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C e n t e r o f E x c e l l e n c e Volume 6, Issue 2 Second Quarter, FY19

April (STORY BY DAWN ARDEN)

As the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood’s new Deputy to the Commanding General, Gregg Thompson has many roles to fill, all of which work closely with the installation’s commanding general, command sergeant major, chief of staff, school leaders and enterprise partners.

According to Thompson, he will be primarily focused on three main areas as the DtCG with the first being proponency work and capability development. He said the installation has a significant part in developing the future force.

“A lot of people don’t see the development of capabilities, but it’s extremely important to the future of the Soldiers in our regiments,” said Thompson, who served as the director of MSCoE’s Capability Development Integration Directorate before leaving in 2015 to teach at the Army’s War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.

“Ultimately that (capability development) turns into training requirements and other things that manifest themselves here at Fort Leonard Wood,” he said.

His second focus area is community engagement. FULL STORY

Thompson returns as MSCoE’s senior civilian

May

For more information, contact the CG’s Initiatives Office at (573) 563-6102 or follow Fort Leonard Wood on Flickr, Facebook or Twitter

Did you know?

In the Emergency Vehicle Operator Course, Soldiers conduct 18 different exercises that cover steering, braking, and reverse driving techniques. For the full story—see page 3.

(STORY BY GUIDON STAFF)

The U.S. Army Garrison Fort Leonard Wood’s Installation Strategic Sustainability Program recently won the Installation Sustainability (Non-Industrial) Award in the Secretary of the Army Environmental Awards.

Fort Leonard Wood is among five installations that have moved forward to represent the Army in the Fiscal Year 2018 Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards Program, along with two teams and one individual from other locations.

Plans, Analysis and Integration Office Director Bryan Parker said this award recognizes the ongoing efforts across the installation. These efforts, he said, enhance the ability of facilities and the workforce to better support the commanding general’s intentions.

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Mr. Gregg Thompson, Deputy to the

Commanding General of the Maneuver

Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard

Wood. (U.S. Army image)

April 8-12: Engineer Regimental Week

April 18: USACBRNS Change of Commandant at MSCoE Plaza at 10:00 a.m.

April 18: Volunteer Recognition Ceremony at the Pershing Community Center at 2:30 p.m.

June

May 8-9: FLW Annual SFL-TAP Transition Summit at Nutter Field House at 8:00 a.m.

May 9: Bi-monthly Retirement Ceremony at Lincoln Hall Auditorium at 3:00 p.m.

May 8-10: FLW and MSCoE Best Warrior Competition

June 14: Army Birthday

June 24-28: CBRN Regimental Week

Fort Leonard Wood wins Army-level environmental award

The new LEEDv4 pilot AIT barracks at Fort Leonard Wood will reduce energy use by over 70 percent and water consumption by over 90 percent. This pilot will provide data to support continued use of high-performance building designs throughout the Army. (U.S. Army image)

(STORY BY GLWACH PAO)

General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital was awarded a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology.

Mammography is a specific type of imaging test that uses a low-dose X-ray system to examine breasts. A mammography exam, called a mammogram, is used to aid in the early detection and diagnosis of breast diseases in women.

The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Parameters and Technical Standards after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field.

Image quality, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures and quality assurance programs are assessed.

The findings are reported to the ACR Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report that can be used for continuous practice improvement.

The ACR, founded in 1924, is a professional medical society dedicated to serving patients and society by empowering radiology professionals to advance the practice, science and professions of radiological care.

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Fort Leonard Wood Units

GLWACH earns ACR accreditation

Brig. Gen. Andy Munera, USACBRNS commandant, right, passes the regimental colors

to Regimental Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Williams Jan. 29 in Nutter Field House to

signify his assumption of responsibility as regimental command sergeant major.

Williams returns to be 15th USACBRNS Regimental CSM

(STORY AND PHOTO BY DAWN ARDEN)

The U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School held an assumption of responsibility ceremony for Regimental Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Williams Jan. 29 in Nutter Field House.

Williams, the 15th RCSM in the corps’ 100-year history, will serve as the senior enlisted leader for the regiment.

He has been stationed at Fort Leonard Wood twice prior as a noncommissioned officer in charge and a first sergeant.

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Bennett first 31E to serve as senior NCO of MP Regiment (STORY AND PHOTO BY DAWN ARDEN)

The U.S. Army Military Police Corps welcomed its 14th regimental command sergeant major during an assumption of responsibility ceremony Jan. 25 at Nutter Field House.

Regimental Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Bennett is the first individual within the 31E, Internment/Resettlement Specialist, military occupational specialty to hold this position and is no stranger to Fort Leonard Wood.

“This is a bit of a historical moment,” said Brig. Gen. Brian Bisacre, USAMP School commandant. “(He) is the first Echo, and that should and always will be a point of pride and history for our regiment.” FULL STORY

Regimental Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Bennett receives the regimental colors from Brig. Gen. Brian Bisacre, USAMPS commandant, during a ceremony held Jan. 25 in Nutter Field House.

10th Infantry Regiment holds annual birthday competition

Teammates from 3-10

Inf. BN., Team 1,

drag a simulated

casualty to the rally

point following the

CBRN event of the

Mungadi competition.

(STORY AND PHOTO BY STEPHEN STANDIFIRD)

Two Basic Combat Training infantry battalions on Fort Leonard Wood celebrated their regimental week March 4 through 8 that culminated with a little friendly competition. Four teams representing 2nd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment and 3rd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, competed in four events designed to bring together aspects of maneuver support.

“We wanted to showcase what is at Fort Leonard Wood and MSCoE,” said Lt. Col. William Earl, 3-10th Inf. Bn. commander. “Many don’t have a good appreciation of what an MP does, what an engineer does. When they go back to the operational force, they have an appreciation of what is at their left and right.” FULL STORY

Courtesy image.

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Fort Leonard Wood Featured Stories

Army engineer selected for BEYA STEM award

(STORY BY DAWN ARDEN)

The U.S. Army began fielding M17 and M18 Modular Handgun Systems to the Military Police School at Fort Leonard Wood in December to replace the force’s aging Beretta M9, a weapon that has been in use since the mid-1980s and is quickly reaching its serviceability limits.

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Army fields modernized handgun system to MPs

The Army began fielding the modernized M17 and M18 Modular Handgun Systems to the Military Police School in December. The school is expected to received about 1,400 weapons in total. (U.S. Army photo by Lewis Perkins)

(STORY AND PHOTO BY SAM CAMPBELL)

The U.S. Army Engineer School combined forces with the U.S. Army Military Police School and presented a virtual staff ride overview brief Jan. 14 at Fort Leonard Wood’s Digital Training Facility. The objective of the brief was to discuss the future utilization of Large-Scale Combat Operations VSRs, such as the newly developed World War II Stalingrad and Korean War Chipyong-ni VSR.

The briefing was attended by doctrine analysts, training and curriculum developers and leaders from the Basic Officer Leader Course, Captains Career Course, Engineer Warrant Officer Basic Course, Engineer Warrant Officer Advanced Course, Engineer Prime Power School and current students of the Reserve Engineer Senior Leader Course.

VSRs are created in a digital 3D environment, which allows Soldiers to examine, analyze and discuss the effect terrain has on combat operations.

FULL STORY

(STORY BY AMANDA SULLIVAN)

The 33rd annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Conference is scheduled for Feb. 14 through Feb. 16 and one Fort Leonard Wood Soldier will be among the “best of the best” recognized at the event. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Augustus Wright, U.S. Army Engineer School Department of Instruction, Geospatial Engineering training developer, will receive a 2019 BEYA STEM award for Modern-Day Technology Leaders Friday in Washington. The awards are presented to individuals who exhibit exemplary performance in their field and are shaping the future of STEM.

Wright, a native of Savannah, Georgia, was nominated for modernizing the Geospatial Engineering Technician courses on Fort Leonard Wood. According to Wright, courses now place emphasis on credentialing, data science, artificial intelligence and current implications to national security.

“Geospatial technicians now leave the United States Army Engineer School with cutting-edge skills that better enable them to support the warfighter using modern technology,” Wright said.

This is not the first award Wright has received over his 20-year career; he has also received the Army Engineer Bronze Order of De Fleury, the Intelligence Corps Knowlton Award, and has been nominated for the U.S. Army Engineer School’s 2019 Best Warrant Officer Award (active duty).

Wright initially joined the Army to help pay for college, starting him on a path that would lead to becoming a Geospatial Engineering warrant officer. “As a high schooler, I took four years of drafting and design, which is where I developed a love for geodesy and schematics,” Wright said.

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CW3 Augustus Wright, U.S. Army Engineer School Department of Instruction, Geospatial Engineering training developer. (U.S. Army image)

VSR allows learning from modern battlefields safely

A virtual Soldier surveys the territory of Bomol, Afghanistan, during a virtual staff ride held

Jan. 14 at the Digital Training Facility.

EVOC training enhances readiness (STORY AND PHOTO BY SAM CAMPBELL)

The U.S. Army Military Police School at Fort Leonard Wood held the high-speed, evasive driving portion of its third Emergency Vehicle Operator Course Jan. 31 at the Basic Military Police Training Division. EVOC training, which is designed to teach Soldiers how to drive safely in fast-paced, emergency situations, took place over a period of three days, following a classroom-to-car methodology.

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Spc. Megan

Wells drives

the course at

full “run”

speed, 35

mph.