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107th MP Co. leaves its mark on GTMO ommand orner News from the Bay Cc Don’t mail lithium Go to college! Selling your vehicle? Brig. Gen. James Lettko batteries Get started with Columbia College. Need to sell or transfer ownership of a Deputy Commander, JTF Guantanamo Customers may not mail or receive elec- Sessions start five times a year. Sessions run vehicle? tronic devices containing lithium batteries, for eight weeks. If you buy a vehicle on island, you will ellow Joint Task Force Guantanamo This Joint Task Force is unique in sev- including equipment with non-removable What are you waiting for? Get educated need a bill of sale to properly register the Troopers: you are part of a one-of-a- eral ways. The JTF leverages the strengths batteries, to or from any APO, FPO, and on the military’s dollar! vehicle. Current owner has to complete the kindF organization composed of all branches of each service towards accomplishing their DPO offices. Lithium remains useful, as Apply to become a student by visiting bill of sale. Vehicle must be registered to cur- of service and their components, as well as mission and the overall mission. Our con- always, for treating bipolar musicians. www.ccis.edu. rent owner (seller).To obtain the bill of sale civilian and U.S. government contractors, all tractor and civilian force is probably the For more information about shipping you are required to show your current regis- focused on a very important tactical mis- most diverse part of the JTF. Our contrac- restrictions, call 2156. tration as proof of ownership. sion that has strategic consequences. We tor and civilian staff represent over a dozen Father’s Day fun! Contact Naval Legal Service Office all rotate to JTF Guantanamo on different countries of origin. These team members You’ll have a ball! Navy Child and Youth Programs will be Southeast at 4692. cycles depending on our service, status or are all U.S. citizens who are here contributing hosting paintball and a pool party on June 17. contract. We have six, nine to the total team effort. We The 237th Army Birthday Ball is scheduled Paintball runs from 2 to 4 p.m. at the paint- Call Safe Ride! and 12-month rotations and are truly a joint and diverse for June 30 at the Windjammer Ballroom. ball range and is open to anyone 10 or older. some of our civilians have In addition to the group of professionals all Cocktail hour will begin at 5:15 p.m. The pool party runs from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Out drinking? Thinking about driving? been here for several years great diversity of contributing in a multitude The menu offers filet mignon with either Windjammer Pool. Both of these events are Put the keys down! Save your life, the lives providing that continuity we our team here, of ways to accomplish our shrimp skewers or vegetable lasagna. free, and no registration is required. of others, and your career. all depend on. no-fail mission. I urge you to Tickets are $40 for E-7 and above or civil- For more information, call 2005. Call 84913/84781. Have you ever thought of think about those take the time while at Joint ians, $35 for E-5 and E-6, and $30 for E-4 why we are able to accom- who support us Task Force Guantanamo to JTF Guantanamo and below. Think before you act plish our mission every day learn something new about Commander This is a formal event, and the attire for Motorcycle Ride from home. Rear Adm. David Woods with a group of profession- the many diverse groups of Deputy Commander civilians is formal evening wear or black tie. Calling out all riders who would love the The Coalition of Sailors against Destructive als thrown together into the people that make up our Brig. Gen. James Lettko Military personnel should wear dress uniform. chance to ride along the complete Cuban Actions is looking for new members! CSADD Sergeant Major JTF Guantanamo melting pot? The Standard great team. We can’t accomplish our mission Sgt. Maj. Scott Smith For more information or to buy tickets, fence line! holds meetings every first and third Thursday of Operating Procedures have a lot to do with without all of us working together and lever- Office of Public Affairs Director call Staff Sgt. Baker at 8586. The ride departs from Marine Hill June 23 the month at 11 p.m. in the Windjammer Cafe. Navy Capt. Robert Durand: 9928 how we conduct our business. Our military aging those special skills towards mission Deputy Director at 8:30 a.m. Check in at 8 a.m. For more information, contact RP2 Hosier at competence, professionalism and “can-do” accomplishment every day. Air Force Lt. Col. Laurel Tingley: 9927 See the fence line and learn the history [email protected]. Operations Officer North East Gate tour attitude also have a tremendous impact on In addition to the great diversity of our Army Maj. Jon Powers: 3649 about the North East Gate. our ability to conduct our mission. team here, think about those who support Senior Enlisted Leader Want to learn the history of the North East Sign ups are at Marine Hill June 18 and 22 Sgt. 1st Class Jerome Grant: 8141 I see our ability to conduct our mission us from home. Being deployed over holidays Gate and the United States Marines at Naval from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more informa- Help the Red Cross every day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and special occasions can sometimes bring The Wire Station Guantanamo Bay? Meet at the Marine tion contact SSgt Whatley at 2277 or 2002. The Red Cross is requesting volunteer whether it be the guard force, medical staff, back memories of past celebrations, leaving a Command Information Officer Hill Parade Deck at 11 a.m. on the third Friday $20 to sign up and all funds go to the Marine instructors to lend support to the community. Army 1st Lt. Amelia Thatcher translators, analysts, IT staff and our service Trooper feeling a little down. This Sunday is Editorial Staff of every month for the North East Gate tour. Corps Birthday Ball. If you are a Red Cross-certified instructor, providers – is a direct result of our diver- Father’s Day. Father’s Day celebrates the con- Army Sgt. Saul Rosa For more information, call 2334. Choppers are welcome! please call the station manager at 2511. Spc. Ryan Hallock sity. When you look across the Joint Task tributions that fathers and father figures have Spc. Vanessa Davila Force you will see diversity everywhere. We made to their children’s lives. The celebration Pvt. Loren Cook Photojournalists have the five services represented and within originated in the early 1900s as a way to rec- Sgt. 1st Class Kryn Westhoven INDEX those services we have the active and reserve ognize their contributions. Take the time to Mass Communication Spc. 1st Class Ty Bjornson The Wire Army Staff Sgt. Lewis Hilburn June 15, 2012 components. We have units and Troopers contact your father or father figure in your Mass Communication Spc. 2nd Class Joshua Hammond from the Pacific islands, west coast, through life. Thank them for their guidance and direc- Webmaster the heartland to the east coast and now from tion. If your father has passed away, take a Mass Communication Spc. 1st Class Keith Simmons GTMO’s Got Talent! 5 No Taps for GTMO as far north as Minnesota to as far south as few minutes to remember him. Contact us 7 Puerto Rico. Honor Bound! Tribute to GTMO fathers 8 Editor’s Desk: 3499 107th leaves their mark 10 Commercial: 011-5399-3499 DSN: 660-3499 MBS: Motivation 13 Cover: Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Ruffin (left) lead the team of New York Army National Guard Soldiers, including Spc. Gregg E-mail: [email protected] Gerber, who designed and built a replica of the World Trade Center towers on a five sided base to represent the Pentagon in Movie: Snow White and 14 Online: www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/wire.html honor of all the 107th Military Police Company members past and present who served in the unit since Sept. 11, 2001. the Huntsman The WIRE is the official news magazine of Joint Task Force Guantanamo. It is produced by the JTF Public Affairs Office to inform and educate the Troopers of JTF Guantanamo through news, features, command guidance, sports and entertainment. Joint Task Force This DoD news magazine is an authorized publication for the Safe l Humane l Legal l Transparent members of the Department of Defense. Contents of The WIRE are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense, or Joint Guantanamo Motorcycle Ride – June 23 Task Force Guantanamo. It is printed by Defense Logistics Agency Document Services with a circulation of 1,300. THE WIRE | PAGE 2 COMMAND CORNER NEWS FROM THE BAY THE WIRE | PAGE 3 Trooper to Trooper Construction waking you up? Professionalism – Discipline – Respect Master Sgt. Vickie LeBrun Come on, feel the noise! Law Office Superintendent, SJA By Sgt. 1st Class Jerome Grant PPI has to work longer- n 1993, Congress passed Don’t Ask, than-normal hours to Don’t Tell (DADT), which mandated the re you a Cuzco Barracks dweller? Have complete any required dischargeI of openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual you ever been woken up by construc- maintenance on those service members.