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Sunday,
February 06, 2005
By Barry Clayton
On December 10th, 2003, Detachment 1, Company B, Haleyville, Alabama received their orders for a year-long tour of duty in Iraq. Many of the unit members felt apprehensive about the new duties and challenging demands they would soon be facing. Many of us had never done anything more than serve a couple of weeks in the summer on training exercises. Yet, without hesitation, each soldier packed their bags and answered our Nation’s call to service. Now with more than 14 months of service behind us, we are nearing the end of our long tour of duty in Iraq, and are drawing closer to the time when we will be reunited with our families and loved ones.
The men from Haleyville performed their jobs with excellence. They showed remarkable determination in successfully accomplishing their mission. As a result of their indomitable spirit and devotion to duty, their efforts will undoubtedly leave this country in a better position than when we first arrived. Their contributions have consisted of providing security and escort service for multiple convoy missions, over-seeing the construction of an elementary school, and keeping our perimeter safeguarded. In addition to providing outstanding computer and telecommunication service to military units on our base, they have also been a source of inspiration to countless Iraqi citizens and children. They have represented America at her very best.
I would like to wish all the dedicated warriors from Detachment 1, Company B, Haleyville, Alabama the very best in the years ahead. It is my prayer that God would continue to bless you and your families with good health and prosperity. Each one of you have given an outstanding performance. You have completed your mission and accomplished your objectives with the utmost of pride and professionalism. Your service to our nation has been executed with distinction and honor. Your hard work and patriotic service is a victory for all Americans and Iraqis for generations to come. We are all proud of the brave men from Haleyville’s National Guard Detachment. Thank you, and may God always be with you. God bless America!
As you know we are getting really short so I am
recommending that the families stop mailing on or
about the 5th of January. The packages are the
big concern they may not get here by the time we the
leave this FOB.
Letters might make it but I don't recommend trying.
If family members want to risk it they can, but DO NOT
put anything valuable inside. I realize this is
short notice and I apologize but I would hate for
someone to not get mail.
Everyone here is doing well. We are just waiting
to come home. Please do not discuss any
specifics about our redployment over the phone.
Remember little bits of information can be pieced
together and that endangers the safety of your
Soldier.
Thanks,
CPT Long
Hello Everyone!
We will have a support group meeting at 2 pm Sunday Jan. 9th at the American Legion in Haleyville. I am hoping to have a guest speaker to come and talk to us about homecoming and other questions we may have. Please forward this ASAP to the others in your group. I apologize for the late notice. We have been trying to find a 'warm' place to meet.
Thanks for your help!
Brandy Nicholson
To all, I have talked with Major Curtis this morning and he confirmed to me that no one in the 115th was injured or killed in the attack on the Dining Facility located in Mosul. The Lord continues to bless and protect our soldiers.
Best regards,
RILEY BREWER MAJ, SC, AL ARNG 115TH SIGNAL BATTALION
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REMINDER:
nday,
June 27, 2004
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DAY 160. Operation Iraqi Freedom, "The Ground Hog [sic] Day Tour" SSG
"All the Way" McCullar Greetings.
Today is the end of Week 22 in
country, DAY 160 in theater, and Day
196 since mobilization. Including my
summer duty at the US Army Chaplain Center
and School, this is Day 286 on active
duty; 206 days till Re-entry. Anti-Malaria
Pill Counter: 12 Down, 18 To Go.
We have passed the 40% mark and on 19 July
will reach the 50% mark. Today
we had our 23rd Sunday in theater, which
puts us only three Sundays away from the
mid-point of our tour. It has seemed as
though this point would never get here,
but it is fast approaching and we welcome
the thought of hitting
I
got a chance to run yesterday afternoon,
my usual two miles. In the heat I take
short walking breaks after laps 3,6 and 7,
getting in 8.5 laps which is about 2
miles. Today's Lutheran Service, a good
service focusing on Law and Gospel (I
know, a bit of a stretch for Lutherans,
eh?) was conducted by CH Thompson. This
service took place in the Cherokee Chapel,
otherwise known as the 172d CSG Conference
Room. The generator for the small chapel
tent died. Without lights and AC, there
was little hope for making the service
work. Our Group Commander, COL Bunch,
graciously made the conference room
available for the Lutheran Service. After
service, The Striped Beagle (MAJ Barber),
CH Thompson, and I retired to the outside
to make burnt offerings. I destroyed
another fine H. Upmann Cameroon Corona. Perhaps
some of you are wondering what a Corps
Support Group does. Well, without being
too specific, a Corps Support Group (CSG)
works underneath a Corps Support Command,
in this instance, the 13th COSCOM. A
COSCOM has responsibility for providing
all sorts of supplies for an entire
Corps. Here in Iraq, a CSG, such as
ours, manages a certain portion of
that mission and so we move lots of stuff
around to lots of places, making sure that
everyone has all the beans and bullets
and duct tape (repairs most everything)
needed. And we do all of that even
though the COSCOM Good Idea Fairy and
Haji are at work around the clock
"facilitating" our mission. So,
what else can I tell you? We are starting
to get some good numbers again so the
R & R program is working better and
many of you will get to see your loved
ones over the next few weeks and months.
Pray for all as we continue to do our
mission in a dangerous place at a
dangerous time. Pray that we will weather
the heat and that the efforts of our
enemies to do us harm will come to
naught. Pray for the Iraqi people that
they will see the harm being done to them
by the Insurgents and Foreign Fighters who
have come here for the "Jihad Super
Bowl" (a term I borrow from an
unnamed combatant commander). If they do
not see that they have a stake in their
freedom, we are in for a rough ride. As a
South Vietnamese leader once said about
the Vietnam War, "The problem was
that you Americans wanted to win the war
more than we did." Let us pray that
the Iraqis want their freedom, stability
in their land, and peace at least as much
as we want it. Lord of the Rings quotation from The Return
of the King: Frodo
and Gandalf, on the way back to the Shire:
"Alas, there are some wounds that
cannot be wholly cured," said
Gandalf. "I fear it may be so
with mine," said Frodo. "There
is no real going back. Though I may come
to the Shire, it will not seem the same;
for I shall not be the same. I am wounded
with knife, sting, and tooth, and a long
burden. Where shall I find rest?" Matthew
11:28-30 "Come to me, all you
who are weary and burdened, and I will
give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and
learn from me, for I am gentle and humble
in heart, and you will find rest for your
souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden
is light." |
September
22, 2004
Patriots
All
by First
Lieutenant Barry Clayton 115th Signal
Batallion
As the current trend in American society and
politics is in an upward movement toward
eliminating the global threat fostered by
terrorists, we should feel extremely proud of the
men and women from small cities and towns all
across America who serve in the National Guard.
As America continues her fight for the future in
true patriotic fashion, the men and women of Bravo
Company, 115th Signal Battalion will leave an
indelible impression on the historical legacy of
the war on terror.
One will not hear within our ranks of the
dishonorable exploits committed by ignorant people
at a prison camp; nor will the use of illegal
drugs be encountered; no money laundering
escapades, no sexual misconduct to report or abuse
of authority roguery or any other such deplorable
behavior that bring people with otherwise noble
intentions to a disastrous end. Instead, one will
discover honorable individuals like First Sergeant
Rickey Kelley, who leads his Non-Commissioned
Officer's with unparalleled and impeccable
precision. People like Sergeant Jonathon Cavender
and Specialist Bryan Broussard, whose incursions
include numerous tactical military convoys
executed with flawless perfection. There are
warriors such as Sergeant Paul Wilmouth and
Specialist Terry Hanner, who can perform miracles
in the maintenance of vehicles, and motor
maintenance operations. Patriots like Specialists
Jerry Vickery and Jason Greenhill, who have
expressed their artistic abilities in designing
unit crest and insignias.
Within these ranks of Bravo Company, one will hear
of interesting veteran soldiers like Sergeant
First Class Steve Knight. He takes a keen interest
in local developments and building projects,
establishing respectful and lasting relationships
with local city officials and council members.
Sergeant First Class David Thorne, who oversees
the development and installation of 21st century
state-of-the-art technology, interfaces the Iraqi
infrastructure of global communications to the
rest of the world.
You'll find in our ranks true hometown American
heroes who came to a country they did not know to
lend a helping hand. They are building a society
that facilitates a constructive culture in which
the people are honored.
The men and women of Bravo Company, 115th Signal
Battalion, serve their country with pride,
exemplifying the freedom and patriotic attitude
that embodies our nation and captures the great
American Spirit.
First Lieutenant Barry Clayton, Executive
Officer, Company B, 115th Signal Battalion from
Russellville, AL. He is employed as a Security
Officer for the University of North Alabama and is
currently deployed to Mosul, Iraq. The battalion
was activated on December 7th, 2003 in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom II
Long-Time
Veteran Promoted While in Iraq
by
Specialist Sonya Harris
TIKRIT,
IRAQ - Alpha Company of the 115th Signal Battalion
from Florence is a group of soldiers who come from
different places and different backgrounds.
In fact, prior to their deployment for Operation
Iraqi Freedom, a number of the 115th soldiers
actually were members of the 279th Signal
Battalion. One of those, Lawrence Cooper, was
recently promoted to Staff Sergeant in Iraq.
Staff Sergeant Cooper is stationed at Forward
Operating Base Danger in Tikrit, Iraq. He works
daily on generator maintenance and operation at
the Node Center 30 site there. In addition, he
serves as a Retention NCO (Non-Commissioned
Officer) for Alpha Company. In the civilian world,
Staff Sergeant Cooper is an underground coal
miner.
Like many National Guard soldiers, Cooper stays
involved in his local community. He is a Sunday
school teacher, member of the COMPAC committee,
and president of the local 1948 UMWA (United Mine
Workers of America). Staff Sergeant Cooper has one
daughter - Ericka - and is the proud grandfather
of Justin, Jamaal, Kameron, and Alexis.
The National Guard is unique in many ways. Some
guard members serve only an initial enlistment,
while others spend 20 or more years as citizen
soldiers. Staff Sergeant Cooper enlisted in the
Army in June of 1965. His reason, in his own
words, was that he wanted “a job leaving home
for the first time.” Cooper now has almost 31
retirement years with the U.S. military. Iraq is
not the first foreign country he's served in. In
1965 and 1966 he spent time in South Korea with
the 7th Division of the 8th U.S. Army Infantry.
When asked what his plans are when this tour of
duty is completed, Staff Sergeant Cooper replies,
“go back to work, get married, open a small
business like a service station... stay in the
National Guard.” His thoughts about Iraq focus
on the heat, the culture and that they (Iraqi) are
“mostly good people.”
The Killen Founders Day Parade will be Friday night August 27th. They will have a military float for Veterans and Family members of the 115th to ride on. If you would like to participate be at the Killen Police Dept., Regions Bank area before 6 P.M. You may bring a picture of your soldier and your American Flag. If you know of a Soldier that is home and would like to ride or participate in a Memorial service please contact Barbara Austin e-mail specnana@bellsouth.net or 757-1158. If you have any additional questions please contact Barbara Austin.
Waiting Spouses is a group of ladies who are geographically separated from their husbands. If your spouse belongs to any branch of the Armed Forces and is active duty and deployed, away on an unaccompanied tour, attending training, etc, please join us. For more information, contact Mary Breeden, Army Community Service, 876-5397 or stop by ACS at Building 3338, Redeye Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL.
The Waiting Spouses are invited to attend the following event. If you are interested, please call Lisa Whittington, Conference Coordinator at 830-6622. Her cell phone is 426-1357. They are looking forward to seeing you there and have special plans for you. You don't have to attend the conference.
The Church of
the FirstBorn Christian Center will host our
Women's Conference on 27 and 28 August.
Friday, August 27th
at 7:00 PM, Guest Speaker Pastor Sharen Warren
from Abilene, Texas.
On Saturday, August
28th at 9:00 AM Karen Pierce, RN will conduct a
Workshop on Health and Nutrition for Women, during
this workshop, a continental breakfast will be
served. Expository Teacher Helen Plummer from
Houston, Texas will have a religious or spiritual
service at 10:00 AM following this workshop as
well, all of you are more than welcomed to
participate.
Please join us
for lunch at 12:00 noon, to honor all of you,
"The Awaiting Spouses".
Once lunch is
complete, Parisians of Huntsville will host a
Fashion Show for women of all sizes. A cosmetic
makeover will immediately follow the fashion show.
Finally, Parisians will have a "Gift Give Away" at their Madison Square Mall store, but you must be present to take advantage of these great gifts.
Thank you in
advance,
Lisa
Whittington
Conference
Coordinator
Are You Prepared for the Returning Veteran?
Talk Time in September will be different. The Waiting Spouses are invited to listen to a special speaker provided by Behavioral Medicine, Fox Army Health Center. Patience Mason, author, publisher, editor on the subject of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and a wife of a pilot during the Vietnam War will be speaking from 6 -8 p.m., September 13, Corporate University. Corporate University is located off Governor's Drive across from Huntsville Hospital. For information, call Karen Scott at 876-9085.
We are trying to set up child care if you need it through FCC providers. If you want to attend, contact Mary Breeden at 876-5397 to make arrangements for free childcare.
There will be information tables set up from different agencies. Karen is looking for volunteers to help with the day time conference and the night time speaker. If you are interested in volunteering, let me know so we can make arrangements for child care during the day at the Child Development Center and childcare at night through Family Child Care Providers. I will need the ages of your children if you need child care.
Parents Night Out
Do you need a Saturday night out, but cannot find a sitter. The Child Development Center is offering a Parents Night Out on the third Saturday of each month from 6 to 11 p.m.. Cost is $10 per child for E-4 and below. $15 per child for child for E-5 and above. Registrations must be made the Monday before the third Satursday of each month. For more information, contact the Child Development Center at 876-3704.
Operation Hello Honey
Operation Hello Honey is available for family members who want to make a 2-minute video to slip into your service members' AKO account. Contact Army Community Service during operating hours 0700 to 1630, Monday through Friday. You need to bring the service member's military email address. For more information, contact Kathleen Riester at kathleen.riester@redstone.army.mil or call 876-5397.
Army Family Team Building
Army Family Team Building will offer Level I training on 21-23 September. Learn about the Army lifestyle by attending this fun class and meet other spouses new to the military. Even if you have been around the world with the military, AFTB needs you as an instructor. Amanda Medley is the AFTB Volunteer Coordinator. Free childcare is provided. For more information, contact Larry Leggett at larry.leggett@redstone.army.mil or call 876-5397.
English As A Second Language
English As a Second Language class will begin September 7 in the Army Community Service conference room, Bldg 3338, Redeye Road. Classes will be held on Tuesdays from 9-11 a.m.
The class and materials are provided for free. Free child care is available for military spouses who wish to attend the ESL class at ACS.
The class
is open to active duty and retired military, DOD
employees, and their family members.
Self paced ESL classes are
offered on computer at Army Education Center, Bldg
3222, Snooper Road. For more information
about the self-paced classes, call 876-9761.
For more information contact Mary Breeden at 876-5397.
Mary
Breeden
Relocation Assistance
Program Manager
Army Community
Service
Bldg 3338, Redeye
Road
Redstone Arsenal, AL
35898
comm 256-876-5397 or
DSN 746-5397
INFORMATION TO OBTAIN ABSENTEE BALLOT
Beverly Stockton [stockton@cfaith.com] (Have your relatives call them, if you need to)
Subject: Flag Day Celebration!
On
Saturday June 12th at 1pm the Florence Elks Lodge
on Chisholm Rd in Florence, AL will like to invite
you to join them as their Honered Guest as they
have a Flag Day Celebration. Freshments will
be provided after the celemony. The Florence
Elks Lodge would like to have at least 2-3 family
members from each unit to attend. If you are
going to attend, they would like to be able to
announce family member to honor the soldiers.
You don't have to submit your name if you go, it
is just something that they would like. I
understand that this will be during Tuscumbia's
Helen Keller Festival weekend. Chaplain
Muskgrove will be there. He is a former
member of the 115th. There will be a very
interesting speech on the history of the flag.
Ie: What were the first words to appear on
the flag? Why 13 stripes? More
interesting tidbits also. I learn a lot
talking to the guy from the Florence Elks Lodge.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Hope to see
you there. If I left anyone off, please be
sure they get this. Thank you.
Debra Helstrom
HHC FRG Chairperson
Deployed Guardsmen Morale Call Option
Deployed guardsmen (both Army and Air) have another convenient way to keep in touch with their state-side loved ones, relatives, and friends. It's the Morale Call option on the Automated Directory Assistance System (ADAS) installed on several Army installations throughout CONUS. Phone calls placed by deployed guardsmen to these ADAS sites, will be connected to an automated call attendant and its voice-recognition Morale Call sub-system. Guardsmen can access the ADAS by Defense Switch Network (DSN) phone line. Once connected to an ADAS automated call attendant, they need only follow the system's morale-call instructions. Guardsmen reply to the Morale-Call prompts to make their local or long-distance connection. Morale calls placed to parties outside the local calling area will incur the usual stateside long-distance fees. The same applies for collect-calls and credit/phone card calls. Calls should be placed only during normal nonduty hours at ROUTINE precedence and should not exceed 15 minutes in duration. Most installations have a time turned on to limit the call to 15 minutes. Below is a list of phone numbers for the various ADAS location:
Army /Air Base DSN access number
Dugway PG (312)789-2151
Fort Benning (312)835-2011
Fort Bliss (312)978-2121
Fort Bragg (312)236-0001
Fort Campbell (312)635-2151
Fort Dix (312)944-1011
Fort Drum (312)772-3672
Fort Eustis (312)826-1212
Fort Gordon (312)780-0110
Fort Hamilton (312)232-1110
Fort Hood (312)737-1110
Fort Huachuca (312)879-7111
Fort Irwin (312)470-1111
Fort Jackson (312)734-7511
Fort Knox (312)464-1000
Fort Leavenworth (312)552-4021
Fort Lee (312)539-3101
Fort Leonard Wood (312)581-0131
Fort Lewis (312)357-1994
Maxwell AFB (312)493-1110
Fort McPherson (312)367-4663
Fort Meade (312)622-6261
Redstone Arsenal (312)746-0011
Fort Riley (312)856-1110
Fort Rucker (312)558-1110
Fort Sill (312)639-7090
Fort Stewart (312)870-4663
Questions or concerns can be directed to LTC Kelvin George, at 703-607-7661, or e-mail kelvin.george@ngb.army.mil.
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 8:23 PM
3. Bill Aids Reserve, Guard Pension WithdrawalsLast week the House passed the Guardsmen and Reservists Financial Relief Act, which allows guardsmen and reservists who are activated for more than 179 days to make penalty-free, early withdrawals from their IRA or pension fund. The bill is retroactive to cover members who were called to service beginning on September 11, 2001, and extends to cover those who may continue to be called to active duty through September 12, 2005. Additionally, to ensure financial retirement security for them and their families, HR-1779 encourages repayment of the withdrawn funds to the IRA or pension fund within two years of ending their active duty, and temporarily lifts the contribution cap to equal the amount of the withdrawn funds to allow full repayment.
9.
Another Lawmaker Pushes DraftSen. Chuck Hagel,
R-Neb., is calling for a return of the military draft.
Those who are serving and dying today, he said, are
the middle class and lower middle class.
Re-instituting the draft, he contends, would spread
the burden of military service among all economic
classes of Americans and others living in America. Two
companion bills were introduced in Congress last year
that would re-instate conscription: S-89, by Sen.
Fritz Hollings, D-S.C.; and HR-163, by Rep. Charles
Rangel, D-N.Y. The bills would include both men and
women in the draft. Hagel's call came just days after
the Defense Department extended the deployments of
some 20,000 troops in Iraq for 90 days.
Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on
April 22, "I don't know anyone in the executive
branch of the government who believes it would be
appropriate or necessary to reinstitute the
draft."
JOHN
E. GAFFORD
Special Programs Officer
State Military Department/Air Division
All Families of the 115th Sig Bn Thursday May the 6th is "National Prayer Day" on this occasion you are invited to a special prayer program at "The Colbert County Courthouse in Tuscumbia, Alabama" This program will start at 12 o'clock, Noon, and last 35 to 45 Minutes. There will be a special prayer and recognition of the families of the 115th. If anyone knows of any similar programs please let the Families know.
Tommy Baldy
The following soldiers, are scheduled to be on radio station 101.1 FM Thursday morning at 5:00 am, April 22, 2004, Randy Lyons, James Michael, Norris Lewey, John White and Jerry Lolley. This may also be on Channel 42 news on the same day.
Below you will find
directions from Sheryl Plott to West Elementary for the Spring
Fling on April 24. The time for this event is
11a.m until 3 p.m.
If everyone will just take the fork onto Jackson Avenue
off of Hwy 43 before the bridge into Russellville and
follow the signs leading to the stadium they can't miss
it. The West Elementary sits across from the stadium
and they will be able to see the "jumpy things".
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 1:35 PM
THIS IS A SHORT NOTE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THE MARS HILL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL BE HERE MAY 5. THE PROGRAM WILL START AT 9:30AM. THIS IS A SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR 9TH THRU 12TH GRADE. RAY ATENCIO WILL PRESENT A 20 MINUTE SPEECH ON THE MILITARY. THE STUDENTS WILL BE PROVIDING SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR MILITARY MEMBERS. THE CHORUS WILL BE SINGING PATRIOTIC SONGS. THIS IS A FUNCTION FOR THE STUDENTS FROM MARS HILL AND REQUESTED THE USE OF THE ARMORY. THEY HAVE EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO THE SPOUSES AND MEMBERS OF ALL FAMILY READINESS GROUPS
SEATING IS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, HOWEVER, WE WILL TRY TO PROVIDE CHAIRS FOR FAMILY MEMBERS ALONG THE WALLS OF THE ARMORY. IF YOU HAVE COLLAPSABLE CHAIR BRING IT TO ENSURE YOU HAVE A SEAT.
AGAIN THIS IS A PROGRAM FOR THE STUDENTS AND THEY HAVE EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO YOU. IT SHOULD BE A VERY UPLIFTING PROGRAM.
BEST REGARDS,
RILEY BREWER MAJ, SC, AL ARNG 115TH SIGNAL BATTALION
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 10:34 PM
Subject: ABSENTEE VOTING
LADIES
I have the information and applications for Absentee Ballots for the soldiers. The information will be in my office when you need it.
Baldy
The
following is the info on the dog tags. The web site wasn't
responding last week.
Engraving ETC.
Bldg 89 Screaming Eagle Blvd.
Fort Campbell, KY 42223
Phone 270-798-0171
email: engravingetc@mwr.campbell.army.mil
Hello Everybody,
If you know of any of our guard children who may be at all interested, PLEASE telephone them without delay. This is GREAT stuff.
Please let me know if you do know of any of our children attending. Alabama 4-H will host an all-expenses paid weekend getaway for 100 children of Alabama's "citizen soldiers" on May 7 - 9. Fort Clover will be held at the Alabama 4-H Youth Development Center near Columbiana in Shelby County. It is open to children ages 12 to 19 of National Guard, Reserve and recruiters on a first-come, first-served basis. We will accept the first 100 applicants. If there are more than 100 applicants, we will investigate the possibility of holding an additional retreat at a later time.
CLICK BELOW FOR FORMS TO APPLY
Fort Clover Registration Fort Clover Medical Release
V/R David R. Carney SFC, ALARNG Public Affairs NCO/Family Readiness Group Advisor 142d Signal Brigade 1-256-308-3438 DSN: 363-7735 ext 3438 142d Signal Brigade 1848 Beltline Road SW Decatur, AL 35601-5595 David.Carney@al.ngb.army.mil
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 9:16 AM
The 115th Signal Battalion Arrives in Mosul
On March 23, 2004, after a demanding but successful three-day convoy, soldiers of the 115th Signal Battalion, Alabama Army National Guard, arrived safely in Mosul, Iraq. The convoy, consisting of over 150 vehicles, worked its way from Camp Victory, Kuwait, to northern Iraq.
All of the 115th Signal Battalion’s units are located in northern Alabama. Headquarters and Alpha Companies are based out of Florence. Bravo Company is headquartered out of Russellville with a detachment in Haleyville and Charlie Company is Headquarters in Sheffield with a detachment in Moulton. The 115th Signal Battalion will be replacing elements of the 234th Signal Battalion and will provide tactical communications support for Coalition forces in the Iraq Northern Area of operations as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom II.
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:58 PM
In reference to the additional "hazard/combat pay", on the soldiers LES,
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:58 PM
Hi everyone,
I
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:58 PM
If you got yard signs at the Family Support Meeting on Sunday, the wire holders are in. I will have them at the Haleyville Fire Dept. tonight by 7:30 pm. You can go by at any time and pick them up.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:58 PM Troop
Support Mail Policy Stressed To All ALNG Units and
Personnel: Last
week the PAO sent out the attached news release, subject Support
Our Troops. Simply stated: The
Alabama National Guard cannot accept or
mail care packages, letters, cards, gifts, etc., to "Any Service
member", or items
addressed to specific units or personnel that is received from the public. As
directed by the Department of Defense, the PAO can no longer provide private
organizations, groups, churches, individuals the APO |
