FORT BLISS’ ONLY AUTHORIZED NEWSPAPER Aviation readiness up Soliderʼs state rep as units operate at ‘warp speed’ ■ 9A named to Bliss wall of patriots ■ 1B Thursday, May 2, 2019 Connect with the Bugle at: Fort Bliss, Texas @FortBlissTexas 1st AD and Fort Bliss fortblissbugle.com • Click on the eEdition U.S. Army photo The Army is conducting an online survey through May 24 to gather feedback about life in privatized RCI housing. Army to conduct survey gauging resi- dent satisfaction with >> SIGHT LINE privatized housing Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf / 24th TPASE By Assistant Chief of Staff for A Soldier with Company C, 1st Bn., 37th Arm. Regt., 2nd ABCT, 1st AD, conducts a security detail during an assault on a mock village, April 8 at Installation Management Orogrande, N.M. “When I fi rst meet with a new Soldier, I give them an initial counseling where I explain to them what I will expect from them,” said WASHINGTON – The Army is con- Staff Sgt. Christopher Sylvester, squad leader for Company C. “I have a ‘new guy’ packet which contains materials that they will have to know ducting a Residential Communities and comprehend. And on each day they are here, we’ll test their knowledge on it. Just to see where they are at, knowledge-wise, and to determine Initiative resident satisfaction survey where I will place them on the team.” For more images of these new infantry Soldiers kicking down doors on the Fort Bliss Training Complex as through May 24 to gather feedback they worked on individual and team Soldiering skills, turn to page 3A. about life in privatized housing. An online survey link was emailed April 23 to more than 80,000 residents living in privatized family and unac- companied housing at 49 locations. Completing the survey takes about 10 minutes. Residents have 30 days to com- Keeping up the fi ght plete the survey. Army family and unaccompanied housing residents can rate their satis- faction with services, property and the WBAMC cancer overall housing experience through the online survey. Feedback plays an impor- facilities mark 65 tant role in helping the Army maintain a high quality of life for Soldiers and years of accredita- families. Privatized housing locations include tion with advance- Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Bragg, ments, innovation North Carolina; Camp Parks, Califor- By Marcy Sanchez | nia; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Carlisle William Beaumont Army Medical Center Public Affairs Barracks, Pennsylvania; Fort Carson, Over a half century of experience in pro- Colorado; Fort Detrick, Maryland; Fort viding cancer care is evident today at William Drum, New York; Joint Base Langley- Beaumont Army Medical Center. Eustis, Virginia; Fort Gordon, Georgia; Since 1954 WBAMC has maintained its ac- Fort Greely, Alaska; Fort Hamilton, creditation as a Commission on Cancer pro- New York; U.S. Army Garrison Ha- gram, through the American College of Sur- waii; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Huachuca, geons, the longest running cancer program of Arizona; Hunter Army Airfi eld, Geor- its type in the Department of Defense and the gia; Fort Irwin, California; Fort Knox, city of El Paso. Kentucky; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; “We have a full complement of highly- Fort Lee, Virginia; Fort Leonard Wood, trained staff, offering expertise in various Missouri; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, specialties of cancer care,” said Maj. Daniel Marcy Sanchez / WBAMC PA Washington; Fort Meade, Maryland; Nelson, surgical oncologist and director of the Maj. Daniel Nelson, surgical oncologist and director of the Commission on Cancer program at William Moffett Federal Field, Camp Parks, Pre- Commission on Cancer at WBAMC. “We can Beaumont Army Medical Center, instructs medical residents during a bilateral mastectomy at WBAMC sidio of Monterey and Naval Postgradu- provide the full spectrum of care to our benefi - April 22. ate School, California; Picatinny Ar- ciaries. We have every resource that could be senal, Maryland; Fort Polk, Louisiana; expected at most major cancer centers.” “We want to be better than the standard, we Annually, approximately 300 patients re- Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Fort Riley, According to the ACS, the Commission want to make sure we are doing everything ceive care for cancer at WBAMC, with proce- Kansas; Fort Rucker, Alabama; Joint on Cancer program recognizes cancer care that the commission has asked us to do, and dures at the Military Treatment Facility rang- Base San Antonio-Sam Houston, Texas; programs for their commitment to providing then elevate our program to the next level,” ing from major complex surgical operations to Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Stewart, Geor- comprehensive, high-quality, and multidisci- said Deborah Pinedo, supervisor, Cancer Reg- state-of-the-art minimally invasive and inter- gia; Joint Base Little Creek-Fort Story, plinary patient centered care. istry. See CANCER Page2A Virginia; Fort Wainwright, Alaska; Walter Reed National Medical Center, Maryland; West Point, New York; White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; and inside this issue FORT BLISS ■ Unit News ...................................3A Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. WBAMC’s SAFE program offers Friday Saturday Sunday ■ Community .................................1B Army housing offi cials expect to an- support for sexual assault survivors ■ 5A ■ Sports .........................................7B nounce survey results by July. 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Conducting a six-day ‘drill’ al- much easier.” aircraft,” said Catob. lowed for our Soldiers to not only train but unique airlift prior Cadena and leadership from 3rd Battalion, Catob said even though it was a lot of develop that cohesion at all echelons. We are 161st Infantry Regiment took time April 4 to work he believes the experience was well postured well to attack the platoon and com- to Bayonet Focus observe as Stryker Fighting Vehicles from worth the process. pany operations at bayonet focus.” Attack Company were loaded into the mas- “We were learning every step along the By Sara Morris and Maj. Joseph Siemandel | Washington National Guard sive plane on Joint Base Lewis-McChord way -- through personnel requirements to before departing for Grant County Airport, producing actual products to move equip- HOUSING CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – Standing be- in Moses Lake, Wash., en route to the bat- ment this way,” said Catob. “I listened to my Continued from Page 1A hind the massive tail wing of the Boeing talion’s weeklong training exercise at the Soldiers tell me their stories with excitement, housing experience,” said Lt. Gen. Gwen C-17 Globemaster III, Command Sgt. Maj. Yakima Training Center. which tells me that it wasn’t a waste of their Bingham, the Assistant Chief of Staff for Alfonso Cadena could only say one thing. “We are constantly challenging the status time and added to the week of training.” Installation Management. “Feedback con- “If I had to do it all over again, I would quo and looking for new and exciting op- Once on the ground and unloaded, Attack cerning your experience is very important think about the Air Force -- this is impres- portunities that exist within our state,” said Company Soldiers joined the rest of the bat- to us. The information residents provide sive,” said Cadena, a 37-year Army veteran Capt. Jeremy Catob, commander for Attack talion for a weeklong training exercise, lead- annually continues to guide the Army and Company. “Driving Strykers or preposition- ing up to the 81st SBCT’s Exportable Com- RCI companies in future improvements to ing them and using buses for transit is what bat Training Capability (xCTC) rotation in our privatized housing facilities and ser- everyone else does. The Dark Rifles and June at the training center. vices, thus providing a better quality of Attack Company are constantly striving to The battalion was able to qualify Stryker life for all residents and families.” separate ourselves and demonstrate our ca- crews firing from the vehicle and squads on The Assistant Chief of Staff for Instal- pability for greatness.” a dismounted infantry live-fire exercise. This lation Management, the sponsor of the Catob and company 1st Sgt. Tim Englund familiarization will be put to the test during survey, provides program oversight and came up with the idea, and both gave a lot the xCTC, Bayonet Focus. expertise for services and installation in- of credit to their battalion commander, Lt. During Bayonet Focus, the platoons will frastructure to enable Total Army readi- Col. Matt James, for getting the idea off the conduct a live-fire exercise that integrates ness. ground. the infantry squads with the Stryker ve- Privatized housing residents who do “Lieutenant colonel James is the type of hicles, mortars, snipers and medics where not receive the survey notice email should leader that challenges us not to accept ‘no’ together they assault an enemy objective, contact their local housing offices. CEL for an answer and never allow frustration to both day and night, firing live rounds from and Associates is the company conducting reach apathy,” said Catob.