Knox gains asset

By RACHAEL TOLLIVEREDITOR

To further provide the best training possi-ble for Soldiers and civilians, the 83rd U.S. Army Reserve Readiness Training Command closely watched the set up pro-cess Oct. 5-8 of the decommissioned C-130E it purchased as its newest training tool. The aircraft will be used as a satellite classroom for the Unit Mobilization Planner Course, and for refresh-er training for loadmas-ters and jumpmasters.

The UMPC is a two-

week course designed for brigade level and below, to provide a full spectrum of training for the mobilization plan-ning processes and demobilization planning responsibilities.

“The ability to have a full scale C-130E enables the course instructors and the stu-dents the ability to work with hands on capabili-ties of loading and off-loading cargo, vehicles and Soldiers from a C-130E,” said Col. Nelson Irizarry, the com-mander for the 83rd AARTC.

But it’s not just an Army Reserve tool, added Irizarry. It’s a Fort Knox training air-craft to which com-mands will have access so they can maximize training requirements. And Army Reserve

Staff photo by Rachael Tolliver

TOM CAMPBELL, WHO WORKS FOR WHITES AIRCRAFT SALVAGE AND PARTS, cuts away material modifi ed years ago for landing gear strength. To get the attachments for the stands in place, he had to cut away the extra metal so the stands would fi t snugly against the plane’s frame.

C-130 trainerbenefits civilian, military

THURSDAYOctober 15, 2015

VOL. 4, No. 36

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INDEX ■ Training A3 ■ Knox Notes A8 ■ Leisure A16 ■ Sports B1 ■ Marketplace B6

AROUND KNOX INSIDELe isu re

Price is Right visits Louisville Nov. 19

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FORT KNOX PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Traffic delays are expected through Sunday at the Chaffee (Main) Gate and along the Bullion Boulevard and Chaffee Avenue route from the gate to the Keyes Park area by the Patton Museum. The traffic increase will be

due to the 2015 Boy Scouts Patriot Games event at Keyes Park, which is expected to draw several thousand visitors.

Additional Fort Knox resources will be in place to help minimize traf-fic congestion.

See C-130, page A3

Ireland’s England named RHC-A ESARC for 2015FORT BELVOIR EAGLE

U.S. Army Regional Health Command-Atlantic (Provisional) has announced the selection of Staff Sgt. Britney England as the Exceptional Sexual Assault Response Coordinator of the Year for Fiscal Year 2015.

SARC manages the unit Sexual Harassment/Assault Response Program and works directly with the unit commander on issues dealing with sexual harassment and assault cases and assists victims with policy guidance and other information.

England excelled in the role at Ireland Army Community Hospital at Fort Knox, Kentucky, facil-itating staff enrollment in the nurse examiner course and maintaining unit SHARP training well above 80 percent.

She did this while also serving as the command SHARP victim advocate, a liaison between victims and service providers. England also provided vic-tim support throughout investigations and court proceedings and provided Soldiers annual and pre-deployment sexual assault training. England also supervised nine col-lateral duty victim advo-cates.

“Staff Sgt. England’s efforts are making a differ-ence in the lives of Soldiers and their fami-lies,” said Col. Bruce Syvinski, chief of staff and acting commander,

Regional Health Command-Atlantic (Provisional). “Everyone deserves an environment free of harassment or assault. The Army does not tolerate either of them. Staff Sgt. England’s selec-tion as SARC of the year is even more impressive when you consider that her position is usually held by someone more senior in rank.”

SHARP is the Army’s effort to reduce and even-tually eliminate sexual harassment/assault. The focus is on enhancing pre-vention, investigating every claim, victim advo-cacy, assessment of the command climate and command accountability. The SARC role is crucial in all phases of SHARP due to the SARC’s knowl-edge of Army sexual harassment/assault policy and training in victim advocacy and assistance.

Regional Health Command - Atlantic (Provisional), is the largest of Army Medicine’s four regional health commands. RHC-A (P) provides Army units within its area of responsibility support through the provision of trained and ready medical personnel. The region’s active component Soldiers, Army civilians and Reserve Soldiers form a powerful medical team determined to keep Army forces ready, fit and healthy. ■

Louisville I65 bridge to open ahead of schedule, expected by December

KENTUCKY GOVERNORS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE

Speaking from the deck of the new Interstate 65 bridge in downtown Louisville, Gov. Steve Beshear announced Monday the bridge will open to two-way traffic ahead of schedule.

“In January, I stood at the base of this massive project and announced we were accel-erating the schedule,” Beshear said. “Today, I’m walking on this beautiful new bridge and

telling you we’re moving even faster than expected. Drivers will get an early present – you will be driving on the new bridge by Christmas!”

An exact date for the open-ing of the new bridge will be determined closer to that date. Beshear said the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and crews with Walsh Construction are on budget and ahead of schedule. Officials are confident the bridge will be ready to carry traffic before Dec. 25.

The governor also announced plans for a public celebration in advance of opening the bridge to traffic.

“Over the coming decades, hundreds of thousands of peo-

ple and cars will cross this bridge, but we’re creating a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity before we open the bridge to vehicle traffic,” said Beshear. “Before the first car drives across this span, the public will have a chance to walk the new bridge. It’s an opportuni-ty to be part of an historic cel-ebration of an extraordinary project. ”

Plans for the public cele-bration will be announced in the coming weeks.

Gov. Beshear was joined by Indiana Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and Jeffersonville, Indiana, Mayor Mike Moore for the progress

FROM LEFT: AIRSTREAMS RENEWABLES INC. Regional Admissions Representative Carl Box and Kentucky Career Center Veterans Employment Representative Hector Cruz meet with Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs Commission Heather French Henry at the 2015 Fort Knox Job Fair. More than 70 companies were represented at the job fair, which was targeted toward transitioning service members and veterans.

Staff photo by Ryan Brus

Helping Vets find jobs

See BRIDGE, page A2

Public offered chance to walk bridge before opening

Expect traffic delays Oct. 16-18

training isn’t the only training the aircraft can accommodate.

Lt. Col. Charles Kidd, the deputy commander for the 83rd ARRTC, said there are various FEMA benefits to the training such as teach-ing loading and unload-ing techniques of equip-ment, product and per-sonnel for disaster relief preparations, and even training for Homeland Security operations.

“The hospital can train here too for load-ing and unloading patients and flight medic training and we can provide the litter load training,” Kidd explained. “We can con-duct air med mission training—but without movement of plane--so unit medics, hospital personnel and those medical mission person-nel who would need training in an environ-ment with noise as close to missions conditions as possible, would get it here.”

“And we welcome emergency and medical personal from across the region.”

The primary focus of the UMP course contin-ues to be hands-on training with loading and unloading of equip-ment, Irizarry said. He added that the C-130E adds a new real world dimension on exactly how equipment and assets are loaded or

unloaded, training on special requirements and HAZMAT informa-tion critical in the devel-opment of unit mission orders.

“Although the aircraft is stationary, the load-master can discuss the impacts rigging has on equipment during take-off, in flight and land-ing,” Irizarry explained. “Students will be exposed to the actual loading of (material) as well as the various amounts of paperwork, policies, regulations and laws that surround air cargo movement, pas-sengers, vehicle and equipment.”

The C130E was flown from Little Rock, Arkansas, to Alpena, Michigan, where it was decommissioned and then was towed to Knox after disassembling the wings and covering the tail, according to Charlie White, owner of Whites Aircraft and Salvage. White’s company

arranged for the pur-chase, hauling and refit-ting of the aircraft.

“We tactically modify the equipment to per-form needed integrated missions of the Army,” he said. “I do this for various Marine bases and Army installations. We’ll remove the land-ing gear and replace them with permanent stands. The basic elec-tric components will still work via an inverter box I designed, and the basic hydraulics for the doors and ramp will still work with an addition of an aftermarket pump.”

White also installed a heat and air unit to make the new classroom more comfortable during inclement weather; installed 110 electrical outlets for training aids that an instructor might want to use; the lines and retrieval wenches for jump master train-ing are operable; there are speakers onboard through which real-

world noise could be piped and an operable pallet wench sits in the front of the cargo area ready for training.

Additionally, the sling seats are still in place

and all the equipment for real-world litter loading training for medical personal are included with the setup.

The 83rd USARRTC is working closely with U.S. Army Reserve and Training and Doctrine Commands to ensure it meets, and exceeds, the certification criteria from Fort Lee for the UMO course, said Irizarry. He added that having the course on Fort Knox will save the Army Reserve money—there are about 20 satel-lite courses nation-wide—and said that they can support not just Reserve compo-nents but active,

National Guard and civilian needs as well.

“Having the C-130E as a fully operational training aircraft in a training environment allows our certified trainers the ability to teach and train Soldiers on a multiple real-world situation ranging from military to civilian,” Irizarry said. “This resource and real world training opportunity is a significant enhancement to our Program of Instruction and better aligns us with our active duty counterpart and their satellite courses, and allows us to equally serve the multi-compo-nent community.” ■

Thursday, October 15, 2015 A3THE GOLD STANDARD

Staff photos by Rachael Tolliver

(ABOVE) ONCE THE LANDING GEAR WAS removed and modifi cations made, the support stands were installed to their fi nal positions.

(LEFT) 83RD U.S. ARMY RESERVE READINESS Training Command Sgts. 1st Class Ginel Caban, Josh Snyder and Michael Blunt, all unit movement offi cer course instructors, load a Humvee onto the C-130E to demonstrate the loading capacities.

CHARLIE WHITE, THE OWNER of Whites Aircraft Salvage and Parts, shows Soldiers and staff from the 83rd ARRTC how to raise and lower the ramp and rear door of the C-130E.

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C-130: 83rd ARRTC oversees set up, training for Fort Knox and local communities

83RD U.S. ARMY RESERVE READINESS TRAINING COMMAND Sgts. 1st Class Ginel Caban, Josh Snyder and Michael Blunt, all unit movement offi cer course instructors, receive instruction on how to operate the pallet winch--a tool used to load pallet’s.

CHARLIE WHITE, THE OWNER OF WHITES AIRCRAFT SALVAGE AND PARTS, shows Soldiers and staff from the 83rd ARRTC where the cable arms for the anchor line cable are located. He made a point of telling them to always make sure the arms are “up” before lowering and raising the ramp.

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■ This C130 is model 1968E■ Transportation= $21K—most expensive part of setup■ Refitting: ● Mounting stands= $9,200 ● Electric and hydraulic= $2,500 ● Electrician= $1,000 ● Heat and Air unit= $15K■ Distance driven= More than 700 miles to get plane here. ■ Capacity= Holds 62 troops, pilot, copilot, engineer and a jumpmaster. ■ Mounting stands—each one is rated at 50 tons. That’s 200 tons of sup-port. “If this plane could hold a tank, you could drive into it.”

—Charlie White, owner of Whites Aircraft and Salvage.

BY THE NUMBERS

LT. COL. CHARLES KIDD, THE DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE 83rd ARRTC, takes a photo of the training his staff received from Charlie White during the turning over of the C-130 to the 83rd ARRTC.

THE C-130E WAS ORIGINALLY assigned to the Arkansas Air National Guard, as noted on the original cockpit operations desk.