1. 17 February 2011
3-6 FA “ Swift & Bold”
FRSA FLASH 17 February 2012
FEBRUARY 2012 MEDDAC Operations during
President’s Federal Holiday
2/16 Division Mountain Salute, DCSM 1600-1700 Magrath Gym
Weekend
2/17 Military Free Ski and Tubing Day 1200-1700 Dry Hill
2/18-21 DIVISION DONSA/President‟s Day Weekend U.S. Army Medical Department
2/20-24 Local Schools Winter Break Activity officials have announced
clinic coverage plans for the Presi-
2/21 Mardi Gras Buffet 1100-1330 The Commons
dent's Day federal and training
2/23 African American/Black History 1100-1300 The Commons holidays, Feb. 20 and 21.
Month
2/23 Mountain Remembrance 1630-1700 Main Post On the President's Day Federal
Ceremony Chapel Holiday, Monday, Feb. 20: All
MEDDAC facilities are closed,
2/24 Chili Cook-off 1700-1900 The Commissary
with the exception of the Urgent
2/24 Retirement Ceremony 1600-1700 Multi-Purpose Care Clinic (UCC), which will be
Auditorium open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to sup-
2/24 Right Arm Night 1700 The Commons port patients' urgent medical
2/26 Syracuse vs. Army Lacrosse 1400 Carrier Dome needs.
2/29 AER Campaign Kick-Off 1400 Bldg. 990
On the training holiday, Tuesday,
2/29 Family Support Huddle 1000-1130 Hays Hall Eagles Feb. 21: The Primary Care Clinic
Nest at Guthrie will be open with re-
MARCH 2012 duced staffing from 7 a.m. to 4
p.m. to support patient needs.
3/2 Military Free Lift Tickets 1000-2030 Snow Ridge
3/2 3-6 Hail and Farewell TBD TBD For medical emergencies, please
3/3 Saturday Opening, Off the 1000-1300 OTBP Gift Store call 911 or go to the nearest hos-
pital emergency department for
Beatin‟ Path
treatment.
3/5-16 Fort Drum Indoor Triathlon Various Times Monti Fitness
3/5-9 3-6 Field Exercise Patients are asked to plan their
3/7 CLIF 1000-1100 The Commons prescription refill needs accord-
ingly.
3/9 Military Free Lift Tickets 1000-2030 Snow Ridge
3/11 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS (SPRING FORWARD) --------
3/14 Fort Drum Education 1030-1130 The Commons
Liaison Committee Veterinary Clinic Announces
Closure for Holiday Weekend
3/15 Volunteer of the Month 1030-1130 The Commons
Ceremony The Fort Drum Veterinary Clinic
3/15 FRG Steering Meeting 1130 BN Classroom will be closed Friday, Feb. 17,
3/15 Golf FRG Meeting 1600 Hillside Lodge through Monday, Feb. 21, to
3/16 Military Free Lift Tickets 1000-2030 Snow Ridge
observe President's Day.
Contents of this newsletter are compiled from multiple Military Family news sources. Material presented does not represent the
views or endorsement of 3-6 Field Artillery or the United States Army. This material is for personal use of the readers. All readers are
encouraged to do further research for all applicable restrictions and guidelines.
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Did you know that 3-6 FA has a Facebook Page????
Check us out at http://www.facebook.com/3.6FA.1BCT.10MTN
Also check out the Virtual FRG webpage for 3-6FA.. Log onto
www.armyfrg.org and search for 3-6FA under 1BCT at Ft. Drum,
NY.
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Employment Readiness
For more job announcements and job searching tips, we post 5-10 jobs daily on
our face book page! http://www.facebook.com/fortdrumemployment
Sites Connect Spouses With Jobs; Family Matters Blog
By Elaine Sanchez
Feb. 13, 2012
Over the past year, veterans and military spouses have been invited to a host of career fairs across the nation that connect
dozens of employers seeking to support the military community with hundreds, sometimes thousands, of job-seeking troops
and spouses.
While face-to-face exposure is an asset, many career seekers aren‟t able to attend these fairs, whether it‟s due to distance,
finances or life demands.
Hoping to fill this opportunity gap, organizations are forgoing local fairs in favor of online offerings. With the only potential
barrier being Internet access, virtual career fairs and other online job resources are steadily gaining popularity.
Milicruit, a sponsor of virtual career fairs, hosted a national career fair in November that attracted about 80 employers and
more than 30,000 job seekers.
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They‟ll host another nationwide virtual career fair for service members, veterans and military spouses Feb. 23 from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m. EST.
In this fair, veterans and military spouses will have access to about 27,000 jobs, Kevin O‟Brien, Milicruit spokesman, said.
Military career seekers will have the opportunity to meet and interact with recruiters and hiring managers from dozens of mili-
tary friendly employers.
People should register to reserve their space at this free fair online at http://www.veteranscareerfair.com.
The company also will offer some resume-writing advice in a virtual resume workshop Feb. 16 from 4 to 7 p.m. EST, accord-
ing to a news release. Employers will be online to review resumes and provide guidance on designing a civilian resume.
Milicruit also has more than 20 regional career fairs planned throughout 2012. People can find out more on the site‟s event
calendar.
Also aimed at the virtual front, through the Defense Department‟s Military Spouse Employment Partnership, employers have
direct access to job-seeking spouses, and spouses can connect with long-term employment opportunities. MSEP, launched
last year, partners with local, national and international businesses to foster job opportunities.
In a blog last month, Robert L. Gordon III, deputy assistant secretary of defense for military community and family policy,
noted the site‟s success. In just six months, the program has partnered with nearly 100 employers. And as of mid-January,
nearly 60,000 jobs were listed on MSEPJobs.com. Since June 2010, more than 10,400 spouses have found employment
through the MSEP program.
Gordon noted the site is undergoing a design overhaul to enhance functionality. The site will have a resume builder func-
tion and provide email alerts when the job seeker is matched to a job posting.
“With your help, we will build on this momentum as we move into 2012 to make MSEP an even more effective tool in em-
powering our military spouses to find jobs and career opportunities,” he wrote.
Connecting veterans and spouses with jobs is one of the primary objectives of the White House‟s Joining Forces cam-
paign. Launched by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, last year, this campaign
calls on Americans to better support troops, veterans and their families.
In November, the first lady announced that a range of businesses plan to hire 100,000 veterans and military spouses by
2014. She noted the Veterans Jobs Bank hosts more than 550,000 job postings from military-friendly employers.
“This commitment of 100,000 jobs isn‟t about making headlines,” she said in a Joining Forces blog. “These wonderful
programs don‟t just provide a good opportunity for a press conference. All of these efforts are about upholding our sacred
duty to our veterans and their families.”
At the time, 16,000 veterans and spouses had found new positions since Joining Forces launched, the blog said.
More recently, President Barack Obama outlined his Veterans Job Corps initiative to hire veterans to replenish the ranks
of the nation‟s first responders. He also noted the progress that‟s already been made.
“Already, we‟ve helped 600,000 veterans and their family members go back to school on the Post-9/11 GI Bill,” he said
Feb. 3. “We‟ve hired over 120,000 veterans to serve in the federal government, [and] we‟ve made it easier for veterans
to access all sorts of employment services.”
Additionally, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been steadily working toward its goal of hosting 100 hiring fairs within
a year. Last month, the chamber hosted its first military-spouse-only hiring fair, which brought together more than 100
employers and more than 1,000 military spouses.
“As companies large and small have shown, the private sector has enormous capacity to help our troops, veterans and
families,” Navy Capt. Brad Cooper, executive director of Joining Forces, recently told me. “The people of this great na-
tion clearly want to help – people want to have impact. Everywhere we‟ve turned, and with every company we‟ve asked
to step up, the answer has been „yes.‟”
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Military Parents Night Out **FREE**
Armed Services YMCA is
hosting Military Parents
Night Out
Space is limited!
Military ID required to regis-
The Y will be hosting FREE ter
Childcare for all active duty
military families at the fol- Registration opens the 1st of
lowing locations and times. each month for Parents
Night Out. In Person Regis-
trations will be taken at all 3
Fairground YMCA- Febru-
YMCA Front Desks. Regis-
ary 3 & 17, March 9 & 23,
tration will close for Parents
April 13
Night the Wednesday before
***Military Parents Night Out the event takes place.
at the Fairgrounds will run
from 6-9:00pm
Carthage YMCA- January You may sign up for
21, February 18, March 17, Two Parent Nights
April 21 each month.
***Military Parents Night Out
at the Carthage Y will run
from 5-8pm If you have questions,
please call YMCA Project
Ages 6 weeks to 11 years of Strong Communities at 315-
age 755-2016.
Activities will include Gymnas-
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Religious Lenten/Easter Schedule
Main Post Chapel (MPC) 10785A Chapel Drive
Riva Ridge Chapel (RRC) 10030 Riva Ridge Loop
22 Feb Protestant Ash Wednesday 1630 RRC
22 Feb Catholic Ash Wednesday 1230/1730 MPC
Fridays of Lent Catholic Stations of the Cross 1730 MPC
5 April Catholic Holy Thursday 1800 MPC
5 April Protestant Maundy Thursday 1800 RRC
6 April Protestant Good Friday 1200 RRC
6 April Catholic Good Friday 1500 MPC
7 April Catholic Easter Vigil 2000 MPC
(no 1700 Mass)
8 April Community Easter Sunrise 0700 MPC
A chaplain is always as close as a phone call away. After duty hours, call 772-5647 and ask for the duty
chaplain.
Family Life, 772-5540: Daytreat 24 February 2012 0930-1500 Po Valley Chapel P4405. POC CH (MAJ) Rick Cantrell.
St. Michael’s Catholic Congregation 772-0160: Catholic Mom’s Group meets Mondays at 1000 at the
Main Post Chapel, offering moms an opportunity to gather for adult conversation, while their children play in
a safe environment.
Military Council of Catholic Women 772-0160: MCCW meets Wednesdays at 0930 at the Main Post
Chapel. The First Friday of the month includes Adoration & Mass. Rosary for Peace meets Wednesdays
at 1130 in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Child care is available.
Protestant Women of the Chapel 772-5591: PWOC would like to invite you to join us for fellowship,
friendship, and faith. For more information on PWOC send an email to presidentftdrum@gmail.com.
Religious Education: Catholic Religious Education Program is held Sundays at 0930; RICA meets Sun-
days at 1230, and Catholic Youth meets at 1230 at the Youth Services Building. Protestant Religious Edu-
cation meets on Sundays at 1100; studies for adults and children. AWANA meets Wednesdays at 1730
