-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! SOLDIERS FOR THE TRUTH "DEFENDING AMERICA NEWSLETTER" 20 September 2000 -- "Guard, Reserves and the Political Race" "When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen." General George Washington, New York Legislature, 1775 "Our militia will be heroes, if we have heroes to lead them." Thomas Jefferson Soldiers For The Truth Foundation, PO Box 63840, Colorado Springs, CO 80962-3840 HTTP://WWW.SFTT.ORG *********************************************************** TABLE OF CONTENTS: SITREP from the President HOT BUTTONS! Hack's Column: Debate at Fort America "Through the Primary Gun Sight" Article 1 - An all new (?) Total Army Concept could destroy the Guard and Reserves The Big Picture: Article 2 - National Guard, Army to align Article 3 - Navy: Sailors threaten Navy's Urinals Article 4 - Army Readiness - Proof of Rot Article 5 -- Army: Forward deployed and only marginally ready Article 6 -- Air Force: AirMEN preferred for SWA Deployments Article 7 -- Parents speaking out: Broken promises and misuse of Personnel Article 8 - Injured Jumper released from Base Hospital with multiple Pelvic Fractures Article 9 -- Air Force: Use scarce time for Readiness Training and not Compliance Drills Article 10 - Comments from the Frontlines Article 11 - Memory Lane WWII: Mr. Servoise Article 12 -- Quality of Life Update: Fat Cats in a Rat Factory G.I Humor: Article 13 -- GI HUMOR - A visit at the Russian Staff College Medal of Honor: Article 14 -- The Story of Andrew's Raiders SITREP: 1. 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Check or Money order: Send to and make payable to: Soldiers For The Truth Foundation, PO Box 63840, Colorado Springs, CO 80962-3840. Your donation is tax deductible! SFTT is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit educational foundation, IRS # 31-1592564. If you send us an E-MAIL address with your donation we can immediately mail you a RECEIPT!!!! Multiple contributions: Please remind us when you submit your donation. We will send you a cumulative statement. "Crew Ready! -- LOAD SABOT - DRIVER MOVE OUT!" R.W. Zimmermann President SFTT [EMAIL PROTECTED] =========================================================== Hack's Column ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Debate at Fort America ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By David Hackworth Finally, after much dancing and jabbing, the two major contenders for the Oval Office have agreed to slug it out face to face. Since our warriors are the first ones at risk when the Prez says "go," it would be only fitting if the candidates agree to at least one debate at Fort America. Then the troops would know they're not taken for granted and that their voices count in the democracy they've taken an oath to defend with their lives. Here are a few questions our warriors have sent my way: Marine grunt: "Mr. Bush, since your dad sent us to Somalia in 1992, we've been doing Meals On Wheels missions around the globe that have nothing to do with defending our country. Do you intend to continue these, or employ us only when America's security interests are genuinely involved?" Navy fighter pilot: "Mr. Gore, every year since '92 we've been flying fewer hours. Now our tactical proficiency's down the tubes. During the Serbia War we missed half of our targets. Vice Adm. John Nathman said recently that Naval Air will soon be unable to do the job. What'll you do to change this?" Army sergeant major: "Mr. Bush, I've been wearing this uniform since 1969 and have never seen more self-serving senior leaders than we have today. This observation is supported by the thousands of our best and brightest who're walking. We've recently caught generals hitting on their aides' wives, stealing and lying. And look at top dog Gen. Hugh Shelton, who's been insisting our readiness status is 'good to go.' Even a recruit knows we can't do even another Desert Storm. What're you planning to do about cleaning up the senior ranks and returning the trust that once existed from the top of the Army to the bottom -- which in today's Army is as out of fashion as a pair of old brown boots?" Air Force maintenance sergeant: "Mr. Gore, most of the aircraft we have are older than my airmen who turn the wrenches. Spare parts are as hard to find as a 50-buck loan the day before payday. More than 40 percent of our squadrons couldn't hack a hot operational mission. How'll you turn this around?" Marine major: "Mr. Bush, our armed forces are still organized to fight the Cold War. Our platforms -- tanks, ships and aircraft -- are old and obsolete for the kind of wars we'll fight this century. What's your vision for modernization?" Army sergeant major: "Mr. Gore, the last nonpolitical, nonwheeler-dealer SecDef we've had was George Marshall. Even Bevis and Butt-head know we gotta reorganize our forces and hunker down for some hairy fights down the track that'll be nothing like the past. I reckon your choice as SecDef will be the most important cabinet position you'll fill. We need someone who will cut the flab, waste, redundancy and duplication. Just whom do you have in mind?" Navy commander: "Mr. Bush, besides having an organization that's changed little since George Washington crossed the Delaware, a worry most of us in the profession of arms have is that America's basically been rudderless since the end of the Cold War. There's no national strategy. What is your vision for our national security?" Air Force sergeant: "Mr. Gore, you're on record that as president you'll permit homosexuals to openly serve. Many of my buddies say they'll leave the service if this happens. The experts from war-fighters to military sociologists say such a policy would destroy morale, unit cohesion and teamwork. Has this information caused you to change your mind?" Army drill sergeant: "Mr. Bush, each year Sensitivity and Consideration for Others Training becomes more important than combat drills. Gender-bending by pushing women into jobs they can't handle has lowered the standards. The warrior ethic has all but disappeared. Basic training's become a joke. We don't create warriors anymore, we produce cheerleaders. Sadly, all this politically correct jazz started on your father's watch. Do you intend to turn this dangerous trend around?" Maybe you'll have a chance to ask your pols these questions yourself when they come around begging for your vote. Surely, the Joes and Janes that do the dying deserve some answers! *** Http://www.hackworth.com is the address of David Hackworth's home page. Sign in for the free weekly Defending America column at his Web site. Send mail to P.O. Box 5210, Greenwich, CT 06831. (c)2000 David H. Hackworth Distributed by King Features Syndicate Inc. =========================================================== ARTICLE 1 - "Through the Primary Gun Sight" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An all new (?) Total Army Concept could destroy the Guard and Reserves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By R.W. (Zimm) Zimmermann President SFTT 09/16/00 Call out the Guard and Reserves to bail out a strung out regular Army, hopelessly mired in long and ill-conceived overseas missions is once again the battle cry of Army leaders. And another "new" integration concept to integrate Guard divisions into regular Army Corps has popped up. New and innovative? Give me a break! I do understand our leaders' paranoia to never again slide into a conflict like Vietnam without the full support and involvement of the American people, a support that is only assured when citizen soldiers are committed as early as possible. But there is more to the plan than just this historic lesson. First, with the announcement, the brass clearly admits that that the regular forces aren't up to snuff anymore. They don't recruit adequate talent, are involved in too many ludicrous and non-national interest missions, have bad rotational policies and can't maintain a decent training focus. Secondly, military leaders and lawmakers can't remember the last self-inflicted fiasco with the Total Army concept. Active Army divisions used to have a Guard brigade assigned to them, remember? But during the Gulf War, when the chips were down, the Army invalidated its own concept when it de-certified the 48th Brigade as not combat ready during a training test run at the National Training Center. Prior to this test and any real threat of war, Army leaders had lavished praise and glorious readiness ratings on the same unit. Why did this readiness difference between Regulars and Guard come as a surprise to anyone? Let's face it, I have personally been associated with outstanding Guard combat units but the average, part-time Guard unit can never be up to the same speed as truly full-time professional force. They shouldn't have to be, although some get pretty close. Reality is that Guard and Reserve units are made up made up of dedicated and patriotic citizens who aren't training every day to be warriors. If the men and women of our Guard and Reserves wanted to be full-time military people, and wanted to deploy on endless peacekeeping adventures, they would have joined the regular forces. Most of them joined however to stand ready to defend this country against direct threats and God bless them for it. The Guard serves best as the anchor for the nation's defense by providing large, "adequately" trained forces for conflicts that are too big for the regular Army to handle. The missions we assign the citizen soldiers should be clearly in the vital national interest so that long-term deployments of citizens, who pursue successful civilian careers, can be justified and are understood by their employers. In my opinion, the current slew of peacekeeping missions and other police force missions for the UN aren't Guard missions. Firefighting, border security of the US and full scale conflict to protect our country's interests and values would justify citizen soldier involvement. Another important potential, offered through Guard and Reserve units, is the possibility to exploit them for a mandatory national service or draft, should we ever have to implement such a measure. But instead of being thankful for having dedicated Americans who sacrifice their time and energies to serve as our modern "Minutemen", it appears that the generals and our political leaders are well on the way of screwing up the Guard and Reserves just like they ran the regular forces hopelessly into the ground. They have decided to drive our modern "Minutemen" out of uniform with more ill-designed policies, concepts and a blind dedication to function as the UN's peacekeeping arm, they should build a truly professional regular force with real rapid deployment muscle and properly stage the Guard and Reserves to "complement" realistic strategic and operational tasks. Again it boils down to lack of vision by the top brass and our political leaders. They are once again and with unstoppable drive, reinventing the wheel with more Total Army BS. I know, many of you will disagree, but before you launch your counterattack, ask yourself these questions: Would you want to go to Rwanda or Kosovo, knowing that the US isn't directly threatened, and even the most dedicated efforts to maintain peace will drag on over years, requiring multiple rotations for extended periods? Are you willing to volunteer for these long-term missions, knowing that your employer will ultimately replace you to protect his bottom line? (c) R.W. Zimmermann, LandserUSA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================================================ ARTICLE 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ National Guard, Army To Align ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ed.: We've been there before. See my commentary in article 1. *********************************************************** September 14, 2000 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTIC CITY (AP) -- The Army's eight National Guard combat divisions will for the first time be aligned with active-duty Army corps, to focus their training on specific wartime and other missions, Gen. Eric Shinseki, the Army chief of staff, said Thursday. The change, which Shinseki announced at a meeting of the National Guard Association of the United States, will further erode the notion that Guard members are mere ``weekend warriors'' with little chance of shipping out for war. The change reflects Army leaders' search for ways to make better use of the National Guard at a time when the active-duty force is stretched thin by a variety of peacetime missions at home and abroad. ``These alignments will bring us to a level of readiness we always talked about getting to,'' Shinseki said. Aligning a Guard division with an Army corps, such as the 1st Corps, based at Fort Lewis, Wash., is designed to allow the guardsmen to focus their training on specific potential combat situations. The 1st Corps, for example, is focused on reinforcing the permanent U.S. contingent in South Korea if war with the North breaks out. The new arrangement means members of National Guard combat divisions are more likely to be called on not only for major wars but also as rotation units for peacekeeping operations in places like Bosnia and Kosovo, according to Army officials who discussed the matter on condition they not be identified. The change does not make National Guard divisions a part of the Pentagon's official war plans, which are written by the commanders in chief, or CINCs, of combat commands like U.S. Central Command, whose area of responsibility includes the Persian Gulf. A CINC could call on a Guard division, however. The Army National Guard has 360,000 members in 3,200 units in 2,700 communities across the nation. The active-duty Army has 470,000 members. Shinseki said the 35th Infantry Division of the Kansas National Guard, for example, is being aligned with the Army's 5th Corps, whose operational focus is Europe. The 35th will be ``teamed'' with Fort Riley, Kan., home of active-duty brigades of the 1st Infantry Division and the 1st Armored Division. Also part of the 5th Corps team will be two separate National Guard brigades, the 256th Infantry Brigade of the Louisiana National Guard and the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the Tennessee National Guard. Shinseki said the 1st Corps at Fort Lewis, Wash. will be aligned with the 40th Infantry Division, also known as the California National Guard and the 3rd Corps, based at Fort Hood, Texas, will be paired with three National Guard divisions: the 49th Armored Division of Texas, the 34th Infantry Division of Minnesota and the 38th Infantry Division of Indiana. Also, the 18th Airborne Corps, based at Fort Bragg, N.C., also will be aligned with three National Guard divisions. They are the 28th Infantry Division of Pennsylvania, the 42nd Infantry Division of New York, and the 29th Infantry Division of Maryland. Leaders of the National Guard have been pressing for the Army to more fully integrate the active and reserve parts of the service. Lt. Gen. Russell C. Davis, chief of the National Guard Bureau, raised the issue during a speech Wednesday to the National Guard Association of the United States in Atlantic City, N.J. ``It can only improve our readiness and our training,'' Davis said in remarks prepared for delivery. ``We will provide an expanded capability to the Army that will far exceed its modest cost.'' There has long been tension between the active-duty Army and its reserve component over sharing resources and decision-making authority. Recently, for example, the National Guard complained that its UH-1 Huey helicopters are rapidly approaching obsolescence and that modernization dollars have gone mostly to the active-duty fleet.... =================================================================== ARTICLE 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Navy: Sailors threaten Navy's Urinals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ed.: No, Rowan Scarborough didn't make this up! The great Admiral that we all admired for his gutsy readiness speech is revealing his true concerns. He is pushing for "S4" - not a secret weapon but a spray-proofed toilet, designed to make all sailors equal - they will squat. While the Navy is complaining about pay issues and spare parts funding, I wonder how much money this super urinal will swallow. From the Washington Times, 13 September 2000. *********************************************************** By Rowan Scarborough The admiral in charge of Pacific fleet aviation wants the Navy to remove urinals from aircraft carriers and replace them with "gender neutral water closets." A memo endorsed by Vice Adm. John B. Nathman states that "heads" Navy lingo for restrooms should be odor-free and offer one-size-fits-all commodes for male and female sailors aboard the Navy's 11 active carriers. The change "results in greater flexibility in designating spaces to be used [by] women at sea," says the Sept. 11 memo from Navy Pacific air command to naval headquarters here, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times. The Navy is studying whether to replace all porcelain urinals with the "Stainless Sanitary Space System" (S4) for reasons of cleanliness as well as sex equity. It seems ships experience an "over spray" problem around the urinals that corrodes the surface, says a source familiar with the project. The urinals also are low-flow, which leads to pipe clogging and odors. "The goal is to make all sanitary spaces gender neutral to facilitate changes in crew composition," the Navy memo says. "Urinals are major maintenance burden for ships force as a result of calcium buildup, leaks and drain blockage. Urinal fixture, associated traps and piping are main source of offensive odors in heads affecting quality of life for sailors. Current fixture ratio do not support effective mixed gender accommodation management." The toilet memo is not sitting well with all male officers. "They won't be happy until we all have to sit down to pee," said one aviator, who asked not to be named. "This is the continuing feminization of the Navy." The anti-urinal campaign is the latest bid to change shipboard culture since the Clinton administration opened virtually all combat ships to women in 1995. Two years ago, the Atlantic fleet surface ship commander banned nude sleeping, risque sunbathing and women wearing lingerie to bed. Aviators were ordered to clean up radio "call signs" and ready-room language so as not to offend female aviators. "This message reflects [the command's] desire to have the urinals replaced," said Cmdr. Dave Koontz, a command spokesman. "The toilets are just so much easier to maintain and it does give a ship greater flexibility in future years to support varying number mixes of men and female crews." He said that if a ship in the future takes on more women, it could simply switch a male head to a female one. The S4 was designed by Northern Virginia-based Corrosion Engineering Services Inc. (CES). In a demonstration program, the company has overseen installation of a limited number of S4s in two carriers, the Kitty Hawk and Constellation, and two surface ships. "The whole point of doing this is to reduce maintenance, to improve livability," CES spokeswoman Merritt Allen said. "Sometimes those spaces aren't very nice. They have a lot of moisture. The idea is just to make t hem nice to use and clean." The stainless steel commode and fixtures are part of a larger program started by Navy Secretary Richard Danzig to reduce sailor workloads. "We've gotten really good reports from both Kitty Hawk and Constellation," Mrs. Allen said. "The spaces that used to take two sailors eight hours to clean now are taking one sailor two hours to clean." The Navy has a goal of assigning roughly 500 women to 5,000-sailor aircraft carriers. Cmdr. Koontz said some ships have attained that number while others have about 300 females. Of 53,659 Navy women, 11,153 are assigned to ships. Of those, 4,358 are carrier sailors and another 1,281 serve on carrier air wings. The job of replacing urinals with commodes is daunting. The 316-ship fleet sports more than 3,000 heads. Each S4 costs $187,000 to install and is designed to last at least 10 years... *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? 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