It’s tick season: Protect yourself from diseases
Matt Decker
Fort Leonard Wood
When the weather warms, ticks emerge. Reducing exposure to ticks is important because they transmit disease. While they are born pathogen-free, these blood-sucking arachnids often acquire a variety of diseases some of them potentially debilitating and life-threatening to humans from the animals they feed upon. In fact, reducing exposure to ticks is the best defense against diseases such as Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and several other tick-borne illnesses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Not only do ticks multiply during warmer weather, but all animals also become more active, giving ticks a steady food supply and a way to hitch a ride to new areas.
Super-Robot TAMS Navigates a Marine Corps Kill House
A Corpsman with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group enters the Kill House. (U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Shawn Valosin)
25 May 2021 Military.com | By Peter W. Singer and August Cole
FBI ACADEMY HRT COMPOUND Quantico, Virginia Sunbeams lanced the finger-sized holes punched in the walls, visible from the dust and powdered plywood that swirled in the dark with the faint breeze. Standing just inside the entry doorway of the FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) Kill House, Keegan blinked to get her eyes used to the dark. It also made her realize she d have to go deeper into the specs to see what the bot s visual sensors were able to handle.
Combat Engineer Skills Division holds their first permanent-party field-training exercise
Brian Hill
Fort Leonard Wood
Taking advantage of some very valuable free space on their calendar, the 35th Engineer Battalion’s Combat Engineer Skills Division held a field-training exercise May 10 through 14 for their permanent-party support personnel.
According to Sgt. Maj. Neal Feldmann, CESD chief instructor, the five-day exercise gave his team a chance to work on the engineer-skills proficiencies, warrior tasks and battle drills they don’t always have time to maintain with their normal work load instructing combat engineer and bridge crewmember Advanced Individual Training Soldiers at Range 33.
“We have a week here where we don’t have any AIT students, so we utilized it to maintain proficiencies and skills,” he said. “As far as I know, this is the first time our unit has done something like this, and I’m glad we’re able to, because some of this stuff they haven’t done
A partnership here between the John B. Mahaffey Museum Complex and the 5th Engineer Battalion is providing training opportunities for Soldiers while helping to satisfy an Army Museums directive to divest excess historic artifacts.
Woodworks: Plenty of ‘Summer Fun’ coming to Fort Leonard Wood
Matt Decker
Fort Leonard Wood
There was plenty of “Summer Fun” announced May 7 from multiple agencies on post, which fit the theme of the Woodworks community forum at Pershing Community Center.
Among the announcements: Fort Leonard Wood will reopen its swimming pools for the first time since 2019.
Katy Carter, Business and Recreation director for Morale, Welfare and Recreation, announced that the Wallace Outdoor Pool will be open for recreational swimming when the Fort Leonard Wood Rec Plex opens its mini-golf course Memorial Day Weekend.
“Yes, the pools are opening,” Carter said. “We will (also) be bringing back birthday party reservations in the evening after hours, so you’ll be able to do that shortly.”