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Ayden Frail, 5, visits with U.S. Army Reserve pilots and crew chiefs at Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment at Simmons Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 18, 2013. Ayden was diagnosed with neuroblastoma last year on Thanksgiving Day. He visited the unit because he “really likes helicopters.” (Photo by Timothy L. Hale/U.S. Army Reserve Command)

By Erin Thede U.S. Army Reserve Employer Partnership Office

On Sept. 10, 2013, the U.S. Army Reserve Employer Partnership Office participated in the first Summit on Water Security and Conflict Prevention.

The Summit was co-hosted by the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Association of the United States Army, and the U.S. Water Partnership.

Along with Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley, U.S. Army Reserve Command commanding general, invited leaders included Dr. Andrew Steer, World Resources Institute president and Jeff Seabright, Coca-Cola’s vice president of environment and water resources.

The summit served as the launch of the “Water Security and Conflict Prevention Trust” initiative that includes leaders across multiple disciplines to include scientific, military, and national security. The goal of the summit was to bring attention to the trend in water scarcity and risk involved to increase conflict.

Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general, highlighted the connections between conflict and water scarcity by defining objectives, trends, and opportunities to meet the challenges.

Bostick and other speakers urged governments to increase investments in water management infrastructure.

"Effective water resource management and resilient infrastructure encourage security, encourage capital flows into a region, and create a platform for growth and development," Bostick said.

Talley, who recognizes how the Army Reserve can assist with these challenges, unveiled his U.S. Army Reserve Private-Public Partnership Initiative, or P3i, to summit attendees.

"If we look at the global problems that we have, they cannot be solved by the government alone,” Talley said. “It is going to take the private and public sectors to solve these problems ... and at the very top of the list is the environment, climate change and water."

Talley identified the promotion of water security as a way to prevent conflict and introduced the U.S. Army Reserve's unique approach, applying its expertise and capacity, while simultaneously training U.S. Soldiers to solve water security challenges.

The Army Reserve participation in the summit marks the beginning of the developing P3i program that will enhance unit, leader, and individual readiness for our Soldiers.

During the recent Army Reserve Senior Leader Forum in Colorado, Talley outlined how the Employer Partnership Office

and P3i will work together to solve global issues such as water security.

“They have to be solved by the private-public sector and we're in a unique place to bring that partnership together because we're citizen-Soldiers,” Talley said.

Talley envisions evolving the functionality and mission of the current Employer Partnership Office, which has more than 4,000 agreements in place, to help Soldiers build their civilian-acquired skills under a private sector model.

P3i will pursue opportunities discussed at the summit to create networks of organizations and mechanisms to assist in the continued cultivation and development of civilian-acquired skills such as training, coaching and mentoring, as well as the enhancement of personal, familial, professional, and military resilience skills for Soldiers.

The Army Reserve is presented with a future of constrained resources while needing to sustain its capabilities as an enduring operational force. Soldiers will continue to be presented with the challenge of balancing their military, civilian, Family, and personal lives. The P3i provides additional resources and training that will enhance not only their military careers but their civilian careers as well.

EDITOR’s NOTE: Additional information pulled from the U.S. Institute for Peace and U.S. Water Partnership.

View videos from the summit at: http://www.usip.org/events/water-security-and-conflict-prevention-summit

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley, U.S. Army Reserve Command commanding general moderates a panel discussion at the Water Security and Conflict Prevention Summit held in Washington, D.C., Sept. 10, 2013. The Army Reserve is collaborating to share engineering, transportation and medical expertise in the effort to ensure the world’s population has access to safe and secure water. (Photo by Maj. Meritt Phillips/Office of the Chief, U.S. Army Reserve)

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Ayden Frail, 5, of San Antonio, and his grandmother, Terri Pena, visited U.S. Army Reserve pilots and crew chiefs at Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment at Simmons Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 18, 2013. Ayden was diagnosed with neuroblas-toma last year on Thanksgiving Day and Terri also has terminal cancer. “We’re just trying to do things together so they (Family) have a lot of memories,” Pena said.

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Story & photos by Timothy L. HaleU.S. Army Reserve Command

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – If you had to live your life over again, what would you do differently?

None of us can go back and change the past, and we often long for the “good ol’ days” when in reality, those days are right here in the present.

For five-year-old Ayden Atticus Frail, there is no going back, only looking forward with the wide-eyed excitement that most children his age enjoy.

When you look at him, you would think he’s just like any other little boy. But while his eyes may be bright and blue, they hide the scars of a disease that is wrecking his young body.

Ayden is fighting the battle of his life against a childhood killer – Stage 4 neuroblastoma – a cancer that develops from immature nerve cells found in several areas of the body.

News of his cancer arrived at the home of B.J. and Jennifer Frail last year on Thanksgiving Day. The diagnosis set in motion months of multiple surgeries, chemotherapy, radiation, and other

treatments at Children’s Methodist Hospital in San Antonio.

“This is the most freedom he has had nine months,” said Terri Pena, Ayden’s grandmother who accompanied him on the trip from San Antonio.

Like Ayden, Terri is fighting her own battle with cancer with tumors on her lungs and heart. She also has Stage 3 breast cancer. Their conditions have formed a strong bond between them as they spend their remaining days together.

“I am terminal as he is,” Terri said. “We’re just trying to do things together so they (Family) have a lot of memories.”

After more than nine months of treatments, coming to Fort Bragg was a big change for Ayden.

But on this day, Sept. 18, 2013, Ayden was living out one of his dreams – to be an Army helicopter pilot – as a guest of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, a U.S. Army Reserve unit at Simmons Army Airfield on Fort Bragg.

Dressed in a flight suit just his size, he clambered about a UH-60 Black Hawk as if he were scaling a jungle gym – all under the watchful eyes of family

and U.S. Army Reserve helicopter crew members.

“My most favorite thing about helicopters is they shoot and they fly,” he said.

B.J. said his son has heard discussions about their family’s rich military history, especially during World War II. He said it was only natural for Ayden to sense the pride and honor of what it means to serve in uniform.

“He has a flight suit and a regular U.S. Army uniform he likes to wear,” he said. “Sometimes he goes to the doctor with fatigues on. He doesn’t have a fear of anyone’s thought process.”

His uncle, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Tom Baker, a U.S. Army Reserve Command Safety officer, is also a helicopter pilot.

Although, when asked if he’d like to fly with his uncle, Ayden said, “he doesn’t even know how to drive!” bringing laughter from those gathered in the hanger.

Capt. Steven Hayes, Alpha Company commander, said having a young child

Ayden Frail, 5, of San Antonio, tries on a flight helmet while visiting U.S. Army Reserve pilots and crew chiefs at Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment at Simmons Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 18, 2013. Ayden was diagnosed with neuroblastoma last year on Thanksgiving Day.

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Davis says farewell to Fort Bragg, again

Story & photos by Timothy L. HaleU.S. Army Reserve Command

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – After 35 years of serving in uniform and as a senior civilian, Addison “Tad” Davis IV, is leaving the Army.

Davis said farewell to former colleagues and current employees at the U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarters at a ceremony held here, Sept. 16, 2013.

He is taking a senior management position at Corvias Group, a fully integrated development, construction and property management firm that specializes in public-private partnerships with both the military and higher education.

“I’ve always had the desire to work in the private sector or for a non-profit following my public service,” Davis said.

Davis is no stranger to Fort Bragg. He served as the garrison commander from 2000-2003 and as the USARC command executive officer since 2010, initially taking the job when the headquarters was located at Fort McPherson, Ga.

Over the past three years, Davis has successfully accomplished several major projects on behalf of the Army Reserve.

He managed the relocations of the USARC headquarters from Atlanta to Fort Bragg and the headquarters of the Office, Chief of the Army Reserve from Crystal City, Va., to Fort Belvoir, Va. He also oversaw the construction of 125 new Army Reserve facilities while closing 179 aging facilities in support of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure.

“It’s been one challenge after another,” Davis said. “But what stands out in my mind after all these different challenges – whether it was the move, sequestration, furloughs, continuing resolutions we faced every year – it’s the resiliency of the team here.

“They understood, at the end of the day, what the mission was. That is to make sure we’ve got a trained and ready force

that’s able to mobilize, deploy, conduct the mission successfully and redeploy back home and prepare for the next mission,” he said. “Everybody in this headquarters gets it.”

Davis’s long term planning initiated the Army Reserve Investment Strategy that synchronizes and executes the facilities investment agenda for the next 15 to 20 years.

He was also instrumental in developing the Army Reserve Sustainability and Energy Security program that has ensured that energy expenditures today are the same as they were 10 years ago, even though prices have risen significantly. He was recognized last year by General Electric as one of the nation’s top practitioners in the field of energy sustainability.

Davis has been engaged with a number of conservation, education, and business development initiatives in the Fayetteville, N.C., community. During his military career, he had a number of assignments within the airborne and special operations organizations.

As Davis closes the military chapter of his life and opens a new one, he said he hopes that he is remembered for his contributions to the nation.

“I think I’d like them to say, ‘He gave it everything he had each and every day to make the Army a better place to be for our Soldiers, our civilians, and our Families,’” Davis said.

Davis, who spent many years at Bragg dating back to when he was a child, said serving here is unlike any other post.

“Fort Bragg is not really a place on the map you go to, it’s a way of life,” Davis said. “You set the standard for the rest of the Army.

“That was one of the exciting things about bringing the Army Reserve here to Fort Bragg,” he said. “Now, we can take an already good Army Reserve and make it even better.

“It is a special place,” Davis continued. “An unless you’ve been here and experienced it first-hand, I don’t think you get it. Those of you who have been here a couple of days and weeks, it’ll grow on you after awhile.”

Addison “Tad” Davis IV, U.S. Army Reserve Command command executive officer, shakes hands with USARC senior leaders during his farewell ceremony at the USARC headquarters on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 16, 2013. Davis, who has more than 35 years of uniformed and civilian ser-vice with the Army, is leaving USARC for a senior manage-ment position in the civilian sector.

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Story by Amy Phillips begins on Page 10

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – A World War II prisoner of war shared his experiences with U.S. Army Reserve Command Soldiers and civilians at a presentation hosted by the National Museum of the Army Reserve, Sept. 10, 2013, here at the command’s headquarters.

Pfc. Bernard Rader, who was assigned to the 301st Regiment, 94th Infantry Division, from 1943-45, shared his war experiences with the aid of his wife, June, his battle buddy of 61 years.

He and his wife began giving presentations 10 years ago, at the urging of friends, to honor Andrew Gerow Hodges, the American Red Cross field director who helped set him free in 1944. When time permits, they show the award-winning World War II documentary based on Hodges, called “For One English Officer.”

The presentations are also a form of speech therapy for Rader who suffered a stroke in 1999. He still has some speech impediment but is going strong at age 90. “Because I’m stubborn,” Rader said.

June said her husband did not open up about his war experience until the last decade or so.

“It helps because you get to talk about it,” he said.Rader begins his tale in February 1943 as a 19-year-old Jewish boy drafted

as an infantryman. He was fearful of being captured by the Germans but that didn’t stop him from serving his country.

“You have to do something for your country,” Rader said, while June stresses the effects of the war at the home front.

“Everyone was involved in that war ... everyone had a blue star in their window,” she said. June recalled “meatless Wednesday,” how hard it was to find shoes, and how women filled jobs left by the men who went to war.

World War II prisoner of war Bernard Rader, who was assigned to the 301st Regiment, 94th Infantry Division, from 1943-45, gave a presentation at the U.S. Army Reserve Command on his war-time experience to Soldiers and Army civilians Sept. 10, 2013. June, his wife of 61 years, has assisted with his presentations for more than a decade. (Photo by Amy Phillips/U. S. Army Reserve Command)

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Unlike those days, June notes that people today are not involved with the conflicts occurring in the Middle East unless they have someone they know in the service.

“You weren’t asked to make any sacrifices,” said June.Rader went to basic training at Camp Dix, N.J., and Fort

Hood, Texas, where he learned to be an engineer.“When I was done, I was a man,” Rader said.He said the most important thing the Army ever taught

him was discipline; something that he has used throughout his life.

The highlight of Rader’s story is the fateful patrol on October 2, 1944 at Lorient, on the south coast of France.

Rader was part of a 55-man patrol on what was supposed to have been an easy mission to pick up a group of German soldiers wanting to surrender. According to a paper written by his son, Robert, the patrol set out at 8 a.m. not even wearing their M1 steel helmets because they believed it was a low-risk mission.

By 11 a.m., the quiet march along the French countryside suddenly turned into chaos as they walked into an ambush.

“They gave us everything they had ... we didn’t have a chance,” Rader said.

Rader believes that one of the French resistance fighters accompanying them was a German spy, who gave them the false tip that led to their capture.

Robert writes of his father witnessing a fellow Soldier killed by a “burst of machine gun fire” while trying to wave a white flag. Dazed and wounded by a mortar shell himself, Rader said everything after that was a haze.

Later, it was discovered that the patrol fought three companies of Germans soldiers during their six-hour fight.

Rader and the surviving members of his patrol were held captive for 47 days. He and the other wounded were kept at a German-held hospital while the others were kept at a small compound.

He recalls that although they were not mistreated, the German-held hospital was ill-equipped to properly take care of the wounded. Also, food for everyone, Germans included, was scant.

“I was a starving prisoner of war until a gallant Red Cross worker saved my life,” Rader said.

Rader spoke with great respect of how Hodges risked his life every time he crossed the enemy line to bring supplies to the American prisoners. But his greatest feat was negotiating three prisoner exchanges with the Germans.

On Nov. 17, 1944, the first prisoner exchange was conducted during an unprecedented six-hour cease-fire – the

one that freed Rader and his patrol. According to Rader, 79 American, British, and French troops were freed during that exchange.

There is a tribute to Hodges at Samford University, where he served as the chairman of the board of trustees, that credits him with freeing 169 Allied prisoners.

Robert cites the exchanges had to be “rank for rank, branch for branch with physical condition as nearly as equal as possible.”

Rader said that he kept in touch with his hero up until Hodges’ death in 2009.

The Raders found their way to USARC while searching for a 36-star American flag given to him and other former POWs by the people of Lorient during a visit in 2004.

“They didn’t know how many stars were on our flag and thought 36 was a good of a number as any to put on it,” Rader said.

For that matter, June said she is shocked that the school kids they speak to today don’t even know how many stars there are on the flag, or what they symbolize.

In 2004, Rader and fellow former POWs returned to Lorient with a plaque they bought in honor of the French, and placed it on a wall leading up to the compound which held most of Rader’s remaining patrol. The plaque expresses their gratitude for the French compassion and generosity while they were held captive decades ago.

While they were there, they found an American flag placed next to their plaque. After some research, they discovered a French woman who hoped Americans would liberate them, made the flag. When the Germans invaded, she hid the flag in her chimney. According to Rader, she told the Germans that discovered the bundle that she was curing a ham.

Rader also traveled back to Lorient in hope to find his dog tags, which were buried right before they were captured in 1944. A fellow patrolman helped Rader bury the tags because it bore an “H” for Hebrew - a simple letter that could have spelled death for Rader.

Although he never found his dog tags, he and the other former POWs returned home with the rare 36-star flag now displayed at USARC’s basement.

Army Reserve curator, Chris Ruff, said the special flag was acquired by the Army Reserve Museum in 2007.

Upon his Army discharge, the New York native returned home, completed college, and fulfilled his dream of becoming an accountant like his father.

Today, the 94th Infantry Division is an Army Reserve training division located at Fort Lee, Va.

They gave us everythingthey had ... we didn’t havea chance.

— Pfc. Bernard Rader 94th Infantry Div. & POW

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Story & photo by Timothy L. HaleU.S. Army Reserve Command

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Top medical leaders from across the U.S. Army Reserve met to discuss the future health of the force as Soldiers and civilians continue to deploy overseas.

The 2013 Deployment Health Assessment Program leader conference was held at the USARC headquarters, here, Sept. 12-13.

Started in 2006, the DHAP gives medical leaders the latest information, tools, and techniques to help them care for the force.

Col. Cornelius Maher, Army Reserve command surgeon, said the prime task of medical personnel is to take care of the “most important weapon on the

battlefield,” the men and women who have and will deploy in the future.

Discussions during the two-day event covered topics ranging from pre and post-deployment health assessments, post-deployment health reassessments, the Yellow Ribbon Program, Veterans Affairs referrals, Army Reserve Warrior Transition Liaisons, and Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness and Resiliency training.

“We all need to step out on the same right foot and move forward,” Maher said.

Brig. Gen. Margaret Wilmoth, the keynote speaker, said that investing in people really matters.

“You can have all the fancy weapon systems in the world, but if you don’t have a trained, knowledgeable, and

healthy Soldier to operate those, you’re not going to have the maximum potential effect,” she said.

“Really investing in your people is the best way, for any organization, to develop and grow. So investing in our Soldiers and our Families is critical to the success of what we have to do in the Army Reserve, for the Army and the country,” she said.

Wilmoth, who is the Dean and Professor at the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions at Georgia State University in Atlanta, also has a son and daughter-in-law serving in the Army Reserve. Being both a service member and a mother of a service member gives her a unique perspective.

“It helps me appreciate the stresses

U.S. Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Margaret Wilmoth speaks to the audience at the Deployment Health Assessment Program leader conference at the U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarters at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 12, 2013. Wilmoth, who also serves as the Georgia State University dean of nursing, told the attending Army Reserve medial leaders that one of the most important jobs they have is to help care for the Army’s most valuable weapon system - the U.S. Army Soldier.

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By Kenneth Spears USARC ITRS Training Manager

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Interest and anticipation continues to build among Individual Training and Readiness System users as Team NCI prepares to launch the modernized version of ITRS.

This new version of ITRS, slated to launch Dec. 1, incorporate enhancements requested by the ITRS community.

The current ITRS product has been in existence since 1997.

“While there have been some modifications to the data sets and reports, there have been little design and functional modifications made to the system as a whole,” said Rick Fogarty, ITRS Program Manager for Team NCI. “That will change shortly as we migrate to the new ITRS product.”

ITRS is accessed on a regular basis by tens of thousands of Soldiers and civilians to determine unit readiness. ITRS extracts Soldier data from multiple databases, and displays that data at one location in a consolidated form and format via standard and custom reports. ITRS eliminates the need to access databases individually, and instead, consolidates the data, and provides a speedy and efficient one-stop shop for information, which is then used

by command for readiness analysis and decision support.

“In addition to visual and functional changes we’ve made to the system, access to ITRS will become more restricted in order to meet information assurance security requirements,” Fogarty said. “Users will only be able to access ITRS from a military network. Access from commercial networks will no longer be available.”

Fogarty said that new ITRS incorporates a “roles-based” access that will determine the level of access users will have and what information they can see.

“Access levels will be based on user’s UICs,” he said. “Users currently at the company level will only have access to their assigned company, while users at a battalion level will be able to view the entire battalion.”

While much of the initial development work for the ITRS has been completed, continuous internal testing of the new product has been the focus of the ITRS team. Very soon, the ITRS team will reach out to the ITRS community for users who would like to participate in the user group testing process.

Based on ITRS current development

stage, Fogarty said that Team NCI has a large number of beta-testers putting the system through its paces. However, if users would like to volunteer, he encourages them to contact the help desk. 

“We believe it’s critically important to include the ITRS community in this next stage of testing,” Fogarty said. “Active ITRS users have followed the new ITRS development with great interest and have offered many suggestions that we’ve incorporated in the new system. Involving these folks in beta-testing will give them the opportunity to see the new product ‘come to life,’ and ensure the smooth launch of what we believe is a quality product,” Fogarty said.

ITRS users that would like to volunteer to be a part of the new ITRS beta-testing should contact the ITRS

Help Desk at usarmy.usarc.usarc-hq.mbx.itrs@mail.mil and express their interest. Or they may contact the

help desk by telephone at 855-222-8950.

An example of the Individual Train-ing and Readiness System tri-fold brochure. The brochure outlines some of the key new changes to the ITRS program to include log-in, report creation, and storage in a new filing module entitled “Rucksack.” If ITRS users have not received this brochure, they can contact the ITRS help desk.

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like Ayden visit his unit helps put life in perspective.“Sometimes we get wrapped up in our duties and we forget, and

maybe, in a sense, we start feeling sorry for ourselves,” Hayes said. “Then we realize there is somebody who has it a lot worse than we do.

“It’s our duty to put life into perspective and honor those and give a smile to somebody less fortunate than we are,” he said.

No one knows how long Ayden has, but one thing is for sure – if he beats his cancer, he wants to be a Soldier when he grows up “because they protect people.”

It’s that sense of protection that seems to drive Ayden in his fight.“He says that God sent him here to show everyone how to love

one another,” she said. “He has brought thousands upon thousands of people, through his Facebook page, together … for one common cause. We’re all about love and Ayden’s gift is to show love to everyone.

“Ayden is the light of our lives, the sunshine in his smile,” Terri said. “He’s a miracle.”

B.J. said Ayden fully understands what potentially lies ahead if he can’t beat the disease. He said his son calls dealing with cancer “his job and he has to take care of that job” just like his mom and dad take care of their own jobs.

“We use the terms ‘fight’, and ‘ready to go at a moment’s notice’, which is why I think he associates with the military so much,” B.J. said. “It’s endlessly inspirational and I could write a book, but the book is still being written.”

Follow Ayden’s story on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AydenAtticusAngels

WHAT IS NEUROBLASTOMA?Neuroblastoma is a cancer that develops from immature nerve cells found in several areas of the body. Neuroblastoma most com-monly arises in and around the adrenal glands, which have sim-ilar origins to nerve cells and sit atop the kidneys. However, neu-roblastoma can also develop in other areas of the abdomen and in the chest, neck, and near the spine, where groups of nerve cells exist.

Neuroblastoma most common-ly affects children age 5 or young-er, though it may rarely occur in older children.

SOURCE: www.mayoclinic.com

Ayden Frail, 5, of San Antonio, center of the front row, visits with U.S. Army Reserve pilots and crew chiefs at Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment at Simmons Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 18, 2013. Ayden was diagnosed with neuroblastoma last year on Thanksgiving Day. He visited the unit because he “really likes helicopters.” Capt. Steve Hayes, Alpha Company commander, said, “Sometimes we get wrapped up in our duties and we forget, and maybe, in a sense, we start feeling sorry for ourselves. Then you realize there is somebody who has it a lot worse than we do. It’s our duty to put life into perspective and honor those and give a smile to somebody less fortunate than we are.”

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Timothy L. Hale, a U.S. Air Force veteran, is an award-winning photojournalist and editor of the USARC Double Eagle. A member of a number of professional organizations to include Nikon Professional Services, he also owns a photojournalism and graphic design service and freelances for an international photo wire service. The views expressed in this column are expressly his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, the Department of the Army, and/or the Department of Defense.

By Timothy L. HaleEditor, USARC Double Eagle

September was pollution prevention month on Fort Bragg.I know this is October but when I saw cigarette butts

in the U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command parking lot a couple of weeks ago, it made me start thinking about pollution and environmental stewardship.

According to anti-cigarette butt pollution website, www.cigwaste.org, 99 percent of the 360 billion cigarettes sold in the U.S. have cellulose acetate (plastic) filters; at least one-third of those – 120 billion – are discarded into the environment. Washed into rivers, lakes and the ocean, and eaten by birds, animals and fish, they are the most littered item in the U.S. and the world. Smoking-related debris is 1/3 or more of all debris items found on U.S. beaches and in rivers and streams.

A FORSCOM/USARC headquarters building policy, dat-ed Sept. 7, 2012, outlines the location of designated smoking areas.

“Smoking starts and stops at designated smoking areas. There will be no smoking at back doors or walkways. Cigarette butts go in designated trays, not the ground.”

If you are wondering where the designated smoking areas are located, they are in the back of the building along the side-walk nearest the FORSCOM entrance. They are clearly marked as designated smoking areas.

And in those areas are designated receptacles to properly dispose of your butts.

Lt. Col. George Ross, the FORSCOM/USARC Special Troops Battalion commander said it’s all about policing up after ourselves.

“It’s about taking personal responsibility the actions they take and ensuring they keep Marshall Hall looking like the professional place it should be,” Ross said.

I am a former smoker who struggled for years to quit - cig-arettes, then a pipe, then back to cigarettes and then eventually going chewing tobacco.

Please, do not take me the wrong way. This is by no means a calling out but more a message of awareness.

Ross agreed.“There is no judgment here,” he said. “It’s simply taking

responsibility. If you make a mess, you clean it up.”The Great American Smokeout will be held Nov. 21, so

why not start early? That would take care of disposing of the butts.

But if you can’t, that’s alright too. Just do the environment a favor and pick up your butts.

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(ABOVE and RIGHT): Chris Ruff, Na-tional Museum of the Army Reserve curator, places documents, a uniform, and other artifacts belonging to Maj. Gen. Roger W. Sandler inside a display at the USARC headquarters at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 17, 2013. The archives at the NMAR are a valuable resource available to avid historians and serious researchers. (Photos by Timothy L. Hale/U.S. Army Reserve Command)

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THIS MONTH IN ARMY HISTORY

Living documents

By Deborah Foster-KingU.S. Army Reserve Archivist

Whether you are researching a book, looking for old unit photographs, or seeking a better understanding of past military operations, the Office of the Army Reserve History can be your one-stop source.

The mission of the OARH is to serve as the institutional and operational memory of the Army Reserve.

Through the U.S. Army Reserve Historical Research Collection Plan, the OARH has amassed a treasure trove of records documenting the Army Reserve’s mission of providing trained and ready individuals and cohesive units to mobilize and deploy in support of national defense strategies.

We also preserve historically significant records and personal papers, and provide access to a well-organized, documented history – ultimately supporting the USARC mission, its vision and strategic purpose.

Implementing this collection plan captures how the Army Reserve meets the global requirements across the full spectrum of operations. It also encourages the study of military history that strengthens today’s military training, aids practical experience, and promotes a deeper understanding of strategy, tactics, logistics, and principles of war.

The Repository and CollectionUnder the leadership of Dr. Lee S. Harford, Jr., the Army Reserve history director and USARC command historian, the USARHRC repository, or archive, houses that documented history in more than 6,700 square feet of floor space.

The archive and the National Museum of the Army Reserve is located at USARC headquarters at Fort Bragg, N.C.

The state of the art repository,

including a library and research area, allows instant access to primary source documents for research by planners and operating officials.

Documents created by USARC and the Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, as well as submitted organizational unit histories and documents reflecting the activities from major subordinate commands and direct reporting units, provide a comprehensive look at Army Reserve.

Seasoned with personal records from some of the former chiefs of the Army Reserve, the collection includes records early as the 1918 Stars & Stripes newspaper.

An important aspect of the collection is the Oral History Program. This program includes topics on World War II, current overseas contingency operations, and other combat and non-combat operations.

Recent retirement and end of tour interviews discuss the establishment and early history of USARC and the shift from the Army Reserve as a strategic force to an operational force.

Record copies from other agencies include the U.S. Army Forces Command, the Center for Army Lessons Learned, and the Army Reserve Council. Other record groups are represented in reports, biographies and photographs, as well as details on Army Reserve domestic support for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.

October is American Archives MonthIn Dec. 2012, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley, chief of the Army Reserve, challenged his commanders maintain a relevant unit archive adding that “having the proper documentary evidence will provide the source material for published accounts of the unit’s Soldiers in action … The noteworthy achievements …”

While the collection continues to

grow, the OARH strives to coordinate with others in the military history community to further enhance the availability of historically significant records for a growing number of researchers.

The mantra of “I found it in the Army Reserve archive” is ringing true across the uniformed services – from USARC leadership to the U.S. Air Force, to other units and military museums. The Office of Army Reserve History invites researchers to use the U.S. Army Reserve Historical Collection so they, too, might have the opportunity to say they “found it in the archive.”

DonationsNone of this would be possible without unique and valuable donations – they are indispensable for the success of the Army Reserve repository.

Unclassified documents of interest include: Army manuals and publications, books related to the Army and military history, diaries, letters, newspapers and periodicals, memoirs (verbal and written), and photographs listing names of personnel, dates and descriptions of the event or activity.

Of particular interest are veteran personal accounts, information from the both world wars, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, and anything relating to current overseas contingency operations.

U.S. Army Reserve Historical Research Collection

Deborah E. Foster-King, archivist 910-570-8180 deborah.e.fosterking.civ@mail.milFor Army Reserve artifacts, contact the National Museum of the Army Reserve, U.S. Army Reserve Command Chris Ruff, curator910-570-8182christopher.m.ruff8.civ@mail.milJennifer Friend, museum specialist910-570-9595jennifer.l.friend8.civ@mail.mil

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Bringing the past ... to the present

Lt. Col. Jeffrey Hunter USARC SJA Operational Law Division

Congress recently provided the Secretary of Defense the authority to mobilize members of the Army Reserve for Defense Support to Civil Authorities missions.

However, this new authority has no impact a commander’s separate Immediate Response Authority.

IRA allows for: (1) a Federal military commander or responsible DoD civilian official; (2) to provide immediate disaster relief; (3) in “response to a request for assistance from a civil authority;” (4) when “time does not permit approval from higher authority;” (5) and when “imminent serious conditions” exist, such as a natural or man-made disaster or emergency that causes substantial harm to the population or infrastructure (i.e., tornado, flash flooding, forest fires); (6) which require military assistance in order “to save lives, prevent human suffering, or mitigate great property damage within the United States;” (7) because local and State authorities are not yet capable of promptly and fully responding to the disaster or emergency.

A commander’s IRA is not based on the Stafford Act, which permits the Federal Government to provide assistance to civil authorities when they are overwhelmed by a disaster or an emergency, in order to save lives, alleviate human suffering, mitigate great property damage, and protect the health and safety of the population, although both seem to have a nearly identical purpose.

Therefore, except for unusual circumstances, a commander should not exercise IRA after the President has issued a Stafford Act declaration for the same event.

Every Soldier providing IRA response assistance must be in a paid duty status—both to protect them from possible personal liability for any injuries, death, or damages they may cause in the scope of their duties by providing them protection under the Federal Tort Claims Act, and to prevent an Anti-Deficiency Act Violation.

Commanders may honor requests from civil authorities (e.g., governors, mayors, city managers, chiefs of police or fire department, sheriffs, or directors of local emergency services, etc.)

However, they may only do so if, because of urgent and unexpected circumstances, there is no time to seek and wait

for prior approval from a higher authority (e.g., the Secretary of Defense or, in some cases, the geographical combatant commander).

Immediate response may include search, rescue, evacuation, and emergency medical treatment of casualties; maintenance or restoration of emergency medical capabilities; safeguarding of the public health; emergency restoration of essential public services and utilities, including fire fighting, water, communications, transportation, power, and fuel; emergency clearance of debris, rubble, and explosive ordnance; and other actions. In contrast, an immediate response may not include any support that would violate the Posse Comitatus Act.

Commanders who exercise IRA must comply with several caveats and requirements. First, any assistance provided must be provided as a last resort. Therefore, Soldiers must be the last in and the first out. Second, the request must be in writing. Therefore, any verbal request must be followed by a written request. Third, the request must specify the type of support being requested, although the method and means of support should be left to the Commander’s discretion. Fourth, the command must document all the support it provides for reimbursement and reporting purposes. Finally, the commander providing the support must notify the commanding generals of USARC and FORSCOM, through the chain of command, by the most expeditious means available, and seek guidance for continuing assistance.

A commander’s IRA is NOT a blanket authority to provide unlimited military assistance, any time, anywhere, for any length of time. A commander’s IRA must never take precedence over combat and combat support missions or the survival of military units. Therefore, priority must always be given to military mission fulfillment and operational requirements, followed by support to Federal Agencies and civil authorities, in that order.

1. Commanders must wait until they receive an invitation by civil authorities before DOD can assist with a disaster or emergency event. You can initiate the request, but you must be invited.

2. Army Reserve Soldiers may not volunteer to provide the same services for free. In addition, the acceptance of

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What is Immediate Response Authority?

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Michael Cannon USARC Chaplain’s Office

Edmund Burke wrote, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

Reflecting on those words as a Soldier serving in the U.S. Army Reserve, it is easy to see many acts of compassion in the work of good men and women throughout our formations and military history.

One of the great Army values is Selfless Service. Selflessness is an act that is taken for the good of one even

at the expense of the one acting selflessly.Another virtue of the American soldier is courage.These two go together and should never be separated.

Without courage, selfless acts become little more than servitude. Without selflessness or compassion, courage can become ruthless barbarism. But forged together they create a controlled strength able to accomplish much with the purpose of making the world a better place.

Being an American Soldier means that we hold a responsibility and stewardship for the opportunities to use the power of our Army, the will of our country, and the freedoms afforded by our Constitution to do good.

We cannot claim to be in the right without compassion for those in whose lands we serve, even those enemies we meet in

the field of conflict. An Army can be no more than the sum of its parts, and our

parts are our people.The national ethic cannot be maintained unless we practice

the same in our every day work. Whether in the office or in the field, we have the opportunity to serve others. To act in a way that lacks compassion may seem reasonable at times, but it is not moral and if it isn't moral, it is evil.

To live without courage may seem a way of avoiding conflict, but ultimately it is only a way of deferring to others the problems we ourselves should engage and resolve.

In the Christian scriptures, Paul taught in Romans, “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

These words give me great hope that the sacrifices we make, the stewardship and legacy of selfless service, doesn’t simply evaporate in the morning sun.

The sacrifices of a generation working to free, help, improve or establish lives around the world, is an act of overcoming evil.

Don’t be overcome by evil because it is fiscally smart to act in a way to achieve a goal at the expense of someone else. Don’t be overcome by evil because it is expedient even if it seems justifiable.

Be encouraged as you sacrifice for others. Your selfless labors are not only recognized but are also appreciated.

U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command hosts a weekly Christian Bible study.

Studies are held each Tuesday, starting at 11:30 a.m., Room 1901 near the USARC G4.

Please come and share a time of fellowship and worship with us.

“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching,for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that

the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.”Second Timothy 3:16-17

FORSCOM/USARC Christian Bible Study

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Courage, selfless service are inseparable

Fort Bragg’s All-American Trail closed Sept. 28 and will remain closed due to hunting season. The trail will reopen Jan. 2, 2014, when the hunting season ends. Fort Bragg cannot stress enough the importance of not using the trail between Sept. 28

through Jan. 2. Approximately two years ago, a runner was accidentally killed by a hunter who mistook the runner as wild game. Runners and off-road bike riders are also asked not to use the roads in the training areas for running routes.

These areas are used for training purposes and the presence of runners and riders can disrupt training events and become a safety hazard for the runners and riders. Runners and riders also may face trespassing charges if found in the training areas.

Fort Bragg’s All-American Trail closed for hunting season

gratuitous services from an Army Reserve Soldier would constitute an improper augmentation of an appropriation since an Army Reserve Soldier may not waive compensation for work they would normally perform if a statute establishes their entitlement to compensation for that work, unless another statute specifically permits a waiver.

3. Immediate response should be provided on a reimbursable basis; however, the immediate response should not be delayed or denied because of the inability or unwillingness of the requestor to make a commitment to reimburse DoD.

4. There is also a requirement to “immediately” notify the National Joint Operations and Intelligence Center (NJOIC) through the chain of command (njoic.battlecaptain@js.pentagon.mil and/or (703) 692-4595. The NJOIC will then inform the geographical Combatant Commander. For Army and Army Reserve units, “immediate” means “within two hours” of the decision to respond.

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of what it’s like to be a family member of an Army Reserve Soldier,” she said. “And it helps me really understand the importance of making sure our Soldiers are ready and resilient and have all that they need to deploy,” she said.

The one challenge that leaders have is helping younger Soldier understand the importance of completing the Pre-DHA, PDHA and the PDHRA, she said.

“The more we can explain to the young Soldier that this (program) is about them and not just about completing another document,” she said. “It’s about making sure that we, as leaders, truly care and this is a really important thing for their health.”

Wilmoth said that as budgets continue to tighten, it is even more important to focus on providing care.

“We cannot stop investing in our Soldiers,” Wilmoth said. “Coming home is a very important transitional time, and it’s really important, even in an era of budget cuts, that we truly to consider the importance of that and make sure that the health and welfare of our Soldiers remains a top priority.”

The U.S. Army Reserve continues to track the completion status of the Army mandated training for Supervisors of Civilian personnel.

At this time, the SDC #1-250-C53 course is the only Department of the Army headquarters approved training available.

The course is a distance learning course and must be completed within one year of assignment to a supervisory position.

The SDC is also required for Supervisors as refresher training every three years. This course takes approximately 39 hours to complete including a final exam.

Course topics include: workforce

planning, position management and classification hiring, merit system principles and personnel practices, performance management, training and development, recognition, incentives and awards, coaching, counseling and mentoring, leave administration, and many other topics.

Enrollment in the SDC is available through the Civilian Human Resource Training Application System at the following URL site: https://www.atrrs.army.mil/channels/chrtas.

Once you complete the registration process, your supervisor will receive a system-generated email with instructions to approve your training. If your supervisor does not receive an email

immediately, on your profile make sure the supervisor’s email address is the new enterprise mail.mil address.

If they do not have a profile in CHRTAS other than their AKO account email, the forwarding address must be updated to the mail.mil address. The wrong email address continues to delay students’ registration. As you read this article take time to update your profile in AKO to ensure you have the correct address – you may not be getting your mail forwarded from AKO.

For more information contact Jeffrey Weart, Chief Civilian Training and Leader Development Office, 910-570-9147 or email at jeffrey.m.weart.civ@mail.mil.

The U.S. Army Reserve Internal Review Directorate recognizes excellence for achieving 94 percent or higher in the Military Equipment/General Equipment (ME/GE) testing conducted by the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Financial Management & Audit Readiness by presenting the EAGLE Award. Maj. Gen. Peter S. Lennon, second from left, 377th Theater Support Command commanding general, receives the award from Maj. Gen. Luis R. Visot, left, U.S. Army Reserve Command deputy commanding general for operations, Ada Campbell, supervisory auditor, and Jeff Lynch, senior auditor project manager. The 377th achieved a 94.55 percent pass rate on samples tested from October 2012 through July 2013. Other units achieving this distinction were 412th Theater Engineer Command, 1st Mission Support Command, and U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne).

This accomplishment was a huge team effort. Without the hard work of unit personnel, Soldiers and civilians and the superior effort put forth, this accomplishment would not have been achieved. Thank you for your continued dedication and devotion to duty. (Courtesy photo)

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Military and civilian supervisors must complete mandatory Supervisor Development Course

Audit Readiness High Flying Eagle Award

Story by J.D. Leipold Army News Service

WASHINGTON - The Army’s chief of staff told lawmakers if they don’t mitigate reductions under the Budget Control Act, 85 percent of brigade combat teams would be ill-prepared for contingency requirements by the end of fiscal year 2014.

Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Ray Odierno was blunt, as he testified Sept. 18, to the House Armed Services Committee. His statistic on the Budget Control Act, readiness included both active and reserve-component brigades, if the speed and magnitude of cuts are not stopped.

Odierno and other service chiefs said the Budget Control Act, coupled with sequestration, will have a long-term impact on the Army’s readiness and modernization.

“We’ll be required to end, restructure or delay more than 100 acquisition programs, putting at risk the Ground Combat Vehicle program, the Armed Aerial Scout, the production and modernization of our aviation programs, system upgrade for

unmanned aerial vehicles and the modernization of our air defense command-and-control systems just to name a few,” warned Odierno.

The chief continued that not until fiscal years 2018 to 2023 would readiness in modernization begin to rebalance, but it would also come at the expense of significant reductions in end-strength and force structure. Presently, the active Army is slated to drop from a war-time high of 570,000 to 490,000 Soldiers by fiscal year 2017.

Further budget cuts would bring that number down to 420,000 in the active Army, 315,000 in the National Guard and 185,000 in the Army Reserve.

“This will represent a total Army end-strength reduction of more than 18 percent over seven years; a 26 percent reduction in the active Army, a 12 percent reduction in the Army National Guard, and a nine percent reduction in the U.S. Army Reserve,” he said.

Gen. Ray Odierno, U.S. Army chief of staff, testifies before the House Armed Services Committee, in Washington, D.C., Sept. 18, 2013, on the anticipated impact on the Army of the Budget Control Act and sequestration in fiscal year 2014. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cortez/U.S. Army)

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Staff Sgt. Rachel Fischer, of the 448th Civil Affairs Battalion, based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., takes notes during a key leader engagment during the culmination exercise of the cultural support team course, Aug. 19th, here at Fort Bragg, N.C. Cultural support teams are comprised of female Soldiers who serve as enablers supporting Army special-operations combat forces in and around secured objective areas. (Photo by Capt. Saska Ball/USACAPOC(A) Public Af-fairs)

U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Shikera Guy and Sgt. Terrance Hardy work to secure at LCM-8585 vessel to the dock of the Pentagon marina following a training mission on the Potomac River Aug. 29, 2013. Both Soldiers serve with the U.S. Army Reserve 464th Transportation Company located at Fort Belvoir, Va. (Photo by Maj. Meritt Phillips/Office of the Chief, U.S. Army Reserve)

Curtis Preyer of Portageville, Mo., has his retina checked by Maj. Derek Melton of the 181st Medical Group Wing, Indiana Air National Guard, during Operation Four State Medical Project here in Hayti, Mo., Aug. 13, 2013. The Innovative Readiness Training allowed Army Reserve Soldiers of the 431st Civil Affairs Battalion, and their Navy and Air Force medical teams to spend two weeks training and provided free medical care to residents in Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky. (Sgt. 1st Class Andy Yoshimura/USCAPOC(A) Public Affairs)

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DEPTH of FIELD

Images from August 2013

A monthly showcase of U.S. Army Reserve Public Affairs specialists capturing images from the field.