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Task Force TigersharkNewsletter 1 October 2012
Thank you Tigershark Team and families for a
great first 90 days. It has truly been an honor to
get to know each of you and our Soldiers. Build-
ing and training the team has been a priority, and
will continue to be as we move into the fall and
winter.
I want to thank each of you that made
the Family Day at Gunnery possible as
well as those that attended. It was so
fun to see Soldiers, spouses, and chil-
dren enjoying themselves at Range 23 as
we watched aircraft, saw trucks, MRAPs
vehicles, and weapons while enjoying
some great food.
Over the next 90 days, we have training
planned all over the country (New York,
Colorado, Louisiana) as well as a few
family events scheduled. Our family events are
made possible by our great FRG Teams and your
participation. Our upcoming Fall Festival on Oc-
tober 25th promises to be a fun time that has
something for all ages so please take advantage
of this opportunity.
I want to personally thank Michelle Simerly for
her service to the Tigershark Family. She has
served our Soldiers and families faithfully as an
FRG leader and most recently as the Family
Readiness Support Assistant. She and her hus-
band, CW4 Rob Simerly, devoted personal time
and effort into caring for the Tigershark Team.
They are moving to Hawaii this month, and we
wish them the very best. Michelle, Rob and
girls- you will always be on the Tigershark
Team and welcome. Best of luck as you transi-
tion to the Aloha State!
Again, Stephanie and I want to thank you for the
warm reception, and look forward to serving
with each of you.
Strike at Night!
AH—64 D Flying for Family Day
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OH _58 D Kiowa Warrior
UH-60 Black Hawk
Humvee - MRAP - LMTV, our 4 wheeled assets.
Commander’s
Corner
LTC Ward
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Tigershark Family Day
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Our FRG has come a long way in
the past few months! We
have more than doubled our
membership and
participation!
Shortly, we will be saying Farewell
to one of key callers, Jaimie
Dyer. However, Lauren
George has offered to step
up to the place as her
replacement. Jaimie has
always provided great
support of our Soldiers and
she and her family will be
sorely missed.
FRG is in the process of planning
some fall festivities and
upcoming events! Watch out
for fliers in the FLASH as well as
on the FRG bulletin board
located in the HHC Annex
building!
If anyone has any thoughts, ideas,
questions, or concerns please
do not hesitate to call your
FRG Leadership!
As Always our FRG is looking
for volunteers to join the
team. If interested please
contact your FRG leader!
HHC CONTACTS:Captain Chris McFarland First SergeantHHC Commander Kenneth Howe(315) 774-1579 (315) 774-1578
HHC FRG leaderShannon McFarland(706)464-5768 (cell)(315)681-6880 (home)
Hello Havoc Family!
As the summer draws to an
end, you will find your Soldier very
busy training for deployment.
We have made lots of
headway and I can tell there is a
great camaraderie, not just during
the work day and formations, but
during down time as well.
Our FRG hosted our company
party and BBQ Cook-off! 1SG
Howe and SSG Carambot walked
away as winners of the grill off!
Between the kickball game, sumo
wrestling outfits, and conversations
I could tell that everyone was
enjoying themselves. Thanks to all
that could attend!
Our company Family Run Day
and Pie smashing brought in over
$1500 towards our company funds.
COL Francis's Pie sold for $650!
Families were gracious enough to
donate breakfast for everyone
that morning.
Thanks to all of the Havoc
families for all your support and
dedication!
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Mountain Hawks,
The last few months have flown by!
July kicked off with block leave and
some much needed rest and relaxation
with families. After settling back into
work, the company rolled straight into
weapons qualification and sling load
training. We conducted a M240 ma-
chine gun range and participated in sev-
eral small arms ranges in preparation
for aerial door gunnery. When August
rolled around, the guys qualified in
both standard and advanced gunnery
tables! As we finish up the UH-60M
aircraft qualification course, we will
transition to high altitude training at
Fort Carson Colorado where the air-
crews will work on power management
and pinnacle landings to become famil-
iar with mountainous terrain opera-
tions.
We have several new
additions to the Moun-
tain Hawk family; our
newest crew-chief,
SGT Downey and his
wife Samantha join us
from Korea as well as
our new Instructor Pi-
lot, CW2 Latroy Green
and his wife Alicia. Ad-
ditionally we picked up
CW2 Ben Adam and
his wife Teri from our
sister company just
down the street.
With every new Soldier
coming in, we are saddened to say good
-bye to those that will be leaving us.
This month CW2 Dawn Christenson
will be departing to Ft. Riley and at-
tending the Maintenance Test Pilot
course enroute and CW2 Christopher
Might moved over to 2nd BCT to serve
in
the Brigade Aviation Element cell.
We additionally said goodbye to SPC
Cory Vanderploeg and his wife
Chrysta and SGT Andrew Seymour –
good luck in your future endeavors!
We’d also like to congratulate our
newest NCO’s! SGT Jonathan Basler,
SGT Christopher
Jeffery and SGT Bill
Orlando were promoted
on the first of Septem-
ber – well deserved
guys! Congratulations
to SGT Garrett Showell
and Leann Showell for
tying the knot! And
lastly, SPC Brandon
Harris finished his first
5K on the 8th of Sep-
tember – cheered and
supported by all of you!
1SG Tarras and I thank
you for your continued
support of Bravo Company and look
forward to seeing you soon.
CPT AliceMary Trivette
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Mountain Hawk Families and Friends
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Pale Rider Family and Friends,
The summer is flying by! Training is in full-swing here on the airfield and at the range. As most of you know, we’ve been very busy with aerial gunnery during the month of August. We’ve also been preparing for the upcoming High Altitude Mountain Environment Training rotation at Fort Carson Colorado.
On 11 August, we had an awesome time at Thompson Park in Watertown. You can’t beat grilling and frisbee on a nice day with friends and family. It was also great to see everyone at the August 28th Road-to-War brief.
During the summer we’ve gained some new Pale Riders:
-PFC Bryon Lovan came to the Troop in May and has been turning wrenches on Bravo Troop aircraft for a couple of months now.
-CW3 Lee and Ketena Reichbaum joined us in July from Huntsville, AL. Lee is a seasoned Instructor Pilot and is a much welcomed asset and member of the Pale Rider family.
-CW3 Andy Cook, his wife Amy, and daughters Hannah, Katelyn, Sarah, and Audrey joined us in August. Andy will be one of our Maintenance Test Pilots and brings a lot of experience to the team.
-CW2 Derrick Rodriguez and his wife Diana came over from Alpha Troop. Derrick has been flying a LOT for us. Diana, I promise I’ll give him a day off..one day.
-SGT Jonathon and Cassandra Griffetts brought in a new Pale Rider; Zachary H. Griffetts was born on July 3rd.
-And CW3 Ken and Tara Manubay gave birth to Eleanor Faith on 26 June.
Okay! Well I just want to remind everyone about the Task Force Harvest Festival in late October. Also we will be having a Task Force Holiday Social on December 13th. I think that covers just about everything that has been going on, so take care, and I hope to see you and your families soon.
AIR CAV!,CPT Charlie Hill
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1.Jordan and Mary Ann Vanicek at the Troop Party in April.
2.CW3 Mike Maj feels his Stetson is close enough to a sombrero at the TF Cinco de
Mayo party.
3.Troop party at 1SG Payne’s house in April. Sorry for the mess Anja!
4.CW3 Mike Maj tries to think of a joke at the Sackets Harbor comedy club. We’ll
miss you Mike and Chrissie.
5.CW2 Joe Mulheron gets caught with a Cosmopolitan at the Titled Kilt. When
questioned, he simply replied “it’s delicious”.
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Hammerhead Friends and Family,
Friends and Families of The Ham-
merhead Company:
Delta Company, 1st Battalion,
10th Aviation Regiment continues
to be the
best Aviation Maintenance Com-
pany in all the 10th Combat Avia-
tion Brigade.
We have
the best
Soldiers,
most
dedi-
cated
NCOs,
smartest
Warrant
Officers,
and
most
skilled
mainte-
nance
technicians. In the months since
we last
published a newsletter so much
has happened. We could not do it
without the
expertise of your Soldiers serving
with us in this top notch organi-
zation.
Thanks to you all. Thanks to the
Family Readiness Group which
supports all
efforts of every one of the Ham-
merheads.
The Hammerheads continue to
shine. During the last month I
asked much of
your Families as you allowed me
to barrow your Soldiers for long
hours. We
performed 24 hour round the
clock operations throughout all of
our gunnery
operations. I know that this was
a challenge for many of your
Families and
you saw your Soldier very little.
Thank you
from the
bottom of
my heart for
your support
for this unit.
Without your
help we
would not
have been
able
to set up the
Forward
Arming and
Refueling
Point, conduct the maintenance
back at the hangar, or drive the
necessary personnel to the field
for duty
and back. Thank you so much.
Know that your Soldiers per-
formed well. They
are experts and they are profes-
sionals. They are training hard
and making
themselves ever more prepared
for deployment to Afghanistan. I
have seen
the growth in all and am proud to
be part of their lives.
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We say farewell to LTC David R. Kramer. LTC Kramer changed command
in June
and we wish him well on his future endeavors. We welcome LTC Chad E.
Ward
and his family. We hope that the Hammerhead family can welcome him
as the
new Tigershark commander with open arms and show the same dedica-
tion under
his command that we showed with LTC Kramer.
Additionally, in the company there have been changes as well. 1LT
Christopher DeMeis moved on to F/1-10 to join the Gunmen and serve as
a
AH-64D Platoon Leader. We thank him for his hard work this last year.
1LT
Jessica Stephenson replaces him as the Company Executive Officer. Jes-
sica
is also pilots the AH-64D, but I won't hold that against her.
Finally, I would like to thank everyone who came out to our Company FRG
Dinner on the 14th of September. We had a great time and I loved seeing
all
the faces of our Soldiers' children. Its good to see each other with our
Families and be able to interact in a way separate from the stresses of
work. Thanks to all that made it a success. Feel free to contact the FRG
anytime. Kelly Caracillo and Marcia Jenkins are our great FRG Leaders.
They can be contacted at hammerhead_frg@yahoo.com.
Upcoming we have more great training planned. We will conduct Tactical
Vehicle Driver's training, Base Defense Training, FARP Training and finally
another Gunnery operation in November. Don't worry. We'll still have
plenty of time off! Thanks again for all you do! Hammerheads!
v/r
CPT Jeff Timmons
D/1-10 Commander
TF Tigershark, FDNY
Office: 315-772-3808
Cell: 719-494-4396
Strike at Night!
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To Our Havoc FamiliesTo Our Gunmen Families
Since our last newsletter the hanger has been a
busy and exciting place and we are proud to say we
are now officially Fox Company Gunmen. Although,
we will most certainly miss our HHC Havoc family,
we are excited to continue to train as a more
defined Attack Flight Company.
While we were still part of Havoc, the FRG has
put together multiple events for both fundraising
and fun. We managed to sell out of food during our
pizza fundraiser in the Task Force hanger as well as
put on an outstanding night of free bowling on post
with pizza and drinks. These events brought about a
great turnout for one last hurrah as a Havoc team.
As a newly formed company we are fortunate to
continue with our strong leadership heading up our
FRG. Mrs. Rheanne Stevens and Jen Vonsik have
graciously offered to “Re-up.” as our Company
leaders. We were also ecstatic when Bree Parry
volunteered to assume the role as our Treasurer
from Lauren Odonnel. These ladies as well as the
other spouses and family members deserve praise
for their continued efforts by volunteering their
time in support of our FRG.
Our first event as Fox Company was a joint
cookout with our brethren over in Bravo Company
2-10. The clubhouse was full with family from both
Companies and the food was amazing and plentiful
to say the least.
The BBQ chicken, burgers, sides, chips, dips and
desserts everyone brought were truly delicious. The
evening did not end there as both Companies took
part in the infamous “belt lift” and possibly made
Army history as Bravo Company took part in an
Attack Company tradition for the first time.
As we begin our history under a new guidon we are
pleased to welcome our newest Soldiers to our
ranks. Almost all of them are familiar faces coming
from Delta Company. 1LT Piechocki our newest
Flight Platoon leader, SPC Morgan with his wife
Donna and their daughter Dezaray, PFC Catron and
PFC Flaherety are all welcomed additions to the
team. Lastly, we welcome 1SGT Dennis, his wife
Jolee, and two children Ariel and Colton. They come
to us from TF Phoenix and bring a wealth of
experience with them. We say goodbye to CW2
Lewis and his wife Tory who are headed to Ft Rucker
to attend the instructor pilot course. SGT Cramer
who has honorably finished his service obligation also
said goodbye as he travels west. We would like to
recognize and congratulate CW2 Bryan Haldeman
on his recent promotion. Way to go buddy.
With the return of all our aircraft the training has
gone into full swing. Maintenance and flying have
picked up and resulted in successful missions with the
Soldiers of 1st Brigade as well as gunnery qualification
for Fox Company. As we continue to train we ask for
your continued support on the long days and nights
as it truly makes a difference everyday. We hope you
all have a wonderful and safe summer in the North
Country as it kicks off with Memorial Weekend.
Relax and enjoy the nice weather and once again
thanks for being part of the Fox Family.
Our Newest Soldiers
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Warrior Family and Friends,
Warrior Families!
Since our last news letter, the
Warriors of Echo
Company have
been Sustaining
the Strike! As you
all know, from 22
August to 14 Sep-
tember, Echo
Company sup-
ported TF Gunnery
at Range 48 and
Range 23. It was great to see all
of our Task Force Tigershark
Families at Range 23 during Fam-
ily Day!
As we look forward to
October, it will be another
busy month for Echo Com-
pany. For our SM’s that are
working on the TF DONSA
(28SEP) they will be given a
day off on 12 OCT, due to
manning and running Oasis.
We will kick off October,
with M240 and M16 Ranges,
followed by night time driv-
ing using NVGs the second week. The
third week we will be conducting FOB De-
fense Battle Drills, to prepare our Soldiers
for the defense role they play when de-
ployed. We are currently planning a
DART exorcise with Delta company to-
wards the end of the month, and will be
preparing for TF Gunnery in November.
For everyone that joined us on 19
September at Remington Park, for 1SG
Rodriguez’s company level farewell,
thanks for the great
turn out! 1SG
Rodriguez officially
relinquished his re-
sponsibility as
Company 1SG to
1SG Warren on 25
September. We all
look forward to
1SG Warren’s lead-
ership and direction
he will provided Echo Company!
Sustain the Strike!!
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FRG Leadership
FRG Advisor Stephanie Ward
315-681-4518 / 318-613-2664 advisor110@yahoo.com
B Troop
Stephanie Rickert 315-629-6321
btroop66cavfrg@gmail.com
B Company Michele Tarras
315-387-5624 Bravo_co_frg@mail.com
D Company
Kelly Caraccilo / Marcia Jenkins 661-478-9841 / 803-984-9343
Hammerhead_frg@yahoo.com
E Company Becca Althouse
717-327-7895 Echo_warriors_2011@yahoo.com
F Company
Jen Vonsik / RheAnne Stevens 315-681-4607 / 315-661-6845
Fox1.10frg@gmail.com
HHC Shannon McFarland
315-681-6880 frghavoc@yahoo.com
FRSA
Michelle Simerly / Jackie Sharpe 315-774-1403 / 315-774-1104
Michelle.d.simerly.civ@mail.mil / Jacqueline.e.sharpe.civ@mail.mil