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Page 1: Avenger Times 1-1 BSTB August Newsletter

You Rock: Avengers have led the way again

this month by having no incidents of drug

abuse, driving under the influence, or domestic

violence. The Soldiers of Alpha company con-

tinue to live by the three Avenger rules we talk

about each week in our safety briefs to their

benefit. Making smart choices off duty is just as

important as applying yourself during the duty

day; there are con-

sequences to both

and they can be

nothing short of

incredible success if

you make those

choices.

During July we

had individuals who faced suicide and were

able to get through those tough times and get

the help they needed immediately due to the

immediate actions of the Soldiers and NCOs

around them. Avengers continue to support

one another and serve as a positive influence to

Soldiers in other units as well. I receive com-

ments regularly about how professional and

capable the Soldiers in this unit perform when

they are away from the company and this

comes from the choices each individual Soldier

makes on a daily basis about their conduct, their

honor, and their integrity. Never Quit!

Training: We

shifted focus a

bit this month

and decisively

started training

on MOS specific

tasks. This

serves as a chal-

lenge with mul-

tiple opportuni-

ties for training between JRTC and NTC the

competencies we must maintain as Soldiers

such as marksmanship, first aid proficiency, and

drivers training. We are work-

ing hard to balance all of the

training priorities so that each

Soldier has basic skills, MOS

proficiency, and additional

duties that make them a tre-

mendous asset to any unit in

the future. Through all of the

challenging and changing

priorities our main mis-

sion is to constantly make you

better and prepare you for your next step as

a Soldier. We will continue to do monthly

company level team building, challenging

events to build confidence and maintain our

warrior skills. This past month we partici-

pated in a one day Medical Simulation Train-

ing that assisted Soldiers in brushing up on

combat lifesaver skills and put them in situa-

tions that were unfamiliar and unprepared

for in order to serve as a baseline for direct-

ing future training. When you know what

you don’t know it opens the door for learn-

ing.

This past month we also were able to train

on intelligence equipment and practice

some of our basic abilities. Intel systems

management, Trojan training, Prophet train-

ing, UAV fights, and Biometrics training

were just a few of the things that we did.

What is Next: This month we have a Battal-

ion Change of Command where LTC Calkins

will be transitioning on 24 August. On the

30th of this month we have Water Survival

Make up, Safety Stand Down Day, BRO Mo-

torcycle Ride, and the leaders will be briefing

the new Battalion Commander on the com-

pany– one busy day! Check out the back

page for more events.

Never Quit!

Avenger 6

Volume 2, Issue 6

13 August 2012

A COMPANY, 1ST STB, 1ST HBCT, 1ST ID

Avengers save lives

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

● Platoon Highlights

● 1SG Corner

● Pool Party Info

● Contact Information

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We are honored to welcome five new

Soldiers to our ranks: (35F)- SPC

McMullen, SPC Lewis , PFC Price, PFC

Williams, PV2 Davis, and PV2 Colon

(35G). We also welcomed PFC Smith,

from UAV platoon to supplement our

company supply mission and CDT

Weinberg. LT

Burba has his

h a n d s f u l l :

though we are

confident the LT

will provide Cadet

Weinberg with

unmatched pro-

fessional develop-

ment throughout

his stay. First pla-

toon also promoted three senior spe-

cialists to Sergeant: SGT Baldwin, SGT

Jaeger, and SGT Schira. Congratula-

tions, you guys deserve it! SGT Lynch

was reassigned to HHC as the NCOIC

of the S2 shop. We will miss him dearly

and continue to feed off the enthusi-

asm he displayed while serving in the

platoon. Also, SGT Caruso has decided

to finalize his active duty career and serve

in the active-

reserve compo-

nent. It is defi-

nitely a bitter-

sweet feelingsay-

ing farewell to a

good friend and

leader. Good

luck to both of

you in all future

endeavors. SGT Fears has graduated

from Drill Sergeant School, and is soon to

return. We are all very proud of her and

hear that SGT Fears displayed great per-

sonal courage and worked through the

pain toward completion. Words cannot

describe how proud we are to call SGT

Fears one of our own. On 10 July 12,

PSG, SGT(P) Crawford’s family was

blessed with a beautiful bouncing baby

affectionately called Aaliyah Juna (“pure

flower”) Crawford (7lbs, 1.8 oz). First

P A G E 2 A V E N G E R T I M E S

ISR Platoon

July was a busy month for the

MSG platoon. The month was

kicked off

by the 4th

of

July block

leave, over

which much

of the pla-

toon took

some much

n e e d e d

R&R. MSG

platoon is

also pleased

t o a n -

nounce that

2 of our soldiers, SPC Binko and

SPC Jennings both had their long

awaited children. Please extend

congratulations to both of them if

you haven’t done so already. We

are also pleased to welcome 2

new soldiers from AIT. 35P SPC

A d a m

F a i r c l o t h

and 35N

PFC Jona-

than Wash-

i n g t o n

b o t h

joined the

MSG family

and we are look-

ing forward to

getting to know

our new soldiers.

The Avengers

had a survival

swimming ses-

sion during July,

and SGT Lucas

trained vigorously

to be a qualified

MSG Platoon

lifeguard for the event. During the

company paintball event, the MSG

platoon was extremely active in

shooting their fellow Avengers and

evading fire. SSG Jackson had an

interesting month, taking over the

rigors of the 1SG position while 1SG

Olynick was on leave.

platoon did a whole lot of training this

month: PFC Na took part in CBRN-E class,

CPL Loughlin/PFC Savoy/SGT Jaeger all

certified in Combat-

ives Level 1 course.

SGT Jaeger/PV2

Davis/PFC Horne/

SPC McMullen/PFC

Savoy certified in

the Combat Life-

saver Course. Pav-

lich took the Fort

Riley bus drivers

course and PFC Horne assested in train-

ing multiple

S o l d i e r s

throughout

the Battalion

in drivers

t r a i n i n g .

Next month

will be filled

with more training and classes as well as

on the job instruction. “Stay Classy Alpha

Company” and “Avengers Never Quit!”

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P A G E 3

uav platoon

V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 6

HUMINT Platoon

On July 12th, the HUMINT Platoon actively par-ticipated in the 1 HBCT Devil Stakes. CW2 Davis, SSG Newland and SGT La-

polla were Observation Control cad-res for the SALUTE Report event. SPC Ransom performed as a Role player for the Intelligence Report event while SGT Bigorra was part of a team that took 1st place in by receiving

the highest cu-mulative score of both events. During that morning, SGT Millado, SGT Bigorra, SPC Marketon-Snowden, and PFC Ingram partici-pated in Water Survival Training at Long Gym while SPC Vassalli was

certified prior to become one of the life guards during this training ensuring the safety of the partici-pants. On 18 July, SPC Jennings gave birth to a healthy baby boy

and the HUMINT Platoon wel-comed a new addi-tion. During 24-27 July, the HUMINT Platoon initiated Ava-tar training at the

Intelligence Readiness Facility focusing on de-briefing techniques. On 27 July, SPC Ransom, SPC Vassalli and PFC

Ingram suc-cessfully com-pleted a two week Combat-ives Level II c e r t i f i c a t i o n training. Fi-

nally, beginning 30 July continuing through the

beginning of August, the HUMINT Pla-toon began BATS and HIIDES familiarization training to assist in future missions.

This month was a challenging one

for the UAS platoon. With our sol-

diers and NCOs being tasked left

and right we are making due; rely-

ing heavily on junior NCOs and sol-

diers to step up and make things

happen. SSG French is off represent-

ing the unit in JRTC while SGT

Prunty and SPC Williams are attend-

ing the very demanding Standardi-

zation course for UAS ops., in FT

Huachuca. Also SPC Strege is prepar-

ing for WLC in September.

The UAS pla-

toon continues

to train with

flight ops. three

times a week in

preparation for

our mission sup-

porting various

units on post

with fire mis-

sions and train-

ing observation, and we look for-

ward to the next few months of

training and missions. With the sol-

diers working so hard, 3rd platoon

took a platoon resiliency day which

was long overdue. Starting with a

nature area and BBQ and ending in

recreation education and various

games. We all had a good time and

took the opportunity to strengthen

our cohesion.

Lastly The UAS Platoon would like to

wish good luck to all our soldiers in

classes, and goodbye to our former

UAS maintainer SGT Gordon; He will

be missed.

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Avenger DON’T’s…

DON’T DRINK and DRIVE

DON’T DO DRUGS

DON’T DECK your DARLIN

The Avengers have done an outstanding job of

making sure we avoid these issues. Continue to

reach out to those at risk and let them know

that we have each other to lean on.

Commander: CPT Priscella A. Nohle; [email protected] 785-340-2863 1SG Pete Olynick [email protected] 785-307-4857 Courtney Kunze– Avenger Family Group Leader [email protected] 419-310-1870

A COMPANY, 1ST STB, 1ST HBCT, 1ST ID A Company, 1-1 STB Building 7243 Bamford

Upcoming Events:

August 18– Avenger Pool Party 1200 Custer Hill Pool

August 24– BN Change of Command

August 30– Safety Stand Down, BRO Ride

Aug 31-3 Sep– DONSA

Sep 10-21– Military Intelligence Academy

Sep 14– Rock Climbing at Craig Gym

Sep 19– Spouses only Shooting Night at Godfrey’s, Junction City

NOTES from the TOP: 1SG Corner

For the month of July the Avengers have accomplished several tasks. The com-pany overcame the challenges of water survival training by jumping off the high dive blind folded and holding out an M4. During the BN Organizational Day the whole Battalion got together at Moon Lake to enjoy spending time with each other’s families. There were plenty of games and activities to do with the whole entire family. The com-pany went through the Army Substance Abuse Program and the Medical Simulator Training. On the company resiliency day the Avengers took their stealth and shooting accuracy to the test at the paintball range. There was some fierce competition and a great amount of fun trying to hit everyone on the course. As always, the individual platoons ac-complished their job specific training. The month of July has been an eventful month and now it is time for the par-ents to prepare their children for school. Alpha company continues to set a high standard, continue to do this by putting forth your best effort in eve-rything you do. 1SG Pete Olynick Avenger 7

AVENGER POOL PARTY 18 August at 1200 at Custer Hill Pool

(Normandy Drive)

Join the Avengers for food, games, and a

relaxing time at the pool.

Kids Games

Belly Flop Competition

Water Ball

Waterman Zombie Tag

Platoon Competitions

Water Basketball

Belly Flop Competition

Sack Toss