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 1st Aviation Brigade (Golden Hawks)
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| The 1st Aviation Brigade commands four distinctly different battalions, each with a unique mission - the 1st Battalion, 13th Aviation Regiment; the 1st Battalion, 145th Aviation Regiment; 1st Battalion, 210th Aviation Regiment; and the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Training Battalion at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Additionally, 1st Aviation Brigade commands the U.S. Army’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Level C Training Detachment. |
| Along with its many command responsibilities, logistical support requirements, and administrative duties, the brigade’s primary mission is to train and develop future aviation warfighting leaders. |
| Including the lessons learned from deployed units, instructors and cadre write, review, and coordinate Army Aviation combined arms doctrine for aviation units below brigade level. |
| The course curriculum consists of a wide range of professional military education subjects, with emphasis on combined arms battlefield integration. |
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Training tomorrow’s leaders today.
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| The tactical training is further reinforced with state-of-the art simulation, allowing students to assume various command and staff positions at all command levels while fighting simulated battles throughout a wide spectrum of tactical scenarios. |
| Equally important is the initial entry training taught to entry level Aviation Branch Soldiers. IET teaches fundamental skills for Soldiers to perform their occupational specialties in an aviation unit. |
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1-13th Aviation Regiment
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| The 1st Battalion, 13th Aviation Regiment manages new recruits fresh out of basic training here to receive their military occupational specialty identifier before reporting to their first duty station. The battalion orchestrates and implements the majority of enlisted training at Fort Rucker. |
| Courses of instruction include Utility Helicopter Repairer 15M, Observation Helicopter Repairer 15V, Air Traffic Control Specialist 15Q, Aviation Operations Specialist 15P, and the Aircraft Pneudraulics Systems Repairer Course 15H. Additionally, the battalion teaches and certifies aviation life support equipment technicians. |
| The curriculum encompasses job skills training, physical training, common task training, and military customs and courtesies. Training for the ATC students is further enhanced through virtual simulation. The battalion also provides operational and administrative support for graduate level aviation students returning for advanced aircraft transitions and all international students here for flight training. |
| The Headquarters and Headquarters Company manages the Enhanced Tower Simulator (ETOS), the newest and most advanced air traffic control simulator in the U.S. Army. |
| The ETOS gives ATC students a realistic experience of what it is like inside an ATC tower. As the primary trainer for the tower |
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| phase of ATC training in the Army, ETOS is used to train Soldiers in initial entry training on how to safely and expeditiously move aircraft to, from, and through designated airspace in a simulated, virtual environment. |
| Most of the training uses virtual landscape with high fidelity images of aircraft and the airfield, including the runway, hangars, nearby trees, and ground vehicles. The weather system, vehicles, stars, lights, sun, and rain are just like the real thing, and voice recognition software helps students to learn. |
| ETOS can simulate almost every aircraft in the U.S. military inventory and civilian commercial aircraft. The ETOS training at Fort Rucker can apply to ATC operations at military airfields or civilian airports worldwide. |
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1-145th Aviation Regiment
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| The 1st Battalion, 145th Aviation Regiment focuses on leader development and professional education of branch officers and warrant officers. |
| Courses include the Aviation Basic Officer Leadership Course and Captain’s Career Course for branch officers; the Warrant Officer Basic Course and Advanced Course for warrant officers; Maintenance Manager’s Course; Maintenance Leader’s Course; Aviation Tactical Operations Officer Course; Helicopter Overwater Survival Course, Aviation Pre-Command Course for lieutenant |
Field training exercises prepare Soldiers
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| colonels and colonels slated to take command of a battalion or brigade; and the management of all branch and warrant officers during their attendance of the initial entry rotary-wing flight training course. |
| Small group instruction is provided in a classroom environment. Field exercises include troop leading procedures, safety, and tactical and technical aspects involving employment of aviation assets as part of the total combined arms force. |
| Use of advanced constructive simulation tools, such as JANUS and brigade and battalion simulation in the Seneff Aviation Warfighting Simulation Center, enhances the student officer’s battle staff skills. Use of state-of-the-art virtual flight simulators in the Aviation Test Bed offers junior aviation leaders the opportunity to develop air battle command skills. |
| Pilots and crew members receive training about aircraft ditching and underwater egress survival techniques. Pilot and crew members train with a device that dunks individuals underwater, so the know how to react during an emergency. |
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1-210th Aviation Regiment
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| The 1-210th Aviation Regiment supports activities to benefit Fort Rucker and the Wiregrass, thereby helping to increase the quality of life for Soldiers, civilians, and their Families. |
| The battalion’s five companies, HHC, A Co., B-46th, 6th MP Detachment, and the 98th Army Band plan community events, such as the Aviation Conference, Army Emergency Relief Fund Campaign, Independence Day Celebration, and Armed Forces Day Air Show. |
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| Detachment and B Company, 46th Engineering Battalion are often deployed for combat operations. |
| Fort Rucker’s military and civilian firefighters are assigned under the 6th MP Detachment. |
| Local national guard and reserve units depend on the battalion to ease transition to and from active duty after their tours. |
| Fort Rucker’s 98th Army Band “Silver Wings” is assigned under the 1-210th Aviation Regiment. |
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| The 98th Army “Silver Wings” Band has a variety of performing groups that include the Concert Band, “Jazz Aviators” Stage Band, Marching Band, Dixieland Band, Brass Quintet, Jazz Combo and the Rock Band “Crossfire.” |
| On post, the Silver Wings Band has performed for annual holiday concerts at the Post Theater, July 4th Freedom Fests, change of command, Easter Sunrise Services on Howze Field, Nation Prayer Breakfasts, graduation ceremonies at the Army Aviation Museum, Installation Tree Lighting Ceremonies, Heritage Month observances in Aviators’ Landing, Memorial Day Ceremonies at Veterans’ Park and Bldg. dedications. |
| The band performs for annual banquets for the Association of the U.S. Army and the Army Aviation Association of America. |
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| Marina Civic Center in Panama City, FL; holiday parades throughout Alabama and Northwest Florida; civic functions throughout the Wiregrass and educational tours coordinated with recruiting battalions. |
| Additionally, the Silver Wings Band performs jointly with Army Reserve bands, individual singers and choral groups in the Wiregrass and throughout Alabama and Florida. |
| For more information, call 255-9202. |
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110th Aviation Training Brigade
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Aviators proudly display aircraft to community
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| 110th Aviation Training Brigade conducts all flight training at Fort Rucker and consists of a Headquarters and Headquarters Company,academics section, night vision device section, and four subordinate battalions: |
| 1st Battalion, 14th Aviation Regiment, Hanchey Army Heliport. |
| 1st Battalion, 223rd Aviation Regiment, Cairns Army Airfield and Knox Army Heliport. |
| 1st Battalion, 212th Aviation Regiment, Lowe and Shell Field Army Heliports. |
| Helicopter School Battalion (HSB), Lowe and Shell Field Army Heliports. |
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| The traditional initial entry rotary-wing flight training model is 32 weeks and consists of four phases. |
| First phase consists of two weeks of preflight instruction, providing the students with knowledge of basic flight control relationships, aerodynamics, weather, and start-up procedures. |
| Second phase, consisting of ten weeks and 60 flight hours in the TH-67 Creek training helicopter, is the primary phase. In this phase, students learn the basic fundamentals of flight; make their first solo flights; learn to perform approaches and basic stagefield maneuvers; and then progress to more complex emergency procedure training, slopes, and confined area operations. |
| Third phase is eight weeks of instrument training, including 30 hours in the flight |
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| Fourth phase of training is the combat skills and dual track phase. It is combat-mission oriented and trains the student pilot in the OH-58 A/C as an aeroscout helicopter pilot. The 1-212th Aviation Battalion teaches both tracks that include extensive night vision goggles training and tactical night operations. |
| Upon graduation, the students will have accumulated 179 hours of flight instruction, totaling 149 in an aircraft and 30 in a simulator. |
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Advanced Graduate Flight Training
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| Advanced graduate flight training is specialized training where students become qualified in the AH-64A, AH-64D, CH-47D, OH58D, UH-60A, or learn to become a fixed-wing pilot. |
| Future Flight School XXI, scheduled for full implementation by 2007, consists of five phases of flight training. |
| First phase consists of two weeks of preflight instruction, providing the students with knowledge of basic flight control relationships, aerodynamics, weather, and start-up procedures. |
| Second phase, consisting of eight weeks and 49.5 flight hours in the TH-67 Creek training helicopter and 7.5 hours in new state of the art TH-67 simulators located in Warrior Hall, is the primary phase taught by 1-223rd. In this phase, students learn the basic fundamentals of flight; make their first solo flights; learn to perform approaches and basic stagefield maneuvers; and then progress to more complex emergency procedure training, slopes, and confined area operations. |
| Third phase is six weeks of instrument training, also taught by 1-223rd, including 30 hours in the new state of the art simulators and 13 hours in the TH-67. The student progresses from basic instrument procedures to navigation and approaches on federal airways using FAA en route controlling agencies. |
| Fourth phase of training is the basic navigation and night vision goggles familiarization phase consisting of four weeks and 9.1 hours of navigation training, 1.5 simulator hours and 15.6 N/NVG hours. The 1-212th Aviation Battalion teaches this training phase for student pilots in the TH-67. |
| Fifth phase is the advanced aircraft qualification. Courses for the UH-60A, AH-64D, OH-58D, and CH-47D range from about 14 to 23 weeks in training. National Guard student pilots may also attend the AH-64A Aircraft Qualification Course. All of the aircraft have brand new, state of the art simulators in Warrior Hall. |
| The balance of the training will be conducted in the student pilot’s “Go to War” aircraft, better preparing them for the field, and giving the commanders in the field aviators who are better trained after arriving from flight school. |
| To bridge the gap between traditional flight school and Future Flight School XXI, a third interim model combines elements of both courses of instruction. All three models will be taught at Fort Rucker until fiscal year 2007 when the last traditional IERW students graduate from their advanced aircraft training. |
| The Aviation Training Brigade trains nearly 4,000 aviators annually, (^top of section) |
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| The Headquarters and Headquarters Company oversees the brigade headquarters management, the Night Vision Device Branch, and the Aviation Academics Section. |
| The 1st Battalion, 14th Aviation Battalion conducts pilot and instructor pilot training in the OH-58D (I) Kiowa Warrior, AH-64A Apache, and AH-64D Longbow Apache. Additionally, the battalion operates the Molinelli Aerial Gunnery Range Complex. |
| The 1st Battalion, 212th Aviation’s home bases are Lowe and Shell Field Army Heliports. The battalion conducts OH-58A/C qualification, night vision goggles qualification, instructor pilot qualification, UH-60 qualification, UH-60 instructor pilot training, UH-60 non-rated crewmember training, and UH-60 Flight School XXI training. |
| They also conduct courses in support of EURO-NATO and Foreign Military Training. |
| The 1st Battalion, 223rd Aviation’s home base is Cairns Army Airfield with a satellite mission at Knox Army Heliport. The battalion conducts IERW, CH-47D qualification, instructor pilot qualification, and the enlisted flight engineer instructor course. They also conduct the maintenance test pilot courses for all active duty Army rotary-wing aircraft. |
| Additionally, the battalion serves as the contractor evaluator and monitors student training for courses taught by civilian contractor personnel. This includes helicopters and all fixed-wing training. |
| The Helicopter School Battalion provides helicopter flight and maintenance training in the Spanish language to students from Latin America and Caribbean countries. The HSB assists the aviation forces of Latin American nations to develop aviation employment doctrine, aircrew training, and maintenance management programs. |
| It provides subject matter experts and mobile training teams to Latin American countries to support USSOUTHCOM initiatives. |
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Army Substance Abuse Program
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| The Army Substance Abuse program (ASAP), located in the Lyster Medical Clininc, provides -- |
| (1) Education and awareness instruction to military and civilian personnel. |
| (2) Biochemical testing, which is urinalysis and breath analysis, for 50 military units and 25 agencies on the installation, |
| (3) Employee assistance program services for all DA civilians, retirees, and Family members, |
| (4) Clinical services to include individual, Family, and group therapy, |
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| (5) Command and supervisor consultation for all commanders, directors, and supervisors of Soldiers and DA civilians, |
| (6) Outreach education to schools, civic organizations, municipalities, and counties in the Wiregrass that need substance abuse awareness education and coordination. |
| This ASAP professional team is committed to helping Soldiers and civilians at Fort Rucker with any substance abuse problem. |
| The ASAP, phone 255-1040, is open from 0730-1615 Monday-Friday. |
| Phone 255-2789 for confidential calls to the Employee Assistance Program. |
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Noncommissioned Officers Academy
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| The NCO Academy conducts Basic and Advanced NCO course that provide Aviation NCOs with opportunities to demonstrate and practice what they learn in a fast paced atmosphere. |
| The NCO Academy staff, made up only of NCOs, is structured with a Command Sergeant Major as the Commandant, a First Sergeant as the Assistant Commandant, Operations and Maintenance Branch Chiefs, an Operations NCOIC with administrative and logistical personnel, and a Development Cell for writing lesson plans and programs of instruction. |
| The NCO Academy performs the functions associated with a battalion-size unit. This includes administrative operations, training, supply, and security with responsibility for the health, welfare, morale, and discipline of students attending the NCO Academy. |
| The Basic NCO Course is divided into two phases of training. |
| Phase I training covers the theory and principles of common leader subjects and common leader training. This training, developed by the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, is conducted throughout the Army for all NCOs. |
| Phase II training, which is primarily performance oriented, involves practical application in a branch or MOS environment, to include common aviation subjects and MOS specific subjects that reinforce tasks taught in Phase I. |
| The Advanced NCO Course consists of a single phase of training that is performance |
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Students are required to complete Common Leaders Combat Skills training before they graduate. |
| The NCO Academy provides the Aviation Branch NCOs realistic training to prepare them to be technically and tactically qualified to assume leadership positions and to challenge them to lead by example. |
| The NCO Academy places NCOs in leadership positions under various conditions to evaluate their leadership abilities. The academy graduates only NCOs who meet or exceed Army standards, and who can demonstrate the capability and desire to lead, as well as the potential and motivation to succeed as NCOs. |
| For more information, phone 255-3352. |
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| Aviation Proponency manages the personnel life cycle management functions for aviation officers (commissioned and warrant), enlisted Soldiers, and civilian personnel in aviation career fields. These management functions include structure, accession, professional development, individual training and education, distribution, unit deployment, sustainment, and separation. |
| AP coordinates with other staff proponents, service schools, agencies, and major Army |
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| AP handles all aviation officer (commissioned and warrant) assignments for USAAWC. |
| For more information, call 255-2359. |
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Air Traffic Service Command
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| Air Traffic Services Command, activated in August 2003, is a new U.S. Army Forces Command comprised of the 1st Battalion, 11th Aviation Regiment (ATC); 1st Battalion, 58th Air Traffic Services Battalion; and F Company, 58th Aviation Regiment. |
| ATSCOM serves as the Aviation Branch proponent for tactical and fixed-base ATC management, evaluation, and fixed-base requirements for specific ATC systems. It |
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| ATSCOM provides airspace and air traffic services to major Army commands, Army warfighters, and installations in the national and international airspace environments around the world. |
| For more information, phone 255-3007. |
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| The 1st Battalion, 11th Aviation Regiment, located on the main post, manages the air traffic control services and flight simulator support for the USAAWC rotary- and fixed-wing training mission and the National Airspace System. |
| The 1-11th operates 22 air traffic control facilities, including an aerial gunnery range complex, a centralized flight operations center, and 92 navigational aids covering a radius of about 100 miles. |
| Here, the 1-11th supports the NAS by operating the Cairns Army Radar Approach Control (ARAC) that provides radar service to several municipal airports, as well as to Army airfields. More support is given to the NAS at the Troy and Andalusia-Opp |
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| Municipal Airports by ground control approach radars, navigational aids, and control towers. |
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| 597th Ordnance (Maintenance) Company |
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| 597th Ordnance (Maintenance) Company, located at Fort Rucker, is the only company of its kind within the Army. They repair tactical ATS equipment at a general and limited-depot level maintenance for 28 units worldwide. The unit’s mission is as follows: On order, deploy a Special Repair Activity (SRA) and/or Mobile Maintenance Contact |
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| Team (MMCT) in support of Worldwide Contingency Operations; provide General Support (GS) and Limited Depot Level maintenance for tactical Air Traffic Services (ATS) systems throughout the Army and National Guard; and operate an ATS specific Supply Support Activity (SSA). |
| Call 255-2103 for more information. |
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TRADOC System Managers
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| TSM-Reconnaissance / Attack performs as the Army’s centralized manager for all combat development user activities associated with current (Kiowa Warrior, the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter, and the Longbow Apache), and future aviation reconnaissance and attack aircraft. The TSM is the user advocate and interfaces directly with the program/project manager to ensure user requirements are met and the weapon system capability is expeditiously delivered to the field, along with associated training and logistics support. |
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| STSM Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems (UAVS) provide a total centralized system management and integration of doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership, education, personnel, and facilities for all UAVS. The TSM-UAVS represents Hunter, Shadow, Raven, extended range multi-purpose, and future UAVS. |
| The TSM Lift will perform as the Army’s centralized manager for all combat development user activities associated with cargo, utility, and fixed-wing aviation platforms, mission equipment, and weapons systems. |
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| Directorate of Public Safety & Provost Marshall |
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| Dial 911 in an emergency or 255-2222 for assistance. |
| The Directorate of Public Safety conducts law enforcement operations, anti-terrorism and force protection operations, fire emergency response, and crash rescue support on Fort Rucker. |
| Fort Rucker military police do more than law enforcement. For example, they assist military personnel, civilians, visitors, and Families on post around the clock; help individuals locked out of Family housing, aid stranded motorists, and participate in community services and activities. |
| Appropriately, the DPS motto is entitled the “Guardians.” |
| The Community Police Section educates community youth on protecting themselves from molestation and abduction, conducts drug awareness training, and conducts an annual bicycle rodeo to stress bicycle safety and update on-post bicycle registration. |
| Through operation IDENT-A-KID, the Community Police provides parents with photographs and fingerprint cards of their children. The community police are dedicated to the on-post housing areas where they work with mayors, parents, children, and the chain-of-command as part of the Neighborhood Watch and Officer McGruff Safe House programs. |
| Individuals who use or store firearms on post must register them at the MP Station, Bldg. 5001. Weapons registrations must be updated every five years. Weapons may be stored in Family housing, BOQ or BEQ, or |
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| places of storage at designated firing ranges or hunting areas. Concealed weapons carried on individuals, routinely transported in vehicles, or stored in vehicles are prohibited. |
| Vehicle registration is mandatory. It can be completed on the first floor of the s from 0800 to 1630, Monday through Friday. (See Vehicle Registration section.) |
| Persons operating a motorcycle on Fort Rucker must complete a class endorsed by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. For more information, phone the Aviation Branch Safety Office, 255-9006. (See Vehicle Registration section.) |
| Other military police services include 24-hour patrolling of post, traffic enforcement, investigations, and physical security inspections. |
| The Fire and Emergency Services Division, the largest fire department in the Army, serves Fort Rucker, their training sites, and the Wiregrass area when communities request mutual aid and assistance. |
| This division provides emergency services, such as fire suppression and prevention, crash and rescue operation, hazardous material accidents, heavy extrication mission, high-angle and confined-space rescues, high-rise structure maneuvers, and advanced life support paramedic operations. |
| The Fire Prevention Section personnel visit the schools on and off post to show the “Little People’s Fire House” and to explain fire prevention with such characters as “Smokey the Bear” and “Sparky the Dog.” |
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The personnel of the Staff Judge Advocate, Room 320, Soldiers Service Center, provides legal advice and counsel for USAAWC and tenant units. The SJA Office also provides general legal services to Soldiers and their Families. |
| Two divisions of the SJA Office deal directly with individual Soldiers and their Families. |
| The Legal Assistance Division provides legal advice to individuals on a wide variety of non-criminal legal matters, such as contracts, consumer complaints, and landlord-tenant problems. This division prepares legal documents such as wills and powers of attorney. |
| During the tax season, the Legal Assistance Division helps Soldiers to prepare federal and state income tax returns. Electronic tax filing may be available for federal tax returns which expedites receipt of tax refunds. |
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| The Claims Division processes the claims of Soldiers and civilian employees for damage to household goods during government-sponsored moves and for damage to personal property on the installation. It also processes tort claims against the government and recovers money due the government. |
| For more information, phone Legal Assistance, 255-3482; or the Claims Division, 255-2517. |
| Additionally, the Trial Defense Service, a separate tenant activity, provides defense attorneys for Soldiers faced with judicial or non-judicial proceedings, as well as defense counsel for Soldiers under investigation for alleged violations of the UCMJ. The defense counsel advises Soldiers who have administrative actions against them. |
| The Trial Defense Service is located in Room 230 of the Soldiers Service Center. For more information phone 255-3919. |
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| Liaison Office |
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| Foreign and sister-service liaison officers on post facilitate the flow of information to and from the USAAWC. This includes the exchange of information on doctrine, |
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| The liaison officers represent Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. |
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| Public Affairs Office |
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| The Fort Rucker Public Affairs Office supports the command in the areas of public information, media relations, command information, and community relations. |
| The PAO responds to media queries, reviews manuscripts, conducts press conferences, produces news releases and media advisories, escorts media, and assists with the dissemination of information to Soldiers and Families on post and to people living in the Wiregrass. |
| The Command Information Section produces the Army Flier, a 24-page weekly civilian |
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| enterprise newspaper with a circulation of 10,000; the Fort Rucker Internet site content; the Installation Guide; and Channel 6, the commander’s cable access channel. The Public Affairs Office supports Community Relations that foster a positive working relationship with the people of the Wiregrass. The Community Relations Section works closely with local organizations, city and government officials, chambers of commerce, and communities surrounding Fort Rucker. |
| For information, phone 255-1239. |
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| The Inspector General |
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| The Inspector General (IG) assesses and reports to the Commanding General on matters affecting the performance of the mission and state of the command to include efficiency, discipline, morale, esprit de corps, and readiness. |
| IGs operate within an environment consisting of commanders, Soldiers, Family members, DA civilian employees, retirees, and other civilians needing assistance with |
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| an Army matter and the IG system. The IG serves commanders and their Soldiers through the IG functions of teaching and training, inspections, investigations, and assistance. |
| The Inspector General Office, located in Bldg. 4102, corner of Andrews Ave. and Red Cloud Rd., phone 334-255-2118, fax 334-255-2290, is open from 0730 to 1630 Monday-Friday. |
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| The Internal Review and Audit Compliance Office, Bldg. 131, is the commander’s professional audit capability. |
| IRAC internally audits the installation and tenant organizations to identify, analyze, and resolve known or suspected problems. IRAC performs both scheduled audits and quick-reaction reviews as requested by commanders, directors, and staff officers. |
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| IRAC provides command liaisons and support for auditors who visit Fort Rucker, such as personnel from the U.S. General Accounting Office, U.S. Army Audit Agency, and the DOD Inspector General. IRAC performs follow-up audits to check on effectiveness of corrective actions. |
| Call 255-3057, 1059, or 3874 for more information. |
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| Directorate of Combat Developments |
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| Develops operational concepts; determines operational capability requirements; and shapes science and technology for Army Aviation. Develops, designs, and documents Army Aviation force structure for current and future Aviation organizations. Serves as a user representative in the acquisition process for current and future Army Aviation platforms and related systems. Conducts experimentation, data collection, and analysis to validate Army Aviation warfighting concepts / capabilities; to explore the potential of emerging science and technology initiatives; and to assess the DOTML- PF implications of Army Aviation initiatives. |
| Organization and Force Development develops Army Aviation organizational requirements, assesses existing force structures, and identifies deficiencies and capability gaps. Additionally, Org/FD develops and proposes solutions in the form of new or modified organizations, serves as |
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| MLSD serves as the user representative in the acquisition process for current and future Army Aviation-related systems. |
| Force Development Division develops operational concepts and plans; shapes science and technology research; provides threat analysis support; conducts/supports analysis; and develops, documents and defends DOTML-PF requirements to ensure Army Aviation warfighting capabilities are integrated with future force requirements. |
| The Air Maneuver Battle Lab plans, coordinates and executes specific Joint and Combined Arms modeling and simulation exercises and experiments to provide accurate analysis in support of concept and capabilities development. Call 255-9114 for more information. |
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| The Directorate of Training and Doctrine develops Army Aviation training; doctrinal literature for Aviation Branch; gunnery and aircraft survivability equipment issues; and the Aviation Combined Arms Training Strategy. |
| Operations and Support Division performs administrative, personnel, and logistics operations of the directorate, to include out-year planning and strategy. |
| Tactics Division manages the development, production, and quality control of all doctrinal publications for Army Aviation and ensures Aviation doctrine is correctly integrated into the doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures of other branches of the Army as well as joint doctrine. Acts as the focal point for the Center in lessons learned of aviation operations and the Aircraft Shoot Down Assessment Team (ASDAT). |
| Tactical Operations Branch of Tactics Division’s primary duties are to standardize, implement, supervise, and execute the Army’s Aviation TACOPS Officer program. |
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| Gunnery Branch of Tactics Division develops and integrates the Army’s aerial gunnery program and is the proponent for the Helicopter Gunnery field manual FM 3-04.104. |
| Training Division, consisting of Warrior Training, Warrior Modernization, and Flight Training Branches, conducts individual training analysis and course design for aviation institutional courseware and sustainment training packages according to the Systems Approach to Training process and Army XXI training principles. It provides training development expertise to manage, write, review, and coordinate aviation training support materials, as well as management of all interactive multimedia products. These products include The Army Training Courseware, programs of instruction, Soldier training publications, and selected aircrew training manuals. Training Division also acts as the executive agent for the USAAWC responsibilities in The Army School System (TASS). |
| For more information, phone 255-3502. |
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| Directorate of Simulation |
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| The Directorate of Simulation serves as the single point of contact for aviation Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations development, fielding, and accreditation worldwide. DOS contains the resident expertise in instrumented live, virtual, and constructive simulations supporting Army Aviation from individual to joint level training. |
| TADSS Division manages TADSS for new and current aviation systems and performs validation, verification, and accreditation of emerging TADSS. The TADSS division provides liaison to the Program Executive Office Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) and PEO Aviation for development, fielding, and requirements oversight for simulators and simulations. |
| Simulation Integration Division develops and integrates simulation technologies that support aviation training to include visual terrain database development, semi-automated force development, Army Battle Command Systems (ABCS) C4ISR systems integration, and distributive interactive simulation (DIS) and high level architecture (HLA) local area network and wide area network (LAN and WAN) integration. This division serves as the lead integrator of live, virtual and constructive simulation technology to conduct tests and exercises. |
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| development of training support packages and facilitates aviation training exercises for tactical aviation units deploying in support of contingency operations. This division conducts virtual and constructive simulation training for the schoolhouse. |
| Flight School XXI Division manages the Flight School XXI Simulation Services Contract. This division provides validation, verification and accreditation of FSXXI training devices, as well as quality assurance for simulation training services. |
| DOS manages the Seneff Aviation Warfighting Simulation Center, a state-of-the-art integrated training facility for aviation battalion and brigade commanders and staffs. Phone 255-1056, for more information. |
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| Located at the Aviation Warfighting Simulation Center is the Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer – Aviation Reconfigurable Manned Simulator (AVCATT-A). |
| The AVCATT-A is Aviation’s collective virtual simulation training system. It supports institutional, organizational, and sustainment training for active component and reserve component Aviation units worldwide. Its affordable training capability helps commanders achieve and sustain unit proficiency and combat readiness. |
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| The AVCATT-A, a mobile, transportable system, includes reconfigurable aircraft manned modules. Each manned module can be reconfigured to current Army attack, reconnaissance, cargo, and utility aircraft. |
| The AVCATT-A provides the capability to conduct collective training from team through combined arms levels. These devices can be linked with each other to conduct combined arms training. |
| For more information, call 255-3297. |
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| Directorate of Information Management |
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| The Directorate of Information Management manages all the Information Technology disciplines including telecommunications, automation, visual information, records |
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| management, publications, mail management, and printing. |
| Phone 255-9367 for more information. |
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| Directorate of Contracting |
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| As an installation-level contracting office, the Directorate of Contracting makes sure the needs of the installation and its Soldiers are met by acquisitioning supplies, services, and construction. The Directorate of Contracting manages the Fort Rucker’s Government Purchase Card program that includes more than 500 cardholders and billing officials. |
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| The Directorate of Contracting has been the home of two major flight training contracts that distinguished this directorate in base and mission-type contracting. |
| Total dollars obligated through contract awards have averaged more than 100 million dollars each fiscal year. |
| For more information, call 255-3407. |
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| Directorate of Public Works |
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| The Directorate of Public Works consists of the Office of the Director, Engineering Division, Contract Management Division, Housing Division/Residential Communities Initiatives (RCI), Environmental Division, Business Operations Division, and Master Planning Division. |
Engineering Division provides expertise in civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering.
Contract Management Division provides contract surveillance, service orders, and service and contract representation. |
| Housing Division partnered with RCI and works in conjunction with Picerne Military Housing Office who is responsible for the upkeep of on-post housing and housing issues. Housing Division provides oversight of the housing referral system and unaccompanied personnel housing management. |
| Environmental Division personnel include scientists, specialists, an engineer, and personnel who oversee environmental concerns that impact the installation. The Division includes the Natural Resources Branch that manages erosion control, controlled burning, and other forestry projects. |
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DPW maintains Fort Rucker roads.
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| The Business Operations Division provides budget control for the Directorate, project management for construction projects, program analysis, administration, and technical support for information management. |
| Master Planning Division includes the Real Property Branch and oversees real property management, real estate services, military and minor construction, and installation master planning. |
| Phone the Customer Service Office at 255-9041/9042 for minor repair assistance or other assistance. |
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| Directorate of Logistics |
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| The Directorate of Logistics consists of the Office of the Director, Plans and Operations Division, Maintenance Division, Supply and Services Division, and the Transportation Division. |
| Plans and Operations Division provides logistical and technical support for STAMIS (standard Army management information system), quality assurance, command supply discipline program, awards program, hazardous materials management plan, mortuary affairs, contract administration budget, and management controls. |
| Maintenance Division provides direct support and general support maintenance for installation and unit equipment, MWO and warranty programs, and TMDE (test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment) support. |
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| Supply and Services Division manages the installation’s property, central issue facility, hazardous materials, food services, ammunition supply, packing, and crating. This division manages the Oil and Fuel Analysis Labs that conduct oil and fuel analysis for air and ground support equipment. |
| Transportation Office provides contract oversight for personal property movement and storage, official travel, General Services Administration non-tactical vehicle fleet, the transportation motor pool, licensing operations, railhead operations, and shipment of hazardous materials. |
| Phone 255-9774 for more information. |
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Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization & Security
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| The Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization, and Security, the G-2/3 for the Installation and Garrison, provides operational support and intelligence/security program management. |
| DPTMSEC coordinates and monitors installation operations requiring inter-organization personnel and equipment support as well as support outside the installation; directs and monitors the development and execution of short, mid, and long-range plans; and manages the nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) program. |
Air Traffic Controllers support Fort Rucker
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| DPTMSEC determines requirements, synchronizes installation support operations, and monitors the use of training support resources to include airspace, airfields, stage fields, and ranges. |
| DPTMSEC serves as the proponent for USAAWC intelligence, counterintelligence, and security programs; conducts and evaluates the emergency deployment readiness exercises for FORSCOM units; prepares and executes Fort Rucker’s plans for general war, mobilization, deployment, and peacetime emergency contingency plans; and operations the Installation Operations Center. |
| DPTMSEC provides visual information services and training aids to assigned and attached activities, manages all ranges and training lands, directs the Army Continuing Education Services, and manages the ACES Learning Center. |
| DPTMSEC provides staff supervision of the 6th Weather Flight, 18th Weather Squadron; training aids for the Army Reserve, Army National Guard, ROTC, and closed-circuit cable units; and logistics for the U.S. Army Reserve, Army National Guard, and ROTC. |
| For more information, call 255-2300. |
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| Directorate of Evaluation & Standardization |
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| The Directorate of Evaluation and Standardization is a Department of the Army Field Operating Agency that ensures standardization of Army Aviation operations worldwide. |
| DES has shifted focus towards assisting and enabling warfighting aviation commanders in standardized operations. |
| Phone 255-2603 for more information. |
| The Directorate emphasizes four broad., tasks: |
| Assisting Warfighting Commanders: DES flight divisions execute aviation standardization, mission, and training assistance to aviation units worldwide to provide war fighting commanders with relevant tools, tactics, techniques, and procedures for combat aviation operations. Standardization Instructor Pilots bring immediate and relevant information to requesting deploying units to assist with aviation training and operations. |
| USAAWC Program Quality Assurance: DES Quality Assurance integrates with USAAWC programs of instruction to ensure that relevant, highly trained crewmembers leave the Fort Rucker’s schoolhouse. The Quality Assurance office combines feedback from courses of instruction with the needs of unit commanders to develop and improve current aviation training programs. |
| UAV Standardization: As the UAV increases in mobilization and presence, DES develops standardization and oversees the implementation of the UAV as an Army |
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| Aviation asset. DES emphasizes airspace integration and operator training, as well as developing aircrew training guidance for this new facet of Army Aviation. |
| Aviation Collaboration: DES integrates subject matter personnel into many other USAAWC functions, from combat developments, simulation, doctrine and training, and futures. |
| DES is organized into five divisions. |
| Operations Division handles personnel administration, operations, fiscal, security, and logistical functions. |
| Utility Division provides utility helicopter, both UH-1 and UH-60, subject matter personnel for maintenance and operations. |
| Scout and Attack Division provides OH58A/C, OH-58KW, TH-67, and AH-64 subject matter personnel for maintenance and operations worldwide. |
| Cargo and Fixed Wing Division provides CH-47D, C-12, SEMA, UAV, and UC-35 subject matter personnel for maintenance and operations worldwide. |
| Quality Assurance Division evaluates training products by visiting the field units and conducting graduate and supervisory surveys. |
| The Literature Review Branch edits and reviews training and doctrinal publications and recommends changes for Army aircraft operator’s manuals, checklists, and maintenance test flight manuals. |
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| Directorate of Resource Mangement |
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| The Directorate of Resource Management serves as the principal staff officer for overall resource management to include financial and manpower management. |
| Program and Budget Division supervises the formulation, presentation, execution, and policy phases of the USAAWC budget. It provides guidance relative to the command operating budget. This division develops policy and directives affecting the allocation, control, and use of dollars or work year resources at the Aviation Center. |
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| Accounting & Financial Systems Division interprets financial management policy and provides guidance to staff elements. |
| Resource Analysis Division manages manpower, equipment, and organizational structure to include the installation manpower and population statistics. RAD serves as the installation program coordinator for the Army Travel Card program, Commercial Activities (A-76) program, and the Management Control Process. |
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| Civilian Personnel Advisory Center |
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The Civilian Personnel Advisory Center serves the personnel administrative needs of nearly 2,000 appropriated and non-appropriated fund civilian employees of Fort Rucker. |
| The CPAC staff advises managers and employees about recruitment and placement, classification, and human resource development. |
| CPAC, located in the s, provides counseling on retirement and health benefits and processing, administration of the awards and appraisal programs, leave administration, and disciplinary and adverse actions. |
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| Department of Defense has consolidated and regionalized the civilian personnel functions. Those processes that could be performed offsite have been moved to the South Central Civilian Personnel Operations Center (CPOC) at the Redstone Arsenal. |
| The CPAC monitors the Personnel Process Improvement program that allows managers and administrative personnel access to the personnel records of their assigned employees and electronically request and process personnel actions. |
| For more information, phone 255-9015. |
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| Army Continuing Education System Learning Center |
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| The ACES Learning Center provides computer-based training, distance learning, and Internet Access via the Fort Rucker metropolitan area network. |
| Services are provided to active duty military, DAC, retirees, & their adult Family members, contractors, and foreign military. Family members, contractors, and retirees may use all resources except computers with Internet access. Certified teachers will assist users in discovering the many learning opportunities. |
| The center offers students the use of 32 computer workstations equipped with headphones, CDR drives, zip drives, USB ports, and printer access. A color scanner and printer for documents, OCR, and pictures is available with Internet access. The computers are loaded with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Office 2000, Office 2002, FormFlow, Adobe, and other software programs. |
| The Learning Center is an army.mil site for registering and accessing AKO, Smart Force, Army eLearning, CBT, and Correspondence Courses. The courses accessed can offer training hours or carry American Council on Education college credit. |
| Computer multimedia training courses are offered in Microsoft Windows 2000/XP, Access 2000/XP, Excel 2000/XP, PowerPoint 2000/XP, and Word 2000/XP. |
| CD-ROM training is offered in foreign languages, such as French, German, Korean, and Spanish full courses. Short training is available on CD-ROM for Italian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi, Thai, Arabic, and Vietnamese. Finally, ACES has |
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Many resources are available
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| CD-ROM training for typing, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, reading, math, solving word problems, algebra, geometry, calculus, trigonometry, and statistics. |
| A tutor provides service members remedial or refresher instruction in math, reading, communications, language, and Armed Forces Classification Test preparation. The tutor is available from 1430 to 1830 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. |
| Students can prepare for standardized tests including SAT, ACT, GED, DSST, CLEP, ASVAB/AFCT, MAT, GRE, GMAT, and Excelsior College exams. Study materials available are software programs accessed through the Internet. |
| The ACES Learning Center, located in Bldg. 9204, 5th Ave, is open Sundays from 1300-1800; 0800 - 1900 Monday -Thursday; 0800 - 1700 Fridays; and closed Saturdays. |
| For more information, phone 255-2925/3942. |
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| Air Maneuver Battle Laboratory |
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| The Air Maneuver Battle Laboratory integrates Army Aviation concepts into combined arms operations through the planning, execution, and analysis of warfighting experiments and technology demonstrations within TRADOC and joint agencies. |
| The AMBL examines advanced concepts and technology that enhance the Army commander’s capability to project the force, |
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| gain information dominance, shape the battle space, conduct decisive operations, and sustain the force. |
| The AMBL influences the technology base program to ensure total Combined Army Team integration and continuity of USAAWC’s requirements for doctrine, training, leader development, organization, and material systems. |
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