Vol. 67 No. 15 April 17, 2009 Word of the month: Education Photo by Devin Fisher Destination Afghanistan Leadership from the 43rd Sustainment Brigade bids farewell to Soldiers with the food, ammunition and repair parts throughout their area of responsibility during 32nd Transportation Company as they board their plane destined for Afghanistan their one-year deployment. The first full-palletized load systems company to deploy Tuesday. The more than 100 “Trey Deuce” Soldiers who left Tuesday will be supplying to Afghanistan, the 32nd will not receive any theater-provided equipment. IMCOM, Carson focus on fire safety Story and photo by Randy Tisor are an important part of making sure that the fire the first half of fiscal year 2009. It is also meant to Mountaineer staff safety message is spread as widely as possible. bring more attention to the Fort Carson community’s “We teach the fire-safety message throughout the unique challenges regarding fire prevention and The Army’s Installation Management Command year,” said Glen Silloway, chief of Fort Carson’s Fire and awareness as the summer months approach. initiated a fire prevention and awareness campaign Emergency Services. “It’s not just fire prevention week. Silloway said that since Fort Carson has the threat March 31 that focuses on safety and inspections. Fire Prevention Week is our big bang when we of wildland fire, informational and awareness According to IMCOM’s Web site, http://www. go out and visit all of the schools, put up displays campaigns aimed at preventing wildland fires, in imcom.army.mil/site/command/, the campaign is in the post exchange, do different fire drills and addition to possible restrictive policies, are part of the planned to continue through Fire Prevention Week different targeted messages to really get the message overall prevention and awareness campaign. Oct. 4-10 and conclude Oct. 31. out heavily in that week in October.” “Use of fire pits or barbecue grills could be a Fort Carson safety officials said that fire The current emphasis, according to Silloway, is due concern here, where in some areas of the country, they prevention and awareness activities occur throughout to an increase in fires and related costs, injuries and at the year, but special efforts to reinforce the message least one fire-related death throughout IMCOM during See Fire safety on page 3 II Military Community Feature NN SS II DD EE Pages 8-9 Page 18 Pages 20-21 2 MOUNTAINEER — April 17, 2009 MOUNTAINEER Commanding General: Education potential immeasurable Maj. Gen. Mark A. Graham Garrison Commander: Commentary by Master Sgt. Jose A. Colon Rivera learn from our mistakes and from our experiences. Col. Eugene B. Smith That is part of our education as individuals and as Fort Carson Public Affairs Officer: 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Equal a nation. In a smaller scale, education is the key to our Dee McNutt Opportunity Advisor survival as individuals, and as a community. It is also the Chief, Print and Web Communications: According to Wikipedia, “... education is the process way to refocus our energy during challenging times. Douglas M. Rule by which society, through schools, colleges, universities Our politicians like to use the mantra, “Never waste a Editor: Julie M. Lucas and other institutions, deliberately transmits its cultural good crisis.” Well, even though their use of this expression Staff Writers: Randy Tisor heritage — its accumulated knowledge, values, and is, in my opinion, a crying shame because it uses the Rick Emert skills — from one generation to another.” suffering of the individual for their own agendas, it Devin Fisher Somebody once said that to stop learning is to die. As makes sense when we use it in our personal lives. Happenings: Nel Lampe individuals, we are learning, some say since the womb. Learn from mistakes. Learn from our own experiences. Sports Writer: Walt Johnson As every day goes by, new learning experiences present Layout/graphics: Jeanne Mazerall Apply lessons learned so as not to repeat previous mistakes. themselves in what we sometimes see as troubles, Pass along those lessons to our friends, co-workers, This commercial enterprise newspaper is difficulties and challenges. Each new experience makes Families, etc. thus, this accumulated knowledge, becomes an authorized publication for members of the us or breaks us, and this decade has seen history been a way of living. These lessons become important not Department of Defense. Contents of the made. It has also shown that the spirit of the American Mountaineer are not necessarily the official only for our own good and our own survival, but also for view of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government or people is alive and well. the progress and evolution of our communities. the Department of the Army. 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Silloway also mentioned the need Dave Colmus, a fire prevention to test smoke detectors as well as the may not be,” he said. He also noted that inspector for Fire and Emergency need for Families to practice escaping some of the housing areas on post are Services, noted that unattended candles from their houses and having a close to wildland areas which pose the have previously been a larger issue workable plan for such things as a threat of a wildland fire encroaching for Fort Carson residents, but safety meeting point for all Family members.