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Anaconda Times Staff LSA ANACONDA, Iraq—Three New Buildings for the Communication-Electron- Ics Life Cycle Management Command Were Opened Dec Double tie your shoelaces and get ready for the Martin Luther King Jr. 5-Kilometer Run, see Page 12 JANUARYANAC 10, 2007 NDAPROUDLY SERVING TIMES LSA ANACONDA SB Shuffle KAAABAAMM! ‘85 Bears’ McMahon visits Illinois All-star weekend brings out the best Guard for New Year’s Eve Page 7 slam dunks, 3-point shots Page 15 Vol. 4, Issue 2 LSAA Redbulls bring year-long local CMO missions to a close Air Force Maj. Larry Harris (right), hands off the See Page 16 keys to three new communications buildings Dec. 29 to William Roberts, the site manager for the Electronic Sustainment Support Center, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony here. Communications support opens new doors by Spc. Alexandra Hemmerly-Brown Anaconda Times Staff LSA ANACONDA, Iraq—Three new buildings for the Communication-Electron- ics Life Cycle Management Command were opened Dec. 29 in a ribbon-cutting ceremony here. Although the services offered inside the new buildings have simply relocated from other places on Anaconda, the new locale will help them provide more efficient support. One building is for installing and repair- ing Blue Force Tracker for Armored Support Vehicles, another is the new location of Toby Hannah computer repair, and the third is a building for the maintaining and repair of the Fire Finder tracking system. “(We are) service providers for the Pro- gram Managers, providing support for Sol- diers in communication, electronics, systems, Photo by Spc. Alexandra Hemmerly-Brown Staff Sgt. Jeff S. Swanson, a cavalry scout with B Troop, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry Regiment stands guard as an Iraqi boy watches during a visit to a See SUPPORT, Page 11 secondary school in Al Fadoos, Dec. 26. “I will always place the mission first.” I am Maj. Audra Reynolds-Patterson, from Gilbert Ariz. HHC, 36th Combat Aviation Brigade >> Intelligence Officer PAGE 2 ANACONDA TIMES JANUARY 10, 2007 Guardsmen give bad guys bad days “When the Soldiers are in contact with the enemy they need fire support right now.” -Spc. Bryan Bjerklie story and photos by By Sgt. 1st Class Clinton Wood CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq -- In just a replaced did not have the same mortar systems. couple of minutes, Soldiers of Company B, 2nd The platoon’s mortars were brought from Battalion, 136th Combined Arms Battalion, can Minnesota. They have trained on them since make the enemy have a bad day. the mobilization began. That is the time it takes four Soldiers working “We’re pretty fortunate that this is what we as a team to set the fuse on the round, set the trained for and we’re doing it here,” Ellwood deflection and elevation on the gun, and “hang” said. (fire) the round. “Basically we’re firing back at the enemy. “We get called pretty regularly, mostly to That’s all you could want as a mortar team in provide illumination at night for the combat Iraq,” said Spc. Jared Smith of Duluth, Minn. outposts here. We also provide the counter Firing back at the enemy has been a battery fire at the insurgents,” said platoon memorable experience for Spc. Bryan Bjerklie sergeant, 1st Sgt. Richard Ellwood of Duluth, of Goodrich, Minn. Minn. He said when the round goes off, “it takes He said his platoon’s mission is to provide your breath away.” indirect fire for the Soldiers and Marines around The concussion of the round knocks things the Anbar Province. off the walls in the fire direction center located “We support them with high explosive and a few meters from the fighting position, said illumination rounds 24/7,” he said. Bjerklie. His platoon of about 30 Minnesota Army The platoon has also supported mounted National Guard Soldiers fires a wide range of patrols. mortars. In either mission, this platoon’s mission is This platoon also dug all the fighting positions vital to saving lives of Soldiers and Marines, for its mortars. They fortified their bunkers with said Ellwood. reinforced concrete, wood timbers, and layers When soldiers are on patrols or combat of sandbags. outposts and need accurate indirect fire support, “If you’re in that bunker and a round impacts, the mortar platoon provides that. When the you’re going to be safe,” said Ellwood, who Soldiers are in contact with the enemy they need has been involved with mortars for the last 15 fire support right now. They need those rounds years. to be impacting onto the enemy’s location,” he The reason that the platoon built their own said. bunkers was that the Marines that the platoon And all in a two-minute warning. Spc. Jared Smith of Duluth, Minn., (left) and Spc. Lee Knutson of Oklee, Minn., both of Company B, Spc. Anthony Sanborn of Alexandria, Minn., (center) checks the fuse setting of a 120 millimeter mortar 2nd Battalion, 136th Combined Arms Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, man as Sgt. Steven Luitjens of St. Cloud, Minn., (right) tells him which setting to use during a drill earlier a 120 millimeter mortar tube during a drill earlier this month at Camp Fallujah, Iraq. this month at Camp Fallujah, Iraq. 13th SC(E) Commanding General, Brig. Gen. Michael J. Terry ANACONDA TIMES Chief of the Anaconda Consolidated Press Center Staff Writers Anaconda Times is authorized for publication by the 13th Sustain- Maj. Jay Adams Staff Sgt. Angela Archie [email protected] [email protected] ment Command (Expeditionary) for the LSA Anaconda community. Sgt. Gary A. Witte The contents of the Anaconda Times are unofficial and are not to be 210th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Commander [email protected] considered the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, Maj. Kirk Slaughter Sgt. Joel F. Gibson including the Department of Defense or Operation Iraqi Freedom. [email protected] [email protected] Anaconda Times is a command information newspaper in ac- Sgt. Kevin McSwain Print OIC [email protected] cordance with Army Regulation 360-1. Capt. Perry Jarmon Sgt. KaRonda Fleming Anaconda Times is published weekly by the Stars and Stripes [email protected] [email protected] central office, with a circulation of 5,000 papers. Editor Spc. Amanda Solitario The Public Affairs Office is on New Jersey Ave. in building 4136, Sgt. 1st Class Mark Bell [email protected] [email protected] Contributing Public Affairs Offices DSN 318-829-1234. Anaconda Times, HHC 13th SC(E), APO AE 332 Air Expeditionary Wing 1/34 Brigade Combat Team 09391. Web site at www.mnf-iraq.com/publications_theater.htm Copy Editor 36th Combat Aviation Brigade 45th Sustainment Brigade 402nd Army Field Support Brigade 82nd Sustainment Brigade Contact Sgt. Gary A. Witte at [email protected] Spc. Alexandra Hemmerly-Brown [email protected] 411 Engineer Brigade 593rd Corps Support Group 164th Corps Support Group 15th Sustainment Brigade 657th Area Support Group JANUARY 10, 2007 ANACONDA TIMES PAGE 3 Taji New Year’s Eve celebration seen around the world Guardsmen give bad guys bad days by Sgt. 1st Class Nick Conner 15th Sustainment Brigade PAO CAMP TAJI, Iraq– Dropping temperatures didn’t faze the crowds of Soldiers and civilians who turned out for the New Year’s Eve celebration in front of the Mayor’s Cell, here. Live music kept revelers dancing during the final moments of 2006, as eyes turned to the giant palm tree dropped to mark the start of 2007. But it wasn’t just those in attendance who took part. Soldiers from 15th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), 1st Brigade Combat Team and Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs Offices set up a live video satellite feed during the final countdown of the year. Maj. Randell Baucom, 1st BCT Public Affairs Officer got the idea after seeing FOX News conduct live interviews for Christmas Day. He contacted the Digital Video and Imagery Distribution System hub in Atlanta, Sgt. Robert Strain, 1st ACB, 1st Cav. Div. on setting up the mobile satellite station during New Year’s Eve at Camp Taji. Ga., and arraigned for Dec. 31 satellite time. friends. He packaged all the “shout-outs” to “This really couldn’t have happened without send to the main DVIDS hub in Atlanta. From the Soldiers who came and participated,” he there, local TV stations used them during their said. “Without them, it’s just a satellite in a own news casts. box.” “There was a lot of energy out there An estimated 52.6 million viewers from [coming from the Soldiers]. Being able to be around the world watched the party in Taji, part of it, to give all the Soldiers a chance to with video from the celebration airing on send something home, was exciting.” national FOX, CNN, NBC, ABC networks and “The experience to be part of the New distributed around the globe by the Associated Year’s Eve process was great,” said Kokel. Press. A large portion of local affiliate stations The DVIDS allows Public Affairs Soldiers from Massachusetts to California also picked to send photos, audio and video stories, and up the festivities. live video feeds directly to civilian news “It was very stressful at first”, said Sgt. organizations. This near real-time exchange Robert Strain, 1st ACB, 1st Cav. Div. on puts Soldiers’ and their unique stories setting up the mobile satellite station. I had from deployments into the living rooms of some concerns, since ours was the only live America. feed of the night. I wanted it to look good; I Baucom sees the satellite system as the wanted it to be right, he said.
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