IMCOM World News 11 March 2011

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Te weekly e-newsletter or those serving Soldiers, Civilians and Families at U.S. Army Garrisons around the world

http://www.army.mil/imcom Vol. 5, No. 10 Mar. 11, 2011

See BURNS, Page 3 See OLYMPICS, Page 2

11 sustainable solutions for installations

Staying Army strong: Littlest SoldierPolar Fest smashes attendance record

U. S. Army installations requently ocuson improving energy e ciency, water usageand waste management practices in an e ort to

FOR POLK, La. (March 7, 2011) - A 9-year-old boy arrived Feb. 26, with his ather to the

Chateau du Bon Reve...

WES POIN , N.Y. (March 2, 2011) - TeWest Point community turned out in record num-

bers Feb. 26 during the 2011...

become more sustainable to meet uture military mission requirements. Although all Army gar-risons will develop their own...

Survivor Outreach ServicesARLING ON, Va. - I commanded the

3rd In antry Division out o Fort Stewart apart o the surge in Iraq in 2007-8. Duringthat time, 153 Soldiers died in combat,in a place on the battle eld where I put

them. I pray or those Soldiers and theirFamilies every day. Teir loss is somethingI have to live with. For any leader, the losso a Soldier hits hard. But the loss thatSurvivors experience is magnitudes deeperand wider, because they have lost not justa Soldier, but a riend, a son or daughter, ahusband or wi e, a ather or mother.

When I visit installations, I meet withthose who have lost loved ones on activeduty. I make sure to talk with Survivors ortwo reasons. One reason is that now, as thecommander o Installation ManagementCommand, I need to...

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Vol. 5, No. 10 Mar. 11, 2011 Page 2

Olympic hopeful breaks personal-best markJOIN BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -

Whats the di erence between being good andbeing great? According to some, raw talent isnt

enough. You also have to want it.Maj. Mike Mai, commander o the 9th Fina

cial Management Company...

WIESBADEN, Germany - Te Army may tout its Noncommissioned O cer Corps, but thegarrison is equally proud o its backbone, - thecivilian work orce - according...

REDS ONE ARSENAL, Ala. - Teres a lot o dirt work going on near Gate 9 these days.

And theres much more to...

FOR JACKSON, S.C. - Te Directorate o Public Works Wildli e O ce and Family andMorale, Wel are and Recreation have high hopthat new housing on Semmes...

OBYHANNA ARMY DEPO , PA. - Teconstruction o a high-tech igloo marked the nstep in new workload...

Honored or hundreds o years o service

Digging up dirt or post growth

Martins get new Semmes Lake h

Depot raises radome on Powder

IMCOM World NewsPublished by:U.S. Army Installation Management Command

Commanding General:Lt. Gen. Rick LynchPublic A airs & StratComm Director:Mike Thiem

IMCOM World News StaffPublic Affairs & Strategic Communications Directorate

Managing Editor:R. Slade WaltersLayout Editor:Luke Elliott and Shayna BroukerWeb:Neal SnyderVideo:Keith Smith

This o fcial U.S. Army electronic publication is published weeklyunder the supervision o the U.S. Army Installation Management Command Public A airs & Strategic Communications Directorateto provide the U.S. Army Installation Management Community,which is made up o Soldiers and Civilian employees o the U.S.Army O fce o the Assistant Chie o Sta o the Army or InstallationManagement (OACSIM); the U.S. Army Installation Management

Command (IMCOM); the U.S. Army Family and Morale, Wel are andRecreation Command (FMWRC); and the U.S. Army EnvironmentalCommand (USAEC), with in ormation on people, policies, operations,developments, trends and ideas o and about the InstallationManagement Community. Contents o the IMCOM World Newsare not necessarily the o fcial views o , or endorsed by, the U.S.Government, Department o De ense, the Department o the Army.Any editorial content in this electronic publication or linked rom thiselectronic publication is the responsibility o the IMCOM Public A airs& Strategic Communications Directorate and the specifc region orgarrison public a airs o fce where the content originated. Unlessotherwise indicated (and except or by permission and copyright items), material may be reprinted provided credit is given to theoriginating garrison, author and/or photographer. All photographsby U.S. Army unless otherwise credited. Submissions o garrison-related articles published to army.mil by garrison public a airs o fces

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Prescribed burns under way

Fort Bragg MPs work to reclaim streets

Arsenal welders bring new heat

Cottonmouths coach talks hockey

Nashville connection

Fish and Wildli e get new digs

Schmitt makes frst visit to Fort G

Culinary arts competition: Art o

FOR BENNING, Ga. - Te Environmen-tal Management Divisions Land ManagementBranch is ghting re with re - literally.

FOR BRAGG, N.C. - On Friday, the FortBragg military police were responsible or 99tra c citations, three towed vehicles, three ap-prehensions or possession o marijuana andSpice in Linden Oaks housing area and two moreapprehensions or possession o Spice at the All-

American Expressway.

WA ERVLIE ARSENAL, N.Y. - Are Arsenalwelders working on a new product line? Well,kind o . Te Arsenal recently...

FOR BENNING, Ga. - Jerome Boom BoomBechard has been the ace o hockey in Columbus

or 15 years.On Wednesday, the Columbus Cottonmouths

head coach and general manager spoke to a groupo middle and high school students about perse-

verance and chasing dreams...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - El- vis was in the building, along with Garth Brooks,Johnny Cash, Carrie...

WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii - Tare many unique animal species residing on theisland o Oahu such as the...

FOR GREELY, Alaska - IMCOM Paci cRegions command sergeant...

FOR LEE, Va. (March 8, 2011) - Te 36thAnnual Culinary Arts...

Te Directorate o Public Works agency hasignited its annual round o prescribed burns inpost training areas. Teyre...

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Vol. 5, No. 10 Mar. 11, 2011 Page 4

IN THE PREExternal Media Rep

FOR HUACHUCA, Ariz. - Afer aseven-year hiatus, the Joint Interoperability Con erence will resume in March.

Te last con erence the 14th washeld in 2004 and this years will be the 15thLt. Col. Allen Bravenec said.

Tis years subject is In ormationDominance Trough...

Shes been at work just a couple o hoursand Certi ed Nurse Midwi e, MercedesButitta tells o multiple babies born this dayat Fort Carsons, Evans Army Hospital. Shesays, Were all working on it. Weve hadtwo since I got here.

Te thousands o soldiers assigned tothe post keep the...

Nine Kansas State University Army RO C cadets and two aculty membershosted a luncheon recently with Lt. Gen.Rick Lynch, commanding general o theU.S Army Installation Management Com-mand, Washington, D.C., and his wi e,Sarah.

Te cadets had the...

FOR BELVOIR, Va. - Command Sgt.Maj. Charles Durr, Installation Manage-ment Command, Northeast and Southeastregions, visited Fort Belvoir Feb. 24 or atour o post barracks and a discussion withsenior NCOs over lunch at the north post

dining acility.

While new construction continues at alightning pace across Fort Bliss, many o the posts older buildings arent being lefbehind.

A major component o the posts goalto reach energy independence by 2015 isimproving the e ciency o all o its existinbarracks, o ces and...

Interoperability con erence re

Fort Carson baby boom

ROTC cadets meet with LTG

Regional CSM makes stop at B

Bliss looks at energy makeove

Facility opens or combatives trainingWatervliet Arsenal graduates

Fort Bragg town hall addresses concernsJBLM contracting program recognition

Driving home li e lessons with gol Simulator shows e ects o alcohol

DINFOS Airmen land renovated barracksFort Sam begins ueling Soldier athletes

Students help Fort Braggs animals Leaking, vibrating boxes cost community

Practice response to active shooter Construction o band building marches on

FOR CARSON, Colo. - A ribbon-cuttingceremony was held Wednesday at Pershing Fieldto commemorate the o cial opening o the Com-batives Outdoor Physical Fitness raining Facility.

Te training acility, re erred to as Te Pit,consists o a 2,500 square oot overhead shelterthat protects Soldiers rom the...

WA ERVLIE ARSENAL, N.Y. - Afer ouryears o schooling and 8,000 hours o hands-ontraining, the Arsenal graduated 11 members o the Arsenal Apprenticeship Program in a recentceremony conducted here. Since 1905, some o the nest machinists in the country have beenhomegrown rom this program...

FOR BRAGG, N.C. - Te Army Family Action Plan is a program that allows service-members and their Families to bring issues to theattention o leadership and work together or thelikely resolution o those issues.

More than 100 people attended the quarterly town hall meeting Feb. 23 at...

Joint Base Lewis-McChord has received na-tional recognition rom the AbilityOne Program

or its role in contracting with nonpro t agenciesthat employ signi cantly disabled people.

Te Mission and Installation ContractingCommand Director Pamela Munoz will acceptthe 2010 AbilityOne/National...

Te school week might have been over, butFeb. 26, rom 9:30 until 11 a.m., First ee o At-lanta (First ee) turned the gol ng greens on TeCommons at Fort McPherson into a classroom

or 29 children seeking to learn more about thesport.

In partnership with the...

FOR RUCKER, Ala. - Community memberscan experience what it is like to drive drunk with-out the inherent risks involved next week whenthe Save A Li e our visits the post March 9-11.

SAL has been in existence or more than veyears, but the drunk-driving simulation programis making its rst visit to Fort...

FOR GEORGE G. MEADE, Md., - For twoyears, the Airmen rom the Air Force StudentDetachment hung their hats at the Freedom Cen-ter because their old barracks were closed due tomaintenance problems.

Te students lived in the building with servicemembers rom other...

FOR SAM HOUS ON, exas - Since itsinception the Army has prided itsel on trans-

orming everyday civilians into Army StrongSoldiers. Now it seeks to trans orm its Soldiersinto something more: Soldier Athletes.

Faced with the intense physical demands o ongoing deployments and the...

FOR BRAGG, N.C. - First graders at DeversElementary School got the chance to help some o the animals awaiting new homes at the Fort BraggAnimal Shelter during a learning experience Feb.17.

Te students got to meet Elmer, a dog who hasbeen a long-term resident at...

S U GAR , Germany - A vibrating box,a leaking solution and a loose powder all signaldanger in a mail room. Yet, all three were oundat the Stuttgart Army Air eld mail distributionnode during the week o Feb. 14.

German and American emergency respondersinvestigated the three...

S U GAR , Germany - When an activeshooter situation occurs, witnesses must actquickly to protect themselves and others.

Knowing and understanding how to prevent,prepare, respond to and recover rom potentialhazards can save lives.

Te most publicized active shooter incidentshave been Columbine High School (1999), Vir-ginia ech (2007), and Fort Hood (2009).

Te most recent active shooter event in theStuttgart area occurred in 2009 in Albertville

echnical High School in...

FOR BRAGG, N.C. (March 6, 2011) - Wewant to ensure the band members are getting theright kind o acility because we love these guys,said Maj. Gen. odd . Semonite, commander o the South Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps o Engineers, during a recent inspection tour o theArmy Forces Commands Army Ground ForcesBands new training acility under constructionhere.

All o us have seen with bands over the yearsthat not only do they carry the traditions and the

esprit o the Army, but they...

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