK-SA) COL Randal Milling 1315 [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] TRADOC System Manager for Abrams (ATZK-TS) SUBMISSION POLICY NOTE: Due to the limited space per COL James H. Nunn 7955 issue, we will not print articles that have been submitted to, and E-Mail: [email protected] accepted for publication by, other Army journals.
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