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Story and photo by Dave Vergun
Army News Service
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — “We have
challenges when it comes to sexual assault, because from my
perspective, we’re not really sure what the Army profession,
character and commitment is all about,” said the Army’s top
enlisted Soldier.
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III spoke
during the sixth annual Sexual Harassment/Assault
Response and Prevention summit at Joint Base Andrews,
Md., June 11.
“Character is what you’re doing when no one is looking,”
Chandler said, explaining one aspect of the Army profession.
“Commitment is looking out for your fellow Soldier and
doing what the Army says you’re supposed to do.”
Chandler said when he conducts town hall meetings with
Soldiers, he usually asks them if they know what the Army
profession is about. He said, in most cases, he gets just a few
responses to his question from every hundred or so Soldiers
in attendance.
“We need to focus on (the Army profession) across the
force,” he said. “Our Soldiers generally don’t get it, or are not
even aware of it.”
The Army’s top enlisted Soldier explained how he
helps Soldiers in the town hall meetings “get it” by using a
simple analogy.
“I ask them, ‘Have you ever had something stolen from
you in the barracks?” he said.
Hundreds of Soldiers raise their hands, he said. He asks
them how they feel about having something stolen from them,
knowing that in most cases the thief was a fellow Soldier.
He said Soldiers at the town hall express anger at the thefts
they experienced. A typical reply, he said, is that Soldiers say
they “lost trust” in their fellow Soldiers. He also said Soldiers
report a loss of trust in their leadership as well, because they say
their leadership inevitably “didn’t do anything about it” once a
theft was reported.
Chandler then follows up with another question that gets
to the heart of sexual assault.
“Why aren’t you furious that someone’s dignity and
respect, which you can’t buy back, were taken away?”
Chandler said when he asks that question, he sees
Soldiers’ faces light up with understanding.
The Army needs to put sexual assault into terms that
Soldiers can understand, he said.
“They need to hear from each and every one of us
personally, out of the office and in small groups, what this
means to be a professional and why sexual assault is such a
bad thing,” Chandler said.
For years, the Army and the other services have studied
sexual assault, held classes and used slide presentations
to illustrate why it must be eliminated. But those tactics
have not worked, Chandler said, saying the problem goes
even deeper.
Delegating the responsibility to squad leaders and junior
noncommissioned officers also isn’t enough, he said,
speaking to an audience of some 200 sergeants major and
senior officers at the summit.
“Soldiers say, ‘Look, we don’t see senior-level involvement.
We know something happened but, from our perspective, that
(sexual assault that occurred) has just faded away.’”
Chandler said senior leaders must have the courage to
say that a sexual assault happened and that it was investigated.
They must also explain the outcome.
“We don’t have to destroy someone’s dignity to do this,”
he said. “But we owe it to our Soldiers to say this is what
happened, and here’s what we did.”
He said Soldiers need leadership involvement behind the
issue as a way to illustrate how important it is.
“At the end of the day, those young Soldiers want
leadership, purpose, direction, motivation and understanding
that we love them and we’re committed to them,” he said. “It
takes an Army of action, and a noncommissioned officer
corps willing to do its part.”
Chandler said the Army is held to a higher standard by
American society. If Soldiers are unwilling to make the
culture shift, he said, Congress will do it for them.
Sgt. Maj. of
the Army
Raymond
Chandler
speaks
during the
sixth annual
Sexual
Harassment/
Assault
Response
and
Prevention
summit, at
Joint Base
Andrews,
Md.,
June 11 .
SMA on sexual assault:
Character,
commitment
tenets of ‘Army
profession’
SMA on sexual assault:
Character,
commitment
tenets of ‘Army
profession’
Spc. Abex H. Padilla Jr.
Petroleum supply specialist, Company A,
Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion,
4th Infantry Division
Iron Horse Strong?
What makes me
I Joined the Army in 2006 to
keep a promise to my grandpa
who was sick with cancer of the
pancreas. I also joined to do
something worthwhile with
my life.
Serving my country means
keeping up the nostalgic
traditions passed down; to put
a glimmer of hope and salvation
in the minds of my peers by
keeping my integrity and being
a role model.
I have come to enjoy the
brotherhood and bonds I have
made, especially working
with the commandant.
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3June 21, 2013 — MOUNTAINEER
PlantointegratewomenincombatrolesStory by C. Todd Lopez
and Julia Henning
Army News Service
WASHINGTON — No later than
Jan. 1, 2016, women will be able to
apply to all military occupational
specialties, and to all Army units,
across the total force.
“The Army is very excited about
the approval of our implementation
plan to move forward,” said Lt. Gen.
Howard Bromberg, deputy chief of staff
for personnel, during a multi-service
briefing in the Pentagon Tuesday.
Bromberg and representatives from
the Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force
and Special Operations Command
explained how they would implement
their specific plans to integrate women
into all areas of military service.
The Army’s plan, like the plans
from other services, include first
opening closed units to women, and then
opening all closed military occupational
specialties to women.
Closed units
Today in the Army, some combat
units at battalion level and below are
still closed to women. One of the first
steps the Army will take is to open
those closed units. This step will not
involve opening closed MOSs to women,
but rather, opening closed units to
allow women to serve there in MOSs
that are already open to both genders.
Already, the Army has made
headway in this area, Bromberg said.
In 2012, the Army opened 14,000
positions in closed units to female
Soldiers with the elimination of the
“co-location restriction” through its
“Exception to Policy” program.
Women were assigned to maneuver
battalion headquarters in nine brigade
combat teams as an exception to the
Direct Ground Combat Definition and
Assignment Rule.
This year, the Army has already
signaled its intent to open an additional
6,000 positions within closed units.
The Army will accomplish that by
opening up an additional eight active-
duty BCTs to women — for a total of
17; nine Army National Guard BCTs;
and also positions within special
operations aviation.
In a plan submitted to the secretary
of defense in April, Secretary of the
Army John M. McHugh spelled out
the details of the Army’s way ahead to
integrate women into closed units.
The Army will continue to open
positions in closed units, initially within
the headquarters of combat arms units,
such as infantry, armor and field
artillery. The Army will also open
headquarters positions to women in
reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting
and acquisition maneuver battalions.
For enlisted Soldiers, about 76
MOSs that are open to both male and
female Soldiers are represented within
closed units. For officers, there are
about 35 officer areas of concentration
represented within closed units. And
for warrant officers, there are 19
warrant officer MOSs represented in
closed units.
The Army will begin allowing
women to move into positions within
previously-closed units in early 2014,
first with officers and noncommissioned
officers, and then with junior Soldiers.
“The further assignment of women
to companies and batteries below the
level of headquarters will be based on
assessments, deployment cycles and
specific guidance,” reads the imple-
mentation plan the Army sent forward
to the secretary of Defense. “This
process will be completed at the end
of calendar year 2014 and will provide
the framework for opening positions
that are currently closed to women.”
Opening new jobs
For occupations currently closed to
women, the Army is planning on devel-
oping gender-neutral standards to ensure
all Soldiers have fair access to jobs.
However, Bromberg said that it is
important for the Army to ensure that the
standards meet job requirements.
“Whatever that job or that occupa-
tional specialty, we have to make sure
we have the requirements of that task
established — regardless of male or
female,” Bromberg said. “The worst
thing we could do is change that
standard for that position. We have to be
absolutely certain that performance can
be understood and applied in combat
situations. This isn’t to set anybody up
for failure. This is all about success.
We’re calling it Soldier of 2020 — it’s
not male Soldier or female Soldier.”
Beginning in July 2014, the Army
will first open MOSs within the
Army Engineer Branch. This will open
up about 10,281 positions to women.
Beginning in the second quarter
of fiscal 2015, the Army will open
positions within the Field Artillery
Branch. The change will ultimately
open about 15,941 jobs to women.
The Army will also open positions
to women with the Armor Branch and
the Infantry Branch. Enlisted women
will, for the first time, have the
opportunity to serve as cavalry scouts,
armor crewmen, infantrymen and
indirect-fire artillery. As a result of
this change, about 90,640 positions
will open for women in the Army.
Within the Armor Branch and the
Infantry Branch, the Army will also
offer junior officers and junior NCOs
the opportunity to transfer branches or
reclassify as a way to build a cadre
of experienced female Soldiers prior
to the arrival of Soldiers who are new to
the Army.

CarsonCarson
respondsresponds
By Catherine Ross
Special to the Mountaineer
Fort Carson Soldiers, Department of
Defense civilian employees and Family
members forced to evacuate off-post
housing due to the Black Forest and
Royal Gorge wildfires can receive
allowances to cover related expenses.
Col. (P) John “J.T.” Thomson,
deputy commander, 4th Infantry
Division and Fort Carson, issued a
limited evacuation order June 11,
which ordered Soldiers, Department of
Defense civilians, and Family members
in mandatory evacuation zones to
evacuate their off-post housing.The order
was expanded to include voluntary
evacuation zones June 12.
Evacuees were directed to find
lodging within the Safe Haven Zone,
which falls outside of evacuation
zones, but within a 100-mile radius of
Fort Carson’s zip code of 80913.
Soldiers subject to the evacuation
order are placed on temporary duty
status and receive TDY per diem
allowances. For example, if a Soldier,
spouse and child evacuate and find
temporary lodging, the actual cost
of lodging will be reimbursed. The
amount cannot exceed the sum of
the per diem allowed for the Soldier,
spouse and child. If the Soldier and
Family members stay with relatives or
friends, the lodging allowance is
forfeited, according to Joint Federal
Travel Regulations, Volume 1, Chapter 6.
Regardless of where an evacuated
Soldier stays, a meals and incidental
expenses allowance is provided to the
Soldier and each Family member. In
addition, a mileage entitlement is also
paid for distance traveled from the
evacuated residence to the safe haven,
and return, per the JFTR.
Allowances are not automatic. In
order to receive them, a Soldier and his
Family members must file travel vouchers
with a Department of Defense Form
1610, TDY orders and lodging receipts.
Soldiers must file their travel
vouchers through the Defense Travel
System, said Rochelle Maina, Fort
Carson Defense Military Pay Office
Internal Control.
“A DD 1610 is generated through
DTS documenting their TDY status,”
she said.
“Members are requested to file their
vouchers at the end, when their evacuation
period is done,” Maina said.
Evacuees eligible for reimbursement
See NEO on Page 5
By Staff Sgt. Wallace Bonner
4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office
During the most destructive fire in Colorado
state history, units across Joint Task Force Fort
Carson supported Colorado Springs and El Paso
County community emergency services personnel
through direct firefighting support, building fire
breaks and providing forward operating refueling
services, June 11-15.
Soldiers with the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade
provided helicopter crews to perform Bambi
Bucket drops, completing 914 drops, for a total of
689,970 gallons (see story pages 22-23). The
brigade also deployed a forward area refueling
point to the U.S Air Force Academy airfield, to give
the helicopters more time on station (see story Page
6), forward air traffic controllers to oversee air
traffic, and a command and control aircraft to assist
in directing the firefighting efforts.
The 52nd Engineer Battalion put 15 Soldiers on
the front line of firefighting efforts, along with four
D7 bulldozers, to create firebreaks and remove
flammable debris away from the fire’s path (see
story Page 7).
Civilian support agencies on post also stepped
forward, with the Directorate of Emergency
Services and the Department of Public Works
providing two type-6 brush trucks, three water
tenders and nine personnel to protect homes and
property amid containment efforts. A crew also
backfilled a local fire station (See stories Page 8).
Child, Youth and School Services assisted by
opening up a shelter on post, open to all military,
Department of the Army civilians and their
Families evacuated by the fire (see story Page 5).
The JTF Carson support comes as a result of
the Department of Defense’s immediate response
authority and a memorandum of agreement between
El Paso County and the post.
In addition to the Black Forest Fire support,
Fort Carson firefighters from the Piñon Canyon
Maneuver Site Fire Station joined firefighting
efforts in La Veta, south of Colorado Springs, at
the request of civilian agencies. That assistance
came through a mutual aid agreement between
the post and surrounding communities along the
Front Range.
The U.S Air Force Academy, Peterson Air Force
Base, Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station,
Buckley Air Force Base, 302nd Airlift Wing, and
the Colorado and Wyoming National Guards all
joined Fort Carson in providing support for the
Black Forest Fire containment efforts.
Birds to bulldozers
Pilots and crew members of the 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th Combat
Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, hover down to release water onto the Black Forest Fire, June 12.
Photo by Sgt. Jonathan C. Thibault
JTF Carson helps to control fire

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Last year’s Waldo Canyon Fire
helped Stacey Baffaro prepare for her
evacuation during the Black Forest Fire.
Baffaro and her husband, Sgt. Joe
Baffaro, Headquarters and Headquarters
Troop, 2nd Special Troops Battalion,
2ndArmored Brigade Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division, arrived at Fort Carson
about a month before the Waldo Canyon
Fire destroyed 342 homes.
“It made me think about what I
would pack if it ever happened to me,
so I felt prepared when it was time,”
she said of her evacuation. “When it
was time, I knew exactly what to pack.”
It was even more important for her
to be prepared since her husband is at
the National Training Center, Fort
Irwin, Calif.
“I think it would have been less
stressful (if he were here),” she said.
“I had to make certain decisions on
my own.”
The Baffaros live in an apartment
in Gleneagle, six miles from where the
fire started, she said. She packed
the afternoon of June 11. All day June
12, she tracked the fire’s progress while
at work, and by that afternoon, Baffaro
had made the decision to leave.
“With all the chaos (of a possible
mandatory evacuation), I decided I’m
going to leave now,” she said. “I
wanted to beat the rush. I didn’t want
the stress. I didn’t want to be afraid.”
She drove home, picked up her cat,
Mugen, and headed for the shelter at
the Fort Carson Youth Services Center.
“When I saw the (news) updates, I
knew I’d made the right decision,”
Baffaro said.
She sent a text to her husband,
letting him know she’d evacuated, but
that she was safe.
“He’s got enough to worry about,”
she said. “I didn’t want him to worry
about me, too.”
The text got to him just in time,
right before he went into “the box”
where communication is limited.
By the morning of June 14, Baffaro’s
neighborhood had been declared a
mandatory evacuation zone, and she
returned for a third night at the shelter.
The youth center shelter opened
June 11 to house Soldiers, Department
of Defense civilians, Families and pets
displaced by the fire and was manned
by CYSS’ employees and Soldiers.
“We try to make evacuees feel as
welcome as possible,” said Sgt. Trino
Zuniga, shelter noncommissioned officer
in charge, Company A, 2nd Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry
Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div.
The center received some calls from
people in pre-evacuation areas who
wanted to know what their options were,
but few Families came to the shelter. It
also received some donations of food
and personal and pet care items.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Chris
Petrunyak, Company B, Headquarters
and Headquarters Battalion, 4th Inf.
Div., and his wife brought donations
Thursday night. Last year, during the
Waldo Canyon Fire, he was deployed.
“It killed me, being over there,
to see (the Waldo Canyon Fire) and
not be involved. Now we can do
something about it. I just wish we
could do more,” he said.
Baffaro said she was surprised by
how few people came to the youth center.
“While I don’t want more people at
the shelter, more company would be
nice,” she said.
By Saturday afternoon, evacuations
in her neighborhood had been lifted,
and she was able to return home.
“Mugen and I were glad to be back
home, and there were no damages in
our area,” she said. “Things are starting
to get back to normal.”
ShelterofferssafehavenforFamilies
Mugen and his owner, Stacey Baffaro, evacuated to the Fort Carson Youth Center June
11 when the Black Forest Fire threatened their Gleneagle home. They were able to
return Saturday afternoon.
“If the Soldier has (Family members), their
lodging will be paid under their dependents’
evacuation voucher,” Maina said. “The Soldier’s
(personnel office) is responsible for creating a DD
1610 for (Family members), which will need to be
filed with the ... voucher.”
If a Soldier was deployed during the time of
evacuation, his spouse must go through the Soldier’s
unit so that the personnel office can create a DD
1610. Then spouses should take the form to DMPO
for review and submission of their evacuation travel
voucher, Maina said.
Evacuated DOD civilians are not placed on TDY
status, but receive similar lodging and M&IE
allowances for themselves and their Family members.
In order to receive entitlements, evacuated DOD
civilians must file a DD Form 1351-2 travel voucher
and include their DD Form 1610 and lodging
receipts. Documents can be submitted via email to
DRO-NEO@dfas.mil, however, Maina encourages
civilian evacuees to bring their vouchers to the
DMPO for review prior to submission.
Maina assisted dozens of servicemembers who
had to evacuate their homes during the Waldo Canyon
Fire last year. She said, on average, it took between
seven and 10 days for evacuees to receive allowances.
“The biggest thing is the orders, making sure the
(unit personnel office) puts the proper information in
the orders, in the exact format that we have provided
in the (Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations)
guide, along with the proper signatures.”
Maina encourages evacuees to take advantage of
the service offered through the DMPO.
“If I get the vouchers, I submit them, I monitor
them and check on it every two to three days,” Maina
said. “If you send it on your own, I have no way of
tracking anything.
“If there are any questions, concerns, call me,”
she said. “I’d rather have it done right the first time
than have the (Family members) having to go back
to the unit because something wasn’t done properly
on their orders.”
For help completing NEO travel vouchers,
Soldiers can call the DMPO at 526-1945/8502/8325.
from Page 4
NEO
Quick reference guide
For more information on entitlements for
evacuees, applicable regulations and examples of
necessary forms, the DMPO’s “Non-Combatant
Evacuation Operations Colorado Wildfires Quick
Reference Guide for Army Personnel and DA
Civilians” is available for download from the DMPO
website at http://www.carson.army.mil/dmpo/.

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Army fuelers worked around the clock at the U.S.
Air Force Academy airfield, to keep helicopters in the
fight against the Black Forest Fire.
Fifteen Soldiers assigned to Company E, 2nd
General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Aviation
Regiment, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry
Division, supported the firefighting effort June12-14 by
conducting rapid refuels and equipment maintenance.
“We received the mission on short notice, but our
Soldiers were motivated and ready to go, and set up here
as quickly as possible,” said Sgt. 1st Class Roderick
Rodriguez, petroleum supply noncom-
missioned officer in charge, Company
E, 2nd Bn., 4th GSAB.
Due to their efforts, the pilots
could spend more time fighting the
fire, without the need to fly an
extended distance back to Butts
Army Airfield to top off their fuel,
said Rodriguez.
“We’ve been running a forward area refueling
point for all of the aviation aircraft from (2nd Bn., 4th
GSAB) that … gets aviators closer to the fight,” said
Rodriguez. “Instead of going back to the installation
to refuel, here they are within 15 miles of the fire,
so they are able to stay longer fighting the fire.”
Although their primary focus was refueling, the
aviation Soldiers still took the time to check over
the aircraft to ensure there wasn’t any damage; this
included the Bambi Buckets, which are lightweight,
strong, flexible firefighting buckets used by
helicopters to carry water.
“We aren’t in the lead for maintenance, but if
something needs replacing, we take care of that,” said
Spc. Robert Gregory, petroleum supply specialist,
Company E, 2nd Bn., 4th GSAB. “We are constantly
policing up equipment and checking hoses to see if
there are any leaks.”
In addition to their responsibilities, the Company E
Soldiers also provided food and water to the pilots so
they could continue the firefighting effort.
“We’re not only providing fuel, but also meals for
the pilots,” said Rodriguez. “They’re out there in the
fight; they don’t really have time to eat, so when they
come here for fuel, we provide them with sandwiches,
meals ready-to-eat, Gatorade and water.”
Rodriguez said providing support for the Black
Forest Fire has instilled a sense of pride and duty in
the Soldiers.
“Since we’ve been out here,
they’ve seen the fires and the plumes
of smoke,” said Rodriguez. “So even
though we were on a three-day week-
end, they didn’t mind coming out here;
they’re volunteers that came out here
to provide support and assist the city.”
Gregory expressed what it
meant to be able to support those
who were on the front lines of the
firefighting effort.
“It means a lot, actually being
able to help the people here; I know
a lot of them lost their homes and
are in a shelter, so I understand
that we have to work through the
weekend,” said Gregory. “I just
think to myself, ‘what if I were in
that position and my house had
been burnt down?’ I’m just doing
my part to try to help.”
Spc. David Adams, left, and Sgt.
Rio Caveda, petroleum supply
specialists, Company E, 2nd General
Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Aviation
Regiment, 4th Combat Aviation
Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, refuel
a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at the
U.S. Air Force Academy, June 12, as
Staff Sgt. Christopher Suiters,
Chinook crew member, Company B,
2nd GSAB, looks on. Photo by Sgt. Jonathan C. Thibault

Story and photo by
Spc. Robert Holland
3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team
Public Affairs Office, 4th Infantry Division
Soldiers from the 497th Engineer Company,
52nd Engineer Battalion, provided assistance to
local authorities and responders with the Black
Forest Fire for three days, starting June 12.
The company of horizontal construction engi-
neers used their skills and D7 bulldozers, capable
of pushing thousands of pounds of dirt, to
construct firebreaks and clear the area of ignitable
material, said 1st Lt. Thomas Fite, officer in
charge of the engineers constructing firebreaks.
“We got here and started building
firebreaks, trying to stop the fire from pressing
north,” Fite said.
The Soldiers constantly monitored the
weather and fire conditions around them and
adjusted their operations accordingly.
“As soon as we pushed north, the wind
caught us,” Fite said. “The fire got bigger
and we had to get out of there.”
Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Jaques, horizontal
construction engineer, 497th Eng., said it is not
easy working alongside a wildfire because it
can shift and come toward workers unexpectedly.
The Soldiers tried to combat the speed of
the fire by working farther ahead of it, building
larger firebreaks and clearing more ignitable
debris, Jaques said.
The morale among the Soldiers was high,
despite long smoke-filled days fighting the fire.
“The Soldiers are excited to help the commu-
nity out,” Jaques said. “They do what they are told
at all times, and they are out here motivated,
because they are serving their own community.”
A Soldier assigned to the 497th Engineer Company, 52nd Engineer Battalion, spreads out burning mulch with a bulldozer during the Black Forest Fire.
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Ben Robinett lost everything when, two hours
after the Black Forest fire started, his house burned
to the ground.
Even with all of Robinett’s possessions gone
and his family now homeless, he continues to help
anyone that he can.
Robinett, a firefighter and emergency medical
technician with the Fort Carson Fire Department,
inspires his fellow brothers.
“I have known Ben for seven years, and I am
proud to work beside him,” said Martin Flores,
firefighter and EMT, FCFD. “We have been
through everything together, from wildland fires,
structure fires and many life and death situations.
“You could not ask for a better partner at your
side. He is as solid as a rock,” Flores said. “He still
continues to come to work even though his house is
gone. That shows his true passion for this job. His
work ethic and dedication inspires us all.”
Robinett said he was at the grocery store June
11 with his 16-year-old daughter, Emily, when they
came out and saw the fire.
At first, they nonchalantly headed home to get
his 11-year-old daughter, Abigail, and pack a few
things. Once the fire shifted, though, it became a
race to finish packing their belongings before the
flames rapidly approached their home.
They made a few more hasty decisions in a
five-minute span as to what they could take and
what they would have to leave behind, and then they
quickly hooked up a trailer and threw in three days’
worth of clothes before leaving their home.
Robinett took the next two days to settle his
family in with friends before returning to work on
June 13, after his 72 hours off.
The standard work schedule for the Fort Carson
Fire Department is 48 hours on and 72 hours off.
Robinett said that his desire to help those in
need is why he became a firefighter 18 years ago.
Both Robinett and his wife, Ashley Robinett,
feel that staying optimistic is how they will get
through this tragedy.
“Even though I have lost my house to this fire,
I will continue to help anyone that I can,” Ben
Robinett said. “Everyone should stay optimistic
and continue to move forward. If people help each
other, they will get through this tough time.”
Ashley Robinett said a combination of
optimism and routine is the key to making it
through tough times.
Another station member said that Ben Robinett
is an example for all firefighters to emulate.
“We all signed up to help those people in
need, and Ben has put his feelings aside to focus
on taking care of his family, and to help anyone
he can during this tough time,” said Shay
Ridout, paramedic, FCFD. “Ben is the most
unselfish person. He will give the shirt off of his
back if it is what a person needs.”
Fire takes home
Fireman stays on job
Story and photo by Andrea Stone
Mountaineer staff
Firefighting support means more than
sending equipment and crews to the front lines
in Black Forest.
For one Fort Carson Fire Department engine
crew, it meant filling in at Colorado Springs Fire
Department Station No. 4 on Southgate Road so
the CSFD wildland fire crew and its brush truck
could move forward to fight in Black Forest.
“We’re replacing their engine company with
our engine company. So, we’re doing the same
exact stuff up here as we do on Fort Carson. We’re
just a lot busier now,” said Craig Wright, para-
medic, FCFD, Directorate of Emergency Services.
The captain, paramedic, two firefighters and
their engine were running the same types of calls —
about 75 percent of them medical — as they do on
post, said Randy Chambers, captain, FCFD.
“It’s a pretty smooth transition because we try
and set up our engines the way they set up theirs,”
said Porfirio Salazar, firefighter and driver, FCFD.
“We train with them, too,” Chambers said. “We
know most of the guys. So, it’s not like we’re
strangers either.”
Last year, the crew backfilled at the station for
about a week during the Waldo Canyon Fire. They
ran about 100 calls during that time, much more than
the average five to 10 calls the busiest Fort Carson
fire station does on an average day, Wright said.
This year started out slower, with only a handful of
calls since they came on duty the afternoon of June 12.
“I wish we were a little busier right now,”
Chambers said, June 13. “Last year, we’d just pull
in, pull out, pull in, pull out.”
The four firefighters, one military and three
Department of the Army civilians, will be there as
long as they’re needed, Wright said. The crew was
only needed until the night of June 14.
“It’s nice. We’ve got a really good working
relationship with the city. So, when they need help,
we send it to them, and when we need help, they’ll
come down,” Chambers said.
The change of pace and scenery has been nice,
he said.
“You’ve got to be prepared for anything and
everything,” he said. “That’s just the way it is.
That’s what makes it fun.”
FCFD supports community
FourFortCarsonfirefightersandafireengineprovided
support to Colorado Springs Fire Department No. 4 on
Southgate Road during the Black Forest Fire.
Ben Robinett, firefighter and emergency medical
technician, Fort Carson Fire Department, lets Bruce
Brazill Jr., 7, turn off the engine after honking the horn
of Station 32’s fire engine June 14, at Iron Horse Park.
By Andrea Stone
Mountaineer staff
For more than a week, firefighters from Fort
Carson have been fighting the Black Forest Fire, and,
as of Wednesday, four of them are still there.
At the height of the Black Forest Fire, up to 11
personnel from the Fort Carson Fire Department,
Directorate of Emergency Services, and the wildland
firefighting team from the Directorate of Public
Works, two brush trucks, a water tender and a
command vehicle were in Black Forest, said Glen
Silloway, fire chief, Fort Carson Fire Department. One
of the brush trucks remains.
The remaining firefighters may not be doing as
much heavy firefighting now that the fire has been
partially contained, but they’re checking for hot
spots and looking for hazards in structures that have
been destroyed.
“They’re still involved in making it safer up
there,” Silloway said of the remaining firefighters.
The primary objective for the firefighters was to
get people evacuated and make sure everyone was
accounted for.
“There were a number of rescues within the first 12
hours where they were waiting too long to leave their
house. We had to send firefighters in and bring them back
out a different route,” said FCFD Capt. Peter Wolf, volun-
teer wildland fire chief for the El Paso County Sheriff.
The secondary objective was to triage the
structures, he said.
“Is it salvageable? Is it savable with work? We’re
not going to risk firefighters’ lives if the structure
isn’t savable,” Wolf said.
If there was a chance the structure could be saved,
the crew worked to clear combustibles from around
the building and tried to protect the structure.
Some homeowners prepared ahead of time for the
possibility of wildfire and had already worked to clear
combustibles themselves. Some of those houses were
savable without firefighters’ work, but not always.
“We saw structures with a lot of heavy mitigation
around them that we still lost,” Wolf said. “All it
takes is one burning pinecone that drops into a gutter
filled with pine needles, and that structure’s going to
be lost.”
With about 4,000 buildings to defend, fire crews
had to make decisions on where to focus their fight.
“We push the resources where it’s safe for the fire-
fighters, but also where they can do a good job. If we
can’t make a difference, then we’ll find someplace else
to put them where they can make a difference,” he said.
Last year, the department also sent firefighters
and an engine to assist in Waldo Canyon, but one
major difference in Black Forest is the addition of
helicopter support.
“This year with the standing up of the aviation
brigade, we had helicopters here who could respond
immediately,” Silloway said. “We’ve been training
with (4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry
Division) on both the communication side and the
coordination side.”
“(El Paso County) made the call within the first
two hours. There were helicopters launching within 35
minutes, and they were engaged in firefight within the
next hour,” Wolf said.
Unlike the Waldo Canyon Fire, the Black Forest Fire
was burning homes on the first day. In last year’s fire, it
didn’t burn structures until the day it pushed down into
the north end of Colorado Springs, Silloway said.
“This (Black Forest Fire) was a very dynamic
situation with so many structures, and a large fire
that’s really not controllable with (only) ground
assets,” Wolf said.
“Just the amount of heat and the level of destruction
(in Black Forest) was intense as it went through there,
and to think that there were people trying to evacuate,
still police trying to get them out of there with that
level of fire, was intense,” Silloway said.
Crew fights
on front lines
Answering the call

Story and photos By Spc. Nathan Thome
As fog filled the doorway of the Special Events
Center, Families and friends erupted with cheers and
applause as their loved ones returned from a deployment
to Kuwait, during a welcome home ceremony Sunday.
About 290 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division, Soldiers
returned from a four-month deployment
to conduct security cooperation and
partnership exercises. This deployment
is in accordance with the United
States’ longstanding bilateral defense
cooperation with Kuwait.
“Welcome home, take charge of
your units, ‘Steadfast
and Loyal,’” said Brig.
Gen. Michael Bills,
deputy commanding
general, 4th Inf. Div. and
Fort Carson, host for
the ceremony.
The ceremony con-
cluded with the singing
of the “4th Infantry
Division March” and
“Army Song,” then
Soldiers and Families
rushed to each other.
Ashley Cutler, wife
of Spc. Brandon Cutler,
motor transport operator,
Battery G, 4th Battalion,
42nd Field Artillery
Regiment, 1st ABCT, 4th
Inf. Div., arrived at the
Special Events Center an
hour and a half prior to
the ceremony.
“I’m super excited
about him coming
home,” said Cutler. “Our plans are just
relaxing, and then on leave, we’re going
to a convention in Indianapolis.”
Spc. Robert Varwig, cannon
crewmember, Battery A, 4th Bn., 42nd
FA Reg., found his wife, Hanna Varwig,
and two sons, Tristan and Carter, and
embraced them mere seconds after
being released from formation.
“I’m just really excited to be home,” said
Robert Varwig. “There are so many thoughts and
feelings going through my head right now; it’s
hard to describe what’s going on right now.”
Hanna Varwig echoed her husband’s excitement.
“I’m so excited, I’ve been excited for a long
time waiting for this day,” she said. “Once we get
out of here, we’re going in town, and just spending
time together.”
Spc. Anthony Berry, field artillery firefinder radar operator,
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd
Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division, embraces his wife, Kestine Berry, at the
Special Events Center during the 1st ABCT welcome home
ceremony Sunday.
Right: Friends and Family
cheer as their loved ones
return home during the
1st Armored Brigade
Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, welcome home
ceremony at the Special
Events Center, Sunday.
Above: Spc. Robert
Varwig, cannon
crewmember, Battery A,
4th Battalion, 42nd Field
Artillery Regiment, 1st
Armored Brigade Combat
Team, 4th Infantry
Division, reunites with
his wife, Hanna Varwig,
and son, Carter, after
being released from
formation during a
welcome home
ceremony at the Special
Events Center, Sunday.

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Servicemembers, families and friends of the 13th Air Support
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to Lt. Col. Thomas P. Moore, and welcome Lt. Col. Cory S. Jeffers,
during a change of command ceremony, June 13.
The only Air Force unit stationed on Fort Carson, the 13th ASOS
mission is to integrate and control air and space power in support of 4th
Infantry Division operations.
Moore has served as commander of the 13th ASOS since June 2011,
after two years as operations officer, and is set to deploy toAfghanistan as the
deputy commander of the 504th Expeditionary Air Support Operations
Group. During Moore’s time in command, the squadron deployed 60 percent
of its Airmen, ran more than 2,000 missions assisting in the capture of 70
high-value targets, and became one of the three squadrons to achieve an
excellent rating from the Air Combat
Command Inspector General Team.
“Looking back over the four
years, it was in those moments that
I was out there in the field with
you, ruck marches, field training
exercises … it was in those personal
moments, standing shoulder-to-
shoulder with you, that brought me
the greatest satisfaction,” said
Moore. “I’m humbled by the oppor-
tunity to say I’m with such amazing
patriots. You’ve proved, time and
time again, that you are absolutely
unmatched in providing air support
with and for our Army brothers.”
After Moore’s speech, he relin-
quished command of his Airmen by
presenting the unit colors to Col.
Thomas Bell, commander, 3rd Air
Support Operations Group, who, in
turn, presented them to Jeffers.
Jeffers comes to Fort Carson
from Joint Base Lewis-McChord,
Wash., where he served as the
director of operations, 1st Air
Support Operations Group.
“Ladies and gentlemen,
‘Gunslingers,’ I could not be more thrilled or honored to be standing in
front of you as your commander,” he said. “When people that I know
found out that I was going to be taking command of the 13th ASOS,
their first reaction was not to say ‘Colorado Springs is a nice place to
live;’ they said, ‘man, that 13th (ASOS) is an awesome unit.”
As the new ASOS commander, Jeffers has high hopes for his
Airmen, as well as a mission he plans to achieve.
“Our mission is to enhance the joint warfighter team by providing
combat mission ready Airmen to integrate and control all aspects of air
and space power,” said Jeffers.
Air Force Lt. Col. Cory Jeffers, right, assumes command of the 13th Air Support Operations
Squadron, 3rd Air Support Operations Group, by receiving the unit colors from Air Force
Col. Thomas Bell, commander, 3rd ASOG, during a change of command ceremony at
Founders Field, June 13.
Air Force Lt. Col. Thomas Moore,
outgoing commander, 13th Air
Support Operations Squadron, 3rd
Air Support Operations Group,
addresses families, friends and
Airmen of the squadron and bids
them farewell, during a change of
command ceremony at Founders
Field, June 13.
13th ASOS welcomes new commander

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Spc. Andrew Ingram
1st Armored Brigade Combat
Team Public Affairs Office, 4th
Infantry Division
CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait —
Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 42nd Field
Artillery Regiment vied against one
another to establish the best hand-to-
hand fighters in the battalion, during a
Modern Army Combatives Program
tournament at Camp Buehring,
Kuwait, May 31-June 1.
“Straight Arrows” Soldiers took
down opponents, grappled, and strove
to achieve dominant positions, to earn
points or forced submissions to win
each bout in weight classes ranging
from light to heavyweight.
Competitors embodied the “I will
never quit” tenet of the Warrior Ethos
throughout the tournament, said the
event’s coordinator, 1st Lt. Paul Wagner,
communications officer, Headquarters
and Headquarters Company, 4th Bn.,
42nd FA Reg., 1st Armored Brigade
Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.
“Even in dire situations, many of
them held out, testing their physical
and mental resiliency, to fight on
until the end of the mission,” Wagner
said. “They have stepped up to test
themselves in an arena of competition
that most of them had little or no
experience in. I feel the Soldiers
have a better understanding of what
they are capable of.”
Wagner said the competition also
brought the battalion closer as a whole.
“The camaraderie displayed during
the fights was exceptional,” Wagner
said. “After a tough match, you would
see the Soldiers come together to talk
about the experience, give each other
praise and end up coaching each
other in later rounds.”
In the months leading up to the
competition, 47 Straight Arrow troops
completed the 40-hour MACP level
one course, a training regimen
designed to develop realistic fighting
skills, incorporating ground fighting,
stand-up fighting and takedowns into
a Soldier’s tactical repertoire.
Pfc. Allen Rodriguez, cannon
crewmember, Battery B, said he
enjoyed the opportunity to demonstrate
his new skills to the rest of his unit.
“Learning combatives and fighting
in this tournament has made me
more confident, and demonstrated to
my leaders that I’m a dedicated
Soldier,” Rodriguez said. “I hope I
can compete in more tournaments as
the deployment continues.”
While Rodriguez said he considers
his ability to wiggle out of a tight
spot his greatest strength as a fighter,
Sgt. Jacob Newell said his strongest
asset is his mind.
Defeating an opponent hand-to-
hand has as much to do with strategy
and mental agility as it does with
strength and speed, said Newell,
cannon crewmember, Battery A, who
won the cruiserweight class.
“Physically, it all comes down to
heart, but one of my biggest challenges
is to slow down and think,” Newell
said. “It’s like a game of chess;
mentally you have to be three or four
moves ahead of your opponent.”
Newell said he prepared for the
competition by training with larger
and more experienced fighters.
“My training partners could wipe
the floor with me, but they were
always willing to help me learn new
moves or how to read and counter my
opponents,” he said. “It all comes
down to training.”
Spc. Jason Riley, top, artillery mechanic, Battery G, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st
Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and Pfc. Jesse Crockett, field artillery tactical
data systems specialist, Battery A, 4th Bn., 42nd FA Reg., vie for a dominant position during the
“Straight Arrow” Modern Army Combatives Program tournament at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, June 1.
Pfc. Leon Spencer, top,
cannon crewmember,
Battery B, 4th
Battalion, 42nd Field
Artillery Regiment,
1st Armored Brigade
Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division, and
1st Lt. Christopher
Cheng, chemical
officer, Headquarters
and Headquarters
Battery, 4th Bn., 42nd
FA Reg., vie for a
dominant position
during the “Straight
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formed June 14, 1775, as the need arose for
the militias to form one united army to face
Britain’s seasoned troops during the
Revolutionary War.
This year, Joint Task Force Carson honored
and remembered all of those Soldiers who have
come before them by having multiple cake cutting
ceremonies and special lunches across the post,
opened to the whole Fort Carson community.
The Army has fought in every major conflict the
U.S. has been involved in — the Revolutionary War,
Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea,
Vietnam, Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and
New Dawn and Operation Enduring Freedom.
In keeping with tradition, the most junior
Soldier at each event cut the cake alongside the
most senior Soldier.
“I was nervous and excited about being the one to
uphold that tradition,” said Pvt. Lorence Vigil, youngest
Soldier representative at the Iron Horse Week awards
and cake cutting ceremony June 13, from Company D,
1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored
Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. “I am
honored and will remember it for the rest of my life.”
The Army birthday means many things to
many Soldiers.
“What I would like for people to celebrate most are
the Soldiers that are downrange keeping us safe, and
to remember all of those who have paid the ultimate
sacrifice to keep us free,” said Spc. Pedro Berroa,
computer detection systems repairer, Forward Support
Company E, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Reg., 1st ABCT. “(The
deployed and departed Soldiers) are not here to
celebrate this great day with their Family and friends.”
Another Soldier saw it as a time to reflect on those
of the past, and be proud of where they are now.
“(June 14) marks the birth of our proud Army,
and stands to remind us of our humble roots,” said
Capt. Antonio Salinas, commander, Headquarters
Support Company, Headquarters and Headquarters
Battalion, 4th Infantry Division. “Regular men gave
up their private lives, and created a conventional
force, to defeat tyranny and ensure freedom.
“As warriors, we may all rejoice in our hardships
of preparing for and executing military operations
around the world,” Salinas said. “Many of us have
the physical or mental scars to account for facing the
enemy in battle, from the scorching deserts of Iraq to
the unforgivable valleys of Afghanistan’s Hindu
Kush. We honor the sacrifices of America’s first
patriots by making sacrifices of our own today.”
Col. (P) John “J.T.” Thomson, left, deputy commander, 4th
Infantry Division and Fort Carson, and 4th Inf. Div. and Fort
Carson Command Sgt. Maj. Brian M. Stall, cut a cake in
celebration of the Army’s 238th birthday, with the most
junior Soldier, Pvt. Lorence Vigil, Company D, 1st Battalion,
68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team,
4th Inf. Div., June 13, at Founders Field. “Cut the table in
half,” Thomson instructed Vigil.
JTF Carson
celebrates Army’s
238th birthday

June 21, 2013 — MOUNTAINEER
Miscellaneous
The Pikes Peak Chapter of the Military Officers
Association of America — invites active duty,
retired and former officers to “Dinner and a Rodeo,”
June 29. Eligibility information and event details are
available at http://www.ppmoaa.org under “Info.”
MOAA plays an active role in military personnel
matters and proposed legislation, compensation and
benefit matters affecting the career force, the retired
community and veterans of the uniformed services.
The Pikes Peak Chapter supports local military,
veterans, ROTC and JROTC programs. MOAA
holds monthly membership luncheons at local
military installations and occasional special
events. For more information call 471-8527.
Air Force Prior Service Program — is open to
certain former members of the military branches as
well as those currently serving in the Reserve and
Guard. The program has three categories of opportu-
nity: direct duty with no requirement for completed
years of service; direct duty with a requirement for
completed years of service (plus or minus nine
months); and various retraining opportunities. The
key element for those wanting to join through
the program is their most recent military job. Those
interested can contact a local recruiter to determine
eligibility. For more information or to locate a
recruiter, visit http://www.airforce.com/contact-us/
faq/prior-service/ or call 719-548-9899/8993.
Self-help weed control program — Department of
Defense regulations require training for people
applying pesticides on military installations. Units
interested in participating in the program must send
Soldiers for training on the proper handling,
transportation and application of herbicides. Once
individuals are properly trained by the Directorate of
Public Works base operations contractor, Fort Carson
Support Services, Soldiers can be issued the
appropriate products and equipment so units can treat
weeds in rocked areas around their unit. Weed control
training sessions for Soldiers are available the first
and third Monday of the month through September
from 10 a.m. to noon in building 3711. Products
and equipment will be available for Soldiers on a
hand receipt. Each unit may send up to five people
for training. For more information about the DPW
Self-Help Weed Control Program, call 896-0852.
Finance travel processing — All inbound and
outbound Temporary Lodging Expense, “Do it
Yourself ” Moves, servicemember and Family
member travel, travel advance pay and travel pay
inquiries will be handled in building 1218, room 231.
Call 526-4454 or 524-2594 for more information.
First Sergeants’Barracks Program 2020 — is located
in building 1454 on Nelson Boulevard. The hours
of operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. The
office assists Soldiers with room assignments and
terminations. For more information call 526-9707.
Recycle incentive program — The Directorate of
Public Works has an incentive program to prevent
recyclable waste from going to the landfill.
Participating battalions can earn monetary rewards
for turning recyclable materials in to the Fort
Carson Recycle Center, building 155. Points are
assigned for the pounds of recyclable goods turned
in and every participating battalion receives money
quarterly. Call 526-5898 for more information
about the program.
Sergeant Audie Murphy Club — The Fort Carson
SergeantAudie Murphy Club meets the thirdTuesday
of each month at the Family Connection Center from
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The SAMC is open to all
active members and those interested in becoming
future SAMC members. The club was originally a
U.S. Forces Command organization of elite noncom-
missioned officers but is now an Armywide program
for those who meet the criteria and have proven
themselves to be outstanding NCOs through a board/
leadership process. Contact SAMC president Sgt. 1st
Class Dawna Brown at 526-3983 for information.
Directorate of Public Works services — DPW is
responsible for a wide variety of services on Fort
Carson. Services range from repair and maintenance
of facilities to equipping units with a sweeper
and cleaning motor pools. Listed below are phone
numbers and points of contact for services:
• Facility repair/service orders — Fort
Carson Support Services service order desk can be
reached at 526-5345. Use this number for emergen-
cies or routine tasks and for reporting wind damage,
damaged traffic signs or other facility damage.
• Refuse/trash and recycling — Call Eric
Bailey at 719-491-0218 or email eric.e.bailey4.
civ@mail.mil when needing trash containers, trash
is overflowing or emergency service is required.
• Facility custodial services — Call Bryan
Dorcey at 526-6670 or email bryan.s.dorcey.civ@
mail.mil for service needs or to report complaints.
• Elevator maintenance — Call Bryan
Dorcey at 526-6670 or email bryan.s.dorcey.
civ@mail.mil.
• Motor pool sludge removal/disposal —
Call Dennis Frost at 526-6997 or email
dennis.j.frost.civ@mail.mil.
• Repair and utility/self-help — Call Gary
Grant at 526-5844 or email gerald.l.grant2.civ
@mail.mil. Use this number to obtain self-help
tools and equipment or a motorized sweeper.
• Base operations contracting officer
representative — Call Terry Hagen at 526-9262
or email terry.j.hagen.civ@mail.mil for questions
on snow removal, grounds maintenance and
contractor response to service orders.
• Portable latrines — Call Jerald Just at
524-0786 or email jerald.j.just.civ@mail.mil to
request latrines, for service or to report damaged
or overturned latrines.
• Signs — Call Jim Diorio, Fort Carson
Support Services, at 896-0797 or 524-2924 or
email jdiorio@kira.com to request a facility,
parking or regulatory traffic sign.
The Fort Carson Trial Defense Service office — is
able to help Soldiers 24/7 and is located at building
1430, room 233. During duty hours, Soldiers
should call 526-4563. The 24-hour phone number
for after hours, holidays and weekends is 526-0051.
Briefings
75th Ranger Regiment briefings — are held
Tuesdays in building 1430, room 150, from noon
to 1 p.m. Soldiers must be private to sergeant
first class with a minimum General Technical
Score of 105; be a U.S. citizen; score 240 or
higher on the Army Physical Fitness Test; and
pass a Ranger physical. Call 524-2691 or visit
http://www.goarmy.com/ranger.html.
Casualty Notification/Assistance Officer training —
is held July 17-19 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Veterans
Chapel. Class is limited to the first 50 people.
Call 526-5613/5614 for details.
Retirement briefings — are held from 8 a.m. to
noon the second and third Wednesday of each
month at the Freedom Performing Arts Center,
building 1129 at the corner of Specker Avenue
and Ellis Street. The Retirement Services Office
recommends spouses accompany Soldiers to
the briefing. Call 526-2840 for more information.
ETS briefings — for enlisted personnel are held
the first and third Wednesday of each month.
Briefing sign in begins at 7 a.m. at the Soldier
Readiness Building, building 1042, room 244,
on a first-come, first-served basis. Soldiers must
be within 120 days of their expiration term of
service, but must attend no later than 30 days
prior to their ETS or start of transition leave. Call
526-2240/8458 for more information.
Disposition Services — Defense Logistics Agency
Disposition Services Colorado Springs, located in
building 381, conducts orientations Fridays from
12:30-3:30 p.m. The orientations discuss DLA
processes to include turning in excess property,
reutilizing government property, web-based
tools available, special handling of property and
environmental needs. To schedule an orientation,
contact Arnaldo Borrerorivera at arnaldo.
borrerorivera@dla.mil for receiving/turn in; Mike
Welsh at mike.welsh@dla.mil for reutilization/web
tools; or Rufus Guillory at rufus.guillory@dla.mil.
Reassignment briefings — are held Tuesdays in
building 1129, Freedom Performing Arts Center.
Sign-in for Soldiers heading overseas is at 7 a.m.
and the briefing starts at 7:30 a.m. Sign-in for
personnel being reassigned stateside is at 1 p.m.,
with the briefing starting at 1:30 p.m. Soldiers
are required to bring Department of the Army
Form 5118, signed by their physician and battalion
commander, and a pen to complete forms. Call
526-4730/4583 for details.
Army ROTC Green-to-Gold briefings — are held
the first and third Tuesday of each month at noon
at the education center, building 1117, room 120.
Call University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
Army ROTC at 262-3475 for more information.
Hours of Operation
Central Issue Facility
• In-processing — Monday-Thursday from
7:30-10:30 a.m.
• Initial and partial issues — Monday-
Friday from 12:30-3:30 p.m.
• Cash sales/report of survey — Monday-
Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Direct exchange and partial turn ins —
Monday-Friday from 7:30-11:30 a.m.
• Full turn ins — by appointment only; call
526-3321.
• Unit issues and turn ins — require
approval, call 526-5512/6477.
Education Center hours of operation — The
Mountain Post Training and Education Center,
building 1117, 526-2124, hours are as follows:
• Counselor Support Center — Monday-
Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Fridays 11
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Army Learning Center — Monday-Friday
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Defense Activity for Nontraditional
Education Support andArmy PersonnelTesting —
Monday-Friday 7:30-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-4:30 p.m.
Repair and Utility self-help — has moved to building
217 and is open Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Medical Activity Correspondence Department
office hours — The Correspondence (Release
of Information) Office in the Patient
Administration Division hours are Monday-
Wednesday and Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
and closed Thursday and federal holidays. Call
526-7322 or 526-7284 for details.
Work Management Branch — The DPW Work
Management Branch, responsible for processing
work orders — Facilities Engineering Work
Requests, DA Form 4283 — is open for
processing work orders and other in-person
support from 7-11:30 a.m. Monday-Friday.
Afternoon customer support is by appointment
only, call 526-2900. The Work Management
Branch is located in building 1219.
BOSS meetings are held the first
and third Thursday of each month
from 2-3:30 p.m. at The Foxhole.
Contact Spc. Anthony Castillo at
524-2677 or visit the BOSS office in room 106 of The
Hub for more information. Text “follow CarsonBOSS”
to 40404 to receive updates and event information.
Fort Carson dining facilities hours of operation
DFAC Friday Saturday-Sunday Monday-Thursday
Stack Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Dinner: Closed
Closed Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.
Wolf Breakfast: 6:45-9 a.m.
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.
Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.
Breakfast: 6:45-9 a.m.
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.
Warfighter
(Wilderness Road Complex)
Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.
Dinner: Closed
Dinner: Closed
LaRochelle
10th SFG(A)
Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.
Dinner: Closed
Dinner: Closed
15

Hospital
welcomes
new CSMStory and photo by
Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Troth
Medical Department Activity
Public Affairs Office
Soldiers and civilians with the Fort
Carson Medical Department Activity
came together to say farewell to
Command Sgt. Maj. Ly Lac and
welcome Command Sgt. Maj. William
Rost, during a change of responsibility
ceremony outside Evans Army
Community Hospital June 12.
The ceremony marked the end of
Lac’s almost three years at Fort Carson.
He heads to Europe to assume responsi-
bilities as command sergeant major of
U.S. Army Europe Regional Medical
Command at Landstuhl Medical Center
in Germany.
“While here, (Lac) kind of got in the
gritty details of how hospitals run,” said
Col. John McGrath, MEDDAC commander.
“He said (noncommissioned officers in
charge) just can’t be in charge of coordinat-
ing and logistics — they have to be able
to run their clinics. They have to be
general practice managers so that doctors
and nurses can do doctor and nurse things.”
In order to accomplish this, Lac
transformed the clinic NCOs into general
practice managers by having them complete
health care administration courses offered
at Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
“To the Soldiers and civilian staff
of Evans Army Community Hospital,
I want you to know that you have
overwhelmed me with your dedication
and selfless service to our community,”
Lac said. “I am truly humbled to have
the opportunity to serve alongside you
and support you.
“Command Sgt. Maj. Rost, I know
the Soldiers and civilian staff are in
good hands to have you as the command
sergeant major.”
Rost comes to Fort Carson from Fort
Benning, Ga., where he served as the
Martin Army Community Hospital and
MEDDAC command sergeant major.
His previous assignments include U.S.
Forces Command and 1st Cavalry
Division chief medical NCO and senior
medical enlisted adviser to the U.S.
Army Forces Command surgeon.
“He is coming to us from Fort
Benning which is another vetted facility,”
said McGrath. “(In Rost we) have a
sergeant major who knows how we do
business and can take us to the next level.”
Rost accepted the challenge: “Col.
McGrath, I have your back. Soldiers
and civilians of the hospital, this is a team
effort, and we are going to get after it.”
Command Sgt. Maj. William
Rost, left, assumes
responsibility for Fort Carson
Medical Department Activity
June 21 from Col. John
McGrath, right, MEDDAC
commander, as outgoing senior
enlisted leader Command
Sgt. Maj. Ly Lac looks on.

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3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public
Affairs Office, 4th Infantry Division
Former Army Spc. William Martin, after nearly
four years of service, ended his journey on active
duty with the Army due to medical separation
and successfully transitioned into civilian life with
a new career.
Martin, who served as a tracked vehicle mechanic
in Company D, 4th Squadron, 10th Calvary Regiment,
3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, went through a medical separation board for
an injury to his left knee that he first noticed during a
deployment to Iraq from 2010 to 2011.
“I had a negative view on any other way of getting
out of the Army other than serving out my contract,”
Martin said. “The first time I was recommended (for
a Medical Evaluation Board), I refused, because I felt
it was an ‘easy way out’ of the Army. When I signed
the contract, I agreed to serve.”
When recommended a second time, Martin said
he was educated by his assigned physician assistant
about the advantages and benefits of appearing
before a MEB.
Soldiers who go through a Medical Evaluation
Board are assigned Physical Evaluation Board
liaison officers who assist them throughout the transition
process. Soldiers are also assigned to a unit, such as
the Warrior Transition Battalion, which is designed to
assist injured Soldiers in successfully transitioning to
the next stage of their careers, by either changing
jobs in the Army, or returning to civilian life.
Soldiers in the MEB process become a part of
the Integrated Disability Evaluation System.
The IDES Program is used by the Department
of Defense to assess servicemembers who have
been wounded, ill or injured, to see if they are still
able to serve. If they are not, the IDES gives them
a Veterans Affairs disability rating before leaving
the service. This tells the servicemember the
amount of compensation and benefits they will
receive from the VA.
Soldiers who are a part of the IDES also have
opportunities to do volunteer work, go to college, or
work as interns.
“Our job here is to make sure the Soldiers
have a job when they leave in order to set them up for
success,” said 1st Sgt. Jesus Sharkgambrell, Company
K, 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd ABCT. “So,
we require a five-year plan for them.”
Soldiers who are being medically evaluated for
possible separation from the Army have access to
the services provided by the Soldier and Family
Assistance Center on Fort Carson.
According to Martin, having the assistance and
resources available at the SFAC increased his confidence
about transitioning out of the Army and into a
civilian role.
Resources available at the SFAC include
entitlement and benefit counseling, educational
services, transition/employment assistance, substance
abuse information for Family members, coordination
of legal and pastoral services, lodging assistance
and the Army Career and Alumni Program.
The mission of ACAP is to deliver a world-class
transition program for America’s Army that empowers
members to make informed career decisions through
benefits counseling and employment assistance,
according to the program’s mission statement.
ACAP seeks to make the transition process
from military to civilian life as stress-free and
helpful as possible with services such as a Veteran
Affairs seminar, Disabled Transition Assistance
Program Seminar, job search assistance, financial
planning classes and resume development, according
to the website.
Martin said he was successful writing his own
resume with the guidance of his ACAP counselor.
“Most Soldiers who do extensive work with an
ACAP counselor write a master resume that includes
everything the Soldier has done,” said Lois Bay,
Fort Carson ACAP contractor installation manager.
“As the Soldier applies for specific jobs, the
Soldier takes the master resume and targets
the resume for the specific job he applies for.”
Martin graduated from the Corrections
Training Academy in Cañon City as a corrections
officer, May 31.
“I will work at a correctional facility in Sterling,”
said Martin.
Kim Beicker, training manager for the
Corrections Training Academy in Cañon City, said
there is a difference between corrections students
with prior military service, such as Martin, and
those without prior military service.
“The military guys show more discipline and
are more physically fit,” said Beicker.
Martin, who cleared from the Army May 18,
expressed his appreciation for the people who helped
him and attributes his successful transition from the
Army to the leadership from his transitional unit.
“They provided me with information that I
needed to know,” said Martin. “There was a lot of
(information with regards to transition that) I wasn’t
aware of before I got there.”
Spc. William Martin,
left, tracked vehicle
mechanic, Company D,
4th Squadron, 10th
Calvary Regiment,
3rd Armored Brigade
Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division,
hands clearing
papers to Spc.
Yolane Johnson,
leasing assistant,
Fort Carson Housing
Office, April 17.

By 2nd Lt. Michelle Cody
615th Engineer Company
A five-week construction mission on Butts Road
provided an opportunity for new engineers to hone their
skills on various pieces of heavy equipment and build a
sense of camaraderie, while also saving the government
$80,000 by utilizing troop construction capabilities.
The 615th Engineer Company, 52nd Engineer
Battalion, road improvement project enables the
Soldiers and civilians of 10th Special Forces Group
(Airborne) additional and adequate road access to work
facilities along Butts Road and a parking area that will
be used in conjunction with the future climbing wall.
“The 52nd Engineers did a fantastic job on the road
improvement,” said Staff Sgt. Tyson Rolland, construction
operations sergeant, Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 10th SFG(A) “They
were very knowledgeable, and got the job done
with no issues.”
Pvt. 1st Class Patrick Ramirez, heavy
equipment operator, 615th Eng., said he gained
valuable experience throughout the project.
“I was enthused to spend a lot of time
operating (vehicles),” Ramirez said. “I noticed
that my skills on the equipment improved by
the time the project was complete.”
He said he learned new skills, to include how
to build a French drain and put in a culvert.
“I thank my leadership for the guidance
and knowledge I needed to improve my
skills as an operator,” he said.
Initial construction began with repairs to
half a mile of dirt road as Soldiers began
grading the road, using a 120M grader and
621B scraper, to smooth out the surface.
Simultaneously, they used a hydraulic excavator to
dig ditches and install a 36-inch culvert. Once the road
was leveled, the Soldiers used a 20-ton dump truck to
spread aggregate along the road, and solidify the
surface as a serviceable road. This phase took about
two weeks due to weather setbacks.
The Soldiers then began clearing the area for the
100-foot by 100-foot parking area using a 120M grader
and 621B scraper. Concurrently, they identified and
established an emergency access road leading into the
parking area, which required an additional 18-inch
culvert and a French drain — a small trench covered
with rocks that aids in directing water away from the
road. The second phase of this mission took 17 days.
The project consisted of 23 horizontal construction
engineers from the 615th Eng.
Photo by 2nd Lt. Michelle Cody
Above: Soldiers install a 36-inch culvert, which
will direct runoff away from the road and prevent
road damage.
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Parsons
Engineers enhance road, skills
Left: Sgt. Jarrad Payton, 615th Engineer
Company, 52nd Engineer Battalion, uses the
hydraulic excavator, left, May 6 to form a ditch
leading from a culvert as Spc. Joseph Lyon,
615th Eng., back-blades the soil, using a dozer
to even the banks on the side of the ditch.

Story and photos by
Andrea Stone
Mountaineer staff
It was a week of fun, games,
stories and adventure for more
than 180 children as they learned
to “Stand Strong for God” at
Vacation Bible School at Soldiers’
Memorial Chapel June 10-14.
The program, which has been
at Fort Carson for almost 35 years,
was especially popular this year.
Registration began May 1 and
filled up within two weeks.
“This year, we filled up a
month and a half earlier than
normal,” said Pat Treacy, director
of religious education.
This year’s theme, “Kingdom
Rock: Where Kids Stand Strong for
God,” taught the children that God’s
love, family and friends, prayer and
trust in God can all help them stand
strong. It was a lesson that many
military children could understand.
“Stand strong if you have to
move far away or someone you love
has to deploy,” volunteer Stacy
Chapman reminded her class.
Chapman, whose husband is retired
Army, has been volunteering at
Fort Carson’s VBS for 13 years.
“(The week) was awesome,”
she said. “This is one of my
favorite things to do.”
Sgt. Ryan O’Shaughnessy,
chaplain assistant, U.S. Army
Garrison Fort Carson, has been
helping at VBS for five years.
“The kids are absolutely
amazing,” he said. “I love working
with these kids. It’s really about
the kids, to have good role
models in their life.”
The program was an opportunity
for children to have fun and learn
about God, especially those who
may not regularly attend church.
“This might be the one week
in the whole year that they hear
about God and how much he loves
us,” Treacy said.
For Kiela Martin, 8, it was her
first time at VBS.
“It’s really cool,” she said. “We
have a whole bunch of different
stations and each station is
different every day.”
Jacob Lee, 10, has been to
VBS many times.
“I’m pretty sure I’ve gone
to VBS my whole life,” he said,
adding that this year’s program
was more fun than previous years.
Without the 115 volunteers,
the program wouldn’t be possible.
“We couldn’t have asked for
a better group of volunteers. They
shine. They purely and simply
loved the kids. Everybody worked
together as a team. God truly
blessed us,” Treacy said.
When Chapman asked the
children in her class to raise their
hands if they’d had fun, almost
every hand went up, and cheers
erupted around the room, and when
they had the opportunity to say
what they’d do if they were made
king or queen for a day, they
came up with a variety of answers:
protect animals, no tackling your
brother, post guards to kick people
out of my room, make other people
do all the chores and get ice cream
for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Treacy said the support from the
post’s leadership has been critical
to the success of the program.
“The command truly supports us
through funding and extra chaplain
assistants. We’ve been very fortunate
at Fort Carson to have a command
that supports these types of programs
for the children,” she said.
At the end of the week, all the
hard work paid off.
“It is exhausting, but it’s
worth it, truly worth it because
that’s God’s grace for us. It’s not
us,” Treacy said.
Above: During the well, well, well game, children
tossed a soaked sponge to each other relay-style
during Vacation Bible School at Soldiers’ Memorial
Chapel June 10. The game was to illustrate the
idea of God’s love getting on them, like the water,
and them sharing his love with others, as they
tossed the wet sponge down the line.
Right: Preschool children play a game at
Vacation Bible School at Soldiers’ Memorial
Chapel, June 10. They were pretending to be
good shepherds, like David, picking up their
cotton ball sheep and putting them in the pen.
Stand
strong
lesson
at VBS
Children try to toss hula hoops around Vacation
Bible School volunteers at Soldiers’ Memorial
Chapel June 10. First, they threw the hula hoops
while standing still. After that, each child spun
around three times before tossing the hula hoop.

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The photo is simple, black and
white from the 1940s. The photo is
artistic, showing a Soldier and his wife
from the waist down, a small child
clinging to the man’s legs. But the photo
hanging in the 4th Infantry Division
Museum is an inspiration for Scott
Daubert, the museum’s new director.
“Our role here is to inspire these
(Soldiers) to go out and do what they
do, to understand there’s generations
who’ve gone through the big suck —
digging a foxhole, eating meals,
ready to eat, missing their husbands
and wives, missing their kids,” he said.
“We want these (Soldiers) to know
that they’re not alone. Generations
have gone before them.”
It’s a mission that Daubert takes
seriously and understands personally.
He grew up in the military, the son
of an Air Force air traffic controller,
and at 18, went into the Air Force
as a bomb dog handler.
After six years on active duty, he
decided to get out and go to school.
“In 2001, my (now)
ex-wife and I literally
flipped a coin. Who’s
getting out and who’s
staying in,” he said.
While attending the
University of Washington,
he worked as an intern
at the Fort Lewis Military
Museum.
“I worked with the
greatest Army curator, in
my mind. He said, ‘Scott,
stay in the Army. It’s a
family.’ I’d never even
thought of working in an
Army museum ,” he said.
It was a message he
took to heart, and for 12
years he’s moved across the
country working in Army
museums and serving in
the Army National Guard
in Hawaii, at the U.S.
Military Academy and
Fort Stewart, Ga., before
coming to Fort Carson in March.
“I look at this as a family business,
I really do. All the Soldiers here are
my brothers and sisters,” he said.
“It’s a fun job. I love what I do.”
While he’s director of the
small space the museum calls home
now, Daubert’s plans for the future
are much larger.
“The goal is to make this the
finest U.S. Army Forces Command
museum. And with the Mountain
Post Historical Association planning
on building the new facility out
here in the next few years, we will
have one of the finest FORSCOM
museums,” he said.
With a 5,000-square-foot storage
facility housing 3,000 artifacts, the
museum is ready for a larger space.
“With the military presence (in
Colorado Springs) — with the Air
Force, the Army, the (U.S. Air Force)
Academy, and so many retirees here
— we should have a bigger museum
presence,” he said. “The Soldiers
deserve that.”
Until that time, Daubert will work
to remind Soldiers that they are not
alone and that generations of others
have served before them.
“Soldiers come in here, and they
walk out with a smile on their face
saying, ‘I didn’t know this was
here. This is awesome.’ That makes
everything worth it for us,” he said.
Scott Daubert, 4th Infantry Division Museum director, discusses the dangers of people climbing on
the display vehicles outside the museum. Not only can people be injured by the equipment,
workers have also found snakes and wasps’ nests inside tanks and other vehicles, he said.

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