Better Human Relations In Bdel

111ec-ul.ty, -i'wlle1i UleM

By FRED AMBROZAK
''This command lau a vtlal
mllsloa to perform. JI wW lie
performed. most effecllvel)'
wbea all penoaael, boUI mill
iary llOcl depeadeet, un Ille
mellvallOII ud desire le 'do

letlden u4 llaetr depeadeal1

demoaltrale llaat tiler are

ereallas u en't'lromeat 1lf

llpleDed 11..,... retat.1 ud

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ror all."

'lbese statements br Briill

d I e r General Patrick W.
Powen, MUI Field ArWlery
B r I 11 d e commander1 _COD
atitute tbe reasontn11 oeblnd
tbe new Brlpde Human RelallOIII Program.
. Alte.r mont_hs ol wort IUld
many revlsioos, tbe ,pro~
has finally been molded Into
realistic and useable rorm. It
..;,,i. put Into effect oil Septem
ber 1, ..
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n,at\ed l'_l'UICiJl8)ly by lbe
members of the Bri11ade S-1
Section, lbe profll'am ill baslcel
I)' an enlai'gew.en\ bl lhe orig!,
ilal' plan estaoliihed In 'April,
1971. However, more emphasis
-has ~ placed on establllihlos
hUl!l&/1 )'elat;ions pl'QIJ'8ms au
the -Y <Iowa the line from brl
:eve! to battery-company
fevel.

PURPOSE
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It ls de&lfl!led to. " ensure concerned leaclers'fa, equal op-

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Team, l11tea1 lo memlaen of Rudqaarlen Battery, MIii Field

Artillery Brlcade durllll ..s laspectloa lo r bere. (1'119'0 br
EvaDS)

ra':'~~o,:~d ~m~~tma~J
their depencients, reprdleu or
race, rellflion, or natlonal orl11
In. It concentrates Oft
j,ubllclzlng and u\illzlng esJn.
)Ilg chaMels and iagencle1 of
the U.S. Army In solving per1onal problems and bringing

the ei:pertence and knowledge

al cunma!ldlng officers to bear
ID ra vor of tlleir personnel"
Tbe ultimate roal ol the
pro,ram ii to mate 1ervtce
Jrilll the 58111 Bri11ade u re
warding as possible IO that per
sonnet will have the time and
motivation to produce Ille
"quiet, reliable, and accurate"
reaiilts upon which the command depends.

IU.IN PARTS
. The four DIii.in facet of the
prosram are:.human 1elf devel
OPment, .- diJ'ill : and alcohol
'abuse, human rela"Uons-equal
,OPportunlly, and' !IUJIUUI relaU~ ~ a m lmplementaUon
anit assessment. .
'Ibe objective of human self
.~v~loppient ,ii the malnte
nance of po9ltlve aoclal values
and lbe pre1entation of adequate moral education to offset
. destructive a.nli-social . phUo,
aophie1. It ii hoped that ttllli
tralnlnr wW pve valuable assistance to all personnel In their
interpersonal
relationships.
Tha part of the proflJ'am 11 Ille
r e1pon1!bWty of the Brigade
Chaplain, l.Jeutenant Colooel
Jooepb T. -Powell, and it will be
c;arried out through religious
e r v I c e 1 , dlacu! slona with
tNlQP&, farn.\ly counseling, etc.
Drug abuse prosrams will
make every effort to encourage
rehabilitation for dr,ug suffer-

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GRAFENWOEHR Alpha platoon to a 3030 tie.
Company, 2d Battalion, ,th In
All troop relumed with Im
rantry recently completed nine- proved morale, bappy to bave
teen dusty days at the Graf Graf '72 over with, 'lbe:, were
tralnlng site. The company happy just to wash off the dust
provided security for Bravo, and apply calomlne loUon to the
Charlie, and Delta Batteries
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the 4th Battalion, Ost Field Ar
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Ullery.
Four training exercises were exercise.
held prior to the Tactical Eval
uallon on the 17th, 18th and 19th

o f t h e month. Lieutenant
Colonel Claude E. Fernandez
Jr. held a debriefing on the 21st
a n d complimented Captain
By Bill Tuner
Sherman A. GW and the par
KORNWES'MIEIM _ Some
tlcipatin11 members of Alpha might call It "adventure train
Company on a Job well done
ohn
and a ,a:re trip. LTC F ernandez Ing" but Lieutenant J
ny A.
aid that he heard no derogalO- Baugh and the members ol
Recon
platoon
2d
Battalion
4th
l'Y remarks r rom any of tlie
Infantry, found it not too dUfer
graden - and considered this ent from their normal tralnlnc
an excellent job for the under- actlvltle1. The m ain difference
waa that they were ambushlnc
1trength "A" company,
However, some complaints eacb otber Instead of the mor
a bout .the ,t,illeting arruge- tar platoon or on~ of lhe line

ments In Camp Cheb, better companies.

~ as "tent city," were res
.'On M~ay morning, the men
istered by the lnfanfrymen were trucked from 2d Ba~on.
al
Ith '""
bout
the
41b
Infantry beadquarten to
one w
.,pea 8
t b e I r departure point near
(leld chow, latrine and ahower
Pludt rballleD. After that, It
facWlles, and lack of hot was au on root as the men headwater.
ed through some pretty dense
Two picnic were held bile .and hilly terrain towards lluilr
. . the men were at Grafenwoehr first day' obJectlve of Holzbau,
to keep tbelr 1plrlt1 up. One sen. Four dllferent point men
Schwaebisch
was sponsored by the Artillery were used but navigation was
and
the other by the Infantry. difficult in the heavily wooded
Gmuend
Both featured steak, chic ken area. Lt. Bauch estimated that
and beer. All the men's wives hit men walked an extra 7 ti
Germany
were invited.
lometen. 'lbe first day turned
A football game w.as helcl by out to be the tOUBhet~Ad later
the infantrymen alter the sec that evenine Ille liell\snant was
tr,ol, VID, No. t
ond picnic. "A" company, "h bitten by an unldentlflell polsooFrldar, September 15, U72
P I a too n played the mortar
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Support-Given . ::fl
For41stlac-Eval :~

2/th Warriors
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Adventure Training!!

en.
The Briflade Human Rela
tlons Council oversees these
Pl'OIJ'll!lll through quarterly
meetin,- to review Ille actions
of lbe baUallon human relations
councill, lbe battalion NCO ad
COWICila and the battalion NCO
advilory committees and bat,
terr-company eollated men's
advisory counsels. It also
JUides the activities of the
B r i I a d e Human Relations
Office.
TIie latter is responsible for
moaitorin11 all 81P"ClS of the
human relaUons prolll'ain on a
day lo day ba1l1 In the. batteries
by briefing commanders, In
spectlng batteries, and inter,
viewin11 troops .
REACHING GOALS
The new proeram aims at
reaching Ila goals through communication, education, recogni,lion and improvement
facil
Illes .
. Communication ls . .to. be
.achieved by counsel!J_le "!'d rap
1en1on1 among personnel of
different ranks, ages, races,
&elles and backgrounds to develop better Wlderstandlng and
working conditions. New individual will be Interviewed by
their battery commanders wilh
in 72 boon of their &rriVal and
will ~ l ve periodic briefings

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56 Brigade Is Working
On Better HERO Prog.
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on ml55loos and activities.
Highly lmporiant to the overall
proeram 1, the bai1ery-company open door policy wbicb
will be given beavy stress.
EM and NCO advl,ory counclll and battalion human rel&
lions councils have already
been established and meet al
least ooce a month. A junior
ollicers' council In each battal
ion will meet quarterly. General Powers meets frequently
with these councils.
Rap sessions will be COD
ducted at platoon-sectloa le.el
every Monday to discuss tbe
week's activities and objec
lives. Other rap seuions will be
held on Fridays to critique tbe
week's accomplishments and to
put forth complaints and suggestions.
Command Information and
Character Guidance clas...s will
be conducted at least once a
month at battery-company level. TheS-O will Include di5cusslons and question-answer pert.
ods on contemporary problems.
Education will Include the
P r e d i s c h a r g e Education
Program (PREP) which will
be made available to au personr who need it; MOS testing,
' , ,..ct Transition and race rel a t I o n s educatlon!rograms.
Adequate library an dayrooro
literature will be made avail
able.
Under this froeram, mulmum ellort wil be made to aec
that Individuals deoervlng rec-

ognlilon will receive It. This

will Include awards and promo-

tions.

Workln1 condlliOIII and fa~

ltieo are to be Improved._ 'Ibis
will Involve reducinr ruard
poll11 to a IDlnilllWD !bat will
!lat Impair 11e<:11rlt7. 'l'hn!e day
pa1ae1 wW be granted personnel comin1 elf Combat Alen
SUl!u.1 and billets and tllnlnl f
clUties will be properly m.alntalned. Ccmplete medical and
dental care ill to be made available to all troope.
'lbe Bri&ade Human Relation, Team lnspecu two bllt
teriel per weet to lntUR lllat
th""" policies are being carried
out. 'lbe lealD ill beaded by
~neral Powers, and, 1n bl.I abaence, by Colonel Richard D.
Boyle, brigade deputy co.mlDalldlng officer. Otller members include Lt. Knowles, and
Cbapl&ln PoweU. More _.m.au.
hen may be added General
Powers directs. . .
(EDffOR'S NOTB: 'l1te uw
B m a llelaU.. Pr..,-am
may a.ltd lib __..., mere
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f,,.t &o llllpress ldcllraulllc
olfldalll. BIil w. .. IIOt . .

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. _ effort &o Improve ~

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el THE GIANT ffll.lleat ,oar
opial- of 1111s p.,.ra,a u I&
goes aloq- - both crtlklnn ud
pralae. See Ille e41.tor'a n.a&e
page twe for ~e format for
COMMENTAJU' leUen.)

Happenings
PREP Grads Get Diplomas

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SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND - The tint iuaduatea of !be pre.

discharge education program here received tlitlr diplomas In ceremonies held AUIUII 30. The men are members of !be fib Battalion,
41st Field Artillery and Headquarters Mtb Field Artillery Br:fgade.
For tbe eight men who gradual~ ilie ceremony marted tbe end
'',eir hlslh 1cbool educatlon. 111e graduates wen: J11llus E .
Aett, El-Pa.so, Tex. ; James D. Carter, Marietta, Ga.; 11:ltcheU
J>. Davldsoo, Graod JUDctlan 'Colo.; Roger D. Hunt, Westmlllster,
S.C.; Rufus Johnson Jr., vicksburg, Miss.; Henry P. Knaeble,
Barrigada, Guam; Tommy L. Martin, Cave City, Art.; and Darby
L. Morton, Dallaa, Tex.
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he~:1i~!
receive C<Jll&lalulations from falllily and friends.

~f.ioP'k':.1::m:'~4c't!ior..~~:~?~ta':~onCC:~

2 / 4 Cpt. Receives MSM

KORNWESTHEIM - The de
parting SS ol the 2d Battalion,
4th lnl.antry, Captain Thomas
G. Wade, recently received the
Meritorious Service Medal for
his contribution In ' ,ostablishing
a battalion trainlnr program
and developing the doctrine of
accomplishment of the anlque
Pershing ...curtly misslo'l."
CPI' Wade has been with the
2d or the 4th since December

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"A ribbon and a piece of paper

cannot express tire gratltllde we
feel for a job well done."
The Maine natl>e ii married
and has two chlldren. Be ii returning to Vietnam.

New CSM Named. at 1/81

NEU ULM - Command Seraeant Major Jack R. Nlcholai baa
taken over the top enlisted slot at the lat Battalion, 8111 Field
ArWJery. Nicbolu, a 24-:,ear Arm:, etenn, oomes la penldng
lrom the 548th Artillery Group In Sectenbelm.
CurrenUy ID the midst of bia fourth tour ID Gennan:,,, the
serseant major hH also served ID Korea and Turkey. 'Ille Lincoln,
Ind., native Is married and has two children.
Sergeant Major Nicholas replaces Sergeant MaJor Henry G.
Casper who has been rea,a;i,e(I to Ft. Sill.

2/4 NCO Grabs 10 Grand.

KORNWESTHEIM Seri:eant George E. Puallla recenUy received a '10,000 check
from Bravo Compan:,, ~ Battalion, 4th Infantry, Commander, ~utenant Diaz, for a g.
year re,-enUstmmt.
.
Wblle this doesn'I put him In
the same categOt'y as '400,000

bonus babies lite Joe Namath,

I t ' s definitely an Incentive
which few civilian Joi,. can
offer.
'1be Bravo company squad
leader lrom Andrew,, S.C., ba1
1e"ed with the Marine-a ancl
with the Army In Korea prior to
c.oming to Germany.

... 1M - ' ~ e BERO program

we INwe We are, here le see If tlJett Is
..,. ~ c y llehree11 pr,,gram alld i,ttror- " (ftoo..,. 1._ M. EYaa,)

2/4 Training Adventure

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OIU lnaect and was taken to the
boapltal

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Tbeotl.asecoodted day I J!'::!!ef was
MC
more cu....-.,ully as
experienced point mea did !be
navurati02. The ~ reached
Its ol,Jectfve of Baireet around
S p.m. and 1pe11t tbe rest of the
dll:, ba'rin& tbelr ac1wJ1 feet
~alee!. lledlcs were along for
th.is purpose and according to
Lt, Ba111h, ''They did a good
job and 111ed an awful lot of loot
padding."
Later. support platoon re
SUpplied them with C-rations,
water and ammunition. Support
rovided a more valuable ae",
c e , h o w e e r , when they
broogbt bact some of the gear
the men had loaded an their so
lb. packs. Even Ser1eant Wesley C. "Reck" Harrington Jr., a
hardened eteran of such ez.
cunions, found the terrain too
ruaed for 10 much wel1ht and
bad to - d back Ills frylq JNID.
On the lblrd day the platoon
aplit up Into three ~ led by
Sergeants Harrbictoo, Glen
Jennlng1, and Frank C. FIJ:.
'Ibe three squada ambushed

each other as they made a

roundabout Journey to their
I b I r d d a Y ' objective of
Scltlicten. Ever,one agreed that
Set. Fix's aquad made the best
ambushe1.
On !be fourth day the men
decided to train In the Schllcten
area rather lha.n continue on
their planned route. Stream
cronln1 wu planned, but as
Set, Barringtoa said, "It wu
too dry, we couldn't even find
water." 1be men did receive

Instruction In stream crossing,

however, and aeveral cloverleaf
patrol were sent out to. prac
tice security measures.
That evening !be men went
Into town for a meal and a
couple of beers and found the
people very friendly and Inter
uled in what we were doing.
Tbe men returned Friday with
aome acblng feet but ready for
another ouUng, A river cruise
on life rafts is planned in the
luture.

1/81 Missilemen in the Wild

Become Pershing Pathfinders
8)' Diet Shermer
NEU ULM - " J uat five more lllile between the Inneringen
1'8" . . ao bellowed Staff field site and Wiley Barracks in
Sergeant John Fallon for what Neu Ulm. The fifteen adventure
seemed to be the buodredtb trainees, all from Beadqu.a.rters
time that day. The meaaa1e Battery, lit Battalion, 81st
waa alllled at lbe tired looldng Field Artllle~, made the cross
m e m b e r a of tbe Penhln& country walk m three days.
Pathfinders 'lbe men bad some
'lbe 'Pathflnden' uually enfilly reasoni ~ be buahed, each
~S:!sa,::le~ ~tr8:c~
one repr,esentln1 a bard wait,,c! tlon for the town's children. As
the tidl gathered around the
b I k e r 1 , mlDlature American
nags and C-ratlon candy were
passed out.
'nle men, 1lvho 1ftl'e led by
SSG Fallon and battery execuUve officer First IJeut~nant
Robert Clarlt, carried full fleld
gear. Additionally, they toted
rour radios, compasse,, blnoculart, and MlSs. Dllrillg the hike,
~ men cllmbed mountains,
visited the ruins of a castle, and
did a buty rappel oU one cliff.
According to SSG Faltoo, tbe
bike waa not only a lot of fun,
but good training as well: "The
men got aome flnt band ex
perlence In patrolling and everyone did point al orte time or
another." The 50-mlle walk was
only the beginning for tbe Per hi n I Palbftnden. ID late
September, the men are planning a 1:ZS..m.Ue trip down lbe
Danube on rubber rafts.

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PERSHING SCOREBOARD

Thanks

'lbe lamily of SFC R811llood W.

Larkins, Schwaeblsch Gmuend,

withe, to expre11 their most
sincere appreclalian for "the
many kindnesses extended us
upon tbe death of our son and
brother Dennis. The lovtng
compassion of our friends and
relatives will always be remembered."
The famlly of
SFC Raymond W. Larkins
mm. Mtb Field Arty Bde