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The Currahee! January 2013 The Currahee! The Newsletter of the 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association (Airmobile — Air Assault) We Stand Together – then, now, and always Currahees go back to war — 4th BCT prepares for redeployment to Afghanistan, and The 506th Association will be standing by to help Gene Overton, Membership Chair Fred May, Active Duty Liaison C Co, 1/506—Vietnam, 1967-68 and A Co., 1/506-Vietnam, 1970-71 On November 30, 2012. the Department of Defense (2) DMOR Ceremony - Currahee Memorial (next to identified the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 101st BDE HQ, building 7078) Airborne division—our Currahees — as one of three (3) Luncheon will be at the DFAC (building 7048) major units to be deployed in the upcoming rotation of The locations of these facilities and adjacent park- forces operating in Afghanistan. ing can be found on the “Currahee Footprint” map on On Thursday, April 11th, 2013, the 4th Brigade the 506th Association’s website home page. Combat Team (506th Infantry Regiment) will be con- 4th BCT Deputy ducting a Brigade Colors Casing Ceremony as the Regi- Commander, LTC ment prepares to return to combat in Afghanistan for Lance Oskey has is- the third time. All Currahees veterans are invited to sued a call for nomi- attend any of the ceremonies. nations for Distin- “Casing” of the colors is a centuries-old ceremony guished Member of that involves placing the units’ flags in a protective case the Regiment (DMoR) in the care of the Sergeant Major. It symbolizes closing and Honorary Mem- a unit or facility down, in this case to transfer its direct ber of the Regiment command to the war zone. (HMoR). That same day, the Brigade will also conduct a Dis- This is an opportu- tinguished Member of the Regiment (DMOR) / Honor- nity for you to honor ary Member of the Regiment (HMOR) Induction Cere- someone you know mony, at which time DMOR / HMOR recipients will be who has gone above presented with their award. This will be then be fol- CO, LTC Donn Hill and CSM and beyond the call of lowed by a No-Host Luncheon for all DMOR recipients Christopher Menton of 2/506 duty in serving with and other guests who may also attend. case the Colors before the bat- the Regiment or sup- The final schedule for all these events at Fort Camp- talion's second deployment to porting the Regiment. bell was not completed as of press time, but here’s what Afghanistan, in August 2010. If you believe you is known about the three major events: know a person who is (1) Color Casing Ceremony - Location not yet deter- deserving of such an honor, go to the Association mined, time probably in the morning. website home page and click on the links in the Inside this issue: Continued on page 9 President’s Column 2 Events of interest 6 Contribution Form 11 Membership report 25 4th BCT CO Column 2 Five-O-Sink 7 Membership Forms 12-13 Fort Campbell update 26 We need you... 3 QM notes 7 QM Forms 14-18 Jake McNeice 26 Key dates 3 Last Roll Call 8 Writer’s Block 19 Earl Mainwaring 27 Mentoring program 4 Currahee notes 9, 24,27 Strategic Planning 20 Correspondence 28 Reader survey 4 Clinton Romeshaw MOH 10 Treasurer’s report 22 Tom Cuni 30 Scholarships 5 Charitable funds 10 Donors 23 Mike Metzger 31 Remember—Association membership dues for new and renewing members are due Jan 31 Messages from the President . and from Currahee 6 Bob Seitz Association President COL Val Keaveny, Commanding Officer th C Company, 2/506 – Vietnam 1970-71 4th Brigade Combat Team (Currahee), 101st ABN (AASLT) Currahee Brothers, Happy New Year to the Curra- In our July 2012 Currahee! Newslet- hee Nation…soldiers, veterans, ter, I mentioned our plans for mentor- families, and supporters! ing assistance to our younger Currahee It is a distinct pleasure to serve veterans as they leave the Army for with our Nation’s fin- civilian profession careers. We are es- est….Currahee says it all. We all tablishing a Currahee Mentoring and share and continue to build upon Networking Database that will be lo- a proud, 70-year tradition of ex- cated on the 506th Association website cellence. With the end of 2012, under the Contactiing Currahees tab. we close out another great chapter and welcome in 2013 The older Currahees in the Association are nearing re- with great optimism. tirement, if not already retired, and genuinely desire to help younger Currahees as they seek their new civilian As you know, the Department of Defense formally an- professional careers (law enforcement, education/ teach- nounced in early December that the Currahees will de- ing, first responders, government service, private busi- ploy to Afghanistan in the spring of 2013. The soldiers of nesses, etc). Many of these career fields may be the choice the 4th Brigade Combat Team are disciplined, trained, fit, of younger Currahees, and the older Currahees want to and fully prepared to execute the mission on behalf of our share their experiences, knowledge and networking to nation. Of course, we stand ready with the solid backing get the younger Currahees veterans off to a good start. of the entire Currahee Nation, including our families, vet- On page 4 in this newsletter, there is an article on how erans, and supporters. older Currahees may volunteer to be a mentor and how 2012 provided countless opportunities to sharpen our younger Currahees may use this database to assist them individual, leader, and collective skills and proved to be a in their new careers. tremendous year of preparation for our upcoming de- A major priority of our Currahee Association is our ployment. Currahees hit the ground running in early continued support for the 506th Regiment and the 4th 2012 by aggressively training the soldiers, squads, pla- BCT as they prepare for their next deployment. If things toons, and companies to tackle a series of progressively proceed as expected this coming Spring 2013, the sol- more difficult live fire and force-on-force exercises. The diers of the Currahee Regiment will depart for Afghani- brigade’s culminating exercise for 2012 was Eagle Flight stan. At the departure ceremony on April 11, we will III. This multi-echelon, full spectrum, training event give each company size unit a Currahee battle flag to stressed each of the companies through a series of exer- take with them on this deployment. The leadership of cises, including indirect and direct fire integration exer- your Currahee Association is working very closely with cises; company day and night live-fire exercises; a patrol Colonel Keaveny and his commanders to ensure we pro- focused on leader meeting engagements, host nation force vide maximum support for the Currahee soldiers and partnership, and improvised explosive device identifica- their families during this upcoming deployment. Our tion and defeat; logistic patrol live fires; and air assaults. Association will remain in steady contact with the 506th The companies finished the grueling, non-stop, six-day Regiment Rear Detachment, and of course should any exercise with the night-time defense of a combat outpost. wounded soldiers be medevaced, we have hospital sup- Headquarters and staffs enhanced their skills through the port teams at all major military hospitals to assist the Counterinsurgency Academy, a Brigade Warfighter Exer- WIA and their families during their recoveries. cise, the JRTC Leader Training Program, and several Over the past few months, I have had several oppor- other leader development programs. All of the training tunities to observe field training for both 1st and 2nd Bat- in 2012 prepared the Currahees for our upcoming rota- talions of the 506th Regiment. This included both com- tion to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk in pany and platoon level live fire exercises, both day and January of 2013. I am confident that we will validate our night, in tough terrain, with major emphasis on the battle readiness and further refine our preparation for deploy- drills for actions on contact. We all should be very proud ment. of our younger Currahees; they are absolutely out- Continued on p. 30 Continued on p. 19 2 Many people contribute to our charitable funds. This is wonderful, but 100% of the money contributed to a fund is used for that fund’s stated purpose. All of our pro- grams are run by volunteers without pay or expense ac- counts, or reimbursement of any costs they incur. Those costs that we do have to cover – like planning and holding reunions, $4,000 for this printing of the newsletter, or postage for all of our mailings – have to be covered by dues. But of the almost 5,000 Currahee veter- ans on our roster, less that 800 pay dues each year. That number is about double what we had just six years ago, but it is not enough to maintain our current operation. We have intentionally kept dues low to make it possible for all Currahees to participate regardless of their economic situation. Raising the dues in tough economic times isn’t the answer – getting more of the Currahee community on board with us is the best way to go. If you read the newsletters, use our website, attend events, or simply use us to stay in touch with old friends, we ask you to help in these ways. WE WANT NEED YOU… 1. Join our ranks as dues-paying members…and en- courage others to do the same. 2. Check with organizations where you work, shop IN THE 506TH ASSOCIATION or invest to see if they match gifts, make grants or Membership matters adopt charities; we can follow up on any leads.
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