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SPARTAN SUPPORT SENTRYISSUE 03-12 June / July 2012
710TH Brigade Support Battalion Family Readiness Group
Newsletter
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BATTALION CHANGE OF COMMAND
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Battalion:BN Staff Duty:772-4079
Family Readiness Support:Abbie Hammond772-6608
Military & Family Life Consultan315-405-7486
FRG Leadership:BN Advisor:Michelle
[email protected]
HHC FRG Leadership:Gary [email protected]
A CO FRG Leadership:Amanda [email protected]
B CO FRG Leadership:Emily [email protected]
C CO FRG Leadership:Diana [email protected]
D CO FRG Leadership:Mrs. [email protected]
E CO FRG Leadership:Angela
[email protected]
F CO FRG Leadership:Andrea [email protected]
G CO FRG Leadership:Alisia [email protected]
Have some spare time?
Like to help others?
Would like resume building volunteerwork?
All 8 companies are looking forvolunteers to help with the
Family
Readiness Group!
Co-LeadersKey CallersTreasurers
Assistant Treasurers
General Volunteers
If you would like more informationcontact your FRG leader.
Dont know your company?
Contact the FRSA [email protected].
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Commanders Corner
Alpha Company Newsletter 28 Jun 2012The soldiers of Alpha
Company have moved from a successful reset phase into
the busy summer months. We had an active spring that included
propertyaccountability incoming from Afghanistan and two change of
command ceremonies.
The 710 Ball and Mountain Fest highlighted the more recent
months.Spartan Statue unveiled commemorating and honoring fallen
SpartansBlock leave is just around the corner, and there is nothing
like a restful vacation torecharge and be ready to take on the rest
of the year. Immediately upon our return,we will be preparing to
support Operation Mountain Peak which takes place on theFort Drum
Training Area from 23 Jul 1 Aug. The purpose of the operation is
toprovide a realistic deployment scenario that will prepare the
division for futuredeployments. Our soldiers, along with the
support they can provide, will be vital tothe success of the
operation.
Thank you to all the families who continue to support the
outstanding soldiers ofAlpha Company. Your support allows us to
conduct every mission to the highest
standard. From all the soldiers of Alpha Company, we wish you a
wonderful summerand an exciting fall season ahead.
Spartan Statue unveiledcommemorating and honoring fallen
Spartans
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Redeployment
After 12 months in the hot and sweaty desert, Bravo Company
successfullyredeployed all 86 Soldiers back home to Fort Drum,
their family and friendswaiting anxiously as they marched their way
into MaGraths Gym, which was longoverdue. Bravo is expecting
several new additions since redeploying. SGTBennett had his baby
girl on the 4th of May, 1LT Brooks is expecting his first at
thebeginning of July, SPC Lake found out that he and his wife were
going to have ababy, and SGT Franks has the biggest bundle on the
way, his wife is pregnantwith twins!Professional education is a
must to advance through the ranks and down rangeits just not
possible to get that type of schooling, SGT Manning attended
WLC
upon return and was recognized for making the Commandants List
and was
ranked number two in his class overall.The op-tempo for Bravo
has been steady. Many new faces are joining our ranksand we have
been working to get them up to speed. Bravo Company
conducteddrivers training for 28 Soldiers from both Bravo and
Charlie resulting in morecertified drivers to accomplish taskings
and creating more useful assets.Though our Company has grown, the
BN and BDE are seeing new faces ofleadership. Bravo Company
participated in LTC Helwigsand COL Franks changeof command to bid
them farewell and best wishes in their future endeavors andwelcomed
the new command team LTC Lalor and COL Whitehurst.
All in all Bravo company is glad to be home and preparing for
the next rotation bytaking lessons learned and applying them to
training for even more successfuldeployments in the future.FIX
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Delta Company, 710th Brigade Support Battalion conducted an FRG
fundraiser on 25 June inconjunction with the Division Softball
Tournament held at the Macgrath Gymnasium SoftballFields on Fort
Drum. This was the first FRG event following the companys
redeployment from
Afghanistan. The fundraiser was a well-planned and well-executed
event that offered anopportunity for Mountainfest attendees to grab
a quick snack in between events. The event wasspearheaded by the
Delta Company FRG leader Mrs. Michelle Frondorf and staffed by
DeltaCompany Soldiers. The sale of hot dogs, chips, and soda to
Soldiers and their family members
was a great success, selling out completely shortly after the
second iteration of games. Thefunds raised from this event will
support the distribution of blankets for newborns of Soldierswithin
the Delta Company family. These funds will also enable the company
to hold a FRGpicnic during the month of August. The Soldiers and
families of Delta Company continue todevelop a strong and cohesive
FRG program in support of unit esprit des corps and
familyreadiness. Our families truly are the backbone of the
Army!
CPT Paul D. Amis (Diablo 6)
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Eagle Company held an FRG meeting on July16 in the company
classroom. Some possibleevents were discussed. If you have any
ideas
for events you would like to do, contact AngiCunningham, the FRG
Leader, [email protected].
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Fox Company is planning an FRGmeeting for August. If you have
not
received information on a date, contactyour FRG Leader, Andrea
Mattison
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Fallen Spartans Remembered
In 2005, the Spartan Association was founded to support 3rd
Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10thMountain Division. One of the
goals of the fledgling organization was to one day build a memorial
atFort Drum to remember any Spartans who may die on the field of
battle. On the day of theorganizations founding, 3rd IBCT was only
on orders to deploy to Afghanistan for the first, as thebrigade had
only stood up at Fort Drum in September 2004.
The Spartans began deploying in January 2006 for a 1 year
deployment; however, on January 26,2007 after several hundred have
already returned home, the Spartans were extended four months.Those
home were sent back to return in June 2007. During the first
deployment 32 Spartans died incombat, including two from 710th BSB.
It was during this deployment in which the plans were madefor the
Spartan memorial, and the Spartan Association began selling prints
dedicated to the spirit ofthe Spartan Soldiers to begin raising
money for the $20,000+ memorial.
On June 13, 2007, ground was broken and an artists rendition of
the memorial was revealed. As
their last official act as the Brigade Command Team, (then) COL
Nicholson and CSM Redmore joinedwith Sheryl Abbott, then President
of the Spartan Association, and Mrs. Kristen Fenty, survivingspouse
of LTC Joseph Fenty, 3-71 CAV Commander who was KIA May 5, 2006, to
mark the spotwhere the memorial would be built.
On May 30, 2012, the memorial was unveiled to the public. Five
years, three command teams andtwo deployments later, the artists
rendition came to life in the form of a 6 ton hexagon shaped
block
of granite and 8 foot bronze statue. The 28 names of the
Spartans lost in the 2008-2009 deploymentjoined those from the
2006-2007 deployment as well as the 11 names of Infantry Soldiers
lost in Iraqprior to 2-87 and 1-32 moving to 3rd IBCT.
Sheryl Abbott, president of the Spartan Association,
left;Kirstin Fenty, whose husband, Lt. Col. Joseph J. Fenty,died in
combat in Afghanistan, Col. John Nicholson, 3rdBrigade Combat Team
commander; and Spartan
Command Sgt. Maj. James Redmore break ground at thesite of the
future Spartan Memorial Photo by Sgt. AmberRobinson
Memorial photos taken
by Abbie Hammond
