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11, 2011

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11 sustainable solutions for installations
ARLINGTON, Va. - I commanded the
U. S. Army installations frequently focus become more sustainable to meet future military 3rd Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart as
on improving energy efficiency, water usage mission requirements. Although all Army gar- part of the surge in Iraq in 2007-8. During
and waste management practices in an effort to risons will develop their own... Read more... that time, 153 Soldiers died in combat,
in a place on the battlefield where I put
them. I pray for those Soldiers and their
Families every day. Their loss is something
I have to live with. For any leader, the loss
of a Soldier hits hard. But the loss that
Survivors experience is magnitudes deeper
and wider, because they have lost not just
a Soldier, but a friend, a son or daughter, a
husband or wife, a father or mother.
When I visit installations, I meet with
those who have lost loved ones on active
duty. I make sure to talk with Survivors for
Staying Army strong: Littlest Soldier Polar Fest smashes attendance record two reasons. One reason is that now, as the
FORT POLK, La. (March 7, 2011) - A 9-year- WEST POINT, N.Y. (March 2, 2011) - The commander of Installation Management
old boy arrived Feb. 26, with his father to the West Point community turned out in record num- Command, I need to... Read more...
Chateau du Bon Reve... Read more... bers Feb. 26 during the 2011... Read more...
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IMCOM World News


Published by:
U.S. Army Installation Management Command
Commanding General: Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch
Public Affairs & StratComm Director: Mike Thiem

IMCOM World News Staff


Public Affairs & Strategic Communications Directorate
Managing Editor: R. Slade Walters
Layout Editor: Luke Elliott and Shayna Brouker
Web: Neal Snyder
Video: Keith Smith

This official U.S. Army electronic publication is published weekly


under the supervision of the U.S. Army Installation Management
Command Public Affairs & Strategic Communications Directorate
to provide the U.S. Army Installation Management Community,
which is made up of Soldiers and Civilian employees of the U.S.
Army Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff of the Army for Installation
Management (OACSIM); the U.S. Army Installation Management
Command (IMCOM); the U.S. Army Family and Morale, Welfare and
Recreation Command (FMWRC); and the U.S. Army Environmental
Command (USAEC), with information on people, policies, operations,
developments, trends and ideas of and about the Installation
Management Community. Contents of the IMCOM World News
are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Olympic hopeful breaks personal-best mark
Government, Department of Defense, the Department of the Army.
Any editorial content in this electronic publication or linked from this JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - enough. You also have to want it.
electronic publication is the responsibility of the IMCOM Public Affairs What’s the difference between being good and Maj. Mike Mai, commander of the 9th Finan-
& Strategic Communications Directorate and the specific region or being great? According to some, raw talent isn’t cial Management Company... Read more...
garrison public affairs office where the content originated. Unless
otherwise indicated (and except for “by permission” and copyright
items), material may be reprinted provided credit is given to the
originating garrison, author and/or photographer. All photographs
by U.S. Army unless otherwise credited. Submissions of garrison-
related articles published to army.mil by garrison public affairs offices
are invited.

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Honored for hundreds of years of service Martins get new Semmes Lake home
IMCOMWorldNews@conus.army.mil WIESBADEN, Germany - The Army may FORT JACKSON, S.C. - The Directorate of
(210) 424-8153 tout its Noncommissioned Officer Corps, but the Public Works Wildlife Office and Family and
garrison is equally proud of its “backbone,” - the Morale, Welfare and Recreation have high hopes
http://www.army.mil/imcom civilian workforce - according... Read more... that new housing on Semmes... Read more...

Digging up dirt for post growth Depot raises radome on Powder Smoke
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. - There’s a lot of TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, PA. - The
dirt work going on near Gate 9 these days. construction of a high-tech igloo marked the next
And there’s much more to... Read more... step in new workload... Read more...
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Culinary arts competition: Art of ice


FORT LEE, Va. (March 8, 2011) - The 36th
Annual Culinary Arts... Read more...

Prescribed burns under way


FORT BENNING, Ga. - The Environmen- The Directorate of Public Works agency has
tal Management Division’s Land Management ignited its annual round of prescribed burns in
Branch is fighting fire with fire - literally. post training areas. They’re... Read more...

Fish and Wildlife get new digs


WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii - There
are many unique animal species residing on the
island of Oahu such as the... Read more...
Arsenal welders bring new heat Nashville connection
WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y. - Are Arsenal ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - El-
welders working on a new product line? Well, vis was in the building, along with Garth Brooks,
kind of. The Arsenal recently... Read more... Johnny Cash, Carrie... Read more...

Fort Bragg MPs work to reclaim streets Cottonmouths coach talks hockey
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - On Friday, the Fort FORT BENNING, Ga. - Jerome “Boom Boom”
Bragg military police were responsible for 99 Bechard has been the face of hockey in Columbus
traffic citations, three towed vehicles, three ap- for 15 years.
prehensions for possession of marijuana and On Wednesday, the Columbus Cottonmouths
Spice in Linden Oaks housing area and two more head coach and general manager spoke to a group Schmitt makes first visit to Fort Greely
apprehensions for possession of Spice at the All- of middle and high school students about perse- FORT GREELY, Alaska - IMCOM Pacific
American Expressway. Read more... verance and chasing dreams... Read more... Region’s command sergeant... Read more...
Vol. 5, No. 10 • Mar. 11, 2011 • Page 4

Facility opens for combatives training Watervliet Arsenal graduates


FORT CARSON, Colo. - A ribbon-cutting
ceremony was held Wednesday at Pershing Field
to commemorate the official opening of the Com-
WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y. - After four
years of schooling and 8,000 hours of hands-on
training, the Arsenal graduated 11 members of
IN THE PRESS
batives Outdoor Physical Fitness Training Facility. the Arsenal Apprenticeship Program in a recent External Media Report
The training facility, referred to as “The Pit,” ceremony conducted here. Since 1905, some of
consists of a 2,500 square foot overhead shelter the finest machinists in the country have been Interoperability conference resumes
that protects Soldiers from the... Read more... homegrown from this program... Read more...
THE HERALD, MARCH 11
FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. - After a
seven-year hiatus, the Joint Interoperability
Fort Bragg town hall addresses concerns JBLM contracting program recognition Conference will resume in March.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - The Army Family Joint Base Lewis-McChord has received na- The last conference — the 14th — was
Action Plan is a program that allows service- tional recognition from the AbilityOne Program held in 2004 and this year’s will be the 15th,
members and their Families to bring issues to the for its role in contracting with nonprofit agencies Lt. Col. Allen Bravenec said.
attention of leadership and work together for the that employ significantly disabled people. This year’s subject is “Information
likely resolution of those issues. The Mission and Installation Contracting Dominance Through... Read more...
More than 100 people attended the quarterly Command Director Pamela Munoz will accept
town hall meeting Feb. 23 at... Read more... the 2010 AbilityOne/National... Read more...
Fort Carson baby boom
NEWS FIRST 5, MARCH 8
DINFOS Airmen land renovated barracks Fort Sam begins fueling Soldier athletes She’s been at work just a couple of hours
and Certified Nurse Midwife, Mercedes
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md., - For two FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Since its Butitta tells of multiple babies born this day
years, the Airmen from the Air Force Student inception the Army has prided itself on trans- at Fort Carson’s, Evans Army Hospital. She
Detachment hung their hats at the Freedom Cen- forming everyday civilians into Army Strong says, “We’re all working on it. We’ve had
ter because their old barracks were closed due to Soldiers. Now it seeks to transform its Soldiers two since I got here.”
maintenance problems. into something more: Soldier Athletes. The thousands of soldiers assigned to
The students lived in the building with service Faced with the intense physical demands of the post keep the... Read more...
members from other... Read more... ongoing deployments and the... Read more...

ROTC cadets meet with LTG Lynch


Driving home life lessons with golf Simulator shows effects of alcohol
MANHATTAN MERCURY, MARCH 7
The school week might have been over, but FORT RUCKER, Ala. - Community members Nine Kansas State University Army
Feb. 26, from 9:30 until 11 a.m., First Tee of At- can experience what it is like to drive drunk with- ROTC cadets and two faculty members
lanta (First Tee) turned the golfing greens on The out the inherent risks involved next week when hosted a luncheon recently with Lt. Gen.
Commons at Fort McPherson into a classroom the Save A Life Tour visits the post March 9-11. Rick Lynch, commanding general of the
for 29 children seeking to learn more about the SALT has been in existence for more than five U.S Army Installation Management Com-
sport. years, but the drunk-driving simulation program mand, Washington, D.C., and his wife,
In partnership with the... Read more... is making its first visit to Fort... Read more... Sarah.
The cadets had the... Read more...

Students help Fort Bragg’s animals Leaking, vibrating boxes cost community
Regional CSM makes stop at Belvoir
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - First graders at Devers STUTTGART, Germany - A vibrating box,
INSIDENOVA, MARCH 7
Elementary School got the chance to help some of a leaking solution and a loose powder all signal FORT BELVOIR, Va. - Command Sgt.
the animals awaiting new homes at the Fort Bragg “danger” in a mail room. Yet, all three were found Maj. Charles Durr, Installation Manage-
Animal Shelter during a learning experience Feb. at the Stuttgart Army Airfield mail distribution ment Command, Northeast and Southeast
17. node during the week of Feb. 14. regions, visited Fort Belvoir Feb. 24 for a
The students got to meet Elmer, a dog who has German and American emergency responders tour of post barracks and a discussion with
been a long-term resident at... Read more... investigated the three... Read more... senior NCOs over lunch at the north post
dining facility.
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Practice response to active shooter Construction of band building marches on
STUTTGART, Germany - When an active FORT BRAGG, N.C. (March 6, 2011) - “We
shooter situation occurs, witnesses must act want to ensure the band members are getting the Bliss looks at energy makeovers
quickly to protect themselves and others. right kind of facility because we love these guys,” EL PASO TIMES, MARCH 4
Knowing and understanding how to prevent, said Maj. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, commander of While new construction continues at a
prepare, respond to and recover from potential the South Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of lightning pace across Fort Bliss, many of
hazards can save lives. Engineers, during a recent inspection tour of the the post’s older buildings aren’t being left
The most publicized active shooter incidents Army Forces Command’s Army Ground Forces behind.
have been Columbine High School (1999), Vir- Band’s new training facility under construction A major component of the post’s goal
ginia Tech (2007), and Fort Hood (2009). here. to reach energy independence by 2015 is
The most recent active shooter event in the “All of us have seen with bands over the years improving the efficiency of all of its existing
Stuttgart area occurred in 2009 in Albertville that not only do they carry the traditions and the barracks, offices and... Read more...
Technical High School in... Read more... esprit of the Army, but they... Read more...

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