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Army Fort Leonard Wood, Flowers was the commander of the battalions (7,700 soldiers); served with the Joint Staff commanding general of the U.S. AsManeuver Support Center and Fort Leonard Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) of the U.S. Army in the National Military Command Center and the Wood, Maj. Gen. Robert B. Flowers is responsible for Corps of Engineers, and was president of the Missis- Counternarcotics Operations Division, Washington, providing the Army with well-trained soldiers and sippi River Commission. In addition to his duties as D.C., 1987-90; assigned to Fort Bragg, N.C., from leaders of all ranks who attend initial entry training MVD commander, Flowers was deployed to Bosnia 1980-87 and served as commander of the 307th through the engineer battalion and brigade pre- from Jan. 3 through March 17, 1996, as Deputy Chief Engineer Battalion from 1985-1987; served as adjutant command courses. He also directs the formulation of of Staff for Engineering (Forward), U.S. Army Europe. for the 20th Engineer Brigade for one year, and then Army engineer doctrine, force structure, battlefield He was responsible for U.S. forces construction in the moved to the 82nd Airborne Division, where he served tactics, training, and materiel development. In addition, theater of operations. as the operations and executive officer for the 307th he oversees the training of airmen, sailors and marines Other assignments include serving in South Korea Engineer Battalion; worked in combat developments at attending selected civil and construction engineer as assistant division commander, 2nd Infantry Division the Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., courses as well as that for all Department of Defense (Mechanized), Eighth U.S. Army. From October 1993 1983-85; served as a field engineer and a research motor transport operators. to July 1995 he was deputy commanding general, U.S. project manager for the Portland, Ore., Engineer Following graduation from the Virginia Military Army Engineer Center, and assistant commandant, U.S. District, 1976-80; served in Thailand as the Engineer Institute and his commissioning as a second lieutenant Army Engineer School, Fort Leonard Wood. While for the Udorn Detachment and Northern Thailand, in 1969, Flowers completed Ranger and airborne serving as the deputy assistant commandant of the U.S. 1973-74; his first troop assignment was with the 94th training. His civilian and military education includes a Army Engineer School from July 1992 until June 1993, Engineer Battalion in Germany, 1970-73, where he master's degree in civil engineering from the Univer- he was named the Joint Task Force Engineer for the served as a platoon leader, company commander, and sity of Virginia, the engineer basic and advanced Joint Task Force in Somalia. battalion operations officer. courses, Command and General Staff College, and the He was commander of the 20th Engineer Brigade Flowers was born in Pennsylvania and resided in National War College. Additionally, Flowers is a (Combat) (Airborne Corps), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, several areas of the world as his family moved during registered professional engineer in the state of Virginia. 1990-92. He led the brigade during Operations Desert his father's military career. He and his wife, Lynda, Prior to his assignment as commanding general, Shield and Desert Storm as an expanded force of 10 have four sons: Rob, David, Billy and Matthew.

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in Chicago, A native of Haverstraw, N.Y., Brig. Gen. Donald J. C ol. (P) Ronald L. Johnson was born 111.He was commissioned in the Corps of Engi- ol.Mass. Patricia She graduatedL. Nilo is originallyfrom Boston from State Medford, Col- Ryder was commissioned in 1971 through the neers after receiving a bachelor of science degree from lege in 1970 with a bachelor of arts degree in Army Reserve Officer Corps. He has a bachelor of science the United States Military Academy at West Point in biology and in 1973 with a master of education in degree in education from Northeast Louisiana University, 1976. His first tour was with the 9th Engineer Battalion biology. Monroe, La., and a masters of science degree in manage- where he served as platoon leader, company executive Nilo received a direct commission as a first ment from Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, officer, assistant S-4 and completed the tour as a lieutenant in the Women's Army Corps in 1974 and Fla. His military schooling includes the military police company commander. detailed to the Ordnance Corps in a chemical specialty officer's basic and advanced courses, logistic executive After graduating from the armor officer's advanced and was rebranched a Chemical Corps officer in 1977. development course, U.S. Army Command and General course in 1981, Johnson was assigned as a commander Nilo is a graduate of the National War College. Staff College, and U.S. Army War College. of a recruiting company in Atlanta, Ga., and later Nilo's staff assignments include instructor, and Some of Ryder's duty assignments include platoon became a battalion operations and marketing officer. In then company executive officer at the Ordnance and leader, 501st Military Police Company, 1st Armored 1983, he attended the Georgia Institute of Technology Chemical Center and School; chemical officer for the Division, Ansbach, Germany; commander, 463rd M.P. in Atlanta and earned a master's degree in operations 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division followed by Company (EG), Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.; S-4, 16th M.P. research and systems analysis. From 1985 to 1988, he assistant division chemical officer, 1st Armored Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C.; S-3, 503rd M.P. Battalion, Fort served at the United States Military Academy as the Division; executive officer, U.S. Army Chemical Bragg; corrections staff officer, Headquarters, Training course director for freshman calculus as well as the School Battalion; director, officer of the secretary, U.S. and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Va.; executive instructor and assistant professor of the Department of Army Chemical School; assignment fficer, Chemical officer, deputy chief of staff for personnel, administration, Mathematics. From 1988 to 1990, he attended the Branch, Personnel Command; staff officer, Chemical and logistics, HQ TRADOC, Fort Monroe; S-3, 18th M.P. Command and General Staff College and the School for and NBC Defense Division, Office of the Deputy Chief Brigade, V (US) Corps, Frankfurt, Germany; deputy Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) at Fort Leaven- of Staff for Operations and Plans, The Pentagon; and brigade commander, 18th M.P. Brigade, V (US) Corps, worth, Kan. He was assigned to the 25th Infantry NBC defense policy planner, Weapons Technology Frankfurt, Germany; commander, 93rd M.P. Battalion, V Division (Light) as the assistant division engineer, then Control Division, J-5, The Joint Staff. Her commands (US) Corps, Frankfurt, Germany; commander, 418th Base executive officer, of the 65th Combat Engineer Battal- include Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Support Battalion, Frankfurt Germany; commander, 14th ion, 25th ID. From 1992 to 1994, he commanded the School Brigade, Ordnance and Chemical Center and M.P. Brigade, 21st Theater Army Area Command, 14th Engineer Battalion at Fort Ord, Calif., and Fort School; the 278th Chemical Detachment, 1st Armored Mannheim, Germany; secretary of the general staff, then Lewis, Wash. Next, he was a 1995 U.S. Army War College Division; commander, 84th Chemical Battalion; and executive officer to the commander in chief, United States Fellow at the Joint Center for Political and Economic most recent, commander, Pine Bluff Arsenal, Ark. Army Europe, & Seventh Army, Heidelberg, Germany; Studies. Upon completion of his fellowship, he was senior Nilo's decorations include the Legion of Merit deputy commanding general, 21st Theater Army Area aide de camp to the Secretary of the Army. (with oak leaf cluster), Defense Meritorious Service Command, Kaiserslautern, Germany; and deputy com- Johnson most recently commanded the 130th Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (with four oak leaf manding general, U.S. Army Chemical and Military Engineer Brigade in Hanau, Germany. He served as the clusters), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achieve- Police Centers and Fort McClellan/commandant, U.S. executive officer to the Secretary of the Army from ment Medal, the Joint Staff Identification Badge, the Army Military Police School, Fort McClellan, Ala. September 1998 through July 1999. Army General Staff Identification Badge, and the Ryder's awards include the Legion of Merit (second Johnson's awards include the Legion of Merit (one German Armed Forces Military Efficiency Badge oak leaf cluster), Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal oak leaf cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (three oak (bronze). (one oak leaf cluster), Army Commendation Medal (third leaf clusters), the Army Commendation Medal (one oak She is coming from assignment as the chief of oak leaf cluster), Southwest Asia Service Medal with two leaf cluster), the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Chemical and Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical campaign stars, Armed Forces Service Medal, Humanitar- Superior Unit Award, the DeFleury Medal, the Air (NBC) Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff ian Service Medal, and the NATO Medal. Assault and the Parachutist badges. for Operations and Plans, the pentagon. She is dual Ryder is married to the former Lisa Jones of Johnson is married to the former Iris F. Redmon. hatted as the executive secretary for the Joint NBC Newport News, Va., and he has two sons, Brock and The Johnsons have a 10-year old son, Ian Tyler. Defense Board. Donald, Jr.

Page 3 Fort Leonard Wood: A work in progress Through sheer determination and for soldiers destined for Korea. The the school in the mid-1970s but was T Woodhe history began of inFort the Leonarddark days of hard work, they completed their task Army reactivated the 6th Armored not able to get the plan approved for 1940. The United States was slowly in June 1941. They had built almost Division and gave it this mission. almost 10 years. In 1985, the Secre- and painfully struggling to place its 1,600 buildings, comprising more The commander of the 6th Armored tary of the Army announced that the military house in order. War had than 5 million square feet of floor Division was Maj. Gen. Samuel Engineer School would move to Fort already consumed Europe and much space, at a cost of $37 million, and Sturgis, a distinguished engineer Leonard Wood. of Asia. Many Americans believed had done the job in six months. who had served under Gen. The School completed its move that the country would ultimately be Originally, Fort Leonard Wood MacArthur in the Pacific. Sturgis in 1988, occupying a new $60 drawn into the conflict. The nation's was to be the home of the 6th would ultimately become the Chief million state-of-the-art training and leaders worked to increase the size of Infantry Division. In time, however, of Engineers. edu.cation facility. For the first time the armed forces, procure modern five different infantry divisions, the in almost..0 years, all engineer equipment, and merge the two into 8th, 70th, 75th, and 97th, trained at When hostilities ended in training, for officers, warrant offic- an effective fighting force. the installation. In addition, a Korea, there was some concern ers, noncommissioned officers and One of the major challenges was number of non-divisional units over the fate of the post. However, enlisted personnel would take place finding suitable training areas for ranging from field artillery battal- the military demands of the Cold at the same place. The growth of the the expanding army. In 1940, the ions to quartermaster companies also War and aggressive efforts by local post brought even more construction War Department decided to establish trained on the post. During World community leaders led to the deci- with new commissary, fitness, and a major training area in the Seventh War II more than 300,000 soldiersl sion by the Army to make Fort training facilities. Corps area. This command comprised passed through Fort Leonard Wood Leonard Wood a permanent installa- most of the states of the central on their way to service in every tion. The end of the Cold War did not plains. theater of operation. In 1956, the installation was result in a decline in activity at Originally located near Leon, designated the U.S. Army Training the post. The invasion of Kuwait by Iowa, the site for the new training bile the post was initially Center-Engineer. Because of its new Iraq prompted a significant military center was moved to south central designated as an infantry status as a permanent post, Fort response by the United States and its Missouri. In the first days of Decem- division training area, it quickly Leonard Wood received substantial allies. Fort Leonard Wood units ber, 1940, military and state officials took on an Engineer training mis- funds to replace the wooden con- deployed to Southwest Asia for broke ground for what was known as sion. In March 1941, the first ele- struction of World War II buildings Operations Desert Shield and Desert the Seventh Crops Area Training ments of an Engineer Replacement with permanent brick structures. Storm. In addition, the installation Center. In early January, the name Training Center arrived in south Construction included hundreds of processed more than 4,000Reserve was changed to Fort Leonard Wood. central Missouri. The growing size of military family quarters, major troop Component soldiers mobilized in Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood was a the Engineer force and limited barracks complexes, and support and response to the Iraqi invasion. This distinguished American soldier training facilities at Fort Belvoir, recreational facilities. included 16 Army Reserve and nine whose service to his country spanned Va., prompted the Chief of Engineers The construction of the 1950s and National Guard units. 40 years. A graduate of Harvard to look for additional training .1960s enabled the post to handle the Fort Leonard Wood also pro- University, he began his service as a locations. Initially, Engineer train- significant increase in training load vided personnel and technical contract surgeon during the last of ing focused on the training of brought on by the war in Vietnam. In expertise to contingency and hu- the Apache Wars in the 1880s, individual replacements for estab- 1967, the post trained more than manitarian operations in Somalia, winning the Medal of Honor for lished units. Soldiers went through a 120,000 soldiers. Not all of this Haiti, and Bosnia. Post Cold-War valor. At the beginning of the program which included both basic involved either basic or engineer training also included the resump- Spanish-American War, he com- and engineer soldier skills. The training. Skill training included such tion of Navy, Air Force and Marine manded the 1st U.S. Volunteer training schedule varied from eight specialties as clerks, cooks and Corps personnel instruction in Cavalry, better known as the "Rough to 14 weeks depending on the need bakers, wiremen, mechanics and engineer construction techniques at Riders." His second in command, for Engineer replacements. In time, motor vehicle operators. Fort Leonard Wood. Theodore Roosevelt, took over the Engineer units were formed on the The most recent development for regiment when Wood was promoted. post and completed their training With the reduction of the Fort Leonard Wood has been its He was the Army's Chief of Staff prior to movement overseas. Army following the Vietnam selection as the new home of the U.S. from 1910 to 1914. His last position With the end of the war in 1945, War, the overall number of soldiers Army's Military Police and Chemical of service was as the Governor training declined and ceased com- training on the post declined. Schools. Under the provisions of the General of the islands. He held this pletely in the spring of 1946. The However, the composition of soldiers Base Realignment and Closure Act, position until his death in 1927. 6th Infantry Division did not return arriving for Engineer training the Department of the Army, with the to Fort Leonard Wood, and the War changed in the 1970s and early concurrence of Congress, decided in T he challenge of building a Department placed the post on the 1980s. In 1975, the U.S. Air Force 1995 to close Fort McClellan, Ala. major training center in the inactive list. Between 1946 and and U.S. Marine Corps began train- The two Fort McClellan schools rugged terrain of the Ozarks was 1950, a small caretaker unit main- ing their construction equipment were directed to relocate to Fort tremendous. The nearest rail was tained some of the facilities, which operators at Fort Leonard Wood. The Leonard Wood by the end of the some distance away. There was no were used for summer training by post also began providing engineer- decade. This brought yet another housing for the thousands of workers National Guard units. Most of the ing training to other nations. In significant building effort to the who would build the post. Fort reservation was leased to an Okla- 1982, the 4th Brigade was making post as new facilities were begun to Leonard Wood had to be built from homa cattleman who used the area engineers out of soldiers from 15 house the two schools and provide scratch. To complicate matters, the for grazing cattle. foreign countries. the specialized training unique to first troops to train at the Engineer In 1985, the post entered yet each branch. This effort will be Replacement Training Center and With the invasion of South another phase in its history. In that completed by the end of 1999. the first elements of the 6th Infantry Korea by North Korea in the year, the Secretary of the Army Division were scheduled to arrive in early summer of 1950, the Depart- announced the U.S. Army Engineer Sesignated the Maneuver only a matter of weeks after the ment of the Army once again needed School would move from Fort Support Center, Fort Leonard initial groundbreaking. Inclement training areas. On August 1, 1950, Belvoir, Va., to Fort Leonard Wood. Wood will enter the new century and weather complicated construction as the Army announced that Fort For years, the Engineer School had millennium as a state-of-the-art, bulldozers were often needed to drag Leonard Wood would be reopened to suffered from a lack of space for diversified, center for service to the lumber trucks through the mud. provide basic and engineer training training. The Army looked at moving nation.

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1C TouchstoneO E EnergyAIEA Partner A MANSCEN Inauguration Week Activities TUESDAY -- Sept. 28 MANSC EN Visitor Center The Maneuver Support Ccenter's Visitor Center, located at the 9:00 a.m. Bus Tours. Guided bus tours of Fort Leonard Wood will depart Fort Leonard Wood Museumi, serves to welcome guests and from the Visitor Center every half-hour from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tours provide information on the week's activities, will last approximately one hour and will follow a route featuring The Visitor Center will o pen at 7 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. daily training areas and buildings designed to support MANSCEN units. throughout MANSCEN Inaugduration Week, except Friday when it will close at 1 p.m. for Okto berfest. 10:30 a.m. Chemical Applied Training Facility (CATF) Dedication /Open Guests may view displayys depicting the history and traditions House. Completed Nov. 4 1998, the Chemical Applied Training of Fort Leonard Wood, the CThemical, Engineer and Military Police Facility, also known as Nord Hall, is the headquarters for the 84th Schools and regiments, the 3rd Training Brigade and the Chemical Battalion. This facility is the site for technical training interservice training detachmcents. for both initial entry chemical soldiers and officers. Guests desiring The center will feature daaily bus tours, maps for self-guided to use the bus shuttle available at the Visitor Center should arrive tours, and will have unit repr esentati\es tn answer n estins The 30 to 45 minutes prior to the ceremony. center will also serve as a trainsportationt G U.)I?LA hub1 for guests.qvC VisitorsI . I!I who wish to attend ceremon ies during the week may use shuttle 1 p.m. Bus Tours. Guided bus tours of Fort Leonard Wood will depart buses or the park-and-ride service from the center. from the Visitor Center every half-hour from 1p.m. to 3 p.m. Tours Please arrive early to tak:e advantage of these services. For will last approximately one hour and will follow a route featuring more information, call 563-7 274 / 7015 or visit www.wood.army.mil. training areas and buildings designed to support MANSCEN units. WEDNESDAY -- Sept. 29

SUNDAY-- Sept. 26 Unit Training Demonstrations. Tours will start from the Visitor Center and feature a variety of training from the Chemical School, Chapel service Come worship with us as we celebrate our service to God and the the Military Police School, the Engineer School and the 3rd inauguration of the United States Army Maneuver Support Center. Training Brigade. This provides an opportunity for the public to See the GUIDON newspaper, page 2B, or call 596-0309 for times see actual units in training. and locations of services. 8a.m. Range 30 Dedication/Chemical Corps Demonstration. Ceremony 10a.m. Welcome Brunch. The Pershing Community Club, Building 4109 will begin with dedicating the Range 30 building to Pfc. Thomas Piney Hills Drive, offers this area's largest Sunday brunch from 10 0. Stallings, followed by demonstrations of the Chemical Corps' a.mni. - 1:30 p.m. Adults $7.95/ $3.95 children under 12. smoke systems and equipment displays. Buses will depart Visitor Center between 7 and 7:30 a.m. and will return at about 10 a.m. MONDAY Seppt. 27 9 a.m. Military Police Training. This tour features training at Stem 6a.m. MANSCEN Run. Come out and show your support for our soldiers, Village, equipment and weapon displays, evasive driving demon- Marines, sailors and airmen. The run will begin at MANSCEN strations, and culminates with firepower demonstrations. Buses will Headquarters Plaza, in front of Hoge Hall. The following roads will depart the Visitor Center between 8:30 and 9 a.m. and return at be closed from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m.: Constitution Avenue, Iowa Avenue, about 11:30 a.m. North Dakota Avenue and Illinois Avenue. We encourage all guests to come out and support our first ever Maneuver Support 9:30 a.m. Sgt. Michael A. Grieve Complex dedication. The building is Center Run. For the convenience of spectators, reserved parking memorialized after Sgt. Michael A. Grieve, assigned to the 716th will be available near Hoge Hall, where guests may assemble. Military Police Battalion, Saigon, Vietnam. Sgt. Grieve was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action after being mortally 9 a.m. Sgt. George Dalton Libby Complex Dedication. This complex is wounded on Jan. 31, 1968. Guests desiring to use the bus shuttle memorialized after Sgt. George D. Libby, an engineer noncommis- available at the Visitor Center should arrive 30 to 45 minutes prior sioned officer who received the Medal of Honor for his heroism in to the ceremony. action during the Korean War. Guests desiring to use the bus shuttle available at the Visitor Center should arrive 30 to 45 1 p.m. Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection (RAID) Team Activation. minutes prior to the ceremony. The 7th Military Support Detachment RAID, Missouri, stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, will be one of the 10 RAID elements that will 9 a.m. Bus Tours. Guided bus tours of Fort Leonard Wood will depart provide "Technical Projection" to the civilian first responder. from the Visitor Center every half-hour from 9 a.m. to 11a.m. Tours Parking will not be available. Buses will depart from the Visitor will last approximately one hour and will follow a route featuring Center between 12 and 12:30 p.m. training areas and buildings designed to support MANSCEN units. 1 p.m. 3rd Training Brigade. See the quick and efficient pace of modern 1 p.m. Bus Tours. Guided bus tours of Fort Leonard Wood will depart basic combat training. From the barracks to the dining facility, then from the Visitor Center every half-hour from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tours to the ranges, watch our soldiers hone their marksmanship skills will last approximately one hour and will follow a route featuring and learn the power of U.S. weapons. Buses depart the Visitor training areas and buildings designed to support MANSCEN units. Center at 1 p.m. and return at about 3 p.m.

1:30 p.m. Chemical Defense Training Facility (CDTF) Dedication/Open p.m. Engineer School. View the Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge, House. The E.F. Bullene Chemical Defense Training Facility was Interim Vehicle Mounted Mine Detector and various construction completed in 1999 at a cost of $28 million. The CDTF provides a and combat engineer training. Also, you'll see land mine warfare safe and realistic training experience designed to create "chemical and combat bridging operations. Buses depart the Visitor Center at veterans." No parking will be available. Buses will depart from the 1 p.m. and return at about 3:30 p.m. Visitor Center between 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m.

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Major Fort Leonard Wood units On May 10, 1943, the Army designated wide variety of military occupational training at the asphalt plant, the rock 1st Engineer it as the 1st Engineer Special Brigade. It specialties. In all, the brigade trains a quarry/crusher training area, Normandy Brigad assisted in invasion landings in North total of 13 MOSs, including combat Training Area, Brown Hail and the motor Africa, Italy, Normandy (France), and engineers, bridge crewmen, interior transport operator course. These soldiers largest Okinawa. The brigade did this by electricians, technical engineer special- are also responsible for road and irst Engineer Brigade is the F and most diverse engineer brigade controlling and improving the beach- ists, construction equipment repairers, transportation area maintenance. In in the free world. On a daily basis it is heads, unloading and moving supplies heavy construction equipment operators, addition, the brigade also provides responsible for conducting one-station- inland, removing casualties and prison- crane operator, quarrying specialists, equipment support to all units on post. unit-training, advanced individual ers of war from the shore. concrete and asphalt equipment opera- On Oct. 1, 1995, the brigade began training, engineer officer training, The brigade inactivated on Feb. 18, tors and motor transport operators. training Navy, Air Force and Marine warrant officer training and Sapper 1946, in Korea, and reactivated on Sept. The brigade also trains carpentry Corps students in engineer and truck leader training. Along with training, 1st 30, 1986, at Fort Leonard Wood. and masonry specialties at Gulfport, driving specialties. The brigade success- Engineer Brigade maintains battle As one soldier said, "I'm really Miss., plumbing at Wichita Falls, Texas, fully trained more than 11,450 soldiers, readiness within the 5th Engineer proud to be part of this brigade. After I and topography at Fort Belvoir, Va. sailors, airmen and Marines last year. Battalion - Ready to deploy on a saw the movie, 'Saving Private Ryan,' I There are more than 1,700 soldiers The goal of 1st Engineer Brigade moment's notice. understood what it means to be part of in 1st Engineer Brigade responsible for is to produce values-based warriors 1st Engineer Brigade began its rich something as historical as this brigade." training more than 2,500 trainees on a who are ready to be integral members history in 1942 at Camp Edwards, Mass. The brigade now trains soldiers in a daily basis. They do this by conducting of the decisive force in future battles.

of instruction before being allowed to tackle the next The final three weeks of training - the "War- 3rd Training hurdle, advance individual training, where soldiers rior" phase - are devoted to individual tactical learn their specific military occupational specialties. training. Soldiers learn tactical techniques, night Brigade The first phase of basic training - called the training, compass and map reading, land navigation, "Patriot" phase - is three weeks long and devoted get fitted for their Class A uniforms and pass a new enlistees arrive on Fort Leonard Wood Asto begin their transition from the civilian world, to orienting recruits to the military, teaching them barracks inspection. banners hanging from the streetlights on Missouri Army values and getting them physically fit. During In addition to these "must do" tasks, these Avenue are an indication of what lies ahead. Each this time, drill sergeants have "total control" of the would-be warriors go on a four-day field exercise and banner displays one of the seven core values - troops until after Phase I testing. must complete a 10-kilometer road march. At the end loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, In the next training phase - the "Gunfighter" of the march, recruits go through a "rites of passage" integrity, and personal courage - qualities that 3rd phase - the drill sergeants ease up on the control of ceremony where senior leaders commend them for Training Brigade will instill in them during their the troops but strictly adhere to standards and their accomplishment and where the soldiers receive grueling nine-week training. values. The physical demands increase with foot something special. With the newly revamped recruit marches and confidence courses. However, the major They get their Army values dog tag. This "soldierization" training, civilians becoming first- emphasis of this period is basic rifle marksmanship. ceremony means that the recruits are now considered class soldiers can expect to see each of the three Trainees must qualify with their M16 rifle and soldiers. But they still have a couple of things left to basic training phases linked with one of the seven earn one of three marksmanship badges (marks- complete. The soldiers must pass the Army physical Army values. man, sharpshooter or expert) before moving on to fitness test of push-ups, sit-ups and a two-mile run. Drill sergeants at 3rd Brigade are responsible for the final phase of training. Recruits must also To prove proficiency on common task skills, each teaching the recruits the fundamentals in subjects throw two live hand grenades and pass a hand soldier must successfully pass 18 of 20 tasks on a such as military customs and courtesies, drill and grenade course. "go/no go" performance test. ceremony, basic rifle marksmanship, hand grenades, After an end-of-phase test and a ceremonial When graduation day comes, soldiers can physical fitness training and common task skills. changing of the guidon from white to blue, the proudly wear their uniforms and consider themselves Soldiers must successfully complete 535 hours trainees dive into the final phase. members of America's team. This article continues on page 15.

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"Fort Leonard Wood has done a The activation of the brigade 3rd Chemical great job in the building of our 14th Military signified the establishment of the facilities and ranges," Hardy said. Maneuver Support Center's newest Brigade The 3rd Chemical Brigade is the Police Brigade branch and the move of the training only active chemical brigade in the facilities for military police officers, he Army's only active duty he Fort Leonard Wood family T chemical brigade is one of Fort Army today, said Hardy. The unit has gained a new member Aug. 13 NCOs and enlisted personnel here. Leonard Wood's newest units. three battalions under its command -- with the official reactivation ceremony The brigade was constituted in The 3rd Chemical Brigade the 84th Chemical Battalion, the of the 14th Military Police Brigade. June 1965, and activated in activation ceremony took place on 82nd Chemical Battalion and the Brig. Gen. Donald Ryder, the unit's Mannheim, Germany. MPs from the Gammon Field here Aug. 20. The 58th Transportation Battalion. commander at its deactivation in 1994, unit have participated in numerous unit's activation at Fort Leonard The 3rd Chemical Brigade was hosted the ceremony. campaigns, including Southwest Wood was part of the installation's first activated at Fort Benning, Ga., More than 500 officers and Asia and the libera ion and defense move to become the Maneuver on Jan. 1, 1942, as the 3rd Separate soldiers from the 701st, 787th and of Kuwait. The unit was inactivated Support Center.The ceremony Chemical Battalion. Four years later 795th Military Police Battalions in August 1994. marked the start of training for the it was inactivated at Camp Patrick took part in the activation. The brigade will train approxi- new Chemical School on post. Henry, Va., only to be reactivated at "This activation is the result of mately 12,500 soldiers annually in During the ceremony, Col. Allan Fort Bragg, N.C., on Sept. 18, 1950. four years of hard work," said Co!. 38 courses. The peak strength will be Hardy, commander of the brigade, The brigade will be ready to start Rodney Johnson, brigade com- about 3,000 soldiers. The brigade's spoke about how Fort Leonard Wood Oct. 1 with its mission of training mander. training facilities will include a has helped in the transition from Fort service members in chemical de- The unit moved to Fort Leonard small town called Stem Village and a McClellan. fense, according to Hardy. Wood from Fort McClellan, Ala. driver training course.

brass quintet and numerous soloists who perform Drug Administration and is a member of the N CO Academy for various occasions. American Hospital Association and the Missouri The band's mission is to promote and main- Hospital Association. he Libby Noncommissioned Officer T Academy's mission is to prepare selected tain the morale and esprit de corps of troops by This 75-bed facility was rated the best medi- NCOs to implement the basic combat training performing in ceremonies and formal concerts cal facility in Training and Doctrine Command program of instruction. It trains selected NCOs here. The 399th Army Band has traveled through- and third in the Army for customer satisfaction in and soldiers on critical leadership, technical and out the state of Missouri and into Arkansas, Iowa, 1995. At GLWACH, the staff strives to provide tactical tasks and provides advice and assistance Illinois, Tennessee and Florida to support military excellent medical care in a kind and compassion- to selected U.S. Army Reserve training elements. ceremonies, civil affairs, recruiting and commu- ate environment. They take seriously their stew- The academy also analyzes and inputs key nity relations. ardship of health care and their motto, "We Care information to Training and Doctrine Command on For People." the NCO Education System and drill sergeant GLWACH provides inpatient and outpatient programs that support the "Army After Next." care to more than 36,000 beneficiaries. The On Oct. 1, the Libby Noncommissioned hospital is staffed by more than 1,000 medical, Officer Academy will be redesignated as the 35th Engineer dental, nursing and administrative personnel. On Maneuver Support Center. The academy will an average day, the hospital staff admits 18 consist of basic and advanced NCO courses for the Brigade patients, fills 1,550 prescriptions, gives 420 Military Police, Chemical and Engineer Schools. T he 35th Engineer Brigade (Corps) was origi- immunizations, completes 9,450 laboratory The academy will also include the Drill Sergeant nally organized as part of the Missouri procedures, takes 700 X-rays, delivers one baby, School and Primary Leadership Development National Guard in 1928 as Headquarters Com- provides self-care instruction and individualized Course. pany, 1st Battalion, 138th Infantry, an element of counseling to 29 people in its Health Promotion the 35th Division. The brigade saw action during Center, and sees more than 1,350 outpatients in World War II in the Aleutian Islands. one of the 33 outpatient clinics. Redesignated Headquarters and Headquarters The new TRICARE medical care delivery Company, 35th Engineer Brigade (Combat) system took over in April 1997. TRICARE, which 399th (Corps) Jan. 15, 1968, the unit was assigned to the replaced CHAMPUS, is a regional managed care Missouri Army National Guard. The brigade program for members of the armed forces, retirees, Army Band headquarters relocated from St. Louis effective and their families or survivors. June 1, 1944, the 399th Special Forces Oct. 1, 1993, and opened a new armory here in OnBand was formed from cadre of the 9th December 1996. Cavalry Band and the 6948th Army Band (Provi- The brigade is presently aligned with the sional). It was redesignated the 399th Army Band Army's I Corps for wartime operations. The in July 1946. The band was stationed throughout brigade commander is Col. Edmund Beckette. Dental Activity Italy and later, in France and Germany, until it The U.S. Army Dental Activity, a subordin- was inactivated in Frankfurt, Germany in 1947. ate agency of the Army's Dental Command, The band was reactivated as part of the Army provides professional dental care services to Fort Reserves at Detroit in 1947, then inactivated Leonard Wood soldiers. The post's three dental again in 1949. In June 1955, the 399th Army Medical clinics provide active duty soldiers with diagnos- Band was reactivated at Fort Leonard Wood, tic preventive and therapeutic outpatient dental where it has served in support of the Army Engi- Activity care services, including: preventive dentistry, neer Center, Fort Leonard Wood and the surround- General Leonard Wood Army Community general dentistry, oral surgery, periodontics, ing community. Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commis- endodontics, pedodontics and prosthodontics. Thirty-nine members make up the concert and sion on Accreditation of Healthcare Organiza- Family members can contact the health marching bands. The band also has the capability tions, the College of American Pathologists, the benefits advisor at the hospital, 596-0427, for a of providing smaller groups, such as the stage American College of Radiology, the American list of local dentists and, if needed, information band, show band, Dixieland band, jazz combo, Association of Blood Banking and the Food and on how to enroll in the military dental plan.

Page 15 structure and considerable expertise in engineer training MATC mission during the 1986 annual 98th Division training, it followed that the division would be training mission. assigned to Fort Leonard Wood upon mobiliza- The MATC battalions were staffed primarily (Institutional tion. Annual training for the four restructured by reserve drill sergeants for the first time in Army training brigades took place here for the first time history. Most training support came from instruc- Training) in 1978. This move ended the division's 19-year tors primarily from the Training Group and association with Fort Dix. The following year the Combat Engineer Committees that were assigned its association with he 98th Division started in their initial counter- to the 2nd and 3rd Brigades primarily, but the 1st T Fort Leonard Wood when it was redesignated division staff participated part training with their new active duty partners at Brigade also provided some instructors. Through as the 98th Divisiofl (Training) effective May 1, Fort Leonard Wood. their combined efforts, the three brigades of the 1959. The "veterans" of the old infantry division, The division played a key role in the new unit 98th Division showed that their skills and leader- many with combat service in World War II and concept of annual training when it ship could achieve excellent completion rates and Korea, made the adjustment to the new role of the displacement first "displacement" mission at Fort results that were comparable to the active compo- division and diligently applied their experiences conducted its Wood in the summer of 1985. This nent. in making recruit training realistic. Throughout Leonard A reorganization of the 98th Division the sixties, the Department of the Army began in 1987 and was completed in 1989. refined the training division concept. The Effective Oct. 1, 1994, the 98th Division This reorganization realigned units and importance of heritage was given high aining) was redesignated as the 98th Divi- military occupational specialties with Fort consideration, for even with implementa- (Tr Leonard Wood's structure in order to meet tion of the brigade concept, the regimen- SiOgn (Institutional Training). Its mission was, the needs of an expanded training base upon tal designations remained with the bri- andI remains, to support initial entry training at mobilization. The effects of the reorganiza- gades' assigned battalions. For t Leonard Wood by providing engineer on1e- tion dramatically changed the training units In 1964, with its new training mission, new plan provided for a the 98th division became responsible for Staltion-unit-training instruction and assisting in of the division. The basic training brigade with four battalions, performing, not practicing, its mobiliza- Res serve Officer Training Corps basic and ad- three engineer one-unit-station-training tion mission. To test its preparedness, the vaniced camps as mission requirements dictaite. brigades with 11l battalions and a leadership division conducted annual training at Fort academy. Leonard Wood, and also Fort Dix, N.J., mission was a new concept during that time. Through the 90s, the division has participated in performing the complete training mission. this new approach, divisional units actually numerous MATC missions and training base expan- The year 1968 produced two major changes Under took over and conducted initial entry training at sions with displacement missions with initial entry with lasting impact - implementation of the Army installations as reserve units assumed the and combat engineer training as an on-going annual brigade concept and authorization of the drill responsibilities of their active component coun- mission. In 1993, the division reorganized again as sergeant specialty. The inclusion of drill sergeants terparts during the 13-week basic training period. the new, post "Cold War" role of the Army Reserve into the division structure was a revolutionary Drill sergeants from the 2nd Brigade per- began to evolve. The training base expansion innovation. The drill sergeant program was this first displacement mission as they led mission at Fort Leonard Wood continued. Despite conceived to standardize the highest quality of formed over 400 trainees in two training companies the resultant loss of manpower, deactivations of units initial entry training and to give added recogni- a complete training cycle from the and reorganizations, what remained was a trained tion and status to the basic trainer. through reception station to graduation for the entire basic and ready core cadre. The Training and Doctrine Command revised cycle. Effective Oct. 1, 1994, the 98th Division wartime casualty projections and mobilization training In 1986, the 98th Division ran two Mobiliza- (Training) was redesignated as the 98th Division needs as a result of an analysis of the 1973 Arab- Area Training Center missions for the first (Institutional Training). Its mission was, and Israeli War. To fulfill these revised needs, the tion time at Fort Leonard Wood. The MATC mission, remains, to support initial entry training at Fort mission and structure of the training divisions coordinated by 2nd Brigade, called for the Leonard Wood by providing engineer one-station- were tailored to the capabilities and needs of the fielding of a MATC battalion to run an entire 13- unit-training instruction and assisting in Reserve training centers, such as Fort Leonard Wood. week one-station-unit-training cycle. The 3rd Officer Training Corps basic and advanced camps Since the 98th Division already had the only Brigade also supported an eight-week basic as mission requirements dictate. engineer pioneer training brigade in the reserve I

in the new fiscal year. and repair course. Some of the collocated courses Interservice "It's not just nuclear, chemical and According to Newcomer, along include two chemical readiness biological incidents we will train for," with the 110 Air Force permanent party courses, one military police course, training Wheeler said. "We will train in major personnel on post, there is a daily load three motor transport courses and six accident response, natural disaster of about 229 Air Force trainees here. engineer courses. law enforce- construction to For the Marines, the numerous According to Manson, along with Fromment to chemical defense training, response, as well as war time opera- courses available are broken up into to the 45 permanent party personnel, a the Air Force, Navy and Marines do it tions." there will be six groups, "consolidated" and "collo- projected annual average of about all on Fort Leonard Wood. Members of Wheeler said cated," according to Capt. John 6,500 Marines train here. all the services train here. readiness courses available, five initial Manson, operations officer for the Many courses are also provided for The Air Force, starting Oct. 1, will training courses and one officer's course. Marine Corps Detachment. the Navy to train in. Some of those be training in chemical defense For the Air Force's military police quota Collocated courses are courses that courses train an average of about 300 readiness as well as military police training here, there will be five only Marines train in, said Manson. trainees a year. training and current engineer courses, courses trained by the Army, said Consolidated courses put Marines with They train in everything from soil according to John Newcomer, the Air Newcomer. members of other services. analysis to computer-aided drafting to Force Detachment 7 official who On the engineer side of Air Force "For the most part, it's Army and operating bulldozers and 15-ton dump supervises all Air Force training on training, there are a number of courses, Marines," said Manson. trucks. post. said Newcomer. There is the engineer- Some of the consolidated courses The Navy will begin training in According to Air Force Master Sgt. ing design course, materials testing three chemical readiness chemical readiness Oct. 18. Sailors will Doug Wheeler, instructor supervisor of course, construction surveying course, include 13 military police courses, train in chemical, biological and advanced readiness courses, readiness contract construction inspector course, courses, and three radiological defense and in disaster training is new chemical defense pavements and equipment operator one motor transport course preparedness operations. instruction that will begin on post here course and pavements maintenance engineer courses.

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