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Army.Mil September 1, 2011 Spouses’ Welcome Event Set for Wednesday the Next Spouses’ Welcome Event Will Be from 8:45 A.M Fort Irwin NTC kicks 12th Combat celebrates off Life Training women’s right Awareness Squadron to vote campaign gets new leader News Pg. 3 News, Pgs. 12-13 News, Pg. 16-17 Volume 7, Number 35High PublishedDesert in the interest of the National Training Center andWarrior Fort Irwin community • www.irwin.army.mil September 1, 2011 Spouses’ welcome event set for wednesday The next Spouses’ Welcome event will be from 8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Wednes- day at Reggie’s. The program is specifically designed for spouses and adult family mem- bers new to the installation and offers an introduction to all the programs, services and activities at Fort Irwin. Visit www. fortirwinfmwr.com or call 380-4784/3598 for more details. Job Fair planned for Sept. 8 Army Community Service (ACS), in collaboration with the Army Career and Alumni Program (ACAP), is hosting the Fort Irwin Job Fair. The job fair will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 8 at Sandy Basin Community Center. The event is free and open to the public. This event will feature employers who currently have vacancies. labor day weekend hours announced Labor Day is Sept. 5. In addition to all students in the Silver Valley Unified School District enjoying a day of no classes, CourTeSy phoTo many on-post facilities will have adjusted Sgt. 1st Class LaShana Bradwell won first place in the Army Arts and Crafts contest with “Blue Tide,” pictured above, a vase she hours or be closed on Monday. See page made at the Fort Irwin Arts and Crafts Center. 19 in today’s issue for the complete list of closures and hours changes. National Train- ing Center and Fort Irwin commanding Irwin NCO wins Armywide art contest general Brig. Gen. Terry Ferrell’s holiday weekend safety message is on page 2 of to- BY CAROLINE KEYSER tried her hand at pottery. It was during one of manager of the arts and crafts center. “We day’s edition. Be safe and have a memorable Warrior Senior Writer the arts and crafts center’s other art classes that have some Soldiers here who are wonderfully holiday weekend. Bradwell first observed people pouring ceram- talented, including Bradwell.” Sgt. 1st Class LaShana Bradwell doesn’t ics and thought it seemed like fun. Once she “Night Sky” was born out of Bradwell’s claim to have any artistic talent, but judg- tried it, she was hooked, she said. penchant for experimentation and some left- We salute, honor es of the Army Arts and Crafts contest “I loved the whole environment,” she said. over blue paints, one of which was became the thought otherwise. “It was a good way to unwind.” piece’s namesake. Bradwell’s art was chosen for first and third As chief legal NCO of Fort Irwin’s Staff “I just started playing with the leftover col- places in the novice ceramics category of the Judge Advocate office, and later as the NCO ors,” Bradwell said. “I didn’t have a vision in 95 Army’s annual arts and crafts contest. The in charge of its tax center, Bradwell was no mind. Sometimes it works out and sometimes contest had 491 entries submitted from across stranger to stress and long hours. But when it doesn’t, and this time it worked.” Fort irwin SoldierS the Army in 11 categories. Her winning piece she made pottery in the arts and crafts center, Bradwell spent so much time at the center currently deployed is a blue ceramic vase titled “Blue Tide” and she said she found peace. that she became like a family member to its her third-place piece is a vase titled “Night “Even though there might be five or six staff and regular customers, Hayden said. She Source: Directorate of Human Resources Sky.” She made both at the Fort Irwin Arts other people in there, you had your own little added that Bradwell often offered a helping National Training Center and Fort Irwin and Crafts Center. area,” she said. “You didn’t have to think about hand to first-time ceramic pourers. “I didn’t think I’d win anything,” Bradwell anything. I used to call it my sanctuary.” “She’s one of the most helpful, generous said. “I was surprised.” Bradwell credited the staff of the arts and people I’ve met,” Hayden said. Bradwell left Fort Irwin in late July, but crafts center with making it an enjoyable place, By Bradwell’s estimate, she created at least during the two years she was stationed here, she and it was the staff that encouraged her to enter 50 pottery pieces at Fort Irwin, most of which spent nearly every minute of her free time creat- the contest. she gave away or donated. Even though her new ing pottery at the arts and crafts center. While “She was constantly changing her tech- duty station, Fort Gordon, Ga., doesn’t have Use your smartphone she had attempted various art projects before niques and trying different things, which I facilities for making pottery, Bradwell said she to connect to our Web site coming to Fort Irwin, she had never before thought was really cool,” said Dee Hayden, plans to continue the craft. High Desert Warrior 2 September 1, 2011 Lead 6 stresses wHo we Are Brig. Gen. Terry Ferrell Commanding General safety during Labor Day weekend Command Sgt. Maj. Nathan Buckner Post CSM Labor Day, the first Monday in Septem- Remind your Soldiers and civilian employees drink and drive! Remain situationally aware Col. Kurt J. Pinkerton ber, is one of the few holidays not dedicated about the continued importance of safety of your surroundings and those traveling the Garrison Commander to a single person, race, sect, nation or creed. awareness and how to apply both common roadways around you. Speed, fatigue and not Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Morse Since 1884, we have set aside this day as a sense and Composite Risk Management to wearing seatbelts are the leading causes of Garrison CSM tribute to the contributions made by the on and off-duty activities. Conduct meaning- death in vehicle accidents. Our community Gustavo Bahena American workforce for the strength, pros- ful safety briefings and POV and Motorcycle is one accident away from a fatality. Our Interim NTC Public Affairs Director perity, and well-being of our country. I realize inspections to minimize driving hazards. trends indicate that speed and fatigue will High Desert Warrior Staff that Sept. 5, Labor Day, is RSOI 1, and will When briefing off-duty safety, emphasize be the cause of our next accident if we don’t Charles Melton, Interim Editor not be a “holiday” for many in our commu- family safety discussions as a means of [email protected] take actions to break the cycle. Don’t let it nity, the fact that it is also COMP weekend awareness in the areas of swimming, off-road happen to you and your family. Caroline Keyser, Senior Writer and one of the busiest travel weekends of the recreation, camping, hiking, and other sum- [email protected] Before departing for the long weekend, I year, requires me to remind all of you about mer activities. Stress the use of the “buddy” Agustin Rodriguez, Editorial Assistant SAFETY before you enjoy a well-earned system to reduce risk in all areas. Leaders at want to thank every Soldier, family member, [email protected] Department of the Army and contract civilian COMP weekend. all levels should continue to pay close at- Aerotech News While Labor Day marks the unofficial end tention and take necessary steps to mitigate employee for their dedication to our mission Tammi Haynes, Graphic Designer of the summer season, it is also rife with risks risks for those Soldiers who exhibit high-risk and service to our great nation. Enjoy your as families rush to enjoy their favorite sum- behaviors. Engage Soldiers’ on their plans. weekend and let’s all make it home safely. mertime activities during the long weekend. The loss of a single Soldier, family mem- HigH deSert wArrior As we head into this weekend, all must ber, or civilian employee to an avoidable acci- TRAIN THE FORCE! High Desert Warrior, a civilian enterprise newspaper, focus on safety. Commanders, leaders, and dent affects the entire Fort Irwin community. Lead 6 is an authorized publication for members of the United States Army and Fort Irwin community. Contents of this supervisors at all levels must be engaged. Enjoy yourself within moderation and don’t Brig. Gen. Terry Ferrell newspaper are not necessarily official view of, or en- dorsed by, the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, Department of the Army or Fort Irwin and the National Training Center. High Desert Warrior is prepared weekly by the Public Affairs Office, National Training Center and Fort Irwin, P.O. Box 105067, Fort Irwin, CA, 92310-5067. Community Conversation Telephone: 380-4511 or DSN 470-4511. FAX: 380-3075. High Desert Warrior is distributed every Thursday 50 weeks per year. It is produced at Aerotech News and What was your favorite subject in school? Review, 456 East Avenue K-4, Suite 8, Lancaster, CA, 93535, (661) 945-5634. Printed circulation is 6,500. Aerotech News and Review is a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Army and is responsible for the commercial advertising found in this publication. Everything advertised in this publication will be made available for purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national orientation, age, marital status, physical handicap or political affiliation of the purchaser, user or patron.
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