CALLING”ARMY’S

“THERE IS
NO HIGHER
CALLING”ARMY’S CHAPLAIN SCHOOL
WELCOMES NEW COMMANDANT – P3
PINCKNEY PATROLS POST FOR READING HEROES P12-13
IT’S NOT TOO SOON TO CONSIDER HEAT SAFETY P8

Photo by ROBERT TIMMONS
ON THE COVER
Incoming Commandant, Chaplain (Col.) Jeffrey
D. Hawkins, hands the colors to USA-
CHCS Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Lowe during
a ceremony March 3 at the Armed Forces
Chaplaincy Center. SEE PAGE 3
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TUESDAY
Military Spouse Career Fair
9 a.m.-noon, NCO Club. Sponsored by
ACS Employment Readiness Program
and Soldier for Life-Transition
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Story Time at the Library
11:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Thomas Lee Hall
Library. Kids of all ages are invited
to join us at Story Time at the Library
for fun stories, silly songs, and craft
making.
MARCH 16
Performance and Resilience
Training for Spouses
9 a.m.-noon, U.S. Army Master
Resilience School, Building 3216
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Heighten sensory awareness to what
is most relevant and keep it there to
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and refreshments as you meet your
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information about upcoming events,
trips and volunteer opportunities, as
well as information about joining
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is mandatory for ALL unit BOSS
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and single parent on Fort Jackson. For
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NEWS
Army’s chaplain
school welcomes
new commandant
Photo by STEVEN HOOVER
Incoming Commandant, Chaplain (Col.) Jeffrey D. Hawkins, right, accepts
the colors from Army Chief of Chaplains (Maj. Gen.) Paul K. Hurley
during a ceremony March 3 at the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center.
By STEVEN HOOVER
U.S. Army Chaplain Center
and School
Chaplain (Col.) Jeffrey D. Hawkins
became the 42nd commandant of the U.S.
Army Chaplain Center and School during a
ceremony in the Armed Forces Chaplaincy
Center auditorium, March 3 at Fort Jackson.
Initially an enlisted Green Beret, with
10th Special Forces Group (Airborne),
then at Fort Devens, Mass., for the past
24 years he has been an Army Chaplain.
Before coming to USACHCS, his most recent
assignment was Command Chaplain
of United States Army Central
(USARCENT), headquartered
at Shaw Air Force Base.
Chaplain (Maj. Gen.)
Paul K. Hurley, U.S. Army
Chief of Chaplains, hosted
the ceremony. Fort Jackson
Commanding General, Maj.
Gen. John “Pete” Johnson,
and Deputy Chief of Chaplains,
(Brig. Gen.) Thomas Solhjem
were also in attendance.
“This (Change of Commandant
ceremony) is a
to be reminded of, the tremendous
responsibility that we’ve
been given, that we’ve been invited
to partake in, to serve the
Army as UMT’s (Unit Ministry
Teams),” Hurley said, speaking
primarily to the chaplains
and chaplain assistants.
“That transfer is about
you … each one of us … to be
reminded of the tremendous opportunity
that we’ve been given
to serve this Army … to serve these
brave men and women, and their families,
who give themselves not just partly, but
give themselves wholly. And, that is what
we’re called for.”
Outgoing commandant, Chaplain (Col.)
Pennsylvania, to be the Professor of Ethics
and Senior Chaplain for the U.S. Army
who had been commandant
since May 2015, was awarded the
Legion of Merit prior to the ceremony. His
wife, Rose Marie, received the Outstanding
Civilian Service Award.
“USACHCS, I am no longer your com-
be grateful that I was. It was my dream to
lead this organization. And, I am just so
glad that dream came true. Team USA-
CHCS, you are a dream team.”
HISTORY
The U.S. Army
Chaplain School was
created out of a need to
adequately train chaplains
that the United States
was creating in 1917
for service in World
War I.
Two days after
Pearl Harbor, the
re-activation of the
Chaplain School was
set in motion. More than 70
class at Fort Benjamin
Harrison, Indiana.
The Army
Chaplain Center and
School came to Fort
Jackson in 1996, having
moved from Fort Monmouth,
New Jersey. The school
is also the home of
the Chaplain Corps
Regiment
Following a listing of achievements ac-
fan of the Washington Redskins, said, after
comparing USACHCS to great sport teams
throughout history, that “USACHCS is the
New England Patriots of religious support.”
When it was his turn at the podium,
Hawkins thanked everyone for attending
collegiality” during their time together and
transition.
He went on to say, “To the USACHCS
team, I owe you my best every day, in every
way … and I will expect the same from
you … because there is no higher calling,
than serving both God and country. What
an exciting turning of the page in
the continuing story of the USA-
CHCS mission that is larger
than us all.”
Hawkins has served in
a wide variety of assignments,
to include Battalion
Chaplain of the 1st Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
and 536th Engineers (Combat)
(Heavy), in Panama, from
1993-1995. He then served as
the Assistant Group Chaplain
to 1st Special Forces Group
(Airborne), at Ft. Lewis,
Washington, from 1995-1998.
Following that assignment, he
was the Battalion Chaplain to the
307th Engineers, 82nd Airborne
Division, at Fort Bragg, North,
Carolina, from 1998-2001.
After completing a Master’s
Degree in Community
Counseling, in conjunction
with the Chaplaincy’s Family
Life Training Program, he attended
the Command and General
enworth,
Kan. He then served as the Family
Life Chaplain for Fort Benning, Georgia,
from 2003-2006.
He led as the Brigade Chaplain for the
325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division,
Fort Bragg and the unit’s deployment
during the “surge” in Operation Iraqi
Freedom. Subsequently, in 2008 and 2009,
Hawkins served as Deputy Command
Chaplain for Warrior and Family Sustainment
with the Joint Special Operations
Command, also at Fort Bragg.
In January 2010, he arrived in Seoul,
Republic of Korea, to be the Garrison
Chaplain for U.S. Army Garrison – Yongsan.
See HAWKINS: Page 23

NEWS
Fort Jackson
Movie Schedule
The Army Jungle Combat Boot, under development now, features
a low-height heel to prevent snags on things like vines in a jungle
environment; additional drainage holes to let water out if it becomes
completely soaked, a redesigned upper to make the boots less
tight when they are new, an insert that helps improve water drainage,
a ballistic fabric-like layer under a Soldier’s foot to help prevent
punctures, and a foam layer between the rubber sole and the upper
to provide greater shock absorbing capability.
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New Army jungle wear
gives trench foot the boot
By C. TODD LOPEZ
Army News Service
The standard issue combat boot most Soldiers wear today,
the one most commonly worn in Iraq and Afghanistan, is great
for sandy dunes, hot dry weather, and asphalt. But it’s proven
not so good in hot and wet environments. So the Army has
developed a new jungle boot that some Soldiers will see this
year.
In September, Chief of Staff of the Army
Gen. Mark A. Milley directed the Army to
combat teams in Hawaii, part of the 25th Infantry
Division there, with a jungle boot. The
Army had already been testing commercial
jungle boots at the time — with mixed results
— but didn’t have a specialized jungle boot,
quartered
at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, had to get
a plan together to make it happen.
By October, the Army had made a request
by December, contracts were awarded to two
boot manufacturers in the United States to
build more than 36,700 jungle-ready combat
waii.
“This is important to the Army and important
to Soldiers in a hot, high-humidity, high-moisture area,”
said Lt. Col. John Bryan, product manager for Soldier Clothing
and Individual Equipment with PEO Soldier. “We are responding
as quickly as we possibly can with the best available,
immediate capability to get it on Soldiers’ feet quickly and
“
This is important to the
Army and important to
Soldiers in a hot, highhumidity,
high-moisture
area.
— Lt. Col. John Bryan
product manager for Soldier
Clothing and Individual
”
Mixing legacy with tech
Right now, the new jungle boot the Army developed will be
for Soldiers with the 25th ID in Hawaii -- primarily because
there are actually jungles in Hawaii that Soldiers there must
contend with. The new boots look remarkably similar to the
current boots Soldiers wear. They are the same color, for instance.
And the boots, which Bryan said are called the “Army
Jungle Combat Boot” or “JCB” for short, sport a variety of features
drawn from both the legacy M1966 Vietnam-era
jungle boot and modern technology.
The M1966 Jungle Boot, which featured a
green cotton fabric upper with a black leather
toe that could be polished, had a solid rubber
sole that Soldiers reportedly said had no
shock-absorbing capability. The new boot
uses a similar tread, or “outsole,” as the
M1966 “Panama style” — to shed mud and
provide great traction, but the added midsole
makes it more comfortable and shock absorbing,
according to Albert Adams, who works at
the Army Natick Soldier Research, Development
and Engineering Center.
The outsole of the new boot is connected
to the leather upper via “direct attach,” Adams
said. That’s a process where a kind of liquid
foam is poured between the rubber outsole
and leather boot upper. “(It’s)] a lot like an injection
molding process,” he said.
The foam layer between the rubber sole and the upper portion
of the boot not only provides greater shock absorbing
capability, but it also keeps out microbes in hot, wet environments
that in the past have been shown to eat away at the glues
that held older boots together.
See BOOTS: Page 23
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NEWS
Memorial service
set for March 17
A memorial service for Pvt.
Jordan T. Wilhite, 18, is scheduled
to take place 2:30 p.m.,
March 17 at the Post Chapel.
Wilhite, of Charlie Company,
1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment,
was born in Lubbock, Texas.
He is survived by his mother,
Brandi D. Ryan, and his stepfather,
Billy G. Ryan. His awards
include the Army Achievement
Medal and the National Defense
Service Medal.
WILHITE
By DEMETRIA MOSLEY
Fort Jackson Leader
You can’t tell by just looking at him, and that’s how
retired Staff Sgt. Tony Pickoff says he prefers it.
A little over a decade ago, Pickoff had been the epitome
of the Army turning civilians into Soldiers as a drill sergeant
at Fort Jackson’s 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment.
Now that he’s retired, he spends his days drilling the
thoughts in his mind into stanzas of poetry.
“There’s more of me than what you see,” said Pickoff.
“It gives me satisfaction to surprise people that I’m not
what they thought I should be.”
Pickoff joined the Army immediately after his high
school graduation in 1985. Distracted by his tall, stocky
frame, he says most people can’t believe he’s a poet.
“They absolutely don’t put it together,” he said. “ Unless
they are people who really know me, they would never
guess that I’m capable of doing this. I love it.”
Pickoff started writing poetry in the 11th grade. After
turning in an assignment that he rushed to do the night be-
teacher, a college-educated woman thought I copied it out
a book,” he said. “That told me I had something to work
with and after that initial one came out, I was writing two
or three a night.”
Since he started working in June in his small yellow
Photos by DEMETRIA MOSLEY
‘I listen to a lot of talk radio and come up with ideas,’ said retired Staff Sgt. Tony Pickoff. During
his downtime working at Fort Jackson’s mulch site, Pickoff picks up his journal and writes poetry.
Drill sergeant finds his
muse in retirement
Retired Staff Sgt. Tony Pickoff writes five to
seven poems each week, and has won several
awards for his work.
has written over 150 poems on a variety of topics. He keeps
a notebook on his desk to help pass the time and get his
ideas down on paper.
He’s been thinking about compiling his work into a poetry
collection and naming it ‘Thoughts of a Soldier’.
“Poetry is a way to get something that might be an in-
to piss them off. I mean, let’s just reduce our political debates
to a poetry competition,” he said.
Photo by SGT. VICTOR EVERHART
Lt. Col. Lindsay Matthews, commander,
Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion,
U.S. Army Central, observes her new unit
during her change of command ceremony.
HHBN U.S. Army Central
changes command
By SGT. VICTOR EVERHART JR.
USARCENT Public Affairs
Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army
Central held a change of command ceremony March 3 at
Patton Park.
Lt. Col. James Dobrinska II relinquished command
after two years and Lt. Col. Lindsay Matthews assumed
command with the USARCENT Commanding General,
During his command, Dobrinska focused on improv-
readiness for Soldiers who are continually operating in
the Middle East region.
“Simply he made the unit better,” said Garrett.
“Thank you for your dedication and perseverance to our
command.”
Matthews earned her commission from Villanova
University and has held various assignments from platoon
leader for 61st Chemical Company, 23rd Chemical
Battalion to planner for U.S. Africa Command.
“Like many of us, she has experience with the region,”
said Garrett. “She’s commanded in the headquarters
atmosphere and recognizes the challenges of a
headquarters command. We are looking forward to your
contributions and I am expecting you to take us to the
next level. We are very, very happy to have you as part of
the team and welcome to USARCENT.”
“I’m really excited about the opportunity to command,”
said Matthews. “I can’t stop smiling. This command
is amazing. We have fantastic Soldiers, NCO’s and

NEWS
Photo by VERAN HILL
Mary Reardon, a Fort Jackson safety specialist, looks on as Headquarters, 193rd Infantry Regiment Drill Sergeants Staff Sgt. Roger Webber Jr.
and Staff Sgt. Wanda Rodriguez demonstrate the proper procedures of evaluating and applying an ice sheet to a Soldier displaying signs and
symptoms of heat exhaustion.
It’s not too soon to consider heat safety
By VERAN HILL
Fort Jackson Leader
With Columbia’s “Famously Hot” temperatures and the
vigorous training conducted on Fort Jackson, maintaining
vigilance is at the utmost to prevent heat casualties or fatalities.
Fort Jackson leaders are preparing for the summer heat
by having its team complete the Heat Illness Prevention
training. Heat illness includes heat cramps, heat exhaustion,
heat stroke, rhabdomyolysis and hyponatremia.
HIP training is mandatory for all leaders and cadre
members before being placed in charge of Soldiers or students,
said Mary Reardon, a safety specialist for the Fort
“If you have someone who has never been in this environment,
they are not generally aware how vulnerable the
Initial Entry Training Soldiers are, they may not realize
that they may be susceptible to a heat illness,” Reardon
expressed.
with recognition of symptoms and knowing how to re-
id
reaction is what’s most important, because any delay in
treatment, the body temperature goes up and the body can
start seizing up.
“The unit will do follow-on training to conduct mandown
drills and promote hands-on use of their Wet Bulb
Globe Temperature device (used to estimate the effect of
temperature, humidity, wind speed, visible and infrared radiation
on humans). The cadre should know if the WBGT
is serviceable, they should know how to set it up, use it and
reinforce when they’ve tracked the Heat Category (a range
based on the WBGT).
“The cadre are to adjust the uniform and the pace of
training,” said Reardon.
Unit leaders must ensure that the following measures
are taken to prevent heat illness:
Update Cold/Heat Illness Prevention (CHIP)
Leader Cards. Used to track Soldiers who have been
make them susceptible to becoming a heat casualty.
Have WBGT Thermometers. Ensure thermometers
are serviceable and positioned correctly. Get a WBGT
reading every hour when the ambient temperature is over
75 degrees Fahrenheit. Enforce pace of training and frequency
of rest breaks.
Monitor and enforce hydration standards. Track
beads worn by IET Soldiers. Do not exceed 1.5 quarts per
hour or 12 quarts per day, it can cause hyponatremia.
Promote body temperature cooling. Use Arm Immersion
Cooling Stations, Powerbreezer, and Tactical
Mister to prevent over-heating.
Monitor and enforce eating meals.
Execute random checks. Enforce Soldier to observe
their buddies for signs of heat illness.
Follow clothing recommendations based on heat
category.
It’s important to have these measures in place for stringent
events explains 2016 Reserve Drill Sergeant of the
Year, Sgt. Ryan Moldovan.
Moldovan adds his personal use of the AICS tank when
competing for Drill Sergeant of the Year, “It was a humid
and super-hot morning. The AICS was set up at mile 6 of
the 12 mile ruck march event. Before reaching the AICS
tank, I could feel how my body core temperature was rising
from the heat and wearing my full uniform. I knew
from experience if I were to go faster, my body core temperature
would have gotten too hot and I could have fallen
out.
“When I dipped my arms into the AICS tank, it rejuvenated
my Warrior Spirit.”
HIP training is conducted at the Fort Jackson Safety Of-

NEWS
JACKSON JUSTICE
NOTABLE PERMANENT PARTY ACTIONS
A lieutenant colonel received
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A captain received a General
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Photos by VERAN HILL
Army 1st Sgt. Noemi Conley, left, of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, explains the
hierarchy of a Basic Combat Training Company to Marine 1st Sgt. Jerry Navarro, of Charlie Company, 1st
Recruit Training Battalion.
Best practices for training
Marine instructors review
Army training methods
By VERAN HILL
Fort Jackson Leader
Fort Jackson and Parris Island are well known for transforming
civilians into Soldiers and Marines who stand ready to defend the
American way of life.
“It’s really interesting to see what the Army drill sergeant does
course.
An addition to the visit was meeting Fort Jackson’s senior
See MARINES: Page 14
Fort Jackson’s senior enlisted advisor, Command
Sgt. Maj. Lamont Christian, meets with Marine Corps
senior staff officers and drill instructors from 1st Recruit
Training Battalion, Parris Island, South Carolina
to share best practices for training new recruits.

NEWS
‘I became a soldier ...’
SPC. JACOB MALDONADO, 22
“I joined the Army because it’s
a Family tradition and I wanted
to pursue my dream of being an
Army aviator.”
“Building teamwork with my
platoon and having a high-speed battle buddy” were
the best things about basic training.
-
“My Family is very proud of my decision to serve.”
NEWS PVT. AMANDA ADAMS, 24
PFC. BADER SEMAKIEH, 20
I joined because “I want to do
the best I can in order to help as
many people as possible, and do
my fair share of work to ensure
protection and equality in our
country. I am especially focusing on our environmental
safety and rights. I am hoping to work for the Army
Corps of Engineers.”
“My drill sergeants in basic training have done a
wonderful job at motivating me to push myself and
learn that I have no limits as long as I am determined.”
1ST BATTALION,
61ST INFANTRY REGIMENT
Bloomington, Illinois
“I joined the Army because
of how much the United States
of America means to me. This
great country has given me
many amazing opportunities,
and has helped me realize who I am and what my
purpose is in life.”
“Basic Combat Training provides for me to be
disciplined and mentally tough. Basic training
helped me to be a better man.”
PVT. MELISSA D. WINGFIELD, 21
Gautier, Mississippi
“I come from a military Family,
and I want to serve my country
like my Dad did.”
I really liked “the training and
the people I got to meet.”
“I am an 88H – Cargo Specialist.
I picked it because it has great career opportunities.”
My Family “think it is great and they are very proud
I have followed my Family’s tradition.”
“I look forward to making the Army a career and
nitely
what I want to retire from.”
PFC. WILLIAM SCOONOVER, 24
Toople, Utah
“I have a lot of Family and
friends that are in the Army or
Service members, so I had a lot
of support. I joined to serve my
country and show it the respect so
many people have not been showing this great nation.”
throwing grenades” were what I enjoyed most.
“I am a 15Y–Apache Armament and Electrical
Systems Repairer. I picked this MOS because I llike to
work with my hands and I hope to be an Apache pilot
one day.”
PVT. FRANCESCA AVILES-WINN, 19
“I joined the Army to support
myself and help me get through
school.”
“Everything has been good
even though there were hard
days, but those days only make
you better and stronger.”
“I am a 68S – Preventative Medicine Specialist. I
chose it because I want to be a nurse and that was
now they fully support me and are very proud.”
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WORSHIP SCHEDULE
ANGLICAN/LUTHERAN
Sunday
8:30 a.m., Liturgical,
Bayonet Chapel
9 a.m., worship service,
McCrady Chapel
CATHOLIC
Sunday
7:30 a.m., Confessions,
Solomon Center
8 a.m., IET Mass,
Solomon Center
9:30 a.m., CCD,
Education Center
10:30 a.m.,
Reconciliation (after Mass
or by appointment), Main
Post Chapel
11 a.m., Mass, Main
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CMYK
27” WEB-100
1.
Pinckney patrols Jackson for reading heroes
PRIZE PATROL WINNERS:
C.J. Rodriguez Jonathan Cain
Camden Parker Hodges
C.J. Rodriguez
Mattson
Trey Taib
Camden Mattson
Johnny Kallon
Caiden Ping
Veronica
Logan Ping
Velasquez
Saralyn Brown
Gia Lerner
Anthony
Gregory
Robert
Wasielewski
Nicholas
Chambers
Trinity Haynes
Keara
Watlington
Brooke
Brandon
2.
By ROBERT TIMMONS
Fort Jackson Leader
They have taken the oath and have done the reading.
Now all they have to do is wait for the police
sirens and the prize patrol to arrive.
Students of C.C. Pinckney Elementary School on
post waited with baited breath to see if the school’s
prize patrol would come to their homes and recognize
their reading efforts.
The Pinckney Prize Patrol gave surprised students
a basket full of reading tools that included
-
skills.
ing
surprised with his basket that will help him keep
reading.
dy
Cain. “It’s a great feeling I couldn’t be any proud-
-
3.
promote reading.
said to the school’s students at an assembly
and are going to have a great time because
oath that you took. Every day you have
-
ney
Elementary School. The
grant was written to fund not only
“The grant also allowed for
celebration (cupcakes and ice cream)
happy to report that one hundred percent
of the grant money was given to Pinckney
The prize patrol is the penultimate event
The week-long event ended March 3 with a character
parade.
1: Dr. Kerrie Ammons, speech pathologist at C.C. Pinckney Elementary School, and Alan Danahy show off the prize
baskets to be given during the Reading Prize Patrol to students. The contents of the baskets were bought with grant money
provided by the National Education Association. 2: Fifth-grade student Robert Wasielewski smiles as Dr. Randy James hands
him a basket. 3: Jonathan Cain smiles brightly as he holds the huge basket of goodies after being selected as one of the winners
4: Kimberly Dana, a resource teacher at C.C. Pinckney Elementary School, greets a child during the school’s Reading Prize Patrol.
The child did not win, but came out to see what all the fuss was about.
Photos by ROBERT TIMMONS
CMYK

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Marines
Continued from Page 9
Christian mentioned a key practice of
drill sergeants, “We incorporate the understanding
of concurrent training and that’s
looped into what we’re going to do next.”
Christian also provided a scenario about
training that emphasized, “the way we
teach pretty much stays the same, but the
process in the way we deliver (instructions)
may change. Christian said, interaction is
key and in order to learn cognitively, you
have to touch and have repetition. Those
things have not changed.
“This is the only way to create a better
trained Soldier at the end.”
During their visit, the group toured the
120th Adjutant General (Reception) Battalion
where they learned about the initial
entry process.
Although the Army and Marine Corps
have three phases of training, Marine Staff
Sgt. Eduardo Bonilla, 1st Recruit Training
Battalion drill instructor, feels the Marine
Corps’ basic fundamentals for a new
recruit are a lot different from the Army,
and we focus longer on transitioning from
a civilian to a recruit.”
This is done with a lot of drill and ceremony
to give the recruits a basis for instant Marine Corps drill instructors visits Omaha buddy-movement site to take notes and compare training tech-
Photo by VERAN HILL
obedience to orders, Bonilla said. niques of Army drill sergeants.

Saluting this BCT cycle’s honorees
DRILL SERGEANTS OF THE CYCLE. Photos by OITHIP PICKERT, Public Affairs Office.
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Staff Sgt.
Michael Depalo
Alpha Company,
1st Battalion, 61st
Infantry Regiment
Staff Sgt.
Ebony Jackson
Bravo Company,
1st Battalion, 61st
Infantry Regiment
Sgt. 1st Class
Luis Roman
Charlie Company,
1st Battalion, 61st
Infantry Regiment
Sgt.
Kelly Dunn
Delta Company,
1st Battalion, 61st
Infantry Regiment
Staff Sgt.
Atchumi Andreas
Echo Company,
1st Battalion, 61st
Infantry Regiment
HONOR GRADUATE
OF THE CYCLE
Pfc. John Svancarek
HONOR GRADUATE
OF THE CYCLE
Pvt. Kennard Pleasant
HONOR GRADUATE
OF THE CYCLE
Pvt. Tori Leblanc
HONOR GRADUATE
OF THE CYCLE
Pfc. Andrew Miura
HONOR GRADUATE
OF THE CYCLE
Spc. Morgan Notaro
SOLDIER LEADER
OF THE CYCLE
Pvt. Logan Duvall
SOLDIER LEADER
OF THE CYCLE
Pvt. Shamar Martin
SOLDIER LEADER
OF THE CYCLE
Pfc. Andres Sanchez
SOLDIER LEADER
OF THE CYCLE
Pvt. Jacob Phalen
SOLDIER LEADER
OF THE CYCLE
Pfc. Levi Gonnion
HIGH BRM
Pfc. Ivan Velez
HIGH BRM
Spc. Ryan O’Neill
HIGH BRM
Pvt. James Wells
HIGH BRM
Pfc. Brandon German
HIGH BRM
Spc. Stephen Dixon
HIGH APFT
Pvt. Terrell Roberson
HIGH APFT
Pfc. Ahmad Essazay
HIGH APFT
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HIGH APFT
Pvt. Alana Heiss
HIGH APFT
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100 years, 100 miles
Fort Jackson Soldiers plan epic run to celebrate centennial
From staff reports
Nearly 120 Fort Jackson Soldiers along with
civilian participants will depart Andrew Jackson
State Park in Lancaster, South Carolina, and then
from designated check points along a 100-Mile
route to Hilton Field on the post as part of a Centennial
Run March 15.
The run is being held as part of Fort Jackson’s
Centennial celebration and is kicking off at midnight,
March 14 to honor Andrew Jackson’s, the
fort’s namesake, birthday, March 15, 1767. The
state park was chosen as the start point because it
is his birthplace. The run is scheduled to end with
a retreat ceremony at 5 p.m.
The 360 acre state park, which is celebrating
Jackson’s 250th birthday, was established to
honor the seventh president of the United States.
The museum tells the story of Jackson’s boyhood
experiences during the Revolutionary War and
highlights life in the South Carolina backcountry
from Andrew Jackson’s birth in 1767 until he left
South Carolina in 1784.
Runners will be escorted along the 100 mile
route by the S.C. Highway Patrol until they reach
Richland County and then by the Richland County
Sheriff’s Deputies.
Residents along the route are encouraged to
cheer on the Soldiers as they pass through their
local areas.
During the last 10 miles of the run spectators
who wish to complete the run with the Soldiers
may join at the end of the formation. People may
also join at the 10K and 5K check points. Anyone
wishing to register to run may do so at the website:
http://tinyurl.com/jjzo6vq
Jumping-on points:
2:40 p.m. – 10 mile start; University of
South Carolina Indoor Soccer / Bull Street
3:25 p.m. – 10K Start; McDonalds Parking
Lot, 4801 Garners Ferry Road
4:05 p.m. – 5K Start; intersection of Early
and Marion Streets on Fort Jackson
The end of the run will be highlighted by a
brief cake-cutting ceremony to celebrate Andrew
Jackson’s Birthday, closing remarks from Maj.
Gen. Pete Johnson, the commanding general, and
participation in a retreat ceremony supported by
the post’s Honor Platoon and 282nd Army Band.
8.5
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10k
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SP
Fort Jackson 100-Mile Run Map
SP: Andrew Jackson State Park
196 Andrew Jackson Park Road, Lancaster, SC
29720
CP 1: (10 Miles): Roddey Baptist Church
2678 South Anderson Road, Catawba, SC 29704
CP 2: (20 Miles): 21 Roadhouse
2808 Catawba River Road, Fort Lawn SC 29714
CP 3: (30 Miles): Shell Gas Station
5409 Pendergrass Blvd., Great Falls, SC 29055
CP 4: (40 Miles): Old Gas Station (Feaster Building)
7869 US-21, Winnsboro SC 29180
CP 5:
Department
350 South Means St., Ridgeway, SC 29130
CP 6: (60 Miles): New Life Fellowship Church
10605 Farrow Road, Blythewood, SC 29016
CP 6.5: (65 Miles): North Springs Park & Rec
1320 Clemson Road
Columbia, SC 29229
CP 7: (70 Miles): Fort Jackson National Cemetery
4170 Percival Road, Columbia, SC 29229
CP 8: (80 Miles): Beth Shalom Synagogue
5827 N. Trenholme Road, Columbia, SC 29206
CP 8.5: (85 Miles): Richland County Administra-
2020 Hampton Street, Columbia, SC 29204
CP 9: (90 Miles): USC indoor soccer arena
100 S. Bull Street, Columbia, SC 29205
CP 10K: McDonalds parking lot
4801 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, SC 29209
CP 9.7: Darby Field
CP 5K: Intersection of Marion and Early streets
FP: Hilton Field
www.fortjacksonleader.com

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February retirees
Photo by CHARLES CLARK
THE MONTHLY RETIREMENT CEREMONY was held Feb. 28 at the post theater to recognize the service of seven members. February’s retirees
are: Col. Theodore M. Lennon, USARCENT, Shaw Air Force Base; 1st Sgt. Michael J. Hester, 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment; Master Sgt. Rhodney A.
Chinapoo, USAMEDDAC, Fort Jackson; Sgt. 1st Class Robert D. Henry, 369th Adjutant General Battalion; Sgt. 1st Class Duane E. Cauley, Jr. 193rd Infantry
Brigade; Sgt. 1st Class Matthew D. Nelson, USAMEDDAC, Fort Jackson; and Sgt. Koy M. Atkinson, 193rd Infantry Brigade.
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Incoming U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School commandant, Chaplain
(Col.) Jeffrey D. Hawkins, addresses the audience during last
week’s change of commandant ceremony.
Hawkins
Continued from Page 3
In 2012, he was assigned as the Division
Chaplain for the 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault), at Fort Campbell, Kentucky,
Following deployment to Afghanistan as the
Command Chaplain for Combined Joint Task
Force – 101 and a year at the U.S. Army War
College, Hawkins reported to Shaw, with
duty across the Middle East as the Command
Chaplain for U.S. Army Central and as the
Command Chaplain for Combined Joint Task
Force - Operation Inherent Resolve.
His combat deployments include Operation
Iraqi Freedom as an Airborne Brigade
Combat Team Chaplain, Operation Enduring
Freedom as Special Operations Task Force
Chaplain as a Division Chaplain, and most
recently, Operation Inherent Resolve, as the
Command Chaplain.
This spring, Chaplain Hawkins will complete
his Doctor of Ministry degree at Erskine
Theological Seminary, in Due West, South
Carolina. He also holds master’s degrees
from the United States Army War College, at
Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, Columbus
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State University, in Columbus, Georgia, and
The Nazarene Theological Seminary, in Kansas
City, Missouri. His undergraduate degree
is from the University of South Florida, in
Tampa, Florida.
Chaplain Hawkins’ awards and decorations
include: the Legion of Merit (1 oak leaf
cluster), the Bronze Star (1 oak leaf cluster),
the Special Forces Tab, the Master Parachutist
Badge, the Air Assault Badge, and the
Combat Action Badge.
Ordained as a Christian Minister by The
Church of the Nazarene, Hawkins said his
greatest joy remains delivering hope and help
to Soldiers and their Families, while loving
and leading Unit Ministry Teams of exceptional
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Boots
Continued from Page 4
So the new boots won’t separate at the
soles, he said. “It provides a high level of
durability, and it also adds cushioning.”
Also part of the new boot is a textile
layer that prevents foreign items from
puncturing the sole of the boot and hurting
a Soldier’s foot, Adams said. The M1966
boot accomplished that with a steel plate.
The new boot has a ballistic fabric-like
layer instead.
Staff Sgt. Joshua Morse, an instructor
at the Jungle Operations Training Center
in Hawaii, said the puncture resistance is
welcome. He said punji sticks, familiar to
Vietnam War veterans, are still a problem
for Soldiers.
“They use these punji pits for hunting
purposes,” he said. “In Brunei, you are literally
in the middle of nowhere in this jungle,
and there are natives that live in that
area and still hunt in that area, and it can
be an issue.” And in mangrove swamps,
he said, “you can’t see anything. You don’t
know what’s under your feet at all. There
are a lot of sharp objects in there as well.”
The new JCB also features a heel with a
lower height than the M1966 model to prevent
snags on things like vines in a jungle
environment. That prevents tripping and
twisted ankles.
The boot also has additional drainage
holes to let water out if it becomes completely
soaked, speed laces so that Soldiers
can don and doff the boots more quickly,
a redesigned upper to make the boots less
tight when they are new, an insert that
helps improve water drainage, and a lining
that provides for better ventilation and
faster drying than the old boot.
“You’re going to be stepping in mud up
to your knees or higher, and going across
rivers regularly,” Adams said. “So once
the boot is soaked, we need it to be able to
dry quickly as well.”
Morse has already been wearing and
evaluating early versions of the JCB, and
he thinks the results of the Army’s effort to
provide him with better footwear are spot
on.
“The designs were conjured up in a lab
somewhere, and they were brought out
with us,” Morse said. “A lot of us have
worn these boots for a year now, different
variants of the boots. And all the feedback
that we’ve put into this, and given to the
companies, they have come back and given
us better products every single time.”
Morse said he was initially reluctant
to wear the new jungle boots he had been
asked to evaluate. On a trip to Brunei, he
recalled, he went instead with what he was
already familiar with and what he trusted
-- a pair of boots he’d worn many times,
the kind worn by Soldiers in the deserts of
Iraq and Afghanistan.
“I wore a pair of boots I’d had for a
couple of years,” he said. “I wore them
in Brunei and I had trench foot within a
week. But then I thought, I have this brand
new pair of test boots that they asked me
to test; they are not broken in, but I’m going
to give them a shot. I put them on. After
46 days soaking wet, nonstop, my feet
were never completely dry. But I wore
those boots, and I never had a problem
again.”
The Army didn’t design the new JCB
in a vacuum. Instead, it worked with Solders
like Morse to get the requirements and
design just right to meet the needs of Soldiers,
said Capt. Daniel Ferenczy, the assistant
product manager for Soldier Clothing
and Individual Equipment.
“We take what Soldiers want and need,
we boil that down to the salient characteristics,
hand that over to our science and
technology up at Natick; they work with
us and industry, the manufacturing base, to
come up with this product,” Ferenczy said.
“This is a huge win, a great win story for
the Army because it was such a quick turnaround.”
the current iteration of the JCB to Soldiers
be available in sizes 7 to 12. In June, the
second BCT, this time with a wider array
of sizes available: sizes 3 to 16, in narrow,
regular, wide and extra wide. They will
also go back and take care of those Soldiers
boots due to their size not being available.
have boots. Each Soldier will get two pairs
of JCBs.
In all, more than 36,700 JCBs will be
which is meant to meet the requirement
laid out in September by the Army’s chief
of staff.
By December, the Army will return
to Hawaii to ask Soldiers how those new
boots are working out for them.
“Al Adams will lead a small group and
go back to 25th ID, to conduct focus groups
with the Soldiers who are wearing these
boots and get their feedback, good and
bad,” said Scott A. Fernald, an acquisition
technician with PEO Soldier. “From there,
the determination will be made, if we had a
to go back and do some tweaking.”
Fernald said that sometime between
description for the JCB will be developed
based on feedback from Soldiers who wore
tract
will be signed with multiple vendors
the Army.
Bryan said the JCB, when it becomes
widely available, will be wearable by all
Soldiers who want to wear it -- even if they
don’t work in a jungle.
“From the get-go, we have worked with
the G-1 ... to make sure we all understood
the Army wear standards for boots,” he
said. “One of the pieces of feedback we
have gotten from Soldiers before they
wear them, is they look a lot like our current
boots. That’s by design. These will be
authorized to wear.”
While the JCB will be authorized for
wear by any Solider, Bryan made it clear
that only some Soldiers in some units will
have the JCB issued to them. And right
now, those decisions have not been made.
Soldiers who are not issued the JCB will
if they want to wear it.
“We are not directing commercial industry
to sell them,” Bryan said. “But if
them for our contract, they can sell them
commercially and Soldiers are authorized
to wear them.”

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