European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday. September 13, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 go surprised self on Road to Honor Tao tet Sis by tix tuis c spec. 4 Boger fris. Bet against himself 11 my to Ivan Stift Rili r Glebis Olstadt Germany spec. 4 Roger Parris platoon ser Cani was Irving 10 make sure the Orlando. Fla., native would t Embarrass himself in front of his promotion Board. Instead Farris Mlej up As Usa eur s Soldier of the year for 1987. My platoon sergeant thought it would be a Good idea if i went to the battalion Soldier of the Quarter Competition so i could prepare for the e-4 promotion Hoard so i would t Embarrass Farns said. The Road away from embarrassment and toward Honor was marked by studying drilling and a timely kick in the Bull every now and then from his room mate. Farris studied two hours every Day for a week before each Board and then his room Malc sol. Arthur White drilled him. And when the aircraft fire control repairman s pals came a knocking at Ihei. Room. White sent them impacting i Ghoul Farris. He used logo out a lot when he should have been studying while said. Several limes his friends would come o the pm and basically i d run them Oul. He wanted to study. Iii with his friends in there he would the Way to the Usa eur Honor Farris was named Soldier of the Ymir for 3rd attack helicopter in 4th brigade 3rd in i div and Vii corps. He never thought he would get past the 3rd in div Competition i was thinking Here was More politics in it that Only infantry could win 3rd of div Farris said. Iguess i proved Hal Bui his Confidence did t improve for the Vii corps Board. Every time before a hopi re he always thought that he lost White said. So before he went to Vii corps Board we had a bet. I bet him $10 that he would win. He by against himself that he would lose. So when he won he was like i won give me a break but he and then came Usa eur. No jokes no bets be tween the two rookies when it came Lime for All the marbles. The Usa eur Board was serious business White my he thought in a. Citing to lose that one because he d Inok Lnmu-11 in the i Narrof and say 1 can t Dol his Farris said the other candidates were just like him nervous. We were All pretty nervous because Here Are All these sergeant majors that have been in 30-plus years and Here we were a Bunch of Guys Jusi Starling out in the army Farris said Farris Hud an uth Aniag. Fit can really Bull a lot lie fan make it sound Good. Most people can Farris did not exactly i t ult in tit right fool when he first gut to when i first got hen1, it was Prilly Farris said. My Squadron Leader gave me some monthly performance counselling statements Hal said 1 should work on my bearing and appearance. I took those to heart started pressing my uniform and shining my boots. It shows while says it shows More than in the Way Farris wears his uniform. He s knowledgeable about his Job he s has a Good attitude to word his Job and the army. With Hal Altitude Hal makes him one hell of a sol Dier White also shows through on the Job me works on armaments and you can it la from the Way he works that he s Sharp said Hief warrant office Jerry Gooch Farris platoon Leader. He has to track problems on electrical system i. And he has to be a trouble shooter when the systems have electrical Farris now a squad Leader said he applies things he has Learned about leadership from studying for the boards. I have two soldiers Hal work for me and i Experiment with a lot of things Farris said sometimes it makes them mad. But n s All part of a learning Farris future plans include applying for the defense language Institute. He wants to re enlist for Russia nor czechoslovakian to work in signal interception. He said he wants logo As far As i can in As Little time As i can top no uses Lead by example method by William h. Mcmichael Bamberg Germany bullets flew across the Grafin Wocher Range As i St in 54th inf wrapped up its gunnery practice. But the 2nd so. 3rd i la of co c faced a problem. Too ill to dismount with the rest of his troops. Staff sgt. Gerard Thireau remained to command the track As his squad turned in a lacklustre performance. We re going to do better tonight to Tucau later told them. Still sick hi1 Lei his squad through the darkness in what ultimately became the second highest score in the 1st army div. He cares about his troops. He checks up on them every Day even saturday and sunday pfc. Gregory Crawford said of his squad Leader and Usa Kuks no of the sear the other members of Titre i squad agreed. He s Aboul the hell no i be Ever seen said i to. Eric Barham. We luxe classes almost every Day. To works us a Little hard bin it s Good for he trials everyone the same in our squad. Thai s another thing i Tiki about him said pfc. Eddie Cole. He does t play Tetreau one of Usa eur s cos of the year in 1983 when in fire than one Soldier was chosen a leu has impressed those above him with his Lead by example style. I came in real said 2nd it. Michail Lisio. Tetreau s platoon Leader. He had a lot of intelligence and knowledge a nut his Job and he helped me a lot. He s a trained and motivated Soldier so there s no problem with the iro.ip-, being motivated. He s the lint one logo out and do it. In does everything like the Woon sucked r.i., native s even tempered approach to duty is lends itself to dealing with 9ns troops personal problems. When a Soldier gets in Trou ble Thireau said screaming about it docs t sole any thing. First of All. They already realize that they nude a mistake. By going at somebody aggressively All you re going to get is in go like feedback. They re nut going to open up to you you gotta get them calmed Down find Oul All the facts and let them know that you re Irre. That you re caring for when Cole Arr cd in country without his wife Thireau was kind of my sponsor he said. I was t Pinotti s4s of Wium h staff sgt. Gerard to Truu of 2nd so 3rd poll of co a was chosen us Usarek s top of o of the Jear. Used to it Here and i was a Little scared. He helped Megel through that. He s made me feel comfortable lie s a Friend and squad Leader Ai the same but he added i give him respect. When you Dun i give him respect he lets us know but Tetreau is Foremost a Trainer. These Guys if you ask them. Will Tell you Hal i train Loo much he said. I always Tell them that it s not enough because our Joh Ai no of is to look out for their welfare and if we Don t train our Nivolo Surrue in combat then we re it looking out for their Wel fare he always keeps us miss Cole said. He s always leaching us act fear often has the whole squad Over to his Home where they study Field menu Ili around a bowl of pop Corn alter duty hours but when we have Lime Cole continued he makes sure we get to Licau keeps a list with him whenever a a in duty comes up he checks to see who got the last Nasty Job. The next one gues id Hie Neit name on the list and no one suffers an unfair Burden through Lack of a Lien lion to detail. Tetreau was offered a platoon ser Cani s Job in an other battalion but he turned it Down to take a a spot on the defense department s Ami terrorist Imla Force. He tried last year but failed. They put you through a lot of physical and mental sire and you just endure it he said. He wants to go because a s what the army i sup posed to he All about. Vim do Teal training for real Tetreau is training at the four week Delia Force assessment selection course in West Virginia until the end of september. His wife. Diana and his iwo Chil Dren will miss him. His Wildie via they la miss him too. Sort of. I m going to miss his Cole said Buli m not going to miss him keeping me Busy All the 1 tit in h pcs Xvi n Aru ii a Iff � 1 t it i the tin lit air tvs on i1 r i
