US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Bragg, NC)

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ff' I onfto Rah3e C Left to right: Maj. Perry, Maj. Rendell, Capt. Bensinger. ILIT HY TRAINING IIIVISIIJ The present Military Training Division, in operation since January, 1944, is an outgrowth of the former Opera- tions and Training Division. This Division makes the de- tailed plans and programs for mobilization and training on the Post in accordance with the directives of the War De- partment. It also acts as coordinator for all units using the small arms ranges and the artillery ranges for maneuver- ing and firing practice. Exercising absolute control of all ranges on the Post, it allocates their use for all troops, tactical and non-tactical, in training at Fort Bragg, whether it be for firing or for tactical non-firing activities. Periodi- cal iiring memoranda are issued through this ollice, giving schedules and information as to danger areas. Director of the Military Training Division, and Post Training Oflicer, is Major Walter N. Perry, who has worked in the same capacity since April, 1941. Assisting him is Major William E. Rendell, Assistant Director, who has complete charge of schools for the training of Army Service Forces troops stationed on the Post. Captain Alfred Ben- singer acts as Preparation for Overseas Movement co- ordinator, handles the showing of all training films, works with Major Rendell in arranging school schedules, and is Bomb Reconnaissance Officer. Fort Braggis line rolling terrain, light sandy soil, and climate make it almost ideal for tactical maneuvers for all training purposes. The Post is well equipped with training aids that condition troops for all types of combat. Some of the training aids are: Infiltration Courses, Grenade Courts, Anti-tank, Anti-aircraft, Machine-gun and Rocket- launcher Ranges, Close Combat Reaction Course, Open and Turreted Vehicle Range, Carbine Transition Course, Moving Vehicle Range, Sunken Track Range, afNazi Villagew, 'tBooby Trap Houseli and five known-distance Rifle Ranges with 11-30 targets. 7 Z3 Especially unique to Fort Bragg is Combat Range No. 5, large enough to accommodate an entire regiment in com- bat field firing exercises. On this range, which is a transi- tion course between a normal combat range and a divisional field exercise range, are used all the weapons of modern warfare from a carbine to and including the 105 mm. Howitzers. With an enemy outpost line, main line of resistance, enemy regimental line, and with its disap- pearing silhouettes, the range has been designed to test the efficiency of troops, as well as to give them simulated war practice. Also on the reservation are several areas where an entire division may undertake tactical tiring exercises and full- scale maneuvers. Here are employed all types of weapons, including support weapons of heavy artillery. Among the units that have used these areas during their period of training, many of which have already distinguished them- selves on battlefields throughout the world, are, the 9th In- fantry, 2nd Armored, 32nd Airborne, 101st Airborne, 13th Airborne, and the 100th Infantry Divisions, the 13th, 22nd, 34-th FA Brigadesg and various field artillery groups of the 13th, 22nd, and 32nd Corps. Fort Bragg was the first installation at which para- troopers were taught the all-round defense of objectives seized by them, namely bridgeheads, airfields, and strategic points. The system was evolved whereby men could defend the captured points immediately on landing without firing on fellow paratroopers participating in the seizures. Working under the direction of the Training oliicer is a Range Detail, whose job it is to insure proper use and care of existing installations. With their trucks, telephone systems, and other facilities they operate all range activities. Their eliiciency is illustrated not only by the smooth con- trol they have over the ranges, but also by the fact that this detail has sent out a number of cadremen to other posts. Among the important duties of this Division are the periodic inspections of the units in training, and a final in- spection under Preparation for Overseas Replacement and Preparation for Overseas Movement regulations to insure the readiness of these units and personnel for overseas service.

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WAR BOND SECTION FISCAL DIVISION OFFICERS Left to right: Col. D. R. Nimocks, C. W. O. Pendley, W. O. IJGj Patterson, Major Calpestri, Major Pettway, Lt. Myers, Major McNeill. FISCAL HIVISIIJ The Fiscal Division, whose Director is the ofhcial pay- master of the Post, was established during the reorganiza- tion of Post Divisions in January 194-4. Colonel Moses Alexander. the Finance Officer, previous to its establish- ment, was the first Director of the Division. The present Director is Colonel David R. Nimocks, a veteran of many years of service, in this country and abroad. The Division consists of three branchesg these branches, with their chiefs, areg Receipts and Disbursement, IVIajor l. H. Mc- Neillg Budgets and Accounts, lVlajor Richard W. Pettwayg and Audit, Wairrant Oflicer Wa1'cI Pendley. The Receipts and Disbursement Branch receives and dis- burses all appropriated funds pertinent to the Post. the Fayetteville Quartermaster Market Center, and State Selec- tive Service for North Carolina. The Budget and Accounts Branch prepares estimates of appropriated fund require- ments for all elements of the Post and accounts for all ap- propriated funds allotted the Commanding General, Fort Bragg to meet budgetary requirements. The Audit Branch audits all appropriated and non-appropriated funds on the Post, for which expenditures the Commanding General is responsible. 50 Besides paying the oflicers and men of Fort Bragg. the Fiscal Division pays out large sums to the civilian em- ployees of the Post and through the commercial accounts section makes payments to commercial firms for goods or services rendered to the government at Fort Bragg. Every effort is made to promptly pay these commercial accounts, as in the case of payment to enlisted men. The Division has achieved such success in this held that a letter from the Quartermaster General was received, commending the Division for its cooperation with the Fayetteville Quarter- master Market Center. Farmers of this area have been paid so promptly that they have the greatest conhdence in and desire to deal with the Market Center, thus facilitating the procurement of subsistence for the Army and Navy. Disbursements of approximately fz'5I50,000,0I7tI and 2,000,000 payments to military and civilian personnel i11 two and one-half years attest to the magnitude of the work carried on by this Division. Total War Bond sales through payroll deductions and cash sales, supervised by the bursing Agent, who acts as Bond lssuing Ollicer, have to- talled well over a million and a quarter dollars since May, I942.