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Opinion

  • Damage to fields endangers kids

    Over the last few seasons, the installation has noticed a repeated trend on the Youth Sports fields.

    Whether it is anchored soccer goals being relocated or excessive field damage from adults playing on fields meant for children ages 3-12, the trend has caused safety concerns for our children and hours and hours of additional maintenance manpower to insure that the fields are safe and playable for our Fort Knox youth.

  • Wedding ring found

    I am a manager at O’Charley’s in Elizabethtown. On March 4 a Solider came in and asked if we had found a wedding ring. He had been dining with his family Jan. 31 and thought it must have slipped off his finger when he was playing around with his 4-year-old son while waiting for an open table.

    I had several rings that I brought up front to show him, but none belonged to him. We looked under booths and seats, but no ring. I asked him if he was in trouble with his wife. He said “big trouble.”

    I remembered seeing a very nice ring,

  • Community covenants enhance Army...

    By LT. GEN. RICK LYNCH

    Commander of the Installation Management Command

    As our nation commits to preserving freedom through the uncertainty of deployments and conflicts across the world, Americans give us a special gift: embracing Soldiers and their Families with sincere support.

  • March celebrates women’s...

    By MAJ. GEN. JAMES MILANO

    Fort Knox Commander

    March is Women’s History Month, and it’s a great time to celebrate past and current women who have contributed to our nation’s strength.

    According to the Congressional resolution that designated March as Women’s History Month, “American women of every race, class, and ethnic background have made historic contributions to the growth and strength of our nation in countless recorded and unrecorded ways.”

  • Neighbors turn out in tide of...

    By MAUREEN ROSE

    Turret Associate Editor

    maureen.rose@us.army.mil

    My mother taught me that the most meaningful gifts are not usually those measured in dollars and cents. In most cases, the gift of time is unbelie-vably precious. 

    Last Friday a young Marine’s body was returned to Fort Knox’s Godman Army Airfield for its final trip home to Hodgenville, 35 miles away.

  • OUR READERS WRITE

    Reader suggests attention to dysfunctional behavior

    When I read the Feb. 18 article “New post firearms policy tightens requirement” in the Turret, I couldn’t help but think of the terrible tragedy at Fort Hood, the latest shooting in Huntsville, and the 1993 shootings on Fort Knox.

    Let’s see, Maj. Hasan the terrorist, and Amy Bishop and Arthur Hill, disgruntled employees. How would “tightening” the firearms policy have prevented those acts? It wouldn’t.

  • Revamped firearms policy boosts...

    By MAJ. GEN. JAMES MILANO

    Fort Knox Commander

    The Army frequently revamps policies to reflect changes to the situation on the ground. This adaptability is a cornerstone of our Army’s success and progress.

    One such policy change is to the privately-owned firearms regulation 210-1, Control of Firearms and Weapons on Fort Knox. This new regulation will be implemented in March and will affect civilians, Family members, and Soldiers.

  • Want to reduce family debt? Sell...

    By ELLIE KAY

    Operationhomefrontonline.com

    When my husband Bob and I wanted to get a jump-start on reducing our credit card debt, we began to chip away at it here and there.

    When we got a refund check from the insurance, we put it toward debt. When I saved money at the commissary, we put it toward debt.

  • Life can fill up, slosh over your...

    By JACEY ECKHART

    CinCHouse.com

    Sometimes the Unfair Bucket runneth over.

    Last week, it was runnething over with 40 inches of snow while my husband was training on the West Coast.

    “I don’t wanna shovel the sidewalk,” 16-year-old Sam protested. “Have you seen how much snow is out there?! I am OVER the snow.”

  • Get a grip on winter driving

    By MAJ. GEN. JAMES MILANO

    Fort Knox Commander

    We’ve had a very challenging winter with lots of snow and ice. Everyone keeps telling me this is unusual for Kentucky, but I’m getting accustomed to weekly meetings with the Garrison commander about the latest winter weather issues.

  • What are the positives of life at...

    By JACEY ECKHART

    CinCHouse.com

    I met Laura last fall at a workshop at 29 Palms, Calif. If you have never been to 29 Palms your-self, I want you to picture the blaze of desert sunsets. The exotic twist of a Joshua tree. Raking your lawn for snakes.

    “I remember you said something along the lines of how you like (less than fabulous) bases like 29 Palms because they are a proving ground for the family,” Laura said on Facebook. “I was just curious to hear more about what you meant by that.”

  • Snow can melt resolve of some to be...

    By LARRY BARNES

    Turret Editor

    larry.barnes2@us.army.mil

    “Well, now, that’s a merry little street scene, isn’t it, Ralph? A layer of ice, a few inches of snow, and 6,000 federal employees skating their way south along Dixie Highway from Metro Louisville toward Fort Knox.

    Ever see such confusion?”

  • Is rudeness escalating? You bet,...

    By TANYA BIANK

    homefrontonline.com

    In my mother’s 45 years of commissary shopping, she’s seen it all: payday mayhem, screaming kids, long lines, bad fruit, child abuse, dress codes, and the occasional catfight over the last store coupon for Cheese Whiz.

    Thankfully, commissary courtesy has evolved along with our kinder, gentler Army. These days, customer service is taken seriously, and shoppers are courteous.

    For the most part, that is.

  • Knox offering going to Haiti

    The Fort Knox Religious Support Office thanks all who contributed to the Army Chief of Chaplains designated offering for Haiti Relief.

    The Fort Knox worship community contributed more than $6,600 in much-needed assistance to the Haitian people through the American Red Cross.

    Again thank you!

    Fort Knox Religious

    Support Office

  • Highlighting leaders past, present

    By MAJ. GEN. JAMES MILANO

    Fort Knox Commander

    Our Armor Ball in Louisville Saturday was a great occasion, one that I will remember for years to come.

    Throughout the past year we found ourselves focused on the jobs expected of us, putting in countless hours training the Armor leaders of tomorrow, continually improving our branch, and developing the future of Armor. These are serious and important missions that create far-reaching impacts, and we did them while planning and preparing to move the Armor School to Fort Benning.

  • Neighbors boost Knox growth

    By MAJ. GEN. JAMES MILANO

    Fort Knox Commander

    We enjoy a great relationship with our civilian neighbors in this region, and they are moving forward in their efforts to support the growth at Fort Knox and the community.

  • ‘Triple Nickel&rsquo...

    555th Parachute Infantry Association

    In the winter of 1943-1944 20 young African-American enlisted men were ordered to Fort Benning, Ga., to train as parachutists.

    Never before in the segregated U.S. military system then prevalent, had “coloreds” been considered capable of being paratroopers.

  • Angst over husbands antagonizes...

    Taken from FEMCOM (CinCHouse)

    Recently a fellow FEMCOM-er was relating a very common tale. She had met the wife of one of her male colleagues and got the cold shoulder.

    To be fair, my friend is a knockout and I’m not sure I’d react well in that situation either given her annoying leggy-blondness; but all the same it was a tale I had heard and experienced before.

  • Have a juicy bit of gossip? Keep it...

    By JACEY ECKHART

    CinCHouse.com

    I got an e-mail from a chick whose best friend just told her that her husband was seen “flirting” with a female Marine.

    The young wife went into a tail-spin.

    The couple had only been married a few months. They’d been fighting a lot before he deployed. So the minute she got this news the chick was sure that the most important thing was finding out whether this was the TRUTH.

    I just didn’t think that the search for the TRUTH about flirting was the most important thing.

  • Thanks for helping ill commissary...

    This is a profound thank-you to the people who kept me from falling at the commissary on Dec. 5 when I had a fainting episode.

    I have no idea about any names, but I just know several people assisted me and I sincerely thank each one who helped me in any way that day.

    May God bless you.

    Mary Collins

    Brandenburg