2 U.S. Army Aviation Soldiers, family, and friends gathered on Howze Field to welcome a new chief warrant officer of the aviation branch to the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker during a change of responsibility ceremony May 27, 2021.
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Michael Myke L. Lewis Jr., incoming chief warrant officer of the Aviation Branch, assumed responsibility from Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jonathan P. Koziol as the officer saber passed to him from ceremony host Maj. Gen. David J. Francis, USAACE and Fort Rucker commanding general.
The saber is one of the most enduring weapons on the battlefield and is symbolic of technical and tactical skill, which are fundamental characteristics of today’s warrant officer.
Garrison announces updates to vehicle registration program
WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii (May 14, 2021) U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii has made several updates to its vehicle registration program, which was launched earlier this year.
Updates made include who is required to register, an additional installation, Tripler, was added to the list of exclusions, and the Vehicle Registration Office located in the Garrison Safety Office on Wheeler Army Airfield is closing effective May 14.
Additionally, units and organizations who are doing mass registrations must turn in their registration sheets by Aug. 2, 2021. Soldiers and civilian employees should check with their personnel section or supervisor to see if they can register their vehicle with their unit/office, or if they need to go in person to one of the Vehicle Registration Offices. Enforcement will begin Dec. 1, 2021.
Fort Hood families can expect new and renovated homes over the next five years as leaders on the base and its private management company use $420 million of federal aid to improve family housing.
Leaders on post held a ceremony Thursday celebrating receiving the money and beginning the demolition of some old homes.
Representatives with LendLease Inc., which manages family housing on post, and senior Army officials spoke to a crowd of around 50 before watching some old houses get demolished by heavy construction vehicles.
III Corps and Fort Hood commander Lt. Gen. Pat White spoke during the ceremony about the funds and the improvements to family housing.
No-knocks no more in Killeen
The Killeen City Council voted Tuesday to approve an ordinance banning the Killeen Police Department from using or participating in no-knock warrants.
The decision was made by a 6-1 vote, with Councilman Steve Harris voting against.
Two people have died in Killeen no-knock raids, which sometimes include broken glass, explosives to blow off doors, and a lot of guns â mostly in the hands of police, but sometimes in the hands of the residents inside.
Marvin Guy, 56, is in Bell County Jail, accused of fatally shooting KPD Detective Charles âChuckâ Dinwiddie during a pre-dawn no-knock narcotics raid on Guyâs west Killeen residence. Dinwiddie and three other officers were shot on May 9, 2014, and Dinwiddie died in a hospital two days later.