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BASTOGNE February 2013 Volume 3, Issue 1 Magazine BASTOGNE February 2013 Volume 3, Issue 1 Magazine Bastogne Returns to Afghanistan GuideBASTOGNE Afghans, Magazine Fight • FebruaryAlongside 2013 Afghanistan, Win with Afghans1 Contents BASTOGNE Magazine - Jan 2013 88 Features: Departments: Torkham Gate ... A lone Afghan Boarder Po- 3: Found on Facebook liceman looks to the moun- 6: SFAAB Stands up in Afghanistan: The tains of Pakistan through Bastogne Brigade returns to Nuristan, Nangarhar 4: Commander’s Column the Khyber Pass. and Kunar Provinces, but this time the mission is different. 5. CSM’s Column 7: Locked and Loaded: No Slack SFAAT mem- bers teach their ANA counterparts to train their 10: Center Fold fellow Soldiers. 8: The Gateway to Pakistan: For centuries 14: And the Soldiers say ... Torkham gate has been the gate way to Afghani- stan for thousands of years. Today it is patrol by 17: Faces from the Field the Afghan National Security Forces and is the east- ern route for most of the country’s commerce. 18: Preventive Medicine 12: Why We Serve: Staff Sgt. Christopher Chaplain’s Corner. Dollar 15: For the Health of the Force: The role of 19: History Preventative Medicine in a deployed environment. 16: Spreading the Holiday Spirit 2 BASTOGNE Magazine • February 2013 Found on ... Search for people, places and things 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Bastogne Everyday our Soldiers stand guard, in austere lo- cations around the world. Let your Soldier know that you are thinking about them today. Shaneeka Davis That’s my hubby ! = )) Thursday at 11:54pm Cameo Caccitolo Drenth I think about my son and pray for him and all the other soldiers every day. God Bless them all! Thursday at 11:55pm via mobile Sandie Foreman I miss my son and I am proud of my son ..beyond any words can describe... Yesterday at 12:05am Karen Hamilton Thank you to every soldier who is giving of them selfs for all of us, be careful and come home safely. Yesterday at 12:09am Connie Etling-Stout Pray for my son as I do all our soldiers. Hooah!! Miss him so much. Yesterday at 12:13am via mobile Tom Bateman Prayers daily for my nephew. Yesterday at 12:27am via mobile Karol H. Spencer I am grateful for each soldier’s service and for their family’s sacri- fice. Thank you all. Yesterday at 12:42am Tamra Hamrick Thinking about my sol- dier every minute of every day...love & miss you SPC Garlow!!! : ) XOXOXOXO Yesterday at 1:18am Regina Johnson Thank You and may GOD continue to keep you safe..... Yesterday at 1:20am Joan Bagniewski thinking about and missing my soldier son so often ... U.S. Army Pfc. Sterling Davis, an infantryman with 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Bri- gade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, stands on a rock wall in Nangalam, Afghanistan provid- Yesterday at 1:24am ing security for his fellow Soldiers supporting an Afghan National Army resupply mission Dec. 26th. Davis is a native of Killeen, Texas. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Jon Heinrich, CT 1-101 Public Affairs) Judith Laughlin Thank you Bastogne! Yesterday at 1:49am Sean McCauley Thank you for all you do to protect our liberty. You are in our prayers. Yesterday at 2:35am via mobile Jackie Fobar We miss our son David very much, always thinking of u David. Yesterday at 2:39am via mobile See Pictures of your Soldiers at: Darlene Smith Looking at my son stand- ing tall, standing proud- what’s a mother facebook.com/101bastogne to do but cry! Yesterday at 2:44vam BASTOGNE Magazine • February 2013 3 Bastogne 6 To the Families of Bastogne, Greetings from Afghanistan! It is hard to believe that we are already almost three months into our deployment; the time here has flown by as we have started our mission of advising, assisting and enabling the Afghan National Security Forces. Ours is a mission that is filled with opportunities and potential. eW are all encouraged to see the rising level of professionalism and compe- tence with our Afghan partners. We have much work to do while we are here, but the signs of progress are in front of us every day. In December, I had a meeting with a district governor in the southwest portion of Nangarhar Province. During this meeting, he said something that really caught my attention. He mentioned to me that if you look at Afghan history over the last thousand years, there has never been a period of such development and growth as there has been in the last twelve years. He pointed out that the development in Afghanistan over the last twelve years has been remarkable in terms of schools, roads, health care, access to technology and many other ways. He said that Afghans realized these gains would never have been made without the support of the United States and its Army. He ended by thanking me for all that American Soldiers had done for this country. I greatly appreciated his comments and a few weeks later saw a Washington Post column by David Ignatius entitled “The changing face of Afghanistan,” which detailed the progress to a much greater extent. I encourage you to search for this article and read about the changes that Afghanistan has seen in the last 12 years. As Americans, we tend to have a positive view of the work of our Sol- diers but the expression of gratitude from the District Governor was meaningful because it answered the question of many Soldiers: “Are we making a difference?” The answer to this question is definitely “Yes.” The people of Afghanistan see it every day. As Soldiers, we don’t serve to be recognized but it feels pretty good when our efforts are appreciated. I would like to close this column with a thought about you, our Bas- togne Families, the foundation of our success. Without your support, we would not be able to make such a difference in Afghanistan. eW are all aware of the many sacrifices made by the families at home when Soldiers deploy. On behalf of all of the Bastogne Brigade, please accept my deepest thanks for your untiring support and dedication--it truly is critical for us to accomplish our mission. COL JP McGee Bastogne 6 4 BASTOGNE Magazine • February 2013 Bastogne 7 Greetings to all, from the Nangarhar, Kunar and Nuristan Provinces (N2K). The first thing I would like to say is Happy New Year to all of the Soldiers, Families and Friends of the Bastogne Team. We have been in charge now for over 45 days and I can confidently say that Combined Team Bastogne is doing a great job. Currently, we have nearly 1900 Bastogne Soldiers spread out over 5,000 sq. miles. Our Sol- diers are busy advising Afghans, conducting patrols with our Afghan counterparts, securing and supporting our Forward Operating Bases (FOBs)/Combat Outposts (COPs), and conducting convoys to bring sup- plies, food, water, parts and mail to all of the units in our area. As I make my rounds conducting battlefield circulation, I get the opportunity to see the hard work and dedication that the Bastogne Brigade is known for. All of our Soldiers are working hard and staying busy. Most of our Soldiers are working in more than one job so the days and nights go by fast. The typical day for one of our Soldiers con- sists of doing their jobs, getting a workout at the gym, getting some well-deserved rest, and preparing for the next day’s work. One thing about being in a deployed environment is remembering that, first and foremost, we are U.S. Army Soldiers. Every Soldier is ex- pected to maintain their military bearing, physical fitness, and perform at the highest level of proficiency each and every day. From what I am seeing, Bastogne Soldiers are more than meeting that challenge. By now, every location and every unit in the Bastogne Brigade has conducted their deployment patching ceremony. As you look through the photos that our Soldiers send home and those on our social media sites, you should be noticing that our Soldiers are wearing the “Screaming Eagle” on both shoulders. This is a symbol of achievement and entry into a brotherhood. By becoming a Double Eagle, you join a brotherhood of Soldiers that dates back to Belgium in 1944. You stand side by side with our brothers who fought in Vietnam, Haiti, Kuwait, and Iraq. For this, I congratulate each and every one of our Soldiers. Now, I want to address the numerous rumors running around out there about Soldiers possible coming home early. At this time, I want to be perfectly clear when I tell you that everything the brigade is doing right now is in the planning phase and has not been approved by higher headquarters. I will make you a promise: when the brigade makes the decision to start sending Soldiers home, we will alert the Ft. Campbell rear detachment leadership to make the official announce- ment. In closing I would like to say thanks to all the Family members, Friends and supporters of Combined Team Bastogne currently serving in Afghanistan. We really appreciate how you have supported us via care packages, letters, cards, emails and Facebook posts. We try hard to share as many pictures as we can of your loved ones, so thank you for understanding that we can’t get pictures of everyone, but we do try. CSM Thomas Eppler Bastogne 7 BASTOGNE Magazine • February 2013 5 SFAAB stands up in Afghanistan Above: The Combined US/Afghan Color Guard retire the colors Dec.
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