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BRANDON JACKSON IS THE SC YOUTH OF THE YEAR P4

TODAYResiliency Classes 9 a.m.-noon, U.S. Army Master Resilience School, Bldg. 3216 Magruder Ave. Classes are free, but registration is highly recommended at least two days prior to class in order for us to properly plan. Please call 751-9720 to register. Problem Solving: Identify your thoughts about why the problem happened, identify other factors with critical questions, test them for accuracy, and then identify solution strategies. Real Time Resilience: Shut down counterproductive thinking to enable greater concentration and focus on the task at hand. Fight back against counterproductive thoughts by using evidence, optimism, or perspective.

Coupon Craze Class11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 9810 Lee Road, Room 119. Come join us for a coupon class to learn money saving ideas. This class will teach how to save money by using coupons, phone apps, loyalty cards, and more. Bring your coupons to swap, and feel free to bring your lunch. Participants will receive a free gift. Call 751-5256 to reserve space.

FRIDAYMilitary SpouseAppreciation DayFort Jackson will celebrate Military Spouse Appreciation Day 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 12 in the post’s Main Exchange. The event will kick off with a cake cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. and all attending military spouses will receive free carnations between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. There will be a fashion show at noon. Attendees may also win door prizes. Fort Jackson’s Directorate of Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation will be providing a rock climbing wall, 10 minute miniature golf lessons and free mini massages. For more information contact Leslie Smith at 751-4867/5256 or via email at [email protected].

SATURDAY 100-Mile Fort JacksonCentennial Bike RideFort Jackson will be holding an on-post 100-mile bike ride to commemorate the post’s centennial from 6:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. May 13. The ride starts at �� route on Fort Jackson. The ride is open to riders of all experience levels. Registration begins at 5:30 a.m. All participants must register and sign a waiver to participate.

Timeline:� 6:30 a.m.: Ride starts� 6:30-7:45 a.m.: Lap 1 complete� 7:45-9:05 a.m.: Lap 2 complete� 9:05-10:25 a.m.: Lap 3 complete� 10:45 a.m.-12:05 p.m.: Lap 4 complete� 12:05-1:30 p.m.: Lap 5 complete� 2:30 p.m.: Support ends� 3 p.m.: Closing celebrationThis is not a race, but a bike ride with a clock. For more information contact Capt. Marguerite Vermillion at 803-751-3311 or via email at [email protected].

Housing Community Yard Sale8 a.m.-2 p.m. Register for the event and have your address added to the map through May 9. For more information, contact Balfour Beatty at 803-738-8275.

MAY 16-19Fort Jackson will hold the Victory Best Warrior Competition to determine the post Drill Sergeant, Platoon Sergeant, Non-commissioned �� !�� "�#��$� ��more information, contact Sgt. Maj. Christopher Menton at 751-5630 or 803-338-1904 or [email protected].

MAY 18Victory Spouses’ Club 11 a.m., NCO Club. Lunch will be served. Club is open to spouses of all ranks, retirees, DOD civilians, and all services, male and female. For more information e-mail [email protected] or visit victoryspousesclub.org.

MAY 18Strong Man/StrongWoman Competition6 p.m., Hilton Field Softball Complex. Events include: Tire Flip, Stone Carry, Farmers Walk and Hummer Pull. All participants must weigh in on May 17 between 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Hilton Field Softball Complex. Sign up now through 6 p.m. May 17. The event is open to all ID card holders, active duty divisions and open divisions. For more information, call Cindi Keene at 751-5896.

MAY 20Armed Forces 5K and10K Fun Run/Walk Semmes Park - 0800 - Sign upfor the run on the MWR Web Page. The event is free for anyone with an ID.

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ON THE COVERMaj. Gen. Pete Johnson, Fort Jackson com-mander, and Latrice Pringle, a special Olym-pian light the cauldron during opening day festivities of the 2017 South Carolina Special Olympics Summer Games. SEE PAGE 3

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Special Olympians cheer as the torch is run up to the Solomon Center May 5 for the opening day ceremony of the 2017 Special Olympics Summer Games.

Photos by ROBERT TIMMONS

By ROBERT TIMMONSFort Jackson Leader

Thousands of athletes, coaches, family members and volunteers swarmed Fort Jackson May 5-7 as the 2017 South Caro-lina Special Olympics Summer Games were held on post.

Hundreds waited outside the Solomon Center May 5, as Special Olympian Latrice Pringle ran with the torch accompanied by Maj. Gen. Pete Johnson, Fort Jackson commander, a phalanx of �� and Soldiers from the 193rd Infantry Brigade.

Pringle, from Florence, South Carolina, will repre-sent the United States in the World Winter Games. She won gold in snowboarding in this year’s winter games.

When the cauldron was lit, the crowd �� )�� )�into the center for the opening ceremony. As delegates from the 13 different areas

of the Palmetto State entered the arena �";� �� "��"��pumps from 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment Soldiers.

Fort Jackson’s sponsorship of the games didn’t go unnoticed to families and athletes.

“Fort Jackson is a phe-nomenal location to begin with – it is kind of central for all of us,” said Tammie Mc-Daniels, from Conway, South Carolina supporting athletes from her region.

“They were extremely generous and helpful.”

The Special Olympics or-ganization made the families and athletes feel good about themselves and have a cama-raderie with others.

“They make us feel like family,” McDaniels said. “It

makes the athletes comfortable.”Volunteers and athletes alike enjoyed

themselves at the games.

See FIRE: Page 17

NEWS

Above, Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment put silver med-als over the shoulders of players from the second place softball team from Chesterfield, South Caro-lina. Left, Maj. Gen. Pete Johnson, Fort Jackson commander, and Latrice Pringle, a special Olym-pian pose moments after lighting the cauldron dur-ing opening day festivities of the 2017 South Carolina Special Olympics Summer Games May 5.

Keep the fires burning

They make us feel like family. It

makes the athletes comfortable.

— Tammie McDaniels,from Conway, S.C.

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It was a time for excitement and joy.Brandon Jackson, the installation’s Youth of the Year, added

another accolade to his list of accomplishments when he was recently named South Carolina’s Military Youth of the Year.

“I worked so hard for something and it actually paid off,” said Jackson, son of Marine Master Sgt. Francis Hurd.

To become the Youth of the Year Jackson had to compete in a local competition before facing off with other youths at the state level.

��"�;��"�� "��essays as part of the competition process. The Fort Jackson Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America had a winner for each month that competed head-to-head for the installation crown in January.

The 17-year-old senior at Spring Valley High School in Co-lumbia, becomes “an ambassador to the military kids in the state.”

“It feels good” to be the ambassador for “not only Fort Jack-son, but also for South Carolina as a whole,” the soft spoken teenager said.

Jackson plans on continuing his education after he gradua-tion and majoring in mass communications where his love of public speaking should serve him well.

He credits his success to his mentor Shanee Jenkins at the post Boys and Girls Clubs who helped shape who he is over the past three years.

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Fort Jackson commanding general Maj. Gen. Pete Johnson was the guest speaker during the University of South Carolina’s ROTC Commissioning ceremony held at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention center May 3. ‘Notice that I have not offered you any multiple choice questions with a discrete answer key; life and your journey in the Army is much more like that tough essay question with nuance, ebbs and flows, pros and cons, rich in principles and which must be defendable,’ Johnson counseled the new officers.

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‘Giving it all you got’

Members of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command parachute team Black Daggers, left to right, Sgt. 1st Class Allan Baros, Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Pigel, Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Morales and Master Sgt. Travis Alfred, met with leaders in 3rd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment for a Leader Professional Development session.

Photo by DEMETRIA MOSLEY

By DEMETRIA MOSLEYFort Jackson Leader

Soldiers from the Black Daggers, the U.S. Army Special Operations Command parachute demonstration team, visited Fort Jackson May 3 to help profession-ally develop 3rd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment Soldiers.

During the session, Sgt. 1st Class Al-lan Baros, Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Pigel, Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Morales and Master Sgt. Travis Alfred answered Sol-diers questions about the Special Forces Assessment and Selection course.

“The biggest thing is giving it all you got and never giving up” said Morales. “There aren’t any mind games there … We’re just watching to see what type of person you are.”

The Black Daggers were in town for the South Carolina Air and Ground Expo at McEntire Joint National Guard Base where they performed a skydiving dem-onstration.

The Black Daggers is made up en-tirely of volunteers throughout the Army special operations community. They all have diverse backgrounds and different military specialties.

NEWS

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Black Daggers special ops team visits post

Legal noticeAnyone with debts owed to or

by the estate of Sgt. 1st Class Lori Michelle MacFarland must con-tact Capt. Kimberly Raine Maus, �"��;��for the Soldier. Sgt. 1st Class Mac-Farland passed away April 16 in Columbia, S.C. To contact Capt. Maus call 540-814-0250 or email [email protected].

The 120th Adjutant General Battalion (Reception) will be holding a memorial ceremony honoring MacFarland at 9 a.m. Friday at Magruder Chapel. For more information contact Capt. Scott Anderson at 751-5882.

Bright smiles FRIENDS, Family and dental providers gathered last week at the Joe E. Mann Center to celebrate the achievements of nine new dental assistants during a graduation ceremony. In 2016, the American Red Cross and Fort Jackson Dental Activity invited military ID holders to participate in a free, six-month dental assistant training program. Last Thursday, the post cel-ebrated its second round of graduates from the program, which provides the opportunity for military ID card holders, primar-ily spouses, to potentially launch new careers. Above, Maj. Tyler Burningham, left, and Col. Dan C. Fong, commander of Fort Jackson Dental Activity, present graduates Brandy Carreon, Amparo Gibson, Jennifer Bracete, Milena Jackson, Shawna Nelson, Michelle Puck, Kim Ellerson, Julie Wasielewski, and Vickie Threatt with their certifications.

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Residents invited totake housing survey

Residents living at Fort Jackson will be asked to give feedback on Fort Jackson Fam-ily Homes’ operations through the Resident Satisfaction Survey.

The annual survey is an important part of our continuous improvement program that helps Fort Jackson Family Homes analyze performance and make any necessary chang-es and enhancements.

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“The Resident Satisfaction Survey allows us to see where we are excelling operational-ly and where there is room for improvement,” said MeLissa Robinson, community manager for Fort Jackson Family Homes. “We encour-age all residents to complete the survey so that we may better meet their needs as well as those of our future residents.”

For the second year, the survey process has moved online and residents will be receiving an email from CEL & Associates with a link to the online survey. If any residents have not already received the survey, or have ques-tions, contact the Community Management ��X�&�>&X�X+>?$

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This is a drillSoldiers and civilians at the 120th Adjutant General Battalion (Reception) medical clinic were surprised May 5 with an active shooter drill. The drill put on by the Fort Jackson An-ti-Terrorism Office and the battalion, tested the response of both unit and Fort Jackson emergency response personnel. After the shooter entered the building and fired Sol-diers in Training waiting to be seen, and clin-ic staff, scattered hiding under desks, lock-ing themselves in rooms or escaping out the back door. The shooter tested door handles and called out to say everything was clear as he prowled the hallways. Once law en-forcement personnel arrived they methodi-cally cleared the building going from room to room.


A day in the lifeA Soldier quickly high crawls under a barbwire obstacle April 28 during a demonstration to a group of educators from the Richland County School District 2. The educators were on post watching what it is like to spend a day in the life of a drill sergeant.


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South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and Tristian Williams, a student with C.C. Pinckney El-ementary School, read a proclamation declaring May 2017 to be Better Hearing and Speech Month. Williams, who used to stutter but has gotten better with coaching from Pinckney’s speech pathologist Dr. Kerrie Ammons, who was recently named the South Carolina Speech and Hearing Ambassador.

By LT. COL. JIM ST. CLAIR169th Fighter Wing

The South Carolina National Guard completed a successful weekend hosting its 2017 Air and Ground Expo. The event drew �� held at McEntire Joint National Guard Base since 2009.

The expo was held as a way to say thank you to the people of South Carolina for their ongoing support, according to Maj. Gen. Robert Livingston, the Adjutant General of the South Carolina National Guard.

“This is a connection with the people of South Carolina to our community. The strength of our nation is the willpower and the people of our nation. We want to make sure they understand what they’re paying for and they also get a chance to see what their great men and women are doing,” Livingston said.

The expo was also part of the Department of Defense’s Viet-nam Commemorative Partnership marking the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The South Carolina National Guard’s por-tion of this DOD partnership is called Welcome Home to Caro-lina campaign. “We want to welcome in and thank our Vietnam veterans. We want the people of South Carolina to remember the ��country,” said Livingston.

169th Fighter Wing Commander Col. Nick Gentile explained why it’s been so long since the last airshow.

“We’ve been on the road six of the last eight years in the sum-

mertime,” he said. “This wing has been highly deployed. This is our chance to reach out to our South Carolina friends and say thank you for your support. This is bigger and better than any-thing we’ve done before.”

The expo began on Friday with a special Family day and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Day for middle and high school students from across the state. More than 5,000 students and teachers participated in the unique learn-ing experience showcasing both aircraft simulations, advanced

technology demonstrations as well as hands on activities. “We reached out to middle and high school students with our

STEM Day and we gave them a special look at what’s going on in the military and all the neat stuff we do,” said Livingston.

The Families of National Guardsmen enjoyed a special pre-��well as the more than 100 aircraft, military equipment and vehicle static displays.

McEntire Joint National Guard Base, 15 miles southeast of Co-lumbia, is the perfect location for the expo given its location in the state, according to Gentile, a feature which also comes in handy for emergency response.

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Left, Chaplain (Col.) Jeffrey Watters, Director of Future Operations, U.S. Army Office of the Chief of Chap-lains, was the guest speaker dur-ing Fort Jackson’s National Day of Prayer May 4 at the U.S. Army Chap-lain Center and School. The National Day of Prayer is a historic day where Americans traditionally pray for the country. Above, Chaplain (Lt. Cdr.) Leroy Young and Kevin Thigpen, of the Navy Chaplaincy School and Center sing, ‘Lord, I Need You.’

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Patient-actors are unloaded from a C-17 transport during the mock di-saster drill. While the casualties are “pretend,” responding personnel, inbound flights, medical transport logistics, performance expectations, and security procedures are not. During NDMS exercises, all attempts are made to keep the situation as authentic as possible.

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A team from Medical Activity Fort Jackson joined nearly 400 personnel from local, state, and federal agencies as well as regional hospitals in a large-scale mock disaster drill May 9 at Columbia Metropolitan Airport designed to chal-lenge and improve their response capa-bilities.

The drill focused on coordination between the National Disaster Medical !;�� "�� catastrophe striking a distant location.

The NDMS Federal Coordination Center led the exercise, which simulated the reception, triage and tracking of non-critical patients evacuated from hospi-tals near the site of a disaster. The drill included the arrival of a C-17 military transport airplane with volunteer patient-actors that were redistributed to area hos-pitals. Those volunteers included State Guardsmen, members from the Civil Air Patrol, and students from South Univer-sity and Midlands Technical College.

“It went really well,” said Lt. Col. Carleton Baliff, the exercise coordina-

tor. “An exercise like this is designed to test our capabilities. Some people worry if we hit snags or things go wrong dur-ing the exercise, but that’s the point. In a real-world scenario, things won’t run perfectly. Hiccups during an exercise help us to prepare for the unexpected so we can adapt as needed should a real in-cident occur.”

The National Disaster Medical Sys-tem coordinates emergency transporta-tion and medical aid during large-scale events such as natural disasters, major transportation accidents, technological catastrophes and acts of domestic terror-ism that would otherwise overwhelm the capabilities of emergency responders and medical providers in local jurisdictions.

“What’s really impressive about our team is that we actually have a primar-ily civilian force. Most federal coordina-tors split the difference between military and civilian resources but South Carolina gets about 80 percent of ours from state and local sources,” Balliff said.

The NDMS exercise is held annually in South Carolina, usually in Columbia every two years. The next exercise is tentatively scheduled to be held in the Greenville area.

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To help visually display the indirect and direct impact of suicide, Aljournal ‘Ajaye’ Franklin, then the suicide prevention program manager of 81st Regional Support Command, had some participants during a suicide prevention training session last year place their hands on him. Franklin is now Fort Jackson’s Suicide Prevention Program manager.

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Fort Jackson’s Suicide Prevention Program has enlisted a new manager to spearhead and reenergize efforts on post.

Aljournal Franklin, “Ajaye” as he is most commonly referred to, is not necessarily new to the installation, but he is new to the position as Fort Jackson’s Suicide Prevention Pro-gram Manager. Some know him as the guy who led Suicide Prevention Month assemblies last year so engag-ing, and yet others remember him as the trainer, speaker or leader that made whatever it was he was there to provide fun.

Franklin, a 24-year Army veteran, is a master trainer for Applied Sui-cide Intervention Skills Training, and

intends to reinvigorate training on �� Z��$� �� trainer for safeTALK Suicide Aware-ness, and Army Ask-Care-Escort and Army Ask–Care-Escort Suicide In-tervention and several other suicide and behavior health programs and techniques. Franklin has more than 20 years of military experience working in all facets of behavioral health, and more than 20 years experience as an ordained minister and pastor.

Franklin has long been an advo-cate for life, living and better mental health for more than two decades, whether working as the non-commis-�� "��)� �� Army mental health departments, or most recently as the regional Suicide Prevention Program manager for the Army Reserves headquartered on Fort Jackson, facilitating training as far away as San Juan, Puerto Rico.

“I did behavioral health in the Army, so I was already doing suicide prevention and awareness training,” �� $� �'"�� `�� introduced when I was transitioning out of the Army. It was an opportunity to continue doing what I enjoy.”

He operates with the philosophy that nothing needs to be complicated, and in fact if we can focus on just be-ing “a person” we can do so much more to advance mental health and suicide prevention for our friends, families and co-workers. His intent for the suicide prevention program on Fort Jackson is to unify the efforts of the unit ministry teams, behavioral health, and suicide prevention person-nel from the Army Reserve, National Guard, and active duty programs.

Franklin credits his wife, Maria, and son, Aljournal II, with being his greatest motivation.

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