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Vol. 77, No. 25 June 28, 2019 Let games begin Photo by Sgt. James Geelen Soldiers with 4th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, compete in the Ivy Week 2019 Team Stress Shoot at Range 69 at Fort Carson June 24. During the event, the participants had to maneuver four water cans and carry a simulated casualty 100 meters, before engaging targets. During Ivy Week 2019, the brigade participates in various events to see who among them is the best and to win the Commander’s Cup. See next week’s Mountaineer for a recap of the week’s events, and to see who will take home the cup. Army Commendation Medal Soldiers earn valor awards for actions By Staff Sgt. Neysa Canfield Infantry Division, received awards for their heroic Spcs. Jacob S. Shontz and Joseph Smith were awarded 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 4th actions during an awards ceremony June 11. the Army Commendation Medal with Valor device. Infantry Division During the ceremony 1st Lt. Cooper L. Lemons, The six Soldiers, who were assigned to Alpha Sgt. 1st Class John Ballenger, Staff Sgt. Timme L. Jones, “Arrowhead” Company, 1st Bn., 12th Inf. Reg., Six Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry and Spc. Benaiah O. Wiedenhoft were awarded the Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Army Commendation Medal with Combat device and See Award on Page 4 Message board Inside Freedom Fest concerts begin Friday at 4 p.m. Page 5 Page 13 Pages 16-17 2 MOUNTAINEER — June 28, 2019 Commentary MOUNTAINEER Commanding General: Disability, emergency preparedness Maj. Gen. Randy A. George Exceptional Family Member Program for the safety of all, it is even more so for people and families living with disabilities or special health care needs. Garrison Commander: Col. Brian K. 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Inez Hammon “Pride is not just a celebration, it’s a battle cry,” 14th Public Affairs Detachment said Stehlik. Stehlik grew up in a military household and Diversity can be one of a country’s greatest eventually commissioned into the Army as an strengths. At the 2019 LGBT Pride Month observance, infantry officer. Soldiers stepped up to tell their stories June 17 at the Stehlik married prior to going to Ranger school and Elkhorn Conference Center. spent a year on an unaccompanied tour in Korea. Upon This year marks the 50th anniversary of the arrival back home, Stehlik’s wife encouraged him to Stonewall riots. The riots were a series of violent go to a therapist to figure out what was going on with acts toward members of the gay community stemming him, because they both knew something wasn’t right. from a police raid that began June 28, 1969, and ended “I always knew there was something different on July 1, 1969, in New York City. about me, but it wasn’t something I had the words for,” Since then, the U.S. government has evolved said Stehlik. “Even if I had the words, I’m not sure I from allowing employers to legally deny a person could have said them.” employment or to fire him based on sexual orientation For decades, being transgender was a medically — to allowing LGBT personnel to serve in the military, 1st Sgt. Melissa White with Bravo Company, 3rd Assault disqualifying condition for service in the Army. but that progress has been a five-decade journey. Helicopter Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th Combat Stehlik had a wife to provide for, so they both In 1992, then President Bill Clinton sought to Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, serves as a guest kept the secret. do away with the ban on gay people serving in speaker for the 2019 LGBT Pride Month observance June In 2012, Stehlik applied to the Army-Baylor the military, but was unable to garner enough 17 at the Elkhorn Conference Center.