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Show '. Mows- - ; ,- a . ? .tv.-- r .'- ; v - - ' k - -- . J.,, - ''.. ts. - - vVf - r - jPli '':. Ly V .hr.,,. tf iax or 'Y .. " ; ... '' r v . 1 ltorT' rvAj rr urn mrr ( 4 ' w i 1-- 1 w v M ti It s . - - (" f - ' v -- ,v : 'iVi :.1 ',v i.JL ' r 'V-- ' - f ft.J ? p;; feT t. ' ' : t TQi ' ' 19833 ...1 i i . 4i4; ment does not affect its tactical mission or organization. The battalion is still part of the brigade or division artillery with its fighting mission unchanged. a . of its battalions in the United States and some at over- Initially, the Army is only establishing regiments consisting of combat arms battalions. There are plans, however, to extend the regimental concept to combat support and combat service support units in the future. When a soldier is assigned to a battalion that is part of a regiment, he or she .becomes "affiliated", with the regiment. This means the Army will try to assign a soldier to a battalion in the combat arms regiments are being established. After the regiments are other combat arms regiments will be 16 formed, 48 regiment if due for a combat assignment. When a soldier has an assignment above or out of the battalion, personnel officers will try to make the assignment dose to the regiment in geographical lo formed. The regimental system is , a personnel-oriente- d system, not a tactical part of a regi- - cation or command relatioh-ship- s. Opportunities for promotions, schooling, diverse assignments, and other personnel actions won't change because the Army is moving to a regimental system, per se. However personnel policies and programs do change to satisfy changing Army requirements, and these will continue. Since the Army is establishing only combat arms re- giments at this time, only enlisted soldiers and officers with combat arms military occupational specialties (MOS) and specialty codes (SC) are being "affiliated with regiments. These in- clude infantry, armor, field artillery and air defense spe- with the exception cialties, of ' MOS 19D (Cavalry Scout). A regimental structure for cavalry isnt yet fin Army civilian personnel directors meet LTCOL. MICHAEL MOORE (left) accepts a Certificate of Appreciation from CoL George Carruth for his contributions to the Army and the Dugway community. Besides working as the Plans and Operations Chief, LtCol. Moore helped with the Cub Scouts, soccer program as an official, and various other projects. u i GOALS. CREATE A UNIT ENVIRONMENT WHICH: FOSTERS SENSE OF BELONGING. IDENTITY ENHANCES COHESION FACILITATES DEVELOPMENT OF LOYALTY. COMMITMENT IMPROVES ESPRIT PERPETUATES HERITAGETRADITIONS Between January 1983 and August 1984, the first 16 ; - WHY REGIMENTAL AFF1L1ATON? seas locations: Some regiments have as few as three battalions, while other regiments have as many as seven battalions. Furthermore, each regiment has an established homebase in CONUS or Hawaii. ! J vt. CONCEPT CAREER LONG AFFILIATION WITH ONE'S REGIMENT RECURRING BN LEVEL ASSIGNMENTS: WITH SAME PEERS. LEADERS TO SAME CONUS HOMEBASE TO SAME OCONUS THEATER . TO SAME TYPE UNITS gether so a soldier can pect repeated assignments to battalions in his regiment. Soldiers will know where they can expect to be sta- first : . - J- Each regiment has some i .. Q GROUPING OF UKE-TYP- E BATTALIONS SAME REGIMENTAL DESIGNATION CONUS HOMEBASE CONUS BNS LINKED WITH OCONUS BNS NOT A TACTICAL ORGANIZATIONSTRUCTURE all field artillery, etc. The battalions are grouped toex- , HI f MK, WHAT IS A REGIMENT? tioned. egatcgf .f - THESE HAPPY GRADUATES of the Child Development Center proudly display their diplomas to the moms and dads assembled for their graduation exercises. (Photo by Sara Beeler) y 1 . ;...' cerning the new system: A regiment is a group of like-typ- e battalions all mechanized infantry,, all armor, 3 -- is " with other professionals they served with in the past. . Some explanations con- 4j" ' V 1 , 4 The Army is in the process of going to something called a "regimental system." Why? The system will create a close and lasting relationship between the soldier and his or her unit. The resulting friendships, common experiences, trust and teamwork will help the Army increase cohesion sense of belonging and commitment soldiers have to their units and fellow soldiers. Simply put, the regimental system will allow soldiers to have recurring assignments to the same post :v'-dh- s t . Regimental Army on She way IISI : UiUwi . ; i r' ' f a ,;v ; .ti H WM-- irT 'Wfwivqjwj .. . r - ' . P .art Thursday, June 9, V L ' !;, - 'r 'r wy .;-,- . s ; - w. heard from representatives Army civilian personnel directors from the major of both the executive and Army commands worldwide ' legislative branches involved in the ongoing federal convened recently in D.C. for their system legislative and Washington, annual planning conference. regulatory change process. The directors received a First off, Patrick S. Korten, from OPM executive assistant dirchallenge Maj. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, acting ector for policy and communications, stressed the need for deputy chief of staff for personnel. In his opening rechange in the personnel system so as to counter the pubmarks, he urged them to take lic's negative perceptions of of the "activist" advantage federal civil servant. His the environment fostered by Donald Devine, director of office concludes that the civil the U.S. Office of Personnel service reform act has Managemenet, challenging brought the system a long d them to define and recomway, but that the d mend those ways that federal "performance-baseincentive system personnel policy and laws can be changed to meet the needs which is based on the simple of the Army, its managers principle that those who perand its employees. form well will be promoted more quickly, paid more, and Members of the audience will adretained in service vance even more the federal worker's image. Staff director Andrew ei. per-(rsonn- . OPM-propose- Feinstein of the House Civil Service committee agreed that the personnel system would change, but pointed out that the questions remaining deal with "exactly when and how much." Fein-stei-n expressed concern about the current OPM proposals, noting that it would be a shame for a rules change to destroy the performance appraisal sysmid-strea- m tems that federal agencies have been working hard and spending money to put in place since passage of the reform act. He also questioned the proposed reduction-in- - i ri alized. Cooks, mechanics, supply spedalists, communica- tors, clerks and others with combat support and combat service support, MOS and SC who are assigned to fantry, armor, field artillery and air defense battalions won't be affiliated with a combt arms regiment. However, those soldiers will wear the regimental uniform insignia and participate in fl it regimental activities while they are assigned to regimental units. With the Regimental r Sys- tem, soldiers and their families will have greater stability, doser ties to both their military and civilian com-'munities,.mo- re predictabi- lity and consistency in their assignment pattern and generally a greater sense of control over their lives. force regulations, which he feels give undue weight to the employee's last appraisal. In some cases, he said, exercise proposed new RIF rules oculd subject employees to unfair removal from service. Agency comments on the rules have to be submitted to Devines office by the end of May. In this regard, the director of Army of-th- e OPM-propos- ed civilian personnel has requested comments from major Army commanders and managers. He has formed a task force to evaluate the proposed rules and the comments and. to prepare an Army response for consideration by a management steer-in- g group. (ARNEWS) A NewPersonal PT Manual distributed to soldiers I. .1 It's here! The Army's new, soldiers can pursue a systemag tic course toward physical fitness and sound nutrition. designing your own exercise holistic bible on how program, surveying the requirements of diet and nutrition, focusing on weight con- life-lon- Titled JANE MOORE RECEIVES a Certificate of Appreciation from Col. George Carruth for her outstanding work in the communwith are the Girl ity. Some of the activities she was involved Jane and her Club. Womens Scouts, Red Cross and Dugway were reassigned to Fort husband, LtCol. Michael Moore, McClellan, Alabama. Qflte&ES? DA trol, coping with stress, achieving "the total person." Its several appendixes range from a "4 week workout progress chart" to "medical considerations for Army personnel 40 years of age or older." Pamphlet (The Individual's Handbook on Physical Fitness), this illustrated, highly readable, compilation of programmed instruction and authoritative is destined to become a "best seller". Its tar- get audience is the individual soldier who by virtue of hisher assignment is separfitated from battalion-typ- e 350-1- 8 83-pa- ge facts-figur- the For the publisher at Fort Benjamin Harrison, U.S. Soldier Support Center es Ind. - to expect this book to 3 result in immediate turnaround in the sedentary lifestyle of too many soldiers is asking a bit much. But like the proverbial candle lit in the dark, this little pamphlet signals a steady 350-1- 8 (Commander's Handprogress in store for indivibook on Physical Fitness), dual soldiers in their selfand precedes the publication rebuilding - and for Army of a "Family Fitness Manreadiness as a whole. ual," which will be keyed to need not Of course, the desires and needs of be a soldier toyou into pracput Army family members. All tice this volume of fitness three pamphlets are limited and nutritional wisdom. In in supply but are expected fact, it would be no surprise to be available at post librarto see it become a standard ies. for all government agencies Just the "feel" of the new J to reprint and issue to their handbook as you thumb employees. As far as that goes, leadthrough the pleasing gra- ers in the corporate world phics and exercises puts you in a re--,, would do well to buy a sup" ; mood for ceptive digesting ply from the U.S. Governits contents. ment Printing Office' (WashThe new pamphlet covers ington, D.C.) - sathat they, the spectrum of how to , : can share with their own change your physical life-- : employees the fruits of the for the deterbetter style Army's fitness revolution. . medical the mining , picture, (ARNEWS) ' ness programs. The new pamphlet comes on the heels of DA Pamphlet Jt -- Tala&- - .stocks inmerica. . -- "self-assessme- nt oiehvp(L0v,& ; - 1 M . ii lr :S:, .s!. : 6 ill |