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Want to learn more about Fort
Bliss? Join Army Community Service for a free bus tour
from 2-3:30 p.m. Friday. Meet at the ACS building, located
at 2494 Ricker Road on West Fort Bliss. Tours are held
twice a month (Sept. 2 and 16, Oct. 2 and 21 and Nov.
4 and 18) and child-care vouchers will be provided. Must
register for the tour online at www.bliss.armymwr.com.
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By Wendy Brown
Fort Bliss Bugle Editor
Maynard L. “Beamy” Beamesderfer, a
Pathfinder who was one of the first to jump
into Normandy, France, on D-Day during
World War II, died Aug. 12 at his home in
Santa Teresa, New Mexico. He was 92.
“He will be missed,” said Jesus Bravo,
chairman of El Paso’s
Roy Benavidez-Robert
Patterson “All Airborne” Chapter of the
82nd Airborne Division Association, Inc. “I
consider him one of our
founding fathers here at
our chapter.”
Maynard L.
Beamesderfer
also
“Beamy”
jumped into the NetherBeamesderfer
lands during Operation
Market Garden and fought in the Battle of
the Bulge in Bastogne, Belgium. He was a
first sergeant when he left the military. Bravo called him one of the real paratroopers
of WWII.
“They saw all the conflicts with the Germans. They were hurt, wounded and they
went through troubled waters over there and
they came back … and when you lose somebody like that, that’s like losing a piece of
diamond in the rough. It’s not replaceable.
There’s not going to be another Beamy,”
Bravo said.
Beamesderfer and his wife Mimi, who
died in January, were always helpful, Bravo
said. They had been married for nearly 69
years.
“They were a very good, happy couple,”
Bravo said. “They were always together.
You’d see Mr. Beamy and you’d see her
right behind him.”
John Ceballos, the chapter’s vice-chairman and public information officer, said
Beamesderfer is one of the featured veterans in the book “First to Jump” by Jerome
Preisler. The book chronicles how the paratroopers of Pathfinders Company helped
the Band of Brothers of Company E, 506th
Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division.
And in November 2015, Beamesderfer
was the guest of honor as 1st Armored Division officials renamed the main conference
of the division headquarters as the Torch
Conference Room to commemorate Operation Torch during WWII.
Members of the “All Airborne” chapter
named their headquarters on Fort Boulevard “Beamesderfer Hall” in honor of their
friend, and after a Battle of the Bulge commemoration at the hall in December 2014,
Beamesderfer spoke about the battle.
One of the reasons he became a Pathfinder
was because he was Pennsylvania Dutch and
could speak German, Beamesderfer said.
The Battle of the Bulge was “a terrible
battle in terrible cold,” Beamesderfer said,
and he spent a year in the hospital after
something – he doesn’t know what – hit him
and paralyzed him.
All he could use was his right hand, and
the rest of him was numb, he said. He does
not know how he was rescued, but he later
recovered from his injuries.
Beamesderfer said Soldiers did not have
proper clothing because they had been sent
to the battle so quickly. In addition, many
Soldiers did not have enough ammunition to
go into battle, he said.
“We were mighty lucky,” Beamesderfer
said. “The different units that were coming
back were scared and dropped their equipment and we were glad to pick a lot of it up
because it was the only thing that we had.”
Ten-Miler
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Playing
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Home run for the Homeless: A 5K and “Kids’ Dash”
benefiting El Paso’s Opportunity Center for the Homeless is
at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Clock Tower at Southwest University Park on Durango Street. Refreshments at end of race
for all participants. Registration: $30; $15 kids dash for
age 12 and younger (no T-shirt). Sleep-in donation: $25.
No race day registration for competitive run. [email protected]. Online registration
at raceadventuresunlimted.com.
Photos by Wendy Brown / Fort Bliss Bugle Editor
Retired Lt. Col. Robert E. “Bob” Chisolm, left, speaks with retired Lt. Col. Andy Anderson, center, and
retired Command Sgt. Maj. Phil Sloniger, during the Roy Benavidez-Robert Patterson “All Airborne”
Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association, Inc., National Airborne Day open house at 2608
Fort Blvd. Tuesday.
‘All Airborne’
association celebrates National Airborne Day
By Wendy Brown
Fort Bliss Bugle Editor
Members of El Paso’s Roy BenavidezRobert Patterson “All Airborne” Chapter
of the 82nd Airborne Division Association,
Inc., met at their headquarters Tuesday
to commemorate National Airborne Day,
which takes place every year on Aug. 16.
“It’s a day that’s been set aside to honor
the rich history of the airborne, to celebrate
all of the airborne units and all of its paratroopers for their dedication and their sacrifices and service to our nation,” said John
Ceballos, the chapter’s vice chairman and
public information officer.
Members and visitors enjoyed refreshments and talked about the significance of
the day, which marks when the first Soldier
made an official Army parachute jump in
1940. President George W. Bush made the
day official in 2002, and for many it is a
time when airborne Soldiers receive their
due recognition.
Retired Lt. Col. Robert “Bob” Chisolm,
who jumped into Normandy, France, on DDay, jumped into the Netherlands for Operation Market Garden, fought in the Battle of
the Bulge in Bastogne, Belgium, and went
on to fight in the Korean and Vietnam wars,
said not a lot of people realize airborne units
sustained the most casualties during the
Normandy Invasion.
“If you ask people what units took the
most casualties during the invasion of Normandy, they will come back and they will
say, ‘Probably the infantry units that participated in the landing at Omaha Beach and
Utah Beach,’ but little recognition is given
to the fact that the airborne units suffered the
most casualties of D-Day,” Chisolm said.
For Ceballos, the day is a time to recognize the 82nd Airborne Division, headquartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as “the
911 of the world.”
“Whenever there’s any kind of conflict,
a country might say, ‘Hey, we’re being invaded. We need help.’ Whenever we need
Soldiers to go, it’s generally the 82nd Airborne that goes first because they’re a rapid
deployment force and they can get probably
85 to 90 percent of the entire division together within 72 hours,” Ceballos said. “It’s
a very important part of the military.”
Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Phil Sloniger
concurred, but added other military forces.
“Every time there has been a crisis in our
nation’s history since World War II, the first
John Wesley Hardin Secret Society: A meeting
of the John Wesley Hardin Secret Society is at 6 p.m. Saturday at Concordia Cemetery, 3700 E. Yandell. Every year
in August the “John Wesley Hardin Secret Society” meets
to relive and celebrate that fateful evening in August 1895
when gunfighter John Wesley Hardin met his demise at the
hands of that dastardly constable “Uncle” John Selman.
Cost: $5 adults, $2 military, seniors, students, and children
younger than 12, free. 581-7920
Tour de Cruces: Join Outdoor Recreation for a walking
tour of Old Mesilla, the Farmers Market and visit historical
sites Saturday. The tour is open to the public. The cost is
$10; it includes transportation and registration is required.
744-1532
Make it, take it Sewing:
This month participants
will make a decorative throw pillow at Make it, Take it
Sewing from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday at the Mickelsen
Community Library. Students will need to bring one yard of
fabric suitable for pillows. The library will provide 12”X12”
pillow forms, two per student. Knowledge of sewing machines is helpful but not necessary. Cost: $10, cash only.
Reserve your spot by paying at the library. This class is
open to DOD ID cardholders ages 13 and older. Space is
limited to five people. 568-6156
El Paso at West Point: The Magoffin Home State His-
toric Site, 1120 Magoffin Ave., continues an exhibit titled,
“Duty, Honor, Country: El Paso at West Point,” through Sept.
18. 533-5147
John Ceballos, vice-chairman and public information officer of El Paso’s Roy Benavidez-Robert Patterson “All Airborne” Chapter of the 82nd
Airborne Division Association, Inc., points to a
photo of Roy Benavidez, a Medal of Honor recipient, during the association’s National Airborne
Day open house at 2608 Fort Blvd. Tuesday.
El Paso Holocaust Museum: The El Paso Holocaust Museum has a special exhibit for and about children
called, “Remember Me: Children of the Holocaust,” that
runs through Oct. 9 at the museum, 715 N. Oregon. Free.
351-0048
School Age Book Club: The School Age Book Club
is designed for children ages 7-12. A staff member will
read for part of the time and the children will read aloud
from 4-5 p.m. every Wednesday at Mickelsen Community
Library. Activities and projects are completed at home, returned and shared at meetings. Occasional refreshments.
Free. 568-6156
Adult Education: Adult education courses for seniors
age 50 and older begin Sept. 6 in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UTEP. Registration runs through Aug. 26.
Classes include art, history, languages, literature, music
and physical activities. A college degree is not required.
747-8848 or www.olliatutep.org
Way Out West Fest:
The Roy Benavidez-Robert Patterson “All Airborne” Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division
Association, Inc., National Airborne Day open
house took place at 2608 Fort Blvd., otherwise
known as “Beamesderfer Hall,” Tuesday. Maynard L. “Beamy” Beamesderfer, a Pathfinder
who was one of the first to jump into Normandy,
France, on D-Day during World War II, died Aug.
12 at his home in Santa Teresa, N.M., at the age
of 92.
unit that they called, the readiest units, were
the airborne units – Special Forces, 82nd
Airborne Division, 173rd (Airborne Brigade
Combat Team) – and they called on those
units,” Sloniger said.
The day included sorrow for the loss of
Maynard “Beamy” Beamesderfer, who died
Aug. 12 at the age of 92. The chapter’s headquarters, “Beamesderfer Hall,” is named after him.
Beamesderfer was a Pathfinder who
jumped into Normandy on D-Day. For more,
see the story left.
Ceballos said the association is looking
for new members. For more information,
contact him at 240-8104 or visit 2608 Fort
Blvd. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Spicy chili, frosty margaritas,
cold beer and live country music. The unique sights,
sounds and flavors of three states and two nations will
come together in the heart of downtown El Paso at the
first-ever “Way Out West Fest” Sept. 17. Music headliners:
Clay Walker, Parmalee and Brandy Clark. Tickets are on
sale, information available at www.southwestuniversitypark.com. Military discount available through GOVX.Com.
Call for Volunteers: The Chaparral Fire Department
is looking for Soldiers interested in volunteering. They provide the training over the course of six weekends. Contact
Michael Conover at [email protected].
Ammunition Amnesty Days: The Quality Assurance Specialist Ammunition Surveillance conducts the Fort
Bliss and El Paso Ammunition and Explosives Amnesty Day
Sept. 8-9 at the Texas Army National Guard Armory, 9100
Gateway Blvd., and at the Armed Forces Reserve Center,
11701 Montana Ave., to provide personnel to relinquish
unauthorized weapons and ammunition from 8 a.m.-3
p.m.
Hueco Tanks events:
Hueco Tanks State Park and
Historic Site will hold a Junior Ranger Day (attendance
limited to the first 15 families) Saturday; a Hueco Tanks
Star Talk Aug. 25; a Children’s Survival Day Aug. 27 and
Yoga at the Tanks (call 857-1135 for reservations) Aug. 28.
857-1135
Junior Woman’s Club: The Junior Woman’s Club of
El Paso will be holding a general meeting at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday at the Woman’s Club clubhouse located at 1400
North Mesa (parking is located across the street). Members will begin the planning of the Spooktacular fundraiser
held in October at the El Paso Coliseum. All women 21
years and older are welcome. 667-1445
2B • August 18, 2016 • FORT BLISS BUGLE
Slow down: Back to school means sharing the road
By National Safety Council
Special to the Fort Bliss Bugle
Students attending schools in the El Paso
Independent School District return to the
classroom Monday, and that includes students at the Bliss and Milam elementary
schools on Fort Bliss.
School days bring traffic congestion, and
it’s important to keep in mind that school
buses will be picking up their charges, children will hurry to get to school before the
bell rings and harried parents will try to drop
off their children before work.
It’s never more important for drivers to
slow down and pay attention than when
youngsters are present – especially before
and after school.
If you’re dropping off
Schools often have very specific dropoff procedures for the school year. Ensure
you know them for the safety of all children. More children are hit by vehicles near
schools than at any other location, according to the National Safe Routes to School
program. The following apply to all school
zones:
– Don’t double park; it blocks visibility
for other children and vehicles.
– Don’t load or unload children across the
street from the school.
– Carpool to reduce the number of vehicles at the school.
Sharing the road with young pedestrians
According to research by the National
Safety Council, most of the children who
lose their lives in bus-related incidents are
4 to 7 years old, and they’re walking. They
are hit by the bus, or by a motorist illegally
‘Plan While You
Can’ aims to reduce crashes, save
lives, during Labor
Day weekend
AUSTIN, Texas – As celebrations are finalized to mark the last days of summer, the
Texas Department of Transportation urges
drivers to make a plan leading up to the Labor Day holiday – a plan for a safe and sober
ride home.
“Drinking and driving remains a big
problem in Texas,” said TxDOT Executive
Director James Bass. “If you plan to drink,
you must plan ahead for a safe and sober ride
home. It’s a plan that could save a family –
even your own – from the heartbreak of losing a loved one.”
TxDOT’s “Plan While You Can” campaign kicked off Tuesday in San Antonio and
runs through Sept. 5 to coincide with Labor
Day and increased DWI enforcement. During the Labor Day holiday period in 2015,
there were 359 alcohol-related crashes that
led to 12 fatalities and 36 serious injuries according to the Texas Peace Officer’s Crash
Report (CR-3) dated Aug. 4.
The campaign is a multi-city tour featuring an interactive dodgeball game found at
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9k
nYdmpWe8&feature=youtu.be) that uses
gaming technology to educate the public
about the effects of alcohol on human reflexes. As participants play, virtual drinks
are added and the players’ on-screen avatars
become less able to dodge incoming dodgeballs. The game demonstrates how one drink
can slow reaction times.
As always, TxDOT strongly encourages
everyone to plan for a sober ride before going out. In addition to potentially life threatening crashes, drivers under the influence
of alcohol could face up to $17,000 in fines
and fees, jail time and loss of their driver’s
license. Visit http://soberrides.org/ to find
alternatives to drinking and driving, such
as: Calling a taxi or using a transportation
app on your smartphone. Using mass transit.
Asking a sober friend or family member for
a ride home. Stay where you are and spend
the night.
In El Paso, The Don’t Gamble With Your
Life campaign, endorsed by Mayor Oscar
Leeser, provides individuals who’ve been
drinking a free taxi ride if they call Sun City
Cab at 915-212-7777.
passing a stopped bus. A few precautions go
a long way toward keeping children safe:
– Don’t block the crosswalk when stopped
at a red light or waiting to make a turn, forcing pedestrians to go around you; this could
put them in the path of moving traffic.
– In a school zone when flashers are blinking, stop and yield to pedestrians crossing
the crosswalk or intersection.
– Always stop for a school patrol officer or
crossing guard holding up a stop sign.
– Take extra care to look out for children
in school zones, near playgrounds and parks,
and in all residential areas.
– Don’t honk or rev your engine to scare a
pedestrian, even if you have the right of way.
– Never pass a vehicle stopped for pedes-
trians.
– Always use extreme caution to avoid
striking pedestrians wherever they may be,
no matter who has the right of way.
Sharing the road with school buses
If you’re driving behind a bus, allow a
greater following distance than if you were
driving behind a car. It will give you more
time to stop once the yellow lights start
flashing. It is illegal in all 50 states to pass a
school bus that is stopped to load or unload
children.
– Never pass a bus from behind – or from
either direction if you’re on an undivided
road – if it is stopped to load or unload children.
– If the yellow or red lights are flashing
and the stop arm is extended, traffic must stop.
– The area 10 feet around a school bus
is the most dangerous for children; stop far
enough back to allow them space to safely
enter and exit the bus.
– Be alert; children often are unpredictable, and they tend to ignore hazards and
take risks.
Sharing the road with bicyclists.
On most roads, bicyclists have the same
rights and responsibilities as vehicles, but
bikes can be hard to see. Children riding
bikes create special problems for drivers because usually they are not able to properly
determine traffic conditions. The most common cause of a collision is a driver turning
left in front of a bicyclist.
– When passing a bicyclist, proceed in the
same direction slowly, and leave 3 feet between your car and the cyclist.
– When turning left and a bicyclist is approaching in the opposite direction, wait for
the rider to pass.
– If you’re turning right and a bicyclists
is approaching from behind on the right, let
the rider go through the intersection first, and
always use your turn signals.
– Watch for bike riders turning in front of
you without looking or signaling; children
especially have a tendency to do this.
– Be extra vigilant in school zones and
residential neighborhoods.
– Watch for bike riders coming from
driveways or behind parked cars.
– Check side mirrors before opening your
car door.
– By exercising a little extra care and
caution, drivers and pedestrians can coexist
safely in school zones.
Make the
most of
your PCS
FORT BLISS BUGLE • August 18, 2016 • 3B
By Chaplain (Capt.) David DeRienzo
5th Bn., 52nd ADA, 11th ADA Bde.
Transience is the Army way. No sooner
do you get settled and start getting to know
people and it’s time to move along. This
has its advantages. If your supervisor is less
than spectacular and you don’t love the base
you’re at, then sure, as soon as the orders
are cut you’ll be ready to go. Or perhaps it’s
nothing against your current situation, but
there are simply other opportunities you’d
like to pursue. Maybe you’re banking on
your next permanent change of station bringing you closer to family or that it will land
you a better assignment. Others want to see
the world and experience all the Army has to
offer. So, the ephemeral quality of military
existence isn’t always such a bad thing.
Despite its perks, though, living out of a
duffel bag can take a toll on your soul. Before coming onto active duty this past December, all my best friends were guys I went
to elementary school with, and we all still
lived within 10 miles of each other. My wife
and I both know where we are “from.” We
can take you to the houses we grew up in
and show you the tree forts that still adorn
the wood lines out back. We can’t even begin
to imagine what our lives would have been
like apart from our deeply rooted, community-based upbringings. But then there’s the
Army … where Uncle Sam takes a bulldozer
to your white picket fence every couple of
years. You’re constantly being forced to
make new friends, find new schools and
learn new jobs. Even if you could get ap-
proval to build a tree fort on post, your kids
would quickly lose interest after you tell
them about the Kevlar helmet, orange vest
and safety harness they are required to don
before climbing past the first branch.
Whether you enjoy the Army’s dynamic
relocation program or not, it’s important to
have roots. But in the absence of tree-forts
– and when living across town from the people you went to kindergarten with is not an
option – where are these roots supposed to
come from? How do you make meaningful
and lasting connections in the Army? Or at
the very least, how can you redeem some of
the inevitable rootlessness that comes with
wearing the uniform? Let me offer a few
suggestions.
1. Don’t think of roots exclusively in
geographic terms. You can be rooted in any
number of ways. Be rooted in your faith,
rooted in your family and rooted in the Army
way of life. Cultivate meaning and identity
in ways that do not change from one zip code
to the next. For example, make a tradition of
always eating (fill-in-the-blank) on Christmas Eve and at the end of every deployment
take a family trip to (fill-in-the-blank). Roots
come in all shapes and sizes. Set yours down
based on what makes the most sense for you
and your family.
2. Let the fleeting nature of military life
encourage you to make the most of every
opportunity. There are plenty of amazing
places in my home state I never bothered to
check out because I figured, “Oh, I’ll get to it
someday.” But when you’ve only got a short
time in a particular location you don’t take
anything for granted. Get out there and do
stuff.
3. Don’t underestimate the value of military friendships. It can be hard to make
friends in a new unit. It seems like they have
to be just the right rank, have just the right
amount of children and live in just the right
part of town. It hardly seems worth the effort
sometimes, but it is worth the effort. Get to
know the wonderful people around you before they take off and you miss out. Invest
yourself in people’s lives and it will enrich
your experience no matter where you go.
4. Plant some flowers and unpack your
boxes. Even if you’re only going to be somewhere for a relatively short period of time,
you should still make yourself at home. Take
ownership of your experience. Get right to
work hanging up those curtains and don’t
banish your old record collection to another
year in the garage. Don’t wait until you’re
retired to “go home.” Learn to appreciate
your new surroundings and plan to get comfortable right away.
5. Frequent relocations serve as great reminders that our time on earth is quickly
fading. Living in one place for a long time
provides the illusion of permanence, but an
illusion is all it is. We are all on borrowed
time. Use this foreboding reality as your
motivation to focus on what matters most.
Find permanence where permanence can
be found. If not in the evanescent comings
and goings of our earthly journey, then find
an anchor in the God of all eternity. Get acquainted with your heavenly home and begin
preparing for your final redeployment unto
glory.
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Sgt. 1st Class Tomeko Eaddy, noncommissioned officer in charge, Department of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, is recognized as the Greater El Paso
Chamber of Commerce’s Soldier of the Month for August 2016 in downtown El Paso, Aug. 4. Eaddy
has contributed countless hours of volunteering in the community’s schools and homeless shelters,
including fundraising more than $2,000 worth of items for El Paso’s homeless population.
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“She’s somebody that people look up to,”
Knapp said. “There are a lot of other people
in her shadow who do good things.”
As a token of appreciation for Eaddy’s
community involvement, El Paso’s “Star on
the Mountain” (a 459-foot by 278-foot star
that illuminates on the side of the Franklin
Mountains that can be seen for miles from
the east), was lit in her name Aug. 4.
“It’s very humbling,” Eaddy said. “Anything I do it’s only because I feel that’s what
is right.”
In addition to her volunteer work and fundraising, Eaddy is also a member of the Sgt.
Audie Murphy Club, comprised of elite noncommissioned officers committed to leading from the front. Eaddy is also active in
the Partners In Education program, which
partners local schools with Army units to
improve the quality of education through
Soldier involvement while providing role
models for students.
“I’m never a person that wants to be out in
front getting the attention. I do it because I
want someone else to feel the effects,” Eaddy said. “It’s good to know that people do
see what you’re doing and they appreciate
it, even if you don’t get recognized someone sees it and someone at least says ‘thank
you.’”
6B • August 18, 2016 • FORT BLISS BUGLE
Yard sale booty blues
By Lisa Smith Molinari
Special to the Fort Bliss Bugle
I’ll give you 30 bucks for all of it,” the
man said in a heavy Rhode Island accent,
gesturing to a table heaped with vintage toys
from my childhood that I’d decided to sell at
a recent neighborhood yard sale.
“Are you kidding me?” I blurted incredulously.
“No way,” I continued. “I could get that
much on Ebay for just the Dawn Dolls, and
you want my Holly Hobby sewing machine,
my Sunshine Family, my Barbies and my Bionic Woman Doll – complete with the original box and accessories – too? What, are you
nuts?”
A crowd of yard sale shoppers stopped
milling about my folding tables heaped
with used junk to witness our banter. As the
Rhode Island con artist did his best to swindle me out of the beloved toys I’d refused
to part with through nine military moves, I
realized my inside hoarder was getting the
better of me.
It’s time to give up old things, I told myself.
But my inside hoarder resisted total surrender: “Gimme $35 at least.”
In the end, I settled for $32 and stood back
as he callously threw my precious relics into
his van. “Be careful,” I shouted pathetically.
“You almost dropped the Bionic Woman’s
Morse code translator.”
Two hours after our yard sale had ended,
my husband, Francis, and I were headed to
a Connecticut casino with a Ziplock baggie
stuffed with $276 of yard sale booty, along
with tickets to the Counting Crows and Rob
Thomas concert that night.
“Make it rain, baby,” I yelled from the
passenger’s seat of our minivan, jingling the
baggie and envisioning a wild night of prime
cuts of beef, top shelf cocktails, double-ornothing winnings and sweaty rock songs.
Mohegan Sun appeared quite suddenly in
the Connecticut woods, and with our baggie securely stashed in my fanny pack, we
found our way to the casino. I pictured us
shouting excitedly over a crowded roulette
wheel or muttering “hit me” at a suspensefilled blackjack table, but we were lost in
the indoor jungle of flashing lights, ringing
bells and cigarette smoke. Overwhelmed, we
found ourselves feeding bills into a lonely
poker machine near the restrooms.
After five minutes, we cashed in our
whopping $8 winnings and went to one
of the many casino restaurants, where we
shared a delicious stack of chicken and waffles drenched in Vermont maple syrup and
sprinkled with crispy onion straws before
heading to the concert.
Rob Thomas took the stage singing recognizable tunes such as “This Is How a Heart
Breaks,” “Her Diamonds” and “Someday.”
We would normally leap to our feet at a concert, but we’d gotten up early for the yard
sale, and we were both feeling full from dinner.
Besides, most of the crowd of 40-to-60year-olds stayed seated too, with the exception of a surprising number of women, whose
peri-menopausal hormones were compelling
them to gyrate their capri-ensconced hips
quite enthusiastically. The women reached
out longingly to Rob Thomas, and being a
40-something himself, he obliged with an
excellent performance.
“Oh good grief,” I cringed halfway
through the show, after Francis let a belch
slip by that reeked of those crispy onion
straws.
“Sorry,” he confessed. “Do you have any
Tums in that fanny pack?”
The next act was the one Francis had
been waiting for. Back in the 90s, he played
Counting Crows’ “August and Everything
After” album a zillion times on our old CD
player. “Time to get sweaty,” he said as lead
singer Adam Duritz took the stage.
But soon it was clear we were all getting a
little too old for these late-night endeavors.
Duritz, now 52 years old himself and endowed with an ample gut, loped around the
stage as if he suffered from joint degeneration. We felt Duritz’s pain literally and figuratively, as we shifted in our seats to ward off
hip numbness.
Although Duritz displayed his true artistry on the stage that night, the middle-aged
crowd was not long for this world, fighting
back yawns by 10 o’clock.
“For criminy’s sake, honey,” I winced on
our way home after Francis expelled another
pungent belch.
The strange combination of the day’s
events had taught me that, getting rid of old
things in life won’t stop the sands of time.
Just like Francis’ crispy onion straws, the
years will just keep on repeating.
FORT BLISS BUGLE • August 18, 2016 • 7B
Photos by Marcy Sanchez / WBAMC Public Affairs
Mary Fran LeMar, William Beaumont Army Medical Center volunteer and Family Readiness Group
leader, holds the Yellow Rose of Texas Award at the hospital July 27.
WBAMC volunteers
recognized for decades of service
By Marcy Sanchez
WBAMC Public Affairs
Army Family Readiness Groups serve as
the line of communication between a deployed unit’s commander and family members back home.
During July, two William Beaumont Army
Medical Center FRG members received
awards for their countless hours of contributions to Army families with a prestigious
recognition from the State of Texas.
Long-time WBAMC volunteers, Mary
Fran LeMar, FRG leader, and Shelly Crowley, Family Readiness Support assistant,
each were presented with the Yellow Rose of
Texas Award, an award commissioned by the
state’s governor recognizing Texas women
for contributions to communities in the preservation of history, the accomplishments of
the present and the building of the future.
LeMar, a native of Iowa City, Iowa, began
volunteering in 1999 even though she had
seven children at home. After 9/11, the Army
began heavy deployment cycles resulting in
anywhere from 200 to 300 Soldiers deployed
at a time.
“I would call (families) every three to four
weeks, to make sure they were fine,” LeMar
said. “The most important thing is to get the
information to
the families.”
In
2008,
her husband
retired from
the Army at
WBAMC. LeMar continued
to volunteer.
“Since her
husband
retired,
Mrs.
Lemar
has
continued to
do a lot for
WBAMC,”
said Spc. Kellie
Brisco,
FRG
leader
and a combat medic at
WBAMC. “In
her position
>>Spc. Kellie Brisco
description, I
literally had to
pull from every position within the FRG scope; she does
something in every position.”
According to the Yellow Rose of Texas
Award application, LeMar volunteered in
many positions within WBAMC’s FRG including leader, co-leader, treasurer, event coordinator and secretary. She even developed
the group’s newsletter. One position LeMar
truly treasures is deployed family liaison,
which links deployed Soldiers with their
families back home.
“When Soldiers deploy, they need to have
someone here while they’re over there,” LeMar said. “It’s important for them to remain
connected.”
“They’re
both phenomenal
individuals.
They’re
definitely a
cornerstone
of our FRG
at WBAMC.”
Lt. Col. Steven Knapp, left, commander, Troop
Command, William Beaumont Army Medical
Center, presents the Yellow Rose of Texas Award
to Shelly Crowley, family readiness support
assistant, during an awards presentation at
WBAMC, July 27.
The importance of communication between the unit and the family played a pivotal
role when LeMar assisted a Soldier’s spouse
after falling and needing medical attention.
LeMar contacted the spouse and linked her
with the appropriate care she needed while
her husband was deployed.
For Shelly Crowley, volunteering began
more than two decades ago. Since 1993
Crowley volunteered as a military spouse,
recording more than 15,000 hours of volunteer time before being hired as WBAMC’s
Family Readiness Support assistant.
Outside the Army, Crowley volunteered
with the El Paso Independent School District
as well as other community programs.
“Ms. Crowley has gone above and beyond,” Brisco said. “During the holidays
she would help families provide presents for
their children. That wasn’t something the
FRSA typically does; that was Shelly on her
own initiative.”
Crowley and LeMar have been on the
same team since 2002. Together, they have
managed hundreds of homecomings for families, stuffed and mailed thousands of care
packages, and organized various spring, fall
and winter celebrations at WBAMC.
Both worthy volunteers were surprised to
be presented with the awards.
“With Crowley moving from the area, we
felt it was appropriate and a nice surprise
for her,” Brisco said. Crowley recently left
WBAMC to join family back in Illinois.
“That award was very close to her heart, and
she always thought highly of it.”
Crowley had previously nominated LeMar for the award, going the extra step to
ensure LeMar was properly recognized for
her decades of support to WBAMC Soldiers
and families.
“They’re both phenomenal individuals,”
Brisco said. “They’re definitely a cornerstone of our FRG at WBAMC.”
The enemy among us: the insider threat
8B • August 18, 2016 • FORT BLISS BUGLE
By Fernando Villalobos
Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security
In 2009, a U.S. Army major went on a
shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. In
2010, a Soldier passed classified material to
the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, and in
2015, a married couple conducted an attack
on the husband’s place of employment during a holiday party, killing 14 people and injuring 21. The common theme among these
attacks is that insiders carried them out.
Insiders arguably cause more damage to
the security of any organization, and they
have the ability to cause more harm than ever
before. Insiders are often aware of the organization’s vulnerabilities and can exploit that
knowledge to their benefit. Not every suspicious circumstance or behavior represents
an insider threat, but every situation needs
to be reported and assessed to determine the
potential risk.
What exactly is an insider threat? Department of Defense Directive 5205.16 states an
insider will use authorized access, wittingly
or unwittingly, to do harm to the security of
the United States. This can include damage
through espionage, terrorism, unauthorized
disclosure of national security information, or through the loss or degradation of
departmental resources or capabilities. But
at all levels, the results can be devastating.
Whether it be a disgruntled employee in the
organization or someone selling secrets to
a foreign entity, both put the security of the
organization and trust of the public in the
Army at risk.
This fiscal quarter, the U.S. Army antiterrorism program is emphasizing the insider
threat theme. The theme seeks to instill a
heightened awareness and vigilance to prevent attacks and protect our community and
resources from terrorist acts. Threats range
from theft and unauthorized disclosure of
information to active shooter incidents, both
significantly impact and disrupt operations
in many ways. In most cases, coworkers admit they noticed questionable activities but
failed to report incidents because they did
not recognize the pattern and did not want
to get involved or cause problems for their
coworkers. The following indicators of highrisk behavior may be linked to an insider
threat and should be reported immediately:
- Encouraging disruptive behavior of disobedience of lawful orders.
- Expressing hatred or intolerance of
American society or culture.
- Expressing sympathy for organizations
that promote violence.
- Expressing extreme anxiety about or refusing a deployment
- Associating with or expressing loyalty or
support for terrorists.
- Browsing websites that promote or advocate violence against the U.S. or distributing terrorist literature or propaganda via the
internet.
- Expressing extreme outrage against U.S.
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- Advocating violence to achieve political,
religious or ideological goals.
- Providing financial or other material support to a terrorist organization.
- Seeking spiritual sanctioning for or voicing an obligation to engage in violence in
support of a radical or extremist organization or cause.
- Membership in a violent extremist, or
terrorist group. Or adopting an ideology that
advocates violence, extremism or radicalism.
- Purchasing bomb-making materials or
obtaining information on bomb construction
and use.
- Engaging in paramilitary training with
radical or extremist organizations, either at
home or abroad.
- Having ties to known or suspected in-
ternational terrorists, extremists, radicals or
their supporters.
- Being repeatedly unwilling to comply
with rules and regulations, or to cooperate
with information security requirements or
appearing disgruntled and violent.
- An employee released from or not selected for employment, promotion or bonus
who exhibits severe signs of post-traumatic
stress disorder, and who appears disgruntled
and violent.
In isolation, these activities may not be indicators of potential violence or terrorist activity, but may indicate that the individual is
at risk of becoming an insider threat. These
activities should be reported immediately to
your chain of command, your supervisor,
the military police or to Army counterintelligence.