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Temperatures are increasing as our mis-
sion continues. June was a mostly slow,uneventful month, with things really picking up speed by the last week.
Taking place slightly halfway through
June was our first noteworthy event. Inhonor of Father’s Day, 326 EngineerBattalion (AASLT) held a base-wide 5K
run. Many HHC Soldiers participated , whether running, being a road guard ormedic, or handing out t-shirts to partici-pants. Hundreds of Soldiers, Airmen,Marines, Seamen, and civilians partici-pated.
Our brigade counterparts moved away
from us, leaving us with a semi-empty building. In turn, we moved into theirold housing area, located closer to our
headquarters.
HHC NEWSLETTER
TASK FORCE SAPPER EAGLE, 326TH ENGINEER BATTALION (AASLT)
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3JULY 2011
Many Soldiers, from various companies
within the battalion, have certified in the
Combat Life Saver (CLS) class put on by
the battalion medics, as well as a class on
how to give I.V.’s.
A long with our activities, this issue has a
description of what every section accom-
plished and did in the month of June, as well as their promotions.
Due to the exceptional work being done
by our HHC Soldiers, we have been pre-
senting one a week as the “Soldier Of the
Week” to the Battalion Commander, pro-
viding a picture and description of their
accomplishments.
- SPC Kylee Burnham
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Moving On To Bigger and Better Things
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Father’s Day 2011 started off
at full speed. That meant a 0300
wake up for many of the 326
personnel that were part of the
run detail. Many of those were
Soldiers from HHC.
Hundreds of personnel showed
up. Whether they were running
color to our physical fitness (PT)
shirts, they were gray with our
logo and the title of the event on
it.
It was great to be able to pro-
vide something for the wholebase, as well as support and ap-
preciate our fathers on that day!
It was a complete success.
was assigned to relocate, with
their mission continuing else-
where. Preparation took weeks:
planning, consolidating, pack-
ing, etc. By the end of June, our
building became a lot less busy,
with less personnel and more
room.
In response to their relocation,HHC moved from their hous-
ing area with the Air Force to a
site closer to our work area. It
took about a week to get every-
one moved. We had a limited
number of vehicles
E ver since our arrival to Iraq,
we have been working in the
same building as our mother
brigade, 20th Engineer Brigade.
Originally from Fort Bragg, this
is the first time most of us have
physically worked with them. It
made reporting and communi-cation much simpler than it had
been previously, in the states.
With Iraq drawing down and
constantly changing, Brigade
With Fathers Running Through Their Mind,326 Sponsors Base-Wide Event
HHC Moves in ResponseTo 20th Engineer Brigade Relocating
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for their father, because they
are a father, they like to run,
or a personal reason, they
supported our event with
maximum participation.
Hundreds of t-shirts wereordered just for the occasion,
being given to the first few
hundred finishers. Similar in
CPT Sirmans, welcoming the participants.
Our Country’s and Battalion’s colors,
accentuated by the crowd.
The starting line when the time began
HHC Company Commander, CPT
Weaver, and 1LT Smith with the 326thFather’s Day 5K Run t-shirts
CSM Hart about to cross the finish line
Some of the participants,
eager to start.
Brigade CSM, CSM Kendrick, with the
Battalion CSM and the company FirstSergeants and acting First Sergeants
and only certain sections of
people moved on certain days.
In order to maintain morale in
our company after leaving our
area, we designed our own
MWR, cyber café, and gym.
Being utilized well by our Sol-
diers, these commodities were
well worth the time and effortto set up.
The MWR (morale, welfare,
and recreation) consists of
several couches, a big screen
TV with a DVD player, tables,
chairs, a foosball table, a few
dozen books, a dozen board
games, several card games, a
dozen or so decks of cards,
and a small kitchen area filled
with snacks, drinks, and plas-
tic ware.
Our cyber café includes 12
internet lines so Soldiers can
take their personal computers
in there and get online. The gym has a treadmill and
elliptical or two, dozens of
weights and weight benches,
medicine balls, kettle bells,
and few other pieces of
workout equipment. Overall,
the Soldiers are comfortable.
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SSG Lee was pumped up as 15
Soldiers from 326 gathered in the
Sapper Shack to certify in Combat
Life Saver (CLS). Two of those
Soldiers were from HHC, as well as
all of the instructors. Unbeknownst
to them, they were in for a treat!
The class was separated into ten
different lessons: 1.)Introduction to
Tactical Combat Casualty Care
(TCCC), 2.) Care Under Fire, 3.)
Tactical Field Care, 4.) Controlling
Bleeding, 5.)Opening and Managing
a Casualty’s Airway,
6.)Treating a Penetrating Chest
Trauma, 7.)Initiating a Field Medical
Card (and TCCC card), 8.)Requesting
a Medical Evacuation (9 Line
Medevac Request), 9.)Tactical Casulty
Movement, and 10.) Evacuating a
Casualty Using a Litter. With eachlesson, there was the material and
then hands on exercises. After all the
lessons and exercises, they took a
written test. All who attended the
class passed and certified.
The most memorable lesson for eve-
ryone was lesson 5: Opening and
Managing a Casualty’s Airway.
This lesson’s hands on exercise
consisted of putting a Nasopharyn-
geal (NPA) up your partner’s nasal
passage. Everyone had to do it. It
was quite the spectacle to watch
everyone get a tube put up their
nose. The next week, the medics gave
another class on how to administer
an I.V. There were about 20 per-
sonnel present in this class, taking
place in our Brigade Conference
Room. Everyone had to stick some-
one and get stuck with an I.V., as
well.
Soldiers Get Stuck With Medics
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In the month of June, the S-1
prepared approximately 36 pro-
motion packets and 21 promo-
tion board packets. One of the
Soldiers was our own Specialist
Ragsdale. We continue to track and process over 800 awards
for the companies within the
Task Force. The month of
June also brought a new NCO
to the office. Staff Sergeant
Concepcion joined the S-1 team
from Sustainment Brigade. She
has continued to be a valuable
asset in the shop, in particular,
taking the lead on developing
an in depth awards tracker. Our
awards processing will continue
until the very end. We are
looking forward to remaining
busy and finishing up the de-
ployment.
-SGT Jason Kolb
S-1: Human Resources
The S2 shop has been busy keeping
an eye on the threats to Task Force
Sapper Eagle. Since SGT Letner went on R&R, SGT Phillips has
taken over as NCOIC of the S2 sec-
tion. He is thoroughly enjoying going
to numerous (but always worthwhile)
meetings. While SGT Hayes was on
R&R, the powers that be decided to
send him to 591st. He got to spend a
little more time with the S2 section
before he leaves us. S2 has made a
lot of great memories working with
SGT Hayes and we will definitely miss
him. He is eager to go do Sapperthings, so we are happy for him. To
replace SGT Hayes, S2 received a new
Soldier: PFC O'Gibney, originally from
511th. He is doing well learning how to
be an analyst instead of a Sapper.
In other news, CPT Diaz perfected his
handstands.
S-2: Intelligence
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Pictured from
front to back:
SPC Vega,
SSG Concep-
cion, SPC
Velsacorios SGT Kolb, SPC
Ragsdale, and SSG Emanuel
Not Pictured: CPT Blake-
more
SPC Velascorios preparing
for her future in the music
business.
The S-2 shop consisting of CPT
Diaz, 1LT Morse, SGT Hayes,
SGT Phillips, and PFC O’Gib-
ney is very photogenic. They try
to keep team cohesion and mo-
rale by making things interest-
ing. Not appearing in any of
these pictures is SGT Letner.
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The Medical Section has been
diligently providing medical care
and training for the Soldiers of Task Force Sapper Eagle. During
the past month, we completed a wealth of
training, both medical and Soldier-related. Three Soldiers (SGT Reichlin, SPC Huffman,
and PFC Alfaro-Caddes) completed MRAP
RG-33L Drivers’ Training. Two Soldiers (SPC
Hoffman and SPC Ketzer) completed MRAPHusky Drivers’ Training. Four Soldiers (SSG
Lee, SGT Reichlin, SPC Huffman, and SPC
Hoffman) went to the M16 range, where each
The months of
June and July
have been some
of the warmer
months here in
Iraq with tem-
peratures soaring daily into the
triple digits, de-
spite the heat,
PSD PLT has
not slowed down
and is success-
fully completing
their mission to
provide security
for the Battalion
Commander and Command Ser-geant Major. Under 1LT Hanley,
PSD performed exceptionally in
providing escort and security for
the construction and resupply con-
voys in
support of Task Force Loyalty.
Their hard work and flexibility was
a key contributor to 326th EN
BN’s success in support of that
tragic event.
At the end of June, and in the first
days of July PSD had to say good
bye to their Platoon Leader, 1LTHanley. 1LT Hanley was funda-
mental in the creating and evolving
the PSD PLT into the flexible and
lethal PLT that it is now. She has
done an excellent job in training
and meeting all the challenges that
come with creating and running a
PLT. The PLT wishes her the
best of luck, and success in her
future jobs and challenges. The 1st
PLT Leader from the 511th SapperCompany, 1LT Shaneman, has
been moved and charged with the
command of the PSD.
-1LT Greg Shaneman
Pictured from L to R: Back: PFC Young, PFC Garcia, PFC Drew, PV2
Martinez, PFC Guenther, PV2 BrownFront: 1LT Shaneman, SGT Magofna, PFC Creamer, SGT Dixon, SGT
Martin, PFC Parks, SGT Hardwick, and SFC Brown.
Not Pictured: SPC Allan, SPC Ketzer, SPC Henderson, and PFC Grey
Page 6 HHC NEWSLETTER
JUNE 2, 2011: SPC JARRETT HUFFMAN,
BATTALION MEDICSPC Huffman received a coin from the brigade commander and
command sergeant major for his excellence in the Engineer
Memorial Day 5K Run. He has also taught and certified over 40
Soldiers in the battalion Combat Life Saver (CLS) class.
These Soldiersare chosen by
the company
command and
their leader-
ship, and arepresented to
the battalioncommander
weekly. S o l d i e
r s
o f
t h e W
e e k !
JUNE 9, 2011: PFC RAFAEL GARCIA,BATTALION PSD
PFC Garcia is one of the best drivers for PSD. He is
always the first to volunteer for any mission.
Soldier remained qualified on their respective
weapons. And we had three Soldiers that
worked hard and earned their promotion to
the next rank. SGT Reichlin was promoted
from SPC to SGT. SPCs Murray and Hoffman
were promoted from PFC to SPC. Other than
that, we continue to maintain the combat
power of Task Force Sapper Eagle.
-SSG William Lee
Medics
PSD: Personal Security Detachment
Pictured from L to R: Back: SGT Reichlin, CPT
Gottschalk, SPC Murray, SSG Lee, PFC Alfaro-
Caddes, Front: SPC Huffman, SPC Hoffman
Not Pictured: PFC Drew
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Soldiers of the Week, Continued From Page 6
JUNE 16, 2011: SGT JOSHUA REICHLIN,
BATTALION MEDICSGT Reichlin certified in Field Sanitation and the
RG33L+ (military vehicle) as well as completed over
200 hours of Army Correspondence Courses. He is one
of the battalion’s primary instructors for CLS.
JULY 7, 2011: PFC PEDRO MARTIN,
BATTALION TOCPFC Martin has been working hard as an RTO in the
battalion S3 shop. He has lost 45 pounds and 8% body fat
since deploying in January.
JUNE 23, 2011:
SSG DOMINIQUE STOVES,
BATTALION SUPPLY
SSG Stoves managed to turn in over $2 million of excessequipment. She also utilized amnesty day to turn in $50,000
worth of unneeded supplies.
JULY 14, 2011: SPC KYLEE BURNHAM,
BATTALION CHAPLAIN ASSISTANTSPC Burnham had the idea for the Sapper Eagle MWR. She coordinated
the whole thing on her own, but acquired the supplies and set it up with
the help of few other Soldiers.
JULY 21, 2011: SPC STEPHANIE GIVENS,
COMPANY OPERATIONSSPC Givens coordinated for Company Laundry Drop Off/Pick Up. Soldiers
of our company are able to drop off their laundry at her office on Mondays
and Thursdays. She takes it to the laundry place, then picks it up when it’s
done. Soldiers are then able to pick up their clean laundry from her office.
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