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New Undersecretary Utilizing His Service in Army, Congress The new undersecretary of the Army said he believes his experiences as an Iraq War veteran and member of Congress will help him in the job. Patrick Murphy, a former Army captain and staff judge advocate, spent eight years in uniform. He deployed to Bosnia in 2002 and Iraq in 2003, and also served as a constitutional law professor at the U.S. Military Academy. The 42-year-old served two terms in the U.S. House representing Pennsylvania’s 8th District. Murphy was confirmed by the Senate in a voice vote on Dec. 18, a few days after appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee alongside the nominees for Air Force and Navy undersecretaries. Murphy told the committee that if he were confirmed for the post that makes him the Army’s chief management officer, he would engage in a top-to-bottom review looking for “efficiencies within the organization so we can refocus on those warfighters who are keeping our families safe.” “I will make sure that the Army is manned, trained and equipped to accomplish what [Army Chief of Staff] Gen. [Mark A.] Milley recently articu- SoldierSpeak On Helmets “Until I took this job, I had no idea what went into making this equipment, and it’s been eye-opening,” said Col. Dean M. Hoffman IV of Program Executive Office- Soldier at Fort Belvoir, Va. “Every helmet is tested probably 67 times. We take each lot that comes off the production line. We keep some, and we put them in extreme cold, hot; and constantly every year, we’re pulling them off the shelf and retesting them to make sure they’re the best.” On Clearing Drop Zones “The bittersweet is my personal archenemy,” said Ben Amos, Integrated Training Area Management coordinator at Fort Devens, Mass., about the Oriental Bittersweet, an invasive species. “It’s a very rapidly growing vine that chokes out trees. It spreads like wildfire. Not only are you going to begin losing trees, which impacts the habitat, but you have dead trees falling into landing zones, dead branches falling onto people trying to train, and just basic maneuver impacts.” On A Female Soldier’s Worth “Female military members’ remarkable service in Iraq and Afghanistan showed that no military can achieve its full potential without utilizing the talents and abilities of its female citizens,” said Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, adjutant general of the California Army National Guard, before meeting with state legislators and Guard leaders to discuss the opening of all military occupations to women. “Rescinding all combat restrictions was more than a move toward equality, but a tactical advancement as well.” On Fighting Spirit “If you can’t fight and win, then I don’t want you on the team,” said Sgt. 1st Class Matt Torres of Fort Bragg, N.C., during a leadership seminar at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He worries some NCOs have become stagnant in their careers and are willing to “sit back and chill” while waiting for retirement. On Turkey Jerky “To see soldiers eat and like something that you have developed, and see that it improves their morale and helps them perform their mission better—I think that is the most fulfilling my job as a researcher can get,” said Dr. Tom Yang, a food technologist at the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center’s Combat Feeding Directorate in Massachusetts. He helped develop turkey jerky and turkey bacon for soldiers, using inexpensive technology and creating food that “has much less salt and stays moist.” On Mama Bears “If you thought the enemy was bad in Afghanistan, wait until my mother finds out you’re sending me to Texas,” said medically retired Capt. Florent “Flo” Groberg, recalling when Army officials said they might send him to San Antonio Military Medical Center to recover from severe injuries after he thwarted a suicide bomber in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, in 2012. Groberg, who earned the Medal of Honor for his actions, wound up at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, near his family’s home in Maryland. He spent almost three years recovering. On Giving Back “If we get wings, it’s an extra bonus,” said Staff Sgt. Micheal Tkachenko of the 65th Military Police Company, Fort Bragg, N.C. “But it’s more or less about just being able to participate and give back.” Tkachenko waited in line about 26 hours to donate a toy and be first to win a chance to jump with a partner-nation jumpmaster and earn foreign jump wings, in the 18th annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop. Since inception, the toy drop has collected more than 100,000 toys for underprivileged children. 8 ARMY ■ February 2016
COMMAND SERGEANTS MAJOR and SERGEANTS MAJOR CHANGES* Command Sgt. Maj. J.A. Castillo from 19th ESC, Camp Henry, Korea, to ACC, RA, Ala. Sgt. Maj. R.J. Dore from USA Adjutant General Sgt. Maj., Fort Knox, Ky., to Forces Cmd. G-1, Fort Bragg, N.C. Command Sgt. Maj. E.C. Dostie from USARJ and I Corps (Forward), Camp Zama, Japan, to ARCENT, Shaw AFB, S.C. Command Sgt. Maj. C.A. Fagan from 101st Airborne Div. Artillery (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky., to FCoE, Fort Sill, Okla. Command Sgt. Maj. M.A. Ferrusi from 3rd Bde., 10th Mountain Div., Fort Polk, La., to USARAK, JB Elmendorf- Richardson, Alaska. Sgt. Maj. D. Gibbs from HQ, USASOC, Fort Bragg, to Command Sgt. Maj., USAJFKSWCS, Fort Bragg. Command Sgt. Maj. R.B. Manis from 205th Infantry Bde., Camp Atterbury, Ind., to First Army Division East, Fort Knox. Command Sgt. Maj. D.L. Pinion from 3rd Squadron, 1st U.S. Cavalry Rgt., Fort Benning, Ga., to Sgt. Maj., USAREUR G-3, Wiesbaden, Germany. Command Sgt. Maj. R.J. Rhoades from 21st TSC, Kaiserslautern, Germany, to Sgt. Maj., ACSIM, Washington, D.C. Command Sgt. Maj. A.T. Stoneburg from RRS to USAREC, Fort Knox. Command Sgt. Maj. M.A. Torres from 1st MEB, Fort Polk, to 13th SC (E), Fort Hood, Texas. Command Sgt. Maj. R.F. Watson from Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Va., to PRMC, Honolulu. ■ ACC—U.S. Army Contracting Cmd.; ACSIM—Army Chief of Staff Installation Management Cmd.; AFB—Air Force Base; ARCENT—U.S. Army Central; Bde.—Brigade; ESC—Expeditionary Sustainment Cmd.; FCoE—Fires Center of Excellence; HQ—Headquarters; JB—Joint Base; MEB—Maneuver Enhancement Bde.; PRMC—Pacific Regional Medical Cmd.; RA—Redstone Arsenal; Rgt.—Regiment; RRS—U.S. Army Recruiting and Retention School; SC (E)—Sustainment Cmd. (Expeditionary); TSC—Theater Sustainment Cmd.; USA—U.S. Army; USAJFKSWCS—U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School; USARAK—U.S. Army Alaska; USAREC—U.S. Army Recruiting Cmd.; USAREUR—U.S. Army Europe; USARJ—U.S. Army Japan; USASOC—U.S. Army Special Operations Cmd. *Command sergeants major and sergeants major positions assigned to general officer commands. U.S. House of Representatives Patrick Murphy lated as his fundamental task: to win in the unforgiving crucible of ground combat,” he said. “And I’ll make sure that our troops do not have a fair fight, that they have a tactical and technical advantage against our enemies.” Murphy told the committee that when he left Congress five years ago, the Army had “45 brigade combat teams on active duty. We are now down to 31.” Resources are another concern, he said, noting the tradeoff the Army is making in slowing modernization to pay for readiness. Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress, said “the Army and the nation are lucky” to have Murphy confirmed. The former senior fellow “contributed greatly to our work by leading on issues that affect 21st-century fighters, and he will no doubt do the same for the Army,” Tanden said. Briefs Army Takes Over as Chair of Conference of American Armies This month, the U.S. Army becomes chairman of the Conference of American Armies, a group of 20 member armies, five observer armies and two international military organizations from Central, South and North America that have met since 1960 to exchange defense ideas and plan conferences and exercises. The chairmanship rotates every two GENERAL OFFICER *CHANGES* Maj. Gen. J. Caravalho Jr. from Dep. Surgeon Gen. and Dep. CG (Spt.), MEDCOM, Falls Church, Va., to Jt. Staff Surgeon, Jt. Staff, Washington, D.C. Brigadier Generals: R.J. Place from Asst. Surgeon Gen. for Quality and Safety (P), OSG, and Dep. CoS, Quality and Safety (P), MEDCOM, Washington, D.C., to CG, RHC-A (P), Fort Belvoir, Va.; R.D. Tenhet from CG, RHC-A (P), Fort Belvoir, to Dep. Surgeon Gen. and Dep. CG (Spt.), MEDCOM, Falls Church. ■ CoS—Chief of Staff; Jt.—Joint; MEDCOM—U.S. Army Medical Cmd.; OSG—Office of the Surgeon General; (P)—Provisional; RHC-A—Regional Health Cmd.-Atlantic; Spt. —Support. *Assignments to general officer slots announced by the General Officer Management Office, Department of the Army. Some officers are listed at the grade to which they are nominated, promotable or eligible to be frocked. The reporting dates for some officers may not yet be determined. February 2016 ■ ARMY 9
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