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Volume 5, Number 51 Published in the interest of the personnel at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri Thursday, December 18, 2003

J POst citizens react tocapture of HusseinBy Spc. Shatara BrownGUIDON staff

"We got him."Those three words, uttered by

Ambassador L. Paul Bremer at anews conference Sunday, rang outaround the world as news of thecapture of the U. S. Military'snumber one target for capturespread across the globe.

Members of the 4th InfantryDivision along with SpecialForces troops found former Iraqidictator, Saddam Hussein, duringa raid of an underground hideouton a farm in Ad Dawr, Iraq, southof Hussein's hometown of Tikrit,Saturday night (Iraq time).

News of the capture a variety ofreactions from military leaders,Soldiers and civilians at Fort

Leonard Wood. Some consideredit an early Christmas present.

"My initial reaction was one ofjoy," said Capt. Chris Gildon, 5thEngineer rear detachment com-mander. "This is a defining mo-ment in Iraqi history. It marks theend of an era of tyranny in Iraq."

Gildon's wife, Autumn Gildon,said she was relieved by the news.She said she hopes, as a result con-ditions will improve and be saferfor the Soldiers in Iraq.

She added, with Hussein's cap-ture, hopefully this will be the be-ginning of getting Iraq back on itsfeet and the concentration willnow come to rebuilding Iraq in-stead of the constant fighting.

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Photo by Staff Sgt.David Bennett

A member of the4th Infantry Divi-sion's 1stBrigade CombatTeam lifts a sty-rofoam lid cover-ing the holewhere formerIraqi PresidentSaddam Husseinwas discoveredhiding Saturdayin the village ofAd Dawr.

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Puic asked forcommensat LEC town hall meetigStory and Photoby Spc. Shatara BrownGUIDON staff

Fort Leonard Wood residentsgot their first opportunity to askquestions directly of LawEnforcement Command (LEC)officials Tuesday night when LECheld its first town hall meeting.

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'acy Thiorsen speaks up durthe Law Enforcement Commatown hall meeting Tuesday.

members, spouses and civilianscamne to voice their concerns,comments and questions aboutthe law enforcement's communi-ty service and other issues.

"This is a chance for us to getfeedback from the communitywhether it is positive or negative,"said Lt. Col. Charles Williams,LEC commander.

Williams said it was a good op-portunity for officials to

S learn what the commu-nity's concerns are be-cause not everyone's is-

Ssues are known to them.He added that the

members of the meetingpanel will do their bestto address the issuesthere, but if that wasn'tpossible, the officialswould discuss the mat-ter and come back withan answer as quickly as

°ing possible.nd James Thorsen

brought up the issue of

violent sexual assaults occurringon post.

He said many of the youngladies are afraid for their safetyand worry about what might hap-pen to them.

Williams said in the severalmonths he has been at FortLeonard Wood, there have beenno rapes reported associated withbreaking and entering.

He said the rape reports thathave been received involve in-stances where the victim knowsthe accused offender.

He added many of the housebreak-ins that have occurred onpost were committed by the samepeople, and the Criminal Investi-gation Command (CID) hascharged them.

Brittany West. a militaryspouse, said she has similarconcerns.

West said many of the otherspouses come to her to complain

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Brig. Gen. Stephen Curry,United States Army MilitaryPolice School commandant,Command Sgt. Maj. James Bar-rett, regimental commandsergeant major and others wel-

comrned the Military Police Del-egation of Kazakhstan to FortLeonard Wood, Dec. 10.

The Kazakhstan delegationcame to Fort Leonard Wood toget a firsthand look at how mil-itary police Soldiers are trainedduring basic combat training(BCT) and advanced individualtraining (AIT) and receive an

overview of the military policetraining facilities.

"Good morning," Currysaid. "I would like to welcomeyou to our schoolhouse wherewe train our privates, non-com-missioned officers - an im-portant key in the Army- and,

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Photo by Spc. Tremeshia Ellis

The dotted lineFort Leonard Wood officials and representatives

of American Eagle Communities Midwest LLC.sealed a multi-million dollar housing deal this weekwith the signing of a 50-year contract.

The deal promises to bring post housing into the21st century with new duplexes, single-family homeswith a variety of floor plans, community centers,clubhouses and swimming pools.

American Eagle will spend about $259 million tobuild 2,200 units over the next six years. The compa-ny will operate the properties and will be paid theSoldier's monthly housing allotment.

Pictured above are Maj. Gen. R. L. Van Antwerp, in-stallation commander, left, and Bill Armbruster,deputy assistant secretary of the Army,Privatization and Partnerships.

School boardvotes to modifyp troposed plan

District to build new school in 2005

By Katie HahnGUIDON staff

Waynesville School Districtsupporters of a proposed realign-ment plan received one of theirwishes Monday night.

During their regular session,members of the district's schoolboard voted to move WaynesvilleMiddle School students to the oldhigh school building, which willbe vacated this week, by the moveto the new high school built alongOld Highway 66.

All other students will remainat their current schools, maintain-ing the status quo.

In addition, the board voted tobuild a new elementary school inSt. Robert on an already acquired25 acres of land behind the St.Robert Municipal Center.

Ed Musgrove, WaynesvilleSchool District superintendent

said funding sources for the newelementary school will be deter-mined in June.

"We hope to have it complet-ed during the 2005-2006 schoolyear," Musgrove said.

Both decisions were met withapplause from those in attendanceat the meeting.

Parents and teachers wereasked to voice their opinions ofseveral proposed changes in thedistrict's structure on two differ-ent surveys they were provided inOctober and November.

At Monday's meeting, MikeDunbar, school board presidentexpressed gratitude to all in-volved in this process.

"Their comments were in-valuable to helping the boardreach a decision," Dunbar said.

The decision to only move the

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What was your initial reac-tion to Saddam Hussein'scapture?

By Spc. Shatara Brown

I was happy, ex-cited and ecstatic.Something shouldhave been done along time ago, so itis about time.'

Staff Sgt.Crealand Lockett

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'Saddam is like amodern-day Hitler,and I was relievedfor the Iraqi people.'

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'I was relieved. It'sgood to know thatlives were not lostfor nothing. This isnot the end of thewar, but hopefullythe end is not faraway. Maybe, every-one will get to comehome soon.'

Staff Sgt. Willie Sims2-10 Infantry Battalion

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Commentary

President reacts to Hussein's captureBy Donna MilesAmericn Forces Press Service

President Bush praised the"superb skill and precision by abrave fighting force" that led tothe 4th Infantry Division'sSaturday capture of former Iraqidictator Saddam Hussein. Bushsaid "this marks the end of theroad for him, and for all who bul-lied and killed in his name."

The President said in a tele-vised address Sunday thatSaddam's capture "was crucialto the rise of a free Iraq." He saidit sends the unequivocal messageto Baathist holdouts, blamed forcurrent violence in Iraq, that"there will be no return to thecorrupt power and privilege theyonce held."

He assured the Iraqi peoplethat "a dark and painful era in thehistory of Iraq is finally over,"and that Saddam's "torturechambers and the secret policeare gone forever."

"You will not have to fear therule of Saddam Hussein everagain," the president said. "Theformer dictator of Iraq will face

the justice he denied to millions."The President told the Iraqi

people, "The goals of our coali-tion are the same as your goals:sovereignty for your country,dignity for your great culture,and for every Iraqi citizen, theopportunity for a better life.

"A hopeful dclay has arrived,"he said. "All Iraqis can nowcome together and reject vio-lence and build a new Iraq."

The President called thesuccess of the mission that re-sulted in Saddam's capture -

Operation Red Dawn -- "a trib-ute to our men and women nowserving in Iraq." He credited thethe superb work of intelligenceanalysts who found the dictator'sfootprints in a vast country.

Bush said U.S. service mem-bers and their coalition allieshave faced many dangers. "Theirwork continues, and so do therisks," he said.

"Today, on behalf ofthe nation,I thank the members of our aimedforces, and I congratulate them."

While visibly happy about thenews, Bush warned the Americanpeople that Saddam's capture

White House photo by Eric DraperPresident George W. Bush speaks with British prime Min-ister Tony Blair durig a phone call in the Oval office, Sun-day morning shortly after hearing the news of the captureof Saddam Hussein.

does not mean the end of vio-lence in Iraq.

"We still face terrorists whowould rather go on killing the in-nocent than accept the rise of lib-erty in the heart of the MiddleEast," he said. "Such men are a di-rect threat to the American people,and they will be defeated."

Bush said the same strategythat led to Saddam's capture-"patience and resolve and fo-

cused action" - will continue todrive the coalition as it works to-ward its goals in Iraq.

"The war on terror is a differ-ent kind of war, waged captureby capture, cell by cell, and vic-tory by victory," Bush said. "Oursecurity is assured by our perse-verance and by our sure belief inthe success of liberty. And theUnited States of America willnot relent until this war is won.

New SMA proud of his Soldiers in IraqBy Sgt. 1st Class Marcia TriggsArmy News Service

Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Preston hadone regret when he found out that he was go-ing to be the 13th sergeant major of theArmy - he would have to pack up and leavehis troops in Iraq.

Preston, who served in a dual role as thecommand sergeant major of the Germany-based V Corps and the Combined Joint TaskForce 7 in Baghdad, said there's alwayssome reservation when you have to leave be-fore the rest of the team. "However, the goodnews is the Soldiers that I deployed therewith will be going home within the next 30to 45 days," he said during a radio interviewwith Soldiers Radio and Television, Dec. 12.

Soldiers from V Corps Headquarters andits separate brigades will start leaving inJanuary, and the transfer of authority to the3rd Corps Headquarters will take place on oraround Feb. 1, Preston said.

From fall of 2002 to just recently, Prestonhas spent most of his time in either Kuwait orIraq involved in training or real world missions.

"I really feel like we are winning this war,and making tremendous contributions to thecountry and the people of Iraq," Preston said.

There are 34 countries with Soldiers serv-ing in Operation Iraqi Freedom and each unitor division has a separate mission, Prestonsaid. More than 1,500 foot patrols take place

on the streets everyday by Iraqi and Coalitionforces, he said. There are a handful of attackson our Soldiers everyday, but more and moreof the thugs who commit those crimes arebeing captured or killed, he added.

An example of the progress Coalitionforces are making is the 84 police stations inBaghdad. Soldiers taught the Iraqis how totake complaints from local citizens, then fol-low-up by going to the crime scene or sceneof the accident and investigating the com-plaint from start to finish. That was some-thing that they had never done, he said. Nowthe Coalition forces have handed 34 of thosestations over to the Iraqis to operate.

Coalition forces are also handing over se-curity responsibilities to civilian authorities,Preston said. Even in the areas west ofBaghdad, which historically have beenhome to supporters of the old regime, the82nd Airborne Division has done a magnifi-cent job over the last several months at hand-ing different portions of security over to thelocal people, he said.

One marvelous sight Preston recalled see-ing was a mural of the Army Values paintedon the wall of an elementary school inKirkuk. "On the wall you see a fourth-gradedefinition of the Army Values," Preston said,"written in English and Arabic. It shows thevalues of our society and what we're tryingto give them back."

Preston is currently working out of an

Photo by Spc. Bill PutnamCommand Sgt. Maj. Kennet Prestonresponds to a question from"Sergeant's Time" host Staff Sgt.Mike Lavigne.

office in Arlington, Va., preparing for histransition to becoming the sergeant major ofthe Army Jan. 15. However, before CorpsSoldiers pack up and head back home, Pre-ston will see them once again when he trav-els overseas with Sgt. Maj. of the Army JackTilley.

(Editor's note: The interview withCommand Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Preston, theCJTF-7 CSM, will be aired on Sergeant'sTime at SoldiersRadio.com)

Deployed Soldier take leave, surprises wife, sonsQ Husband says slow pace at home hard to handle

Keeping the Home Fires Burn-ing is an ongoing series chroni-cling the struggles and triumphsof spouses of deployedSoldiers. Katie Hyatt isthe wife of Sgt. Joe Hy-att who deployed with

the 5th Engineer Battal-ion in April. The couplehave three sons, Dillan,6; Blake, 4; and John, 3.

By Katie HyattSpecial to GUIDON

Hi everyone. Myhusband told me on thephone that he was going

to be on a convoy for three daysstarting last Thursday.

By Saturday I was pacingaround. I was edgy and reallyantsy. I could not believe he hadnot returned. By Sunday morn-ing, I was crying.

Not being able to talk to himbugged me more than I thought itwould.

Well, about 3 o'clock Sundayafternoon, Joe surprised us andshowed up on our doorstep.

I ran outside to meet him, butthe boys got there first.

The boys would not stop talk-ing. They wouldn't let us get aword in for the first few days.

Joe does not know what to dowith himself. He's pacing around

wanting to do things, but doesn'tknow what he wants to do.

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here anymore. It was aweird feeling for me.

I forgot a lot of thelittle things that used tobug me. For example, hegets in the shower whenI'm ready to put on mymake-up. How can I putmake up on when the

mirror is getting all foggy?But, it is nice having Joe

home. We are all in better moods.The boys want their dad foreverything. Every time Joe isgone for any length of time theykeep asking where he is.

He's been taking them outwith him when he can to give mea break.

Yes, I'm talking mostly aboutthe superficial stuff. It seems likehe hasn't been home very muchsince he's been back becausehe's had to go in to work.

Some things won't change Iguess - Joe and work.

The kids and I have been sick.This is awful, Joe comes homeand we all get sick.

He leaves to go back Mondayso this is the last week he is goingto be home. I'm probably overre-acting to a lot of stuff because Iknow he has to leave again. In-stead of enjoying the time we

have together, I seem to becounting down the days anddreading the time he'll have toleave. I'm glad I got to see him.

In this second week of hisleave, the boys are acting the waythey do toward me so Joe seeswhat it's been like.

We are going to celebrate anearly Christmas. I didn't know hewas going to be home so soon soI put the tree up a couple of daysbefore. It was awful.

I never realized how manythings I didn't know how to do. Ittook me four hours to do it andthen 4-year-old Blake had toshow me how. I was amazed andembarrassed at the same time.

This has been a hard columnto write because my feelings arestill bouncing around.

After Joe is gone again andI have time to sort everythingout, I'm sure my thinking willbe clearer. Merry Christmaseveryone.

From Joe: OK, I guess itis time to hear something from me.

If you can't tell by now, I dothings my way, like showing upat home without letting anyoneknow. That's just me. But myway works best for me.

I wish I could say that thiswas a 'normal' leave. I call it aworking leave. I had a lot of stuff

I had to get done for the battalion.Stuff that can only be done hereand not in Iraq.

It is hard to do the job that Ido and jockey around my familylife. Katie has to put up with a lothaving me for an old man.

I take my job to heart. I haveto be the best that I can in what-ever I do - family, home andwork.

By the way, I know everyoneread about all the car troublesKatie was having. Well, she got aanother car.

As for being home, it is great,but it is hard to go from goingwide open all the time to doingnothing in one day. It was reallyhard. There was a lot that I want-ed to do, just did not know whatto do first.

Now, I am faced with goingback which is really hard, but itshould be over soon - I hope.

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Safety alert messageWatch those candlesInstallation Management Agency, Northwest Region

Two years in a row, a candle leftunattended has caused substantial firedamage in housing on a NorthwestRegion installation.

Candles are all the rage these days.Many people light candles for roman-tic atmosphere, aromatherapy androom freshening. As candlepopularity has risen, home tfires caused by unattended ,candles have almost tripledover the last decade. While check-ing on the candles in your home, keepthese facts in mind:

U Almost half of home candle fires start inthe bedroom. When people use candles in thebedroom, they could fall asleep and expose

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The Residential CommunitiesInitiative (RCI) Office is seek-ing a Field Grade Officer thatlives in on-post family housingto participate with the RCI teamin the development of the Com-munity Development Manage-ment Plan (CDMP) for the pri-vatization of family housing atFort Leonard Wood.

The selected volunteer will

be a member of the team in-volved in designing familyhousing and establishing familyhousing policies for quality oflife issues. The team will meetbetween January and June dur-ing duty hours. Volunteer par-ticipants will not be required toattend all meetings, but willneed to be flexible.

This opportunity is limited to

active duty personnel.Family members will also be

asked to participate in other fo-rums (resident advisory groups,listening posts and designcharettes).

Interested volunteers can sub-mit their names and phone num-bers on line at atztdpwrc@wood.army.mil or by calling theRCI Office at 573.596.0859.

President Bush's executive orderIn accordance with President George W.

Bush's Executive Order 11582 that all execu-tive branch departments and agencies of thefederal government shall be closed and theiremployees excused from duty Dec. 26, the dayafter Christmas Day, the U.S. Office of PersonnelManagement (OPM) has issued guidance on itsimplementation.

"The President's decision is in recognition ofthe hard work that federal civil servants do to sup-port this nation," said Kay Coles James, OPMdirector. "President Bush's action will give themmore time to spend with their loved ones and toreflect on the importance of family and tradition."

In keeping with past decisions regarding theholiday, and for reasons of national security, de-fense or other public need, the heads of executivebranch departments and agencies may determine

that certain offices and installations of their orga-nizations must remain open and that certain em-ployees must report for duty Dec. 26. Earlier thisyear, OPM conducted a workshop for more than50 departments and agencies to assist in determin-ing staffing needs for emergency personnel.

For general pay and leave administration in-structions, please refer to OPM's fact sheets on:

Q federal holidays at http://www.opm.gov/oca/worksch/HTML/HOLIDAY.HTM

Q compressed work schedules at http://www.opm.gov/oca/worksch/HTML/AWScws.htm.

U flexible work schedules at http://www.opm.gov/oca/worksch/HTML/awsfws.htm.

Employees of the U.S. Postal Service and con-tract employees should contact their supervisors (orcontract officers) to obtain information on their payand leave entitlements for Dec. 26.

Conditional promotionssuspended across ArmyBy Spc. Bill PutnamArmy News Service

All conditional promotions Army-wide, fromsergeant to sergeant first class, will be suspendeduntil further notice after Jan. 1.

The policy, that went into effect Nov. 21, statesthat Soldiers must graduate from their respectivenoncommissioned officer education school beforebeing considered for promotion.

Sergeants must graduate from Primary Leader-ship Development Course (PLDC) to be consid-ered for staff sergeant; staff sergeants must gradu-ate from the Basic Noncommissioned OfficerCourse (BNOC) to be considered for sergeant firstclass; and sergeants first class must graduate fromthe Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course(ANOC) to be considered for promotion to mastersergeant.

"Can a specialist be conditionally promotedto sergeant with the new changes coming up?"asked Spc. Mitchell Bosch, a Soldier in theHawaii-based 65th Engineer Battalion, via ane-mail to Army News Service.

The only exception to the new policy is con-ditional promotion from specialist or corporalto sergeant. They don't need to attend PLDC tobe promoted, said Sgt. Maj. Julian Edmondson,the personnel policy integrator at the DeputyChief of Staff for Personnel.

The requirement for a specialist or corporalto complete PLDC within one year of promo-tion has also been waived, Edmondson said.

"We always figured it would stop," Edmondsonadded. "It's hard enough to manage duringpeacetime. With a war, it was a nightmare."

Currently there are 36,641 Soldiers waitingfor seats in the Army's various Noncommis-sioned Officer Education System (NCOES)schools, said Command Sgt. Maj. Lionel Parker,of the institutional training shop at the Army(Operations).

That breaks down into 15,373 sergeants, 13,367staff sergeants and 7,901 sergeants first class wait-ing for that important step in their careers.

Parker said the Army's operation staff is work-ing out details of a plan to train those Soldierswaiting for school seats. He announced this planOct. 10.

As it stands now, units tapped for deployment

will send their Soldiers to school before going andunits coming back will send them afterward,Parker said.

The plan was sent down to the commandsergeants major of the Army's major commandsand should be down to the battalion level, Parkersaid.

"This plan gives command sergeants majorand commanders some authority to make deci-sions," Parker said.

Before, some of those Soldiers were actuallypulled out of school before completing it so theycould deploy with their units, Parker said.

Retiring Soldiers or those leaving the Armywill depart the Army in their current rank regard-less of their NCOES status, the policy also states.

The policy of conditionally promoting a Sol-dier to the next rank started en masse around1992, said Edmondson. A scarcity of school seatsbecause of congressional cutbacks on trainingfunds penalized Soldiers, he said.

Because the Army didn't want to punishSoldiers for a lack of funds, the new policy wasadopted, Edmondson said.

The intent was to make it a temporary policywith plans for a review, he said.

Unfortunately, operations in Bosnia, Haiti,Somalia and eventually Kosovo interrupted that.Sending Soldiers to a leadership course while de-ployed wasn't feasible, Edmondson said.

A backlog of Soldiers waiting to attend leader-ship courses after their deployments started tobuild. Deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan haveadded to the backlog.

Now the policy is "back to what it was" be-fore 1992, Edmondson.

The goal of the NCOES is to get a Soldierready for the next rank, he said.

"What does a staff sergeant need to know to be-come a sergeant first class?" he asked rhetorically.

Sending a Soldier to a school to validate hispromotion may not have been the best plan,Edmondson said.

"Why send a student to school if they're alreadydoing that job?" he asked. In the midst of war thoseleaders learned how to take care of their Soldiers.

In Edmondson's opinion, it's better to go toschool to learn how to do their jobs prior to beingpromoted to the next rank.

(Putnam is a writer for Army News Service)

Praise outstanding workAnnually, the Ozark Chapter

of the American Society ofMilitary Comptrollers (ASMC)embarks on a local program torecognize the achievements ofFort Leonard Wood's resourcemanagers.

The awards program providesa mechanism for recognizing theoutstanding achievements of per-sonnel, promotes professionalgrowth and contributes to thegoals and objectives of theASMC national headquarters.

Other objectives are to rewardthose personnel publicly, im-prove the morale of thepersonnel, and foster an atmos-phere of creativity andinnovation.

Individuals or teams are rec-ognized if within the last year

they made outstanding achieve-ments in one of the functionalfields of comptrollership. AnyFort Leonard Wood civilian ormilitary Department of Defense(DoD) employee is eligible to re-ceive these awards.

The nomination proceduresare to review the attached nomi-nation packet, complete the ap-propriate portions of the nomina-tion form and submit the packetto Paula Dye, ASMC awardschairperson.

The deadline is Dec. 31.This is a wonderful opportu-

nity to recognize employees whohave made outstanding contribu-tions within the last year. Pleasemark your calendar so that youdo not miss the deadline andbegin work immediately to

prepare the nomination packet.Winners will be recognized atan AMSC luncheon in early2004 and may be eligible forfurther competition at theASMC national level. Anyquestions, contact Paula Dyeat 573.563.4063.

Family members can visit USACE for freeThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (US-

ACE) is proud to announce it is now allowingfree access to all service members on rest andrelaxation from Iraq and accompanying familymembers to visit USACE public access sitesfree of charge.

This is an opportunity for them to enjoy aplace of renewal, solace and inspiration.

For more information, look at the followingWeb sites: http://corpslakes.usace.army.mil/visitors/visitors.cfm or http://corpslakes.usace.army.mil/visitors/visitors.cfm.

Warrant officers wanted for all branchesThe United States Army is

looking for highly motivatedsoldiers, marines, sailors, andairman to fill its WarrantOfficer ranks. Positions are

open in all 45 specialties ifyou qualify.

Soldiers with less than 12years active federal service(AFS) are encouraged to apply.

For more information, con-tact the Warrant Officer Re-cruiting Team at Web sitewww.usarec.army.mil/warrant.

Correction to previous GUIDON articleAn error was made on page 3 of the Dec.

11 issue of the GUIDON. The east and westgates will be closed Dec. 25, 26, 27 and 28and again Jan. 1, 2, 3 and 4. In the past, the

gates have not been closed the day afterChristmas, a training holiday and the dayafter New Year's, which is also trainingholiday.

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E-mail, Web site transgressions cause problemsGrant NiillcGUIDON StaffSneaking a peak at your

personal e-mail or sending mes-sages to everyone on post may

seem innocent, but each can potentiallycreate problems.

According to the Directorate ofInformation Management (DOIM), bothstrain the resources of Fort LeonardWood and expose it to dangerous risks.

"We really discourage mass e-mailing,because it bogs down the server and of-ten requires several man hours of workto clear out e-mail boxes," said Lt. Col.Samuel Palmisano, Assistant Director,DOIM.

As far as information managementpersonnel are concerned, Palmisanoidentified two of the most common andirksome features of mass e-mails: returnreceipts and "reply ails."

With a return receipt, the originatorof a mass e-mail electronically requiresan e-mail response back each time a re-cipient either opens or deletes an e-mail.Palmisano's said, "Return receipt cre-ates a situation where 4,000 to 5,000e-mails go out from an e-mail ac-count and 4,000 to 5,000 e-mails au-tomatically come back to the sameaddress."

According to Palmisano, in the caseof "reply alls" incensed recipients ei-ther purposely or unwittingly click the"reply all" command on their e-mailaccount, which sends a response lam-basting the original mass e-mailer butalso gets sent to everyone else on post.Both variants, he said, put severe strainon post Internet capabilities.

Electronic greeting cards with digi-tal photographs, video, sound or other

large file attachments should not betransmitted on official Army systems.Furthermore, sending such messageswith executable attachments, includingfiles that may contain executable codeinstructions (such as "exe" files) oropening such attachments is discour-aged for several good reasons, includ-ing the potential for computer viruspropagation and the consumption ofbandwidth.

However, in some cases masse-mails are permitted, said Tom John-son, Information Assurance Manger,DOIM. He pointed out that governmentbusiness-related messages, including of-fice furniture on offer, are legitimate,whereas personal mass e-mails are not.

Users experience delays inreceiving and sending e-mail as a post-wide message goes through the system,because the servers are already runningat full capacity, Johnson added.

Besides the problem of mass e-mailswreaking havoc on the post server,transmitting, receiving and harboringcertain types of messages or online ma-terial are expressly proscribed. The FortLeonard Wood online systems useragreement, which every user signs be-fore receiving a user identification andpassword, lists the types of informationnot germane to military business.

According to the user agreement text,passing on and/or saving informationthat is discriminatory, harassing, ob-scene, pornographic or makes derogato-ry comments about an individual's sex,age, disability, religion, ethnicity, physi-cal attributes or sexual orientation isprohibited. Employing the server forpersonal gain or any other illicit activi-ties are not permitted either. The rules

governing Internet use on post areconsistent with existing Army valuesand Army Regulation 380-19, whichaddress information systems security.

Furthermore, it adds that all com-munications over the Fort LeonardWood online systems are property ofthe Army and are subject to disclo-sure by it. While acknowledging theproductivity gains associated with In-ternet access, the Army, as the ownerof the Internet access, has stated thatit can take action to ensure that itstool is not used in a manner thatwould waste resources or discredit it.

Personal use of computers and thepost online systems is another impor-tant topic regulated by guidelines, butprone to abuse.

The most prominent Web diver-sions banned by the post onlineagreement for personal use are chatroom programs provided by the likesof Yahoo! or American Online, in-stant/immediate messaging and on-line auction houses, whether it ped-dles trinkets (eBay) or swaps stock,(Merrill Lynch). News streamers,Hotmail or Yahoo! personal e-mail ac-counts and online gaming sites are dulyprohibited.

Johnson said that if non-poste-mail accounts are used for governmentbusiness, accessing them is acceptable.At the same time however, the dangerposed by Yahoo! or Hotmail accounts tothe post server are that each of them ismore susceptible to viruses relative tothe Army e-mail system.

How are violations of these guide-lines detected and punished? Johnsonsaid that a DOIM computer programmaintains a list of every Web site vis-

ited post online users, from whichanalyses and summaries of Internet ac-tivity can be appraised and monitored.

Palmisano added that depending onthe gravity of the offence the culprit's, e-mail privileges and access to the serverare immediately suspended and the vio-lator's unit information assurance secu-rity officer (IASO) is contacted to pro-vide counseling about the online useragreement and exhort the violator toabide by systems regulations.

The Fort Leonard Wood online sys-tems user agreement states that civilianand military personnel can face penal-

Courtesy illustrationties as stark as employment termnination

and Uniform Code of Military Justiceproceedings, respectively.

Both Palmisano and Johnson saidthat resumption of a transgressor's Inter-net privileges hinges on a letter or rein-statement from a head of his or her unitor organisation.

When in doubt about permissibilityof one's e-mail or Internet activities,Johnson said an organisation's IASO -found from directorate down to compa-ny level - is the best person to ask.

"DOIM is always ready to help outas well," he added.

Tips on taking control of your financial lifeGUIDON staff

Identity theft is when your personal data isstolen, either physically or virtually. Your personalinformation includes bank account numbers, creditcard numbers, mother's maiden name, your in-come, your social security number, your name, ad-dress and phone number and your birth date.

Thieves can get access to your personal infor-mation in many ways. Whenever you write checksat the grocery store, charge tickets to a ball game,rent a car, mail your tax returns, call home on yourcell phone, order new checks, apply for a creditcard or throw away unsolicited offers for creditcards you received in the mail. On each one ofthese occasions you are leaving traces of your per-sonal data.

An example of how a thief can use your identi-fication is by calling the credit card issuer andchanging the mailing address so there is a delay be-fore you are even aware that there are fraudulentcharges to your card.

Personal information can also be used to open anew credit card account. If their bills aren't paid,you are penalized for delinquency by getting a lowrating on your credit report. Phone or wireless

services might be opened in your name but withoutyour knowledge. A bank account might be openedin your name, with bad checks written against thataccount, which also affects your credit rating.

Here are some ways to prevent identity theft:I Don't give out personal information on the

phone, through the mail or over the Internet unlessyou have initiated the contact or are sure you knowwhom you are dealing with.

Q Periodically check your credit reports fromeach of the three major credit bureaus: Equifax,Experian, TransUnion to make sure the informationon the report is accurate.

Q Pay attention to your billing cycles on creditcards and bank statements. Follow up with credi-tors if bills do not arrive on time.

Q Keep financial documents in a secure place.Use safety deposit boxes. For information you needto have at home, keep it under lock and key.

L Place passwords on all of your accounts.Avoid using easily available information like yourmother's maiden name or your birth date. Whenopening new accounts, if the application form has aline for your mother's maiden name, use a pass-word instead.

L Inquire about virtual credit card numbers.

Some major banks and credit card companies haveinstituted these numbers so that whenever youmake a transaction online, your actual accountnumber is never used. Instead a single-use cardnumber is generated for purchases at a single Website. Your real account number never travels to on-line stores.

In order to help protect Department of Defense(DoD) employees' privacy and guard against iden-tity theft, Defense Finance and Accounting Service(DFAS) will begin to mask part of the employees'social security numbers (SSN) on the hard copyleave and earning statements (LES) mailed to theemployees' homes.

Only the final four positions of the SSN will bevisible. This change will be effective the pay periodending Jan. 24. Note that this change will not im-pact the electronic LES available on myPay, whichwill continue to display the entire SSN.

If identity theft does happen to you here aresome pointer on how to fight back.

Call the Federal Trading Commission (FTC)Identity Theft hotline toll-free at 1.877.438.4338.The FTC developed the ID Theft Affidavit to helpvictims of identity theft restore their good names. Itsimplifies the process of disputing charges with

companies where a new account has been openedin your name. For a copy visit www.consumer.gov/idtheft. Contact the three major credit bureaus;TransUnion 1.800.888.4213; Experian1.888.397.3742; and Equifax 1.800.685.1111.

Close the accounts you believe have been af-fected and file a report with the legal authority inthe community where the identity theft took place.

DoD employees also have to watch out for gov-ernment credit card (GTC) scam.

One such scam is when an unknown callerfalsely identifies themself as a Bank of America(BOA) employee working with the GTC pro-gram. The scam operator claim to be checkingsuspicious card activity and may ask for accountnumbers, social security numbers and other per-sonal information.

Be aware that the GTC program and BOA em-ployees would not take these actions.

On Fort Leonard Wood, the activity programcoordinator (APC), Beverly Childers, should be theonly person requesting this type of information.Report this type of scam immediately to your APCand to BOA (800 number on the back of your cred-it card) as soon as they occur.

To contact Beverly Childers call 563.2883.

New facility provides National Guard aviators more opportunitiesBy Spc. Tremeshia EllisGUIDON Staff

he Missouri Army National Guard

will soon break ground for the construc-tion of a new Army Aviation Support

Facility (AASF) located on land adjacent toWaynesville Regional Airport at Forney Fieldhere.

The AASF, which is relocating from its cur-rent home in Jefferson City, will provide a state-of-the-art facility to operate and maintain approx-imately 10 Army National Guard Blackhawk he-licopters.

"The facility's mission is two-fold," said Col.Steve Clark, AASF commander. "Though our pri-mary focus is on training our Soldiers and pro-viding aviation support to the Missouri NationalGuard, we also offer support to the U.S. Army'sManeuver Support Center and the Fort LeonardWood community."

The Blackhawks belong to Company C,1-106th Aviation Assault Battalion that will berelocated and train on post as well.

"We were transitioning from the Huey utilityhelicopter (UH-1) to the UH-60 or Blackhawk,"said Paul Junkans, Missouri National Guarddeputy director of facilities. "The Blackhawk isthe primary division-level transport helicopter. Itprovides dramatic improvements in troop capaci-ty and cargo lift capability compared to the Hueyit replaces."

"We needed to expand the existing flight facil-ity in Jefferson City to accommodate the newBlackhawk," Junkans said.

"We couldn't expand the old facility becauseit was located near a flood field. So we begansearching for an alternate site," he said.

Clark said the facility was relocated to FortLeonard Wood for a variety of reasons.

"The most obvious benefit of being on post isthe brand new $11 million facility includinghangar, apron and runways," he said.

"The level of funding for the project at thepost was a motivating factor. Because ForneyAirfield is a joint-use facility, we were able tojustify the expenditure," Clark said.

"The AASF will benefit and support civilianand military tenants at the airfield by providingaviation support for state emergency duty, home-land defense and deployment for national mis-sions, Clark added.

"Another reason for choosing Fort LeonardWood was the one Army concept. The concept isenhanced when a National Guard Aviation unitcan work jointly with other components of theArmy and with other branches of the service. Wewill be the only aviation support unit on thefield," Clark said.

Clark said having the unit on post will affordthe AASF excellent training opportunities andform the teamwork necessary for missionaccomplishment.

"Other benefits include increased security, useof training ranges, reduction of noise complaints,and ability to train with other units," Clark added.

"We can not only use the post ranges forweapons qualification, we can go out into thosewooded areas and train without being in the wayof the civilian populous," Clark said.

According to Clark the new location willhelp decrease hazards associated with high-risktraining.

"Being able to communicate effectively be-tween aircraft, range control and the air trafficcontrol tower and having crash and rescue emer-gency equipment and General Leonard WoodArmy Community Hospital nearby helps reducethe level of risk," Clark said.

Battalion Soldiers will have the use of airport

rescue and fire fighting services, navigation aids,automatic weather reporting systems, and accessroads, Clark added.

When complete, the facility will have 35 full-time support personnel. These full-time personnelwill maintain the aircraft and provide training to65 Guard flight crewmembers and ground crews.

"Most of our full-time staffers are civil serviceemployees and members of the guard," saidClark.

"We will offer individual training on a dailybasis, making sure each aviator has the personalskills needed to accomplish his mission," he said."Collective training will be conducted duringdrill weekends."

The aviation unit will enhance post training

and support services."Though training is our number one priority,

we will support other activities on post," Clarksaid. "We will be able to provide security flights,emergency transportation, aerial photography ofconstruction sites and the post on a limited ba-sis," he said.

"We've supported the Sapper school in thepast and will continue to provide support fortraining units on post," Clark added.

"Fort Leonard Wood has always embraced the'everything' concept, a well-rounded post. TheEngineer, Chemical and Military Police Schoolsare all here," Clark said. "However, the aviationsupport was missing. The post is more completenow that the AAF is here," Clark added.

Photo by Spc. Shatara BrownMissouri Army National Guard Blackhawk pilots, of the 1-106th Aviation AssaultBattalion provide training assistance at Fort Leonard Wood.

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Long search for Hussein ends in4th Infantry Division's backyardJ Former Iraqi president found lyingin a 'spider hole' just miles fromwhere he was born and raised

By Staff Sgt. David Bennett367th MobilePublic Affairs Detachment

AD DAWR, Iraq - The im-age of a bearded and bowedSaddam Hussein, who was cap-tured Sunday in this small farm-ing village, is now a worldwidephenomenon.

However, the final chapter inthe ousted dictator's apprehen-sion has been a story of patienceand persistence for members ofthe 4th Infantry Division andTaskforce Ironhorse.

"It feels good," said Spc.Michael Tillery, a 4th Battalion,42nd Field Artillery Regimentmember from Alexandria, Va.who participated in the success-ful raid. "All the work has paidoff and that one step is finallyover - finding Saddam."

The plan to capture Hussein -code-named "Operation RedDawn," was an exercise in tena-cious planning and determina-tion, said Col. James Hickey,commander of the 1st BrigadeCombat Team, which spearhead-ed the operation.

"You make things happen bybeing on the offensive," saidHickey, a Chicago native."That's allowed us to gatherlarge amounts of information.We're not passive; we're veryaggressive."

Confident that the ousted dic-tator was never too far fromHussein's hometown of Tikrit,Maj. Gen. Ray Odierno, com-mander of the 4th Infantry Divi-sion, said he felt that informationwould finally surface that wouldlead to Hussein's whereabouts.

"We tried to work through

'You make thingshappen by being onthe offensive. That'sallowed us to gatherlarge amounts of infor-mation.'

Col. James Hickey

Commander, 4th Infantry Division's1st Brigade Combat Team

family and tribal ties that mighthave been close to SaddamHussein," Odierno said.

It was a tip from someone in-side the dictator's secret circlethat eventually led a group of600 Soldiers from various unitsto a rustic mud brick hut and themanmade hole in the ground.

There the famous fugitivewas finally discovered huddledwith a pistol and $750,000 inAmerican bills. Hussein hadeluded Coalition forces since thewar began March 21.

Compared to the palatialcomplex that Hussein had con-

structed just 10 miles north inTikrit, the hideaway was sparse.Soldiers discovered a one-roomhut barely large enough to housea twin bed. A rickety lean-to out-side had been converted into adisheveled kitchen.

Hickey said his brigade, aswell as other units, have con-ducted more than 500 raids inthe Task Force Ironhorse areaduring the last eight months -some even along the stretch ofrural farmland in Ad Dawr wherethe former Iraqi leader was even-tually discovered.

Though he never spoke toSaddam, Hickey said he wasaware of what the event meant tothe coalition and the Iraqipeople.

"At that moment, I felt agreat sense of accomplishmentbecause I know the work theSoldiers had done," he said.

(Bennett is a U.S. Army jour-nalist assigned to the 367thMobile Public AffairsDetachment.)

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Hussein hideoutSaddam Hussein had been living in "two small rooms

in an adobe hut" and seemed disoriented and bewil-dered when captured by U.S. Soldiers, according toMaj. Gen Ray Odierno, commander of the 4th InfantryDivision.

The small compound near the village of Ad Dawr isabout 15 miles southeast of Saddam's hometown ofTikrit, which generally is considered the seat of resis-tance in the country.

The immediate area contained two farm houses, afarmer's field, a sheep pen, and a hut in the middlewhere Saddam was hiding.

Captured Saddam receiving Geneva Convention protection[ After historiccapture, militaryto keep Saddamprotected underinternational lawBy Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON - Coalitionforces are ensuring that formerIraqi dictator Saddam Hussein'sGeneva Conventions rights areprotected while he is in custody

and that he receives "all of theprivileges of a prisoner of war,"according to the commander ofcoalition forces in Iraq.

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. RicardoSanchez said Tuesday on theCBS "Early Show" that Saddam"has been talkative" since hiscapture near Tikrit Saturday andthat "he'll respond readily toquestions that are asked of himin terms of just normal adminis-trative requirements."

But Sanchez stopped short ofsaying Saddam is cooperatingwith coalition forces.

"I wouldn't characterize it ei-ther way, cooperative or unco-operative," he said.

"We still have a long way togo in this process," Sanchezsaid. "And at this point, we stillhave to ensure that we're takingcare of him. He's being treated... according to the GenevaConventions. ... We'll be pro-tecting him."

Sanchez described Saddamas "a man who looks resigned tobeing a prisoner, and at times ...looks a little dazed and con-fused."

Sanchez characterized ameeting between several mem-bers of the Iraqi GoverningCouncil and Saddam followinghis capture as "a very emotionalexperience for the Iraqis thatwalked into that room and cameface-to-face with him." Sanchezsaid Saddam "interchanged withthem readily."

"It was very clear that therewas a lot of pent-up emotion,"Sanchez said. "You could see inthe eyes of the Iraqis that therewas some anger and some pent-up emotion that had to be

released."Sanchez called these emo-

tions "exactly the expected re-sponses from people that havebeen oppressed for a long, longtime" but said that now it's timeto start looking toward the fu-ture.

"It's time for Iraq to moveon a path to reconciliation, toget the country back on theright track toward a prosperous,democratic country," he said.

Sanchez credited the U.S.forces whose hard work led toSaddam's capture.

'We still have along way to go in thisprocess and at thispoint, we still have toensure that we're tak-ing care of him.'

Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez

Coalition Ground ForcesCommander

"It was wonderful work doneby America's sons and daugh-ters," Sanchez said.

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While on post for other business mat-ters, BillArmbruster the DeputyAssistantSecretary of the Army, Privatization andPartnerships, took time to talk about Sad-dam's capture.

"I learned about the capture of Hus-sein like everyone else," Armbruster said.He said he turned on his television, andevery news station was broadcasting thepress conference and video of Saddam'scapture and airing thePresident's remarks.

"I was riveted to my television and thenews the entire day," Armbruster said. "Itis absolutely outstanding. His capture is agreat tribute to Soldiers and Coalitiontroops. They have captured a principle ar-chitect of terrorism."

Coming from Iraq via e-mail, a Sol-dier gave his input on this moment in his-tory.

Sgt. Nashon Brown, Headquartersand Headquarters Service Battery, 5-3rdField Artillery, The First Round Battalionof Fort Sill, Okla., was deployed to Iraqin April and is in Iraq now.

"When Saddam Hussein was cap-tured, I really had no reaction. This wasjust a part of our mission that has beencompleted. We still have the responsibil-ity of rebuilding this country and protect-

ing the people here and ourselves," hesaid.

For the most part, the few locals he hascome into contact with are pleased withthe capture of Saddam Hussein, Brownsaid.

He added with the completion of thispart of the mission, attacks against U.S.Soldiers might increase in certain areaswhere their people (Iraqis) are stronglyloyal to the Baath Party.

The Baath Party, formally the BaathArab Socialist Party, is the party in pow-er in Syria and Iraq. Its main ideologicalobjectives are secularism, socialism andpan-Arab unionism.

Nonetheless, current Iraqi foreignpolicy formerly under Saddam Husseinis significantly motivated by the BaathParty ideals. Presently, about 2.4 millionof Iraqis are Baath Party members, and inSyria, the Baath membership exceedsone million.

Getting ready to go back to Iraq onMonday, one Soldier gave his thoughtsabout the matter.

Sgt. Joseph Hyatt, 5th Engineer Bat-talion, said he heard about Saddam's cap-ture from the news. He said his initial re-action was that of indifference becausethis does not affect the amount of time hewill have to be over, but he hopes this willallow the troops to come home sooner.

With the deployments of Soldiers,their families are affected, and they paygreater attention to what is going on withthe military and in the world.

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side the makeshift kitchen whereSaddam Hussein probably ate hislast meal before his capture.

Christy Preston, wife of Capt. ScottPreston, commander of Company A, 5thEngineer Battalion, said she was in aweof this revelation.

"The capture of Saddam Hussein hasremoved a symbol of resistance, andmaybe this will reduce the attacks onAmericans," Preston said.

She added hopefully her husband will

return home sooner than April 2004, butshe does not think he will because thereare other parts of the mission that theyhave to take part in and complete.

Hussein's capture affects the war onIraq in many ways.

Armbruster said this is a turning pointin the war on terrorism.

"We will now be able to provide free-dom to the Iraqi citizens," Armbrustersaid.

He went on to say just as PresidentBush said, Hussein will now face the jus-tice that was denied to the Iraqi peoplefor more than 35 years.

"This is just the beginning,"Armbruster said. "Others will be flushedout just as Hussein has been. Osama binLaden has to be really nervous right now.This is a time to rejoice."

With this outstanding time during thewar on Iraq, Saddam's capture brings

about noticeable changes taking on a newmeaning.

"For decades, Saddam Hussein has di-vided his citizens against one another,"said Gildon. "He has attacked and threat-ened to attack his neighbors. Those daysare over. Iraq's future has never beenmore full of hope."

"This is a critical moment in the his-tory of the country in our attempt to bringsecurity and stability to Iraq, but I do notexpect at this point in time that we willhave a complete elimination of attacks onour Soldiers," Gildon said.

"I believe that those will continue for

some time, butwith the coopera-tion of all of theIraqi people andour Coalition, weare now muchcloser to a safeand secure envi-ronment in Iraq.Regardless of thethreat level, Iknow ourSoldiers are up to Armbrusterthe task and willperform admirably," Gildon said.

Gildon went on to say the Iraqi peoplewill never have to live in fear again, andhopefully they will realize this and moveforward in their efforts to oust the re-maining non-compliant forces and estab-lish a new and peaceful Iraq.

"With Saddam gone, it is time for allIraqis to lay down their arms and beginbuilding a prosperous, democratic Iraqthat is at peace with its neighbors,"Gildon said.

"This is a deeper feeling of amaze-ment at the accomplishments of our Sol-diers. In less than a year, we have toppleda dictator and began rebuilding a country.

"Now, we have captured the mostwanted person in Iraq. Incredible,"Gildon added.

(Spc. Tremeshia Ellis, GUIDON staffcontributed to this article. Some infor-mation for this story was found at Website www. iraqinews. com/pa)

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Self-defense guru: Vigilance key to avoid becoming preyBy Sfc. Patrick K. VazquezSpecial to GUIDONUnless we are policemen,

convenience store clerks, or lit-tle league soccer coaches, most

of us will probably not be violently at-tacked by strangers. Subsequently, youdo not need to develop a nervous disor-der and constantly think that you are go-ing to be attacked to practice effectiveconflict avoidance.

However, to make avoidance behav-iors effective, you do have to makethem part of your daily life and perfor-mance must become automatic.

Nature has ingrained in us what isknown as the "fight or flight" response.When confronted with danger, wechoose to fight our way out of the situa-tion or we choose to flee from the situa-tion. This response is the product ofevolutionary pressures that have ensuredour survival as a species. When facedwith danger, we will choose one or bothof these physical responses.

Violence is swift and sudden when itoccurs and is also over swiftly. Crimi-nal predators prey on the weak and theweak-minded. Duly noted, like the restof us, most criminals do not like con-

frontation. Confrontation requires anexcessive expenditure of energy, that is- work. If criminals wanted to work,they would be at regular jobs, ratherthan trying to rob and steal from you.

The possibility of injury to the attackeris also inherent in any confrontation.

Confrontation also exposes the crimi-nal to possible identification. This iswhy they prefer to watch, wait andstrike when you are at your most vulner-able. For example, when you are notpaying attention to what is going onaround you (looking through your pursefor keys; thinking about an upcomingpresentation, etc.). They attack quicklyand incapacitate you with as little effortas possible. If you are alert, you reducethe chances of being attacked. Thecriminal will let you pass and prey onanother victim, one who may not be asalert as you.

In self-defense, much depends on lit-tle. You want to do everything you pos-sibly can to place the odds in your favor.You want to be more alert than the aver-age person. The victim will be the per-son who presents the least risk becausethe criminal picks the easy prey.

This reminds me of the story of thebear that attacked two campers. While

the bear was tearing its way through thetent, one of the campers stopped to puton a pair of running shoes.

The other camper yelled at him, "Youfool! You can't outrun that bear, evenwith running shoes."

The first camper responded, "I don'thave to outrun the bear. I just have tooutrun you!"

If you watch nature shows on televi-sion, especially shows about the bigcats, you'll notice that they too abide bythe following rules. That's why they'restill around and at the top of the foodchain.

SStop and assess what's going onaround you. What do your senses tellyou? If you just walked out of yourhouse, do you smell something strange?Is it dangerous and might it affect you oryour property? Is your vehicle in needof repair? Will it stop functioning whileyou are on the freeway, in a bad sectionof town, or in one of those places outWest where it says 60 miles to next ser-vices? Do you think it would be worth-while to make a brief inspection of thevehicle or ask someone you know tolook at it for you?

® Look what's going on around you.Do you see smoke near your house or

coming from under the hood of yourcar? Do you see fluid underneath yourcar? Does the person in the parking lotfumble with her car keys and appear tobe unstable?

Q Listen to what is going on aroundyou. Do you hear sirens? Could it beemergency vehicles? Are they headedtoward you? Is your vehicle makingstrange noises as you drive or after youhave turned off the engine? Is the per-son who smelled of alcohol mumblingto himself or herself or slunrring theirspeech?

Here are some more safety tips:i Travel in groups, there is safety in

numbers. Form groups at the office andwalk to your cars together. If you havefriends who leave work at the same timeas you, try to park together.Q Know where you're going next, andwhere you'd go to if that proved an un-safe position.L Take precautions. For example, lockyour doors as soon as you get in yourcar, house or apartment hotel room.L Keep your windows rolled up whenyou are driving in traffic. Open win-dows allow easy access to both you andyour vehicle.L Leave lights on. Lights allow for eas-

ier identification of criminals and crimi-nal activity. Before you go out, turn onthe porch light. Leave a light burning inthe entranceway of your house. Thefew pennies that it costs in electricitywill be worth the safety.Q Always park in well-lighted areas.i Never leave unattended valuables

such as purses, briefcases, and laptopcomputers on the front seat of your car.

I can't close without reminding you ofthe Scout Motto, which is always useful,but especially so in self-defense situa-tions - Be Prepared. Violence occurssuddenly. Predators do not give theirprey advanced warning. Self-defensemust.become an ingrained habit ofmind.

Knowing Karate or the secret five ani-mal Kung Fu technique could be help-ful, but nothing works better than stay-ing alert. Be safe, be aware, and beprepared.

(Vazquez is a Level 3 Combative in-structor at the Sapper Leader Course.For more information, call 596.0823 or528.2241. You can also reach him atpatrick. Vazquez@us.army.mil. or callSgt. 1st Class Matt Larsen at the U.S.Army Combative School, Ft Benning,GA at 706.545.2811.)

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Police

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about peeping toms, and the fear of being homealone and not knowing who is outside of theirhomes.

"We need to feel more safe in our quarters,"West said.

She asked what could be done to increase se-curity and perhaps even, start a neighborhoodwatch program.

Williams said there are no neighborhoodwatches here, but he said it was certainly an op-tion to consider.

"We have five patrols at all times, but theycan't all be everywhere at one time," Williamssaid.

Juvenile criminal acts were also brought forthduring the town hall meeting.

Many were concerned about how late childrenstay out and the trouble they cause.

Williams said juvenile crime is one of thebiggest problems they are faced with. Under Gar-rison Command, a juvenile review board has beenestablished, and they decide what punishment ajuvenile should receive for the criminal acts com-

mitted. If a juvenile is given community service,then one parent has to be present during the timeof the community service.

Williams added this does not fix the juvenilecrime; however, things are being done to coun-teract the problem, and in the cases of juveniles,the parents need to be held accountable.

To backup Williams, Maj. Peter Trebotte, LECexecutive officer, said it is possible to decrease pa-trolling in lower crime areas and increase pa-trolling in the higher crime areas.

Trebotte added there is a curfew and a parentsupervision policy for children based on age.

As the meeting began to come to the end,Williams reassured those in attendance of theirsafety.

"We need to make sure military police no therules," Williams said. "We need to act on every bitof information we get."

Williams added patrols need to take every sit-uation seriously, file some type of report no mat-ter the situation, and residents need to be vigilantand report any suspicious or unusual activity.

"We can't do this business well if we are nothonest," Williams said.

School

From page lA

Waynesville Middle School stu-dents to the old high school, wasreached after more than 20months of review by committeemembers and school administra-tors who considered input fromthe surveys and town hallmeetings.

Dunbar said common themeswere addressed throughout thedecision-making process, includ-ing the decision to build the newelementary school.

"They were the need for an el-ementary school in St. Robert, totry and create stability for our chil-dren, neighborhood school con-cept and inequality between themiddle schools," Dunbar said."We searched our souls to do what

was best for the kids."Had all the proposed school re-

structuring changesbeen approved by the schoolboard the restructuring wouldhave looked like this:

U Move St. Robert 's WoodMiddle School students in withWaynesville Middle School stu-dents to eliminate overcrowding.

U Move fourth and fifthgraders from East ElementarySchool to the Waynesville MiddleSchool building to eliminate over-crowding.

U Temporarily close eitherPence Elementary School orWilliams Elementary School, Ac-cording to the school board, thebusing boundary lines will remainas is for the students moving to theold high school. The move will

leave the current WaynesvilleMiddle School building vacant,saving the district several hundredthousand dollars in operatingcosts.

This move is scheduled to oc-cur in time for the beginning of thenext school year.

The new high school buildingwill soon be open for students.

"This is an exciting time for theschool district," Musgrove said.

The move for the new highschool will take place on Fridaythrough a combined effort of FortLeonard Wood Soldiers and localcitizen volunteers.

A dedication ceremony willtake place at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan.4. After the ceremony, the highschool will be open until6 p.m. foran open house.

Visitors

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officers from lieutenants tocolonels."

"The facilities we have herewere established as a result of themove of the military policeschool from Alabama." Currysaid. "These facilities were de-signed specifically for training."

Curry added he hopes that theDelegation is happy with thetraining and enjoys their timehere at the installation.

After Curry welcomed theDelegation, the group made theirway to Stem Village to view themilitary police Soldiers in actionas they trained.

Maj. Renea Yates, operationsofficer, 14th Military PoliceBrigade, gave the delegation abriefing and important back-ground information before thegroup began their tour.

"Our mission is to train andprovide combat ready, disci-plined, motivated, physically fit,technically and tactically profi-cient military police Soldiers in-culcated with the Army values forassignment to units worldwide,capable of immediately contribut-ing to their next unit's mission,and able to survive in any envi-ronment they might face," Yatessaid.

Yates talked about onestation unit training (OSUT) inwhich Soldiers train for 17 weeksgoing through BCT and AIT atFort Leonard Wood.

She also discussed the organi-zation of the 14th Military PoliceBrigade, how it is divided, andtraining for the Soldiers that theyare expected to learn and performon a weekly basis for the 17 weeksof training.

Once Yates concluded herbriefing, she opened up the floorto the Delegation for any ques-tions, concerns or comments theyhad.

The Delegation inquired about

The facilities we have herewere established as a re-

sult of the move of the mili-tary police school from

Alabama. These facilitieswere designed specifically

for training.'

Brig Gen. Stephen CurryU.S. Army Military Police School

commandant

the number of students trained ona year-to-year basis, the Soldiers'duties, and other relevant issues.

Yates informed theKazakhstan Delegation that about25 to 30 classes are held per year,and for fiscal year 2003, 15,048soldiers were trained. She esti-mated 14,315 Soldiers will trainin 2004. A few of the visitorsasked Yates about the drop innumbers.

Yates said the number changesthroughout the year based uponoperational Army requirementsand the number of personnel ca-pable of attending advanced MPcourses based upon deploymentsand tours of duty worldwide.

After their briefing, DavidRoss, USAMPS chief training di-vision, gave the Delegation a tourof the Soldiers training in MockCity

The Kazakhstan Delegationlooked on as the Soldiers took partin unarmed self-defense training,assembled and disassembled theMK-19 and M249 weapons, andreceived descriptive details whileviewing the communications andcomputer labs.

Before the tour was finished,some of the delegation membersfired weapons in the simulationroom for a true training experi-ence.

They also spent time observ-ing non-commissioned officerand officer training in theManeuver Support Center.

While visiting the captain's ca-reer course, their tour brought theKazakhstan Delegation to thethird floor of MANSCEN to viewthe current warfighter exerciseconducted by the CCC students.

This gave the foreign officersa chance to see with their owneyes the state of the art facilitiesCurry had spoken about earlierthat day and to meet up with andold friend, Capt. David Thomp-son, USAMPS small group leaderalong with Yates and Sgt. 1stClass Todd Brunelli, MP ad-vanced non-commissioned offi-cers' course instructor visitedKazakhstan in November.

On the second day oftheir visit, the officers saw eva-sive driving demonstrations, atour of the post museum, and achance to fire sub munitions aspart of soldier readiness training.

Their final day concluded withthe Rights of Passage with Com-pany D, 787th MP Battalion. Col.V. Kruchinin was asked to comethrough the ranks, speak andshake hands with these proud Sol-diers during part of the ceremony.

He said it brought a tear to hiseye to see how proud the MP Sol-diers were of their achievements,future duties and responsibilities.

The delegation planned toleave the post for St. Louis to takepart in a cultural day before leav-ing for Kazakhstan. They saidthey were eager to share their ex-periences with their counterpartsin Kazakhstan.

Many new friends were madeand a lot of knowledge was ex-changed between both sides de-spite language and cultural barri-ers, which will greatly help anyfuture endeavors undertaken byeither side, said 1st Lt. JasonBurke 701st Military Police Bat-talion, assistant operationsofficer.

(Some information for thisstory provided by Maj. ReneaYates and 1st Lt. Jason Burke.)

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Soldier finds inspiration in songHoliday hoursIn observance of the

Christmas holiday, thepost commissary isscheduled to be openduring the followingtimes:

U Saturday, 9 a.m. to8 p.m.

U Sunday, 10 a.m. to8 p.m.

U Monday, 7 a.m. to8p.m.

U Tuesday, 7 a.m. to8 p.m.

U Wednesday, 7 a.m.to 3 p.m.

U Christmas Day,closed.

U Dec. 26, closed.U Dec. 27, 9 a.m. to

7p.m.] Dec.

6 p.m.U Dec.

7 p.m.U Dec.

7 p.m.U Dec.

7 p.m.

28, 10 a.m. to

29, 7 a.m. to

30, 7 a.m. to

31,7 a.m. to

U Jan. 1, closed.Regular hours resume

on Jan. 2.

Another world inside musician's heart puton pause during Operation Iraqi FreedomBy Spc. Tremeshia EllisGUIDON staff

oon the sound of rock-and-roll may resonate through thenormally peaceful corridors of

General Leonard Wood ArmyCommunity Hospital if one Fort LeonardWood Soldier has his way.

Staff Sgt. Richie Hoffman, a reservistwith the 305th Engineer Detachment iscurrently assigned to the medical hold de-tachment company at the hospital. He isone of the Soldiers who recently returnedfrom a tour of duty in Iraq.

Hoffman, a veteran of the East Coastmusic scene, is the leader of the band TheRyde, and recently released a self-titledCD.

As a singer and songwriter, Hoffmanhas his own prescription for healing bro-ken relationships and dealing with sepa-rations.

"The highlight of my music careerwas having the opportunity to record asong with my daughter, Tara. It meant somuch to me," Hoffman said. "The song,'Let It Go' is about forgiveness,written for my ex-wife."

In his song, "I Remember," Hoffmanwrites about his childhood days when the

loss of his father profoundly changed hislife.

"One day, my oldest son asked whyI'd never written a song about my father,"Hoffman said, "I remember thinking,what would I write about?

"I don't think he really understandsthe process. You don't sit down at a pi-ano, pick a subject and decide to write asong. It doesn't work that way," Hoffmansaid. "You could sit forever and accom-plish nothing. However, when the time isright, a song just comes to you."

That's why Hoffman views his songsas his babies. They're sort of born, hesaid.

"That's what happened with "I Re-member." All of the feelings I had to-wards my father spilled out on paper," hesaid. "It was very emotional.

"It was difficult to share such a per-sonal experience with the world. I almostdidn't put it on the album," he added."But I'm glad I did it because a lot of peo-ple relate to the sense of loss. I've hadpeople tell me that the song helped themcope with the loss of a loved one."

Death or separation is never easy.However, life goes on, Hoffman added.

"It's a difficult thing to deal with," hesaid, "Almost like combat."

'Nothing is impossible. I wouldn't be happy if I weren'ta Soldier, nor would I be happy without my music.'

Staff Sgt. Richie Hoffman

The Ryde band leader

The vocals on the Ryde and othersongs on the CD are reminiscent of late70s, early 80s hard-rocking bands that oc-casionally reveal a softer side through thesoulful ballads that tell of heartbreaks andhope.

Hoffman had several releases on vinylback in the 70s and worked with such mu-sic industry notables as David Peel, JoeMonzo and Jack Starr of Virgin Steel.

Today, this Operation Iraqi Freedomveteran and bandleader of The Ryde isreaching out to a new generation of fansthrough the powerful tool of music thathas been compared to bands ranging fromForeigner to Journey.

"Although my greatest influenceswere bands like the Beatles,Steppenwolf, and Pink Floyd, I incorpo-rate a variety of genres in my music. Ieven went through a disco phase," Hoff-man said.

But all that was put on hold whenHoffman was called to active duty fol-lowing the terrorist attacks of 9-11. Theevent which occurred only a few weeksafter the group released its CD, over-

shadowed the group's success.According to Hoffman, his band

mates are supportive of his military ca-reer and understand his role in serving ourcountry.

"They know that I'm a Soldier first,"he said.

"We were ready to tour and a numberof good venues had already been booked.There was a strong possibility that we'dhave the opportunity to play one of thelargest theaters on Long Island," Hoff-man said. "When my unit was activated,we were forced to cancel our shows. Theywere obviously a little disappointed butthey understood and were extremelysupportive."

"They said, 'We don't care about themoney. Just come home in one piece.'They are truly my friends. They're morelike brothers to me," he added.

Band members include Hoffman onpiano, organ, strings and vocals; WarrenBuehler on acoustic and electric guitarsand Robert Getzler on the five-string

See MUSIC, page 6B

Families, spouses resilient despite deployment

Band concertThe 399th Army Band

is scheduled to perform afree concert at 7 p.m.today at the Cowan CivicCenter in Lebanon. Formore information, call417.588.1000.

7 \,

New Year's partyA New Year's Even cel-

ebration is scheduledfrom 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.,Dec. 31 atAudie Murphy'sCommunity Club. Thecost is $12 per person. Formore information, call329.2455.

Meyer claimsAnyone having claims

against the estate of 1stLt. Keith Wayne Meyer orknowing of assets belong-ing to 1st. Lt. Keith WayneMeyer should contact thesummary court officer,Capt. Joshua Ludwig at596.1487.

Lloyd claimsAnyone having claims

against the estate of Pvt.Rebekah S. Lloyd orknowing of assets belong-ing to Pvt. S. Lloyd shouldcontact the summarycourt-martial officer, Lt.Michael Fry at 596.8823.

For more local eventsand announcements,see "Calendar" and"What's Up" on pages3B and 4B.

By Spc. Tremeshia EllisGUIDON Staff

he Christmas holiday isone of the busiest for travelersthis season. Those eager to em-

brace their parents, children or spousesinvade the country's bus depots, train sta-tions and airports.

Despite their best efforts, many peo-ple across the United States, because ofeconomic reasons or scheduling con-flicts with work or school, are facedwith the reality that they will be separat-ed from loved ones during the holidayseason.

However, for the families of thou-sands of deployed servicemembers,coping with separation, finances, par-enting and safety concerns, are onlycompounded during this time of theyear.

"The separation is the most difficultpart for me. I don't like not being ableto talk to my husband on a daily basis,"said Christy Preston, whose husband

'We all think our husbands are supermen, but the real-ity is that they are Soldiers and there is an element ofdanger.'

Christy Preston

Spouse of deployed Soldier

Capt. Scott Preston, commander ACompany 5th Engineers, has been de-ployed since April. "He's deployed to acountry that lacks a communication in-frastructure and dealing with the breakin communication has been difficult,"she said.

According to Preston, it's importantto listen to the news in order to beaware of developments in the operation.However, she believes it's equally im-portant for spouses not to let fear con-sume their thoughts.

"We all think our husbands are su-permen, but the reality is that they areSoldiers and there is an element of dan-ger," Preston said.

According to Jane Bruns, Army

From le to right, Johnny Williams, second cook andTiffany Baisden, cook preps food to serve lunch toSoldiers at the 795th Military Police dining facility.

Dining facility receives awardStory and photoby Katie HahnGUIDON staff

way from their

family on Thanksgiv-ing Day, more than

800 Soldiers were treated to ahomemade feast and family at-mosphere at the 795th MilitaryPolice Battalion dining facility.

Maj. Gen. R.L. Van Antwerppraised them for being the best

dining facility on ThanksgivingDay.

Diana Babb, manager of thedining facility felt that makingthe Thanksgiving meal specialwas important to the Soldierswho were away from their fam-ilies.

"With the help of the battal-ion, we put forth a great effortfor the troops to make being

See DINING, page 6B

Community Services Family ReadinessGroup coordinator, the concern for safe-ty of Soldiers is the number one issuefacing families during deployment.

"Many families are concerned withthe safety of their soldier," she said. "Iencourage them to turn off the TV;don't spend hours watching the newsshows. That will only increase theiranxiety.

"I also encourage them to know thattheir Soldiers make safety a priority andtrust that they will do everything theycan to remain safe," said Bruns, orga-nizer for Hearts Apart.

Hearts Apart is a support group forspouses of deployed Soldiers. Thespouses offer each other tips on coping

Story and photoby Spc. Tremeshia EllisGUIDON staff

ort Leonard Wood

Soldiers, family membersand residents of the sur-

rounding communities were re-cently treated to an old-fash-ioned Christmas celebration inSt. Robert.

Dozens of children of all agestook part in the St. Robert 2ndAnnual Christmas on The Boule-vard celebration Saturday.

The free event, sponsored byEhrhardt Properties, includedvisits with Santa and Mrs. Clausand horse-drawn carriage rides.

"This is a way for us to thankthe community and give some-thing back to the people whosupport us. It's also a way to getpeople in the holiday spirit" saidSteve Ehrhardt, area resident.

"Last year we handed outmore than 200 presents and treat-ed the local residents to carriagerides, a live nativity scene, andholiday music ," Ehrhardt said.

According to him, the compa-ny planned an equally elaboratecelebration this year. Unfortu-nately, Saturday's snow fall

with separation and combating loneli-ness and depression during the holidays.

During the holiday season, observ-ing family traditions is important tomaintain a sense of normalcy, Brunssaid.

"As much as possible participate inestablished traditions," Bruns said.

"If your family always drives aroundand looks at the lights, take the kids orget together with friends and go look atlights," she said.

"Whatever the family traditions are,go ahead and continue to do them,"Bruns added. The fear of missed memo-ries can also add stress to the holidaysfor families of deployed Soldiers.

Sgt. 1st Class Jackie Crutchfield,whose husband Staff Sgt. EddieCrutchfield is deployed with the 5thEngineer Battalion, said the most diffi-cult part of this deployment for her andher family was the missed miliestone ofa child's high school graduation.

See DEPLOYMENT, page 6B

Fort Leonard Wood Soldiers, Ltheir families and residentsof the surrounding communities enjoy complementarycarriage rides during Saturday's celebration.forced organizers to scale back.

"The weather forced lastminute changes in the event. Thelocal church scheduled to pro-vide the nativity scene cancelledas did the carolers and bands,"said Jean Chambers, eventorganizer.

While the turnout was ham-pered by the snowy and icy con-ditions, according to organizers,some families braved the foulweather to get a glimpse of thejolly red-suited visitor from theNorth Pole.

Valerie and Shon Jacoby ofRichland, brought their sons,Ryan 12 and Jacob, 4 to theevent.

"We were able to be her be-cause of sheer determination,"said said Shon Jacoby. "Plus, wewanted to try out our four-wheeldrive.

"Ryan is really excited aboutseeing Santa, said Valerie Jacoby.

He's been asking about giftsall day," she said.

See CHRISTMAS, page 5B

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Season 's greetingsBy Chap. (Cot.) Tim CarlsonInstallation Chaplain

T his time of yearholds many m~emories.

Certainly there is aspecial "feel" to this time of year.

Maybe it stems from the an-ticipation of a year ending andanother beginning, or the quietthat winter brings.

Whatever it is, a sense ofwonder about the universe andan invitation of peace for theworld always seem to be part ofthis special season.

It is almost as if this entireperiod of the moon's revolutionwas intended to be a silent, holyperiod. There is a sort of artesianforce compelling us to participatein something much bigger thanall of us combined.

You can hear echoes of it inour greetings to one another dur-ing this season as we extend"Happy Holidays" to strangersand friends.

Perhaps, for you, the greeting"Happy Kwanzaa," with its sev-en-day celebration of family andculture, is preferred.

Perhaps for another "HappyChanukah," with its eight-day re-membrance of an ancient miraclein tihe Second Temple inJerusalem is the phrase of choice.

From my own tradition andjourney of faith, I like to recallthe words of the prophet Isaiah.In 700 B.C. he prophesied, "Forunto us a child is born, unto us ason is given, and the governmentshall be upon his shoulders andhis name shall be called Wonder-ful Counselor, the Mighty God,the Everlasting Father, the Princeof Peace."

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Lieher H-eights Chalpel8 sin.: Chsuiricf Chsrist.I1) as m.: Lattler Day Saints.

Yes, we are a diverse andvaried nation. When someoneasked President AbrahamLincoln what he thought of themany denominations of Protes-tantism inAmerica, he replied, "Ithink it is good. It shows thebreadth of God and the span ofhis love and grace to all of us."

Lincoln, understanding plural-ism, would also have respectedthe rights of others to celebratefrom very different traditions andbelief systems as well. Such hasbeen, and continues to be, the re-ligious freedom embraced by ournation whose roots are deeplyplanted in Judeo-Christiai~heritage.

As for me, I do notice tihevarious greetings of the season. Iunderstand something of thecultures and the heritages fromwhich they are derived.

But the address that continuesto welcome me into the spirit ofthis season and invites me to rev-el - once again- in a sort ofuniversal wonder, is the familiarand poignant extension of good-will contained in the words of"Merry Christmas."

The wonder of a little baby, acattle stall, a tender maidenm~other-, angels singing in cele-bration and the heavens herald-ing the birth, as none other, allcombine to excite and rekindle alove and appreciation for the ful-fillment of Isaiah's words. In-deed, unto us a child has beenlborn. And, not only was he achild but he is the redeemer,Savior, and king.

I can only echo the sacredwords from holy scriptures,"Thanks be unto God for hisunspeakable gift."

Protestant Sunday SchoolSutnd/ox: Buildfing 315

9:45 aim.: Ages 2- adult.10 ait.n Lutherais Contfirmation.I11 ant.: Cosisel C'hildrent's

Chutrch, Stsuths Iowa Chsapl.Protestant IET Bible Study

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1-44 Exit 153 on South Hwy. 17

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PD Hox 569 Dlixon, MO 65459 Phone 573-759-2236Located on Hwy. 28 13 miles North of 1-44

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CHURCH OF CHRISTSt. Robert Congregation

421 Old Route 66For more information or a ride Call: 573-336-7176

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1114 Historic Rt.it6 W, Waynesville, MO 65583Phote: 573-774-5205

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25850 .Rockcy Mounit tn, WayttostifI, 140 65583Sunday Schedle of 'seraic",

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Pattct 0111O'lBrien(Located 1 mile past new St. Robert Municipal Center)

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110 Susie Dr., St, Robert MO G5584Pastor: Young tOar Leee 573-36:121)3

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GRACE {2(H TNAN'I'CH ISTIAN C'1ENYi'R

"Where Jesus is Lord ad Love Prevails"Jui t'ile ltoi F'ial tilrki. An. ssio

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25715 Hwy 17 Waynesville, I-44 Buckhorn Eiol 53'Bus Ministry Available

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A Multi-Cultural Inter-Denominational ChurchtP-rvate ChristianSchool "Grace School" available K Otirs 12

WORD OF LIFECELEBRATION CHURCH

"Multi-Cultural Church of Faith, Praise & Worshtip"PIsrits Russe)Ill &tRita Summerttos

Phone 573364-7258- 10091 County Road 3010(PastFrutmn Drive, Down 10th St.). Rolla, MO

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HOLT MONUMENTToll Free: 1-800-459-8510 " Bus. (417) 345-6114

One block north of the square on Highway 73Buffalo, MO 65622

Open Mon. - Fri. 8 a m. to 5 p m. Saturday 8 a m. to 3 p m.

Pastor : -s--,h o cdFrank & Nani uays o Im r

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WinterfestPippin Youth Center's

Winterland Spectacular Bash isscheduled for 2:30 to 6 p.m., Fri-day. Planned entertainment in-cludes games, tournaments, doorprizes, music, karaoke and foodare scheduled. Open to all chil-dren who are grades six through12 registered with Child andYouth Services.

Holiday festivalThe Columbia College

Alumni Association is scheduledto host its annual holiday festivalat 1:30 p.m., Sunday at the St.Robert Community Center.Students, faculty, staff, alumniand their family members are in-vited. Attendees are asked tobring a covered dish or dessert.There will be games and activi-ties and Santa Claus. For moreinformation, contact Jeffrey Kul-back at 329.4050 orjkulback@ccis.edu.

College mixerAll college students are invit-

ed to a mixer at 7:30 p.m.,Saturday at Davis RecreationCenter Admission is free. Videogames and pool tables will beavailable. Pizza, hot wings,drinks and more are availablefor purchase.

Thrift Savings PlanThe Thrift Savings Plan

(TSP) open season runs nowthrough Dec. 31. During openseason, eligible employees maybegin contributing to the TSP orchange the amount of currettcontributions to the TSP. Formore information, call 596.0212.

New Year's celebrationA New Year's Even celebra-

tion is scheduled for 10 p.m. to 3a.m., Dec. 31 at Audie Murphy'sCommunity Club. The celebra-tion plans include party favors,music, champagne and an earlybreakfast. The cost is $12 perperson. For more information orto make reservations, call

329.2455.Dedication ceremony

A dedication ceremony andopen house for the new highschool is scheduled for 2 p.m.,Jan. 4. The building will be openuntil 6 p.m. to allow the publican opportunity to tour the facility.

Hearts ApartArmy Community Services

(ACS) has formed a "waitingspouses" support group.The group is for anyoneseparated from their spouse dueto military assignments. Thegroup meets at 6:30 p.m., theevery first Thursday of themonth at the Pershing Communi-ty Center. On-site childcare isprovided. For more information,contact Jane Bruns at 596.0212.

Chess club formingA United States Chess Feder-

ation club is forming in the Way-nesville/St. Robert area. Interest-ed participants, contact JustinBowling at 573.512.1564.

Bariatrics support groupThe Fort Leonard Wood

Bariatrics Support Group meetsfrom 5:30 to 7 p.m. every secondTuesday of the month at theGeneral Leonard Wood ArmyCommunity Hospital healthpromotion clinic. For more infor-mation, call 563.4145.

Theater workshopThe Bruce C. Clarke Library

holds a theater and performanceworkshop for children of all agesat 12:30 p.m. Saturdays at the li-brary. Participants work on writ-ing skits, puppet shows, mono-logues or variety shows. Monthlyperformances are held and thereare opportunities available forchildren interested in performingon stage and behind the scenes.For more information, call563.4113.

Teddy bear driveVarious on-post groups have

started a teddy bear drive for

children in domestic violencecases. If a group is interested insponsoring a teddy bear drive,For more information, call596.0212.

Calling all photographersAll professional and amateur

photographers are encouraged toenter photos in the "Snapshots ofMilitary Life in the Ozarks,"contest sponsored by theDirectorate of Morale, Welfare

and Recreation. Prizes will beawarded and photos must be tak-en between Nov. 1 and Jan. 30.Deadline to submit photographsis Feb. 5. Photos must incorpo-rate the theme, Fort LeonardWood's Military Life in theOzarks - Where We Work, Liveand Play. Photos may be ofbuilding structures, landscapes,monuments, people, events, etc.on the installation. For more in-formation, call 596.0243.

Hunting competitionThe second annual Fort

Leonard Wood Big Buck andWild Hog contest hosted by theSportsmen Center is underwayand will commence Jan. 15.There are four deer divisions, akids division and a heaviest hogdivision.The Sportsmen Center isalso hosting a Fall Big Gobblercontest through Jan. 15. Therewill be an adult and children'scategory. For more information,call 596.4223.

CPR/First Aid classThe Pulaski-Phelps Chapter

of the American Red Cross isscheduled to offer CPR and FirstAid classes each month. Theclasses will cover adult, childand infant CPR and first aid.They will be held from 8 a.m. to5 p.m., every second Saturday ofthe month at Building 470,Room 2212 and every third Sat-urday of the month at PhelpsCounty Courthouse. The cost forclasses ranges from $30 to 48depending on the class. Thedeadline to register is the

Wednesday before the class. Formore information, call573.364.3947.Business women's club

The Business and Profession-al Women's Club of America re-cently established a PulaskiCounty charter. Annual regularmembership is $65, full-time stu-dent membership is $30. Formore information, callMildred Hughes at 774.6605.

MOMS clubThe MOMS club meets the

second Tuesday of each month at10 a.m. in Building 590. Theclub is a non-profit supportgroup for stay-at-home moms,including those with home-basedbusinesses or part-time jobs.Club activities include playdates, field trips, community ser-vice projects and MOMS nightout. For more information, call336.1298 or 336.7840.

Bereavement groupThe General Leonard Wood

Army Community Hospital(GLWACH) offers a perinatal be-reavement support group to thosewho have experienced a lossthrough miscarriage, stillbirth orneonatal death. The group meetsat 6:30 p.m. on the first and thirdThursday of each month inRoom 55 located in GLWACH'sbasement. For more informa-tion, call 596.1678 or 596.1770.

Protestant women's groupThe Protestant Women of the

Chapel group meets at 9:15 a.m.Tuesdays at Lieber HeightsChapel. Child care is provided atthe Child Development Center.

Alcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics Anonymous meet-

ings are held at 11:45 a.m.Mondays, Wednesdays andFridays and at 6 p.m. Tuesdays inBuilding 315, Room 236. Con-tact Derek at 774.5934. For off-post meetings, call Jim at336.5891 or Rebecca at336.5524.

Organizations receive donationsSpouses club helps local organizations

Recently, the Fort Wood Community Spouses Club do-nated $3,900 to vari-ous local organizationsin the form of welfarescholarships. Some ofthe organizations in-cluded Army FamilyTeam Building, ArmyCommunity Servicesfood program, girlscouts, Armed Ser-vices YMCA, PulaskiCounty literacy pro-gram, SpecialOlympics of Missouriand several local

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schools. The club provides assistance twice a year (falland spring) through welfare scholarships to various com-munityorganizations.

For more information on welfare applications write to:Fort Wood Community Spouses Club, P.O. Box 238, FortLeonard Wood, MO 65473.

Red Cross receives donationJobe Internet customers have been donating their

change to the Phelps-Pulaski Chapter of the American RedCross over the past few months. JOBE matched contribu-tions from customers and recently presented the RedCross with a check for $70.

Submission guidelines for 'What's Up'

Community members areencouraged to submit eventsand announcements for the"What's Up" and calendarpages of the Communitysection.

E-mail submissions in text orMicrosoft Word format to RitaMcIntosh, Community editor, atmcintoshri@wood.armny.mil.

Activities that occur on aregular basis will be included asspace is available until a writtenrequest to stop or change theannouncement is received.

Unless otherwise notified, itwill be assumed that activitiesthat fall on a holiday willbe cancelled.

All submissions must be re-ceived by noon Friday forpublication in the followingweek's paper.

All submissions must clear-ly state that they are intended forpublication.

Submissions must includethe name and phone number ore-mail address of the point ofcontact.

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Exodus begins.9 a.m. Crocheting

Class, HND.+

2:30-6 p.m. Pippin YouthCenter open.

4:30-9 p.m. EndZone open,

AMCC.*

6 p.m. Bingo cards go on

sale, play begins at 6:50 p.m.Davis Club.

6 p.m. Storytime, Clarke li-brary.

7 p.m. Adult Writers Group,

Clarke library.

3 11:45 a.m. Alco-holics

Anonymous meeting,Building 315, Room 236. Foroff-post meeting information,see page 3B.2:30-6 p.m. WinterlandSpectacular Bash, PippinYouth Center.4:30 p.m. Black Jack Loungeopen, karaoke and DJ4:30-9 p.m. Spades card tour-nament, AMCC.,4:30-11 p.m. EndZone open,AMCC.*5-9 p.m. Seafood buffet,$10.95 for adults, $4.95 forchildren, Medallion Room,AMCC.e8 p.m. Country line dancing,free lessons, Davis Club.

10 p.m.-midnight X-tremebowling, Daugherty BowlingCenter.

§ 11:45 a.m. Alco-Sholics

Anonymous meeting,

Building 315, Room 236. For

off-post meeting information,

see page 3B.

1:30.-6 p.m. Teen lounge

open, Pippin Youth Center.

11 p.m. Nightclub open.AMCC*

21 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.Sunday brunch,Medallion Room, AMCC.,11 a.m.-7 p.m. EndZoneopen, AMCC.,6 p.m. Bingo cards on sale.Play begins at 6:50 p.m.Davis Club.

27 1:30-6 p.m. OpenRecreation, Pippin

Youth Center.6-10 p.m Teen lounge open.Pippin Youth Center.

28 6 p.m. Bingo cardsgo on sale. Play be-

gins at 6:50 p.m., Davis Club.

2 9 a.m. WoodshopS and ceramic orienta-

tion. Arts and Crafts Center.

12:30 p.m. Theater and per-

formance workshops, all ages.Clarke library.

4:30-11 p.m. EndZone open,

AMCC.*10 p.m.-midnight X-tremebowling, $10, DaughertyBowling Center. 596.1498.

S 11:45 a.m. Alco-S holics Anonymous

meeting, Building 315, Room236. For off-post meeting in-formation, see page 3B.1:30-6 p.m. Open Recreation,Pippin Youth Center.

AMCC+ is Audie Murphy's Community Club. LHA* is Lincoln Hall Auditorium. HND+ is House Next Door. PCCA. is Pershing Community Center.

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ChristmasFrom page 1B

"I want a log truck," said 12year old Ryan Jacoby. "A realone.

Post resident, Mickela Merca-do, who will be leaving the areasoon, brought her 3-year-old son,Matthew, out to visit with Santa."It's the only time I get to seehim with Santa before I leave,"she said.

Sgt. Alfred Sevier, headquar-ters Maneuver Support Centerand his wife Deanna, broughttheir 4-month-old son, Julian, outhere to take his first picture withSanta.

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Zimmaron Ranch of Rollaprovided carriages drawn by asingle Clydesdale horse.

The adults seemed more im-pressed with the carriage rides,the biggest draw for childrenseemed to be the gift from Santa.

"I love it," said Sarah Dark-nell, four-years old, as she un-wrapped her new doll.

Sarah is the daughter of StaffSgt. Mitchell Darknell of the787th Military Police Battalion.

Sgt. Alfred Sevier, Headquarters Maneuver Support Cen-ter, steadies his son, Julian, on Santa's lap during the in-fant's first visit with the jolly old St. Nick.

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DiningFrom page lBhere second best to home,"Babb said. "We tried to pro-vide them with everything theywould have had at home."

The staff even provideddecorations from home to givethe facility a family feel.

They provide a relaxed at-mosphere in the facility, notonly on Thanksgiving butevery day.

Tiffany Baisden, cook, saidthere is a positive atmosphereat the facility.

"It is a family here,"Baisden said." When youcome in to work, you don'twant to leave."

Sgt. Maj. Patrick Finley,795th Military PoliceBattalion enjoyed the familyatmosphere.

"This facility puts out agreat product and the privatestell me all the time how greatthe food is," Finley said.

Van Antwerp extolled thepraises of the facility.

"I have not heard a traineecome out of this dining facilitywith anything negative, exceptwanting more time to eat," VanAntwerp said.

Dessert sits ready forhungry Soldiers of the795th Military Poilice Bat-talion to eat for lunch.

The 58th TransportationBattalion dining facilityreceived recognition as runner-up. Albert Finney of3-10 Infantry Battalion wasalso recognized as diningfacility manager of the year.

Deployment

From page lB"My oldest son graduated from high schooland moved away to college while his fatherwas away," Crutchfield said. "But we take a lotof photos and send a lot of e-mail as well aswrite letters to feel more connected. You getused to it. Being a Soldier myself, I understandand support his missions."

An essential key to help families feel con-nected is the preservation of memories to beshared with the deployed Soldier.

"Videotape and take lots of pictures, evenmake cassette tapes. Then send them to theSoldier," Bruns said.

"Also plan to share these events with theSoldier when he or she returns. That will gen-erate lots of fun conversations and memory ex-changing," she said.

Remember to consider small details thatmay be important to the little ones, Bruns ad-vised. Children thrive on routine and structure.Again, participate in family traditions.

"If dad always reads "The Night BeforeChristmas," have mom or an older child readit. Have kids participate in making cards or pic-tures to send to the missing parent," Bruns said.

"Make a tape of kids singing holiday songsand send to the deployed parent. It doesn't'

matter if it's too late to get there before the hol-iday. They'll love it whenever it arrives."

Recording family activities through the useof pictures and video is always a good thing,said Melissa Barnes, whose husband Sgt. 1stClass Bruce Barnes, is also deployed with the5th engineers. According to Barnes, the mostimportant philosophy for coping is realizingthat the deployment will not last forever.

"I buy disposable cameras and I take pic-tures or videos of the kids everywhere we go,"she said. "My friend's husband tapes stories forhis daughter."

Preston encourages spouses to become in-volved in the Family Readiness Groups (FRG)because they are a great resource in helpingpeople deal with deployments.

"The FRG has been the main vehicle thathas helped me deal with this deployment,"Preston said. "We provide a deployment hand-book and CD and provide training during allphases of deployment."

The group offers classes in skilled parent-ing, financial planning and dealing with sepa-ration, she said.

"Soldiers prepare for deployment duringtheir entire military careers. Many spouseshave not had any training and don't know whatto expect," Preston said.

Even basic yard work and clean up can bea challenge for some. Especially for wives whoare pregnant or have small children, she added.

"We pull together as a group and help in anyway we can. During this latest deployment, wehave really tightened the reigns and becomemore of a family," Preston said.

"We've pulled the proverbial wagons in acircle and are prepared to protect our families,"Preston said. "We want families to feel goodabout deployments and the unit's mission. TheSoldiers are doing a good job over there, sowe're trying to do the same thing here athome."

The period following Christmas may alsohold many challenges for families.

"The toughest time during the holidays isusually after all the celebrations are over,"Bruns said. "We tend to be so busy before andduring the holidays that we don't have time tostop and think about what is being missed."

"I encourage folks to have a plan. Plan todo something fun. Invite friends over for abeach party in the living room, fill the kiddiepool with sand, wear beach clothes, act silly,"Bruns added.

Crutchfield encourages spouses to sur-round themselves with friends and family togain support.

"You have to remember not to isolate your-self. It's important to keep in contact with ex-tended family and spend the holidays withthem," Crutchfield said. "Stay involved withyour Family Readiness Group. Stay aroundfriends, stay connected," she added.

Music

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As a New Yorker and a re-servist with the 305th EngineerDetachment, Hoffman was per-sonally touched by the events of9-11.

"I was angry following the at-tacks. I wrote a song (about theevent) but I wanted to do more.Luckily, as a reservist, I soon gotthe opportunity," Hoffman said.

The song, "September Morn-ing Tuesday," was written follow-ing the terrorist attacks on theWorld Trade Center andPentagon.

Its emotion-laced lyrics in-clude excerpts from former NewYork City mayor RudolphGiuliani and President Bush'smoving speech on that terrible dayin our history.

The president said, "Freedomitself was attacked this morning bya faceless coward. Terrorist at-

tacks may shake the foundationsof our biggest buildings, but theycannot touch the foundations ofAmerica."

Hoffman said although the at-tacks were devastating, he wasn'tshaken.

The attacks moved him to ac-tion and only made him strongeras a Soldier and NCO, he said.

According to Hoffman, he notonly got the chance to defend thefreedom of his country while serv-ing in Iraq, but learned invaluablelessons about life, family, leader-ship and pride.

"The hardest part of war is be-ing separated from family. I'dguess that 90 percent of Soldiersserving in Somalia, Afghanistanand Iraq will tell you that it's eas-ier to face combat than to copewith family separation," he said.

"As an NCO, I have a lot of re-sponsibility. I am responsible forthe lives of my subordinates," he

Courtesy photoStaff Sgt. Richie Hoffman recently returned from Iraq.

said. "You have to make reallytough decisions.

"The military taught me a lot ofresponsibility. It showed me awhole different life. It takes a cer-tain breed of person to be aSoldier. Not everyone has it," hesaid. "I put on my uniform and I'mtransformed. I'm not only a dif-ferent person than I am out of uni-form; I'm a better person. I watchwhat I do. I'm more careful in my

actions because I realize that I'mrepresenting my country," Hoff-man added.

When asked what advice he'dgive a young musician who wastorn between playing his musicfull time and serving his country,the Soldier-musician said, "I'd tellthem to do both. I am. Nothing isimpossible. I wouldn't be happy ifI weren't a Soldier nor would I behappy without my music."

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Morale, Welfare, andRecreation (DMWR)clubs have somethingfor everyone from greatdining to live music andeverything in between.The clubs hosts a num-ber of events includingcomedy, country line dancing,spades tournaments, footballparties, live entertainment andmore.

DMWR has all you need towelcome the New Year in style.Join the New Year's Eve celebra-tion at Audie Murphy's Commu-nity Club as disc jockey, Big O,entertains you with the bestdance music in town. The partybegins at 10 p.m. and includes achampagne toast at midnight anda New Year's breakfast buffet.Admission is $12 per person. Formore information, call 329.2455.

The Daugherty BowlingCenter is giving you an opportu-nity to ring in the New Year in"Xtreme style" with the annualNew Year's Eve Sober Bowl.The party starts at 10 p.m. and is$18 per person. Admission in-cludes, Xtreme bowling, shoerental, party favors and a compli-mentary non-alcoholic toast. Formore information and reserva-tions, call 596.1498.

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U Jan. 31 - Escape the Freezeat Audie Murphy's CommunityClub Comedy Xplosion begin-

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ploding with laughter.The show will be host-ed by the one and onlyStacy Hall. Tickets are$12, or $10 for DMWRcard holders and in-cludes admission to theafter party with "BigO." Tickets will beavailable at Audie Mur-

phy's Community Club. Be sureto purchase your tickets early,last time Stacy and crew were intown it was standing room only.For more information, call329.2455.

U Feb. 1 - Watch Super BowlXXVII in big vision on a 12-footprojection TV complete with sur-round sound at Audie Murphy'sCommunity Club ballroom. Theparty starts at 3 p.m., game kick-off is at 5 p.m. Drawings will beheld throughout the game for achance to win great prizes.

See your favorite teams in theSugar Bowl at 7 p.m. Jan. 4 atthe EndZone located in AudieMurphy's Community Club. Formore information, call 329.2455.The EndZone also offers happyhour from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Tues-days and Fridays. DMWR cardmembers enjoy free food ($2 fornon-members).

U Starting in the new year,the Medallion Room, located atAudie Murphy's CommunityClub, will offer a Monday nightall-you-can-eat buffet from5 to 9 p.m. The cost will be$7.95 for adults and $3.95 forchildren ages 4 to 10 years old.Children 3 and under eat freewith each paid adult meal. The

Medallion Room is open from 11a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m.Monday through Friday, and 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday forbrunch.Q January is customer appre-

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Blackjack LoungeU Jan. 8 - Celebrate Elvis'

Birthday, when the BlackjackLounge features a Rock n' RollNight in honor of "the King."Play the Elvis Presley trivia con-test and win the right to benamed "King" yourself. Prizeswill be awarded to the 1st, 2ndand 3rd place winners. Enjoysomething from the grill, whichwill feature a special Elvis menuincluding "The King" wings,"Hunka-Hunka" burgers, "LoveMe Tender" steaks and "Jail-house Rock 'in' barbeque ribs.

U The Blackjack Lounge is asports bar and grill with attitude.Happy hour is from 4:30 to 6p.m. Thursdays and 5 to 6 p.m.Saturdays. Free appetizers areoffered for DMWR card mem-bers, ($2 for non-members).Thursday night at the lounge isladies night hosted by disc jock-ey Arlin. Fridays Karaoke is kingat the Blackjack Lounge harmo-nize and vocalize while DJ Arlinspins a variety of today's hits.

Davis ClubU Every Sunday, Wednesday

and Thursday at the Davis Clubis bingo night. Cards go on saleat 6 p.m. with the first gamestarting at 6:50 p.m. The bingo

program features a variety ofgames, including several pro-gressive jackpots. Regular packetpayout ranges from $100 to$500, and progressive jackpotsrange from $1,500 to $5,000.There are 23 games played eachsession, including the progres-sive games.

U The newest addition to theDavis Club is the Cyber Caf6, aplace where military servicemembers can communicate withfriends and family back home,send and check e-mail or justsurf the Internet. Service mem-bers can purchase an Internetcard for a small fee. The cardsare similar to a phone card (alsooffered at the club) and work byminutes used, therefore each cardcan last the servicemember a fewdays.

U The dust will fly as every-one kicks up their heels to therockin' sounds of country musicat the Davis Club. Round upyour favorite partner and head tothe club for country music anddance lessons. Lessons begin at8 p.m. Jan. 9, 16, 23 and 30 andare free. If you are interested inlearning the "Boot Scoot 'n'Boogie" or the "Honky TonkTwist," then come down earlyand learn a few new steps to addto your dance card.

All DMWR clubs are open toauthorized patrons. Guests arewelcome when accompanied byan authorized patron. The clubsare open to all ranks. For moreinformation on becoming aDMWR card member, 596.0162or drop by Building 470, Room1129.

(O'Donoghue is the Direc-torate of Morale, Welfare andRecreation marketing specialist.)

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Courtcesy photoChristmas wishes

Jayla Crawford, 18 months old, and her dad, JewellCrawford, place an ornament on a Soldier's tree in hon-or of her Mom, Capt. Barbara Crawford. The Directorateof Morale, Welfare and Recreation (DMWR) is spon-soring the holiday tree in honor of deployed servicemembers. Following an American tradition since 1979,yellow ribbons are hung from the tree to signify thehope of a safe return. Family members are invited tocome to the lobby of Building 470 and place ornamentsor letters on the tree. The lobby entrance is open 24-hours a day. The DMWR staff extends families and de-ployed service members a peace-filled holiday season.

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