2010 June Indiana Guardsman

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Indiana Guard to bring ADT alive at State Fair

The crazy month of May

122nd FW prepares for the A-10

A look back: Indiana National Guardin Vietnam

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The Adjutant GeneralMaj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger

Public Affairs Officer Maj. Shawn Gardner

Editor andLayout and DesignMrs. Susan Hawver

Print OfficerWilliam R. Grider

PhotographersStaff Sgt. Les Newport

Staff Sgt. Tina EichenourSgt. Matthew ScottenMr. Michael B. Krieg

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FeaturesCivilian-Military training at Muscatatuck

Civilian involvement on the battlefield - “smart power”

Agribusiness Development - a valuable mission the Indiana Guard supports in Afghanistan

Display at the Indiana State Fair will be a live diorama

The future of the 122nd FW is wrapped up in a new package

A-10 “Warthog” air to air capabilities

May in Indiana is always busy, but 2010 was crazy for the Indiana Guard

Members of Company D (Ranger), 151st Infantry, Indiana National Guard, make a trip back to Vietnam

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Departments 3 Message from the Adjutant General

18 Family Programs

20 People making news

24 Homecomings

26 Fast Facts

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In this Issue

On the front cover: Courtney Body, a native of Atlanta, Ga., listens during a simulated visit to an Afghan hospital during the Interagency Afghanistan Integrated Civilian-Military Pre-Deployment Training Course at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center on April 28, 2010. Original photos by Sgt. Matthew Scotten, Indiana National Guard. Image design by S. Hawver, Public Affairs, Indiana National Guard.

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This spring has flown by, and the I n d i a n a G u a r d has been

more active than ever. Even more so than normal, the months of April and May have been full of pre-race and 500 Race activi-ties. The Armed Forces Day weekend was full of displays and demonstrations, and of course, our Gold Star Mothers ceremony and the Memorial Service on the circle in Indy were reverent and touching.

We’ve had visitors from around the world come see how we train, how we prepare Soldiers for deployment, and how we reevaluate and change missions and footprints, like our two Air Wings have done.

Muscatatuck and Camp Atterbury continue to draw attention and reap rewards for their efficiency and profession-alism in training and processing of civilians and military alike.

The Patriot Academy, the only military-based high school accredited to grant diplomas, graduated its first class. The young men from that class are a group of energetic and determined Soldiers, working hard to learn new vocations and set new personal goals of performance and responsibility.

Likewise, our Hoosier Youth ChalleNGe Academy welcomed a new class in January, and graduated its largest class yet, 77 cadets, on June 12. A total of 361 young people have now received certificates of completion from the Academy.

Though these young people have no follow-on responsibility for military service when they leave the Academy, many do join our ranks. They have embraced the discipline and self-confidence they found, and whether in a military unit or back in their own communities, working or going to school, they are finding new paths for personal success.

We are so glad to have several of our units back with us from Afghanistan, Iraq, and many other locations around the world. Homecomings are always joyous, and none more so than those for Company F, 3-238th Aviation Battalion; 1613th Engineers; 1313th Engineers; 177th Financial Man-agement Detachment; 2-150 FWD 3 Fires Team; Company A, 2-151st Infantry; and Company B, 2-151st Infantry. Our 3-19th Agribusiness Development Team began training for a mobilization to Afghanistan later this year, and the 138th Finance Company deployed to Kuwait in May.

The 181st Intelligence Wing sent a contingent of Airmen to Haiti to support relief efforts, and our 122nd Fighter Wing has been busy bringing in training aircraft of their new A-10 “Warthogs.”

Our Family Programs folks have been as busy as ever too. Not only have they been involved with every deployment and homecoming, but they held their Annual Workshop and Youth Symposium in April. Guest speakers such as author Shar McBee rounded out the program as conference groups studied new ways of communicating with families and families discovered how Family Programs operates.

This year, our Family Programs office will be hosting TAPS again, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, but on a larger scale than ever. Instead of address-ing only the needs of survivors of Indiana Guardsmen who have fallen, this year’s TAPS program will be open to Hoosier families who have lost a service member from any of the armed forces. It is a huge undertaking, but I know they’re up to the task.

Our Ceremonial Unit and Honor Guard have served time and again as military and veteran families around Indiana have requested assistance with services for their loved ones. To all our Chaplains, family programs, honor and ceremonial detail participants, Yellow Ribboon Program, ESGR, Crisis Intervention, and 38th ID Band personnel, a very special thank you for all you do.

Rowana and I send our best to all our Indiana Guardsmen and their families. There are none better - anyplace, anywhere.

Message from the Adjutant General

I am very honored to serve as the Indiana National Guard’s fifth State Command Sergeant Major. I pledge to work as hard as my predecessor to improve the lives of those who serve and their families that support them.

The challenges are many as we com-plete this change from a strategic force to an operational one. We must move forward past our Transformation to a higher state of Readiness through persistent training and challenging assignments. I hope to help mentor all enlisted members as they develop as leaders through this process.

In this 9th year of the Global War on Terrorism, the Indiana National Guard continues to play a major role in the defense and security of the United States under the federal component of our mission while still maintaining our ability to respond to domestic emergencies and disasters.

Our Soldiers and Airmen continue to deploy to Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan theaters of operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism. As we continue to deploy, we are committed to providing outstanding support to the families of our mobilized troops.

We recognize that when we deploy, the family deploys too. Our Family Programs personnel are providing several excellent programs which support the readiness of families. Please continue to support your unit’s Family Readiness Group.

I ask that all enlisted personnel strengthen their commitment to the vari-ous professional military associations that support our Indiana Guard, making it a strong, relevant and effective force.

Professional military associations such as the National Guard Association of Indiana (NGAI) and the Enlisted Associa-

tion of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS) spur camaraderie, esprit de corps, and professional growth through interactions with subordinates, peers and leadership alike. They fight to sustain our military benefits through legislative issues at the State Capitol and on Capitol Hill.

I thank you for your service and look forward to working with you on strength-ening the enlisted corps of the Indiana National Guard.

Greg Rhoades State Command Sergeant Major Indiana National Guard

Comments from the Command Sergeant Major


Story and Photos by Sgt. Matt Scotten Indiana National Guard

In the contemporary operating environment, warfare is considerably more complex than just sending an army to a foreign land, al-lowing them to subdue and defeat an enemy, and then calling it a day and going home. It requires more than just military might, and the Indiana National Guard is helping America to address these new requirements to help win the Global Global War on Ter-rorism.

According to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, the largest threats to the U. S. emanate from fractured or failed states, and “we cannot kill or capture our way to victory.”

In light of this, America has added some things to its arsenal in an effort to reduce the need for military intervention. America is calling this civilian involvement on the battlefield “smart power.”

There has been plenty of press and controversy on the use of smart power in the fields of personal security provided by companies such as Blackwater. However, the use of civilians on the battlefield is much more dynamic than just personal security.

Civilians participate in operations abroad providing intelligence, humanitarian assistance, economic development and vari-ous other complex contingency operations. Missions like these help develop countries so that terrorism loses its foothold in the communities American troops currently operate in.

This strategy has been supported by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Michael Mullen, who said, “Should we choose to exert American influence solely through our troops, we should expect to see that influ-ence diminish in time.”

This is where the Interagency Afghanistan Integrated Civilian-Military Pre-Deployment Training Course comes into the picture.

Of course, c ivi l ians cannot be randomly thrown in with military units and sent overseas to work in austere com-bat environments. They are put through rigorous training to learn how to embed themselves with military units in a manner that keeps them safe, efficient and capable of operating better with their military counterparts.

For many civilians this takes place at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, in Butlerville, Ind., and is specifically designed around four themes: Know Yourself,

Know Your Organization, Know Your Environment, and Know Your Response.

Civ-Mil training at MUTC is diverse, catering to civilians from various backgrounds and skillsets, from agricultural development to Mine Resistant Ambush Protecting Vehicle mechanics.

Courtney Body, an Atlanta, Ga., native, has a strong background as a journalist covering under-reported countries. She has worked in Beirut, Jerusalem, Cairo, Delhi and just about everywhere in between. She is now going through Civ-Mil training so she may deploy with the U.S. Agency for I n t e r n a t i o n a l D e v e l o p m e n t a s a development and communications officer for a Provincial Reconstruction Team.

“We aren’t just parachuted in with military units in combat zones,” said Body.

“This training is a gift. It gives us a reference point; allows us to get

used to the operating tempo.

I feel ready.”- Courtney Body

Provincial Reconstruction Team

Ken Heldenfels, an Austin, Tex., native and former member of the Peace Corps is preparing to deploy with Body on the same PRT as a business development officer. He said, “There is a lot of information compressed into this training.”

Much of the training focused on interacting with Afghan locals, meeting with town officials to address local needs, and having civilians walking the streets with their military counterparts.

“We got a chance to practice security drills,” said Heldenfels. “We started taking fire and suddenly I had a hand on my back shoving me into the vehicle. It was so fast. Next thing I knew I was crammed in the back of a Hummvee. It’s very realistic.”

Senior Observer Controller Mas-ter Sgt. Scott W. Cutter, an Atlanta, Ga., native, is a lead trainer at MUTC. He said, “This is good training for not only our ci-vilians, but for the Soldiers who act as their security here.”

Designed to be realistic, Soldiers escort civilians through a realistic replica of an Afghan town. When the group starts taking small arms fire, Soldiers are forced to react, providing suppressive fire while loading the civilians into the vehicles so that they can break contact.

“This training allows Soldiers to work on their skills at levels 1, 2 and 3,” said Cutter, “allowing junior leaders to develop their skills in a way that makes them better no matter what position they hold in the squad.”

Civ-Mil training at MUTC works two-fold in making civilians more prepared in the contemporary operating environment while at the same time training and prepar-ing our Soldiers in the various skills needed to effectively work jointly with civilians.

All this helps stabilize communities in the most dangerous places on Earth, while helping America win the Global War on Terrorism.

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Enduring mission earns place for agri-Soldiers at the State Fair

Story by Staff Sgt. Les Newport Indiana National Guard

Indiana State Fair goers will have an opportunity to get a

detailed look at operations of Indiana National Guard Agribusiness Development Teams in Afghanistan.

A four-hundred square foot display in the Exposition Hall will highlight the accomplishments of the two units that have deployed to Khost Province on the Pakistan border, as well as plans for the two units preparing to deploy in the next year.

The commanders of all four units are responsible for supporting agribusiness in the Khost Province, and work closely to ensure each successive unit can build on the efforts of the preceding ADT.

Colone l Br ian Copes , the commander of the 1-19th ADT in 2009, is the Indiana National Guard Chief of Staff, and works just down the hall from Col. Shane Halbrook, the Indiana Air National Guard Chief of Staff. Halbrook will command the 4-19th in 2011.

Halbrook and Copes spend hours together in meetings, planning to execute directives of Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger, Indiana’s adjutant general. Although their schedules are filled with the day-to-day management of the nation’s fourth largest National Guard, the ADT mission is never out of mind.

The emphasis, according to Copes, is to help Afghanistan farmers to develop sustainable initiatives through education. The 1-19th worked with Afghans to build check

dams in order to manage rainfall more efficiently and introduced hand-crank seeders and crop rotation to increase yields.

“We try to have dinner on a regular basis,” said Halbrook, the first Indiana Air National Guard commander of an ADT. “And we stay in touch with Col. (Michael) Osburn who is in Khost (with the 2-19th) and Col. (Walter) Colbert.”

Colbert and the 3-19th are currently preparing for deployment at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center and Muscatatuck Urban Training Center where

National Guard ADTs from across the country train.

The effort is as much about building relationships on the home front as it is in Afghanistan said Halbrook.

“We work closely with Purdue and Indiana (universities),” said Halbrook. “Purdue can obviously provide so much on the agricultural side and Indiana is helping us with language and cultural training. That’s just as important.”

University representatives have gone as far as to visit ADTs in Afghanistan to assess the program and develop training. In Afghanistan ADTs also work closely with Provincial Reconstruction Teams and representatives of the United States Department of Agriculture and Department of State.

“This is a joint operation that goes far beyond the Indiana Army and Air National Guard,” said Halbrook, an Illinois native raised in a farming family. “These kind of associations are true force multipliers and I think that’s why we have seen such a powerful response from Afghanistan’s agricultural community.”

The Indiana National Guard and the Indiana State Fair have been working together as well to provide the public with some key insights to the ADTs’ mission. The fair runs from August 6-22 and last year had an attendance of nearly one million visitors.

“To be able to showcase the ADT mission to an audience of that size, especially an audience with that kind of interest in agriculture, is an exceptional opportunity,” said Copes.

“This is the kind of exhibit that is ideal for our fair,” said Indiana State Fair spokesman Andy Klotz. “It not only fits our mission of being an ag educator, but it’s also of interest to the thousands of Hoosier military families that come out each year, and we’re happy the Indiana National Guard is able to provide this.”

Copes said the display will have a strong visual presence, including photography taken by Soldiers of the ADTs. A video of the ADT story will also be looped in a replicated sun-dried brick dwelling typical of Afghanistan.

Photos courtesy of Indiana National Guard Archive.

Around the stateAround the state


Komets donate to the Indiana National Guard Relief Fund

Story and photo by Sgt. Moriah Addington 38th Sustainment Brigade

During the Fort Wayne Komets hockey game on April 17, 2010, the Komets presented a check to the Indiana National Guard Relief Fund for $9,077.00.

Following the opening ceremony, national anthem and team awards presen-tations, the Komets’ mascot, Icey, walked out onto the ice with a giant check and presented the check to Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger, the adjutant general for the Indi-ana National Guard, and Master Sgt. Steven Kingsley, of the 38th Sustainment Brigade.

“I am grateful to the Fort Wayne Komets for their generous donation to the Indiana National Guard Relief Fund. I was honored to represent the Soldiers and Airmen in front of the patriot citizens of Fort Wayne who have provided great support of the Indiana National Guard,” commented Maj. Gen. Umbarger.

The Komets raised money through a silent auction during the U.S. Army Jersey Night game on March 19, 2010. The Army donated special jerseys for the occasion and the team auctioned off each of the jerseys worn. The players signed their own jerseys for the winner, complete with certificate of authenticity.

U.S. Army Jersey Night was started by the active Army to provide the opportu-nity for military personnel and their fami-lies to enjoy an evening with the Komets. The Komets donate the proceeds from the auctioned jerseys to charity, this year the Indiana National Guard Relief Fund.

Kingsley has been actively involved with the Komets over the past 5 years. When he returned from a deployment overseas in 2005, he spoke with Blake Sebring, a sports writer in Fort Wayne, regarding Soldier care while in theatre. Blake felt Soldiers who put their lives on the line every day should not have to pay for supplies.

Blake established the Komets Kare Package program, a tradition at each of the Komets’ home games. Kingsley along with Staff Sgt. Mark Boner have continued the care package program the last four years.

The team encourages fans to bring do-nations to drop-off areas where items such as toothpaste, books and magazines could be donated and sent to the Soldiers deployed overseas. In previous years the program was supported by the 293rd Infantry and 338th Quartermaster units based out of Fort Wayne. This year the care packages were

delivered to the Kokomo-based organiza-tion, Hoosiers Helping Heroes.

“Staff Sgt. Boner is currently de-ployed. He was not able to help out this year but took a Komets flag with him,” said Kingsley. “The Komets are very important to him. He has also been a recipient of the care packages.”

This year the Komets called Kingsley to assist in Jersey Night. In previous years the auctioned money was donated to the Wounded Warrior program and when asked by the Komets this year for a charity, King-sley suggested the Indiana National Guard Relief Fund.

“Komets wanted to know what they could do locally for the money to stay in the state and help Indiana Soldiers,” said Kingsley. “The Indiana National Guard was the one that helps Guardsmen in the state.”

The Indiana National Guard Relief Fund is a private, non-profit, tax exempt corporation that provides financial grants to Indiana Guardsmen and their families who have encountered difficult situations due to service members being mobilized, or in times of financial hardship. The Indiana Na-tional Guard Relief Fund, Inc., was started in 2003 in conjunction with the Adjutant General of Indiana.

“It is a good program and I wish that we could do one for the Guard,” said King-sely referring to Jersey Night.

The money raised at the Komets game will help fund grants to support Indiana Na-tional Guard Soldiers and Airmen in need.

Drug Demand Reduction: Reducing the Demand for Illegal Drugs Through Education

Article provided by Capt. Gordon CampbellIndiana National Guard

The Drug Demand Reduction Program (DDRP) is a part of the National Guard’s Counterdrug Program, and is authorized and funded annually by the Congress of the United States as part of the Department of Defense budget. The National Guard Bureau apportions the Counterdrug budget to the programs in the fifty-four states and territories.

The DDRP was developed to help reduce the demand for illegal drugs through education as well as providing youth with the skills to make the right decisions in life.

The Indiana National Guard’s DDRP is staffed by Soldiers and Airmen who serve as role models and mentors for a drug free life for Indiana youth. The DDRP supports community drug free coalitions, schools, community organizations with Drug Demand Reduction programs and literature. The programs Indiana offers are:• Mobile Team Challenge (MTC), a

portable low-ropes course in which participates are challenged with various exercises designed to teach different skills such as teamwork, leadership and conflict resolution.

• Checkmate Drugs (CMD) instructs participants on the basics of chess and are shown how the lessons learned in the game of chess also apply to their lives.

• Stay on Track (SOT) an interactive and fun drug curriculum geared towards 6th through 8th grade students consisting of twelve 50-minute lessons for each level.

DDRP also gives PowerPoint presentations to students that educate students on the effects and dangers of illegal substances.

On school career days, students are informed of the benefits and requirements of a career in the Armed Forces. At health fairs, DDRP personnel inform the public of the health benefits of leading a drug free life. DDRP personnel also serve as camp counselors at camps sponsored by the Indiana State Police, Junior ROTC, DEFY and the Indiana National Guard’s KIDS Annual Training Camp.

Indiana’s Drug Demand Reduction Program personnel are dedicated and excited about keeping our youth drug free and looks forward to continuing to serve the citizens of Indiana at home and abroad.

Major General R. Martin Umbarger (middle) and Master Sgt. Steven Kingsley (left) hold the check from the Komets to the National Guard Relief Fund before the Komets’ home game.


Story and photo by Senior Airman Ben Sutton, 181st IW/PA HULMAN FIELD, Ind. - In March, four Airmen from the 181st Intelligence Wing contributed to the relief efforts in Haiti.1st Lt. Matt Hollowell, Master Sgt. Clint Robinson, Tech. Sgt. Jeff Wernz and Staff Sgt. Kevin Feltner provided intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support for Operation Unified Response.

The team of Airmen were initially attached to the Army’s 82nd Airborne and located at Forward Operating Base Falcon. It was not long before the Air Force Intel-ligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency absorbed the intelligence team. Originally tasked to observe security per-sonnel movement, the team also assisted in turning over the distribution points to United Nations authorities. With thousands of unfortunate civilians living in tent cities and aftershocks causing more panic and confusion, the Racers immediately began assisting the Haitian government in the recovery and relief efforts.

Many of the Racers have deployed and been on training missions during their military careers; however, this was the first time any of the four engaged in humani-tarian efforts. When asked if they would volunteer for similar missions in the future, the response was a unanimous and energetic “Yes!”

The team of intelligence Airmen from the 181st analyzed imagery collected by the

RC-26 aircraft assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. The aircraft was used to locate internally displaced personnel that were not observ-able for the ground, which facilitated ground movement to those sites for assessment and aid

The pilots and crew members of the RC-26 were instrumental in providing support to the humanitarian assistance mission.

“When reviewing the aerial imagery, reality hit in terms of the sheer numbers of Haitians that were

displaced due to the earthquake.” - Master Sgt. Clint Robinson

181st Intelligence Wing

“With Haiti being a third world coun-try, sometimes it was difficult to determine if the damage to the infrastructure and coun-tryside was caused by the quake or was the normal state of life,” said Robinson.

A few of the Airmen were given the opportunity to go outside of the FOB to view some of the devastation in person, and were able to interact with the Haiti

citizens. Feltner said the children were very interested in the American military. “They wanted to come up and touch each of us, and they did not seem to be phased by the different style of uniforms”, said Feltner. “It was even noted that groups of children would play soccer using empty water bottles for entertainment.”

“We eventually assisted in moving them into the settlement camps so that the Haitian authorities had an idea of how many people were actually there.” Hollowell said with a look of defeat for the Haitian citizens, “Unfortunately the rainy season was right around the corner and we were called in to assist the government in determining new locations for the tent cities. A lot of the camps were in really bad spots for floods. Due to the thousands of homeless refugees there were tents to count, meals to be given away, and numerous security and sanitation issues.”

As the Airmen remembered their efforts in assisting the citizens of Haiti, there was an obvious sense of completion in their hearts. ‘Service before self’ definitely comes to mind when military members volunteer their time away from their loved ones to help another country in need, a family a need, a child in need.

Even though mountains still need to be climbed in terms of the relief efforts, the 181st was able to leave a positive impression on the Haitian government and its citizens through their humanitarian assistance.

Racers contribute to Haiti relief efforts


Governor announces proposed plan for Camp Atterbury land expansionStory by Sgt. David Bruce, Camp Atterbury Public Affairs

Photo, top background: Gov. Mitch Daniels, right, at podium during press conference, April 15, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Crosby, Photo, bottom background, DNR recreation land. Photo by Tim Sproles. Image designs S. Hawver, Public Affairs, Indiana National Guard

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels announced the proposed expansion of Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in a ceremony held April 15 at the Atterbury Fish and Wildlife Area.

The expansion is part of a land exchange deal with the Indiana National Guard, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Indiana Department of Corrections.

The proposed deal releases approxi-mately 1,200 acres of DNR land north of Camp Atterbury in exchange for over 2,000 acres of Department of Corrections land near Putnamville. The area transferred to the National Guard was once part of the original cantonment area of Camp Atterbury established in 1942. The land in question was acquired by the DNR in 1969 and utilized as a fish and wildlife area to provide fishing, hunting and other outdoor recreational opportunities to the public.

“Today is the culmination of a remarkable process,” said Daniels. “Camp Atterbury, or as we think of it, Atterbury Muscatatuck, will be expanded dramati-cally in its capacity to train our military units. They will be able to train here, triple the number of brigade combat teams that it can presently.”

The Indiana National Guard will use the land to build a logistics center, administration buildings and housing for Soldiers training at Camp Atterbury. Additionally, there are plans to expand the railroad capacity of Camp Atterbury to meet its mission requirements. This would also allow for relocation of facilities bordering the Camp Atterbury airfield. Those structures are presently located in areas designated aircraft safety zones.

The remaining DNR facilities, consisting of 5,000 acres, will remain unaffected. This land includes ten lakes and a public shooting range opened in 2006, Johnson County Park, including Whispering Pines Golf Course, and the Atterbury Job Corps.

“In order to make room for this expansion, it was necessary to swap land here for land somewhere else,” said Daniels. After exploring several opportunities, land that was part of the Indiana Depart-ment of Corrections was identified for the exchange.

The DNR will receive over 2,000 acres around the Putnamville Correctional Facility. The land is a split of woodland and fields and includes Deer Creek and two lakes. White-tailed deer and wild turkey are the primary game species for hunters in the area.

“The acres we are gaining, by any measure, are dramatically better than the ones being swapped here,” added Daniels.

The exchange itself is more complex than simply transferring a deed. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Parks Service have yet to approve the deal since they were involved with the original transfer of land in 1969.

“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has an important oversight role for this proposed land exchange since the Atterbury Wildlife Management Area was partially purchased with federal funds,” said Tom Melius, Regional Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

“The multi-agency process involv-ing the Indiana National Guard, National Parks Service, Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been cooperative to date based on mutual respect for each party’s interests.

The proposed replacement property at Putnamville has many outstanding wild-life and recreational features that will be reviewed as part of the process to ensure that the interests of the sportsmen and women of Indiana are well served by this exchange,” added Melius.

Scoping meetings will be conducted to determine the impact of the proposed land exchange on the environment and to seek input from the affected communi-ties.

“It is a marvelous outcome for Hoosiers and, we know and believe, for the national security of America,” said Daniels. “We’re excited about playing a larger role in our national defense. … We’re gratified to know that future generations of Hoosiers have yet another beautiful expanse of our natural environment to enjoy.”


Story by John Crosby Camp Atterbury Public Affairs

The military’s first ever accredited high school, Patriot Academy, graduated its first class March 18 at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville, Ind.

The program is aimed at combating the nation’s growing high school dropout rates by providing youth with an opportunity to earn their high school diploma, join the Army National Guard and contribute to their community.

After a year of planning, Director of the Army National Guard retired Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn’s vision to turn high school dropouts into student-Soldiers became reality in June 2009 with the funding and support of the National Guard Bureau.

“This is about the young men and women who will have a second chance,” said Acting Director of the Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter on the program’s opening day in August.

“Our mission at the Patriot Academy, very simply, is to educate and train these young men to become the best Citizen-Soldiers in the Army National Guard.”

Students of the Patriot Academy come to MUTC after completion of Army Basic Training. They continue to collect active-duty pay, taking classes to earn

their high school diplomas, while simultaneously honing their military skills before graduating and shipping out to learn their military job.

“It’s really a good opportunity,” said Sgt. 1st Class William Long, an instructor and assistant platoon sergeant.

“The average National Guard Soldier drills one weekend a month, two weeks a year. These guys do almost a year of active duty before they meet their unit. These guys are gonna have a better head start to that.”

Additionally, the course is designed to prepare the student-Soldiers to contribute to society.

“There were three objectives when they came here,” said Patriot Academy Commandant Col. Perry Sarver. “First one, of course, was to get their high school diploma. Second was to expand on their military skills that they learned in basic training, and finally they provide eight hours community service in and around the Jennings County area.”

The program was implemented during a ‘dropout crisis’ in America, as more than 1.2 million students, equating to 7,000 per school day, either dropout or do


not earn their high school diploma according to the Alliance for Excellent Education.

“There’s hundreds of thousands of young men and women who have not achieved their high school diploma and the Army National Guard provides these young men and women an opportunity to do that,” said Sarver.

This graduating class consisted of 38 of the original 47 student-Soldiers who started the course, originating from 16 different states. Each Soldier will return to his respective state’s National Guard after receiving their military occupational training.

“We are trying to diversify our next class,” said Sarver. “What we want to do is grow our enrollment from 47 from this past year to try to graduate 300 men and women from the 54 states and territories.”

The graduates’ families, command sergeants major and recruiters attended the graduation ceremony to show their support.

The class valedictorian felt like his newly earned high school diploma was a new beginning for him.

“It’s a great opportunity to be here,” said Pvt. Mario Guillen of the Texas Army National Guard. “I hope to make the best of it. Before I came into the Patriot Academy I worked for a low salary.

“ [The course] has changed my life. I can pass

the obstacles that I have in front of me. Now I have a better view of my future because of

the education I got here.”

- Private Mario Guillen Valedictorian

first graduating classPatriot Academy

Guillen will be moving on to Leonard Wood, Mo., to earn his military occupational specialty as a truck driver.

Fellow student Pvt. First Class Scott Mix of Fort Wayne, Ind., said he came to the program to better himself by getting his high school diploma to expand his opportunities and horizons.

Photo, top facing page: Banners outside the Patriot Academy facility at Muscatatuck. Photo by Robert Cooper.

Photo, below: Soldiers of the first graduating class of the Patriot Academy, the first accredited military high school in U.S. history, sit awaiting their diplomas at the graduation ceremony at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Ind., March 18, 2010. Private Mario Guillen, front row, first seat, distinguished himself in the class, earning the coveted spot of valedictorian. U.S. Army photo by John Crosby

“It’s been an adventure,” said Mix. “A lot of military training and a lot of schooling and [physical training] but it was definitely worth it.”

Mix did not have enough credits to graduate high school with his class and wanted to earn more than a general equivalency diploma. He went to an Army National Guard Recruiter and joined the Patriot Academy at 18 years of age.

“I definitely grew up a lot,” said Mix. “My maturity level has increased an awful lot. I was getting into a lot of trouble and I wasn’t staying focused. Since I came here everything is more straight edged and disciplined. Everything is always business. My whole mentality has changed. I’m definitely a lot more focused now.”

His mother, who came to show her support at her son’s graduation, said she couldn’t agree more.

“He is a lot more disciplined,” said Mix’s mother, Christa Wilfong. “I’ve noticed he has a lot more respect for others. He seems to really be looking toward the future instead of just living for the day. He is setting a lot more goals.”

As the first graduating class packs their bags, to include a newly achieved high school diploma, the instructors, commanders and creators of the Patriot Academy stay committed to taking lost or misguided potential and molding it into positive contributions to society.

“They get a chance for a do-over,” said Sarver. “Society has given up on some of these young people for whatever reason and they were led to believe that they would never achieve their high school diploma.

“When they first came in, back in June and July, they were lacking the focus. They were lacking the confidence. When they leave here they believe they can accomplish anything in their lives.

“When they leave here they will be a more mature adult to assume their role in society as they get back home.”


The 122nd Fighter Wing is currently in conversion from the F-16 Fighting Falcon to the A-10 Thunderbolt, also known as the Warthog. The process of sending the F-16s to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, also known as the “boneyard,” began at the end of April.

As the Blacksnakes say goodbye to the Fighting Falcon, they say hello to the future with the A-10. The A-10 is a larger aircraft at 53 feet 4 inches long with a 57-foot- 6-inch wingspan. This aircraft was created for air to ground operations, whereas the F-16 ( which performs this mission well), was originally created for air to air operations.

Compared to the F-16, which is ca-pable of reaching speeds up to 1,500 mph, the Warthog flies low and slow reaching speeds up to 420 mph. This gives the pilot ample time to lock on and engage the target. The A-10 is capable of carrying a 16,000 pound payload which could be made up of a large variety of bombs, missiles, rockets, flares and of course the 30 mm, seven-barrel Gatling gun. The gun on this aircraft will fire up to 3,900 rounds of ammunition per minute, defeating a wide variety of targets including tanks.

The pilots in this aircraft are protected by titanium armor that also protects parts of the flight-control system. Because the Warthog is designed to fly low and slow, it is also designed to survive close air support missions, meaning it can take direct hits from armor-piercing and high explosive projectiles and still make it home.

Converting from the F-16 to the A-10 is approximately a three-year process. The 122nd Fighter Wing expects to have received most A-10s and sent off all F-16s by the fall of 2010. Residents of Fort Wayne should

With an eye to the future, the 122nd elcomes the Warthog

expect to see the Warthogs flying before the end of the year. The remaining conversion time will be spent training and performing acceptance inspections on all A-10s on the ramp.

Information in this article about the A-10 was taken from the official U.S. Air Force A-10 fact sheet. Any questions can be directed to 1st Lt. Rebecca Metzger, 122 FW Administrative Officer, Public Affairs Officer, 260-478-3279 or [email protected]

Information on the 122nd FW can be found at www.122fw.ang.af.mil.

Photo, top: A-10 (Warthog) training aircraft arriving at the 122nd FW. Photo courtesy of 122nd FW/PA.

Photo, below: close-up of the business end of the A-10, during first inspections by the Airmen at the 122nd FW. Photo courtesy of 122nd FW/PA.


Story and photos by Sgt. Will Hill Camp Atterbury Public Sffairs

NATO representatives from around the world visited Camp Atterbury Joint Maneu-ver Training Center, Ind., May 6, to observe unmanned aerial vehicle flight tests.

UAVs are remotely piloted unmanned aircraft, meaning an aircraft that can be flown without a human crew on board.

They can be used as a surveillance system, keeping servicemembers out of the cockpit and away from danger.

Representatives from seven NATO countries along with representatives from each branch of the U. S. military viewed the UAV exercise.

Developers from the 711th Human Performance Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, demonstrated how a single person can operate multiple UAVs to monitor different locations.

Doug Zimmer, UAV program manager from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, said his team studied technologies that will help one UAV operator fly up to four UAVs at the same time.

“Being able to fly four UAVs [simulta-neously] will lessen your logistic foot print and requires less people,” he said. “Right

now it takes several people to operate one UAV.”

Mark Draper, chairman of the NATO task group, said the group of representatives focuses on how to use multiple unmanned systems to perform various missions.

“Each one of these researchers [plays a vital role] in multiple vehicle control and each of them brings lessons learned, questions, and ways to solve those questions to the team as we learn from each other.” said Draper.

Leo Vanbreda, NATO representa-tive for the Netherlands, said he enjoyed the demonstration because he has never seen the sensory images in actual flight, only in simulations.

“I appreciate to see how the system works, and how the images are projected on the screen,” Vanbreda said, commenting on the surveillance capability of the UAV.

The NATO team will take what they learned here back to their countries and share the technology to help build better surveil-lance systems.

Unm

anned aerial vehicle catches Nato’s attention

Photo, top, background: An unmanned aerial vehicle is slingshot into the air to gain the proper momentum for flight during the demonstration for NATO representatives. Photo, below: Developers from the 711th show NATO representatives one of the unmanned aircraft for closer inspection.


Story by Staff Sgt. Matthew Scotten Indiana National Guard

The Indiana National Guard has a long history of elevated community involvement during the month of May surrounding the Indianapolis 500 race and several Memorial Day events. This year was no different.

This year the National Guard, with the support of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS), the 500 Festival Committee, Panther Racing and others, was more involved with the community than ever.





The Indiana National Guard hosted celeb-rities at Tyndall-Moorhead Armory downtown, showed various military assets on display at Armed Forces Day Weekend at IMS, and headed up large-scale events all over the city throughout the month of May.

Also visiting the festivities were General Victor E. Renuart Jr., commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense command; Lt. Gen. Clyde A Vaughn, director of the Army National Guard; Maj. Gen. Donald M Campbell Jr., commander of Army Recruiting Command; and Rear Adm. John W. Miller, commander of the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center.

Indiana Adjutant General R. Martin Umbarger was in good company, hosting adjutants general from several other states. In attendance were Kansas Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Tod M. Bunting, Kentucky Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Edward W. Tonini, and Wisconsin Adjutant General Brig. Gen. Donald P. Dunbar.

The sacrifices of servicemembers who have fallen in battle were honored at the Memorial Service downtown on Monument Circle, and the promise of our military’s future was celebrated at the Senator Lugar enlistment ceremony.

Local servicemembers spared no effort in making sure that credit was given not only to the past, but to the present and future of our nation.

Photos contributed by members of the Indiana National Guard Public Affairs staffs, statewide

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Story and photos by WO1 Jason Compton, OCS Course Manager

May 13-16, the Indiana Army National Guard Officer Candidate School (OCS) Class, 56-10, participated in the annual OCS Staff Ride.

An annual event conducted at different historically significant locations, this year’s Staff Ride took the candidates to study the Battle of Little Big Horn in South Dakota.

In attendance as leader mentors were Brig. Gen. Omer Tooley, retired Maj. Gen. Daniel Colgaizer, Col. Paul Gurbe, Lt. Col. D. B. Roberts, and Command Sgt. Maj. James Martin.

The indepth study of tactics and historical lessons learned began at the Indiana Regional Training Institute (based at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver and Training Center), with a read-ahead assignment by Stephen Ambrose.

The Staff ride culminated this year with a trip to the actual battle field site.

With the assistance of a professional guide, National Park Rangers, and OCS Staff, Class 56-10 briefed the high points of the battle.

Housing for mentors and candidates was provided by the guide service on the Crow Nation Indiana Reservation adjacent to the Little Big Horn National Park.

Soldiers and their Native American guides rode on horse back between areas of the Battlefield where periodic stops were made to allow the Candidates to brief.

This year’s event also included a trip and guided Park Service Tour of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, S.D.

Story and photos by WO1 Jason Compton OCS Program Manager

Photo top: Officer Candidates from 138TH RTI Staff Ride Little Big Horn

Photo bottom: Officer Candidates Specyal and Adams brief the class

Candidates from Officer Candidate School review lessons learned from the historic Battle of Little Big Horn

Go West, young man ! go west !


Slovak military trains with 113th ASOS

of the 181st Intelligence Wing

Story and photo by 1st Lt. Randi Brown181st IW/WESO

The Slovak Republic visited the 113th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS) during the month of February to finalize joint training opportunities during a planning conference.

These training opportunities are a result of the creation of a State Partnership Program (SPP) that was established by Na-tional Guard Bureau in 1993, and Indiana was partnered with Slovakia in 1994.

The SPP encourages long term relationships to build trust between the state and partner nation.

“The 113th ASOS

and Slovak Republic Tactical Air Control

Parties established an enduring relationship over the last year. Our goal is to make both teams stronger by sharing Tactics,

Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) during combined training events.”

- Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Renwick 113th ASOS Commander

During their visit, the four Slovakian Joint Tactical Air Controllers observed all facets of planning, preparations, and execu-tion of a close air support (CAS) training mission. The ASOS loaded their HUMVEEs and support trucks early one morning to convoy the unit and their guests to Camp Atterbury to carry out the scenario based mission.

When the team arrived at the range, they immediately began their final equip-ment preparations for the CAS mission.

There were two missions scheduled for the day, with the initial mission being controlled by a member of the 113th ASOS. The Slovakian JTACs observed the first training mission allowing them to inquire and gain knowledge of the control process.

With radios chirping aloud with com-munications between ground team members, and another frequency facilitating direct

communication between the ground lead and the aircraft, an untrained ear could easily be distracted.

First Lt. Marian Blazeniak was assigned to conduct the second control. Blazen iak sa id i t was a va luab le experience and he was excited to get that training opportunity on this trip. This planning conference has lead to two more joint training events scheduled for 2010.

“We look forward to sending seven JTACs to Slovakia in April. The focus there will be a combination of classroom and field skills training culminating in both American and Slovak led Air Strike Control exercises. We will utilize both F-16s from Aviano Air Force Base, and Slovak Republic L-39 air-craft,” said Renwick.

Major Rudolf Pevny, Slovak Repub-lic, said he looks forward to the continued relationships with the 113th.

“ I am eager to implement a more scenario-based training con-cept for my Airmen,” Pevny said. While many members of the Wing will be heading to Alaska for annual training this summer, the ASOS will be conducting their training in Kansas. “In June, eight TACPs from the Slovak Republic will deploy with the 113th ASOS to Smokey Hill Range, Kansas, to participate in our annual training.

While there, they will work side by side with our TACPs, and be blended with our exercise command and control opera-tions. The missions will be dynamic, and the training schedule will be very demanding,”

Renwick said. “Our equipment and train-ing may be different, but the mindset of the Battlefield Airmen from both countries is the same; organize, train and equip our forces to deploy for combat.”

When the group was asked about the takeaways from this visit, 1st Lt. Marian Blazeniak said, “Being able to gain better equipment familiarization will help us get more needed items for our Airmen.” Even though different types of equipment are used by both countries, there are several similari-ties. Many items were discussed at length as to the advantages and disadvantages of specific equipment.

This was a first time visit to the United States for the group of Slovakian officers. In addition to learning from their military counterparts, they were very excited to learn about the American culture first hand.

They were introduced to chicken wings, sushi, hibachi style cooking, and fried pickles. They were inquisitive in terms of work shifts, lunch hours, traditional homes, family size, and even the current economic status. They were very pleased with the welcome they received upon ar-rival, and mentioned several times how comfortable they were here in Terre Haute.

Of course a visit to Hulman Field must include participation in good old fashioned camaraderie. They were very excited to at-tend the first annual ‘Racer Idol’ during the February UTA, and were able to socialize with and get to know other members of the 181st Intelligence Wing.

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Celebrating Families through Learning New Skills

Story by Sgt. 1st Class Tina R. EichenourIndiana National Guard

Celebrating Families was the theme of the Indiana National Guard Family Program Workshop held at French Lick Resort in French Lick, Ind., from April 23-25, 2010.

The workshop is an annual event designed to strengthen the Family Programs volunteers. The theme of Celebrating Families was apparent throughout the workshop with a Mardi Gras welcome on Friday night.

The theme continued as the training revolved around families during the train-ing sessions. The workshop was held to teach the volunteer members of the Family Readiness Groups skills to improve the help they give to Soldiers and Airmen in the Indiana National Guard.

“Focus on the families,” said Kelley Newman, National Guard Relief Fund coordinator. “All the volunteers come here to learn skills to take back to the family.”

Lt. Col. Marcus H. Thomas, the state family programs director for the Indiana National Guard, explained that “One Force, One Family” motto means that the family programs is a purple organization not just focused on the Army or the the Air Guard.

“Every service member in this state will get help from the

National Guard.”- Lt. Col. Marcus H. Thomas

Director State Family Programs

Family Readiness Groups are actively involved with the unit of which their loved one is a part. The FRGs are important to help the other service members’ families during deployments and normal everyday issues.

“We learned new skills,” said Linda Ackerman, FRG member from Jasper, Ind. “We learned how to identify all the different ways to communicate, verbal and nonverbal. Learning new skills all the time.”

Linda became part of the FRG family when her husband, Chief Master Sgt. Douglas Ackerman from the 181st Intel-ligence Wing in Terre Haute, Ind., deployed to Turkey in 2001. She has been actively involved ever since. She even helps out with the FRG in her hometown of Jasper.

The volunteers were able to participate in classes that discussed financial planning, communication skills, andresources that are available and ways to gain more volunteers.

“We just came out of a class about types of resources available to families, like the Red Cross, Survivor Outreach Service, and Military OneSource,” said Maxie Gardner, the FRG chairperson for 2-19th Agricultural Development Team.

“I am just amazed how up to speed the National Guard is with helping fami-lies with resources and responding to their needs.”

Gardner has been very involved with the FRG thoughout the years. Her husband, Maj. Shawn Gardner, deployed last year to Afghanistan. She explained how there is value with partici-pating in the FRG and getting other family members involved.

The group enjoyed guest speaker author, Shar McBee, on Saturday. She gave everyone an autographed copy of her book, “To Lead is to Serve.”

She reflected on ways to gain volunteers and improve the results of having volunteers. McBee suggested ways to get others involved by encouraging the benefits that each person gains from volunteering.

The weekend continued with the major command breakouts. In the breakout, the leaders were able to express concerns and visions for the FRGs. The volunteers were able to provide feedback and ideas on gaining more family involvement. One of the suggestions was an equipment display to show the family members the equipment that the service member uses.

The workshop concluded on Sunday with an award ceremony celebrating the volunteers who had donated hours to volunteering. The award winners received a certificate in appreciation for their dedi-cation and a gift certificate.

“Anytime you can learn something is a gift that you can celebrate,” said Ackerman. “Celebrating military life and to come here and celebrate family.”

Family Programs


Small Grant Program for Indiana Military-Sponsored Family Support Groups

Indiana’s military-sponsored family readi-ness or support groups work tirelessly on behalf of the families of deployed service members, and they use a wide array of programs and services to do so.

Many of the most successful of these groups develop relationships with local community partners to raise funds, provide family and parent training oppor-tunities, offer children’s programming, and support deployed troops with package mailings.

One of the primary missions of the Military Family Research Institute is to assist Indiana’s military-sponsored family readiness or support groups, so MFRI is pleased to offer small competitive, mon-etary grants of up to $2,500 to aid these groups in their efforts to design effective programs and events that assist military families.

The MFRI Small Grant Program was designed to help military-sponsored family readiness or support groups to do their work more effectively and to strengthen community partnerships that help military families.

The grants may be used to award funds to community partners; for exam-ple, if the local library would be willing to create a collection of books helping mili-tary families, the military-sponsored fam-ily readiness or support groups leader and the library could prepare a joint proposal.

Examples of projects which could be funded through the MFRI Small Grants Program:

* Travel expenses for guest speakers attending military-sponsored family read-iness or support group meetings.

* Materials and supplies needed for military-sponsored family readiness or support group meetings.

* Childcare and youth engagement activities provided by community partners during military-sponsored family readi-ness or support group meetings. Examples include partnering with the YMCA to provide open gym and swimming oppor-tunities, or working with a child care center to provide care during meetings.

* Postage and other communica-tion expenses associated with serving the needs of family members located in areas outside the immediate vicinity of the military-sponsored family readiness or

support groups. Supplies and materials used for youth projects, such as art projects to mail to deployed

The Small Grant Program for military-sponsored family readiness or support groups has several funding cycles each year.

We strongly encourage advance planning and early application. Applica-tions are available as Word documents and can be downloaded, filled out, printed and sent in.

* Cycle 4: July 7-August 7, 2010. Successful applicants will be notified August 14, 2010.

Once a proposal is approved, awardees will be asked to submit an invoice on letterhead for the approved amount of the grant. A W-9 tax form for the sponsoring organization should be included with the invoice.

Checks will be made out to an organization, rather than to an individual. A check for the funds will be issued approximately four weeks following receipt of the approved invoice.

Please visit http://www.mfri.purdue.edu/content.asp?tid=3&id=10 for the applications as well as more information.

The Joint Family Program Advisory Council (JFPAC) has been sponsoring Town Hall Meetings over the past few months. The JFPAC is a volunteer arm of the INNG Family Programs department. Its mis-sion is "to establish and facilitate ongoing communication, involvement, support and recognition between Indiana National Guard families and the Indiana National Guard in a partnership that promotes the best in both".

In that endeavor, the JFPAC is spon-soring Town Hall meetings throughout the state of Indiana for FAMILIES of Indiana National Guard Soldiers and Airmen. The agenda will consist of:

• Family Programs (FP) Programming: FP will provide you information of any current and new programming that your Families can take advantage of.

• FRG Best Practices: Each FRG member will be given an opportunity to pro-vide a synopsis of their best programs / activities, how they obtain funding for these programs and why they are the considered a "best practice".

• Unmet Needs: An opportunity for FRG members to advise the JFPAC of any unmet needs they face, as well as offering suggestions on how to fix any unmet need / gap in service that are within the abilities of the JFPAC.

• Question / Answer session: An opportunity for FRG members to ask members of JFPAC questions related to the overall support of Families.

• After Action Review (AAR) of Town Hall meeting.

These Town Hall meetings are closed to the media. Only INNG personnel (to include unit Commanders, 1SG and any other leadership) and Families of INNG personnel may attend.

FRG members are encouraged to email their questions prior to the Town Hall meeting to [email protected]. Questions will also be taken on site.

The next Town Hall Meeting is currently scheduled for:

August 2010: Jasper-Exact Location TBD. Reservations can be made by calling: 317.247.3300, ext 85453 (reservations are required in order to ensure proper amount of refreshments are available). Participa-tion is FREE. The Town Hall Meetings will start at 6:30 pm EST and end at 8:00 pm EST. POC is LTC Marcus Thomas at 317.247.3300, ext 85452 or Mrs. Connie Douthat at 260.478.3409.

Small Grants Town Hall

Compass Retreat Center invites members of the National Guard and Reserves, their spouses, and children to camp for a week.

We will offer one family retreat in Summer 2010: August 8-13, 2010, for veterans of OEF or OIF their spouses and children. We are also offering a week for couples who do not have children in Fall 2010 or single service members October 10-15, 2010 for couples without children or single service members

Both retreats will be held at Spring-Hill Camp in Seymour, Indiana.

Simply register online and submit. Registration is limited - you will be notified by email to confirm receipt of the application and notified again when it is processed.

http://compassretreatcenter.org/

Let’s go Camping


P e o p l e m a k i n g n e w sP e o p l e m a k i n g n e w s

Indiana Guard MP team earns Joint Unit Meritorious Award, Army Meritorious Unit CommendationStory and Photos by Spc. John Crosby 120th Public Affairs Detachment

The 193rd Military Police Detachment earned the Joint Unit Meritorious Award as well as the Army Meritorious Unit Commendation during an award ceremony held at the 38th Infantry Division Armory in Indianapolis on April 11 to honor the Soldiers for their actions while deployed to Iraq from July 2006 through June 2007.

The 13-Soldier unit was recognized for outstanding service in accomplishing its task of operating as a detainee operations cell, overseeing the care and custody of prisoners while under Coalition Forces’ and Iraqi Army authorities.

The Joint Unit Meritorious Award is given for superior service to Joint, or multi-branch units, meaning a unit comprised of a combination of servicemembers from the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy, all working together under one com-mand.

“These Soldiers did a superb job overseas and they are being recognized as a unit,” said 81st Troop Commander, Col. Mark E. Coers, presenter of the awards. “They were part of a very good group of MPs that were working together in Iraq on a joint billet and it’s just an honor that they were recognized as a part of it.”

The Soldiers were stationed in Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, and were attached to the 177th Military Police Brigade of the Michigan National Guard. The small team was comprised of several subject matter experts in addition to military police, including a medical surgical, engineer, transportation, judge advocate general and quartermaster officers, combining their expertise to make the team effective in all aspects of detainee operations.

“Locating, capturing and handing over pris-oners, evaluating prison conditions to ensure they are livable, releasing prisoners; we oversaw all of that,” said Indiana National Guard State Surgeon Christopher Williams, originally the medical surgical officer with the MP compa-ny, “We were a small unit of [subject matter experts], brought together and appropriately placed, allowing us to excel at the mission at

hand.” Williams said that due to the small size of

the unit, a closeness developed that isn’t normally found in larger units. The unit’s members pulled to-

gether and provided expert advice to one another from each of their various and different fields, which greatly

contributed to their success.As the months wore on, the 193rd MPs success was

noticed across Iraq. Detainee Operations Task Force 134, also headquartered out of Camp Victory, pulled the small Indiana unit into its circle. They conducted the same operations there, now as a joint unit working with every branch of the military and conducting operations on a larger scale throughout the whole country of Iraq.

The unit went on to achieve some major accomplish-ments. During their deployment they were responsible for more than 37,000 detainees. They conducted 200,000 detainee move-ments, released over 4,000, transferred more than 1,200 con-victed prisoners to Iraqi prisons and made more than 125 special releases due to medical problems, politics etc.

The 193rd MPs earned their MUC for their time with the 177th MPs. They earned their JUMA for their service with TF134. The 13-person unit earned a combined six Bronze Star Medals, four Meritorious Service Medals, 11 Combat Action Badges, one Army Commendation Medal with Valor Device, the JUMA and the MUC.

Joint Unit Meritorious Award

Army Meritorious Miitary Unit Commendation

Photo top left: 81st Troop Commander Col. Mark E. Coers shakes hands with members of the 193rd Military Police Detachment after awarding them the Joint Unit Meritorious Award and the Meritorious Unit Citation for their deployment to Iraq, at the 38th Infantry Division Armory in Indianapolis, April 11, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Crosby)


P e o p l e m a k i n g n e w sP e o p l e m a k i n g n e w sNational Guard general receives the Torchbearer Award

Story by Sgt. Matthew Scotten Indiana National Guard

A general officer in the Indiana National Guard received the Torchbearer Award at the Indiana Statehouse Rotunda in Indianapo-lis March 4, 2010.

The award, which is the State of Indiana’s most prestigious recog-nition of women, was awarded to Brig. Gen. Margaret S. Washburn, assistant adjutant general for the Indiana National Guard and Westfield, Ind. native. She received the award in the Veteran and Military category for her contributions to the community, state and nation.

The Torchbearer Awards were created by the Indiana Commission for Women to recognize Hoosier women who have overcome or removed barriers to quality, or whose achievements have contributed to making our state a better place in which to live, work and raise a family.

“I had several great role models whose examples have helped get me to where I am today,” said Washburn. “Leaders such as Maj. Gen. Cecil Dorton, Maj. Gen Richard Moorhead, my husband and many others guided me throughout my career and helped me grow. They believed in me.”

Washburn earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Indiana University in 1972 and later joined the Indiana National Guard as a 2nd Lieutenant. She spent the majority of her early career serving in various roles within the 738th Maintenance Battalion, 38th Infantry Division, and Joint Forces Headquarters in Indianapolis. She currently serves as the assistant adjutant general.

When asked about how she feels about her role as a role model for other women in the National Guard and the local com-munity, Washburn said, “I never saw myself as a role model for strictly women. All Soldiers are the same regardless of their gen-der. To me they are just Soldiers. The opportunities are out there for people, just like they were for me, and anyone can reach their goal with the proper amount of hard work and determination.”

Women are drawn to Washburn as a mentor and as a leader. While holding down a fulltime job at Allison Transmission, she forged a career for herself in the Indiana Army National Guard while pursuing a master’s degree in management. Her success has been the result of years of hard work and service to her nation and the State of Indiana.

Indiana’s Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger, is proud of the accomplishments that Brig. Gen. Washburn has made, and calls for others to look to her good example.

In closing, Washburn attributed her many accomplishments to one simple Army philosophy, “Be. Know. Do.”

National Guard Soldier places in biathlon

Photos by Sgt. Matthew Scotten Indiana National Guard

Sgt. Erin E. Emminger, Indianapolis na-tive and Medical NCO for 76th Brigade

Special Troops Battalion was presented with a silver medal by Adjutant General,

Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger of the Indiana National Guard after placing 2nd place at the Chief, National Guard Bureau Biathlon National Championship March 7, 2010.

Emminger is the first female and the first Indiana Soldier to ever place in the competition.

Sgt. Emminger shows her .22 rifle and the crosscountry skis she used in the CNGB Biathalon to Maj. Gen. Umbarger just before he presented her the Biathalon silver medal.


A look backA look back

Members of the famed Delta Company, 151st Infantry, Indiana National Guard,

traveled back to Vietnam to revisit the country and the people that had shaped their lives almost forty years earlier.

Story and interviews by Sgt. 1st Class Zita Moore, Historian, Indiana National Guard

It was late August, 1969, Sgt. William

“Billy” Waters of Company D (Ranger), 151st Infantry,

Indiana National Guard, left Vietnam – for good. He had been

there since December 1968 conduct-ing Ranger missions into enemy territory in the Army’s III Corps area. Among the members of his team was a young man of slight build, simply called Thao. He was a Chieu Hoi Scout, and his full name was Dang Van Thao.

Chieu Hoi Scouts were North Viet-namese or Viet Cong soldiers that were either captured or surrendered, and turned their allegiance to South Vietnam. Company D (Ranger), 151st Infantry was stationed adjacent to Bien Hoa Air Base, one of four regional Chieu Hoi centers.

The Chieu Hoi Scouts, also nick-named “Kit Carson Scouts,” became part of a Ranger team. They went on missions armed to the teeth like everyone else.

If captured by the North, they would be executed for treason. Betray the team, and, well…So they were pretty reliable, though some unit members, like Billy Waters’ cousin, David Waters, “didn’t trust them.”

Billy Waters says of his scout, “I was fortunate enough to have one assigned to me that was dependable, trustworthy, and just a good scout. Could read sign real well in the jungle.”

Waters took Thao on many missions, but this time, on that steamy day in 1969, he had to leave Thao behind.

Billy was going back to the States to start school. “He kept telling me, ‘Bill Waters, you go back to America, me fini army, me not go to field no more.’ And I assumed that was so much [crap] because I figured they’d force him to.

“From what I understand he didn’t stick around long… he left the Chieu Hoi

Scout program. But then they drafted him to the ARVNs, the South Vietnamese Army, and forced him into combat. But he wasn’t with the Ranger unit any more.”

Delta company arrived back home in Indiana to a hero’s welcome at Tyndall Armory.

The men went on with their lives, wrestling with the physical and emotional scars of the war. Billy Waters returned to his family and went back to work at Whirlpool in Evansville, Ind.

He thought about Thao often, and on April 29, 1975, when Americans were evacuated from Saigon, Waters feared the worst. “I figured reprisals were the norm when Saigon fell and the US pulled out,” Waters wrote in an email. “I figured all those people that was involved in that Chieu Hoi program were summarily executed just because they were probably considered traitors.”

James Bohanan, also of Comapny D relayed, “I read where all the the Chieu Hoi Scout records were captured in tact and it was up to their old company commanders to administer the punishment, and it could be execution.”

It was sadly assumed by the Indiana Rangers that none of them survived the fall of Saigon…or did they?

Fast forward 38 years – past space lab, Desert Storm, cell phones, and God Bless the internet! Darell Holder, another D/151 veteran, received an email through www.ranger151.com. It was Ken Horsfall in New Zealand who made the initial contact with him. According to Darrell, Ken’s wife is Cambodian and Vietnamese. “I think her nephew is married to Thao’s daughter or somehow somebody’s dog ran through somebody else’s back yard, .. they’re related distantly.”

Bill Waters continued. “Thao ap-proached this Ken Horsfall to see if he could help him get in touch with me and he gave

him enough information - ‘Bill Waters’ - and had the company numbers right. I’m really surprised that he remembered me after 40 years, after all the crap that he’s been through, and figure that he was still thinking of me! It really got to me … made me emotional. That he could remember me without all the worry. I worried about him being dead. He wasn’t worried about some regime knocking me off in America.”

Horsfall’s search led him to Holder, who contacted Dave Waters, who gave him Billy Water’s phone number.

Waters and Thao communicated through Horsfall’s wife via emails, and then by telephone. Once Larry Rhodes, D/151st, found out about Thao being alive, he got excited. “I sent my email to Larry and he fired back to me, ‘When you want to go! When you ready to leave?!’ I said, ‘as soon as I get a passport and a visa!’”

Rhodes contacted James Bohanan, another unit member, “I knew Bohanan wanted to go back. He was one of the guys who said he would and he’s an easy-to-travel guy because he’s retired. So I called him too, and he says, ‘yeah, I’m on board.’”

After a long flight filled with what Waters described as “thoughts in the back of your mind that when you sent off for a visa you might have been red flagged on one of their lists, and … ‘Oh yeah, let this sucker back in the country,’” the trio arrived at Tan Son Nhat Airport.

“We were a little bit fearful of what might happen. We weren’t armed, we weren’t young anymore. Our fears were quickly set aside immediately on arrival at Ton Son Nhat,” added Rhodes. Bohanan, a commercial pilot, really didn’t have any reservations as he had already travelled extensively.

The three spent the first night at the hotel with plans to find Thao after breakfast the next morning. “Well, we got there late afternoon I forget what day it was, the 15th


A look back

or something. We tooled around Saigon a bit then went to bed. In the morning we got up and went to breakfast, when we got back there they all were in the lobby of the hotel. It was an overwhelming feeling of joy…. Just… an awesome feeling.” They had to get a large van to go back to Thao’s house.

“They had put on a spread for us. Fried Chicken of some sorts and lots of veggies, beer and Whiskey. It was, fantastic, and it’s funny how well you can communicate when you can’t speak the same language. We had a couple of buffers in there that could speak English - Ken and his wife.

“I don’t know why, but all what little language I knew all came back to me and I could talk to him in the broken pigeon-type-French-Vietnamese-English conglomeration we’d use. Titi and Buchu - I don’t know where those terms come from, Buchu is French but I don’t know what the hell Titi is.

“It means ‘small.’ And the same thing with Thao, terms and words we could com-municate. He would laugh sometimes when I would come up with some word and he’d go, ‘Oh! You remember!’”

The trio was able to spend about nine or ten days with Thao and his family, “We didn’t spend all the time in the village that Thao lived in. We went down to Cu Chi and Thao went with us. It was Jim, Larry, Me and Thao. We went down the Mekong Delta, we took Thao with us.

“You know he was with us the whole time. …. But he was always anxious to get us back to his house and to his family. It’s amazing the warmth and the feeling… you know you saw the family and saw how close they were, how loving and nurturing and how they accepted us.

“I mean they run up to us to hug us as soon as we got there. But the whole ....population is like that! Always smiling and waving at us.

“Holding up that peace sign, I don’t know if they even mean that by the peace sign anymore, it’s just a salutation,…., you know, ‘Hey!’ Just a warm feeling the whole time I was over there. But I forgot how darned HOT it was over there. Sheeze! Well, we was sweatin’ the whole time!”

Among the now peaceful jaunts around the country, Waters and Thao made frequent trips into Saigon looking for a man named Hue (pronounced hway). He was Bohanan’s Chieu Hoi scout, and he, too, was still alive. Once Hue was found, the five of them got together, though Hue seemed a bit reserved and taken aback.

“I really don’t think he knew who I was. He used to call me ‘Bohan’, not Bohanan and finally I said, ‘Bohan!’ and he looked back up and he finally recognized me. After that there was a definite change in his demeanor.”

When asked how the trip affected them, their answers were all similar. Waters said, “It just opened my eyes, these people are such good people, why were we ever fighting them? Oh yeah, we was fighting communism, and now they’re communist. I think they’re better for it. I really do.

“I felt without us over there they need some really strict, structured government to come in and get things organized.

“And evidently it was a little bit over-board but the past ten years or so they’ve allowed commercialism, and people can own their own homes, they seem to be flourishing. I was very impressed with it.”

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Background narrative courtesy of National Guard Bureau:

On May 13, 1968, more than12,200 Army National Guardsmen in 20 units from 17 states were mobilized for service during the Vietnam War.

Eight units deployed to Vietnam and over 7,000 Army Guardsmen served in the war zone.

Company D (Ranger), 151st Infantry, Indiana Army National Guard arrived in Vietnam in December 1968.

As part of the II Field Force, the Indiana Rangers were assigned recon-naissance and intelligence-gathering missions.

Operating deep in enemy territory, Ranger patrols engaged enemy units while conducting raids, ambushes and surveillance missions.

“Delta Company” achieved an impressive combat record during its tour in Vietnam; unit members were awarded 510 medals for valor and service.

The gallant record of Company D, 151st Infantry, symbolizes the Army National Guard’s performance in Vietnam.

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Photos:

2nd photo from left: James Bohanan, 1968; AP.

3rd photo from left: Bill Waters, 1968; courtesy of Bill Waters

3rd photo from right: Larry Rhodes, 1969: courtesy of Larry Rhodes

2nd photo from right: Dang Van Thao, 1968; courtesy of Bill Walters

right photo: L-R Bill Walters, Thao, James Bohanan, Hue, 2009; courtesy of Larry Rhodes

Original artwork represented in photo, top left and below: “Indiana Rangers: The Army Guard in Vietnam,” by Mort Kunstler. Photo courtesy of National Guard Bureau.


HomecomingsSince the middle of January, we have welcomed home the Co F, 3-238th; 1613th;1313th; 177th FMD; 2-150 FA FWD 3 Fires Team; Co A 2-151 ; and Co B 2-151


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People abuse substances such as drugs, alcohol, and tobacco for varied and complicated reasons, but it is clear that our society

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Abused substances produce some form of intoxication that alters judgment, perception, attention, or physical control.

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Substance abuse and its effect on service members is a high priority, high visibility issue within the military high command.

Programs for education, prevention and treatment are available to service members, including a self-referral program.

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Did you know that for years, the Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’

Children’s Home was situated on a beautiful site in Knightstown?

The grounds will be the new location of the Hoosier Youth ChalleNGe Academy,

which moves to the facility in July.

The radio station, WKPW, which has operated from the ISSCH for more than

20 years has moved to the Knightstown High School, and is still

operating under its call sign and radio frequency, 90.7.

Congratulations to Mike York, the WKPW Program Manager, and all the students who have benefitted from his

program thus far, and those who are yet to study with him.

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The Ceremonial Unit of the Indiana National Guard

Information contributed by Col. Ross Waltemath and Master Sgt. Eric Anderson

The organization date of one of the Indiana National Guard’s premier institutions was Sunday, 7 April 1974, when a contingent of 10 officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men departed for Fort Myer, Va., for six days of intensive training with the Army’s elite 3d Infantry Regiment, the “Old Guard.” Training consisted of 8-to-10-hour daily sessions in all phases of proper rendering of honors, ceremonies, salutes, escorts, and horsemanship.

Certificates of ceremonial proficiency were issued to all ten members.

Upon returning to Indiana, the cadre had no trouble getting volunteers for the unit. By-the-book identical training was given then, and today, to all new members. It has grown in size, and throughout has been comprised of trained volunteer men and women.

The MDI Ceremonial Unit received the designation “Sister Unit of the Old Guard” – the only unit ever so honored.

In 1986 the Indiana General Assembly formally recognized the Ceremonial Unit by amendment to the Indiana Code, making it a distinctive but integral part of the Military Department of Indiana.

The Ceremonial Unit conducts Military

Funeral Honors for Indiana National Guard Soldiers and provides Ceremonial Support for the Governor, Community Events, and Memorials.

Next to the 3d Infantry itself, no other similar unit can match the MDI unit in professionalism and adherence to the strict rules of performance, custom, and military tradition. It is an institution in which every Hoosier, military or civilian, can be proud.

In Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008, the Ceremonial Unit provided support to 56 funerals, 43 parades with Mounted Color Guard, and 100 events with Color Team or other support (Rifle Team, Protocol, Caisson, etc.) Remaining a high visibility resource for the Indiana National Guard, the Ceremonial Unit again expanded its mission completion numbers for Fiscal Year 2009. During that time, the unit provided 38 funerals (12 with Caisson), 25 parades with Mounted Color Guard, and 41 other events with Color Teams, Rifle Teams, Protocol, Caisson, etc.

In April of this year, the Ceremonial Unit trained again with the Old Guard, this time in Indiana. Not only did that training reassure the unit that its members were providing superior service, but it reassured the Old guard that its standards were being well addressed.

As a note to our lovers of all things equine, Pete (left) and Bob, photo inset, two of the beautiful Percherons used to pull the cais-son and for Mounted Color Guards, were retired in March of this year after more than 10 years of service to the Indiana Guard. They are both in their mid 20’s and wonderful homes were found for them.

Photo top: The storied Old Guard, responsible for guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery and conducting funeral honors for heads of state, traveled to Indiana in April 2010. The Old Guard provided sustainment training for the Indiana Guard’s ceremonial unit at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis. The Indiana National Guard provides comparable services as the only National Guard in the country with a caisson platoon. Photo by Staff Sgt. Les Newport, Indiana National Guard


Role players at Muscatatuck and the civilians involved in the Civ-Mil training take their jobs very seriously. Knowing the culture and understanding the way of life is paramount in safety and job performance when deployed. Here, a typical market street is depicted by the training staff and actors. Original photos by Sgt. Matthew Scotten, Indiana National Guard. Image design, S. Hawver, Public Affairs, Indiana National Guard

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