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FEBRUARY 13 - 19, 2013

VOL. V, NO. 33

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley didnot seem too worried about theimpact of budget cuts on the ArmyReserve.

“It seems right now we’re notseeing a huge impact,” Talley toldguests from the N.C. DefenseBusiness Association on Jan. 29 athis headquarters on Fort Bragg.

Talley splits his time betweenhis two jobs at Fort Bragg andWashington, D.C. At Bragg, he’scommander of U.S. Army Reserve

Command. Atthe Pentagon,he’s chief of theArmy Reserve,answering to thechief of staff ofthe Army.

One of theguests askedTalley about the

possible effects of sequestration, theautomatic across-the-board budgetcuts that are scheduled to happenMarch 1 unless Congress stops them.

The Army Reserve is “in thebest shape of the three,” Talley

said, referring also tothe active-duty Armyand Army NationalGuard.

The Army Reservealready hasaccomplished itsrequired reductionsfrom 206,000 soldiersto 205,000 nationwide,

he said. The civilian workforcenumbers about 12,600, he said.

Most members of the ArmyReserve hone their skills in full-time civilian jobs — being doctorsor civil engineers, for example —at someone else’s expense, andtheir civilian employers pay theirmortgages, he said. Besides, theArmy Reserve acquires most of itsequipment through the Army,which usually pays for theassociated costs of big buys.

Talley is quick to point out thecost-effectiveness of the ArmyReserve, which he says provides20 percent of the Army’s forces at6 percent of the overall budget.

Army Gen. Frank J. Grass,chief of the National GuardBureau, seemed a little gloomier inhis reported remarks on Jan. 24 tosenior Guard leaders in LittleRock, Ark.

Grass said the required cutbacksthe National Guard has seen beforewill only be “a bump in the road”compared with the possible impactof financial shortfalls that willhappen if Congress does not act.Military editor Henry Cuningham can bereached at cuninghamh@fayobserver.com or486-3585.

HenryCuningham

See CLINIC, Page 2F

New clinic opens

TROOP AND FAMILY MEDICAL

By Henry CuninghamMilitary editor

Soldiers and airmen, parentswith children, military retirees,even a solitary Marine, werecoming and going oneafternoon last week at FortBragg’s newest clinic.

The $20 million, 51,000-square-foot Troop and FamilyMedical Clinic opened Feb. 4for patient care at 2864

Woodruff St.“I think in today’s fiscally

constrained environment, weare very lucky to have such aphenomenal facility before us,”Col. Steve J. Brewster,commander of Fort Bragg’sWomack Army Medical Center,said at the ribbon-cutting onFeb. 1. “It’s not the building,although the building is

Army Reservecommanderdownplays

defense cuts

Talley

Nuclear bomb rests somewhere off coastBy Gordon JacksonThe Brunswick News

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — On a win-ter night nearly 55 years ago, thepilot of a B-47 bomber carrying anuclear bomb collided with an F-86fighter jet at 36,000 feet during atraining exercise.

The accident tore a wing fromthe fighter jet, forcing the pilot anda crew member to safely eject. Thebomber sustained damage to one ofits engines, making it uncertain if itcould safely land at then-Hunter AirForce Base, west of Savannah.

The pilot was instructed to jet-tison the nuclear bomb before at-tempting to land, so he dropped theweapon into the shallow waters offthe Georgia coast, near Tybee Is-land, on Feb. 5, 1958.

Despite a search that lastedmore than a month, the bomb,11 feet long and 3 feet in diameterand weighing more than 7,000pounds, was never recovered. TheAir Force determined it was “irre-trievably lost.”

In 1998, retired Air Force Col.Derek Duke helped renew interestin finding the bomb. He helpedform a salvage company to mountanother search in 2004, but he

never found the weapon.“It was determined since we

could not find it, it would still beconsidered irretrievably lost,” hesaid Tuesday.

But Duke, who lives in States-boro, about 75 miles from wherethe bomb was ditched, is convincedthat if the federal government con-

ducted another search, using thenewest technology, the bomb wouldbe found. And he believes it is sim-ply a matter of convincing the rightgovernment officials that findingthe weapon is long overdue.

“If it would have been droppedin the Potomac River, it wouldhave been found a long time ago,”

he said. “There’s a lot of weapons-grade nuclear material (in thebomb). When this was lost, all thenuclear material was written offthe books.”

At the time of the accident, Dukesaid it was standard practice for nu-clear weapons to be carried duringAir Force training exercises.

“Our bomber force was the firstline of defense in a nuclear war,” hesaid. “It was the politics, the atmo-sphere at the time.”

Duke says he still gets calls andemails asking about the bomb atleast once a month, so he knows it’sstill a concern.

“It’s a question about what riskis there,” he said. “I have to be care-ful, because I don’t want to alarmthe public.”

But according to Jerry Brandon,a former staff member at SandiaNational Laboratories, an engi-neering and science laboratory inNew Mexico under contract to theU.S. Department of Energy, thepublic should not be concernedabout the bomb exploding.

“The worst thing that would hap-pen is, it would leak plutonium,” hesaid.

Brandon, who has a post-doctor-

ate degree in physics, worked at thelab from 1972 through 1979, tryingto find uses for radioactive mate-rial left over from making nuclearbombs.

He says it would “be a good ideato find it,” because of the radioac-tive material. But Brandon, wholives in St. Marys, doubts if the ra-dioactive material will ever befound if the corrosive salt waterhas dissolved the metal exterior ofthe bomb.

Clark Alexander, professor ofgeology at Skidaway Institute ofOceanography, a University Sys-tem of Georgia research instituteon Skidaway, says it is likely thebomb is buried 20 to 30 feet deep insediment.

Despite the radioactive materialand an estimated 400 pounds of TNTin the bomb that is becoming moreunstable as time passes, Alexandersays the best course of action is toleave the weapon where it lies.

If the bomb is buried deep insand, Alexander says it is likely thebomb casing has already corrodedand has leaked nuclear material. Itis also likely a nuclear leak won’tbe noticed because of strong tidesflushing the material to sea.

Staff photos by Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez

Left: Nurse practitioner Amy Gaweda listens to Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremy Baxley’s heartbeat at the newly opened Troop and FamilyMedical Clinic on Fort Bragg. Right: Josiah Coleman, 4, is examined by Col. Kendall Clark. For a photo slide show, go to fayobserver.com.

The 51,000-square-foot Troop and Family Medical Clinic on FortBragg provides care for soldiers, airmen, families and retirees.

The $20 million facility is an extensionof Womack Army Medical Center.

Contributed photo

A bomb similar to this one was lost when an F-86 fighter jet collided witha B-47 bomber during a training 1958 flight near Georgia’s Tybee Island.

Thursday, February 14, 2013 www.paraglideonline.neTTelling the Fort Bragg StoryTM

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SPORTS - 2DLIFE - 5CWomen’s total self-defense: Martial arts instructor teaches class on awareness, avoidance and pro-tection.

FOCUS - 3BDigital convoy: Soldiers learn infantry tactics, perform battle drills in simulator.NEWS - 4A

Selfless service: Three Soldiers of the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade and a military Family life consultant help and comfort victims of a vehicle accident.

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Volume XliX, number 6

By Rachel aRRoyo

AFSOC PAO

In the midst of smoke and blood, the special tactics officer’s training kicked in, and he set to work.

This time, Maj. Francis Damon Friedman, director of opera-tions at the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, Pope Field, was not operating in the deserts of Af-ghanistan, he was administering lifesaving care in Fayetteville.

Friedman was on his way to work the morning of Jan. 29, when he saw a Toyota Tundra veer off the road, hit an electri-cal pole at about 65 mph, and launch into a tree-lined ditch.

Friedman immediately rushed to the accident site where he

found a woman, the driver of the vehicle, trapped in the truck.

He said his first thought was “I need to gather a team to see if we can get to the victim.”

Friedman said he felt a sense of urgency to help the woman because the engine block was smoking heavily and looked like it was on fire.

He corralled three onlook-ers to help him tear tree limbs away from the vehicle door only to find he could not pry it open. So, he smashed the truck bed cab window and climbed inside.

He administered first aid care to the woman, who was slipping in and out of consciousness and was in a state of shock, Fried-man said.

When responders from the Spring Lake Fire Department arrived, they found Fried-man talking to the woman and

supporting her neck and spine.Capt. Steven Barker of the

Spring Lake Fire Department credited Friedman for applying

the C-spine hold on the wom-an, which he said is critical in preventing paralysis in the case of an accident of this magni-tude.

“The gentleman (Friedman)was asked if he wanted to come out (of the truck) which he de-nied,” Barker said. “By doing this it spared us an extra person to assist in the extrication pro-cess.”

The paramedics were not able to fit in the truck with Friedman and the victim, so Friedman reported vitals, gave the medics his initial assess-ment of her condition, assist-ed with the IV and applied her neck brace.

He stayed with the woman holding her up for approxi-mately an hour until the Jaws

Fort Bragg wins 2012 Army Environmental Command award

By Sgt. a.M. laVey

16th MP Bde. PAO

Soldiers living in the barracks have seen a recent change in the way the barracks are being run at Fort Bragg and around the Army. Noncommissioned officers have reclaimed the responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the bachelor en-listed quarters.

In 2008, a YouTube video was posted by the father of a redeploying 82nd Air-borne Division paratrooper, showing the poor conditions of the barracks that the Soldier was forced to live in. Since then Army leadership has ordered a revision of barracks management responsibility and created what is now known as the First Sergeant Barracks Program.

According to the Facility Leader Ac-tion Guide, a document put out by the Fort Bragg Directorate of Public Works

Housing Division, the FSBP “is the Depart-ment of the Army’s Program that, in part-nership with the chain

By Sgt. teRRance Payton

3rd BCt, 82nd ABn. div. PAO

The Pur-ple Heart is a Unit-ed States m i l i t a r y decoration awarded in the name of the president to members of the armed forces who are wounded while serv-ing and posthumously to the next of kin in the name of those who are killed in action or die of wounds received in action on or after April 5, 1917.

Sgt. 1st Class Omar Hernandez, an infan-tryman with Company

A, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regi-ment, 3rd Brigade Com-bat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, has received this honor twice over the past 13 years that he has served in the United States Army.

Hernandez was award-ed his most recent cita-tion July 2012 for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan with 2nd Bn., 505th PIR as they were deployed to assist the International Security Assistance Force.

Hernandez, who suf-fered two broken legs, was treated and received an Army Commendation Medal with Valor and Purple Heart at the Joint

Theater Hospital at Ba-gram Army Airfield.

“We were pinned down in a firefight and I was told my weapons squad leader was down,” said Hernandez. “I ran about 25 meters to get to him and as I dragged him be-hind cover we fell into a 50 foot well, where I shat-tered both my legs,” he explained.

“He is one of the most motivated Soldiers I have ever met in the Army,” said Capt. Matthew Weisner, company com-mander of Co. A, 2nd Bn., 505th PIR. “His willingness to put the

Photo by Sgt. Katryn Tuton/50th PAD

Flying FireAntzNo. 27, Anthony Bergin, FireAntz left wing, tries out the controls of a CH-47F transportable flight proficiency simulator at Simmons Army Airfield during a recent tour of Fort Bragg, Feb. 5. The FireAntz also spent time at the Leader’s Reaction Course, ate lunch at the Pegasus Dining Facilty and trained on a M2 .50 caliber machine gun at the Engagement Skills Trainer. The team also had time to mentor nearly 100 skaters from around the area at Cleland Ice Rink. For more about the hockey team’s visit, see page 1C.

SuStainaBle FoRt BRagg

Fort Bragg’s Cultural Re-sources Manage-ment team won its category in the Army’s fis-cal year 2012 e n v i r o n m e n -tal awards, the Army En-v i r o n m e n t a l Command an-nounced Feb. 6.

During the rating period, the Fort Bragg Cultural Re-sources Management Team completed two inventory surveys of the installation totaling 4,500 acres, reducing restrictions on training lands while maintaining installation compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act.

“This is the first time we’ve won this award and I am so de-lighted that our cultural resourc-es team can be recognized in this way,” said Dr. Linda Carnes-McNaughton, archaeologist and curator. “It is an honor and a standard we plan to uphold.”

The award also recognized the two significant archaeological discoveries made by Department of Defense personnel, the Wilm-ore cache of stone quarry blanks and an ancient Clovis point, which enhanced the knowledge of the earliest people to inhabit the Fort Bragg region.

The team was also recognized for expanding its partnerships with the Department of De-fense Education Activity and Army Community Services by participating in events at Fort

Cultural Resources Management Team recognized for archaeological discoveries on post

Special tactics officer saves woman’s life

Hernandez

Friedman

Soldier receives second Purple Heart

Sgt. 1st Class Eric Stokes, 16th Military Police Brigade barracks noncommissioned officer in charge, checks out a room that has been readied for a redeploy-ing Fort Bragg Soldier, Jan. 24.

MP noncommissioned officerstackle barracks responsibilities

Photo by Sgt. A.M. LaVey/16th MP Bde. PAO

See Tackle, page 5A

Courtesy photo

Maj. Francis Damon Friedman, the director of operations at the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, Pope Field, smashed the cab window to gain access to the driver of this Toyota Tundra, Jan. 29. The vehicle veered off the road into a tree-lined ditch. Friedman was the first respond-er on scene, applying first aid until medics arrived.

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