U.S. ARMY GARRISON FORT HUNTER LIGGETT SEPTEMBER 2016 Fort Hunter Liggett 75th Anniversary Open House www.liggett.army.mil Army Reserve CG visits FHL Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, chief, Army Reserve and commanding general for the United States Army Reserve Command, addressed the The Official Command Publication of 315th Engineer Battalion during Fort Hunter Liggett their annual extended combat train- ing on August 7, 2016. Cover pho- to by Eric W. Jones COMMAND TEAM Page 4 Col. Jan C. Norris Garrison Commander Fort Hunter Liggett Mark Hamelin 75th Anniversary Deputy to the Garrison Commander Open House Lt. Col. Meritt Phillips Page 5 Deputy Garrison Commander Command Sgt. Major DeeAnn Dunstan Garrison Command Sergeant Major GOLDEN GUIDON STAFF Amy Phillips Public Affairs Officer Eric Jones Mark Hamelin Public Affairs Specialist Legacy at FHL Page 15 The Golden Guidon is an authorized quarterly publication for members of the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett. Contents of this publication are not necessarily the official Commander’s Notes 3 views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government or the Department of the Army, In the Spotlight 9 or Fort Hunter Liggett. SUBMISSIONS Community Engagements 10 The Golden Guidon welcomes your story Mission Highlights 13 ideas, photographs, and other information of interest to the FHL community. Contact the Garrison Highlights 15 Public Affairs Office at Email or 831-386-2690. FEEDBACK WELCOMED Chaplain’s Message 17 Help us create a relevant and meaningful Safety First 18 product to meet your information needs. Visit ICE site to provide feedback. Employee Bulletin 19 Community Events/News 20 Greetings Team Fort Hunter Liggett, Maintenance) - Training Range Enhancements As we approach Fall and the (DPTMS) end of FY16, I trust you had an en- joyable Summer with family and LOE3: Infrastructure (Sustainment/ friends. Over the past four months, Revitalization) FHL saw thousands of troops pass - Track and Sports Field (Nov. 16) through our training areas. Many sen- - Operational Readiness Training Complex (ORTC) (Jan. 17) ior Army leaders, to include Gen. - Total Army School System (TASS) Abrams, FORSCOM Commander School Facility (May 17) and Lt. Gen. Luckey, the new com- - Schoonover Airfield Taxiway/Apron manding general of USARC, made Expansion (Jun. 17) visits to gain insight on our current - Cantonment Lighting (Feb. 17) and planned readiness enabling ca- - Barracks HVAC Renovations (Jun. 17) pabilities. - LRC Building Repairs (Jun. 17) A full garrison command team - NetZero Initiatives (Energy) will be established as we begin FY17 of an incredible career of our Civilian with the Sept. 23 arrival of Lt. Col. The list above is not all inclusive Deputy Commander, Mark Hamelin. Meritt Phillips, the incoming Deputy but provides a picture of the major For 24 years, he’s built a lasting lega- Commander. We will keep striving to initiatives we are getting after to con- cy and transformed the garrison into provide optimal service and support tinually improve our garrison. a viable, readiness enabling training to the Soldiers, Civilians and families We recently held our third and platform (see article on page 10). We who work and live here, and to the final 75th Anniversary event on Au- wish Mark, his wife and family God formations who come to train here. gust 17th with an open house at the Speed as he transitions on to retire- Let me quickly note a few key initia- Hacienda. Congressman Sam Farr ment. tives by each line of effort (LOE) we read and presented a Congressional Remember to follow the Army’s are collectively working to complete proclamation to honor our 75th Anni- Performance Triad for improved over the next 12 months (FY17). versary. We also opened our new health and performance in life. The Heritage Center to preserve our his- Performance Triad includes Nutrition, LOE1: Leadership (Professional tory and inspire the future. The Herit- Activity and Rest and strives for all Installation Management Workforce) age Center will serve as a gathering employees to get 8 hours of sleep - Customer Service Training place for meetings and events as well per day (24 hour period), go caffeine - Leadership Off-Site Training (QTR) as place to reflect on our past. I en- free 6 hours before bedtime, engage - QRC ICE Comment App./Smart Phone courage you to reserve and use the in exercise (agility and aerobic) 3-4 - OPD/NCOPD (Military Personnel/QTR) Heritage Center, which is located in days per week, and eat at least 8 - Customer Service Ethos/Pledge the old Cantina room of the servings of fruits and vegetables per Hacienda. day. LOE2: Readiness (Base Operations On September 25th, our current I’m continually honored to be a Support/Services) Senior Commander, Major General part of the Fort Hunter Liggett team. - Commercial Food Vendors (Subway/ Nick Tooliatos, CG of the 63rd Re- Thank you for all you do every day to Starbucks) (Jan. 17), gional Support Command will retire. enable readiness for our troops to - Community Partnerships/Agreements He will be replaced by Major General (Consolidation of Services/Cost Avoid- preserve our Nation. Brian Alvin. We wish Major General ance) - FHL-Camp Roberts Strategic Partner Tooliatos and his family all the best Support the Fight, ship (Theater of Operations Training on their decades of service, sacrifice Support the Soldiers, Complex) and commitment. Support the Family! - BASEOPS Support Contract (DPW/ This Fall will also mark the end Photo by Maj. Whitney Hall Chief, US Army Reserve Visits Fort Hunter Liggett The FHL command team conducted a 4-mile run with Lt. Gen. Luckey (3rd from left) and his special staff. By Amy Phillips, FHL Public Affairs and vehicle rollovers. Luckey emphasized that the spaces and maneuver areas and oth- Lt. Gen. Charles Luckey, the Army Reserve must train for full spec- er unique capabilities. The two instal- chief of Army Reserve and Com- trum and/or major combats opera- lations are connected by a 17-mile manding General United States Army tions, and must know how to operate tank trail. Reserve Command visited Fort in a digitally degraded environment. “Together, we offer a dynamic Hunter Liggett (FHL) and Parks An example of a digitally degraded readiness platform for the total force,” Reserve Forces Training Area from environment would be operating ef- said Col. Jan Norris, FHL Command- August 5 -7, 2016 as part of his fectively without a network or GPS er. national tour since assuming his posi- tracking devices. Russia sees the Luckey also supports the tion on June 30, 2016. U.S.’s dependence on digital infor- Schoonover airfield taxiway/apron Luckey and his special staff re- mation as our greatest weakness. expansion to increase strategic lift ceived an aerial tour of FHL’s “I have in my pack right now, a capacity for the installation, and the 165,000 acres, and the Garrison ca- Lensatic Compass because when the re-opening the ranges at Parks Re- pabilities and history briefs. He also GPS goes down and I still need to serves Forces Training Area, the addressed the 560 engineers from know where to go,” said Luckey. Garrison’s sub-installation. the 315th Engineer Battalion and 120 Luckey supports Joint Force The FHL Cultural Resources Military Police training at FHL. training at FHL and is interested in manager, Lisa Cipolla, provided the He spoke to the Garrison leader- exploring increased partnerships and general and his staff with a brief on ship and Soldiers about getting back training with the National Guard at the garrison’s history to wrap up their to common core training tasks that Camp Roberts, Calif. to take ad- visit. connect to a full kinetic threat, not vantage of our complimentary capa- To learn more of about the com- just training tasks tied to operations bilities. Camp Roberts has a rail manding general’s vision for the fu- in Iraq/Afghanistan such as dealing head, impact area, and large staging ture of the Army Reserve, view this with improvised explosive devices area while FHL has large training video. 75TH ANNIVERSARY OPEN HOUSE Congressman Sam Farr presented of the Garrison Commander with the Congressional Proclamation of FHL’s 75th anniversary. Photo by Spc. Sean McCallon, 91st Training Division. By Amy Phillips, strengthening international partner- Stephen M. Payne, is the Command FHL Public Affairs Office ships that build peace.” Historian at the Defense Language FHL Commander, Col. Jan Nor- Institute at Presidio of Monterey, Ca- On Aug. 17, 2016, Fort Hunter ris presented Farr with a print of the lif. His lecture focused on pre-WWII Liggett (FHL) conducted its 75th an- commemorative 75th anniversary military history with a broad overview niversary culminating event which painting by Peter Dausen as a ges- of activities that led to the tensions in featured the opening of the new FHL ture of gratitude for his commitment the Pacific and the U.S.'s need to Heritage Center and two military his- to the military as a member of the build up forces along the West coast. tory presentations. The event also Armed Forces Committee and for his He also discussed the 1907 War included demonstrations by the 11th support to FHL. Scare, War Plan Orange, the Interwar Armored Cavalry Regiment Horse According to a Monterey Herald Maneuvers, and the Army’s expan- Detachment, music by the 300th Army article published on May 20, Farr put sion in the 1940s leading to the pur- Band, and displays of historical and in a $21.5 million request to fund the chase of the Hearst Ranch for field current military vehicles and equip- construction of an emergency ser- maneuvers in 1940. ment. vices center at FHL in a bill to the Payne has authored publications Congressman Sam Farr pre- House of Representatives.