IS006 June 2012 EDITION

P 14/ MOVSM w/ SSDreadnaught awarded

Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal with a Silver

Star, the first awarded on Fort Riley, during the 1st ID’s quarterly volunteer recognition

ceremony.

P 11/ Devil StakesDevil Brigade Soldiers compete

in a Warrior Task and Drill competition as part of the Devil

Warrior Competition

Victory Cup Winner:Iron Rangers of 1/16 IN, 1st HBCT

Victory Week photos begin on page 9

P19 / Victory Week 2012Iron Ranger Soldier reveals

experience during first Victory Week and his team’s winning of

the Victory Warrior.

P12 / Big Red One Soldiers Take Part in CLS

Ten Soldiers from across the 1st Infantry Division conduct

combat lifesaver training at Fort Riley’s Military Schools Facility.

Public Affairs Officer Public Affairs NCOIC 1st Lt. Michael Hogans Staff Sgt. Donald Martin Public Affairs Journalist Public Affairs Journalist/Editor Sgt. Kerry Lawson Sgt. Kandi Huggins

1/1 HBCT FRSANoel Waterman

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1/1 HBCT CommanderCol. Michael Pappal

1/1 HBCT Command Sergeant MajorCSM Thomas Kenny

6DEVILDevils,It is a pretty sweaty summer and it is not even half over. We have a lot of good hard training going on with most units testing and cer-tifying the individual battletasks trained over the past few months. I have seen some great work and training set up and run by our Soldiers. This is the foundation that we will use to build upon for crew collective and then platoon and company collective offensive training. I want to take this time to share a few thoughts that are on my mind from a few incidents that have occurred to let everyone know where I stand.Asking for help shows strength. It shows that you want to get stronger to support your team, your family, and yourself. Gutting out any medical condition will do nothing but make it worse in the long run. Our success depends on each and every Soldier in the unit. No one should ever stand alone. If you know someone who needs help it is your duty to take positive action and to let his lead-ers know so they can lead him to the required help.Respect, up, down, and sideways in the hierarchy of the Brigade is a bedrock value when it comes to building strong teams. Hazing, in any form, does not. Permitting it, or ignoring it, does more than harm the individual being hazed; it destroys the teamwork and trust of all Soldiers. I put abuse of authority and abuse of subor-

dinates into this category. I expect good leadership for our Soldiers and will remove any Leader that is incapable of doing that.Sexual assault and sexual harassment tear a team up as much, if not more, than hazing and abuse. They tear down the entire team by damaging every team-member’s respect, trust and faith in each other. This is a zero tolerance area with me and I will take action against perpetrators when reported or found. Supervisors who know that this is going on and do not stop it are just as culpable as the perpetrator.I am asking for everyone on the team’s help in combating these team breakers. If you need help whether medically, emotionally, or because you are being hazed or abused, sexually harassed or as-saulted tell someone in your chain of command. I you do not think that will work please come and see me at any time and with no appointment necessary with no fear of retribu-tion or stigma. I want to identify and remove these cancers from the mighty Devil Brigade but I can only do it with every-one’s assistance.

Enjoy your 4th of July holiday. Play hard but play safely. Take some time to think about why we celebrate Independence Day. The freedoms we have and the responsibilities that come with it. Compare the differences we have with what they have in Iraq and Afghanistan. I know I appreciate our Constitution much more now than I did 10 years ago.No Mission Too Difficult, No Sac-rifice Too Great, Duty First!!Devil6

DEVIL7We enter July with the Com-mander’s cup trophy from Victory Week safely secured with the Iron Rangers of 1-16 Infantry. All battalion teams throughout the bri-gade placed in the top three in at least one of the numer-ous events during the week. Congratulations and job well done. I hope all Sol-diers had an opportunity to enjoy the week of events as we celebrated our Army and Division birthdays. Thanks for everyone’s hard work and flexibility that made this week such a success. The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays. On this day, we celebrate the birth of our nation by spending time with family and friends at cookouts, going to parades, and watching fireworks. However, it’s also important to reflect on the significance of this day when we declared Independence and stood up for the dignity and freedom of man. This is a day for us to relax, but it’s also a day to reflect on those brave Americans that helped shape our nation. It’s a day for us to reflect on how we can

best uphold the same ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness that drove our founding fathers to sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Benjamin Franklin, one of our most respected founding fathers, jokingly reminded his fellow Patriots during the signing of the Declaration of Independence, “We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.” He was re-minding them that they need-ed to stick together as a team, fight for what was right, and he wanted them to stay safe in the pursuit of their cause.I ask all Soldiers and Family members to do the same…stick together as members of a team every day, fight for what is right when you have the opportunity, and always stay safe…especially on holidays! It’s your duty to keep an eye on one another and take care of those within our Army Family. It requires per-sonal courage to stand up and be loyal to one another. Remind each other to “buckle up” in the car or “grab a cab”; plan ahead so you don’t find yourself in an unwelcomed situation; and don’t let your ego get the best of you. Patriots gave

their lives in securing the freedoms we enjoy today- don’t waste yours unneces-sarily.This will be my last month as Devil 7 as we welcome CSM Mark and Patricia Kiefer to the team. It has been a great year working with an awesome team of the most professional Soldiers I have ever been privileged to work with. I look forward to assuming my duties in 4-4 CAV as Pale Rider 7 and continuing to serve in the Devil Brigade. Thanks for everyone’s unyielding sup-port and hard work over the last year as we reset the team from two theaters of opera-tions and move forward with training. No Mission Too Difficult! No Sacrifice Too Great! Duty First! Devils!

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Potential & Expectations

A new teacher came to a school and was assigned to teach a class of misfits. She looked at the records left behind by the previous teacher and found IQ levels written for each student that were very high. Some were 110, 120, and one was even as high as 160. On the first day of class, she addressed the class and said, “You are all extremely bright and intelligent students, but you are not living up to your potential.” So, she began to expect from them the kind of performance that their potential demonstrated.

After the term was over, their grades had increased and all were making A’s and B’s. The principal came to investigate the phenomena and the teacher said, “You didn’t tell me these kids had such high IQ’s.” The prin-cipal looked at her records and replied, “Those aren’t IQ scores. Those are their locker numbers.”

All too often, we so easily give up on people, thinking that they are beyond help or hope. We associate poten-tial with test scores or past experience and develop a lowered expectation that fails to develop the full poten-tial of others. Whether it is with soldiers, our children, or those young in the faith, if we encourage and expect great things from them, they will rise to the challenge and exceed even their own expectations. Perhaps the greatest power of leading is the power of suggestion. Dare to suggest greatness!

“We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the sever-est school.” - Thucydides, “The History of the Peloponnesian War”

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“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” - Proverbs 23:7

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” - Proverbs 22:6

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WHAT MAKESYOU

STRONG

PFC Brandon StottA Trp, 4/4 CAV

My NCOS who push me.

SGT Robert GonzalezHHB, 1/5 FA

My position in the Army. The responsibilities I have makes me think twice before I make a decision I’ll regret. I have Soldiers who look to me to do the right thing so I have to make sure I’m setting an example and exceeding the

SPC Brandon JohnsonA Co, 2/34 CAB

My wife and being a part of an awesome squad

PV2 Kesan Slater1/16 IN

The support from my wife and good NCOs is what makes and keeps

SFC Elbert PowellHHC, 1st HBCT

Knowing my job makes a difference and saves the lives of Soldiers and civil-ians during combat opera-tions.

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Soldier Highlights MOVSM w/ SSDreadnaught Soldier first on Fort Riley to receive Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal with Silver Star.

see full story on page 14

Defiant Warrior

Challenge

1st Place: SGT Welch’s squad, HHC

BSTB

2nd Place: SGT Baggerly’s squad, C

Co., BSTB

3rd Place: SGT Prunty’s squad, A Co.,

BSTB

(From Left to Right: CSM Samuel Stoker, 2-34 AR Command Sergeant Major; LTC Anthony New, 2-34 AR Commander; COL(R) Lynn Rolf, Inductee; COL(R) Gregory Fontenot, Honorary Colonel of the Regiment)

Since its activation, the Armor Regiment has provided a program for rec-ognizing people who made contributions to, or distinguished themselves in service to the Regiment. The designation as a Distinguished Member of the Regiment is largely ceremonial and serves to perpetuate the history and traditions of the Regiment, enhancing unit morale and history. After careful consideration, the 34th Armor Regiment chose three individuals to induct this year: MG(R) Lon E. Maggart, COL(R) Lynn Rolf, and 1SG Timothy Delarosa.

iron rangers dmor

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and the winners are...

Victory Cup - 1/16 IN

Arm Wrestling - 1/5 FABowling - 1/1 BSTB

Victory Cup events:

Weight Lifting - 1/16INTug of War - 4/4 CAVVictory Warrior - 1/16 INVolleyball - 2/34 AR

Victory Week 2012

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Soldiers of the 1st Heavy Bri-gade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Di-vision, competed in a Warrior Task and Drill competition, as part of the Devil Warrior Competition, on May 30 at one of Fort Riley’s confidence courses.

The Devil Warrior Competition, which began in April, consisted of a five-mile run, a Warrior Task and Drill competition and a physical fit-ness challenge, scheduled for early June.

Twenty five, two-man teams, comprised of junior enlisted Sol-diers, noncommissioned officers and officers competed.

The Soldiers scaled an incline wall, maneuvered over wooden hurdles, and completed the compe-tition by evaluating three different faux casualties and calling in for a MEDEVAC.

For Spc. Ethan Lambert and Pfc.

Devil Stakes Calling ALL Commander and 1SG

SpousesDevil Brigade Soldiers Tackle the Obstacle Course

Sgt. Kerry Lawson| 1st HBCTSpc. Ethan Lambert and Pfc. Bryan Stough, both medics with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Divi-sion, maneuver their way through the weaver station during the Warrior Task and Drill compe-tition at one of Fort Riley’s confidence courses on May 30. Lambert and Stough placed 14th out of the 25 teams that competed from within the brigade. The competition was one part of the Devil Warrior Competition, which began in April, and consisted of a five-mile run, a Warrior Task and Drill competition and a physical fitness challenge, scheduled for early June.

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Bryan Stough, medics with Head-quarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, the competition was redemption for them not passing the Expert Field Medical Badge competition a few months ago.

“We have been prepping for the past three weeks with twice-a-day physical training,” Lambert said. “Stough and I ran four to five miles every day and trained for the rope climb and cargo net wall.”

Stough said he and Lambert chose events similar to the obstacle course to hone their skills and build their endurance.

“Our platoon conducted an in-house competition to see who would represent our company for the competition,” Stough said. “The training we had gone through for the EFMB competition was still fresh

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Staff Sgt. Donald Martin

Ten Soldiers from across the 1st Infantry Division spent July 19 through 22 conducting combat lifesaver training at Fort Riley’s Military Schools Facility.

All of the Soldiers came from different backgrounds within the medical field, including a Soldier who has never been a certified combat life saver.

Spc. Cristy Woodruff, Head-quarters and Headquarters Com-pany, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., said this was the first time she completed a full and certified CLS course. Wood-ruff said the course was some-thing she was glad to be a part of, and thought every Soldier should go through CLS.

“CLS is important because every Soldier should know how to save their battle buddy’s life while in combat or in peacetime back home,” she said“I would want to know if I was seriously hurt and was unable to do anything for my-self that the Soldiers to my left and right would be able to stop a bleed and save my life.”

Woodruff said she was very confident with her skills and the realistic training helps make it stick.

“My favorite part of the train-ing was the hands-on,” Woodruff said. “A person can read, but really getting into the lanes, putting what you learned from the book to prac-tice shows what you will be able to accomplish in each of the timed events.”

Big Red One Soldiers Take Part in CLS

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Defiant Soldiers, Trained, Ready for Next Phase of Reset

Sgt. Kerry Lawson 1st HBCT

By Sgt. Kerry Lawson

Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Spe-cial Troops Battalion, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infan-try Division, competed in a Warrior Tasks and Drills competition as part of the Defiant Warrior Competition (DWC) on June 6 at Fort Riley’s Maneuver Area-Juliet.

The DWC tested the Soldiers on their warrior skills training and culminated the reset phase from the unit’s recent deployment to Iraq.

Some of the key tasks the bat-talion aimed to accomplish were to accurately assess the battalion’s readiness, maintain the proper re-sources necessary for training and to conduct a physically challenging training event that provided realis-tic feedback of their Soldier’s pro-ficiency in the Warrior tasks and skills.

“This competition is designed to be physically grueling, but also to build a strong bond and cohe-siveness within these teams,” said Lt. Col. Samuel Calkins, 1st BSTB commander.

Lt. Col. Calkins said this com-petition also served as a basis for all leaders, from him, down to the team

leaders, to monitor their subordi-nates and see how well they lead their troops.

During the 36 hours of the com-petition these Soldiers were tested with 10 separate events.

The Soldiers conducted day and night land navigation, disassembled and reassembled a M4 Carbine ri-fle, evaluated a casualty, called in a medical evacuation and loaded a casualty into a simulated helicopter.

During the one and half days in the field, the Defiant Soldiers marched approximately 10 miles throughout the course of the com-petition.

“It’s all about building camara-derie and esprit de corps,” said Sgt. Steven Holdren, a combat engineer, Charlie Company. “My Soldiers have done an outstanding job out here.”

Sgt. Holdren said his newest Soldier, Pvt. Clark has shown great effort in the competition. Clark who is also an engineer with Charlie Company has established himself as a great asset to the team, Sgt. Hold-ren added.

“This competition validates the training the Soldiers have done in-dividually and prepares them for the

collective training that’s to come,” Lt. Col. Calkins said.

Lt. Col. Calkins said the unit is now increasing its operational tem-po for offensive operations, similar to those faced while deployed, to be able to move the battalion quickly in support of the brigade’s mis-sion.

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By Sgt. Kandi Huggins1st HBCT Public Affairs

Staff Sgt. Burke Bodie received a Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal with a Silver Star, the first awarded on Fort Riley, during the 1st Infantry Division’s quarterly volunteer recognition ceremony at the Riley Conference Center on May 30.

He is a squad leader in 2nd Battalion, 34th Combat Arms Bat-talion, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team.

The MOVSM is given to Sol-diers who volunteered a minimum of 100 hours. In order to receive the MOVSM with a Silver Star, Bodie had to volunteer a minimum total of 600 hours within the past two years, said Becky Willis, in-stallation volunteer coordinator.

“I’ve volunteered with Othila, Inc. for about eight to nine years,” Bodie said. “After they tallied up the sheets, I had somewhere around 2,000 hours but since they only go back two years for volun-teer time, the hours came out to be over 700.”

Othila Inc., located in Bodie’s hometown of Columbiaville, Mich., is a non-profit organiza-tion that helps homeless veterans receive the help they need to get back on their feet said Rebecca Neph, Othila Inc. director.

The organization has found homes for over 20 veterans, helped them get jobs, provided them with transportation and assisted them in getting the mental help they need.

Having deployed three times, twice to Iraq and once to Afghani-stan, Bodie said he has benefitted from helping the homeless veterans

Sgt. Kandi Huggins | 1st HBCTSgt. Burke Bodie, a squad leader in Company A, 2nd Battalion, 34th Combat Arms Battal-ion, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, is congratulated by Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Kenny, the brigade’s senior noncommissioned officer, after receiving the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal with a Silver Star during the division’s quar-terly volunteer recognition ceremony May 30 at Riley Conference Center. Bodie received the MOVSM with a Silver Star, the first at Fort Riley, for volunteering more than 700 hours in the last two years with a homeless veterans’ organization in Columbiaville, Mich.

of his generation.“A lot of the vets from OIF and

OEF have a hard time with PTSD, and after returning from a deploy-ment, volunteering has been like a self-medication for me because I know I am helping someone doing a little bit worse than I am to get through (their hard times),” Bodie said.

Bodie went home during Christ-mas, spring break, block leave and mid-tour leave during two deploy-ments to volunteer his time because he “doesn’t think there is anything greater than the chance to help one person feel better about them-selves,” he said.

Neph said it was awesome Bodie received the award because he is a veteran himself. It makes it all the more sweet because he volunteered to serve his country

and volunteered to serve his fellow veterans.

“It feels kind of awkward re-ceiving this award,” Bodie said. “I shouldn’t be recognized for some-thing I don’t think is a big deal. Instead, recognition should go to people who need the help.”

‘Dreadnaught’ Soldier Receives MOVSM with Silver Star

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Sgt. Kandi Huggins

Memorial Day. The day the nation honors and remembers its fallen men and women. A day Sol-diers of the 1st Battalion, 16th In-fantry Regiment, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division preceded by honoring members of their regiment for their service dur-ing their deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

The ‘Iron Rangers’ honored Staff Sgt. Jeff Dodds, acting first sergeant, Bravo Company, and Staff Sgt. Aaron Duncan, squad leader, Bravo Co., with Bronze Star Med-als, during an awards ceremony held on May 24 in the company ar-eas of the Iron Rangers.

“I felt honored to receive this award,” Duncan said. “After the ceremony all my Soldiers came up to shake my hand and I told them, hey this is for all of you.”

Duncan said the award was from a culmination of events and was not an individual award. His squad and the Marine Special Forces and Navy Seals with them were in over 100 engagements with insurgents whom they fought and, very tactically, pushed back every time.

From day one, as soon as they hit the ground at Darry eh Bum, Duncan said they were in a firefight. Every day at four p.m. he said they knew what to expect.

“We got there Feb. 12 and that was the first time we’d gotten con-tact and a first time for a lot of my guys,” Duncan explained. “It was a way to break reality to them that you are here, you’re here and this is what’s going to happen.”

In actuality, with everyday contact, the number of times his group pushed the insurgents back was well over 100 times and his group suffered zero friendly casu-alties, except for one rolled ankle.

Dodds also said it was a great honor receiving a Bronze Star.

While deployed, Dodds took half of a platoon under his men-torship and leadership and served as acting platoon sergeant for the duration of the 12-month deploy-

ment. He also worked in direct link with the Army OD-A team, or Spe-cial Forces, and overall, worked supporting the mission of the bat-talion.

“This is my job and I love doing it,” Dodds said.

The various successes of their missions and their contribution to OEF would not have been possible without their brotherhood and di-versity of training, Duncan said.

Band of Brothers

Sgt. Kerry Lawson| 1st HBCT

Sgt. Kandi Huggins| 1st HBCTStaff Sgt. Aaron Duncan, squad leader, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, returns a salute to Col. Michael Pappal, brigade commander, during an awards ceremony held on May 24 in the battalion’s companies areas. Duncan received a Bronze Star Medal on behalf of the Soldiers deployed with him at the Darry eh Bum site in Afghanistan. “I felt honored to receive this award,” Duncan said. “After the ceremony all my Soldiers came up to shake my hand and I told them, hey this is for all of you.”

JUNE 2012 page 17enough to aid us in prepping for this competition.”

Lambert and Stough started as the 10th team and finished the entire course in just under 17 minutes, placing 14th.

The team pushed themselves both physically and mentally to complete the entire course for accuracy and time without get-ting any time deductions.

“We competed not just for redemption for the EFMB com-petition, but because we wanted to,” Stough said. “We wanted to complete the course to show our pride and rise above our past failure.”

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Soldiers were put to the test to evaluate their skills in many areas, including checking for responsiveness, finding and sealing all wounds, placing a tourniquet and calling in a nine-line medevac.

This was also a fairly new course for the instructor, Sal Portelli, who was only teaching his fourth course. Portelli said CLS is nothing new to him, though.

“I was in the Air Force as a pararescueman, and I had to use my skills to treat all sorts of inju-ries such as IED blasts”

Portelli said it was important for Soldiers to grasp the concepts of CLS because the more they remember, the better the chances of more wound-ed service members making it home.

“We’re trying to get 100 percent of the troops trained so that when they’re downrange and someone gets hurt, chances are there won’t always be a medic around (This sentence doesn’t make sense. I get what he’s trying to say, but the second part of the sentence doesn’t match the first. Here’s how I re-wrote it: Officials want all troops to receive CLS training because there are chances a medic won’t always be around if some-one gets hurt, Portelli said

“If these guys need to use their skills one day, they’re going to be able to save their buddy,” he said.

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Victory Week 2012 One to Remember

By Chase Jordan, The Daily Union

Regiments of Soldiers covered Fort Riley’s Custer Hill Parade Field Thursday morning to cel-ebrate their history and cheer on their comrades.

As a part of Victory Week 2012, the 1st Infantry Division held the Victory Cup Awards Ceremony. The weeklong event included sporting events and ceremonies to honor soldiers.

After participants received awards and recognition for ac-tivities such as weight lifting, flag football and tug of war, the Big Red One celebrated its 95th birth-day and the U.S. Army’s 237th birthday, as well.

Brig. Gen. Donald MacWillie said it helps connect the soldiers to their past, which makes it a little more special to serve in this divi-sion.

“It’s an opportunity for them to learn about this great division,’’

MacWillie said. ‘’We talk a lot about these patches that we wear and we talk a lot about the heritage. When they get to see it, hear it and touch it, I think it makes a big dif-ference.’’

During the birthday celebra-tions, soldiers and attendees re-ceived a history lesson while sol-diers wore uniforms from different eras.

Chief Warrant Officer II Gor-don Fuller and Chief Warrant Officer III Tony Mercado won the paintball tournament. They enjoyed the camaraderie and the cohesion amongst the units.

‘’It’s all about being a part of the Big Red One, the best division in my opinion,’’ Mercado said.

Fuller agreed and enjoyed the birthday celebration as well.

‘’There’s a lot of heritage in

the Army and being a part of it is something everybody should be proud of,’’ Fuller said.

Capt. Alexander Werner from the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment was victorious in his involvement in the Victory Warrior Competition. The event consisted of a 12-mile foot march with body armor and other infantry-related-skills. Werner is new to the divi-sion and celebrated his first Victory Week.

‘’From what I’ve seen so far, it’s a week to celebrate the divi-sion’s almost 100-year history,’’ Werner said. ‘’It’s taking a break from the grind of normal training, getting out and having some fun and letting off some steam and celebrating who we are.’’

His regiment received the divi-sion’s Victory Cup for having the highest score from competitions throughout the week.

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July 3-7 in Junction City

JUNCTION CITY - The largest free Independence Day celebration in the state of Kansas is coming to Junction City July 3 to 7 at Heritage Park. Kicking off with a Military Appreciation Day July 3, Sundown Salute will include a variety of Family fun, including carnival rides, vendors and crafts, a parade, car show, a 10K run and a mud bogz driving experience. Nikki Davies, activities chair, Junction City Geary County Area Chamber of Commerce, said the planning experience has been quite a ride so far, and the event will offer plenty of activities for children to enjoy. Live entertainment is scheduled throughout the five-day event.

The following bands will take the stage:

Novelty booths and performers, including a master pumpkin and watermelon carver, magic and yo-yo shows, and medieval swordplay and war-craft demonstrations also will be available. A fireworks extravaganza is scheduled for 10 p.m. July 4 in Heritage Park.

For more information on Sundown Salute, visithttp://sundownsalute.org/home.html By Pamela Redford, 1st Inf. Div. Post,

July 3. Landslide, the tribute to Fleetwood Mac

. Double Vision, a tribute band to Foreigner. Think Floyd, a tribute to Pink Floyd

July 4. Hells Bells, the tribute to AC/DC

. House of the Holy, a tribute to Led Zeppelin

. Blackwater, a tribute to the Doobie Brothers

July 5. Mark Schultz, Christian singer/songwriter

July 6. Dead or Alive, a tribute to Bon Jovi. Silver Bullet, a tribute to Bob Seger

. Edge of Forever, a tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd

July 7. Outlaw Junkies

. Women of Rock, a tribute. Uncle Kracker

Sundown SaluteSundown SaluteSundown SaluteSundown Salute

JUNE 2012 page 23

Brigade still has some extra glasses left over from the Brigade Dining- In and looking to recoup some money spent on them. Brigade is selling them for $2/glass! They would make great gifts, even if that gift is for you!!!!

We will not mail these, not a fundraiser.

Please bring exact change for the # of glasses you would like to purchase.

POC: PFC Oudman at Brigade, CMD Sec.

JUNE 2012 page 24Crimes and Punishments

F FSC, 101st BSBOffense: Wrongful use of marijuanaSentence: Reduction to grade E1; confinement for 14 days

A CO., 2-34 AROffense: Wrongful use of marijuanaSentence: Forfeiture of 994.00 pay; confine-ment for 30 days