10B • June 12, 2014 • FORT BLISS BUGLE

10B • June 12, 2014 • FORT BLISS BUGLE
SPORTS
SPORTS
FORT BLISS BUGLE • June 12, 2014 • 15B
PRT may not be the most important thing we do each
>> day, but it’s the most important thing we do every day.
Sports briefs
‘Hoops 4 Troops’ Basketball
Tourney: A “Hoops 4 Troops”
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three-on-three basketball tournament,
free and open to the public, is scheduled to be held June 21 from 10 a.m.2 p.m. at Biggs Park on East Bliss.
Visit destiny4me.com for information
on how to donate to Hoops 4 Troops;
100 percent of the proceeds from the
event will be donated to Army Community Service, the Army Emergency
Relief, the United Services Organization and the American Red Cross.
Rock Climbing 101: Head out to
Outdoor recreation at the Soldier
Activity Center June 28 at 10 a.m.
for an introduction to rock climbing
movement and technique. The class is
designed for new and novice climbers. You will learn basic movement
technique and guidance for how
to improve your rock climbing. The
cost for the class is free for military
ID cardholders and $3 for all others.
20732 Constitution, 744-1531
Commander’s Cup Ten-Miler
Qualifier: Register to run the Com-
Photos by Sgt. Adam Hinman / 15th Sustainment Bde. Public Affairs
Competitors prepare to start the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club-hosted golf scramble Thursday at the George V. Underwood Jr. Golf Course here. The event featured 90 competitors split
into 23 teams.
Golf scramble heats up
Local Audie Murphy Club hosts event at Underwood course
By Sgt. Adam Hinman
15th Sustainment Bde. Public Affairs
The El Paso del Norte Chapter of the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club hosted a golf scramble Thursday at the George V. Underwood Jr.
Golf Complex here.
The event featured 90 competitors split into
23 teams, all of which were competing to place
in the top three spots in order to win prizes.
Prizes were also given to the individual golfers
with the longest drive and who landed closest to
the pin on one of the holes.
Many of the competitors said they used the
event as a chance to take some time away from
work and practice their skills on the links while
engaging in some friendly competition.
“This was a wonderful opportunity to display my skills and love for the game,” said Pfc.
James Tuttle, a radio telephone operator assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Armored Division.
Members of the SAMC also conducted a
canned food drive in conjunction with the event,
offering participants a free mulligan ticket in return for donations. The SAMC is active in volunteering with the El Paso community.
The SAMC plans to use the proceeds from
the event to fund their annual ball and future
charity work in the local community, said Sgt.
1st Class Lashawn Moore, the event organizer
for the club.
Moore said the SAMC is planning another
golf scramble in early August, but they have not
finalized the location for the event.
mander’s Cup Ten-Miler Qualifier
that will be held on June 20 at 6
a.m. at Soto Physical Fitness Center. There will be on-site registration
from 5-5:45 a.m. This run is open to
all DOD ID card holders aged 18
and older. Only active-duty will be
eligible for awards. Top active duty
times may qualify for the Fort Bliss
Ten-Miler Team. 20751 Constitution
Rd., 744-5794
Zumba Master Class: Zumba
into summer! Join the Fort Bliss Fitness on June 21 at 9 a.m. for the first
day of summer Zumba Master Class.
This special class will feature all Fort
Bliss Zumba instructors plus a special
guest. It will be a morning of high
energy and fun. The class is $3 for
the two hour session. A Zumba wristband is included in the class fee. The
class is open to the public. 744-5794
Lucha Libre: Lucha Libre returns July
18 for an evening of authentic macho
entertainment. Beginning at 5:30
p.m., men wearing wacky spandex
ensembles and colorful masks play
out testosterone-fueled soap operas
in high-spirited Mexican-style wrestling. Presented by Border Impact
Group, masked warriors show off
their high-flying acrobatic maneuvers
in matches consisting of two to three
rounds each. It’s up to you who you
root for as the popularity and skill of
the fighters increase with each round.
The event is free and open to the public. 2930 Cassidy Rd., 588-8247.
Spc. Noah Koendarfer, a vehicle operator assigned to 377th Heavy Truck Company, 15th Special Troops Battalion, 15th
Sustainment Brigade, hits his ball out of the dirt and rocks during a golf scramble hosted Thursday at the George V.
Underwood Jr. Golf Course here.
Mountain Biking with Outdoor Recreation: Meet the group
at Chuck Heinrich Park at 9 a.m. on
July 18 for a short 8-mile mountain
bike ride following the lazy cow trail
in North East El Paso. Outdoor Recreation will provide the bicycles for just
$5 per person. 744-1531.
Team Aquathlon:
Master Sgt. Willie Howard, the brigade medical operations noncommissioned officer in charge assigned to Headquarters
and Headquarters Company, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, takes a practice drive during a golf
scramble hosted Thursday at the George V. Underwood Jr. Golf Course here.
(Left) Maj. Ken Copeland, an air defense artil lery officer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 32nd
Army Air Defense Missile Command, takes a practice putt during a golf scramble hosted Thursday at the George V.
Underwood Jr. Golf Course here.
Grab a unit
teammate or two and head to the
Aquatics Training Center on July 25
at 6:30 a.m. for the Commander’s
Cup Aquathlon. The Aquathlon will
start with the first member of your
team running a 5K race. The second
member will need to swim 400 meters
and the third team member will have
to run a 5K. Teams are not required
to have three members. An individual
can compete alone in all three legs
or one member can complete more
than more leg. Only teams of all active duty members from the same unit
will be eligible for Commander’s Cup
points. Registration will be the day of
the event from 5:30-6:15 a.m., and is
free for active-duty and $5 per event
for all others. 20733 Constitution
Ave., 744-5794
16B • June 12, 2014 • FORT BLISS BUGLE
Photos by Wendy Brown / Fort Bliss Bugle Staff
Members of the 93rd Military Police Battalion run during a Fort Bliss Garrison Command run Friday on Carter
Road.
Garrison command
marks D-Day with run
By Wendy Brown
Fort Bliss Bugle Staff
On the 70th anniversary of the allied invasion of Normandy, troops associated with the
Fort Bliss Garrison Command went for one
last run with the garrison commander.
“I’ve only got a couple weeks left with
you, and I’m going to miss this like crazy,”
Col. Brant Dayley, Fort Bliss garrison commander, said Friday to nearly 200 Soldiers
after a two-mile run largely on Carter Road.
“You’re the best,” Dayley said. “You’re all
first-round draft picks, and I’d fight to have
any one of you in my formation at any time.
I’d fight to be in your formation with you.”
Soldiers from Fort Bliss Garrison Command Headquarters and Headquarters Company, the 93rd Military Police Battalion,
the 2213th and 2215th Mobilization Support Bns., the 785th Military Police Bn.,
the 428th Military Police Company, and the
Col. Brant Dayley, Fort Bliss garrison commander,
runs with Soldiers during a Fort Bliss Garrison Command run Friday on Carter Road.
822nd Military Police Co. participated in the
run. Dayley plans to turn over command to
Col. Thomas E. Munsey June 20 after more
than two years in the position.
Dayley reminded troops the day marked
the 70th anniversary of the largest amphibious invasion in history. On June 6, 1944,
more than 160,000 allied troops landed on
the beaches of Normandy in order to free Europe from Nazi Germany.
“Hundreds of thousands of fighting men,
including the entirety of the 12th United
States Army Corps, hit the beaches at Normandy,” Dayley said. “Airborne operations.
Seaborne operations. Commando operations. Tens of thousands of men died on this
day so we could free Europe.”
He asked Soldiers to thank World War
II veterans when they see them. More than
9,000 allied Soldiers died that day, but their
efforts allowed more than 100,000 Soldiers
to enter Europe.
“Great sacrifices were made, and the men
were a lot younger than you,” Dayley said.
“They were 17 and 18 years old. They didn’t
know. There were machine guns waiting for
them as soon as those doors came down on
those (warships). Pretty gruesome. Wave after wave.”
Dayley thanked the Soldiers for working
with him, and noted the spelling of his last
name is not common, so he is easy to find in
the military’s global email system.
“If you ever need someone to give you a
hand, someone you need to reach out to, I’m
that person, because I owe you more than
you could ever owe me,” Dayley said. “I’m
very proud of you all. I hope this was a good
run for you all. I enjoyed running with you.”
Sgt. Joshua Waugh, Fort Bliss Garrison
Command Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, said he loved the run, and wishes
there could be more of them.
“It builds great esprit de corps and is really
motivating,” said Waugh.
Soldiers run during a Fort Bliss Garrison Command run Friday on Carter Road.
18B • June 12, 2014 • FORT BLISS BUGLE
Life (hot) flashes before
military spouse’s eyes
By Lisa Smith Molinari
Special to the Fort Bliss Bugle
Last week, on the morning of my 48th
birthday, I had my very first hot flash.
The uncanny coincidence of this occurrence made it seem psychosomatic. However, I could not deny the unsettling reality of
the sweat moustache that had formed while
I was eating my scrambled eggs. I tried to
pass the event off as a fluke, but while going
about my day, I started thinking, “You know,
I’m getting kind of old. Really old.”
I had always been content with the progression of my life as a Navy wife and mother of three, generally gratified to have found
a calling to serve my family, rather than selfish endeavors like my own career and living
location preferences. I had said many times,
“As long as the children are happy, I’m happy.”
But suddenly, life was passing before my
eyes as if death was imminent. I thought
about my education and quickly decided I’d
wasted it. I thought about my early work experiences as a young attorney before Navy
life, and summarily concluded my brain had
atrophied from lack of use, and must now be
the size of a tangerine. I thought about my
homemaking skills, swiftly determining I
was mediocre at best.
After decades of gleaning my own identity
from the contentment of my family members, it was suddenly all about me.
Although I normally would not mercilessly rip myself to shreds, there was something about this particular birthday that had
me wallowing in panicked self-loathing.
Perhaps it was the hair that seemed to be
clinging damply to the back of my perspiring neck. Or maybe it was the sudden lack
of bladder control. Did I detect a throbbing
bunion? Was I sprouting age spots?
As my 48th birthday progressed, I relentlessly berated, harangued, nit-picked, criti-
cized and condemned myself until I could
feel my spider veins bulge.
Why do I snap at the children so much?
Why can’t I seem to cook a decent meal
without turning meat into shoe leather?
Why do I watch so much TV at night? Why
couldn’t I ever get rid of this paunch? Why
didn’t I moisturize when I was younger?
Why do I always forget to bring my coupons
to the commissary? Why? Why? Why?!
By the time my husband came home from
work, I was slumped in a kitchen chair, staring into a cup of coffee that had gone cold.
I’d hit rock bottom.
“Happy birthday, Honey!” he offered with
a grin. I looked up weakly, and said, “I think
I’m having some kind of midlife crisis …
can you sit down and listen to me for a sec?”
For the next 20 minutes, my husband sat
calmly in his uniform at our kitchen table,
permitting me to tell him all about the hot
flash and the resulting epiphany that revealed
the harsh truth: I had never really amounted
to much and it was definitely too late to do
anything about it.
At the risk of sounding sexist, I find that
men have a unique ability to simplify complex emotional situations that women tend to
overcomplicate; or maybe they just don’t get
it. Either way, it can be helpful.
A quintessential male, my husband waited
until the end of my rant, then simply got up
and poured us each a glass of wine. I wondered whether he had heard anything I’d
just said. Then, holding his glass up to toast
mine, he delivered the birthday joke that had
become his annual tradition: “Honey, you
might have turned 48 today, but you’re built
like you’re 47.”
I couldn’t help but laugh like I always do,
and in that instant, my hot flash turned into a
flash flood of gratitude for the ups and downs
of life, the simplicity of love, and the boundless support of my little family.
DPW offers prompt response to
variety of work order requests
By Directorate of Public Works
Special to the Fort Bliss Bugle
The Department of Public Works is responsible for the repair and maintenance of
buildings, streets, infrastructure and grounds
located on Fort Bliss. DPW contracts with
several entities to ensure Fort Bliss remains
the premier installation in the Army.
Fort Bliss Water is responsible for the water and sewer system. Rio Grande Electric is
responsible for the electrical system, Texas
Gas for all gas needs, and PRIDE Industries for the repair and maintenance of the
buildings, streets and grounds. Regardless of
which contractor is responsible to respond
to community emergencies or provide the
needed repairs, the first step DPW needs the
community to take is to report the work.
Whether it is a clogged toilet, a burned-out
light bulb, a pothole in the street, a knockedover stop sign or a power outage, community members are urged to not put off calling DPW. Service call operators will take
customer calls 24 hours a day, seven days a
week.
There are three ways to report a service
call. The first is to call the PRIDE Industry
Service Call desk at 568-1107. This number is staffed year-round. The second is to
report the work in person to the service desk
at the hammerhead portion of Bldg. 777. The
service desk is open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday. The third is to
use the link via the DPW website at https://
www.bliss.army.mil/IFSSO/ServiceOrder.
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aspx. Once on the site, patrons are required
to type in their building number or street
name, a point of contact with phone number
and a brief description of the problem.
Once the service call desk receives a call
with the required information, the agent will
assign the request to the proper contractor
with a service order work priority of Priority
1 (emergency work), Priority 2 (urgent) or
Priority 3 (routine).
Priority 1 service orders are emergencies
and require and immediate response. Priority 1 work is necessary to protect life, health
and safety or to prevent damage to property.
From the time a call is placed, and the work
described constitutes a Priority 1 response,
a PRIDE technician will arrive no later
than one hour during the work day or two
hours during after-work hours and weekend
emergencies. If the request is an emergency,
customers must call 568-1107 or report an
emergency in person. Do not use the website
to report an emergency.
Priority 2 service orders are urgent and
require expeditious attention to correct a
condition that can become an emergency or
could cause property damage if not corrected
soon. Response time for urgent work is three
working days and completion within five
working days.
Priority 3 service orders are routine and
will be completed within 30 calendar days.
All online orders received are assigned Priority 3 status.
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