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CONGRATULATIONS to the well deserved promotions to the following Soldiers: SGM Payne, HHD SSG Quartucci, 255th PM SGT Prout, 514th GA
SPC Cartwright, 514th GA SPC Stoneman, 514th GA SPC Elliot, 575th ASMC SPC Conley, 575th ASMC
Armed Forces of the United States who distinguish themselves by meritorious service or achievement of a lesser degree than required for the Army Commendation Medal.
willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.
assist users on all chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) and chemical detection equipment; Serves as the primary adviser to the commander on all CBRN activities; assists with maintenance and accountability of organizational equipment valued at 1 million dollars. Within the first two weeks of assignment as the CBRN specialist she has completed a COMET SAV and signed for over 1 million dollars worth of equipment while preparing and executing two lateral transfers of CBRN equipment to Rear Detachment units. SPC Hernandez displays a positive attitude which has become contagious
and has raised the moral to a higher status especially important given the high OPTEMPO in HHD.
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Safety Message
The definition of an accident is "an unplanned event." No one plans to have an accident. It happens when you let your guard down, become careless; fail to follow procedures, become complacent, overconfident or something out of the ordinary. Human error is a direct cause of over 90% of all accidents. During the 101 days of summer which runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day is a time to enjoy family and friends or for much needed rest and relaxation. Safety is a team effort which requires everyone to monitor not only themselves but the Soldiers and Family Members. Thank you for your continued commitment to keeping our most valuable resource The Soldier Safe. Mission First, Safety Always!
Chaplains Corner
Happy family begins from cherand worthiness of mothers love cannot be ishing the grace of expressed in words. A the parents. It is mother shines this The strength, beauty and worthiness of difficult to achieve world endlessly with happy family when the light of love like the mothers love cannot be expressed in the parents grace is stars in the sky. Im words. A mother shines this world neglected. There is thankful for the grace nothing more preof the father. I often endlessly with the light of love like the cious than life, and it feel the heaviness of the stars in the sky. is our parents who responsibility of the gave us life. Sadly, fatherhood as a father -E.H. Chapin some of us have who raised two daughalready experienced ters. Only few children the pain of losing our parent(s). Nonetheknow of the father who sheds tears in a less, we must never forget that the very fact hidden place. Fathers are lonely. Fatherthat we are living now is the reality of our hood is hard. This world is not easy, but the parents grace. Im thankful for the grace of responsibility is enormous. The sacrifice of the mother. Our mothers have given birth father is great as well. There are many fathrough pouring of the blood. The love of thers who only say few words. However, mother that cherishes and raises a child the children must remember that there is a after giving birth from enduring long-time deep love in those few words. I put my cannot be explained. Mothers love is an hands together for all 56th MMBs mothers unconditional love. It is a sacrificial love. and fathers as we celebrate the Spiritual E. H. Chapin said, The strength, beauty Family Fun Run day on July 1, 2011.
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CAPABILITIES The units capabilities are maintaining constant contact with the forward elements; Reintegration of forward units; reattach Soldiers and equipment to their respective assigned MTOE unit; FRG support; and Maintain readiness of Soldiers in the event of necessary augmentees.
MISSION The 218th Medical Detachment (Rear)(Provisional) mission is to provided command and control of the detached personnel and equipment from their forward elements, providing rear operations and family readiness group support until the return of the deployed units (218th VS, 153rd BS, 547th ASMC, 551 MED LOG).
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crewed with combat medics that can provide emergency medical treatment and enroute medical care to sick and injured patients. I cannot forget to mention all the support personnel that help make our Company successful- administrators, mechanics, cooks, supply, communications and chemical (CBRN) personnel. Unit history: The 514th GA has a unit history that extends as far back as World War II. In 1946, the unit was known as the 514th Clearing Company. Their mission: clear the injured from the battlefield. The 514th GA earned campaign participation credit for World War II, the Korean War and the Persian Gulf War. And more recently with participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom in November 2007-2008. The unit is currently training and preparing to assume its next mission- Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Response Force (DCRF). What is DCRF? This mission is directed by the Department of Defense in response to the
increased focus on homeland security. DCRF provides federal, state and local agencies with the assistance they need in their homeland security activities such natural disasters or terrorist acts. The 514th GA mission during DCRF will be that of ground medical evacuation of any injured personnel. On a final note, the Soldiers of the 514th GA are a dedicated, disciplined and motivated team. Always ready for our next mission. "Team Renegade" See you all next month. CPT David Meservey Renegade 6
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98th CSC
A big hello from the Iraqi desert! The 98th has been here for almost 5 months now. Over the past 5 months we have all been through some changes and unfortunately many of us have missed very important days. I want to thank all the family members for the sacrifice missing your loved ones on Wedding Anniversary, Birthdays and Holidays. We miss all of you also. Yes the 98th has gone through changes. Some of our teams had to reconfigure. The Head Quarters moved far west from the most northern base we started at. We also saw 2 of our well loved colleagues have to be sent home for medical reasons. And now we are preparing to change out our 6 month rotators, next month. Also on a positive note we started R&R leave so several of our Soldiers will get to spend some time home with family. As we celebrate our Nations day of Independence I just wanted to reach out and with everyone a happy 4th of July. We are all over here making sure all of you get to enjoy the freedom that Independence Day represents. The Soldiers of the 98th and I are doing fine hoping time will fly the rest of the time we are down range. I only ask that you all do your part and keep us in your thoughts and prayers. The high temperature has been over 110 (115 today) for the past several weeks but dont worry we can find plenty of shade and A/C. Many of us has a BBQ for the 4th. Again do not worry we are all fed. My only concern is the neighbors that they dont decide to supply us dome fireworks over the next few months. So again please remember to keep our safety and swift homecoming in thou thoughts and prayers. Thank you for your continued support and sacrifice. John H. Gourley
case of ODouls! This party also marked the coming out party for our new Viper mascot (big thanks to CPT James for creating the beast). I have decided to dedicate an entire page to our new mascot but I have one problem, I dont have a name. So, we are going to have a name the mascot competition. See page 5 for additional details. After digressing about the mascot, heres the bottom line, it is definitely a good feeling to know that we are now in double-digit land as far as the countdown goes. Just as many of you are anxious to have us come home, I can assure you that all of us are equally ready to be
back with you again. June in the Detachment was busy as usual. As is normal, we had a lot of folks going a lot of different directions as we continue to provide world-class veterinary ser-vice support to all US personnel here in Iraq. We experienced one major personnel change in June as we welcomed CPT Venn to Balad and the headquarters staff. CPT Venn will be our Executive
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Things at HQs are moving fast and furious. Kind of like the 5th edition of the Fast and Furious movie Fast Five. We have personnel going out Just for on R&R now, so please enjoy your interHQ Group in front of our T-Wall them while they are on leave est, our teams back home. We are moving our HQs to of Soldiers and dentists are providing over another FOB next month in accordance $500,000 dollars worth of dentistry to over with the operational order we work under, 2,000 Soldiers every month across Iraq. along with other commands, as the 47th Thats a terrific number, reflecting the CSH takes over the command and control amount of great dental care we are able to from the 261st MMB. BTW: the 47th is provide thanks to the sacrifice that your coming from good old Ft Lewis/JBLM. service members are making while serving Theyll soon discover how hot the sunny here in Iraq. Spread the word: our mission
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SSG Williams (HHD) and her husband accept Battalion onesie for their twins Kayln and Patrick who were born on 29 March.
SPC Sanchez (520th) accepts the Battalion onesie from LTC Aiello for her newborn daughter Sophie. PFC OReilly (255th ) accepts the BN Onsie for her son Garrett born on 25 March
A new baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.
CPT Williamson (227th PM) and wife Yunia had triplets on 7 March. After a short stay in the hospital they are doing very well. Here Christopher, Daniel, and Josie wear the 56th MMB onsie. SGT Wright (575th) and wife Dana receive the BN Onsie for their son Mattias
redeploy. I will have more specifics on this in our Au-gust newsletter because we should have things finalized by then. In addition to putting on a great pool party, I have to give special congratulations to SGT Montgomery for earning Viper-of-the-Month honors for June! Great Job! July is a very special month as we celebrate the independence of our great nation. I hope that each of
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you has the opportunity to see some fireworks somewhere and do some sort of barbecue/grilling adventure thing. If you do, be safe..dont singe your eyebrows or youll look like SSG Cruz! As always, thanks to everyone in the rear for holding down the fort while were gone. I hope summer vacation continues to go well for everybody and again, be safe in all that you do.
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