William Betson

Colonel William Betson, the commander of Fort Stewart's garrison, mentioned, for instance, the difficulty he had in getting the deployment trains to run on time.He was plagued not by hurricanes or wars but by stupid little things like the tools required to chain down the loads.He said, "Invariably, someone will forget a widget."And there are plenty of widgets to forget, because there is so much equipment to chain down.Combat units drag along a lot of supplies, and they also consist of a lot of people, each, of course, with an independent mind.Consider the joy of departing on a family vacation, and take it to the nth power.

There are reformers today, as there usually have been, who believe that tomorrow's Army can be light and quick, but if they are pragmatic, they define those words in relative terms; a new, pared-down armored vehicle, for instance, with wheels instead of tracks, might weigh merely thirty tons as compared to the current thirty-five.The truth is that the Army is incapable of doing anything lightly, and it suffers from heaviness even in the process by which it tries to slim down.

3RD INFANTRY DIVISION (MECHANIZED) AND FORT STEWART (Government/Academia Category) - Commissioner Lonice Barrett, Tom Fry, Colonel Bill Betson, and Governor Roy Barnes

Colonel William Betson , the commander of Fort Stewart's garrison , mentioned , for instance , the difficulty he had in getting the deployment trains to run on time.He was plagued not by hurricanes or wars but by stupid little things like the tools required to chain down the loads.He said , Invariably , someone will forget a widget..And there are plenty of widgets to forget , because there is so much equipment to chain down.Combat units drag along a lot of supplies , and they also consist of a lot of people , each , of course , with an independent mind.Consider the joy of departing on a family vacation , and take it to the nth power.

There are reformers today , as there usually have been , who believe that tomorrow's Army can be light and quick , but if they are pragmatic , they define those words in relative terms ; a new , pared-down armored vehicle , for instance , with wheels instead of tracks , might weigh merely thirty tons as compared to the current thirty-five.The truth is that the Army is incapable of doing anything lightly , and it suffers from heaviness even in the process by which it tries to slim down.

Colonel William Betson

Colonel William Betson