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HHC, 10TH Sustainment Brigade Troops Battalion Supply Volume 1, Issue 6 March 2009 The Sustainer Sentinel FRG CALENDAR Sustain the Climb! LTC Dave Jones Gator 6 HHD FMCo Deployment Ceremony, MAR 30 SBTB Battalion 1000, SBTB BN Classroom Commander Our focus contin- ues to be on operations in 10SBTB Spring Fun Day APR 5 Iraq, Kuwait and Fort Drum Easter Egg Hunt @ 3:00 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 2:00—4:30pm. Pine Plains Gym This past quarter saw some exciting and busy months for the Gator HHC, Signal & 620th—FRG Meet ‘n APR 14 Team. We continue to excel in sustainment and force protection opera- Greet Potluck. 5:30 PM@ Adirondack tions. The team brought in the New Year with our Soldiers working Creek Community Center hard, exceeding the standards and supporting efforts to improve the quality of life for the Iraqi people. The team was part of countless mis- sions all with great success. Our Financial Management Company in FMCo FRG Meeting, Clark Hall, 5:30 th APR 14 Iraq changed over this quarter. The 24 Financial Management Com- PM pany (FM CO) from Fort Stewart, GA having served 15 months in thea- th ter changed over with the 208 FM CO from Mannheim, Germany. The Battalion Luau 208th FM CO known as the “Roughnecks” are fully integrated into the JUN 13 battalion. We also changed over our Human Resources Company. The 510th HR CO from Fort Eustis, VA, serving a 15 month tour in theater, changed over with the 271st HR CO from Puerto Rico. The 271st HR CO known as “Primeros” are on board and ready to go. INSIDE THIS ISSUE: HHC, B Co (Signal) and B Company, 949th BSB (Texas National Guard) continue to perform their missions well above standard. At Fort Drum, HQ Det, 33rd FM CO is preparing to deploy and did a great job with predeployment training and completed block leave. 620th MCT continues to conduct movement control operations, supporting 10th HHC 4 Mountain Division in Iraq. Signal Company 8 Next quarter, the Gators will focus on continued Operations in Iraq, rd Kuwait and Fort Drum. C Det, 33 FMCo will be holding down the Fort FMCo 10 Drum finance mission. The Family Readiness Group (FRG) will plan for an Easter Egg Hunt and Spring Festival. 620th MCT 12 We will continue to keep Families updated with the newsletters as well Supporters Pages 14 as through the rear detachment chain of command and FRG. I appreciate the outstanding work and service our Soldiers and Families Rear D Quick Reference Numbers 16 provide everyday. 16 ~ Gator 6 FRG Leader Contact List The Sustainer Sentinel since being here. I am proud of every one of them. The Battalion conducted a NCO Induction Ceremony 13 Feb 09. 22 newly promoted noncommissioned officers were inducted. MSG Tracy Wood sang the National Anthem. SFC Jordan and SFC O’Leary were the sword bearers. CSM Tennant was the guest speaker. It was a great opportunity for our newest NCOs; all of them were proud to have had a chance to be Inducted into the NCO Corps. On 14 Feb 09, the battalion participated in a 5K Valentine’s Day run. Approximately 50 of our Soldiers were up early to compete in the run. We had more participants than any other unit on Taji, so I guess instead of chocolate and flowers we enjoyed sweat and pain on Valentine’s Day. We conducted two Reliefs in Place (RIPs), 24th Financial Management Company from Ft. Stewart, GA RIP’d with 208th Financial Management Company from Manheim, Ger- many on 8 Feb 09 and 510th Human Resources Company from Ft. Eustis, VA RIP’d with the 271st Human Resources Company from Puerto Rico on 2 Mar 09. The 24th FMCo and 510th HRC both served 15 month tours here in Iraq and have all made it home safe and sound. I want to thank them for their service to our country and continued success in all they do. As for the 208th FMCo and the 271st HRC, welcome to Iraq and to the bat- talion, I am sure that each of these units will take the bull by the horns and run with it. Sustain the Climb! Both units have already done magnificent things in their short time here and will raise Go Gators! the bar during their tour. CSM Michael Mosier We have had several promotions in the last couple of month; but I would like to point out three. SGT Kateri Erwin was promoted to SSG, CPL Mark Hanna and CPL Kyle Tobara were promoted to SGT. These three NCOs were recommended by their supervi- March is here which means sors and 1SG for a Battlefield Promotion and they all received it. This just goes to show that we just started our fifth month of that our Soldiers are exceeding the standard in everything they do and are being recog- deployment — WOOHOO! It has nized for it. Congratulations to these NCOs for a job well done! been a busy couple of months and our Soldiers have done stellar jobs Go Gators! ~ GATOR 7 Page 2 Volume 1, Issue 6 SBTB Promotions Since February 2009 We Are Proud of All Our Soldiers! SPC Ackerman SPC Nugent PFC Coon SPC A. Powell SSG Erwin PV2 Pruitt SPC Faltine PV2 Rice PV2 Garcia SPC Romero SSG Ruatos PV2 Gibson PFC Ugochukwu SGT Gillespie PV2 Stephenson SPC Griffin SPC Taylor PFC Hamlett SPC Thomas SGT Hanna Volunteers Completing SGT Tobara CW2 Henriquez PV2 Tobon Training since Feb 2009 SGT R. Johnson SPC Wiegand FRG Rear D Team Building: SPC Klukiewicz SPC Wutke Gerilynne Moore MSG Koser PFC Ziegler Tonie Busby 2LT McCoy Korynn Drake SPC Moss SPC Murphy Care Team Awareness: Korynn Drake Congratulations! AFTB Level 2 Roberta Murray Page 3 Page 4 Company Headquarters Headquarters & To the Top! HHC Families, I would like to start off by saying that 1SG Alicea and I appreciate everything the FRG has done so far to support us and make the time away from family that much more bearable. You have done a great job in taking time out of your busy schedule to assist families when assistance is needed as well as keeping our families informed while we are defending freedom here in Iraq. Your Soldiers here are doing a mag- nificent job. All of the Soldiers in the different sections of our great company come to work each and every day know- ing that they are making a huge impact here in Iraq and will be able to share the stories with their families and friends of how they served their country admirably in 2009. Since the publication of the last newsletter we have accomplished a number of great feats. We had many of our Sol- diers participate in the MLK and Valentine Day Run. The Battalion Commander presented the participants of this run with a Certificate of Achievement. For the month of January CPL Hanna and SPC Day were our Soldiers of the month and for February our winners were SGT Holland and SPC Johnson who made the cutoff score to Sergeant for March. SGT Erwin was promoted to Staff Sergeant as a result of being nominated and selected for a battlefield promotion. 2LT Howard, Black History Month project Officer and her team did an awesome job with putting an awesome an academy award worthy event that everyone is still talking about days after the event. PFC Thomas who works in the HHC Wood Shop was selected as the Muleskinner of the Week during this month and received a BDE and BDE Command team coin for his hard work in com- pleting his many projects. We have a Sustainer team currently preparing to compete in the upcoming Sustainer Challenge. We have no doubt they will bring home the first place trophy. They have some stellar athletes on that team with CPT Arroyo, CPT Zerr, SPC Johnson, and SSG Kuiper to name a few. Thanks goes to the HHC family back and rear detachment team at Fort Drum for your continued support and commitment to the company and each other as we near the one quarter mark of our deployment. It's the bonds developed back in the rear that will sustain us through the rest of our time in country. Thank you all for providing us with the motivation to serve our nation and the people of Iraq as well. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers for you are in ours. God Bless You, CPT Sherdrick Rankin Page 5 HHC, 10TH Sustainment Brigade Troops Battalion Supply By SSG ROBLEDO, PAVEL HHC, 10th SBTB, 10th SBDE Camp Taji 10th SBTB Motor Pool – SGT Maurice Rue- Whitfield, a native of Bordentown, NJ and Shop Foreman for the 10th Sustainment Brigade Troops Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, instructs the attending Soldiers on how to properly perform PMCS on a M-Gator and Polaris Ranger during his Driver’s Training Session. Thus far SFC Michael Ostrander, a Ballston Spa, NY native and SGT Rue-Whitfield in a combined effort have trained and licensed 41 Soldiers on these pieces of equipment. SGT Rue-Whitfield and SPC Daniel Edwards from Long Island, New York, point out some to the vital parts to check during the PMCS of the M-Gator and Polaris Ranger. The following Gators prepare in their own way to navigate the complex driving course in hopes they can acquire a license to drive. Above: SGT Rue-Whitfield, Maurice(L) native from New Jersey and SSG Schofield, Craig (R) dis- cuss the fundamentals that must be passed in order to be scored a GO.
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