By Wendy BrownFort Bliss Bugle Editor

Members of El Paso’s Roy Benavidez-Robert Patterson “All Airborne” Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association, Inc., met at their headquarters Tuesday to commemorate National Airborne Day, which takes place every year on Aug. 16.

“It’s a day that’s been set aside to honor the rich history of the airborne, to celebrate all of the airborne units and all of its para-troopers for their dedication and their sac-rifices and service to our nation,” said John Ceballos, the chapter’s vice chairman and public information officer.

Members and visitors enjoyed refresh-ments and talked about the significance of the day, which marks when the first Soldier made an official Army parachute jump in 1940. President George W. Bush made the day official in 2002, and for many it is a time when airborne Soldiers receive their due recognition.

Retired Lt. Col. Robert “Bob” Chisolm, who jumped into Normandy, France, on D-Day, jumped into the Netherlands for Opera-tion Market Garden, fought in the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, Belgium, and went on to fight in the Korean and Vietnam wars, said not a lot of people realize airborne units sustained the most casualties during the Normandy Invasion.

“If you ask people what units took the most casualties during the invasion of Nor-mandy, they will come back and they will say, ‘Probably the infantry units that par-ticipated in the landing at Omaha Beach and Utah Beach,’ but little recognition is given to the fact that the airborne units suffered the most casualties of D-Day,” Chisolm said.

For Ceballos, the day is a time to recog-nize the 82nd Airborne Division, headquar-tered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as “the 911 of the world.”

“Whenever there’s any kind of conflict, a country might say, ‘Hey, we’re being in-vaded. We need help.’ Whenever we need Soldiers to go, it’s generally the 82nd Air-borne that goes first because they’re a rapid deployment force and they can get probably 85 to 90 percent of the entire division to-gether within 72 hours,” Ceballos said. “It’s a very important part of the military.”

Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Phil Sloniger concurred, but added other military forces.

“Every time there has been a crisis in our nation’s history since World War II, the first

unit that they called, the readiest units, were the airborne units – Special Forces, 82nd Airborne Division, 173rd (Airborne Brigade Combat Team) – and they called on those units,” Sloniger said.

The day included sorrow for the loss of Maynard “Beamy” Beamesderfer, who died Aug. 12 at the age of 92. The chapter’s head-quarters, “Beamesderfer Hall,” is named af-ter him.

Beamesderfer was a Pathfinder who jumped into Normandy on D-Day. For more, see the story left.

Ceballos said the association is looking for new members. For more information, contact him at 240-8104 or visit 2608 Fort Blvd. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

By Wendy BrownFort Bliss Bugle Editor

Maynard L. “Beamy” Beamesderfer, a Pathfinder who was one of the first to jump into Normandy, France, on D-Day during World War II, died Aug. 12 at his home in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. He was 92.

“He will be missed,” said Jesus Bravo, chairman of El Paso’s Roy Benavidez-Robert Patterson “All Air-borne” Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Divi-sion Association, Inc. “I consider him one of our founding fathers here at our chapter.”

Beamesderfer also jumped into the Nether-lands during Operation

Market Garden and fought in the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, Belgium. He was a first sergeant when he left the military. Bra-vo called him one of the real paratroopers of WWII.

“They saw all the conflicts with the Ger-mans. They were hurt, wounded and they went through troubled waters over there and they came back … and when you lose some-body like that, that’s like losing a piece of diamond in the rough. It’s not replaceable. There’s not going to be another Beamy,” Bravo said.

Beamesderfer and his wife Mimi, who died in January, were always helpful, Bravo said. They had been married for nearly 69 years.

“They were a very good, happy couple,” Bravo said. “They were always together. You’d see Mr. Beamy and you’d see her right behind him.”

John Ceballos, the chapter’s vice-chair-man and public information officer, said Beamesderfer is one of the featured veter-ans in the book “First to Jump” by Jerome Preisler. The book chronicles how the para-troopers of Pathfinders Company helped the Band of Brothers of Company E, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division.

And in November 2015, Beamesderfer was the guest of honor as 1st Armored Divi-sion officials renamed the main conference of the division headquarters as the Torch Conference Room to commemorate Opera-tion Torch during WWII.

Members of the “All Airborne” chapter named their headquarters on Fort Boule-vard “Beamesderfer Hall” in honor of their friend, and after a Battle of the Bulge com-memoration at the hall in December 2014, Beamesderfer spoke about the battle.

One of the reasons he became a Pathfinder was because he was Pennsylvania Dutch and could speak German, Beamesderfer said.

The Battle of the Bulge was “a terrible battle in terrible cold,” Beamesderfer said, and he spent a year in the hospital after something – he doesn’t know what – hit him and paralyzed him.

All he could use was his right hand, and the rest of him was numb, he said. He does not know how he was rescued, but he later recovered from his injuries.

Beamesderfer said Soldiers did not have proper clothing because they had been sent to the battle so quickly. In addition, many Soldiers did not have enough ammunition to go into battle, he said.

“We were mighty lucky,” Beamesderfer said. “The different units that were coming back were scared and dropped their equip-ment and we were glad to pick a lot of it up because it was the only thing that we had.”

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Fort Bliss is El Paso andEl Paso is Fort Bliss.

Things to do ...Fort Bliss Bus Tour: Want to learn more about Fort Bliss? Join Army Community Service for a free bus tour from 2-3:30 p.m. Friday. Meet at the ACS building, located at 2494 Ricker Road on West Fort Bliss. Tours are held twice a month (Sept. 2 and 16, Oct. 2 and 21 and Nov. 4 and 18) and child-care vouchers will be provided. Must register for the tour online at www.bliss.armymwr.com. 569-4227, ext. 0

Home run for the Homeless: A 5K and “Kids’ Dash” benefiting El Paso’s Opportunity Center for the Homeless is at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Clock Tower at Southwest Univer-sity Park on Durango Street. Refreshments at end of race for all participants. Registration: $30; $15 kids dash for age 12 and younger (no T-shirt). Sleep-in donation: $25. No race day registration for competitive run. OCDevelop-ment@homelessopportunitycenter.org. Online registration at raceadventuresunlimted.com.

John Wesley Hardin Secret Society: A meeting of the John Wesley Hardin Secret Society is at 6 p.m. Sat-urday at Concordia Cemetery, 3700 E. Yandell. Every year in August the “John Wesley Hardin Secret Society” meets to relive and celebrate that fateful evening in August 1895 when gunfighter John Wesley Hardin met his demise at the hands of that dastardly constable “Uncle” John Selman. Cost: $5 adults, $2 military, seniors, students, and children younger than 12, free. 581-7920

Tour de Cruces: Join Outdoor Recreation for a walking tour of Old Mesilla, the Farmers Market and visit historical sites Saturday. The tour is open to the public. The cost is $10; it includes transportation and registration is required. 744-1532

Make it, take it Sewing: This month participants will make a decorative throw pillow at Make it, Take it Sewing from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday at the Mickelsen Community Library. Students will need to bring one yard of fabric suitable for pillows. The library will provide 12”X12” pillow forms, two per student. Knowledge of sewing ma-chines is helpful but not necessary. Cost: $10, cash only. Reserve your spot by paying at the library. This class is open to DOD ID cardholders ages 13 and older. Space is limited to five people. 568-6156

El Paso at West Point: The Magoffin Home State His-toric Site, 1120 Magoffin Ave., continues an exhibit titled, “Duty, Honor, Country: El Paso at West Point,” through Sept. 18. 533-5147

El Paso Holocaust Museum: The El Paso Holo-caust Museum has a special exhibit for and about children called, “Remember Me: Children of the Holocaust,” that runs through Oct. 9 at the museum, 715 N. Oregon. Free. 351-0048

School Age Book Club: The School Age Book Club is designed for children ages 7-12. A staff member will read for part of the time and the children will read aloud from 4-5 p.m. every Wednesday at Mickelsen Community Library. Activities and projects are completed at home, re-turned and shared at meetings. Occasional refreshments. Free. 568-6156

Adult Education: Adult education courses for seniors age 50 and older begin Sept. 6 in the Osher Lifelong Learn-ing Institute at UTEP. Registration runs through Aug. 26. Classes include art, history, languages, literature, music and physical activities. A college degree is not required. 747-8848 or www.olliatutep.org

Way Out West Fest: Spicy chili, frosty margaritas, cold beer and live country music. The unique sights, sounds and flavors of three states and two nations will come together in the heart of downtown El Paso at the first-ever “Way Out West Fest” Sept. 17. Music headliners: Clay Walker, Parmalee and Brandy Clark. Tickets are on sale, information available at www.southwestuniversityp-ark.com. Military discount available through GOVX.Com.

Call for Volunteers: The Chaparral Fire Department is looking for Soldiers interested in volunteering. They pro-vide the training over the course of six weekends. Contact Michael Conover at michaelco@donaanacounty.org.

Ammunition Amnesty Days: The Quality Assur-ance Specialist Ammunition Surveillance conducts the Fort Bliss and El Paso Ammunition and Explosives Amnesty Day Sept. 8-9 at the Texas Army National Guard Armory, 9100 Gateway Blvd., and at the Armed Forces Reserve Center, 11701 Montana Ave., to provide personnel to relinquish unauthorized weapons and ammunition from 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Hueco Tanks events: Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site will hold a Junior Ranger Day (attendance limited to the first 15 families) Saturday; a Hueco Tanks Star Talk Aug. 25; a Children’s Survival Day Aug. 27 and Yoga at the Tanks (call 857-1135 for reservations) Aug. 28. 857-1135

Junior Woman’s Club: The Junior Woman’s Club of El Paso will be holding a general meeting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Woman’s Club clubhouse located at 1400 North Mesa (parking is located across the street). Mem-bers will begin the planning of the Spooktacular fundraiser held in October at the El Paso Coliseum. All women 21 years and older are welcome. 667-1445

‘All Airborne’association celebrates National Airborne Day

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Photos by Wendy Brown / Fort Bliss Bugle EditorRetired Lt. Col. Robert E. “Bob” Chisolm, left, speaks with retired Lt. Col. Andy Anderson, center, and retired Command Sgt. Maj. Phil Sloniger, during the Roy Benavidez-Robert Patterson “All Airborne” Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association, Inc., National Airborne Day open house at 2608 Fort Blvd. Tuesday.

Maynard L. “Beamy”

Beamesderfer

John Ceballos, vice-chairman and public infor-mation officer of El Paso’s Roy Benavidez-Rob-ert Patterson “All Airborne” Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association, Inc., points to a photo of Roy Benavidez, a Medal of Honor recip-ient, during the association’s National Airborne Day open house at 2608 Fort Blvd. Tuesday.

The Roy Benavidez-Robert Patterson “All Air-borne” Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association, Inc., National Airborne Day open house took place at 2608 Fort Blvd., otherwise known as “Beamesderfer Hall,” Tuesday. May-nard L. “Beamy” Beamesderfer, a Pathfinder who was one of the first to jump into Normandy, France, on D-Day during World War II, died Aug. 12 at his home in Santa Teresa, N.M., at the age of 92.

WWII Pathfinder makes final journey skyward

By National Safety CouncilSpecial to the Fort Bliss Bugle

Students attending schools in the El Paso Independent School District return to the classroom Monday, and that includes stu-dents at the Bliss and Milam elementary schools on Fort Bliss.

School days bring traffi c congestion, and it’s important to keep in mind that school buses will be picking up their charges, chil-dren will hurry to get to school before the bell rings and harried parents will try to drop off their children before work.

It’s never more important for drivers to slow down and pay attention than when youngsters are present – especially before and after school.

If you’re dropping off Schools often have very specifi c drop-

off procedures for the school year. Ensure you know them for the safety of all chil-dren. More children are hit by vehicles near schools than at any other location, accord-ing to the National Safe Routes to School program. The following apply to all school zones:

– Don’t double park; it blocks visibility for other children and vehicles.

– Don’t load or unload children across the street from the school.

– Carpool to reduce the number of vehi-cles at the school.

Sharing the road with young pedestri-ans

According to research by the National Safety Council, most of the children who lose their lives in bus-related incidents are 4 to 7 years old, and they’re walking. They are hit by the bus, or by a motorist illegally

passing a stopped bus. A few precautions go a long way toward keeping children safe:

– Don’t block the crosswalk when stopped at a red light or waiting to make a turn, forc-ing pedestrians to go around you; this could put them in the path of moving traffi c.

– In a school zone when fl ashers are blink-ing, stop and yield to pedestrians crossing the crosswalk or intersection.

– Always stop for a school patrol offi cer or crossing guard holding up a stop sign.

– Take extra care to look out for children in school zones, near playgrounds and parks, and in all residential areas.

– Don’t honk or rev your engine to scare a pedestrian, even if you have the right of way.

– Never pass a vehicle stopped for pedes-

trians.– Always use extreme caution to avoid

striking pedestrians wherever they may be, no matter who has the right of way.

Sharing the road with school buses If you’re driving behind a bus, allow a

greater following distance than if you were driving behind a car. It will give you more time to stop once the yellow lights start fl ashing. It is illegal in all 50 states to pass a school bus that is stopped to load or unload children.

– Never pass a bus from behind – or from either direction if you’re on an undivided road – if it is stopped to load or unload chil-dren.

– If the yellow or red lights are fl ashing

and the stop arm is extended, traffi c must stop.– The area 10 feet around a school bus

is the most dangerous for children; stop far enough back to allow them space to safely enter and exit the bus.

– Be alert; children often are unpredict-able, and they tend to ignore hazards and take risks.

Sharing the road with bicyclists. On most roads, bicyclists have the same

rights and responsibilities as vehicles, but bikes can be hard to see. Children riding bikes create special problems for drivers be-cause usually they are not able to properly determine traffi c conditions. The most com-mon cause of a collision is a driver turning left in front of a bicyclist.

– When passing a bicyclist, proceed in the same direction slowly, and leave 3 feet be-tween your car and the cyclist.

– When turning left and a bicyclist is ap-proaching in the opposite direction, wait for the rider to pass.

– If you’re turning right and a bicyclists is approaching from behind on the right, let the rider go through the intersection fi rst, and always use your turn signals.

– Watch for bike riders turning in front of you without looking or signaling; children especially have a tendency to do this.

– Be extra vigilant in school zones and residential neighborhoods.

– Watch for bike riders coming from driveways or behind parked cars.

– Check side mirrors before opening your car door.

– By exercising a little extra care and caution, drivers and pedestrians can coexist safely in school zones.

AUSTIN, Texas – As celebrations are fi -nalized to mark the last days of summer, the Texas Department of Transportation urges drivers to make a plan leading up to the La-bor Day holiday – a plan for a safe and sober ride home.

“Drinking and driving remains a big problem in Texas,” said TxDOT Executive Director James Bass. “If you plan to drink, you must plan ahead for a safe and sober ride home. It’s a plan that could save a family – even your own – from the heartbreak of los-ing a loved one.”

TxDOT’s “Plan While You Can” cam-paign kicked off Tuesday in San Antonio and runs through Sept. 5 to coincide with Labor Day and increased DWI enforcement. Dur-ing the Labor Day holiday period in 2015, there were 359 alcohol-related crashes that led to 12 fatalities and 36 serious injuries ac-cording to the Texas Peace Offi cer’s Crash Report (CR-3) dated Aug. 4.

The campaign is a multi-city tour featur-ing an interactive dodgeball game found at (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9knYdmpWe8&feature=youtu.be) that uses gaming technology to educate the public about the effects of alcohol on human re-fl exes. As participants play, virtual drinks are added and the players’ on-screen avatars become less able to dodge incoming dodge-balls. The game demonstrates how one drink can slow reaction times.

As always, TxDOT strongly encourages everyone to plan for a sober ride before go-ing out. In addition to potentially life threat-ening crashes, drivers under the infl uence of alcohol could face up to $17,000 in fi nes and fees, jail time and loss of their driver’s license. Visit http://soberrides.org/ to fi nd alternatives to drinking and driving, such as: Calling a taxi or using a transportation app on your smartphone. Using mass transit. Asking a sober friend or family member for a ride home. Stay where you are and spend the night.

In El Paso, The Don’t Gamble With Your Life campaign, endorsed by Mayor Oscar Leeser, provides individuals who’ve been drinking a free taxi ride if they call Sun City Cab at 915-212-7777.

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‘Plan While You Can’ aims to re-duce crashes, save lives, during Labor Day weekend

By Chaplain (Capt.) David DeRienzo5th Bn., 52nd ADA, 11th ADA Bde.

Transience is the Army way. No sooner do you get settled and start getting to know people and it’s time to move along. This has its advantages. If your supervisor is less than spectacular and you don’t love the base you’re at, then sure, as soon as the orders are cut you’ll be ready to go. Or perhaps it’s nothing against your current situation, but there are simply other opportunities you’d like to pursue. Maybe you’re banking on your next permanent change of station bring-ing you closer to family or that it will land you a better assignment. Others want to see the world and experience all the Army has to offer. So, the ephemeral quality of military existence isn’t always such a bad thing.

Despite its perks, though, living out of a duffel bag can take a toll on your soul. Be-fore coming onto active duty this past De-cember, all my best friends were guys I went to elementary school with, and we all still lived within 10 miles of each other. My wife and I both know where we are “from.” We can take you to the houses we grew up in

and show you the tree forts that still adorn the wood lines out back. We can’t even begin to imagine what our lives would have been like apart from our deeply rooted, commu-nity-based upbringings. But then there’s the

Army … where Uncle Sam takes a bulldozer to your white picket fence every couple of years. You’re constantly being forced to make new friends, fi nd new schools and learn new jobs. Even if you could get ap-

proval to build a tree fort on post, your kids would quickly lose interest after you tell them about the Kevlar helmet, orange vest and safety harness they are required to don before climbing past the fi rst branch.

Whether you enjoy the Army’s dynamic relocation program or not, it’s important to have roots. But in the absence of tree-forts – and when living across town from the peo-ple you went to kindergarten with is not an option – where are these roots supposed to come from? How do you make meaningful and lasting connections in the Army? Or at the very least, how can you redeem some of the inevitable rootlessness that comes with wearing the uniform? Let me offer a few suggestions.

1. Don’t think of roots exclusively in geographic terms. You can be rooted in any number of ways. Be rooted in your faith, rooted in your family and rooted in the Army way of life. Cultivate meaning and identity in ways that do not change from one zip code to the next. For example, make a tradition of always eating (fi ll-in-the-blank) on Christ-mas Eve and at the end of every deployment take a family trip to (fi ll-in-the-blank). Roots come in all shapes and sizes. Set yours down based on what makes the most sense for you and your family.

2. Let the fl eeting nature of military life encourage you to make the most of every opportunity. There are plenty of amazing places in my home state I never bothered to check out because I fi gured, “Oh, I’ll get to it someday.” But when you’ve only got a short time in a particular location you don’t take anything for granted. Get out there and do stuff.

3. Don’t underestimate the value of mili-tary friendships. It can be hard to make friends in a new unit. It seems like they have to be just the right rank, have just the right amount of children and live in just the right part of town. It hardly seems worth the effort sometimes, but it is worth the effort. Get to know the wonderful people around you be-fore they take off and you miss out. Invest yourself in people’s lives and it will enrich your experience no matter where you go.

4. Plant some fl owers and unpack your boxes. Even if you’re only going to be some-where for a relatively short period of time, you should still make yourself at home. Take ownership of your experience. Get right to work hanging up those curtains and don’t banish your old record collection to another year in the garage. Don’t wait until you’re retired to “go home.” Learn to appreciate your new surroundings and plan to get com-fortable right away.

5. Frequent relocations serve as great re-minders that our time on earth is quickly fading. Living in one place for a long time provides the illusion of permanence, but an illusion is all it is. We are all on borrowed time. Use this foreboding reality as your motivation to focus on what matters most. Find permanence where permanence can be found. If not in the evanescent comings and goings of our earthly journey, then fi nd an anchor in the God of all eternity. Get ac-quainted with your heavenly home and begin preparing for your fi nal redeployment unto glory.

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By Marcy SanchezWBAMC Public Affairs

The Greater El Paso Chamber of Com-merce recognized a William Beaumont Army Medical Center Soldier for countless hours of volunteering and fundraising for the city’s homeless population at downtown El Paso Aug. 4.

Sgt. 1st Class Tomeko Eaddy, noncom-missioned offi cer in charge, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, WBAMC, was recognized as the GEPCC Soldier of the Month for August 2016. Ead-dy, a native of Florence, South Carolina, enlisted in the Army as a combat medic in 1998.

“We have so many Soldier-citizens that do so many good things,” said Lt. Col. Ste-ven Knapp, commander, Troop Command, WBAMC. “Eaddy is the cream of the crop.”

Although Eaddy has been in the El Paso community for only two years, during that time she has contributed countless hours to schools and community organizations in ad-dition to fundraising more than $2,000 worth of items for El Paso’s homeless population.

Eaddy is the kind of Soldier for others to emulate, Knapp said, and this is evident in the 75 military and civilian employees she manages.

“She’s somebody that people look up to,” Knapp said. “There are a lot of other people in her shadow who do good things.”

As a token of appreciation for Eaddy’s community involvement, El Paso’s “Star on the Mountain” (a 459-foot by 278-foot star that illuminates on the side of the Franklin Mountains that can be seen for miles from the east), was lit in her name Aug. 4.

“It’s very humbling,” Eaddy said. “Any-thing I do it’s only because I feel that’s what is right.”

In addition to her volunteer work and fun-draising, Eaddy is also a member of the Sgt. Audie Murphy Club, comprised of elite non-commissioned offi cers committed to lead-ing from the front. Eaddy is also active in the Partners In Education program, which partners local schools with Army units to improve the quality of education through Soldier involvement while providing role models for students.

“I’m never a person that wants to be out in front getting the attention. I do it because I want someone else to feel the effects,” Ead-dy said. “It’s good to know that people do see what you’re doing and they appreciate it, even if you don’t get recognized some-one sees it and someone at least says ‘thank you.’”

WBAMC Soldier leads from the front

Marcy Sanchez / WBAMC Public AffairsSgt. 1st Class Tomeko Eaddy, noncommissioned offi cer in charge, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, is recognized as the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce’s Soldier of the Month for August 2016 in downtown El Paso, Aug. 4. Eaddy has contributed countless hours of volunteering in the community’s schools and homeless shelters, including fundraising more than $2,000 worth of items for El Paso’s homeless population.

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• St. Clement’s School seeks to build a joy for learning, confidence in the ability to achieve, and a sense of social responsibility in each student.

St. Clement’s School

Call for Additional informationContact: Allison Morgades at 915-533-4248 ext 8056 or amorgdes@stclements.org

A Continuing Tradition of Excellence in Education Since 1958

• Only ISAS accredited school in El Paso

• Outstanding Academic Preparation

• Christian Education

• Outdoor Education

• Various Enrichment Opportunities

• Community Service

• St. Clement’s School seeks to build a joy for learning, confidence in the ability to achieve, and a sense of social responsibility in each student.

St. Clement’s School

Call for Additional informationContact: Allison Morgades at 915-533-4248 ext 8056 or amorgdes@stclements.org

A Continuing Tradition of Excellence in Education Since 1958

• Only ISAS accredited school in El Paso

• Outstanding Academic Preparation

• Christian Education

• Outdoor Education

• Various Enrichment Opportunities

• Community Service

• St. Clement’s School seeks to build a joy for learning, confidence in the ability to achieve, and a sense of social responsibility in each student.

• Only ISAS accredited school in El Paso• Outstanding Academic Preparation• Christian Education• Outdoor Education• Various Enrichment Opportunities• Community Service• St. Clement’s School seeks to build a joy for learning, confidence in the ability to achieve, and a sense of social responsibility in each student.

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FORT BLISS BUGLE • August 18, 2016 • 5B

By Lisa Smith MolinariSpecial to the Fort Bliss Bugle

I’ll give you 30 bucks for all of it,” the man said in a heavy Rhode Island accent, gesturing to a table heaped with vintage toys from my childhood that I’d decided to sell at a recent neighborhood yard sale.

“Are you kidding me?” I blurted incredu-lously.

“No way,” I continued. “I could get that much on Ebay for just the Dawn Dolls, and you want my Holly Hobby sewing machine, my Sunshine Family, my Barbies and my Bi-onic Woman Doll – complete with the origi-nal box and accessories – too? What, are you nuts?”

A crowd of yard sale shoppers stopped milling about my folding tables heaped with used junk to witness our banter. As the Rhode Island con artist did his best to swin-dle me out of the beloved toys I’d refused to part with through nine military moves, I realized my inside hoarder was getting the better of me.

It’s time to give up old things, I told my-self.

But my inside hoarder resisted total sur-render: “Gimme $35 at least.”

In the end, I settled for $32 and stood back as he callously threw my precious relics into his van. “Be careful,” I shouted pathetically. “You almost dropped the Bionic Woman’s Morse code translator.”

Two hours after our yard sale had ended, my husband, Francis, and I were headed to a Connecticut casino with a Ziplock baggie stuffed with $276 of yard sale booty, along with tickets to the Counting Crows and Rob Thomas concert that night.

“Make it rain, baby,” I yelled from the passenger’s seat of our minivan, jingling the baggie and envisioning a wild night of prime cuts of beef, top shelf cocktails, double-or-nothing winnings and sweaty rock songs.

Mohegan Sun appeared quite suddenly in the Connecticut woods, and with our bag-gie securely stashed in my fanny pack, we found our way to the casino. I pictured us shouting excitedly over a crowded roulette wheel or muttering “hit me” at a suspense-fi lled blackjack table, but we were lost in the indoor jungle of fl ashing lights, ringing bells and cigarette smoke. Overwhelmed, we found ourselves feeding bills into a lonely poker machine near the restrooms.

After fi ve minutes, we cashed in our whopping $8 winnings and went to one of the many casino restaurants, where we shared a delicious stack of chicken and waf-fl es drenched in Vermont maple syrup and sprinkled with crispy onion straws before heading to the concert.

Rob Thomas took the stage singing recog-nizable tunes such as “This Is How a Heart Breaks,” “Her Diamonds” and “Someday.” We would normally leap to our feet at a con-cert, but we’d gotten up early for the yard sale, and we were both feeling full from din-ner.

Besides, most of the crowd of 40-to-60-year-olds stayed seated too, with the excep-tion of a surprising number of women, whose peri-menopausal hormones were compelling them to gyrate their capri-ensconced hips quite enthusiastically. The women reached out longingly to Rob Thomas, and being a 40-something himself, he obliged with an excellent performance.

“Oh good grief,” I cringed halfway through the show, after Francis let a belch slip by that reeked of those crispy onion straws.

“Sorry,” he confessed. “Do you have any Tums in that fanny pack?”

The next act was the one Francis had been waiting for. Back in the 90s, he played Counting Crows’ “August and Everything After” album a zillion times on our old CD player. “Time to get sweaty,” he said as lead singer Adam Duritz took the stage.

But soon it was clear we were all getting a little too old for these late-night endeavors.

Duritz, now 52 years old himself and en-dowed with an ample gut, loped around the stage as if he suffered from joint degenera-tion. We felt Duritz’s pain literally and fi gu-ratively, as we shifted in our seats to ward off hip numbness.

Although Duritz displayed his true art-istry on the stage that night, the middle-aged crowd was not long for this world, fi ghting back yawns by 10 o’clock.

“For criminy’s sake, honey,” I winced on our way home after Francis expelled another pungent belch.

The strange combination of the day’s events had taught me that, getting rid of old things in life won’t stop the sands of time. Just like Francis’ crispy onion straws, the years will just keep on repeating.

Yard sale booty blues

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By Marcy SanchezWBAMC Public Affairs

Army Family Readiness Groups serve as the line of communication between a de-ployed unit’s commander and family mem-bers back home.

During July, two William Beaumont Army Medical Center FRG members received awards for their countless hours of contri-butions to Army families with a prestigious recognition from the State of Texas.

Long-time WBAMC volunteers, Mary Fran LeMar, FRG leader, and Shelly Crow-ley, Family Readiness Support assistant, each were presented with the Yellow Rose of Texas Award, an award commissioned by the state’s governor recognizing Texas women for contributions to communities in the pres-ervation of history, the accomplishments of the present and the building of the future.

LeMar, a native of Iowa City, Iowa, began volunteering in 1999 even though she had seven children at home. After 9/11, the Army began heavy deployment cycles resulting in anywhere from 200 to 300 Soldiers deployed at a time.

“I would call (families) every three to four weeks, to make sure they were fi ne,” LeMar said. “The most important thing is to get the

information to the families.”

In 2008, her husband retired from the Army at WBAMC. Le-Mar continued to volunteer.

“Since her husband re-tired, Mrs. Lemar has continued to do a lot for W B A M C , ” said Spc. Kel-lie Brisco, FRG leader and a com-bat medic at WBAMC. “In her position description, I literally had to pull from ev-

ery position within the FRG scope; she does something in every position.”

According to the Yellow Rose of Texas Award application, LeMar volunteered in many positions within WBAMC’s FRG in-cluding leader, co-leader, treasurer, event co-ordinator and secretary. She even developed the group’s newsletter. One position LeMar truly treasures is deployed family liaison, which links deployed Soldiers with their families back home.

“When Soldiers deploy, they need to have someone here while they’re over there,” Le-Mar said. “It’s important for them to remain connected.”

The importance of communication be-tween the unit and the family played a pivotal role when LeMar assisted a Soldier’s spouse after falling and needing medical attention. LeMar contacted the spouse and linked her with the appropriate care she needed while her husband was deployed.

For Shelly Crowley, volunteering began more than two decades ago. Since 1993 Crowley volunteered as a military spouse, recording more than 15,000 hours of volun-teer time before being hired as WBAMC’s Family Readiness Support assistant.

Outside the Army, Crowley volunteered with the El Paso Independent School District as well as other community programs.

“Ms. Crowley has gone above and be-yond,” Brisco said. “During the holidays she would help families provide presents for their children. That wasn’t something the FRSA typically does; that was Shelly on her own initiative.”

Crowley and LeMar have been on the same team since 2002. Together, they have managed hundreds of homecomings for fam-ilies, stuffed and mailed thousands of care packages, and organized various spring, fall and winter celebrations at WBAMC.

Both worthy volunteers were surprised to be presented with the awards.

“With Crowley moving from the area, we felt it was appropriate and a nice surprise for her,” Brisco said. Crowley recently left WBAMC to join family back in Illinois. “That award was very close to her heart, and she always thought highly of it.”

Crowley had previously nominated Le-Mar for the award, going the extra step to ensure LeMar was properly recognized for her decades of support to WBAMC Soldiers and families.

“They’re both phenomenal individuals,” Brisco said. “They’re defi nitely a corner-stone of our FRG at WBAMC.”

WBAMC volunteers recognized for decades of service

Lt. Col. Steven Knapp, left, commander, Troop Command, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, presents the Yellow Rose of Texas Award to Shelly Crowley, family readiness support assistant, during an awards presentation at WBAMC, July 27.

Photos by Marcy Sanchez / WBAMC Public AffairsMary Fran LeMar, William Beaumont Army Medical Center volunteer and Family Readiness Group leader, holds the Yellow Rose of Texas Award at the hospital July 27.

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“They’re both phe-nomenal individuals. They’re defi nitely a cornerstone of our FRG at WBAMC.”>>Spc. Kellie Brisco

By Fernando VillalobosDirectorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security

In 2009, a U.S. Army major went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. In 2010, a Soldier passed classifi ed material to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, and in 2015, a married couple conducted an attack on the husband’s place of employment dur-ing a holiday party, killing 14 people and in-juring 21. The common theme among these attacks is that insiders carried them out.

Insiders arguably cause more damage to the security of any organization, and they have the ability to cause more harm than ever before. Insiders are often aware of the orga-nization’s vulnerabilities and can exploit that knowledge to their benefi t. Not every suspi-cious circumstance or behavior represents an insider threat, but every situation needs to be reported and assessed to determine the potential risk.

What exactly is an insider threat? Depart-ment of Defense Directive 5205.16 states an insider will use authorized access, wittingly or unwittingly, to do harm to the security of the United States. This can include damage through espionage, terrorism, unauthorized disclosure of national security informa-tion, or through the loss or degradation of departmental resources or capabilities. But at all levels, the results can be devastating. Whether it be a disgruntled employee in the organization or someone selling secrets to a foreign entity, both put the security of the organization and trust of the public in the Army at risk.

This fi scal quarter, the U.S. Army antiter-rorism program is emphasizing the insider threat theme. The theme seeks to instill a heightened awareness and vigilance to pre-vent attacks and protect our community and resources from terrorist acts. Threats range from theft and unauthorized disclosure of information to active shooter incidents, both signifi cantly impact and disrupt operations in many ways. In most cases, coworkers ad-mit they noticed questionable activities but failed to report incidents because they did

not recognize the pattern and did not want to get involved or cause problems for their coworkers. The following indicators of high-risk behavior may be linked to an insider threat and should be reported immediately:

- Encouraging disruptive behavior of dis-obedience of lawful orders.

- Expressing hatred or intolerance of American society or culture.

- Expressing sympathy for organizations that promote violence.

- Expressing extreme anxiety about or re-fusing a deployment

- Associating with or expressing loyalty or support for terrorists.

- Browsing websites that promote or ad-vocate violence against the U.S. or distribut-ing terrorist literature or propaganda via the internet.

- Expressing extreme outrage against U.S.

military operations. - Advocating violence to achieve political,

religious or ideological goals. - Providing fi nancial or other material sup-

port to a terrorist organization. - Seeking spiritual sanctioning for or voic-

ing an obligation to engage in violence in support of a radical or extremist organiza-tion or cause.

- Membership in a violent extremist, or terrorist group. Or adopting an ideology that advocates violence, extremism or radical-ism.

- Purchasing bomb-making materials or obtaining information on bomb construction and use.

- Engaging in paramilitary training with radical or extremist organizations, either at home or abroad.

- Having ties to known or suspected in-

ternational terrorists, extremists, radicals or their supporters.

- Being repeatedly unwilling to comply with rules and regulations, or to cooperate with information security requirements or appearing disgruntled and violent.

- An employee released from or not se-lected for employment, promotion or bonus who exhibits severe signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, and who appears disgruntled and violent.

In isolation, these activities may not be in-dicators of potential violence or terrorist ac-tivity, but may indicate that the individual is at risk of becoming an insider threat. These activities should be reported immediately to your chain of command, your supervisor, the military police or to Army counterintel-ligence.

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