Story and photo by Matt DeckerAssistant editormdecker01@springfi.gannett.com

Fort Leonard Wood movie-goers will have to head off post for big-screen entertainment over the next four months, as Bldg. 804, also known as Abrams The-ater, undergoes a major renovation project.

“It’s a complete renovation on the inside,” explained Sgt. 1st Class James Thompson, the S3 of the 1st En-gineer Brigade, which manages the property for the Directorate of Public Works.

This week kicked off the 120-day, $1 million-plus project, which was approved by the Army and award-ed to general contractor Silver Lake Construction in December. Dennis Routh, DPW project manager, has been working to develop the project since August and said the initial concept began in 2016.

“The main lobby and snack bar will be remodeled, to include the storefront, new wall finishes, doors, ceil-ing, lighting and flooring,” Routh said. “The restrooms will have updated wall coverings, flooring, (Ameri-cans with Disabilities Act-compliant) restroom stalls, fixtures and lighting. The auditorium will have new flooring, doors and hardware, seating, acoustic panels installed on walls, ceiling repairs and lighting. The stage will have new floor coverings and, there will be a number of other miscellaneous repairs.”

Thompson noted that the facility is used for a vari-ety of functions on the installation.

“It’s used for the movies, of course, but also gradu-ations, training, briefings — you name it, they do it there,” Thompson said.

Rhonda Corbett, Abrams Theater manager with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, is looking for-ward to the changes.

“I think it’s going to be really pretty,” she said. “They’ve told us we’ll have mahogany wood edging in the new foyer, along with new flooring and new seats. It’s going to look really nice.”

While movie-goers will have to go several weeks without showings at Abrams, the goal is to have the project completed before the summer blockbuster

season hits full stride. Corbett said while attendance varies, those big-budget movies have sold out the 998-seat theater in the past.

“It varies depending on what’s showing each week-end, but if you’re talking about a Marvel movie or Star Wars — of course, those are big draws,” she said.

Beth Pritchard, Fort Leonard Wood AAFES general manager, said that the company is also planning to contribute to the redesign.

“For our part, we are going to execute a small

project to refurbish the snack bar to match the decor that DPW is bringing in,” Pritchard said.

Pritchard said that as soon as the project is com-pleted, Abrams Theater will resume its regular schedule, with showings on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

“We look forward to reopening in a new, modern venue, and look forward to bringing our customers entertainment in time for the summer blockbuster season,” Pritchard said.

By Brian HillManaging editorguidoneditor@myguidon.com

From the common operating picture of the modern battlefield to food service program inventories, the

use of data to drive activities is fairly commonplace among most organiza-tions these days. It stands to reason then that the more accurate data that’s available, the more productive a unit can be.

Fort Leonard Wood’s Directorate of Emergency Services uses data to pro-duce more intelligent policing and min-imize crime in the community.

According to James Stewart, Fort Leonard Wood chief of police, informa-tion is gathered and examined using the policing methodology known as Comp-Stat — short for Compare Statistics. Anomalies in crime are identified using comparative sta-tistics, which then allows the DES a more efficient way to target law en-forcement to spe-cific needs.

“CompStat is getting in there, pulling out the data, analyzing it,” Stewart said, “but really it’s intelli-gence-led policing. You can’t get to the left of a problem if you don’t know that you have a problem.”

Data concerning everything from shoplifting and speeding, all the way to kidnapping and assault, is collected and looked at in a timely manner so as to better develop and execute plans of action, Stewart said.

In addition, that data is cross-refer-enced with similar reports from other Army installations across Installation Management Command and a quarter-ly conference call is held.

“We see their data, we hear what they’re doing,” Stewart said. “A lot of times if I’m reporting something’s an issue, (IMCOM will) pause us and ask another installation if they’re having the same thing. It’s pretty much guaranteed that if I have an is-sue with shoplifting on the installa-tion, Fort Benning, Fort Jackson, they

probably are having the same issues.”With this gathering of data from mul-

tiple installations, Stewart added that best practices can be built.

“If I’m having a challenge, someone else may have the same issues,” he said. “I’m able to sit in and hear what they’ve got going on and use their ideas to help us here.”

Although the IMCOM briefing is just once a quarter, Stewart said that data is gathered and tracked daily.

“We’re not waiting for the next CompStat brief to get here to figure out what our problems are,” he said. “We’re looking at it every day.”

The idea of bringing together mul-tiple law enforcement agencies to pool ideas comes out of 1970s New York City. CompStat was the name of the original computer program used to transfer what was originally done with

printed maps and push pins. The con-cept of relentless assessment of data to find what works and what doesn’t was part of the ini-tial philosophy.

“We will be re-lentless until New York is in fact the safest city in Amer-ica,” said Jack Ma-ple, the New York City deputy po-lice commissioner for crime control

strategies who created the CompStat methodology of crime fighting and law enforcement strategy.

Invited to the briefing every quarter are the DES director and deputy direc-tor, the provost marshal sergeant ma-jor, the chief of police, the deputy chief of police, and all law enforcement sec-tion heads — to include the traffic sec-tion, military police desk, patrols and conservation.

“The reason they’re in there is to not only answer questions, but to (use) that information,” Stewart said. “The of-ficers have to know what the problem is, where are the problem areas, where they need to be. ‘I have this entire in-stallation but where do I need to be, what days do I need to be there. If I’m

FREE Published in the interest of the personnel at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Thursday, January 30, 2020Volume 20, Number 04

www.myguidon.com

■ FLW remembers life, legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at luncheon.Page A6

■ FMWR seeks to train lifeguards starting Feb. 7.Page B1

■ One man's rise from dish washer to FLW food program manager.Page A3

■ Driving While Intoxicated: irresponsibly putting others' lives in danger.Page A2

“CompStat is getting in there, pulling out the data, analyzing it, but really it's intelligence-led policing. You can't get to the left of a problem if you don't know that you have a problem.”

James StewartFort Leonard Wood chief of police

See COMPSTAT Page A4

Photo illustration by Brian HillCpl. Tera Owens, Fort Leonard Wood Dental Health Activity operations non-commissioned officer, pumps 91-octane fuel Monday at the Army and Air Force Exchange Service South Express. All regular, lower-octane gasoline pumps at that location have been closed for two weeks due to trace amounts of water found in the tanks following customer concerns.

A sign informs customers that Abrams Theater will be closed for remodeling. The interior renovation proj-ect, which began this week, will replace the building's foyer, seats, flooring, restrooms and other facilities over the next 120 days.

Four-month Abrams Theater interior makeover underway

Special to GUIDON

The Army and Air Force Exchange Service is set to reopen all pumps at the Fort Leonard Wood South Express this week after a thorough treatment, cleaning and testing of the location’s regular unleaded fuel supply.

The underground fuel storage tanks have been thoroughly cleaned and in-spected for leaks during the closure.

“The exchange is committed to en-suring we provide the Fort Leonard Wood community with clean, safe and high-quality fuel,” General Manager Beth Pritchard said. “While we regret the inconvenience caused by the tem-porary unavailability of fuel at this location, we owe it to the Soldiers, re-tirees, veterans and families we serve to give this process its due diligence.”

Customers first brought concerns about regular unleaded fuel to the ex-change’s attention Jan. 14. Exchange management closed the pumps,

contacted the installation’s command and requested the inspection, which showed trace amounts of water in the supply of regular unleaded fuel.

The exchange also works with sup-pliers to ensure the integrity of the fuel supply.

“We serve the best customers in the world, and we hope our swift action to address this matter demonstrates how seriously we take their concerns,” Pritchard said.

Customers who dispensed regular unleaded fuel on the morning of Jan. 11 at the South Express who believe their vehicles were affected by this issue can bring a report from their mechanic and fuel receipts to the Fort Leonard Wood Main Exchange manag-er’s office for further assistance.

No issues have been reported at the North Express fueling station, where all grades of fuel are still available.

(Editor’s note: Information for this article was provided by AAFES.)

Regular fuel at AAFES South Express to re-open

FLW DES uses CompStat to maximize resources

IndexCommentary ..................A2News Briefs ....................A3 Chaplain’s Corner ..........A5Community ....................A6Off Duty ......................... B1Movies ............................ B3

Thursday, January 30, 2020Section A, Page 2 GUIDON

By Staff Sgt. Elijah RedmondSpecial to GUIDON

Driving while intoxicated is irresponsible. It’s also illegal. You’ve most likely heard that before, but please take a moment

and finish reading this, because it might save your life or someone else’s.

Drunk driving is illegal because it puts lives in danger — not just the individual committing the crime, but unfortunately anyone else who happens to be out on the roads as well.

One person’s moment of stupidity could af-fect any one of us.

But what can be done about DWIs? The crime itself comes with many conse-

quences, most of which people think they understand. There’s the suspension of driving privileges, the legal costs and the sometimes-irrevocable damage that can occur to one’s ca-reer. And those are just the tip of the iceberg — those are minor problems compared to the penalties that come when a DWI involves the physical harm of an innocent person.

I would advise anyone who drinks and drives oc-casionally to try thinking about that from time to time, especially the next time you’ve been drinking and are considering driving. What if you hurt someone else?

What if you kill a child? Or a family? What if you take a mother or father away from someone permanently? Or someone’s sister or brother? You don’t know who’s in those other cars around you, do you?

It happens all the time, and my guess is that those drunk drivers weren’t thinking about all the variables.

They felt confident that they understood, or that they were in control. They were also prob-ably counting on their past successes at getting away with the crime of drinking and driving. There’s a famous saying about luck, though — count on the rabbit’s foot, if you will, but remember, it didn’t work for the rabbit.

We can’t catch everyone who drives drunk, and we’ll never be able to stop it completely.

That’s just a sad fact of life, but we’re going to keep trying. The Directorate of Emergency

Services will continue to look for ways to stop people before they can hurt themselves or oth-ers, or damage property.

We will continue to set up checkpoints and remain vigilant at the post entry control points 24/7 for your safety.

We’re not the only defense against DWIs, however. Drunk driving prevention begins with individuals and their friends making better choices before, during and after consuming alcohol.

As I stated before, impaired driving is bigger than you — your choices can affect the course of innocent peoples’ lives.

Prevention also occurs when people remem-ber they have alternatives to getting behind the wheel. There are unit-level designated driver programs, as well as a new taxi agreement on the post that allows ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft to operate.

In short, there are people you can contact so you don’t have to put yourself and others at risk.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, about 30 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crash-es every day — that’s one person every 50 minutes. If you think that won’t happen

to you, I’d argue the math is not on your side.The bottom line is: don’t make the decision

to drive while impaired, and don’t let your friends make that mistake, either.

It’s a serious decision that can come with extreme consequences.

Even if you think you’re fine, or you’ve gotten away with it before or you’re only driving a few miles — think worst-case scenario.

Are you going to injure or kill someone because your judgement is impaired? Or are you going to be reasonable, and let someone sober get you home?

That could be the biggest decision of your life. Think about it.

(Editor’s note: This article was originally submitted to the GUIDON from Fort Leonard Wood’s DES. Redmond is the noncomissioned officer-in-charge of traffic management and collision investigations.)

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MSCoE Heroes of the WeekSpecial to GUIDON

CivilianThe Maneuver Support Center of Excellence recognizes

Cynthia Holloway from the Army Community Service team for stepping up to fill a staffing gap.

Due to General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital personnel shortages, Holloway, from the Exceptional Family Member Program within ACS, went to the 43rd Adjutant General Reception Battalion, screened packets and inter-viewed 15 trainees who had eligible family members.

Holloway’s standing in the gap enabled trainees to enter initial entry training as scheduled, avoiding delays and holds.

MilitaryChaplain (Capt.) Jose Rondon, 787th Military Police Bat-

talion, was invited as the keynote speaker for Jefferson City’s Prayer Service. The event was attended by some of Missouri’s top government officials.

Rondon provided The Charge to the 100th General As-sembly. He delivered a strong message to have three New Year’s resolutions: be trustful, be prayerful, be grateful. His message was one of service and humility. Governor Mike Parson recognized Rondon for delivering an inspiring and powerful speech.

(Editor’s note: This article was submitted to the GUIDON by MSCoE.)

Driving while intoxicated:

MoDOT: Think ahead before the big game

Sgt. Aric Freed, blue uniform, and Pvt. Dominic Drago work on the Directorate of Emergency Services team re-sponsible for preventing and responding to motor vehicle crashes on Fort Leonard Wood.

The Kansas City Chiefs are traveling to Miami, Florida, for the big-gest game of the season. MoDOT urges fans to travel safely.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Carlin Leslie

Special to GUIDON

For the first time in 50 years, Missouri’s very own Kansas City Chiefs are Mi-ami bound for the biggest game of the season.

As you cheer on your home team next weekend, the only crash you should hope to hear is the crunch of football players colliding — not that of your vehicle into another.

Throughout this week-end, there will be numerous celebrations happening across the state. Many of these celebrations may include alcohol. The Mis-souri Coalition for Road-way Safety urges football fans to get their game plan established ahead of time: plan a sober ride home.

In 2018, 203 people were killed and 541 seriously injured in traffic crashes that involved at least one substance-impaired driver.

“One bad decision can af-fect all of us,” said Jon Nel-son, Missouri Department of Transportation assistant to the state highway safety and traffic engineer. “Help save lives — don’t drink and drive, and don’t let friends drink and drive.”

If you’re attending a party or watching the game at a bar or grill:

— Designate your sober driver or plan another way to get home safely before the party begins.

— If you don’t have a designated driver, then ask a sober friend for a ride home; call a cab, friend or family member to come and get you, or just stay for the night.

— Never let friends drive if they’ve had too much to drink.

— If you know someone who is about to drive while impaired, take the keys and help them make safe travel arrangements.

If you’re hosting a party:— Make sure all of your

guests designate a sober driver in advance or ar-range for alternate trans-portation to ensure they get home safely.

— Serve food and in-clude non-alcoholic bever-ages at the party.

— Stop serving alcohol at the end of the third quarter of the game and begin serving coffee and dessert.

— Keep the numbers for local cab companies handy and take the keys away from anyone who has had too much to drink.

(Editor’s note: This ar-ticle was submitted to the GUIDON from MoDOT.)

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Thirty people in the U.S. die in drunk-driving crashes ev-ery day — one person every 50 minutes.

National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration

According to the Centers for Disease Control, alcohol-related crashes total $44 billion in damages annually.

Story and photo by Sam CampbellAssistant editorsjcampbell@gannett.com

You know how when you’re in second grade, they ask you what you want to be when you grow up? You know what I said? ‘A chef.’”

Bill Moffitt is Fort Leonard Wood’s food program manager, and his 30-plus-year career has taken him from washing dishes at a steakhouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to serving generals at the Pentagon’s ex-ecutive dining rooms during his decorated career in the Air Force.

“That was fun,” he said while flipping through pho-tos of gilded D.C. table spreads and top officers beside ice carvings he made. “I see people that I’ve fed up there now on the news.”

Indeed, Moffitt said his repertoire of notable dinner guests includes retired generals and military-grade celebrities like Colin Powell and the former vice pres-ident, Dan Quayle.

Even NFL teams have been host to Moffitt’s menu, he said. In the early 1990s, Pentagon superiors sent him on a professional development trip he wouldn’t soon forget.

“They sent me downtown to work at The Alpine res-taurant,” he said. “It (was) a 5-star Italian restaurant in downtown Washington, D.C., where they feed con-gressmen, senators.”

“The owner knew the Washington Redskins,” he added. “When I was working there, they had me feed the entire ... team. So, we prepared all the food in this restaurant, and then we actually went down into their locker room and delivered it to them. We were making these whole chickens, the way they do Italian-style. Some of those linemen ordered five chickens, just for one guy.”

Cue hearty laughter, the kind one might hear at a barbecue.

Moffitt later added — with such nonchalance and finesse it was like the verbal equivalent of a guitarist’s hammer-on — that he served the prince of Kuwait be-fore, too.

There’s no way he could have topped that, right?Wrong.“I took a trip as an enlisted aide with General Chuck

Horner,” he said. “I basically went on one of his trips as a flight steward. I cooked all the meals for the flights. We flew over to Hawaii, Hong Kong, Japan, Guam, the Marshall Islands.”

A self-described mountain man and native of Chey-enne, Wyoming, Moffitt’s biography lists accolades like the John L. Hennessy Traveler award, which des-ignated him as one of the top two chefs in the U.S. Air Force at the time.

“That was the start of my career, right there,” he said.

But don’t ask Moffitt what his favorite food is, un-less the goal is to receive the humblest of responses.

“Jeepers — I like so much. I like to cook and I like to eat, obviously,” he joked while patting his belly.

According to his current team at Fort Leonard Wood, Moffitt’s love for his work is evident.

“Bill is my boss, but also a mentor,” said Beverly Legett, a food service equipment manager. “Often times, you run across people who are merely doing a job — I can honestly say that his overall attitude when it comes to the food program is passionate yet firm.”

Moffitt’s current role on the installation is far more administrative than his days of ice carving and cook-ing for four-star generals, but, he said, it’s even more challenging.

“We have over 140-some different units from all over the country that come in here and train, so we have to assign them to different dining halls,” he said. “It’s a $34 million contract. We buy $40 million worth of food, and all the dining halls have accounts.”

He said there are many moving parts, which makes every day busy, but he is thankful to have a hand in supporting everyone’s missions.

“It’s rewarding to be involved in such a big thing,” he said. “With food service, you (affect) everybody on the installation.”

Moffitt looked back on his career, recalling ex-periences from asking to be guaranteed a food ser-vice position when he first enlisted in the Air Force to working alert kitchens for B-52 bombers at Dyess

Air Force Base, Texas, and to now — accounting for and responding to nearly nonstop phone calls from his building behind the post office.

“Bill is a go-getter,” Legett said. “He isn’t just a big voice out there. He has the knowledge to back up ev-ery idea.”

Moffitt said he wouldn’t change a thing.“Best thing I ever did was stay in,” he said. “All the

experiences, the opportunities — it’s just been a great career.”

He said he looks forward to retirement in the future and spending time with his family.

He and his high school sweetheart have been mar-ried since he finished boot camp in 1980. They have two children, both of whom love their dad’s game-day appetizers, he said. Of their favorites is what Moffitt calls “the Billy Bob Special” — chicken and cheese rolled into a flour tortilla and topped with homemade chili sauce.

“It’s easy for me to make a recipe,” he said. “I’m the type of guy who can go into a cupboard and just create stuff.”

But for those who may find the kitchen daunting, Moffitt offered some advice.

“Practice with recipes. Know recipes that are popu-lar and start out that way,” he said. “Experiment.”

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FLW now hiring for 2020 mowing season

Fort Leonard Wood’s Directorate of Public Works is currently hiring tem-porary laborers and tractor operators for the 2020 mowing season (March 2 through Nov. 15). Anyone interested can apply online at www.usajobs.gov (search for “laborer” or “tractor opera-tor” in the 65473 area code).

Mass notification testThe Fort Leonard Wood Installation/

Emergency Operation Center conducts a test of the mass notification system at 12:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month (unless that day is a federal holi-day or inclement weather is forecasted). The test includes the Alert! system — a message will display on screens con-nected to the post network, emails and text messages will be sent — and sirens and in-building public address systems will also be utilized. Crisis Action Team members should log into WebEOC to validate access status between 12:30 and 3 p.m. All building managers should report in-building notification issues to the installation operations center by calling 573.563.4045 or by emailing usarmy.leonardwood.usag.mbx.eoc@mail.mil.

SFL–TAP career fairThe Fort Leonard Wood Soldier For

Life – Transistion Assistance Program is hosting a career fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 27 at Nutter Field House. The event helps to prepare service members and their spouses transitioning out of the military by connecting them with a vet-ted network of employers from a variety of vocations seeking to hire veterans. For more information, call 573.596.0175.

Pre-retirement briefingThe Fort Leonard Wood Retirement

Services Office will conduct a pre-re-tirement briefing for active-duty service members from 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 11

in Bldg. 470, Room 2224/5. The brief-ing must be attended at least one year prior to retirement or at the start of the medical retirement process. The briefing includes retirement application procedures and information on rights and privileges. Spouses are encouraged to attend. For more information, call 573.596.0947.

Distinguished RetireesThe Fort Leonard Wood Retiree

Council is seeking nominations for the Distinguished Retiree of the Year. The nominees must be retired at least 10 years and currently living in the FLW retirement services area of responsibil-ity. Biographies should be e-mailed to noah.e.stevens.civ@mail.mil by Feb. 18. For more information, call 573.596.6637.

CID seeks MPIs to join warrant officer ranks

The U.S. Army Criminal Investiga-tion Command is seeking military po-lice investigators to become CID spe-cial agent warrant officers. Applicants must be regular Army Soldiers with Military Occupational Specialty 31B or 31E in the ranks of staff sergeant and sergeant first class. They must have completed V5 training at the U.S. Army Military Police School and have at least two years of investigative experience in the past four years. Applications will be considered by warrant officer accession boards. For more information, email usarmy.join-cid@mail.

Portable metal detector available for RAM programs

The Fort Leonard Wood Anti-terror-ism and Force Protection office recently acquired a portable walk-through metal detector to enhance the installation ran-dom antiterrorism measures program. Units can sign out the metal detector as part of their individual RAM program or for special events. For more infor-mation, call 573.563.6326.

The Garrison Housing Division reports the following work order status since the Feb. 27, 2019 housing town hall:

— 10,423 work orders submitted— 10,023 work orders completed— 400 work orders open with appointments scheduled.

To submit a work order, call 573.329.4000. For unresolved issues, contact the Garrison Housing Office at 573.596.0859.

Fort Leonard Wood

Housing Update

Bill Moffitt, installation food program manager, center, observes (from left to right) Barbara Parrett and Tonia Mosier, two of Building 1784’s cooks, prepare Salisbury steaks. According to Mosier, the dish is a favorite among many who eat there.

NEWS BRIEFS

Meet the man behind the dining facilitiesBill Moffitt’s rise from dish washer to FLW food program manager

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MOREsfrom page A1

replenish energy and is distributed in a controlled manner.

Company E, 2nd Battalion, 10th Infan-try Regiment has seen the benefits of MO-REs since integrating them into their BCT training schedule in the fall.

“The MOREs provide trainees a little extra fuel during increased levels of stress,” said Company E Commander Capt. Michael Krant. “There’s a mental element where trainees get a little pick me up by being able to have a quick snack during some of the more stressful parts of their training.”

MOREs have been authorized for use during specific BCT events such as The Hammer, The Anvil and The Forge — some of the most physically demanding basic combat training days.

Company E drill sergeant Staff Sgt. La-Tia Rondeau said she has seen the benefits that MOREs bring to trainees during en-ergy sapping events like ruck marches.

“Because we only utilize them during certain events, I believe it has been ex-tremely beneficial — especially when they eat before, during and after (events),” Rondeau said. “They have more energy, they stay awake and they’re more alert throughout the ruck march.”

Pfc. Oksana Schornak, a Company E trainee, said the boost of energy MOREs provide helps trainees accomplish team tasks.

“It gives us a lot of energy,” she said. “If everyone has the energy we can do it together.”

Rondeau added that the convenient size of the snacks reduces the amount of inter-ruptions during the marches, expediting the overall process.

“We give (the MOREs) to them be-fore and tell them when they can eat it,” Rondeau said. “They can pull it out of their pocket, eat it, and we continue the mission.”

“It’s quick to eat, especially if we have to be quick on our feet,” Schornak added.

According to Kageleiry, the H2F Sys-tem is the Army’s investment in enhanc-ing Soldier lethality and readiness and optimizing physical and non-physical per-formance and demonstrates the Army’s commitment to its people, the Army’s greatest strength and most important weapon system.

Krant said when used sparingly, the MOREs are helping his trainees meet their potential.

“The calories we’re adding into our trainees’ days are matching the inten-sity we’re expecting out of them on those days,” he said. “They get (MOREs) when they’ll be most beneficial — during that high-exertion training. We’re getting good results and great feedback.”

By Kari HawkinsU.S. Army Materiel Command

During an Army housing summit Jan. 14 to 16, senior Army leaders and privatized company executives met at Army Materiel Command headquarters to

review the status of Army housing and develop a strategy for long-term improvements across the installation enter-prise.

The Army’s seven private housing companies, which have 50-year lease agreements through the Residential Communities Initiative, manage and maintain 87,000 — or 98 percent — of Army housing at 44 U.S. installations. The Army manages another 13,000 homes and 6,700 Soldier barracks at both U.S. and overseas installations.

“We need to be able to ... have oversight of the conditions of our current housing inventory and of our projected in-ventory,” said Army Materiel Command’s Gen. Gus Perna, who is the top Army officer charged by the Chief of Staff of the Army with responsibility for Army housing.

“This is the first time (since implementation of priva-tized housing) that we have come together and had this ho-listic view across all Army installations. We need to drive this to our desired end-state. This is not only about day-to-day living. It’s about what we want our installations to look like in 40 or 50 years.”

The housing summit brought Army leadership and RCI company executives together via satellite with installation commanders to review progress and future strategies for housing at about 60 U.S. and overseas installations. The leaders reviewed installation-by-installation, discussing the current condition of housing units, future plans for housing reinvestments, and policies, processes and prac-tices that need to be addressed to ensure the long-term vi-ability of housing. The summit also allowed Army leaders to identify challenges that are trending across multiple lo-cations, such as the cost of maintaining historic housing, fluctuations in Soldiers’ housing allowances and forecast-ing funding for preventive maintenance.

“We need to hold ourselves accountable at all times to the highest standards,” Perna said. “When we do that, then we have maneuverability to be innovative, adaptive and agile.”

The first RCI lease was signed in 1999 at Fort Carson, Colorado. Since then, the Army has looked to private hous-ing companies to manage and maintain housing properties throughout the U.S., but the lack of accountability has led to lower-than-desired standards. With many of those leases ending in 35 years, the Army wants to ensure quality hous-ing standards are being implemented at every installation.

Army Materiel Command, under Perna’s direction, took the lead for Army housing in March 2019, when the Instal-lation Management Command became one of AMC’s major subordinate commands. Since then, numerous reforms and improvements have been made, including: quality inspec-tions of 100 percent of housing units; the establishment of 24/7 housing hotlines at every installation; quarterly resi-dent town halls hosted by installation leadership; mobile apps for residents to submit and track work orders; a re-vised fee structure for private companies to better account for resident and Army leadership feedback; regular meet-ings between Army leadership and company executives; and development of a Resident Bill of Rights expected to be signed later this month; among other reforms.

In July 2019, more than 25,000 residents provided input

through the Resident Satisfaction Survey that gave the Army insight into housing experiences and further pin-pointed issues that needed to be addressed. In addition, an Army Inspector General report yielded feedback to im-prove housing.

The responsibility to ensure housing is safe and secure belongs to AMC, IMCOM and RCI partners, Perna said.

“I believe and have reported to the Secretary of Defense and the Army Chief of Staff that we, as a collective group, are moving in the same direction on Army housing and we are executing their guidance, and we will achieve these goals,” Perna said. “We are not there yet. But we are mov-ing every day toward that end state.”

At the summit, Perna told the RCI company representa-tives the Army needs their intellectual knowledge, manage-ment expertise, real estate know-how and reinvestment ca-pabilities to ensure the long-term health of Army housing.

“As Soldiers, we are trained to go to war and trained to execute war. We are not trained to run or execute an Army housing neighborhood. That’s why we brought this partner-ship together,” Perna said.

“Whether you are at Wainwright, Polk, Irwin, Belvoir, Hood, Riley or any other installation, the end state is for every installation to be a Soldier and family’s number one choice for where to live. When a Soldier gets orders, we want there to be jubilance because they are convinced they are moving to the best installation. That is our vision, our end state. We have to drive ourselves to this end state.”

Each installation reported challenges and opportunities. At Fort Riley, Kansas, Garrison Commander Col. Steven Shrader described the installation’s RCI partnership as beneficial in regards to reinvestment.

The $60.7 million the RCI company is investing to build 96 junior non-commissioned homes, renovate 32 historic homes, re-roof 84 homes, build six new parks and imple-ment energy conservation measures “is something we couldn’t do in the past when housing fell under the Direc-torate of Public Works because of manning and funding ca-pabilities,” Shrader said.

“Our private partners are playing an absolutely incred-ible role in achieving the end state of transitioning all our housing to new builds or full renovations,” Shrader said.

Along with trends, Army leaders were made aware of the many installation-specific challenges, as well. With 70 percent of housing at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, built prior to 1978, Garrison Commander Col. Jeremy Bell said more investments need to be made by its RCI company to build new homes for its junior enlisted population. Redstone Ar-senal Garrison Commander Col. Kelsey Smith, where AMC is headquartered, said sustaining an appropriate level of housing staff is a challenge due to the low unemployment rate in the local community. And at Joint Base San Anto-nio, Texas, more disability compliant housing is needed because of the large number of wounded warriors who re-ceive care at the installation.

“While we have to address individual challenges, we need consistency in policy across all our installations to make Army housing successful,” Perna said.

Leaders will use the briefings from the summit to devel-op a long-term reinvestment strategy, Perna said.

“We are moving away from a year-to-year strategy. We will develop a long-term plan that will drive towards our end-state: quality safe and secure housing at every instal-lation,” he said.

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there at the wrong time I’m wasting my time.’ You need to know where and when to be there to affect change.”

For Christian Marsh, a supervisory DES traffic management and collision investigations officer, CompStat helps him better police the post.

“I have very limited resources and personnel,” Marsh said. “CompStat assists me in identifying areas where resources such as message boards and speed trailers should be placed, while allowing military police to

remain available for calls for service and focused enforcement in areas of concern.”

Stewart added that the flexible use of data is a key to the success of any law enforcement organization.

“CompStat allows us to say what crimes we have reduced by our action plans, by trying to prevent it,” Stew-art said. “It also shows areas where enough hasn’t been done, where we need to go back to the drawing board and engage again.”

AROUND THE ARMY

By Sean Kimmons Army News Service

The first assignment cycle for theArmy Talent Alignment Process saw nearly all eligible officers

and units participate, while orders are now beginning to be released one week ahead of schedule, the Army’s human resources chief said.

The assignment cycle, which was for positions this summer, had a surge of participation after the previous cycle garnered less than 60 percent.

The figures showed that 95 percent of the more than 14,000 active-duty of-ficers put preferences down for their next position, while 98 percent of units placed preferences for their vacancies.

“This increased two-way participa-tion resulted in more than 55 percent of officers receiving their first-choice assignment and more than 80 percent of the officers receiving an assignment from their top 10 percent of prefer-enced jobs,” said Maj. Gen. Joe Callo-way, commander of the U.S. Army Hu-man Resources Command.

Of those numbers, 47 percent of as-signments had one-to-one matches, meaning the officer and the unit made one another their top preference.

“We believe this collaborative ... pro-cess will ultimately enhance job satis-faction, improve readiness and help us retain a larger portion of the human talent that is critical to our Army in the years ahead,” Calloway said.

About 67 percent of officers and 66 percent of units also received one of their top three choices.

The next cycle starts in April for moves that will occur next winter.

“The results of the first execution of the ATAP represent a significant step forward in establishing a new assign-ment system for U.S. Army officers,” said Maj. Gen. J.P. McGee, director of the Army Talent Management Task Force.

ATAP — a decentralized, regulated, market-style hiring system — aligns of-ficers and units using the Assignment Interactive Module, or AIM 2.0, which allows officers to build professional re-sumes highlighting their unique knowl-edge, skills, behaviors and preferences.

Similarly, units can find and prefer-ence officers whose talents align with their unique requirements. The module then aligns officers against those jobs, maximizing officer and unit preference while keeping Army readiness at the forefront, officials said.

As a result of potential changes to force structure, some slated assign-ments could be impacted and create un-forecasted manning shortages in units.

“We acknowledge that emerging re-quirements and structural changes could change some officer and unit matches in order to meet Army require-ments,” Calloway said. “However, U.S. Army Human Resources Command will continually seek to meet these require-ments while honoring officer and unit preferences/readiness to the maximum extent possible.”

The AIM 2.0 portal will eventually bridge into the Integrated Personnel and Pay System, or IPPS-A, that will in-clude all three components in an effort to manage talent across the total force.

When fully deployed, IPPS-A, which is now live in half of Army National Guard states and territories, will have a 25-point talent profile to provide a holis-tic look at Soldiers.

In that profile, IPPS-A will track ci-vilian and military education, awards, self-professed attributes, personal goals, civilian work experience and preferences, among other variables.

IPPS-A is expected to be fielded to all three components by December 2021.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. James Mc-Conville, who has promoted a people-first priority, believes the system is key to recognizing the talents and prefer-ences of every individual Soldier.

During a speech in October, he jok-ingly said it was “almost blasphemous” to think the Army would actually con-sider someone’s preferences.

“But, if we know where they want to go and what they want to do,” he said, “we believe we can get the right person in the right job at the right time and we will have a better Army that is more committed.

“When our people are treated this way, we know they perform better, stay longer and they will make our Army stronger,” he added.

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                                                          “Those who love

money will never have enough. How mean-ingless to think that wealth brings true hap-piness! The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth, except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!”

— Ecclesiastes 5:10-11

On January 30, 1848, James Marshall found a gold nug-

get in California. A half a million people would rush to California in an attempt to find their fortunes.

Most of those people found nothing and many lost their lives in pursuit of financial reward.

The passage above is from the Book of Ecclesiastes and is attributed to King Solomon, one of the wealthiest men ever to live.

In these writings, Solomon looks back upon his life and real-izes that he has spent most of it foolishly trying to satisfy his desires with power, wealth, pleasure and wisdom.

Despite his success, he is unhappy and unfulfilled. The lesson for the contemporary reader is not that

having money in and of itself is bad, but the place that it occupies in our lives matters.

How we choose to pursue our goals, and what we use our re-sources to accomplish, illustrates our priori-ties in life.

Do we recklessly chase af-ter tempo-rary gains, or muscle others out of the way for our own ambition?

Do we squander our time and money on selfish ends or use what we have to better the lives of those around us?

Solomon ends this passage by reminding his readers that we are able to take nothing with us when we die.

At the end of our lives, others will re-member not what we had, but what we did with what we had.

Invest in your fami-lies, your friends and your communities, and you will find happiness that exceeds what ma-terial gain can provide.

God, may we be found faithful as we try to be good stew-ards of the resources entrusted to us.

Amen.(Editor’s note: Dunn

is the 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment chaplain.)

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Fort Leonard Wood Worship Schedule

Catholic WorshipCatholic Mass5 p.m. Saturdays9 a.m. SundaysSpanish Mass6:30 p.m. 3rd Saturday of the monthSoldier Memorial Chapel

Adoration6 p.m. 1st FridaySoldier Memorial Chapel

Confessions 4 to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays8 to 8:30 a.m. Sundays

Baptisms5 p.m. Mass — Last Saturday

Daily Mass11:40 a.m. Tuesdays through FridaysHospital Chapel

ProtestantLiturgical Protestant Service8:30 a.m. Sundays South Iowa Chapel

Gospel Protestant 10 a.m. Sundays Central Iowa Chapel

Traditional Protestant Service 11 a.m. SundaysSoldier Memorial Chapel

Crossroads Service 11 a.m. SundaysMain Post Chapel

Other servicesBuddhist:10 a.m. Sundays North Iowa Chapel

Seventh Day Adventist:3 p.m. Saturdays Specker Barracks Chapel

Sunday SchoolsCatholic Confraternity of Christian Doctrine RCIA & RCIC11 a.m. (K–8th/Confirmation)

YREC

Catholic Youth Group1 p.m. SundaysYREC

Worship/StudiesProtestant Women of the Chapel (PWOC),9 a.m. Tuesdays Main Post Chapel

Kids 4 Christ, (Grades 1-5)4 p.m. Tuesdays YREC

Christ Fit5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays Main Post Chapel

Chapel Youth Group (Grades 6-12)6:15 p.m. WednesdaysYREC

Knights of Columbus — Catholic Men6 p.m., second Tuesday, Sol-dier Memorial Chapel Annex

Gospel Bible Study6:30 p.m. Wednesdays —Central Iowa Chapel

Catholic Women of the Chapel (CWOC)9 a.m. Fridays Main Post Chapel, 11 a.m. SundaysYREC

Seventh Day Adventist Bible Study9:30 a.m. Sundays Main Post Chapel

Officer Christian Fellowship11:45 a.m. ThursdaysLincoln Hall

Navigators Bible Study7 p.m. FridaysSpecker Barracks Chapel

Lunch with the Lord11:45 a.m. ThursdaysMain Post Chapel

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Fort Leonard Wood celebrated the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at its annual luncheon ob-

servance named after him Jan. 23. The 3rd Chemical Brigade organized

the event that featured performances by the 399th Army Band.

Col. Adam Hilburgh, 3rd Chemical Brigade commander, remarked on the large turnout despite harsh weather conditions.

“I think this is the most folks I’ve seen at one of these observances,” he said. “I think a lot of it is due to the message of Dr. Martin Luther King — and his mes-sage of unity is just as important today as it was 50 years ago. His message of wanting to have his children and all other children judged by their character and not by their skin color, not where they came from, is just as relevant today.”

He introduced the keynote speaker, Chaplain (Capt.) Joseph McCall.

 McCall, the 1st Battalion, 58th Infan-try Regiment chaplain, won first place in the 2019 District 8 Toastmasters Interna-tional Speech Contest.

He reflected on the impact Martin Luther King Jr. has had.

 “Our life is not measured in incre-ments of time — it’s measured in scope of impact,” he said. “Today, we celebrate a man who, though his life was short, made a mighty impact in our world.”

 McCall directly addressed the theme of the observance. 

“‘Remember, celebrate, and act’ — I believe these are the keys to living a life of impact,” he said. “King understood the importance of remembering from whence we’ve come. While sitting in a Birmingham jail he penned these words in response to white clergy condemning his non-violent protests: ‘For years now, I have heard the word, ‘Wait!’ We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God given rights.’”

 McCall said King remembered where

he came from, and connected “the African-American experience … from the urban cities of the North, through the clay hills of the South, through the tumultuous waters of the middle pas-sage, all the way to the splendiferous shores of Africa.”

 He quoted King’s remarks to a group of high school students, emphasizing the second part of theme, “Celebrate.”

 “‘Be proud of our heritage … we don’t have anything to be ashamed of. Some-body told a lie one day. They couched it in language. They made everything black ugly and evil. Look in your dic-tionaries and see the synonyms of the word black,’” he said.

Again quoting King, he said, “‘It’s

always something degrading and low and sinister. Look at the word white, it’s always something pure, high and clean. Well I want to get the language right to-night. I want to get the language so right that everyone here will cry out, ‘Yes, I’m Black, I’m proud. I’m Black and I’m beautiful!’”

McCall made a distinction, defining equality as different from similarity.

“King understood that our differences are to be celebrated and not denigrated,” he said. “Yes, two things can be equal yet not the same. (Our founding fathers) understood that since humanity bears God’s image we all deserve respect and have intrinsic value and deserve respect, from the womb to the tomb.”

Finally, he challenged members of the audience to act.

“James 2:20 says, ‘Faith without works is dead,’” McCall said. “Dare I be so bold to add knowledge without action is dead? Contrary to popular belief, knowledge is not power, but knowledge applied rightly can change the world.”

McCall received a standing ovation.Hilburgh and Command Sgt. Maj.

Jorge Arzabala presented several guests, organizers and performers of the event with tokens and certificates of appreciation.

To learn more about King's life and his accomplishments, visit http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/king/aa_king_subj.html.

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UP FRONT

Pet of the weekFinn is a 2-year-old

hound mix. He is up-to-date on vaccinations, neutered, and avail-able for adoption from the Waynesville Animal Shelter.

The Fort Leonard Wood Animal Shelter is closed temporarily. Post patrons are invited to visit the Waynesville facility to adopt dogs and cats.

Adoption fees for dogs are $90 and cats are $75, which include vaccina-tions and spay or neuter. Microchipping is avail-able for $20.

For more information on adopting any of the other available animals, contact the shelter at 573.855.2488.

The Fort Leonard Wood Animal Shelter is operated by the city of Waynesville and works in conjunction with the Waynesville An-imal Shelter.

Photos can be found at www.facebook.com/waynesville.shelter.

Blood Drive, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tues-day in Room 105, Internal Medicine Wing, General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital. For details, call 800.733.2767.

Women in Business Group seminar, noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 13 at Columbia College, 550 Blues Lake Parkway, Rolla, Missouri. The event is meant to connect women for professional networking. For more information, call Karen Leatherman at 573.341.4551.

Pulaski Young Marines Raiders are ac-cepting registrations for the next recruit training session Feb. 21 to 23. An orienta-tion brief will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 18 at Building 708 on Fort Leonard Wood. It is required for parents and children. For details, contact Steve Nutter at flwyoung-marines@gmail.com or 573.528.4479.

Fort Wood Community Spouses Club basket auction, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 29 at Nutter Field House. Admission is $25 in advance,

and is available online at FWCSC.org. Admission is $30 at the door. For details, email BasketAuctionFWCSC@gmail.com.

AER scholarship applications now be-ing accepted through May 1. The Army Emergency Relief scholarship program is accepting applications for the 2020-21 academic year. The Maj. Gen. James Ur-sana Scholarship is for full-time students who are dependent children of active-duty, retired or deceased Soldiers. The AER Spouse Scholarship is for spouses of active-duty and retired Soldiers, and wid-ows of Soldiers who died either on active duty or as retirees. For more information, visit www.aerhq.org.

Air Force Aid Society’s General Henry “Hap” Arnold Education Grant applica-tions are open now through April 30 for the 2020-21 academic year. Eligible recipients include dependent children of Air Force members currently on active duty (including Title 10 reservists and

Title 32 guard), in retired status or de-ceased, spouses of active-duty members and surviving spouses of active or retired members. A minimum of 10 scholarships are awarded annually. For more informa-tion, visit www.afas.org.

GLWACH Town Halls, 1 p.m. the second Monday of every month in the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital’s Medical Department Activity classroom.

Army Community Service Music Group for Children with Autism, 5:30 p.m. Mondays at ACS. This program is for children and parents to learn social and communica-tion skills through music. For details, call 573.596.0212.

Combat Vet Support Group, 9 to 10:30 a.m., every second and fourth Thursday of the month at Crocker Presbyterian Church, 414 North Commercial Street in Crocker. For details, call 573.814.6206 or visit www.vetcenter.va.gov.

COMMUNITY EVENTS & BRIEFS

Fort Leonard Wood remembers life, legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at luncheon

ACS, FAP launch stalking awareness campaignBy Jennifer SimmonsSpecial to GUIDON

January 2020 marks the 15th year where organizations across the United States have promoted National Stalking Awareness Month, an annual call to action to recognize and respond to the crime of stalking.

The Family Advocacy Program at Fort Leonard Wood believes it is critical to raise the issue of stalking as its own form of gender-based violence, as well as a crime that frequently predicts and co-occurs with intimate partner violence, including physi-cal and sexual assault.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, stalking impacts more than one in six women and one in 17 men in the United States each year — yet, despite the prevalence and impacts, many victims and criminal justice professionals underestimate its danger and urgency.

Stalking is defined as a pattern of behav-ior directed at a specific person that causes fear. Many stalking victims experience being followed, approached, monitored and/or threatened — including through various forms of technology. Victims and survivors often suffer anxiety, social dysfunction and severe depression as a result of their

victimization, and many lose time from work or feel forced to move.

Stalking is a predictor of potentially lethal violence: in 85 percent of cases where an intimate partner (i.e., boy-friend or husband) attempted to murder his female partner, stalking preceded the attack.

Stalking is a crime in all 50 states, all U.S. territories and the District of

Columbia; however, it can be difficult to recognize and prosecute in a system designed to respond to singular inci-dents rather than the series of acts that constitutes stalking.

NSAM’s theme —“Stalking: Know It. Name It. Stop It.” — is a call to action for everyone in the Fort Leonard Wood community and across the country. While police and victim-serving profes-sionals are critical to prevention and response, the reality is that the vast majority of victims tell friends or fam-ily about the stalking first.

We all have a role to play in identify-ing stalking, intervening when neces-sary and supporting victims and survivors.

The Fort Leonard Wood Family Advocacy Program offers sessions to promote awareness and public educa-tion about stalking. For more informa-tion, please contact Army Community Service, FAP at 573.596.4268.

For additional resources to help promote National Stalking Awareness Month, visit www.stalkingawareness.org and www.ovw.usdoj.gov.

(Editor’s note: Simmons is a Family Advocacy Program specialist.)

Photo courtesy of Waynesville Shelter

The crowd in attendance gives Chaplain (Capt.) Joseph McCall (center, seated) a standing ovation following his speech honoring the late civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., Jan. 23 at the Pershing Community Center. Last year, McCall won an international speech contest.

Stalking offenders can manipulate GPS in cell phones by using spoof apps or spyware, so be careful when allowing locations to be shared.

Photo courtesy of Military OneSource