tions or concerns about the
extensions, please feel free to
e-mail me at dar-
The month of April
will be an exciting one for the
Steel Rain battery. The Sec-
ond Infantry Division will
hold its annual Warrior
Friendship Week where U.S.
Soldiers, KATUSAs, and
some of our ROK Army coun-
terparts get together for a
week of friendly competition
in various sporting events.
Even more exciting is that the
Steel Rain Battery will be
heading to Rocket Valley, for
the first time in six months, in
order to do what we do best:
put steel on target! The bat-
talion will conduct a live fire
exercise that will enable us to
certify our Soldiers on the
MOS tasks and ensure that we
are truly ready to “Fight To-
night!”
V/R
CPT(P) Darwin E. Maull
Steel Rain 6
Dear Steel Rain Family,
It’s spring again,
but depending on where you
are in the world, that may
not mean a whole lot to you
right now (sorry to those in
the Northern portions of
America). Here in Korea,
the weather continues to
warm up, the grass is turning
green, and the flowers are
beginning to bloom. With
spring comes longer days,
warm breezes, and a chance
to finally shake off those
winter blues.
As I open this letter,
I ask that you keep the mil-
lions of people affected by
the earthquake and tsunami
in Japan in your hearts and
in your prayers. We were
fortunate not to receive any
of the aftershocks and fol-
lowing waves here in Korea,
but that should not keep us
from thinking about those
people who lives were dev-
astated and continue to be
affected by that great trag-
edy.
Unless you’ve been
hiding under a rock, I’m
sure you are well aware that
the unit move that was origi-
nally planned for this sum-
mer will not be occurring
this year. This has caused a
ripple effect that directly
af-
fects each and every mem-
ber of the Steel Rain family.
Many of our Soldiers have
had their DEROS extended
by as many as five months.
This means more time away
from the loved ones that
dearly wish they were re-
turning home. 1SG Piersol
and I make a promise to
each and every one of you
that we will do our best to
mitigate the additional stress
placed on families to the
best of our abilities and that
we will reunite you with
your Soldier as soon as we
can. If you have any ques-
From the Commander-
C B T R Y F A M I L Y
R E A D I N E S S G R O U P
STEEL RAIN NEWS A P R I L 2 0 1 1
S P E C I A L
P O I N T S O F
I N T E R E S T :
April Calendar of
Events
Interesting Facts
About April
Photos from
Around the Penin-
sula
Monthly Korean
Lesson
“"St Barbara of the Artillery Corp,
Be at the bursting of the doors of doom,
And in the dark deliver us,
Amen."
Irish Field Artillery poem
Yoga Class
There is a new yoga class offered at the Casey
CAC!!
Wednesdays, April 6 - June 22 @ 5:30pm
Casey Paintball Field is NOW OPEN!
Saturday & Sunday, 9:00am
Shooting equipment and paintballs are available for
rent and sale!
How does that sounds for a unit event?!
Hantan River Rafting
Trip
Saturday, May 14th
Contact the CAC fro more info!
I took this trip last summer and is
was a BLAST so definitely check it out!
Riverside Bike Ride
Saturday, April 16th
Leaving Casey CAC @ 8:30am
Bring your own bike or rent one from the CAC!
Rentals: $10 for a bike / $2 for a helmet per day
Obstacle Course Challenge
April 16th, 9:00am
Hovey Obstacle Course
Zip Line Adventure
Saturday, April 30th
Sign up by April 22rd at the Casey CAC
Transportation Fee: $25
Zip Line Fee: 50,000 won
P A G E 2 STEEL Events
8 April: Battalion Training Holiday
18—22 April: Warrior Friendship
Week
20 April: FRG Meeting at the
Gateway Club from 1200-
1300
20-21 April: Battalion Fundraising
Booth at Friendship Week
22 April: Division Training Holiday
24 April: Easter Sunday
25 April: Warrior Family Day
26 April: C BRTY heads to the
field for the BN Live Fire Exercise
Note: 1-38 FA BN is looking for volunteers to help with the
booths at Warrior Friendship Week. Please let us know if you
are interested!
Get Out and Enjoy Spring!
S T E E L R A I N N E W S
Some of the C BTRY family
from last Summer on the
Hantan River Rafting Trip.
The guides pull off and make
a slide with the rafts!
APRIL 2011
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 BN Train-
ing Holiday 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18
Warrior
19
Friend-
20 FRG
Meeting
ship
21
Week!
22 Division
Training
Holiday
23
24
Easter
25
Warrior
Family Day
26
Battalion
27
Live
28
Fire
29
Exercise
30
Steel Rain Shout Outs!
P A G E 3
Congratulations to the following
Soldiers who were promoted this
month:
SPC Armes to SGT
PFC Taylor to SPC
PV2 Kelley to PFC
PFC Miller to SPC
We would like to wish a Happy
Birthday to:
SGT Carballo: April 7th
PV2 Keneipp: April 11th
SGT Mammedaty: April 12th
2LT Gooding: April 14th
SGT Armes: April 16th
PFC Crooms: April 17th
PFC Wilder: April19th
PV2 Levy: April 21st
PFC Kelley: April 23rd
SGT Simon: April 27th
SGT Davies: April 28th
PFC Duff: April 30th
PV2 Quintanilla: April 30th
We say farewell to the
following:
SFC Gorby
SGT Armes and family
SPC Rigsby and family
Thank you for all your hard work and best
of luck in the future! STEEL RAIN!
17th. He debuted in a War-
ner Brothers cartoon in
1937 .
In April 1909 Robert Peary
reached the North Pole.
George Washington was
inaugurated in April 1789
April was the second month
in the Roman calendar and
they called is Aprilis.
On April 30th, 1939 televi-
sion first publicly broadcast,
from the Empire State Build-
ing.
Just before midnight on April
14th the Titanic struck an
iceberg and had sunk by
2:20am on April
15th, 1912.
Daffy Duck’s
birthday is April
Some Interesting Facts About April
Korea at a Glance
S T E E L R A I N N E W S
Phrases:
This is my husband.
Ee-buu-nuun uu-ree nahmp’yohn ee-eh
-yoh
This is my wife.
Ih-buu-nuun uu-ree ahn-nay eh-yoh
How many children do you have?
Chah-yuh-gah m’yuhnm’yuhng ee-she-yoh?
This months Korean lesson is
all about family!
Words:
Ah-boh-jee: Father
Hah-rah-boh-jee: Grandfather
Ahp-pah: Dad
oh-moh-nee: Mother
Hahl-moh-nee: Grandmother
Chuu-een: My husband
Nahm-p’yohn: Your husband
Ah-nay: My wife
Puu-een: His/your wife
Yahng-cheen: parents
How old are you?
Yuhn-she-gah m’yoe-chee ee-
sheem-nee-kah?
I am ___ years old,
Choh-nuum ___ sah-ree-eh-oh
What is your family name?
Tahng-sheen-we suung-guun
mwah sheem-nee-kah?
May family name is___.
Nah-we sahng ___.
Next month we would like to put YOUR pic-
tures in the May Steel Rain News! So please
send any pictures you would like to share of
you , your family or battle buddies to the ad-
dress below by April 25th.
Www.facebook.com/steelrainbattery
Have a great month!
V/R,
Nikki Ayres & Tierra Maull
C BTRY FRG Leader & Senior Spouse Advisor
Monthly Korean Lesson
STEEL RAIN