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69th ADA Bde
Section C
Domestic violence..... C3
Health Works ............ C5
Lightning Brigade
Spouse Challenge
C8
T H U R S D A Y , O C T O B E R 9, 2014
www.FortHoodSentinel.com
Photos by Erin Rogers, Sentinel Staff
TOP, National Night Out superheroes congratulate children on their costume creativity during the contest at National Night
Out Tuesday at Hood Stadium. ABOVE LEFT, Pfc. Tyler Manygoats, 226th Military Working Dog Detachment, 720th MP
Bn., and his military working dog, Rocky, demonstrate how an MWD and handler controls “bad guy” Pfc. Colloggero Vignati,
266th MWDD, 720th MP Bn. at NNO Tuesday evening. ABOVE CENTER, Sophia Welton, 7, chooses a pumpkin at the
National Night Out pumpkin patch at Hood Stadium during the event Tuesday night. ABOVE RIGHT, Children compete with
each other in the human hamster ball races during the National Night Out celebration at Hood Stadium Tuesday.
BY ERIN ROGERS
Sentinel Staff
Fort Hood celebrated
an evening of crime prevention and safety during
the nationwide effort of
National Night Out Tuesday night at Hood Stadium.
Hosted by Fort Hood
Family Housing and the
Directorate of Emergency
Services, the annual event
was a success with hundreds of people from the
Fort Hood community
turning out for the celebration. But even though
the event had a carefree
feel – with a pumpkin
patch, costume contest,
food, carnival games and
much more – the goal
of the evening was to
heighten awareness of
crime and encourage
prevention, sending a
message of understanding between the neighborhoods and police,
fire departments, DES
and military police.
“This is a good opportunity for our residents
here at Fort Hood to
get to know the DES,
the fire department,
the various groups of
people who support
them here in our community. That’s the primary reason why we
have this event, for our
community members
to get to know the
people who work to
keep them safe every
day,” said Mack Quinney, FHFH
project director. “We have different villages spread out through
Fort Hood, but this is an opportunity for all of the villages here on
post to get together and see each
other. It’s a meet-and-greet type of
activity and event, and it’s fun for
everyone.”
NNO on Fort Hood has been
celebrated
for
more than
eight years
a n d
it gets
b i g g e r
and bigger every
year.
T h i s
year, the
night has
been celebrated
t w i c e
–
once
in
August
throughout the
neighborhoods,
and
Tuesday night as a giant gettogether at the stadium.
“National Night Out for the
rest of the United States is usually in the summer, and we tried
to do that last year and it was way
too hot for everyone,” said Lt.
Col. Dave Stender, commander
of the 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade and installation provost marshal. “Housing is in charge of
setting this night up and getting
everything going, but we (military
police) were able to coordinate
with them and come out here to
meet everyone and get to know
them. This is the same night the
rest of the state of Texas has their
National Night Out, so all over,
every community is doing this.
“Our MPs are walking around
talking to people, residents in the
community, about the focus of the
night,” he added, “to encourage
neighborhood safety.”
Stender explained that Fort
Hood is divided into four sectors
for the MPs, with each company being assigned a
sector. The residents at NNO
were
able
to see and
talk to their
MPs that
keep them
safe every
day
and
to become
familiar with
their own
sector MP.
“I’ve got
all of my
company commanders and plenty
of MPs out here talking to
folks, getting to know them, so
they are comfortable talking to us.
We’re coming together, working
together, and the community can
see that.”
FHFH has won the National
Night Out Military Participation
Award for the last four years, along
with the Community Participation
Award and others, so going big on
the event is nothing new for the
organization, “but we continue to
try and make it bigger, better and
more fun every year, “Quinney
said with a smile. “It’s just a wonderful opportunity for all residents
to get out and get to know each
See NNO, C7
Photos by Erin Rogers, Sentinel Staff
UPPER LEFT, James Mayhugh, 7, dressed as the Tranformer “Bumblebee,” shows off his costume before
heading over to be judged in the National Night Out costume contest Tuesday night during the event at Hood
Stadium. CENTER LEFT, Mr. Bubbs the Clown stands tall on stilts before walking around to challenge kids to
high fives at National Night Out Tuesday at Hood Stadium. LEFT, Pfc. Garrett McGee, 226th MWDD, 720th MP
Bn., 89th MP Bde., leads his MWD, Bobek, over a hurdle during an obedience demonstration for the guests at
National Night Out Tuesday evening at Hood Stadium. Rocky and his fellow MWDs showed off their skills for
the crowd, from controlled aggression, obedience, escorting to just showing love for their dog handlers.