How to get garrison help through DPW OPINION/EDITORIAL
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How to get garrison help through DPW OPINION/EDITORIAL
OPINION/EDITORIAL www.FortHoodSentinel.com March 20, 2014 A4 RECYCLED Recycled material is used in the making of our newsprint DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? WRITE TO THE EDITOR The Sentinel welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must be under 450 words and include your name, address and telephone number. To submit a letter, visit www.forthoodsentinel.com/ contact/ or email it directly to daniel.wallace@ forthoodsentinel.com FIND BREAKING NEWS ONLINE Find today’s top news, breaking news and links to electronic versions of the paper at www.forthoodsentinel.com today! COMMAND STAFF Commanding General LT. GEN. MARK MILLEY Fort Hood Public Affairs Officer TOM RHEINLANDER Command Information Officer DAVID LARSEN Public Affairs Sergeant Major SGT. MAJ. NICHOLAS CONNER EDITORIAL STAFF Editor STAFF SGT. DANIEL WALLACE [email protected] 285-3880 How to get garrison help through DPW BY THOMAS PLUMMER DPW There is an old adage, “The Lord helps those who help themselves.” The same is true in facility maintenance. The first line of building occupants’ defense is self-help. Fort Hood and the Directorate of Public Works support the use of the Army’s self-help program, which consists of trained repair and utilities teams performing minor repairs and improvements on their facilities and associated grounds. Self-help projects include but are not limited to minor maintenance, which includes tasks such as interior painting, dripping faucets, light bulb replacement, and electrical outlet and light switch cover replacement. Facility occupants and R&U teams are responsible for control of nuisance pests, such as ant and roach infestation. DPW provides materials for R&U and self-help projects. These materials can be picked up at no cost from the HAZMART, located in Building 4406 and reached by phone at 532-9861. Self-help projects can be submitted to DPW using DA Form 4283 Facilities Engineering Work Request. Work requests should go through brigade engineers prior to submitting to DPW. You can enroll for R&U classes by visiting the III Corps & Fort Hood Troop School web page at www.hood.army.mil/troop.school. aspx, or by calling 287-1771 or 287-4191. For maintenance and repair that is beyond R&U Teams’ capabilities, Fort Hood occupants should call the DPW Work Reception at 287-2113 to initiate a Demand Maintenance Order. The work reception desk is manned 24/7 to include weekends and federal holidays. Once the DMO is received by DPW, it will be assigned a priority and issued to a craftsman to effect repairs. Priorities for DMOs consist of three categories, Emergency, Urgent and Routine. Emergency – Priority 1: Constitutes an immediate danger to life, health, mission, or property. Examples include gas leaks, major utilities failures, and broken water lines. Normal response time is within one hour, and once work has commenced, it should be completed within 24 hours. Urgent – Priority 2: Work required to correct a condition that could become an emergency. Examples include heating and warm water supply outages, air-conditioning failures, and leaking faucets. Normal response time is two hours to five calendar days, depending upon the availability of craftsmen, relative urgency, and time of request (weekend, night, duty hours, etc.). Routine – Priority 3: Work does not meet the categories of emergency or urgent. This category covers work that, if not accomplished, would continue an inconvenience or unsightly condition. Work in this category will normally be accomplished on a first-come, first-served basis. Every effort will be made to respond to and complete routine DMOs within 30 days. Examples of work include inoperable electrical outlets, runny commodes, damaged floor tiles, inoperable door closers and inoperable street and parking lot lights. Calls for professional pest control should be made to the DPW Work Reception desk. Professional pest control services include rodents, bee hives/swarms, termites, fleas, bats, skunks, snakes and birds. For domestic animal control (dogs, cats, etc), Fort Hood residents need to contact Animal Control at 287-2732 All requests for maintenance and repair for Fort Hood Family Housing should be called into 532-3133. For information about barracks washer and dryer repair, call 532-1647. News Editor HEATHER GRAHAM-ASHLEY [email protected] 285-6736 Sports Editor DANIEL CERNERO [email protected] 287-2436 Leisure Editor ERIN ROGERS [email protected] 285-6904 Which team do you think will win this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, and why? Design Editor FRANKLIN MELENDEZ [email protected] 287-9581 Graphic Designer CHRIS HAWKES [email protected] 287-0101 BUSINESS STAFF General Manager RAY REED [email protected] 634-6666 Distribution Manager JUSTIN PETERS [email protected] 634-6666 Pick: No. 1-seed Florida “I’m from Florida. That’s my team.” ADVERTISING TO PLACE AN AD OR FOR INFORMATION REGARDING FORT HOOD’S CLASSIFIEDS SECTION Call 634-6666 between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Pick: No. 4-seed Louisville “I like Duke, Arizona, Michigan and Florida, but I’m going with Louisville. Being from Indiana, that’s my closest team.” James Larry, contractor Robert Askew, civilian Pick: No. 3-seed Syracuse “After looking at the bracket, they seem to have the easiest bracket.” Sgt. Jeremy Henry, 3rd Cav. Regt. Pick: No. 12-seed North Carolina State “I have friends that go there, so that’s who I’m rooting for.” Spc. Tyler Hayes, 3rd BEB, 3rd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Pick: No. 3-seed Duke “My dad always seems to go with them every year.” Staff Sgt. Joshua Woodard, 1-7 Cav. Regt., 1st BCT, 1st Cav. Div. It only takes a moment. Make a difference in the lives of the men and women who protect our freedom. VOLUNTEER. DONATE. REMEMBER. USO.ORG The Fort Hood Sentinel is an authorized publication for members of the U.S. Army with a circulation of 27,000. Contents of the Fort Hood Sentinel are not necessarily official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, Department of the Army or III Corps and Fort Hood. It is published every Thursday by the III Corps Public Affairs Office. Off-post subscriptions are available for $30. Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor of the purchaser, user or patron. 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The Advertising office is located at 1805 Florence Rd., Herald Plaza, Ste. 1, Killeen, Texas 76541. Fort Hood Volunteers: Changing lives, communities through service BY CAROLANN HONE ACS Webster’s Dictionary defines a volunteer as “a person who willing undertakes a service” and the act of volunteering as “donating time or talents for charitable, educational or other worthwhile activities.” The definitions, although true and accurate, do not fully explain the enormous contributions made by our volunteers. To celebrate their commitment and devotion to volunteer service, III Corps and Fort Hood will recognize and honor the efforts of selected amazing volunteers who have changed lives and enhanced our community during the 2014 Volunteer of the Year Ceremony. The III Corps and Fort Hood Volunteer of the Year Ceremony coincides with the nationally shared initiative to celebrate volunteers. Each year, one week in April is highlighted as National Volunteer Week, although throughout the month of April, communities host events that recognize the efforts of thousands of volunteers of all ages. Fort Hood will recognize the outstanding contributions of a select group of volunteers from various units and nonprofit organizations during the Installation Volunteer of the Year Ceremony. This group of volunteers is identified by the various divisions, brigades, and organizations such as Santa’s Workshop, the United Service Organizations, Fort Hood Area Enlisted Spouses Club, and the American Red Cross. Each chosen volunteer will be identified as the one individual that reflects the exceptional qualities of volunteering and has contributed exemplary service and support to Soldiers, their Families and the surrounding community. Units and agencies are in the planning stages and most units on Fort Hood will recognize and celebrate their volunteers with various ceremonies and activities during the month of April. The American Red Cross will be hosting an Sentinel file photo Sandy Landes, Army wife and volunteer since 2012, receives the Volunteer of the Year award from Hollyanne Milley, Maj. Gen. Anthony Ierardi, Command Sgt. Maj. James Norman and Marla Schroeder during the Volunteer of the Year ceremony April 25, 2013, at Club Hood. open house social. The City of Killeen’s Volunteer Department will be hosting a Volunteer of the Year Luncheon to recognize their outstanding Volunteers of the Year and Youth Volunteers. In 2013, more than 1,030 registered volunteers contributed more than 120,000 hours of volunteer support to various agencies and organizations that included; Family Readiness Groups; local food banks and shelters; the Fort Hood Area Thrift Shop; Army Community Service; and Child, Youth, and School Services youth programs. Their selfless contributions enhanced lives by helping to feed and shelter those less fortunate, by boosting morale through support at Family Readiness Group events, providing support to programs such as Army Family Team Building, and many more. This year, Fort Hood will recognize some incredible, selfless individuals that represent so many amazing volunteers. They will be recognized for their outstanding achievements in 2013 and will be celebrated for their significant impact; invaluable service; infectious volunteer spirit; and for enhancing the quality of lives for Soldiers, Family members, and the Fort Hood and surrounding community.