pI- PiE> FORT LEONARD WOOD Second Year of Service To The Nation's Largest Army Training Center uiEon - -- -- -- Volume 2, Number 8 Friday, August 18, 1967 12 pages -- _1 L I Community Services SENIOR SCHOOL Fund Drive SCHEDULED FOR WOOD Command and General Staff Announced Extension to Begin Sept. 11 "This is OUR campaign to take By PFC Robert P. Johnston care of OUR soldiers on leave, OUR boys and girls, and OUR The Army's Command and General Staff Officer Course is Community Services Center. The scheduled to be offered at Fort Leonard Wood beginning Monday, money stays on and supports the Sept, 11. Fort Leonard Wood community." Administered by the St. Louis Army Reserve School, the course is With these words, Major Gen- an extension equivalent of the U, S. Army Command and General eral Thomas H. Lipscomb, com- Staff College, the Army's Senior manding general, announced the Tactical college. start of the 1967 local Community Since resident instruction at the reached his or her 41st birthday before Services Fund Drive. college at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Sept. 1, 1967. Between Aug. 30 and Oct. 10, can accomodate only 1,300 students Each officer must also have credit for all personnel will have an oppor- annually, Department of the Army a branch career course tunity to contribute to the support earlier this year changed AR 140- 1 or equivalent. First Place winning photograph in Ft. Wood's photo contest. of postwide activities such as the to permit the overflow of active Since the C & GS College was Community Services Center and duty applicants to take the course inaugurated 20 years ago, the Boy Scout and Girl Scout activi- at any of the United States Army course has become almost a must ties. Assistance is also given off- Reserve Schools. for aspiring career officers. Chief post agencies which serve our of Staff Colonel Willard E. Harri- soldiers, including the Waynes- Hensley Sweeps Photo Contest Course Extended to 5 Years son is one of the many C & GS ville USO, Columbia Servicemen's College graduates among this Center, and Springfield Service- Under the USAR Schools pro- Captain John H. Hensley and Spe- CPT Hensley, Company A, Third gram, the course is spread over post's ranking officers. He rates S men's Center. cialist Four William C. Decker Battalion, Third Basic Combat five years and divided into five completion of the course as a Colonel Carroll C. Jacobson, have been named winners in the Training Brigade,Rwasawarded$25 phases of Reserve Duty Training "tremendously important mile- commanding officer, First En- s Fort Leonard Wood Photography for the best photograph intheblack (RDT) and five phases of Annual stone in any officer's career." gineer Training Brigade, has been Contest and were presented awards and white group, In the color trans- Active Duty for Tr a i n i n g The course is designed to pre- designated as fund drive chairman by Brigadier General Fred W. Col- parency group the $25 first place (ANACDUTRA). pare selected officers for assign- and key men are being selected lins, deputy commanding general, went to Specialist Decker of the The first RDT phase here will ment as commanders or general in all major units and activities Aug. 9. Medical Company, consist of 24 two-hour night clas- staff officers for high level com- on the reservation. In the babies and children cate- ses. There will be approximately mands such as a division or an 1 gory, black and white prints, the three classes per month from Army. first place $10 award was won by September through next May. Not Interrupted by Transfers Kindergarten Pupils CPT Hensley. The second place, Four of the ANACDUTRA phases $5 award, in the black and white will be intensive two-week prints, experimental category, sessions lield on post once each Since the curriculum and sche- went to Staff Sergeant Jeanne W. summer. The last ANACDUTRA dules are generally standardized, She AAenrolled officers may be trans- Get Free Bus Rides Nelson, WAC Detachment, phase must be taken in residence ficr a yeroedy b tanswith In the categories in the color L Kindergarten students in the at Fort Leavenworth. erred from station to station with dergarten students who live one transparency group, the first little or no loss of instructional Waynesville-Fort Leonard Wood mile or more from school. place, $10 award, in the babies Qualifications Remain the Same continuity. Schools will receive free trans- Parents of kindergarten stu- and children category, was won by However, should an officer be portation during the 1967-68 school dents who live off-post are urged SP 4 Decker. The first place, Qualifications for the course stationed too far from the USAR year on the same basis as other to call the office of Harry $10 award in the people category are the same as for Reservists. schools and satellites, there are students, according to local school Shubert, assistant superintendent went to Hensley, The second place, An applicant must have a mini- equivalent extensioncourseswhich officials. of schools, (774-6896) with the $5 award, in the people category mum of six years commissioned may be taken through correspon- Transportation will be provided names and addresses (bus stops) also was won by CPT Hensley. service and should not have dence. both to and from school for kin- of the kindergarten students who In all cases, the final active will need transportation. This duty segment must still be taken should be done as soon aspossible. at Ft. Leavenworth. If an officer Highway Patrol It will not be necessary for on- ran ste rre o can arrange for longer periods post parents to call if their child- of summer attendance at the col- ren were enrolled this week as * lege, the course may be com- scheduled since the enrollment Se m m a letedin less than the standard five Men Needed cards will contain the information years. Examinations for those qualified needed for planning bus routes. Because of the school's early men desiring a career in law en- The decision of the local board Major General Thomas H. Lipscomb, commanding general of starting date, Sept. 11, all in- forcement with the Missouri State of education to provide transpor- Fortl Leonard Wood since Sept. 1, 1965, will depart post Aug. 29 for terested and qualified officers are Highway Patrol will be given Sept. tation for kindergarten students a new assignment with the Army Materiel Command in Washington, urged to contact Captain David R. 1, at the Patrol's Academy at Rolla, was made possible by the recent D.C.1 it was announced Tuesday. His successor will be Major ' ! .Caswell a at G-1, 8-1811, immedi- Mo. Successful applicants will be- enactment of legislation by the His successor will be Major ately. St. Louis gin training on Oct. 1,. School officials Missouri General Assembly which ( H. GeorgeWalker, pre- SGeneralhope to enroll 15-20 All applicants must have the students, but included authorization of transpor- sentlyS the Division Engineer for if there are not enough applicants, equivalent of a high school educa- tation and state aid for kinder- thet. South Atlantic Engineer 'the school here will be postponed. tion and be a resident of Missouri r garten pupils. School districts are Division in Atlanta, Ga. for the past three years. He must permitted (but not required) to fur- General Lipscomb will be Medic Gets be 21 and not have reached his33d nish kindergarten transportation, honored at tonight's Hail and Fare- birthday, and must be between 5- School officials report that the well at the Officers' Open Mess foot-9 and 6-foot-3. Waynesville-Fort Leonard Wood and will be the reviewing officer Re-Up Bonus Application forms can be ob- School system is one of the few at the Aug. 26 retirement review A reenlistment bonus of $8,992 tained an any of the nine Highway districts in sourth Missouri that on Gammon Field. was awarded to Specialist Five Patrol Troop Headquarters. In- have been furnishing kindergarten During his two-year the tenure, Robert Mansanarez for his six- terested young men can also re- training for the last several years normal tour for post commanding. year reenlistment here Aug. 10. ceive an application form by writ- without tuition charge. generals, The board Lipscomb has seen the Mansanarez is a clinical specia- ing to the Missouri State Highway of education and school adminis- post grow into the largest Army list at the Medical Company, and Patrol, General Headquarters, trators are pleased Training Center and that now free has witnessed r.a has five years, 10 months active Jefferson City, Mo. All appli- transportation for kindergarten much of the visibletransformation "'} of the service in the Army. cations must be made before students post into a permanent can be added to the kinder- MG Thomas H. Lipscomb The specialist, his wife and two Aug. 30,. garten program of the district. installation. children reside in St. Robert, Mo. 2 Fort Leonard Wood GUIDON Aug. 18, 1967 Civilian Personnel News Insurance Bill Goes to President; Would Provide Added Coverage By Bob Lucas WASHINGTON-Congress has those employees whose annual sal- approved and sent to the Presi- ary exceeds $29,250. dent a compromise measure pro- Employees receiving neither the viding additional life insurance minimum nor maximum coverages coverage for federal employees. will receive insurance equal to 133 According to Administration of- per cent of their annual salary, ficials, it is expected that the rounded off to the next higher President will act favorably on the $1,000 (see accompanying chart). measure. The original Senate-passed bill The President also is expected provided a minimum $10,000 worth to request that the cost for ad- of insurance, $2,000 additional ditional insurance be trimmed coverage for employees earning from this year's pay boost for fed- over $8,000 and a maximum cover- eral employees.