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Bulldog Focus:
Battalions engage the battlefield
Thursday, January 28, 2016
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Spc. Von Marie Donato / 3rd BCT, 1st AD Public Affairs
Pvt. Christopher D. Buck, an infantryman assigned to Company A, 4th Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 3rd
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, engages enemy targets with his M4 carbine during Bulldog
Focus at McGregor Range, N.M., Thursday. For more on this story see page 3A.
Fort Bliss Tax Center
declares ‘open season’ for Soldiers
By Wendy Brown
Fort Bliss Bugle Editor
When it comes to supporting Army tax centers, Col. Charles Poché, 1st Armored Division
and Fort Bliss Staff Judge Advocate, backs up
his talk with action.
“Everywhere I go in the Army, every year I
go to the tax center,” said Poché at the grand
opening of the Fort Bliss Tax Center in Bldg.
AR 403 Friday. “Sometimes it makes them a
little nervous because they gotta do the colonel’s taxes, but they always, always do a fantastic job. They’re very well prepared.”
The center, located in Bldg. AR 404, near the
corner of Sgt. Maj. Blvd. and Thunder Horse
Road (across from 1st AD Headquarters), will
be open through April 16, and active duty Soldiers, activated Reservists, retirees and their
families are eligible for free federal and state
tax preparation services.
Poché said Army tax centers are a microcosm of the larger organization.
“Here we have this group of 23 Soldiers
who a few months ago didn’t know each other
at all,” Poché said. “They come from units all
across the post and as the Soldiers in our Army,
they got a mission. Here is your mission: Stand
up a tax center.”
And that’s what they did.
“These Soldiers came together and became a
team,” Poché said. “They formed a unit. That’s
what the Army does. We make units to accom-
inside this issue
Get to Know:
By Chief Warrant Officer 2 John C.
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1st Bn., 43rd ADA, 11th ADA Bde.
Wendy Brown / Fort Bliss Bugle Editor
Col. Charles Poché, left, Staff Judge Advocate, 1st AD and Fort Bliss, and Sgt. 1st Class William Neujahr, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Fort Bliss Tax Center, cut the ribbon officially opening the Fort Bliss Tax
Center Friday in Bldg. AR 403, across from 1st AD Headquarters.
plish missions. And then what else does the
Army fantastic at? Training. We’ve given you
a mission, and now we’re going to give you the
training to complete that mission in a worldclass fashion.”
No one is born an expert infantryman, logistician or tax preparer, but the Army gives Sol-
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DCG presents
SSA award to
‘War Hawks’
diers training that makes them experts, Poché
said.
“They will be helping other Soldiers. That’s
what it’s all about. Because when push comes
to shove at the end of the day, Soldiers do what
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Soldiers assigned to Company E, 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, “Cobra Strike,”
11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, were visited by U.S. Forces Command’s DCG Jan. 7.
Lt. Gen. Patrick J. Donahue
II, deputy commanding general,
FORSCOM, met with the air
defenders of the Cobra Strike
Battalion. Donahue toured the
motor pool with the battalion’s
command leadership and presented the supply support activity operations section with the
FORSCOM commanding general’s award for supply excellence.
“I am extremely proud of
my Soldiers,” said Chief Warrant Officer 2 Faith G. Murray,
warrant officer in charge of the
SSA. “I also greatly appreciate
all of the support from the chain
of command and supported customers. I am humbled that the
general personally recognized
our SSA.”
The morning of Jan. 7 began
as Donahue entered the motor
pool and started touring the site
– the inside of the mechanics
bays and the inside the SSA.
“To have them come down
and recognize us in a personal
way was great,” said Staff Sergeant Hendria Bailey, floor non-
See FORSCOM Page 2A
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Pvt. Brian Jackson guards along the perimeter of his forward operating base to prevent infiltration by
notional enemy forces at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Jan. 21. Jackson, a Stryker
system maintainer assigned to Fwd. Sup. Co. E, 16th Eng. Bn., 1st BCT “Ready First,” 1st AD, deployed
from Fort Bliss, with about 3,000 other Ready First Soldiers for a month-long training exercise to test
the brigade’s combat readiness.
From ‘smoothie operator’ to frontline warrior:
Photos by Ricardo Branch
Stryker mechanic protects battle buddies
By Staff Sgt. Ricardo Branch
24th Press Camp Headquarters
FORT POLK, La. – A year ago, Pvt. Brian Jackson was running around a smoothie
shop in Shirlington, Virginia, an “urban village,” in south Arlington County, Virginia,
stocking flavor-filled drink dispensers.
Today, he sits in a Humvee turret in the
middle of a Louisiana forest pointing a 50cal. machine gun in the direction the no-
tional enemy may approach his fighting position.
Jackson, 19, from Washington, D.C.,
doesn’t make blended raw fruit beverages
anymore, but works on Strykers as a mechanic with Forward Support Company E,
16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. He’s currently training at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana.
“Out here, I’m pulling guard duty to make
sure the enemy doesn’t come past our perimeter,” he said from his gun turret. “Our battle
buddies working in the tactical operations
center and various jobs within the forward
operating base shouldn’t worry about gunfire
coming their way while I’m on guard.”
The stocky mechanic smiles as he grips
his machine gun, an M249 Squad Automatic
Weapon.
Lt. Gen. Patrick
Donahue,
holding plaque, deputy
commanding general of U.S. Forces
Command, presents
Company E, “War
Hawks,” 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, 11th
Air Defense Artillery
Brigade, with the
FORSCOM
Commanding General’s
Award for Supply
Excellence here Jan.
7. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Faith Murray,
next to Donahue,
warrant officer in
charge, Supply Support Activity, Co. E,
1st Bn., 43rd ADA,
accepts the award
on behalf of her unit.
“I know that if bullets start to fly, I’m a
249-SAW gunner and needed on the frontlines,” he said.
A torrential downpour soaks Jackson from
head-to-toe.
“Weather is definitely one of the biggest
challenges out here but it doesn’t bother
me,” he said. “Weather is just something you
learn to deal with as a Soldier.”
The “can-do” attitude from Jackson is not
lost on his command team either, with his
first sergeant observing the growth of a good
Soldier from within his company.
“Jackson is definitely a great hard worker
and team player,” said 1st Sgt. Jason Iseri,
company first sergeant. “He’s still learning
every day to improve as a Soldier. Jackson
can get a task and with very little guidance
complete it.”
Jackson credits the experiences at JRTC
with helping him become a better Soldier.
“You get the feel of what might happen in
combat from training here,” he said. “With
field training that’s a month long, you’re not
actually thinking about going home because
you think about what the situation is and
what you can do to better progress yourself
as a Soldier. Plus, you’re wearing all your
gear and facing an enemy that’s firing back
at you.”
Until his return to El Paso, Jackson will
continue honing his skills and completing his tasks, waiting for the day he’s back
at home station. He might not be churning
product at a smoothie shop any more, but he
is concentrating his efforts on being the best
warfighter he can be.
Staff Sgt. Candice Harrison / 11th ADA Bde. Public Affairs
FORSCOM Continued from Page 1A
commissioned officer in charge. “It was an
honor for them to personally talk to each
and every one of us. All the hard work was
not done in vain. We put a lot of long hours
in for this award.”
Donahue walked around to all of the
different sections in the SSA to include
turn-in, receiving, issuing, storage and
stock control. Donahue asked the Soldiers
questions and the Soldiers were eager to
respond and pleased to have such an important and high-ranking officer visit.
“Parts come in and we process them,”
said Pfc. Anthony McCloud, automated
logistical specialist working for receiving,
as he explained the receiving section to
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McCloud enjoyed speaking with Donahue.
“It was a great experience. He seemed
real humble,” McCloud said. “He was
down to earth and I felt like I could talk to
him comfortably because of that.”
Sgt. Victor Ojebode, stock control noncommissioned officer in charge, also spoke
with Donahue.
“His visit went really well. He is pretty
knowledgeable about the Global Combat
Support System-Army,” Ojebode said. “It
was awesome that he knew the ASL (authorized stockage list) consumption rate
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Publisher/Commanding General 1st AD and Fort Bliss
Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Twitty
1st AD and Fort Bliss Command Sergeant Major
Command Sgt. Maj. Danny Day
was one of the team members who won the
Commanding General’s Award for Supply
Excellence, 2014 Winner Active Army
Supply Support Activity (MTOE).
“Hard work and team work and a lot of
studying of the pubs and systems helped
us win,” White said. “I got a free trip to
Washington D.C., and went to dinner and
the awards ceremony. There were a lot of
high-ranking people there, but they were
all really approachable. I got to see another
side of them and got to see that they are
people too.”
Donahue said he was pleased with the
air defenders of Cobra Strike.
“It makes me very happy to see Soldiers
that are so passionate about their jobs and
Soldiers getting the job done right,” Donahue said.
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TAX Continued from Page 1A
they do for their brothers and sisters to their
left and their right,” Poché said.
Last year the center served more than
4,900 Fort Bliss community members and
saved them more than $1.5 million in tax
preparation fees, said Sgt. 1st Class William
Neujahr, noncommissioned officer in charge
of the center.
The Soldiers serving as tax preparers
come from diverse military occupation specialties, and they, along with the center’s
certified volunteers, are highly motivated,
Neujahr said.
“I look forward to a great tax season this
year with our great tax family,” Neujahr said.
One of the Soldiers who will prepare taxes
this year is Pfc. Shelby Cook, normally assigned to the 204th Military Intelligence
Battalion, (Aerial Reconnaissance), 116th
Military Intelligence Brigade.
Cook said he volunteered for the tax center assignment because, growing up, his father often asked him to help with his taxes,
and he always enjoyed it.
“He’s all excited for me,” Cook said of
this father.
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>> engine of our Army running
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Soldiers assigned to 4th Bn., 6th Inf. Regt., 3rd BCT, 1st AD, discuss exercise objectives during Bulldog Focus at McGregor Range, N.M., Thursday.
‘hydrates’ ‘BOSS Tree’ n 14A
Photos by Spc. Von Marie Donato / 3rd BCT, 1st AD Public Affairs
Bulldog Focus:
Battalions engage the battlefield
Spc. Von Marie Donato
3rd BCT, 1st AD Public Affairs
MCGREGOR RANGE, N.M. – Mission
readiness: it is one of the highest priorities
for the 3rd Brigade Combat Team here. The
brigade trains throughout the year with the
anticipation of qualifying thousands of Soldiers to meet annual training requirements
and in preparation for future deployments.
The “Bulldog” Brigade is currently participating in their brigade-training exercise, Bulldog Focus, scheduled from Jan. 8
through today. Bulldog Focus will ensure all
battalions receive training and certification
in their warfighting functions.
Soldiers assigned to 4th Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team,
1st Armored Division, conducted their company-level Bradley Fighting Vehicle gunnery
certification at McGregor Range, Thursday.
“We have been training for nearly 12
months and Bulldog Focus is the culminating event we have been preparing for,” said
Capt. Theodore R. Peterson, commander,
Company A, 4th Bn., 6th Inf. Regt., 3rd
BCT, 1st AD. “Mission readiness is our key
focus in all of this training.”
In order for the brigade to be certified in
all areas of warfighting, they must begin at
the lowest level. Now that individual crews
and platoons have performed to standard, it
is time for the companies to mesh and demonstrate their firepower.
“As our battalions are being certified, the
initial phase includes company-level certification. Our company is conducting combined live-fire exercises where we integrate
aviation assets, manage indirect fire, maneuver on the battlefield, close on an objective
and seize the objective,” Peterson said. “We
are utilizing a tank platoon, two mechanized
infantry platoons, (an) indirect fire cell, and
air-weapons teams, all working simultaneously under the company commander.”
Training in larger components provides
the ability to ensure all Soldiers are engaged
and “on the same page” in regard to the larger mission.
“Bulldog Focus is a great training opportunity to practice together at the company
level,” said 1st Lt. James R. Duval, executive officer, Company A, 4th Bn., 6th Inf.
Regt., 3rd BCT, 1st AD. “Platoon leaders
and platoon sergeants cross talk to each other and it also teaches brevity on the radio to
clear up communication for the commander
to lead and instruct the platoons.”
Being out in a field environment gives
less experienced Soldiers the chance to be
acclimated with different environments and
get experience with mission-specific training
tactics.
“I am a new Soldier right out of basic
training, so I am learning a lot,” said Pvt.
Christopher D. Buck, an infantryman assigned to Co. A, 4th Bn., 6th Inf. Regt., 3rd
BCT, 1st AD. “We have worked very hard
out here but it’s been great training with this
team.”
“This training has educated our Soldiers
on what fire power and maneuver capabilities the company has to bring against an enemy and seize a specific objective,” Peterson
said. “It also gives confidence to our younger
Soldiers and Soldiers in different levels of
leadership.”
First Lt. James R. Duval, executive officer, Company A, 4th Bn., 6th Inf. Regt., 3rd BCT, 1st AD,
briefs his Soldiers on their training mission during Bulldog Focus at McGregor Range, N.M.,
Thursday.
Soldiers assigned to 4th Bn., 6th Inf. Regt., 3rd BCT, 1st AD, begin ammo upload for their company gunnery training during Bulldog Focus at McGregor Range, N.M., Thursday.
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Northeast-based MPs return from Gitmo
By Adam Holguin
Mobilization and Deployment, DPTMS Public Affairs
The Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion Forward, 42nd Infantry Division, New
York Army National Guard and the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 192nd
Military Police Battalion, Connecticut Army
National Guard, returned stateside Jan. 15.
The two guard units arrived at the Silas
L. Copeland Arrival/Departure Air Control
Group Airfield after completing a ninemonth deployment to Guantanamo Naval
Base, Cuba, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
“The mission went great. It’s a really
complex and interesting mission,” said Lt.
Col. Todd Bookless, officer in charge, HHB
Fwd., 42nd Inf. Div.
Both units completed similar missions
as part of the headquarters element for the
detention operations of joint task force at
Guantanamo Naval Base. As part of the
higher echelon at Gitmo, the units based out
of Troy, New York, and Niantic, Connecticut, completed missions that included a wide
scope of services.
“We filled a good portion of the joint
staff,” Bookless said. “We had people in operations, personnel, logistics, communications, inspector general, engineers and the
JAG.”
While ensuring for the safe care, custody,
and control of detainees was the primary
goal of the mission, most Soldiers used their
downtime to both improve themselves and
advance their military careers.
“Everybody did their noncommissioned
officer education system up to their grade, if
not beyond … all 60 of us did that,” said Sgt.
Maj. Nathan Hawker, noncommissioned officer in charge, HHB, Fwd., 42nd Inf. Div.
“In the Army Physical Fitness Test, we got
a 99 percent completion rate, which was
another goal … everybody improved their
scores drastically.”
Both units had positive deployments,
highlighted by the unique aspects to work-
ing at Guantanamo Naval Base.
“The most interesting part of the mission
is that it is a joint environment,” Bookless
said. “We were working with the Marines,
Coast Guard, Navy and Air Force, every day.
I think that was the most beneficial experience for us, working in a joint environment.”
“For a lot of the Soldiers I believe it was a
big eye-opening experience, how all the different services function,” Hawker said.
Working alongside Navy personnel also
allowed both units a unique experience for
one of the longest running college rivalries –
the Army-Navy football game.
“There is always a healthy rivalry,” said
Sgt. 1st Class Shaun Lehnert, inspector
general, HHB, Fwd., 42nd Inf. Div. “It was
definitely the talk of Guantanamo that week.
We had our own Army vs. Navy flag football
game and the Army won.”
Unfortunately for the Army National
Guard units, the Midshipmen outlasted the
Black Knights 21-17, Dec. 12, 2015, to run
the United States Naval Academy’s winning
streak to 13 straight over their West Point
counterparts.
Particularly for the HHB, Fwd., 42nd Inf.
Div., another significant day was spent in
Cuba, but with somber memories.
“We are from New York, so being there
on September 11th was very meaningful,”
Bookless said. “We’ve got people in the
New York Fire Department and the New
York Police Department; all of us have a
linkage to 9/11.”
Both units will return to their homes in the
Northeast United States after completing the
demobilization process with the Directorate
of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security. After nine-months at Guantanamo, some
recognized the positives to take away from
this deployment.
“There are some good things happening
there, people working every day towards a
common goal, day-in day-out in a joint environment with a unity of effort,” Bookless
said. “We all work together.”
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Soldiers assigned to HHB Forward, 42nd Inf. Div., and the HHC, 192nd MP Bn., are greeted at the Silas
L. Copeland Arrival/Departure Air Control Group airfield here Jan. 15, after completing a nine-month
deployment to Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba.
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Photos by Marcy Sanchez / WBAMC Public Affairs
Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Fetzer, front row, right, incoming command sergeant major, Troop Command, WBAMC, stand at attention alongside Lt. Col. Stacey Freeman, front row, center, commander, TC, and Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Fetzer, outgoing command sergeant major, after officially
changing responsibilities of command sergeant major, Troop Command, at WBAMC’s theater during
a change of responsibility ceremony Jan. 8.
“First To Care,” William Beaumont Army Medical
Center’s motto and unit insignia sits in front of
the U.S. flag during Troop Command’s change of
responsibility ceremony at WBAMC, Jan. 8.
Command Sgt. Maj. Raul Vizcaino, right, outgoing command Sgt. Maj. Troop Command,
WBAMC, returns Troop Commands colors to Lt.
Col. Stacey Freeman, commander, Troop Command.
man added. “There is nothing quite as appeasing as ending your military career with
a successful command and beginning your
civilian career.”
Vizcaino, a native of El Paso, served as
command sergeant major for Troop Command 2014 and will retire after more than 29
years of service in the Army.
Exemplifying tradition, Vizcaino handed
a M1840 NCO sword that was gifted to him
during a previous tour at WBAMC, to one
of his Soldiers, an action epitomizing Vizcaino’s leadership.
“I do not know when, but the NCO sword
will one day make its way back into our
ceremonies,” Vizcaino said. “That’s just the
way we roll in the Army.”
Although there are no regulations that
guide the execution of a change of responsibility ceremony, the passing of the M1840
NCO sword is one of the traditions some
senior NCOs have carried on. The exchange
signifies the senior NCO’s commitment to
good order and discipline, and care for the
troops of their units.
“You have an amazing group of talented
people and Soldiers here,” Vizcaino said
while addressing Fetzer. “You are the right
leader at the right time – this is your moment.”
Fetzer, a combat medic by trade, is a recent graduate of the U.S. Army Sergeants
Major Academy and previously served with
1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry
Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.
“Traditionally, the outgoing command ser-
geant major gets to showcase the Soldiers of
their command to guests, unlike most CORs,
the Soldiers of (WBAMC) are busy providing world-class health care to the El Paso
and Fort Bliss communities. That is why
they’re not participating in this ceremony,”
Fetzer said, a native of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. “As I walked through the hospital, it
was apparent that (WBAMC) Soldiers are
the best in the Army.”
Fetzer shares Vizcaino’s vision for NCO
leadership and believes leaders should own
their organization.
“I’m here to support them in their mission,” Fetzer said. “Everybody is in it together; our primary responsibility is to provide health care to the community.”
Troop Command, WBAMC, welcomes new CSM
By Marcy Sanchez
WBAMC Public Affairs
Troop Command, William Beaumont
Army Medical Center, held a change of responsibility ceremony at the hospital, Jan. 9.
Sgt. Maj. Raul Vizcaino, relinquished responsibilities as the command sergeant major of Troop Command, WBAMC, to Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Fetzer.
Lt. Col. Stacey Freeman, commander,
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gets the people to do the greatest things.”
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10A • January 28, 2016 • FORT BLISS BUGLE
FORT BLISS BUGLE • January 28, 2016 • 11A
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“One of the main reasons for our
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with pediatrics, we’re not competing with family practice and dependents or retired service members.”
– Jackie Beard
Adjustable weights are part of the physical therapy room.
Optometry services are available for the care of Soldiers.
Medicine balls of various weights provide Soldiers with physical therapy options.
Story by Marcy Sanchez
WBAMC Public Affairs
S
oldiers and units on East Fort Bliss have options for health care that do not include a
long haul away from their units.
The “active-duty-only” East Bliss Health
and Dental Clinic located on East Fort Bliss,
has made some changes to their patient clientele. Although
the clinic has been open since late 2012, recent changes
in 1st Armored Division’s Primary Care Physician assignments have led to a realignment of Soldiers assigned to
the clinic.
According to Sgt. Gary Hendricks, noncommissioned
officer in-charge at the clinic, in April 2015, Soldiers with
1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, were reassigned to the East Bliss Clinic to alleviate congestion at
other clinics on post.
“We had a total of 11 providers that came in after the
gain in Soldiers. It was very challenging but we made it
work,” said Jackie Beard, clinical nursing officer in charge.
“The (clinic) is truly for them, it’s about them and we are
here to facilitate and service them.”
The clinic provides Soldiers with a one-stop shop for
their medical and dental needs.
“We provide behavioral health, physical therapy, X-ray,
laboratory, pharmacy, optometry and (a) dental clinic,”
said Hendricks “The only service we don’t provide here
is audiology.”
The location is ideal, as Fort Bliss is U.S. Army Forces
Command’s largest installation.
“Ready First” units from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Armored Division, assigned to the clinic are: Headquarters
and Headquarters Company; 16th Engineer Battalion; 2nd
Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment; 6th Squadron, 1st
Cavalry Regiment; 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment;
501st Brigade Support Battalion; 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment; 4th Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment; and
the 86th Expeditionary Signal Battalion. Also using the
clinic are Soldiers assigned to Division Artillery, 1st AD.
“One of the main reasons for our success is that we are
truly free-standing. (We) are not competing with pediatrics, we’re not competing with family practice and dependents or retired service members,” Beard said. “When the
Soldiers come here it is all about our Soldiers, everything
we are doing is for them.”
The clinic’s medical capabilities ensure assigned Soldiers can make an appointment or walk-in during sick-call
hours for anything from wellness visits to broken bones.
“We can take care of all problems that may arise during normal Army life,” Hendricks said. “Anything that
happens where Soldiers have to see their PCP, then this is
where they come to.”
Included in the clinic’s array of services is equipment
such as an anti-gravity treadmill and a full suite of equipment for physical therapy.
In addition to the closer proximity for units, the clinics
also expedite check-in by using a kiosk that allow Soldiers
to check into their respective clinics and avoid waiting in
line.
In 2011, TRICARE introduced a policy addressing service members’ “access to care.” It was a policy established
to ease the time and distance of beneficiaries to a MTF.
The policy included standards for emergency, urgent or
acute, and routine referrals. The policy also outlined expected wait times at MTFs to be no longer than 30 minutes, except in the case of emergency care for patients,
causing a disruption to the normal schedule at the clinic.
The decrease in wait time is also a benefit to Soldiers
visiting the clinic for care vise going to a private practitioner. According to a 2015 New York Times article, average
wait times for appointments was estimated at 21 minutes
for private physicians who practice medicine in Texas.
“If someone needs to be seen that day and it’s an urgent
situation, the team camaraderie that we have here is great,”
Beard said. “Even if the Soldier’s PCP is not available,
someone on our team will take care of them.”
According to Beard, the clinic’s location provides Soldiers with better access to care and keeps commanders
pleased with the medical readiness of their Soldiers.
“We understand they need to get in, they need to be
seen and they need to get back to duty,” Beard said, who
has been working at the clinic since it first opened in 2012.
“At the same time, we understand the excellence of medical care that is required.”
For more information, call the East Bliss Health and
Dental Clinic at 742-9324.
Editor’s note: This article is the first of a seven-part
series highlighting various health clinics under William
Beaumont Army Medical Center.
Photos by Marcy Sanchez / WBAMC Public Affairs
Sgt. Gary Hendricks, noncommissioned officer-in-charge, East Bliss Health
and Dental Clinic, demonstrates the simple and expeditious check-in available
for Soldiers using a kiosk that checks in patients directly to the clinic of their
choice. The clinic provides behavioral health, physical therapy, X-ray, laboratory, pharmacy, optometry and dental care for active-duty service members
located at East Fort Bliss.
Laboratory services are available for the care of Soldiers.