THE: E:NGINE:E:R I THE: E:NGINE:E:R -> \JOlUME 4-5 NUMBER 4-1 WINTER-,PRING 1975 ~E~TURE, 7 Army Readiness Region/MAJ Harvey T. Kaplan 10 Baton In Your Pack/Winston R. Hayward 14 All for One - One for AII/MAJ Lonnie Williams 16 Spark of Light/CW2 Donald P. Jensen 20 MOB DES/COL Roger L. Pendleton 23 APPS: A New Measuring System/MAJ Leon Thompson 28 Searching for Something New?/CPT Robert J. Melchoir 30 Forging Friendships through Reforger VI/CPT Samuel T. Raines 33 SCORES/LTC, Adrain G. Traas 36 Have Resources - Will Help/Engineer Staff .--" 38 Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy)/Mr. John M. Frank ) ~ . 42 Employment: Engineer Combat Batta lion (Heavy) / LTC Glenn N. Smith MAJ William M. Jones 46 Engineer Combat Battalion ( Heavy) Training/LTC Glenn N. Smith MAJ William M. Jones 50 Build An Ice Bridge/CPT Gary L. Hyde 53 Base Development Update/MAJ Clarence D. Little DEPARTMENT, 1 Chief/s Briefs / History 2 Pipeline / News Items 4 As We Go To Press / Late Flashes 6 Stop 16/ Letters To The Editor 18 Helping Hands / CPT Frank R. Finch 26 Dynamic Training / CPT Robert C. Clemens 56 Engineer Potpourri / Engineer Branch 60 Bridging The Gap /Career Notes • Colonel John James Abert was born in Frederick City, Maryland, ptember 17, 1788. He was graduated from the US Military Academy April 1, 1811 and resigned from the Army. From 1811 to 1814 Abert was employed in the War Office, Washington, D. C. In the defense of the Capital he volunteered as a private soldier and participated in the Battle of Blandsburg, Maryland, August 24, 1814. On November 22, 1814 Abert was reappointed in the US Army with the rank of Brevet Major, Topographical Engineer. At that time there was no organized corps of topographical officers, but they formed a part of the General Staff and served with generals in the field. In 1824 Abert was brevetted Lt Colonel for ten years faithful service in one grade; and after the death of Colonel Isaac Roberdean, January 15, 1824, he was ordered to take charge of the Topographical Bureau of the Engineer Department. By the Act of Congress, July 5, 1838, the Corps of Topographical Engineers was organized and Bvt Lt. Col. J. J. Abert was appointed to its command. The accomplishments of the Topographical Engineers, under the thirty-seven year command of Abert, won the admiration of the scientific world, and the practical benefit of their early labors can be felt in nearly every State. Colonel Abert retired from active service September 9, 1861 and died at Washington, D. C., January 27, 1863. Edward B. RusseU Curator, US Army Engineer Museum ·PIPELINE.PIP2 ALASKA ENGINEE R creditation follows upon the COE I awards acc reditation DISTRICT ANNOUNCES successful completion of a self­ only after an extensive self­ study that insures the candi­ stu dy has been completed, plus NEW PUBLICATION date school meets the stand­ further evaluat ion by qualified The biennial publication of ards of accreditation. prof essionals. Self-study, an the Corps of Engineers, "Water The Occupational Commis­ intensive examination by staff Resour ces Dev elopm ent i n sion accredits post-secondary, and others interested in institu­ Alaska," for 1975 has been pub­ noncollegiate institutions pre­ tional improvement, covers 12 lished. A limited number are paring students in vocational­ areas including purpose, or­ available without charge from technical schools for immedi­ ganization-administration, edu­ the Public Affairs Office of the ate job entry. Schools range in cational program, financial re ­ Corp s' Alaska District Office. program offerings f rom entry sources, staff, physical faci li­ This booklet summarizes sk ill development to highly ties, equipment and supplies, projects and studies in Al aska specialized, advanced tech ­ student services, community that have been completed, as nology educat ion. State area relations, pla nni ng, multi­ well as th ose that are under voc ational school s and tech­ media instruction, and job way, or ar e being studied or nical institutions that are placement/followup. The visit­ plann ed by th e Cor ps of Engi­ pub lic and private nonprofit ing team of ex perienced educa­ neers . It includes an index institutions are eligible for tors reviews th e self-study and map to such project s through­ me m bership. may make additional recom­ out the state. Accreditation sym bol izes mendations. Distr ibution is being made to conf idence in an institution's Once granted, SACS accre interested government agen­ purposes, resources, and per­ tat ion m ust be cont in ue cies at Federal, State, and formance in meet ing the Com­ earned by annual review . Re­ municipal levels; librar ies; mission's sta ndards of quality. affirmation is required ever y legislators; and or ganizat ions The Occu pational Commission five years. and individuals prof essionally is one of four com ponents of concerned with w ater re­ the South's recognized re gional AMERICAN COUN CIL sour ces development. independent accrediting or­ ON EDUCATION ganization, and was initially RECOMME NDS USAES SEEKS or ganized in 1968 as a new SOLDIER COLLEGE AC CREDITATION: direction in educational train­ ing and retraining of a skil led CREDIT The Southern Association of labor for ce to ma n the South's Graduates of th e Ar my Ser­ Colleges and School s (SACS), growing industrial and com ­ gean t Majors Cour se are well through its Commission on Oc­ mercial com panies. on their way to an associate cupationa I Education Institu­ The Southern Association is degree if colleges adopt a rec­ tions (COE I), announced can ­ one of six voluntary regional ommendation by the American didacy for accreditation both accrediting organizations in Council on Educat ion (ACE). the US Army Engineer School the United States and also is AC E re com mends that stu­ and the Defense Ma pping composed of publi c and private dents completing this course at School, For t Belvoir, Virginia univer sit ies, colleges, second­ th e Sergeants Major Academy during t he 79th Annual M eeting ary, and elementary schools. at Fort Bliss, Texas, receive of the 11-state organizat ion be­ Total membership is approxi­ 2+ semester cre dit hours. Any ing held in Da ll as, December mately 10,000. college can acc ept the AC E's 8-11, 1.974. More than 100 institutions recommendation to give the Candidacy fo r accredi tation are now fully ac credited from soldier credit. fo ll ows a formal visit by the the six originally granted t his One school that has alree office of the executive secre­ standing in 1971. In addition, agreed to aw ard college cre.; tary to ascertain that the there are institutions in candi­ is El Paso, Texas Community school meets the prerequisites date standing, working toward College. Once a student com­ of the assoc iation. Full ac­ accreditation. pletes the associ ates degree 2 -.-- lNE. PIPELINE. requirements, he can send his Colonel Jona t han Will iams, the tired, to come together and to transcripts to the community sixth Chief Engineer and the be brought up to date on the college. The college awards f irst Superintendent of the M i li­ state of the Corps. Over the associate degrees in appl ied tary Academy. past few years it has been held science in industrial ma nage­ Records show that the Engi­ in conjunction with the Castle ment and in applied arts. neer Dinner was not an annual Ball - the Castle Ball being A student gr aduat ing from affair. It was only in the 1920s held with the ladies the even­ the Sergeants Major Course that the Engineer Dinners ing following the Eng ineer and taking the electives offered were given numbers based on Dinner. Both will be held at by nearby El Paso Community the first one or the 1867 date. the Fort Belvoir Officers Club, College will have 24 of the 60 Until th e 1920s the dinners the dinner on Friday, 2 May semester credit hours needed were not held regularly. They and the ball on Saturday, 3 for an associate degree. Eigh­ have been since. This year's is May. teen credits can be earned in the 108th in our 200th year Additional information about the areas of gener al manage­ history. the dinner can be obtained by ment, psychology or socia logy Themes for the dinners have writing to the 108th Annual and international affairs. The been recent innovations. In Engineer Dinner Committee, other six hours may be earned 1966 t he theme was Engineers USAES Brigade, Fort Belvoir, by taking electives. in Action; 1967 - Army Engi­ VA 22060 or calling Fort Bel­ neers in War and Peace; 1973­ voir 664-4300. Reservation in­ '" • CORl'S OF £", Engineers-The Corps of Pro­ formation for t he Castle BaII fessionals; 1974 - The Corps ­ can be obtained by writing to ~ ,I • I ~;: -!:;' IiII : ~ Supporting the Army and Serv­ Mrs. John Chandler, Qtrs 30, ~ ~ I 1\ ing the Nat ion. Mason Drive, Fort Belvoir, Va. z '" ~ ­ -1-"IAl ' ln 5 ' The dinner is a time for engi ­ 22060 or calling Fort Belvoir neer, officers, active and re- 781-7535. ENGINEER DINNER EDITOR'S NOTE: AND CASTLE BALL It has been brought to our attention th at DATES SET: some infor mat ion in th e "Pipeline" section This year's Annual Engineer titled " Plans Available from OCE for a Train­ Dinner should be a gala affair. ing Environm ent" contained some inaccuracies. It marks the 200th Anniversary Here are some of the pertinent points to set the of the founding of the Corps.