OUR KIOWA WARRIORS KEEP SOLDIERS SAFE IN RC-SOUTH THE VOLUNTEER STATE guard magazine JFHQ 102 PART TWO OF THE SERIES FOCUSED ON THE HISTORY OF TENNESSEE’S JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS AFTER THE STORM CHANGES TO FEDERAL TENNESSEE NATIONAL TUITION ASSISTANCE GUARD ENGINEERS AS- COULD AFFECT YOU SIST IN TORNADO DEBRIS REMOVAL Photo Above: MG Hugh B. Mott Building 1 VSG MAGAZINE VOL.14 | ISSUE 3 THE VOLUNTEER STATE GUARD MAGAZINE INSIDE THIS ISSUE JFHQ 102 PAGE 7 WHAT’S YOUR STORY! Contact our staff at [email protected] EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MAJ (Ret.) Randy Harris SENIOR EDITORS Lt. Col. (Ret) Niki Gentry, MSgt Robin Olsen, Rob Pennington PAGE 13 ART DIRECTOR Rob Pennington PHOTOGRAPHY MAJ (Ret.) Randy Harris, CW4 Nick Atwood, Lt. Col. (Ret) Niki Gentry, MSgt Robin Olsen, MSG Kendra M. Owenby, SSG Melissa Wood, SSG Melisa Washington, PAGE 21 SSG Whitney Houston, SGT Art Guzman, SPC Chris Daley, PAGE 9 PHOTO EDITING Rob Pennington PAGE 18 WRITERS MAJ (Ret.) Randy Harris, Lt. Col. 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Distribution of the The Volunteer State Guard is electronic and can be downloaded at: http://www. tnmilitary.org PAGE 15 PAGE 11 PAGE 10 2 VSG MAGAZINE VOL.14 | ISSUE 3 134TH REFUELING EXERCISE TENNESSEE An F22 Raptor pilot from the 325th Fighter Wing practices making contact with SNAPSHOT a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 134th Air Refueling Wing during a refueling mission over the Gulf coast of Florida - May 9, 2014 PHOTO BY: MSG Kendra M. Owenby 3 VSG MAGAZINE VOL.14 | ISSUE 3 278TH AMBUSH TRAINING TENNESSEE Members of B-Troop, 1/278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tennessee Army Na- SNAPSHOT tional Guard take part of an offensive ambush training, and recovery exercise at Camp Shelby Miss. - June 11, 2014 PHOTO BY: SGT Art Guzman 4 VSG MAGAZINE VOL.14 | ISSUE 3 RAPPELLING TOWER TENNESSEE A Tennessee National Guard Youth Camp attendee rappels down the Alvin E. SNAPSHOT Hendrickson Rappelling Tower at Boxwell Scout Reservation, Lebanon, Tenn. - June 15, 2014 PHOTO BY: SSG Melisa Washington 5 VSG MAGAZINE VOL.14 | ISSUE 3 DEMOLITION TECHNIQUES TENNESSEE Soldiers assigned to C-Troop, Regimental Troop Squadron, 278th ACR conduct SNAPSHOT live demolition and breaching techniques at Camp Shelby, Miss. Nothing moti- vates combat engineers like live explosives - June 22, 2014 PHOTO BY: SGT Art Guzman 6 VSG MAGAZINE VOL.14 | ISSUE 3 PART 2 OF A 2 PART SERIES JFHQ 102 PART TWO: The Military History of the Sidco Drive Area (Continued from the last issue of VSGM) include the 30th Separate Armored Brigade, Construction began on the Major Gen- the 194th Engineer Brigade, the 196th Field eral Hugh B. Mott National Guard Head- The Nashville Chamber of Commerce led Artillery Brigade and the 278th Armored quarters building in 2006 along with reno- an effort in 1952 to transform the site into Cavalry Regiment. vations to the Clement-Nunnally Armory, industrial tracts in hopes of luring factories From 1947 to the mid 60’s the post had was completed in early 2009. to locate there. Four local businessmen a swimming pool that was fed by a natu- The 4-story Mott Building dominates the bought 113 acres of land in the area for ral spring that stayed at 56.7 degrees, and hillside overlooking Sidco Drive and Powell $456,000, and the city hoped to get anoth- was manned by the Navy, Marines and Avenue. Known today as the Joint Force er 189 acres for about $800 per acre, the National Guard personnel stationed there. Headquarters-Tennessee, Houston Barracks original price determined by the federal They maintained the pool and served as life is also home to the Headquarters, Tennes- government. guards. Personnel and guests paid a nomi- see Air National Guard; the 301st Troop Its location between the L&N Railroad nal fee for the use of the pool, and the water Command; the 129th Army Band; the tracks on the east, Radnor Yard on the in the pool was known to be clean and 230th Signal Company; the 1128th, 1129th south and Thompson Lane on the north always at the same temperature. The pool and 1130th Finance Detachments; the made the location ideal. The Southern was closed around 1970. 118th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Industrial Development Company, formed In 1975, construction began to add a and Troop A, Special Troops Squadron, in 1953, gave the street through the site its new wing of the Clement-Nunnally armory. 278th ACR. Other key agencies of the Ten- current name, SIDCO Drive. It was completed by the spring of 1976. nessee Military Department located here By the next year, the military complex had been destroyed and construction began to transform the former Classification Cen- The Army Air Force Classifica- ter for the U.S. Army Air Corps into a ware- tion Center on Sidco Drive in housing and industrial complex. The first 1943. 50-acre portion was completed by 1959. The Tennessee Army National Guard leased the property in 1955, and con- struction began on the Clement-Nunnally armory in 1959, and was completed by 1962. A new wing was added to the armory in 1976. The 30th Armored Division Headquar- ters was located at the post, along with sev- eral other army units such as the 3-109th armor Battalion and the 173rd Support Bat- talion. In 1972, the 30th Armored Division was dissolved and became separate units to 7 VSG MAGAZINE VOL.14 | ISSUE 3 JFHQ 102: HISTORY OF SIDCO DR. are the Tennessee Emergency Management of the original Army Air Corps Classifi- Houston Barracks without recognizing the Agency (TEMA) and the Headquarters for cation Center was left. Those driving by contribution of so many dedicated profes- the Tennessee State Guard. the area today will not realize that during sional officers and enlisted Soldiers who The Sidco area still has the plants, facto- World War II the region between I-65 and have, and still continue to uphold the very ries, and warehouses that were the excite- the Radnor Rail Yards was home to tens of flame of the volunteer spirit of military ser- ment of the post-war years in Nashville. The thousands of American Soldiers. vice by which this state is renowned. building frenzy continued until nothing One cannot write a history of Nashville’s Beginning with the Overmountain Men, The 4-story Mott Building domi- nates the hillside overlooking Sidco Drive and Powell Avenue. (Tennesseans, Virginians, and North Car- olinians who defeated the British at Kings Mountain in 1780,) and continuing today, Tennessee stands tall, because of those heroes in our past who have laid the foun- dation for us to follow. The outstanding officers and enlisted men and women who served in the 30th Armored Division, and all units housed at Houston Barracks have participated in every major and minor U.S. war endeavor and conflict since World War II. It is a list of who’s who, and the service they have rendered to our beloved state and nation should be forever remembered. The sacri- fice of those Soldiers who gave the ultimate price of their lives for the freedom we share as Tennesseans, and consequently, as Amer- icans. Article by MAJ (Ret) Randy D. Harris Director, Joint Public Affairs & Strategic Communications Major General Hugh B. Mott Building Contributors to this article include: The Nashville Tennessean Tennessee National Guard Headquarters, The Nashville Retrospect located in Nashville, Tennessee. SGT Miles M. Capps III (Photo by SSG Melissa Wood) Mr. Ralph Brown Ms. Stephanie Day COL Brad Bishop 8 VSG MAGAZINE VOL.14 | ISSUE 3 EDUCATION DEPT CHANGES TO FEDERAL TUITION ASSISTANCE Beginning July 2014, Big Changes Happened to the Military’s Federal Tuition Assistance Policy (FTA). Basic information about FTA: 1. Up to $4000.00 dollars or $250.00 a semester hour each fiscal year; 16 semester hours cap. 2. Partial courses will not be funded; this means you must have the required number of hours left in FTA benefits in order to receive FTA for a course. One FTA benefit hour remaining/3 hour course needed, Soldier will have to pay for the entire course. 3. Must complete IADT, OCS, or BOLC and wait one year after completion before you can use FTA 4. If you used FTA for any reason, then you must have at least 10 years of service to use FTA for a Masters Level Degree. 5. 130 hours allowed for completion of a Bachelor’s Level Degree, 39 hours allowed for a Masters Level Degree. New Changes to FTA beginning July 2014, see below. 1. Most Soldiers (80% or more) are now required to input at least 50% of their required courses in course planner.