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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

Page 1Volume 1, Issue 3

Moving On To Bigger and Better Things



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

Page 2 HHC NEWSLETTER

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.



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




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


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.





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


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

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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

CONTINUED ON PAGE 7



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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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