Story and photo by Stephen StandifirdAssistant editorstephen.l.standifird.civ@mail.mil

Residents moving into post housing need to know a few rules and regulations before they can bring a furry Family member to live with them.

The Army, Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Leonard Wood Homes each have policies regarding pet ownership on Army installations and in privatized housing.

The regulations stipulate the types of animals, number of ani-mals and restrictions on breeds/species that can reside in housing.

“Fort Leonard Wood Homes is very pleased to be a pet-friendly community,” said Shawna Swan-son, Fort Leonard Wood Homes community manager.

“We welcome dogs, cats, birds and fish in our homes. A maximum of two walking pets (cats, dogs) are allowed per home, as well as caged or otherwise confined animals, such as birds, fish, turtles, rodents, ham-sters, gerbils, guinea pigs and non-poisonous reptiles,” Swanson said.

Fort Leonard Wood Policy 40-4 states a maximum of two dogs or cats are allowed to reside in/at each authorized housing unit.

Caged or otherwise confined

animals, such as birds, fish, turtles, ro-dents, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs and non-poisonous reptiles may be kept in housing units without regard to numerical limits, so long as they are not kept for commercial purposes or present a public nuisance.

However, there are a number of dog breeds that are not allowed in housing areas.

“Residents may not board in privatized housing any dog of a breed, including mixed breed, that is deemed aggressive or potential-ly aggressive, unless the dog is a certified military working dog that is being boarded by its handler/trainer,” said Rose Gabel, chief of Housing Division, Directorate of Public Works.

Specific dog breeds include Pit Bull (American Staffordshire bull terriers or English Staffordshire bull terriers), Akita, Chow, Dober-man, Rottweiler and wolf hybrids.

“Prohibition also extends to other dog breeds that demonstrate a pro-pensity for dominant or aggressive behavior as indicated by unpro-voked barking, growling, snarling at people approaching the animal, aggressively running along fence lines when people are present, bit-ing or scratching people or escap-ing confinement or restriction to chase people,” Gabel added.

A single substantiated case of aggression by any animal result-ing in an animal bite, scratch or other injury to an individual may be grounds for removal of that ani-mal from the installation, accord-ing to policy.

The privilege of maintaining privately owned animals on this in-stallation depends on the animal’s ability to live harmoniously within the military community, states the Fort Leonard Wood policy.

For any incident involving an animal on post, be it a stray ani-mal, reporting suspected abuse or an aggressive dog, call the military police station at 573.596.0131, ext. 66141, said Don Rose, deputy di-rector, Directorate of Emergency Services. A patrol will respond and assess the situation.

Cats and dogs living on post are required to be properly vaccinated,

Story and photos by Ryan ThompsonPublic Affairs staff

When word got out that a Vietnam veteran was going to be laid to rest without any Family present in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery — Fort Leonard Wood, the community rallied. They became his ex-tended Family to pay tribute and honors to their fellow com-rade June 29.

Retired Sgt. 1st Class James Matisheck recently passed away in Rolla, Missouri, and re-peated attempts to contact his Family resulted in no response. However, the community

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School district announces registration dates.Page B1

Transgender service members can now openly serve.Page A6

U.S. Army Garrison Fort Leonard Wood commander farewell. Page A2

New softball season begins on post. Page C3.

“The privilege of main-taining privately owned animals on this installa-tion depends on the ani-mal’s ability to live harmo-niously within the military community.”

Fort Leonard Wood Pet Policy

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See PET POLICY, Page A4

Everclear jams forFourth ofJuly crowdIntermittent showers didn’t keep the crowd from packing Gammon Field to hear Everclear and enjoy other festive events during the Fort Leonard Wood Inde-pendence Day celebra-tion. Officials estimate more than 12,000 peo-ple attended the event that included the ar-ea’s largest fireworks demonstration, which is funded by the Fort Leonard Wood Recy-cling Program. See more photos on Page B1.

Communitybecomes vet’s ‘Family’

Policies clarify rules about Family pets on post

Daniel Rodrigues walks Kiko in the Eagle Point neighbor-hood Monday. Fort Leonard Wood Policy 40-4 states a maximum of two dogs or cats are allowed to reside in/at each authorized housing unit.

Chemical Regiment honors the fallen at special serviceSoldiers wait to place the wreath during the Fallen Sunrise Service that paid honor to fallen Dragon Soldiers June 24 at the Chem-ical Memorial Grove. The service was part of events for the regiment’s 98th anniversary. See more photos on Page A5.

Post’s environmental assessment documentsready for review

See ASSESSMENT, Page A4

Special to GUIDON

The Draft Programmatic Environ-mental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the full im-plementation of the Fort Leonard Wood Real Property Master Plan Update has been completed and is available for public review and comment.

The Programmatic Environmental Assessment, known as a PEA, evaluates and assesses the environmental im-pacts of the proposed actions listed in the Real Property Master Plan Update and has made a preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact.

The PEA analyzed the environmen-tal consequences for two action alter-natives: the development of a spine roadway network and the development of a loop roadway network in the main

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Who are the heroes in your life? The biggest hero in my life has always been my

mother. My parents divorced when I was in my early 20s, and my mother continued to grow as a person after she divorced my father. She is now 72 and has accom-plished so much; she started her on business, remod-eled a Victorian house that was more than 100 years old and is currently a member of more than seven philan-thropic organizations that help women go to college and improve their lives.

What advice would you offer new Soldiers? The best advice I would offer a new Soldier is to have fun. When you serve in the Army, you will have good days and bad days. Always try to capitalize on the good days, and try to find a little bit of “good stuff” in the bad days.

Command Team Spotlight

Lt. Col. Michael Cobb

Hometown: Killeen, Texas

Hobbies: Water skiing

Favorite Movie: “Big Jake”

Favorite Book: “We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young”

Command Sgt. Maj. Joe Bonds

Hometown: Benton Harbor, Michigan

Hobbies: Volunteering at animal shelters

Favorite Movie: “Friday”

Favorite Book: “Makes me Wanna Holler”

Why did you decide to join the military? I joined the military as a way out of the limiting cir-

cumstances in the urban and inner city that I grew up in. My initial enlistment was simply a means to accom-plish a temporary goal of employment. I had no inten-tions of making the military a career. I remained in the military because I was inspired every day to become a better leader.

What does leadership mean to you? Leadership means having the ability to impact a per-

son in such a manner that it allows them to reach their potential of performance in the pursuit of accomplishing a common goal for the greater good of a shared cause. Leadership also requires humility to occasionally be-come a good follower to ensure full compliance of effort in the pursuit of accomplishing a common goal.

Garrison commander farewell

Col. Andy HerbstU.S. Army Garrison Fort

Leonard Wood commander

Q. How has serving as gar-rison commander compared to previous assignments?

A. Aside from serving in combat zones around the world in various positions, garrison commander is the most demanding position I have held.

It requires me to be en-gaged 100 percent of the time to meet the needs of every one who lives, works and plays on the installation.

The quantity and regularity of face-to-face engagements and partnership efforts are re-ally astounding, and necessary to build trust between all our partners on and off post.

While incredibly demand-ing, this is also the most rewarding position I have held, because of the valuable impact we make every day as an enterprise team.

Q. What were your objec-tives in pushing the Perfor-mance Triad and how did you accomplish them?

A. The health and fitness of our service members, DOD civilians and Family members have always been a focus of mine.

Whether it is the free 5k walk/run series, opening the Davidson Fitness Center track to parents pushing strollers or championing the Army Well-ness Center, being active and fit is everyone’s responsibil-ity associated with military service.

We cannot accomplish our mission to the highest

standard without proper physical conditioning.

I have especially enjoyed sharing the principles of the Performance Triad with our children who are more than happy to be active, eat healthy food and get their rest.

Our outstanding youth sports program and robust Waynesville School athletics programs are testaments to this fact.

Q. What experience, per-

sonal or professional, affected you the most during your com-mand?

A. While I have enjoyed many personal and organi-zational successes during my tenure, I am most deeply affected by my inability to improve driver safety and especially speeding on base.

We know speeding leads to increased traffic accidents on and off post each year and what keeps me up at night is the thought of a speeder in one of our housing communities hitting a child who is running after a ball across a street.

Since our military police cannot be everywhere at once,

I wish we self-policed better with everyone working harder to improve driver safety.

Q. What will you miss most about the post and area?

A. I will miss the friendly and thoughtful people here the most.

Regardless of unit, organi-zation or community — the folks here are the friendli-est and most caring of all the posts and regions I have served.

In particular, I have enjoyed my partnership with our great city mayors and Waynesville school’s superintendent, Mayor George Lauritson, Mayor Luge Hardman and Dr. Brian Henry.

Q. Anything else you would like to add?

A. I am so blessed by the Lord for guiding me through-out my life and especially dur-ing these past two years.

I am so grateful to have formed a wonderful relationship with so many dedicated profes-sionals who shared this journey with me — a journey very few have the privilege of experienc-ing in their entire lifetimes.

I have thoroughly enjoyed being always on call to meet challenges, solve problems, seek and seize opportunities at every turn, which improved our safety and security pos-ture while always keeping a keen eye on quality of life.

Tuesday will be a sad day for me when I hand over my walkie-talkie and official mo-bile phone.

Overcoming ‘imposter syndrome’Special to GUIDON

Even the most successful people wonder, at times, if they’re good workers, leaders, or parents. However, some can be over-

whelmed by self-doubt. And they worry they’ll be exposed as fakes

or frauds to others—otherwise known as “im-poster syndrome.” Try these strategies to fight your fears and perform well.

Normalize it. Take some comfort in know-ing that others experience self-doubt—and get through it. You’re not alone.

Try on different thoughts. When you treat your thoughts as facts, they can take on a life of their own. Don’t assume the worst and think, “I’m going to fail.” Instead control your think-ing and tell yourself, “This is going to be hard, but I can do this.”

Look to others for inspiration. You can feel even more inspired when you find similarities between other successful people and yourself. For instance, maybe he or she is hard-working, imaginative, or organized—just like you.

Chill out and breathe. If you’re too amped

up, it’s hard to focus on the task at hand. Allow yourself some longer, slower exhales, and enjoy clearer thinking.

Remember your successes. Mental imagery is a powerful tool. Thinking about past times when you were successful—regardless of when they occurred—might help you feel more confident.

Know you don’t “need” confidence. Cer-tainly you’d like to feel self-assured before you perform, but you don’t have to feel confident at first. People often perform well and then expe-rience confidence.

Fake it ‘til you make it. “Acting” successful can help you actually become successful. And if you have some screw-ups along the way, own those mistakes and learn from them.

There’s no magic trick to overcoming impos-ter syndrome, but you can use these approach-es to help defeat doubt, believe in yourself, and celebrate success.

(Editor’s note: Article courtesy of the Human Performance Resource Center, which is a De-partment of Defense initiative under the Force Health Protection and Readiness Program.)

June 23:— Traffic accident, Minnesota Avenue— Service member apprehended for driving while driv-

er’s license suspended— Civilian apprehended for driving while driver’s li-

cense suspended— Civilian apprehended for attempted unlawful entry— Three civilians apprehended for active warrant— Thirteen service members and seven civilians issued

tickets for speeding — Service member and civilian issued tickets for failure

to stop — Service member issued a ticket for using cell phone

while driving without hands-free device June 24:

— Traffic accident, Gate Street— Three civilians apprehended for active warrant— Five civilians and three service members issued tick-

ets for speeding — Two civilians and a service member issued tickets for

failure to stop — Service member issued a ticket for failure to maintain lane — Civilian issued a ticket for failure to signal — Two civilians issued tickets for using cell phone while

driving without hands-free device June 25:

— Civilian apprehended for an active warrant — Five civilians and two service members issued tickets

for speeding — Service member and civilian issued tickets for using

cell phone while driving without hands-free device — Civilian issued a ticket for failure to register motor vehicle— Civilian issued a ticket for failure to affix license plate

June 26:— Service member apprehended for driving while

intoxicated— Civilian apprehended for active warrant— Five civilians and a service member issued tickets for

speeding — Civilian issued ticket for using cell phone while driv-

ing without hands-free device June 27:

— Traffic accident, Colorado Avenue— Traffic accident, Missouri Avenue— Service member issued ticket for failure to display valid

plates — Two service members issued tickets for failure to stop — Service member issued ticket for failure to provide

proof of insurance June 28:

— Traffic accident, 102 Houston Court— Two civilians apprehended for active warrants— Civilian apprehended for attempted unlawful entry— Two civilians and a service member issued tickets for

speedingJune 29:

— Civilian apprehended for active warrant— Civilian apprehended for attempted unlawful entry— Six service members and six civilians issued tickets

for speeding — Civilian and service member issued tickets for failure

to provide proof of insurance — Service member issued ticket for failure to equip mo-

tor vehicle with rear-view mirror — Service member and civilian issued tickets for failure

to stop — Three service members and two civilians issued tick-

ets for illegal parking — Civilian issued a ticket for failure to wear seat belt — Service member issued a written warning ticket for

speeding Excessive-speed violations:

6 to 10 mph over: 211 to 15 mph over: 4316 to 19 mph over: 1020-plus: 2Current post driving privilege suspensions is 168, which is

an increase of six from last week’s total. Of the 168, 12 are restricted post driving privileges.

84th Chemical BattalionThe 84th Chemical Battalion trains Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear leaders

and Soldiers capable of making an immediate contribution to their next unit of assignment while serving as professional team members in current and future operational environments.

children, even if lifeguards are present.

Use the buddy system. Always swim with a buddy. Select swim-ming sites that have lifeguards when possible.

Air-filled or foam toys are not safety devices. Don’t use air-filled or foam toys, such as “water wings,” “noodles,” or inner tubes, instead of life jackets. These toys are not life jackets and are not de-signed to keep swimmers safe.

Avoid alcohol. Avoid drinking al-cohol before or during swimming, boating or water skiing. Do not drink alcohol while supervising children.

Don’t let swimmers hyperventi-late before swimming underwater or try to hold their breath for long periods of time. This can cause them to pass out (sometimes called “hypoxic blackout” or “shallow wa-ter blackout”) and drown.

Know the local weather condi-tions and forecast before swim-ming or boating. Strong winds

and thunderstorms with lightning strikes are dangerous.

If you are in and around natural water settings:

Use U.S. Coast Guard approved life jackets. This is important re-gardless of the distance to be trav-eled, the size of the boat or the swimming ability of boaters; life jackets can reduce risk for weaker swimmers too.

Know the meaning of and obey warnings represented by colored beach flags. These may vary from one beach to another.

Watch for dangerous waves and signs of rip currents. Some exam-ples are water that is discolored and choppy, foamy or filled with debris and moving in a channel away from shore.

If you are caught in a rip cur-rent, swim parallel to shore. Once free of the current, swim diagonal-ly toward shore.

(Editor’s note: Information pro-vided by Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention.)

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Leaking ductwork accounts for 25 percent of cooling costs in an average home, so have your ducts tested and have any leaks or restrictions repaired by a qualified contractor. Courtesy graphic

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Briefs

Nonappropriated funds jobsListed below are Nonappropriated fund job vacan-

cies as of Friday:Summer hire vacancies: Recreation Aid (Life-

guard) NF-01, MWR Outdoor Pools, intermittent, $10, position closes Aug 31.

Recreation Aid (Lifeguard) NF-01, MWR LORA Beach, intermittent, $10, position closes today.

Current vacancies: Child and Youth Program Assis-tant, CY-02/Target Level, RPT, $13.84 to $20.13, posi-tion closes July 15.

Child and Youth Program Assistant, CY-01/CY02 (Entry/Skilled,Target) Intermittent, $13.84 to $20.13, position closes Friday.

Cook NA-04, Pershing Community Center, RPT, $10.54, position closes July 18.

Food Service Worker NA-02, Piney Valley Golf Course, intermittent, $9.12, position open/continuous till July 29.

For questions, issues applying online or needing assis-tance, the NAF Personnel Office is located at 13486 Re-placement Ave. (Building 470), first floor, Suite 1207.

The NAF office phone number is 573.596.0131, ext. 60283.

Change-of-command ceremonyThe 1st Engineer Brigade is scheduled to conduct

its change-of-command ceremony 9 a.m. July 15 on Gammon Field. Col. Heather Warden will relinquish command to Col. Martin Snider.

Prior to the change of command, an awards cere-mony is slated at 8:40 a.m.

Nutter Field House is the inclement-weather site for both events. There will be a reception following the change of command in Building 740.

Counterintelligence recruitment briefsBriefings for Soldiers desiring to become an Army

counterintelligence special agent are scheduled 10 a.m. July 19 at the Fort Leonard Wood Education Cen-ter, Classroom 30 and 2 p.m. July 21 at the Bruce C. Clarke Library, 1st Floor classroom.

The recruiting team will accept applications from eligible active-duty specialists and sergeants who meet the prerequisites.

Prerequisites will be provided at the briefing or can be found at https://ikn.army.mil/apps/IKNWMS/Home/WebSite/CIRecruiting.

For more information, contact Travis Vanover at 573.596.0131, ext. 60085 or 60598.

GLWACH health-care consortiumGeneral Leonard Wood’s Army Community Hospi-

tal’s holds a health-care consortium meeting 3 p.m. the second Monday of each month in the MEDDAC classroom that is located in the southwest corner of the hospital’s main floor.

The consortium meeting offers a chance to affect change to hospital policies and procedures. In addi-tion to the hospital commander, special staff and se-lect medical specialist will be available for attendee’s two-way feedback.

Call 573.596.0131, ext. 69632 for more information.

Unintentional drownings claimsthousands of lives yearly in USSpecial to GUIDON

In nine years, 2005 to 2014, there were an average of 3,536 fatal un-intentional drownings (non-boat-ing related) annually in the United States — about 10 deaths per day. An additional 332 people died each year from drowning in boating-re-lated incidents.

About one in five people who die from drowning are children 14 and younger. For every child who dies from drowning, another five re-ceive emergency department care for nonfatal submersion injuries.

More than 50 percent of drown-ing victims treated in emergency departments require hospitaliza-tion or transfer for further care (compared with a hospitalization rate of about 6 percent for all unin-tentional injuries).

These nonfatal drowning inju-ries can cause severe brain dam-age that may result in long-term disabilities such as memory prob-lems, learning disabilities, and permanent loss of basic function-ing (e.g., permanent vegetative state).

What factors influence drowning risk?

The main factors that affect drowning risk are lack of swim-ming ability, lack of barriers to prevent unsupervised water ac-cess, lack of close supervision while swimming, location, failure to wear life jackets, alcohol use and seizure disorders.

The following are some tips to help you stay safe in the water.

Supervise when in or around wa-ter. Designate a responsible adult to watch young children while in the bath and all children swimming or playing in or around water.

Supervisors of preschool chil-dren should provide “touch super-vision,” be close enough to reach the child at all times. Because drowning occurs quickly and qui-etly, adults should not be involved in any other distracting activity (such as reading, playing cards, talking on the phone, or mow-ing the lawn) while supervising

Smart irrigation saves moneyBy Elisabeth JenicekSpecial to GUIDON

Irrigation is the larg-est user of water in the United States.

Approximately 33 per-cent of total water with-drawals nationwide are directed toward crop irri-gation. On average, 50 per-cent of household water goes to outdoor water use.

At Fort Leonard Wood, permanent sprinkling systems are used to maintain recreational fields turf grass, parade grounds, some housing areas and the golf course, although the latter uses untreated river water.

Recent estimates of water use at the fort in-clude 10 percent of tap water directed to land-scape irrigation.

Smart Irrigation Month takes place in July and is a public awareness campaign to promote ef-ficient water use. Smart irrigation practices pro-vide just the amount of water that is needed to maintain plants but not waste precious water.

Tips for minimizing tap water use outdoors fall into four categories: plant right, water wisely, invest in an irrigation system and maintain your system.

Native plants are those that were recorded as growing wild in an area when scientific collection began and are typically acclimated to an area in terms of cold-hardiness. Other factors — such as resistance to insects and disease and growth habit — need to be evaluated for each garden.

A good resource is the

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Missouri Botanical Gar-dens MOBOT Kemper site that allows searches for plants based on plant type, height, color, main-tenance, and other char-acteristics such as polli-nator support.

Proper soil prepara-tion is the foundation for a healthy garden and will reduce the amount of wa-ter needed. Good quality soil will retain moisture longer and provide nec-essary nutrients. Adding three inches of compost to the top eight inches of soil is recommended.

Take note of different soil types, available light, and moisture and design garden zones around these qualities. Mulch has many benefits including sup-pressing weeds, retaining soil moisture, moderat-ing soil temperature, and beautifying the garden.

The typical lawn is a water guzzler and harms the environment: fertil-izers, pesticides, inef-ficient gas mowers and highly treated water are the culprits. Reduce or replace lawns using wa-ter wise lawn species and using environmentally friendly lawn mainte-nance practices.

Having well-prepared soil, choosing a turf grass that naturally requires less water, and planting a practical ground cover where you can do without grass are a few solutions.

On the maintenance side, mow less frequently and consider a manual or elec-tric mower. Taller grass also requires less water.

Gardening with natural rainfall involves direct-ing water in a manner where it is a benefit.

Rain barrels and cis-terns store water for use during dry periods as an al-ternative to purchased po-table water. This water can be purer than tap water as it contains no chlorine, saves money and also pre-serves treated tap water.

Rain gardens retain storm water on site in a planted depression. This allows the water to filter through the soil, both cleaning the water and replenishing natural sources of water. Retain-ing the water on site re-duces flooding, erosion and water directed to the storm water system.

Water wise gardening and landscape practices can help reduce the esti-mated 158 million gallons of water that are directed to irrigation at the fort. Other helpful actions in-clude to report leaking ir-rigation systems or those that are operating out-side normal conditions, that is, while raining or watering pavement.

In Family housing, report through mainte-nance at 573.329.4000. For problems in govern-ment-maintained build-ings and fields, call the service order desk at 573.596 0131, ext. 60333.

(Editor’s note: Jenicek is a mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Develop-ment Center.)

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cantonment area of Fort Leonard Wood, as well as the no-action alternative.

Both action alternatives entail implementing the Installation Development Plan, Installation Design Guide, Capital Investment Strategies and a number of short-term projects.

The PEA can be viewed by visiting the Fort Leon-ard Wood Bruce E. Clarke Library, located at 14020 MSCoE Loop, and at the Pulaski County-Waynes-ville Library, located at 306 Historic 66 West in Waynesville.

The documents can also be viewed at: www.wood.army.mil/newweb/garrison/dpw_environmental.html.

A public meeting to allow the public to comment on the PEA is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on July 18 at the St. Robert Municipal Building, located at 194 Eastlawn Ave., Suite H.

Written comments on the draft PEA must be sub-mitted no later than Aug. 7, which marks the end of the 30-day public-review and comment period.

Residents can also submit comments or additional information requests to Martha Miller, Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division, 8112 Nebraska Ave., Building 11400, Room 202E, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 65473, or by email: martha.m.miller.civ@mail.mil.

(Editor’s note: Information provided by the Direc-torate of Public Works Environmental Division.)

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LEFT: 2nd Lt. Charles Hachat, 50th Multi Role Bridge Company, presents Gloria McBeth, Assistance Association of the Missouri Veterans Cemetery — Fort Leonard Wood board member, with the flag representing retired Sgt. 1st Class James Matisheck’s service. The Fort Leonard Wood community became Matisheck’s extended Family during his funeral June 29. RIGHT: Sgt. Jason Taylor, 399th Army Band, plays Taps.

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U.S. Army Installation Command senior leaders watch Under Secretary of the Army Patrick Murphy speak to the workforce at the IMCOM headquarters operation center in San Antonio June 28.

Capt. Crystal Doyle, a post veterinarian, left, performs canine dental surgery with the assistance of Sgt. Courtney Struble at the Fort Leonard Wood Veteri-nary Clinic. Residents must register these pets with both Fort Leonard Wood Homes management office as well as the post Veterinary Services within 10 days of acquisition of a pet or within 10 days of taking occupancy in the community.

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Under Secretary of the Army participates in IMCOM town hallBy Jade FulceSpecial to GUIDON

The U.S. Army Installation Management Command hosted a worldwide town hall with the Under Secretary of the Army Patrick Murphy via teleconfer-ence June 28.

More than 70 garrisons con-nected to the town hall, and employees were able to stream it live online.

In his opening remarks, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Dahl, the IM-COM commanding general, said he asked Murphy to speak directly to the 58,000 civilians in the IMCOM workforce about transformations in the Army during an office call about a month ago.

“It was great for me to hear it,” said Dahl. “But you really need to hear it, and you need to hear it from your senior ci-vilian leadership,” he told the world-wide audience.

Wherever possible, IM-COM leaders invited Soldiers and civilians to gather in the-aters and conference rooms to participate.

Where that wasn’t available a live stream was provided so employees could watch from their desks.

“I want to talk to the Army team,” Murphy said. “The Army team is 1.3 million strong with 1 million Soldiers and 300,000 civilians. We are one team, one fight… My job is

to fight for the Army.”Murphy emphasized the

Army’s number one priority is readiness, which meant being ready to fight tonight.

“We have to be ready to go,” he said “That readiness is at an individual level, installation level and Army as an institu-tion. We are all part of that readiness.”

Murphy also said the Army has to do more with less. The Army has $100 billion less than it did five years ago, so every dollar counts.

He stressed everyone has to make sure we are not wasting that money.

Murphy also said that IM-COM is a true partner in what the Army is trying to do and appreciates what we do for the Army Team.

Employees had an opportu-nity to ask questions and learn what the Army leadership is planning for the Army’s future following his comments. The questions ranged from trans-formation, Soldier for Life, and public/private partnerships to telling the Army’s story.

He encouraged everyone to follow him on social media and to connect with the American public through it.

“We have to do a better job of telling the Army story,” Murphy said. “Every single one of us are a recruiting of-ficer. We should be asking our-selves what we are doing to

talk about the Army to our sons and daughters — our nieces and nephews.”

The town hall ended with Murphy thanking the work-force for everything they do.

IMCOM employee Alfreda Arnold thought it was “a won-derful thing” that Murphy was able to take time out of his

schedule and bring some light to the issues that are going on with the Army.

Melissa Sturgeon, the IM-COM deputy director for op-erations, said it was great see-ing and hearing Murphy on the teleconference because it demonstrated his passion for the Army.

“It is nice to see that level of enthusiasm and that energy applied to leading the Army,” Sturgeon said. “That make us more excited to do our job, and it was obvious that he values our command.”

(Editor’s note: Fulce is as-signed to IMCOM Public Affairs.)

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stepped up and became his “Family.” It turned out that Matisheck’s Family

is considerably larger than one might suspect, as it was standing-room-only in the committal service shelter dur-ing his funeral service. There were Sol-diers, veterans and community mem-bers in attendance. Most in attendance did not even know his name. That did not matter.

Matisheck served in the Army from the fall of 1965 to the summer of 1988. Several attempts were made by the Pulaski County administrator Loretta Rouse to contact Matisheck’s Fam-ily, but she was never able to get a re-sponse. Rouse had to move ahead with making arrangements for Matisheck’s funeral service.

When Gloria McBeth, a board mem-ber of the Assistance Association of the Missouri Veterans Cemetery — Fort Leonard Wood and an American Legion Auxiliary member, heard that a veteran was going to be interred without Fami-ly present, she quickly got the word out to the surrounding community.

McBeth created an event on Face-book and invited everyone she knew. She asked those she invited to invite ev-eryone they knew to the event.

“I don’t ever want to hear of a vet-eran being buried with no one present to represent his Family,” said McBeth, who stressed there were more than a dozen organizations represented at the funeral. “At this point, the community is his Family.”

Second Lt. Traci Beri assigned to Company B, 701st Military Police Bat-talion, came to pay her respects and to give thanks for a veteran who served the country.

She said the Army is his extended Family. “I just think it is important to

honor those who came before us. To honor the sacrifices they made. Even though they have passed, we know we are always a Family and always here to support,” Beri said.

In addition to the community sup-port, 12 Soldiers from Fort Leonard Wood provided Matisheck’s service with military honors, which included an honor guard, chaplain and bugler.

“This is an opportunity for me, as a chaplain, to come out and pay my respects whether I know the service member or not,” said Chaplain (Capt.) Jeff Crispin, who presided over the funeral. “(This is) To come out and to honor them, and honor their sacrifices

on behalf of the nation, and to fulfill the promise the veteran received when he was living, from the country. It’s the fu-neral team’s and my honor to be able to come out and do that for our brother.”

Staff Sgt. Christopher Melancon, 50th Multi Role Bridge Company, was a part of Matisheck’s funeral detail.

He said it was important that the community come out to support and honor Matisheck.

“I think it is important because they (veterans) gave blood, sweat and tears to our country, and I know when I was a kid, they did it for my grandfather. It brought home to me that the country was repaying him for the service he

gave to the country,” Melancon said. Speaking for the detail, Melancon

said, “I know my Soldiers who are here, and the Soldiers I’ve had in the past on funeral details, take extreme pride in doing this for fallen Soldiers or vet-erans, because they know what they have been through, and it’s just anoth-er way to say ‘thank you’ to them and their Families for their service to their country.”

McBeth reflected on the importance of the community coming together in support of an unclaimed veteran.

“None of us knew who this person was. The matter of fact is that he was a vet-eran and he deserves the honor and re-spect to be given to them, so that’s what we do. Each one of these veterans made an oath to protect me. It is the least I can do to say ‘thank you,” she said.

licensed and micro-chipped, and residents must register these pets with both Fort Leonard Wood Homes management office as well as the post Veterinary Services within 10 days of acquisition or within 10 days of taking occupan-cy in the community, according to Swanson.

“As part of the registration, we require a current picture of the pet and a copy of the DD 2343 issued by Fort Leonard Wood Veterinary Services, which we keep on file,” she added. “Residents must also ensure their dogs and cats wear an identification tag with the owner’s name and phone number.”

Caged, or otherwise confined, small animals are exempt from registration, according to Capt. Crystal Doyle, veterinarian with Fort Leonard Wood Veterinarian Services.

Off-post residents and visitors wanting to bring their pets on post, including to the Fort Leonard Wood Paw Park, also need to have their pets registered with the Fort Leon-ard Wood Veterinarian Services and have proof of immunizations.

The Paw Park, located on Con-stitution Avenue across from Gam-mon Field, has its own rules for use, including cleaning up after your pets, not allowing dog or hu-man food and removing dogs ex-hibiting aggressive behavior from

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the park. Contact the Outdoor Ad-venture Center at 573.596.0131, ext. 64223 for more information about the Paw Park.

For more information on veteri-narian services, contact the Fort

Leonard Wood Veterinarian Ser-vices clinic at 573.596.0131, ext. 60523. For additional informa-tion on the Fort Leonard Wood Homes policy, contact Swanson at 573.329.0122.

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Chemical Regiment celebrates 98th anniversary

TOP LEFT: Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Donald Moten, former 48th Chemical, Biological, Ra-diological and Nuclear Brigade command sergeant major addresses Dragon Soldiers and other guests at the Fallen Sunrise Service June 24. MIDDLE LEFT: Brig. Gen. James Bonner, CBRN School commandant, joined by the youngest and oldest Dragon Soldiers, cuts the traditional birthday cake at Baker Theater following the state of the regiment address. LEFT: Bonner leads the Dragon Soldiers prior to the start of the regimental run. BELOW LEFT: Following his induction into the CBRN Hall of Fame, Moten takes a selfie with Bonner and Regimental Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Kraus. BELOW MIDDLE: Flames highlighted the memorial markers at the Chemical Memorial Grove during the Fallen Sunrise Service. BELOW RIGHT: Bonner and Kraus place a Siebert Award banner to the guidon of 172nd CBRN Company for being named the top active-duty CBRN company. ABOVE: A wreath is placed at the Chemical Memorial Grove during the Fallen Sunrise Service. The theme for this year’s anniversary was “The Evolution of the Dragon Soldier.”

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The U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School hosted the annual Chemical Regimental anni-versary with various activities.

Brig. Gen. James Bonner, CBRN School commandant, led Dragon Sol-diers in the regimental run June 23 that also included the Air Force, Navy, Marines, international liaison officers, Family members, civilians and retirees.

The regiment payed honor to

fallen Dragon Soldiers during the Fallen Sunrise Service June 24 at the Chemical Memorial Grove. Activities continued in Baker Theater, beginning with Bon-ner presenting the state of the regiment address.

The cake-cutting ceremony, Sibert Award and Hall of Fame/Distinguished Member of the Corps Induction Cer-emony, followed Bonner’s remarks. The Sibert Award recognizes the best CBRN companies in the regiment, active, Re-serve and National Guard.

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LEFT: A Soldier demonstrates how the sleeves can be rolled with camo out, no more than three inches above the elbow. ABOVE: A Soldier demonstrates how ACU sleeves can be tucked or cuffed inside for field opera-tions in what is sometimes referred to as the “Delta Roll.” BOTTOM LEFT: A Soldier demonstrates how to roll up the ACU sleeves so that the top portion can be pulled down over the roll for camo out.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter announces a new transgender poli-cy for the Defense Department during a Pentagon news conference, June.

Transgender service members

can now serve openly, Carter

announcesBy Terri Moon CronkDepartment of Defense News

Transgender service mem-bers in the U.S. military can now openly serve their country without fear of retribution, De-fense Secretary Ash Carter an-nounced June 30, a policy deci-sion that overturns the ban on transgender service across all branches of service, effective immediately.

Following a study at his di-rection, the secretary said dur-ing a Pentagon news confer-ence, three main reasons led to the decision to lift the trans-gender ban: the force of the future, the existing force and matters of principle.

Ban lifted immediately “As a result of the yearlong

study, I’m announcing today that we are ending the ban on transgender Americans in the United States military. Effec-tive immediately, transgender Americans may serve openly, and they can no longer be dis-charged or otherwise sepa-rated from the military just for being transgender,” Carter said.

Further, he said, he has di-rected that the gender identity of an otherwise qualified indi-vidual will not bar him or her from military service or from any accession program.

Future force needs best talent“(We in) the Defense Depart-

ment and the military need to avail ourselves of all talent possible … to remain what we are now — the finest fight-ing force the world has ever known,” Carter said.

“Our mission is to defend this country,” he added, “and we don’t want barriers unrelat-ed to a person’s qualifications to serve preventing us from recruiting or retaining the Sol-dier, Sailor, Airman, or Marine who can best accomplish the mission.”

The Defense Department must have access to 100 per-cent of America’s population for its all-volunteer force to be able to recruit from among the most highly qualified, and to retain them, the secretary told reporters.

Because an estimated 7,000 active and reserve transgen-der service members on the upper end now wear a military uniform, “I have a responsi-bility to them and their com-manders to provide them both with clearer and more consis-tent guidance than is provided by current policies,” Carter emphasized.

Minimal readiness impactBased on the working group’s

analysis of 18 allied militaries including those of the United Kingdom, Australia and Israel and the expected rate at which American transgender service members would require medi-cal treatment that would affect their fitness for duty and de-ployability, a Rand Corp. analy-sis concluded that there would be minimal readiness impacts from allowing transgender ser-vice members to serve openly, the secretary said.

And while transgender num-bers are small, they serve the country with honor and distinc-tion, Carter said, noting that DOD invests hundreds of thou-sands of dollars to train and de-velop each individual.

“And we want to take the opportunity to retain people whose talents we’ve invested in and who have proven them-selves,” he added.

Medical expensesUntil today’s change in poli-

cy, transgender service mem-bers had to seek out-of-pocket medical care from private doctors who deemed wheth-er certain procedures were necessary.

“This is inconsistent with our promise to all our troops

that we will take care of them and pay for necessary medical treatment,” the secretary said, adding that Rand found health care costs would represent “an exceedingly small proportion” of DOD’s overall health care expenditures.

Civilian federal employees have access to a health insur-ance plan that provides com-prehensive coverage for trans-gender-related care and medi-cal treatment, he noted.

Matters of principleThe secretary said he and

senior DOD leaders met in the past year with transgender service members who have de-ployed all over the world, serv-ing on aircraft, submarines, forward operating bases and in the Pentagon.

The yearlong study was care-fully examined for medical, legal and policy considerations

that have been rapidly evolv-ing in recent years and in light of DOD’s unique nature of mili-tary readiness “to make sure the department got it right,” Carter said.

After talking with doctors, employers and insurance com-panies, he said, it became clear that “transgender” is becom-ing common and normalized in public and private sectors, and he noted a “sea change” in the past decade.

Future policy phasesThe new policies related to

lifting the transgender ban will take place over the next 12 months, beginning with immediate guidance for ser-vice members and command-ers, the secretary said. Next will follow training the entire force, and DOD will then start accessing new military service members who are transgender.

In no more than 90 days, DOD will issue a commanders’ guidebook for leading existing transgender service members, and guidance will be issued to military doctors to provide transition-related care if re-quired for existing transgen-der troops, the secretary said.

By ending the ban on trans-gender service members, “we’re eliminating policies that can result in transgender service members being treat-ed differently from their peers based solely upon their gender identity, rather than their abil-ity to serve,” Carter said.

“And we’re confirming that going forward we will apply the same general principles, standards, and procedures to transgender service mem-bers as we do to all service members,” he added.

Deliberate and thoughtful implementation will be key, he added, and DOD’s senior leaders will ensure all issues identified in the study are ad-dressed in implementation.

“I’m 100 percent confident in the ability of our military lead-ers and all men and women in uniform to implement changes in a manner that both protects the readiness of the force and also upholds values cherished by the military — honor, trust and judging every individual on their merits,” Carter said.

Good people are integral to the best military in the world, the secretary said, adding that “we have reason to be proud to-day of what this will mean for our military — because it is the right thing to do, and it’s an-other step in ensuring that we continue to recruit and retain the most qualified people.”

Show off your guns: Sleeves can now be rolled upBy David VergunArmy News Service

Effective immediately, commanders may autho-rize Soldiers to roll up the sleeves on Army combat uniforms, according to a memorandum signed by Lt. Gen. James McConville, deputy chief of staff, G-1, June 28.

The new policy pertains to the universal camou-flage pattern, operational camouflage pattern and Op-eration Enduring Freedom camouflage pattern ACUs.

“We’re going sleeves up, cammo out,” said Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel Dailey.

The sleeves will be rolled above the elbow, right-side out with the camouflage pattern showing.

They should be rolled no more than three inches above the elbow, according to the memo, and this method will be used primarily in garrison.

‘Delta roll’In addition,

during field train-ing exercises or operations, upon approval of the commander, sleeves may be opened and cuffed inward above the wrist on the

forearm. “It’s often referred to as a Delta roll or SF roll,” Dai-

ley said.This second method of staying cool is specifically

for Soldiers in a field or deployed environment, he em-phasized.

Soldiers have to remember, though, that these au-thorizations are only good when not precluded by safety, Dailey said. “Like when you’re in a combat ve-hicle, the sleeves have to go down.”

No time restrictionsThere will be no time restrictions on the new policy,

Dailey said. “For instance, company commanders in Hawaii can make the decision to go sleeves up any time of year.”

The ultimate decision to roll sleeves any time rests with unit commanders, he said, but added that the Army-wide policy has changed due to input from Soldiers.

“The overwhelming support from Soldiers around the Army was a big factor in coming to this decision,” he said.

Some early rollersSoldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, were given permission

earlier this month to begin rolling up their sleeves for a 10-day period, when visited by Dailey and Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark Milley.

At the time that permission was given mid-month, the sleeve-rolling was considered an experiment for a possible Army-wide policy, according to a

G-1 spokesman.That spokesman, Lt. Col. Jerry Pionk, said “Feed-

back from Soldiers resulted in us wanting to do a trial over the next ten days to see the feasibil-ity of updating AR 670-1 and incorporating in the future for the force to give commanders flex-ibility in wear based upon their unit’s mission.”

FeedbackSoldier feedback on the issue has been populating

social media sites for the past two weeks.For instance, in a June 21 post on the Army Face-

book page, the question was asked: “Let your voice be heard!! If your’e a #USArmy Soldier, the #15th SMA wants to know what you want: Camo in or Camo out?”

One commented: “Go back to the good ole days! It was an art to roll those sleeves!” She was referring to 2006, before the Battle Dress Uniform was phased out. At the time the camouflage pattern remained on the outside.

Most, but not all of the sentiment appeared to be “camo out.” Some didn’t agree at all with rolling them up, but that appeared to be a small minority.

That Army Facebook posting generated a lot of in-terest. Twitter and other social media sites generated similar outpourings.over the roll for camo out.

“Go back to the good ole days! It was an art to roll those sleeves!”

Comment from Army social media site referring to 2006, before the Battle

Dress Uniform was phased out.