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November 2012                          Task Force Knighthawk
                                                                                      Newsletter
                                                    From the Commander….
                                                            Knighthawk Fami-     demonstrating what they        week training event at
                                                   lies, Friends, and Soldiers   do best!                       JRTC to prepare our col-
                                                   of the Best Aviation Task             We as a Task           lective skills to complete
                                                   Force in the Brigade, hope    Force have strived to con-     our deployment prepara-
                                                   the summer and fall           tinue to build relationships   tion. Currently we plan to
                                                   months found you well as      through several events the     be back to Fort Drum in
                                                   we get ready for the winter   last few months as we          time for Thanksgiving.
                                                   to arrive. With the change    ready ourselves to be a        Hopefully we will not re-
                                                   of the seasons, we in the     deployable force for our       turn to the frozen tundra
                                                   Task Force have changed       nation. Captain Jon Meier      that comes with living in
                            Quarterly Newsletter


                                                   as well. It has been a very   was the muscle behind the      the North Country. But as
                                                   busy fall as we have com-     inaugural “Rough Mud-          we all know, it is just a
                                                   pleted all of our recovery    der” mud run event that        matter of time before we
                                                   operations and began an       benefited the Knighthawk       will need to man of shov-
                                                   intensive period of train-    Support Fund. Over 130         els and snow plows this
                                                   ing in preparation for our    participants completed the     winter season. If you are
                                                   upcoming JRTC rotation.                                      new to the area, please
TASK FORCE KNIGHTHAWK




                                                                                 5K dash through various
                                                   The list of the events that   obstacles laced with mud.      take some time to plan for
                                                   your sons, daughters,                                        the weather and take a
                                                   mothers, fathers, and                                        look at your vehicles and
                                                   spouses have accom-                   The Task Force         safety kits.
                                                   plished in the last few       held two Town Hall meet-
                                                                                 ings in preparation for our            The Soldier‟s,
                                                   months has been extensive
                                                   and extremely successful.     JRTC rotation and we also      NCO‟s and Officer‟s of
                                                   The Task Force has com-       held a Fall Festival and       the Task Force continue to
                                                   pleted gunnery with every     Jayne Wayne Day. We            impress me every day.
                                                   aircraft and crew, shot       had a great showing of         The list of awards, promo-
                                                   every type of weapons         spouses who were able to       tions, and personal acco-
                                                   system assigned to the        spend time shooting weap-
                                                                                                                lades that come across my
                                                   Task Force, flew hundreds     ons, flying aircraft simula-
                                                                                 tors, wearing Night Vision     desk are overwhelming.
                                                   of hours a month, pumped
                                                   thousands of gallons of       Goggles, and riding in         Thanks again for all the
                                                   fuel, picked up and deliv-    Army Vehicles. That            hard work you do at home
                                                   ered aircraft all over the    same evening we had a          in support of your Knight-
                                                   country, and made this        great turn out for the Fall    hawk Warrior, they are all
                                                   Unit the best in the Bri-     Festival that included a       doing an outstanding job
                                                   gade. If you have not al-     costume parade, hay ride,
                                                                                                                and can‟t do it without
                                                   ready done so, check out      and spaghetti dinner.
                                                   the Task Force Knight-                                       you!
                                                                                        As you read this,
                                                   hawk and 10th CAB             your loved one is likely
                                                   FACEBOOK pages, our                                           KNIGHTHAWKS!
                                                                                 heading to or already at
                                                   soldiers are all over it      Fort Polk, LA for the 3
As I‟m sure everyone is aware, HHC            in the S3 shop. However, he now has SFC
and Task Force Knighthawk has been ex-               Patrick Thomas, our new S3 NCOIC, to help
tremely busy lately. With an upcoming rota-          him out. Moving down the line, SFC Kinyada
tion at JRTC, we are in the final stages of
                                                     Colbert is our new S4 NCOIC. Like 1SG
making sure our Soldiers are ready for this
major training event.                                Reyes, she was last assigned at Fort Polk and
                                                     brings an extensive knowledge base to her
       With the changing of the leaves, so
                                                     shop and the Task Force. On the Special Staff
come many personnel changes in the Nomad
                                                     side of the house, the Task Force has a new
formation. Even though every new Soldier is
                                                     Chaplain. CPT(CH) Daniel Werho and his
an important addition to the team, I would like
                                                     wife, Susanna, have already made their pres-
to recognize some senior personnel that have
                                                     ence felt in the Task Force. Chaplain Werho
come on board to fill key positions in the unit.
                                                     has already participated in multiple events and
First, HHC has a new First Sergeant!!! First
                                                     is getting to know all the Soldiers, and I know
Sergeant Manuel Reyes and his two sons,
                                                     he will provide great support to the entire Task
Chance and Gabriel, come to us from Fort
                                                     Force. Last, but certainly not least, the Task
Polk, LA. 1SG Reyes has spent his career
                                                     Force has a new Flight Surgeon. CPT Erik
working on Apache helicopters. As a Black-
                                                     Johnson, wife Becky, and their little ones are
hawk pilot myself, this has fueled a heated ri-
                                                     somewhat new to the Army life as Erik has
valry between the two of us and I‟m not sure
                                                     spent multiple years in medical training.
things are going to work out. Ok…ok…that‟s
                                                     However, we‟ll try to make the transition easy
my one joke for this newsletter. In all serious-
                                                     for him and I know he‟ll do his best to keep all
ness, in two short months 1SG Reyes has dem-
                                                     of our Soldiers healthy. I also have one fare-
onstrated outstanding leadership and proven
                                                     well I‟d like to include. SFC Regina Swint
how valuable of an asset he will be to the No-
                                                     was recently reassigned to Division here at
mads. I‟d like to welcome our new S1 OIC,
                                                     Fort Drum. SFC Swint was our S1 NCOIC
CPT Jerad Casias, along with his wife Beth-
                                                     during our last deployment and has worked
any, and their little girl, Betsey. Next, I‟d like
                                                     many long hours ensuring all of our human re-
to welcome MAJ Tim Rose, the new Task
                                                     sources needs were met. SFC Swint also filled
Force Operations officer. MAJ Rose last
                                                     a role as the Task Force SHARP representa-
worked at HRC and he has a big job ahead
                                                     tive, and she will now fulfill that duty full time
corralling multiple Lieutenants and Captains
it there will be another one sometime early
        In Little Nomad news, PFC Miguel         next year.
Perez and his wife, Iris, recently welcomed a         In closing, don‟t forget the multiple as-
little baby boy. Levi Seth Perez weighed in at sets available on post to help you prepare for
6.8 pounds and measured 19 inches in length.   the upcoming winter. There are winter driving
The new dad reports that Levi is doing very    safety classes and snow blower safety classes
well, even though I‟ve noticed PFC Perez       which you may want to participate in. If you
looks much more tired than he used to. Con-    are new to the North, just like Jen and I were
gratulations to the Perez Family!!!            three years ago, I‟d like to assure you that the
       The Task Force also held a fundraiser   climate/snow we experience here is not a show
recently called the Task Force Knighthawk      stopper. In fact, many locals don‟t start living
Rough Mudder. The event consisted of a 3       until the snow falls, and you too might just
mile run/walk with many obstacles along the find many winter activities that you or the
way. Oh, I forgot to mention that these obsta- Family can enjoy.
cles consisted of crawling around in mud or           As always, please be in touch if there‟s
getting soaked by the Fort Drum Fire Depart-          anything we can do for you.
ment. Despite knowing that you would not
finish the race clean, many Soldiers, Family
members, and friends of the Task Force par-    Captain Wes and Jennifer Cannon
ticipated to help raise money for the FRG. It Nomad 06 Team
was a great team building event and word has
Operational Security (OPSEC)
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   80% of information gathered by the enemy
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    do not NEED to know
The last few months have been extremely                      That will bring us to the Winter Leave period,
busy, as Alpha Company has been making it through            which is scheduled for Dec 17th through January 6th.
the heart of our pre-deployment training period. The         Following Block Leave, we will once again deploy as
company successfully completed a Division Training           a company to Fort Carson, CO for High Altitude
Event in July called Operation Mountain Peak. In Au-         Mountainous Environmental Training. The training
gust, we completed a second Aerial Gunnery Exercise          will focus on conducting aerial operations at high alti-
and a training exercise in Fort Polk, LA. And, Alpha         tudes, where the aircraft produces less lift and has less
Company launched two teams of Apaches in support             available power. Following our return from Colorado,
of Operation Knighthawk Fusion in September. Due             the company will have one final test before we dial it
to our continued success throughout each of these            back before the deployment. This test will take place
training events, Alpha Company has earned the repu-          in Fort Rucker, AL for a two-week training exercise
tation across the Battalion as a tactically-savvy, mis-      using aircraft simulators.
sion-focused, and tight-knit team.                                   As you can see, the fast-and-furious training
         The biggest test is still to come: the Task Force   cycle will continue, but I am confident that the train-
deployment to the Joint Readiness Training Center in         ing we are getting now will be invaluable during our
Fort Polk, LA. Here, we will deploy with six aircraft        time in theatre. I am extremely proud of what Alpha
in support of 4-3 BCT to validate our training up to         Company has accomplished so far, and I am thankful
this point. We are expecting long, hard days during          to have such tremendous support from all of our
this training event, but we hope to come out of JRTC         Deathstalker families.
even closer to the level that we need to be in order to
deploy to Afghanistan. We will have a quick break
following JRTC for Thanksgiving, and then we will be         Steve Lancianese
back at it again with the year‟s third Aerial Gunnery
Exercise in December. This time, we will focus on            “Deathstalker 06”
advanced gunnery tactics such as engaging targets as a
member of a team of aircraft, rather than simply as
one Apache.




Alpha Company, following „Death Challenge #2‟ in July. The winning team (CW2 Misenhimer, 1LT Blanch-
 ard, and CDT Oeschger) finished with a time of 1 hour 44 minutes 12 seconds. The event consisted of a 7
 mile Ruck March, 200 push ups, 150 Burpees, 60 pull ups, a 400 meter fireman‟s carry, a 1 mile water can
carry, and a 200m litter carry. The victory came under protest, and CW2 Misenhimer is still pending investi-
                                                   gation.
“Jane Wayne” Day
“Jane Wayne” Day
If you haven‟t noticed since the last    Enduring Freedom. We are hoping to have
newsletter article, the OPTEMPO for Charlie     everyone home in time for Thanksgiving as all
Company has dramatically increased.             the aircraft and main body flights will arrive
Whether it has been sending aircraft down to    the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
Fort Polk, LA to train with 4BCT 10MTN,               In other news, I would like to welcome
conducting Ferry Missions of our L-Model       a few new families to the Warlord Family.
Blackhawks all around the country, finishing   During the past 3 months, we have welcomed:
up the M-Model transition, or just conducting  WO1 Schiappa, WO1 Zawastowski and his
home station training to ensure our aircrews   family, WO1 Bailly and his family, WO1 Ed-
are properly qualified for all operations.     wards and his family, PFC Pillow and his fam-
These are just some of the various missions    ily, PFC Deshane and his family, PV2 Melton,
that Charlie Company has conducted over the    and SPC Daniels and his family. The Warlord
past few months.                               family is also eagerly awaiting the birth of
       On September 11, 2012, 2 aircraft from SFC Morgan‟s baby sometime at the end of
Charlie Company conducted a mission to the November or beginning of December.
Sikorsky Plant in Stratford, CT. During this          I want to thank all the families again for
mission, CW4 Robert Tyler logged his 5,000th their continued support. I hope everyone en-
hour in a Sikorsky Blackhawk as he landed on joys their Thanksgiving Holiday and the up-
the VIP Pad at Sikorsky. This was a very large coming Holiday Leave. Enjoy the upcoming
event for CW4 Tyler and the entire Knight-     winter weather and always remember to be
hawk family. On the return from Sikorsky, the safe.
Warlords conducted a 9/11 remembrance flight
around the Statue of Liberty and the Island of
Manhattan.
                                                      CPT Green
       On another note, JRTC is quickly ap-
                                                      Warlord 6
proaching as we begin our self-deployment
operations on the 24th of October. This next
month will be a culmination of all the hard
work of the Soldiers in the Warlord family
during the past 3 months. Our time at JRTC
will definitely test us as we will execute Air
Assault Operations, Air Movement Opera-
tions, Quick Reaction Force Operations, as
well as command and control during a deploy-
ment. This time at JRTC will be a test to see
how well our systems are in place for an up-
coming deployment in support of Operation
Greetings Dragonhawk Family and Friends!           ship, while keeping me entertained with her
                                                   very colorful ways of describing the world.
                                                   CW4 Kevin Kelley spent 22 years in the army,
        With colder temperatures right around      with his last position here being in charge of
the corner and the smell of Fall in the air, we    the Production Control Office. His vast knowl-
are quickly finding ourselves wrapped up in        edge of maintenance and maintenance proce-
preparations to go to retreat to the warmth Fort   dures was invaluable to keeping the Task
Polk, Louisiana and the Joint Readiness Train-     Force fleet at Fully Mission Capable status.
ing Center. We have welcomed many new ar-                 Lastly, CW4 Bill Winroth is leaving the
rivals to the unit as the task force has been      army after 20 years of service. He was a very
changing over from the last deployment in          knowledgeable Maintenance Test Pilot that
preparation for the next deployment. In addi-      flew over 100 missions while deployed, and is
tion to the many new Soldiers in our unit,         retiring with over 2,500 hours of flight time.
these last 2 months have brought us four new       Thank you all for your service to our country,
additions to families in the Dragonhawks, a        hopefully you get to relax for the next couple
healthy baby boy to SGT Ricker and his wife,       months before moving on to your next adven-
Kristin; a beautiful baby girl to PFC Custar       tures in life.
and his wife, Amy; a future Badger football
star to SPC Beuten and his wife Kelli, and               For everyone else, we look forward to
then just this morning SPC Ramkalawan and          seeing you over the next couple of months at
his wife welcomed their first child, Sophia, to    various functions, but until then, stay safe and
the world. It has been an absolute pleasure to     warm.
work with these families and such an encour-
agement to see the happiness these children        All the best,
will bring. Make sure to slap PFC Irizarry on
the back as he got married last month. Con-        Shaunna and CPT Dave Fitzpatrick.
gratulations! We are definitely looking for-
ward to the Task Force Org Day coming up on
Thursday, I look forward to seeing all the Sol-
diers‟ kids in costume. Thanks to all those
who came out to the Bowling Night we had
last week, it was a great turnout!
       We would like to take the time to per-
sonally thank three Dragonhawk Soldiers who
are leaving the army after more than two dec-
ades of service. 1SG Leslie Brown was my
right hand woman my first four months in
command. In that short time she taught me
everything she knew about small unit leader-
D Co. says farewell to these Soldiers …          …and welcomes these Soldiers and their
                                                 families….
SSG Montoya, ETS
SGT Hamblet, ETS                                 CW2 Lyons, from Charlie Co
SGT Brower, ETS                                  SFC Kerley, from Honduras
SGT King, ETS                                    SSG Naputi, from Honduras
SGT Arnold, ETS                                  SSG McClendon, from 1-10
SPC Sanders, PCS to Egypt                        SSG Chaney, from Ft Eustace, VA
SPC Sisson, PCS to Germany                       SGT Boles, from Ft Campbell, KY
SPC Johnson, ETS                                 PFC Lotter, from 277
SPC Stephens, ETS
                                                 PV2 Finney, from AIT at Ft Eustace
SPC Campbell, PCS to Colorado
SPC Morton, ETS
                                                 PFC Anfinson, from AIT at Ft Eustace
SPC Midgette, ETS
SPC Cabezas, PCS to Korea
SPC Huertas, PCS to Korea
PFC Hardy, ETS

We would also like to extend our deepest appreciation to three of Delta Company’s Soldiers who are
retiring. Thank you to CW4 Kevin Kelley for his 22 years of service to our country. Thank you to CW4
Bill Winroth for his 20 years of service to our country. Thank you to 1SG Leslie Brown for her 24 years
of service to our country. D Co will not be the same without you.


…Family additions!

Congratulations to SGT Joshua Ricker and his wife Kristin on giving birth to a baby boy, Jakob
Parsons Ricker, born August 27, weighing 6 lbs 12 oz at 18.5” long.

PFC Clint Custar and his wife Amy welcomed their fifth child, Sophie Dee Custar, on August 8.
She was born a healthy 6 lbs, 8 oz and 20.5”.

SPC Beuten and his wife Kelli welcomed their third child, David Nathaniel Beuten into the world
on September 17th at 1:58 pm. He weihed 8 lbs, 7 oz and was 20 ¼” long.

SPC Premnath Ramkalawan and his wife Diana just had their first child today, October 15th.
Sophia Ramkalawan was born at 2:37 am, at 19” long and 7 lbs 8 oz.


Promotions                                    News and Events
Special congratulations to these sol-
diers on their recent promotions,             Company ORG Day
well done and keep up your great
work!                                         Thanks to all those who came out to
PFC Williams                                  our Company Outing at Piney
PFC Starnes                                   Planes Bowling alley last Thursday.
PV2 Buckley
Veteran’s Day




                              Veterans Day event at Sam's Club
Sam’s Club is making a Veterans Honor Wall with pictures of local Vets. When they bring in a picture of them-
selves while serving we will make a 5x7 for them to take and one for the Wall. This runs from tomorrow thru
November 11th.
The pictures will be donated to the Vet Center on 11/13. Let me know if you can get this information out to the
Vets for me.
Tina Gokey
Membership Assistant Manager
6539 Sam's Club
Watertown NY
Remembrance




 Soldiers of Task Force Knighthawk bow their heads Sept. 28, to pray for the fam-
 ily of 1st Sgt. Billie J. Siercks, a Pathfinder Company first sergeant who was killed
 a year ago when his base was attacked by indirect fire.

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the
                      'hero' within us is revealed.
 Today we remember one of our own, 1SG Billy J Siercks. He was a
 great leader, friend, and mentor that paid the ultimate sacrifice for
our country. 1SG Siercks is and always will be the true meaning of an
                          AMERICAN HERO.

    R.I.P. 1SG Billy Siercks "NEVER WILL BE FORGOTTEN"
Knight Riders Company has been very          and has served as FRG Leader, Treasurer, Key
busy the last few months while supporting           Caller and a friend for our families to get to
multiple Task Force aerial gunneries and also       know and lean on. She and her husband SGT
conducting its own internal training in prepa-      Matthew Daniels will be dearly missed as they
ration for JRTC and our upcoming deploy-            leave the Army for bigger and better opportu-
ment. A portion of this company has spent           nities.
time in the field or conducting 24-hour opera-
tions in support of training for almost 6 of the    Moving forward, E Company continues its
last 8 weeks. We supported aerial gunneries in      support role and is looking forward to the De-
August and September for both Alpha and             cember holidays that will offer some rest and
Charlie companies, providing both with fuel         recuperation during a very high OPTEMPO
and ammunition necessary to train and ena-          train-up before deployment.
bling both companies to complete their qualifi-
cation tables.                                      Thank You, Knight Riders, for all your hard
                                                    work!
        The Knight Riders also conducted com-
pany level training, first with a week-long   Very Respectfully,
field training exercise in September focused
on convoy operations and Counter-Improvised CPT Dan Reep
Explosives Defeat training, followed by a
heavy weapons range and a convoy live fire
event in October aimed at validating our gun
crews. As of now, this company is ready to
deploy to Fort Polk to participate in quality
training and to support the flight companies.

       I would like to send out special thanks
to our families -especially our volunteers- who
have come together and put in long hours
planning and executing two company level
Family Readiness Group events as well as two
fundraisers that netted a total of $500 for us to
use toward a company pre-deployment event
in the Spring. I would also like to say good-
bye to Mrs. Kelly Daniels, who will be leaving
us at the end of October. Mrs. Daniels has
been a volunteer for E Company for two years
pleted both the Mountain Medics Course and
       TF Knighthawk Families and Friends,        Live Tissue Lab, and SFC Bures, SSG
                                                  Noriega, and SSG Mackiewicz went TDY to
       Since I last addressed you all, your Sol- Washington, DC to observe Operation Capital
diers have been very busy with training, pre- Shield (Strategic level consequence manage-
paring for deployment and our upcoming rota- ment training exercise). This is just a small
tion at the Joint Readiness Training Center       glimpse of what we‟ve completed in the past
(JRTC) in Fort Polk, LA. These past few           few months. Phenomenal work from all Sol-
months have truly been months of sacrifice for diers within the company!
the Pathfinder Company and families. Our
Soldiers spent many of hours at work and in              The Pathfinder Company will be de-
the field, honing their warrior skills and not at ployed to JRTC for most of November and we
home. We tightened our bond as a company          will work hard to have everyone back in time
team, while testing our family‟s patience at the for Thanksgiving. Once JRTC is over, we will
same time. We trained, rehearsed and exe-         all finally have the opportunity to relax, as we
cuted multiple situational and live fire training prepare for the holidays. Our block leave will
exercises from the fire team to the company       be from the 15th of December until the 6th of
level, cap stoning with a TF combined Collec- January, so start planning now. I hope this
tive Training Exercise (CTX).                     finds everyone doing well and look forward to
                                                  seeing everyone soon.
       During our field exercises, the platoons
conducted detailed planning, rehearsed count-
less hours, and achieved the unimaginable by             Knighthawks!
validating as fully qualified platoons. We exe-
cuted various dry, blank, and live iterations            First in Last Out!
during the day and culminated with both a                Christopher Gage
blank and live iteration under complete dark-
ness. The result was a greatly increased level           CPT, IN
of confidence maneuvering and operating as
platoon size elements no matter what condi-
tions they were faced with.

       In addition to collective training, Sol-
diers have been conducting a great deal of in-
dividual training as well. SSG Moore recently
graduated ALC with all superior marks on his
overall evaluation; our medics (SGT Kohler,
SPC O‟Connor, SPC Tagliaboschi, SPC Finch,
SPC Baker, and PVT Maldonado) have com-
Command Safety Office
                      offers winter driving, snow thrower classes
       The Fort Drum Command Safety Office, Bldg. M-10281, will conduct winter driving
and snow thrower operation classes for Soldiers, Family Members and Department of the
Army civilian employees. Winter driving classes will be offered from 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday ,
Nov. 6 and 20, and Dec. 4 and 18. Snow thrower operation classes will be offered from 3:30 to
4 p.m. Wednesday and Oct. 24, Nov. 6 and 20, and Dec. 4 and 18. For more information or to
register, call 772-9026 / 0310. Note: Unit / organization classes are by appointment only.




               Senior Army NCO will visit Soldiers, Family members
Sgt Maj (Marine) Bryan Battaglia (The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Senior Enlisted Advisor
CJCS-SEA) is coming to Drum is to see an Army Community of Excellence award winning installa-tion,
and get to know the legendary 10th MTN DIV (LI) better. This visit will focus on meeting with Soldiers
and Families, and reviewing some of our training programs and support facilities. As a part of this visit,
he will be doing a town hall meeting. Want to ensure widest dissemination of this town hall and encour-
age spouses to attend.
    Spouses are invited and highly encouraged to attend the Town Hall
                                Meeting!


                                     What: Town hall Meeting
                               Where: Multi-purpose Auditorium
  When: 05 NOV 12 from 1530-1630 at the MPA. Attendees should arrive/take their
                               seats NLT 1515
Why: To enable the CJCS SEA to interact with and get feedback from the Soldiers and
                      Family members of the community.
Dryhill Season Passes
Dryhill Season Passes on Sale at Preseason Prices until Nov. 4th at our Annual Swap Shop and Ski
Sale.
10% Military Discount off Preseason Prices until Nov. 4th Our Season Pass includes *Free Ski-
ing/snowboarding at McCauley Mountain on Mondays and Snowridge on Wednesdays and half price
snowtub-ing!! *non-holidays
Swap Shop and Ski Sale Sat. Nov. 3rd, 10am to 4pm and Sun. Nov. 4th Noon to 4pm Sell your out-
grown ski and snowboard equipment!! Drop off equipment Tues. 10am to 5pm and Fri. Noon to 8pm
at Dryhill .
For more info 315-782-8584 or skidryhill.com
                                      Dates to Remember
11/6 – Election Day
11/7 - FRG Leader Training
11/7 - Informal Funds Training
11/7 - Feed The Soul Seminar @ McEwen Library                            Looking for something
11/9 - New Youth Center Grand Opening @ Youth Center                     to do in the local and
11/9 - Resilience Training                                                 surrounding area?
11/9 - EFMP Autism Support Group
11/10 - CNY Veterans Parade and Expo @ State Fairgrounds, Syracuse
11/10 - Basketball Tournament                                          Check out these websites:
11/10 - Meet The Author – McEwen Library
11/11 - BOSS Chili Cook-Off - BOSS                                     www.iloveny.com
11/11 - Veterans Day                                                   http://www.northcountrypub
11/12-13 - Division DONSA                                              licradio.org/ - To check out
11/13 - EFMP Support Group 1130-1300 @ ACS
11/13 - Key Caller Training 1000-1130 @ ACS
                                                                       their calendar events.
11/13 - Key Caller Training 1400-1530 @ ACS
11/14 - Learn To Live Gluten Free – McEwen Library
11/14 - Native American History Month Observance 1130-1300 @ Commons
11/15 - Volunteer of the Month Ceremony 1030-1130 @ Commons
11/16 - Snowmobile Safety Class – Adventure Training
11/16 - Autism Support Group 0900-1100 @ ACS
11/17 - SCFD Craft Fair 1000-1600 @ Monti Physical Fitness Center
11/17 - BOSS 5K Fun Run/Walk – Magrath Sports Complex
11/17 - Individual Bowling Tournament
11/17 - Turkey Bowl Football Tournament
11/21-23 - NYC Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade Trip – Parks and Recreation
11/21-23 - Local Schools Thanksgiving Break
11/22 - Division DONSA / Thanksgiving
www.facebook.com/TF Knighthawk
                                            Government Organization




Kelley M Arnold
Task Force Knighthawk Family Readiness Support Assistant
315-774-1373
315-405-6783
kelley.m.arnold2.civ@mail.mil

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Quarterly newsletter (fall)

  • 1. November 2012 Task Force Knighthawk Newsletter From the Commander…. Knighthawk Fami- demonstrating what they week training event at lies, Friends, and Soldiers do best! JRTC to prepare our col- of the Best Aviation Task We as a Task lective skills to complete Force in the Brigade, hope Force have strived to con- our deployment prepara- the summer and fall tinue to build relationships tion. Currently we plan to months found you well as through several events the be back to Fort Drum in we get ready for the winter last few months as we time for Thanksgiving. to arrive. With the change ready ourselves to be a Hopefully we will not re- of the seasons, we in the deployable force for our turn to the frozen tundra Task Force have changed nation. Captain Jon Meier that comes with living in Quarterly Newsletter as well. It has been a very was the muscle behind the the North Country. But as busy fall as we have com- inaugural “Rough Mud- we all know, it is just a pleted all of our recovery der” mud run event that matter of time before we operations and began an benefited the Knighthawk will need to man of shov- intensive period of train- Support Fund. Over 130 els and snow plows this ing in preparation for our participants completed the winter season. If you are upcoming JRTC rotation. new to the area, please TASK FORCE KNIGHTHAWK 5K dash through various The list of the events that obstacles laced with mud. take some time to plan for your sons, daughters, the weather and take a mothers, fathers, and look at your vehicles and spouses have accom- The Task Force safety kits. plished in the last few held two Town Hall meet- ings in preparation for our The Soldier‟s, months has been extensive and extremely successful. JRTC rotation and we also NCO‟s and Officer‟s of The Task Force has com- held a Fall Festival and the Task Force continue to pleted gunnery with every Jayne Wayne Day. We impress me every day. aircraft and crew, shot had a great showing of The list of awards, promo- every type of weapons spouses who were able to tions, and personal acco- system assigned to the spend time shooting weap- lades that come across my Task Force, flew hundreds ons, flying aircraft simula- tors, wearing Night Vision desk are overwhelming. of hours a month, pumped thousands of gallons of Goggles, and riding in Thanks again for all the fuel, picked up and deliv- Army Vehicles. That hard work you do at home ered aircraft all over the same evening we had a in support of your Knight- country, and made this great turn out for the Fall hawk Warrior, they are all Unit the best in the Bri- Festival that included a doing an outstanding job gade. If you have not al- costume parade, hay ride, and can‟t do it without ready done so, check out and spaghetti dinner. the Task Force Knight- you! As you read this, hawk and 10th CAB your loved one is likely FACEBOOK pages, our KNIGHTHAWKS! heading to or already at soldiers are all over it Fort Polk, LA for the 3
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  • 4. As I‟m sure everyone is aware, HHC in the S3 shop. However, he now has SFC and Task Force Knighthawk has been ex- Patrick Thomas, our new S3 NCOIC, to help tremely busy lately. With an upcoming rota- him out. Moving down the line, SFC Kinyada tion at JRTC, we are in the final stages of Colbert is our new S4 NCOIC. Like 1SG making sure our Soldiers are ready for this major training event. Reyes, she was last assigned at Fort Polk and brings an extensive knowledge base to her With the changing of the leaves, so shop and the Task Force. On the Special Staff come many personnel changes in the Nomad side of the house, the Task Force has a new formation. Even though every new Soldier is Chaplain. CPT(CH) Daniel Werho and his an important addition to the team, I would like wife, Susanna, have already made their pres- to recognize some senior personnel that have ence felt in the Task Force. Chaplain Werho come on board to fill key positions in the unit. has already participated in multiple events and First, HHC has a new First Sergeant!!! First is getting to know all the Soldiers, and I know Sergeant Manuel Reyes and his two sons, he will provide great support to the entire Task Chance and Gabriel, come to us from Fort Force. Last, but certainly not least, the Task Polk, LA. 1SG Reyes has spent his career Force has a new Flight Surgeon. CPT Erik working on Apache helicopters. As a Black- Johnson, wife Becky, and their little ones are hawk pilot myself, this has fueled a heated ri- somewhat new to the Army life as Erik has valry between the two of us and I‟m not sure spent multiple years in medical training. things are going to work out. Ok…ok…that‟s However, we‟ll try to make the transition easy my one joke for this newsletter. In all serious- for him and I know he‟ll do his best to keep all ness, in two short months 1SG Reyes has dem- of our Soldiers healthy. I also have one fare- onstrated outstanding leadership and proven well I‟d like to include. SFC Regina Swint how valuable of an asset he will be to the No- was recently reassigned to Division here at mads. I‟d like to welcome our new S1 OIC, Fort Drum. SFC Swint was our S1 NCOIC CPT Jerad Casias, along with his wife Beth- during our last deployment and has worked any, and their little girl, Betsey. Next, I‟d like many long hours ensuring all of our human re- to welcome MAJ Tim Rose, the new Task sources needs were met. SFC Swint also filled Force Operations officer. MAJ Rose last a role as the Task Force SHARP representa- worked at HRC and he has a big job ahead tive, and she will now fulfill that duty full time corralling multiple Lieutenants and Captains
  • 5. it there will be another one sometime early In Little Nomad news, PFC Miguel next year. Perez and his wife, Iris, recently welcomed a In closing, don‟t forget the multiple as- little baby boy. Levi Seth Perez weighed in at sets available on post to help you prepare for 6.8 pounds and measured 19 inches in length. the upcoming winter. There are winter driving The new dad reports that Levi is doing very safety classes and snow blower safety classes well, even though I‟ve noticed PFC Perez which you may want to participate in. If you looks much more tired than he used to. Con- are new to the North, just like Jen and I were gratulations to the Perez Family!!! three years ago, I‟d like to assure you that the The Task Force also held a fundraiser climate/snow we experience here is not a show recently called the Task Force Knighthawk stopper. In fact, many locals don‟t start living Rough Mudder. The event consisted of a 3 until the snow falls, and you too might just mile run/walk with many obstacles along the find many winter activities that you or the way. Oh, I forgot to mention that these obsta- Family can enjoy. cles consisted of crawling around in mud or As always, please be in touch if there‟s getting soaked by the Fort Drum Fire Depart- anything we can do for you. ment. Despite knowing that you would not finish the race clean, many Soldiers, Family members, and friends of the Task Force par- Captain Wes and Jennifer Cannon ticipated to help raise money for the FRG. It Nomad 06 Team was a great team building event and word has
  • 6. Operational Security (OPSEC)  Do not place dates and times of movements on social websites   80% of information gathered by the enemy comes from open-source (ie: Google, Face- book, etc..)  Do not mention dates and times to those that do not NEED to know
  • 7. The last few months have been extremely That will bring us to the Winter Leave period, busy, as Alpha Company has been making it through which is scheduled for Dec 17th through January 6th. the heart of our pre-deployment training period. The Following Block Leave, we will once again deploy as company successfully completed a Division Training a company to Fort Carson, CO for High Altitude Event in July called Operation Mountain Peak. In Au- Mountainous Environmental Training. The training gust, we completed a second Aerial Gunnery Exercise will focus on conducting aerial operations at high alti- and a training exercise in Fort Polk, LA. And, Alpha tudes, where the aircraft produces less lift and has less Company launched two teams of Apaches in support available power. Following our return from Colorado, of Operation Knighthawk Fusion in September. Due the company will have one final test before we dial it to our continued success throughout each of these back before the deployment. This test will take place training events, Alpha Company has earned the repu- in Fort Rucker, AL for a two-week training exercise tation across the Battalion as a tactically-savvy, mis- using aircraft simulators. sion-focused, and tight-knit team. As you can see, the fast-and-furious training The biggest test is still to come: the Task Force cycle will continue, but I am confident that the train- deployment to the Joint Readiness Training Center in ing we are getting now will be invaluable during our Fort Polk, LA. Here, we will deploy with six aircraft time in theatre. I am extremely proud of what Alpha in support of 4-3 BCT to validate our training up to Company has accomplished so far, and I am thankful this point. We are expecting long, hard days during to have such tremendous support from all of our this training event, but we hope to come out of JRTC Deathstalker families. even closer to the level that we need to be in order to deploy to Afghanistan. We will have a quick break following JRTC for Thanksgiving, and then we will be Steve Lancianese back at it again with the year‟s third Aerial Gunnery Exercise in December. This time, we will focus on “Deathstalker 06” advanced gunnery tactics such as engaging targets as a member of a team of aircraft, rather than simply as one Apache. Alpha Company, following „Death Challenge #2‟ in July. The winning team (CW2 Misenhimer, 1LT Blanch- ard, and CDT Oeschger) finished with a time of 1 hour 44 minutes 12 seconds. The event consisted of a 7 mile Ruck March, 200 push ups, 150 Burpees, 60 pull ups, a 400 meter fireman‟s carry, a 1 mile water can carry, and a 200m litter carry. The victory came under protest, and CW2 Misenhimer is still pending investi- gation.
  • 10. If you haven‟t noticed since the last Enduring Freedom. We are hoping to have newsletter article, the OPTEMPO for Charlie everyone home in time for Thanksgiving as all Company has dramatically increased. the aircraft and main body flights will arrive Whether it has been sending aircraft down to the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Fort Polk, LA to train with 4BCT 10MTN, In other news, I would like to welcome conducting Ferry Missions of our L-Model a few new families to the Warlord Family. Blackhawks all around the country, finishing During the past 3 months, we have welcomed: up the M-Model transition, or just conducting WO1 Schiappa, WO1 Zawastowski and his home station training to ensure our aircrews family, WO1 Bailly and his family, WO1 Ed- are properly qualified for all operations. wards and his family, PFC Pillow and his fam- These are just some of the various missions ily, PFC Deshane and his family, PV2 Melton, that Charlie Company has conducted over the and SPC Daniels and his family. The Warlord past few months. family is also eagerly awaiting the birth of On September 11, 2012, 2 aircraft from SFC Morgan‟s baby sometime at the end of Charlie Company conducted a mission to the November or beginning of December. Sikorsky Plant in Stratford, CT. During this I want to thank all the families again for mission, CW4 Robert Tyler logged his 5,000th their continued support. I hope everyone en- hour in a Sikorsky Blackhawk as he landed on joys their Thanksgiving Holiday and the up- the VIP Pad at Sikorsky. This was a very large coming Holiday Leave. Enjoy the upcoming event for CW4 Tyler and the entire Knight- winter weather and always remember to be hawk family. On the return from Sikorsky, the safe. Warlords conducted a 9/11 remembrance flight around the Statue of Liberty and the Island of Manhattan. CPT Green On another note, JRTC is quickly ap- Warlord 6 proaching as we begin our self-deployment operations on the 24th of October. This next month will be a culmination of all the hard work of the Soldiers in the Warlord family during the past 3 months. Our time at JRTC will definitely test us as we will execute Air Assault Operations, Air Movement Opera- tions, Quick Reaction Force Operations, as well as command and control during a deploy- ment. This time at JRTC will be a test to see how well our systems are in place for an up- coming deployment in support of Operation
  • 11. Greetings Dragonhawk Family and Friends! ship, while keeping me entertained with her very colorful ways of describing the world. CW4 Kevin Kelley spent 22 years in the army, With colder temperatures right around with his last position here being in charge of the corner and the smell of Fall in the air, we the Production Control Office. His vast knowl- are quickly finding ourselves wrapped up in edge of maintenance and maintenance proce- preparations to go to retreat to the warmth Fort dures was invaluable to keeping the Task Polk, Louisiana and the Joint Readiness Train- Force fleet at Fully Mission Capable status. ing Center. We have welcomed many new ar- Lastly, CW4 Bill Winroth is leaving the rivals to the unit as the task force has been army after 20 years of service. He was a very changing over from the last deployment in knowledgeable Maintenance Test Pilot that preparation for the next deployment. In addi- flew over 100 missions while deployed, and is tion to the many new Soldiers in our unit, retiring with over 2,500 hours of flight time. these last 2 months have brought us four new Thank you all for your service to our country, additions to families in the Dragonhawks, a hopefully you get to relax for the next couple healthy baby boy to SGT Ricker and his wife, months before moving on to your next adven- Kristin; a beautiful baby girl to PFC Custar tures in life. and his wife, Amy; a future Badger football star to SPC Beuten and his wife Kelli, and For everyone else, we look forward to then just this morning SPC Ramkalawan and seeing you over the next couple of months at his wife welcomed their first child, Sophia, to various functions, but until then, stay safe and the world. It has been an absolute pleasure to warm. work with these families and such an encour- agement to see the happiness these children All the best, will bring. Make sure to slap PFC Irizarry on the back as he got married last month. Con- Shaunna and CPT Dave Fitzpatrick. gratulations! We are definitely looking for- ward to the Task Force Org Day coming up on Thursday, I look forward to seeing all the Sol- diers‟ kids in costume. Thanks to all those who came out to the Bowling Night we had last week, it was a great turnout! We would like to take the time to per- sonally thank three Dragonhawk Soldiers who are leaving the army after more than two dec- ades of service. 1SG Leslie Brown was my right hand woman my first four months in command. In that short time she taught me everything she knew about small unit leader-
  • 12. D Co. says farewell to these Soldiers … …and welcomes these Soldiers and their families…. SSG Montoya, ETS SGT Hamblet, ETS CW2 Lyons, from Charlie Co SGT Brower, ETS SFC Kerley, from Honduras SGT King, ETS SSG Naputi, from Honduras SGT Arnold, ETS SSG McClendon, from 1-10 SPC Sanders, PCS to Egypt SSG Chaney, from Ft Eustace, VA SPC Sisson, PCS to Germany SGT Boles, from Ft Campbell, KY SPC Johnson, ETS PFC Lotter, from 277 SPC Stephens, ETS PV2 Finney, from AIT at Ft Eustace SPC Campbell, PCS to Colorado SPC Morton, ETS PFC Anfinson, from AIT at Ft Eustace SPC Midgette, ETS SPC Cabezas, PCS to Korea SPC Huertas, PCS to Korea PFC Hardy, ETS We would also like to extend our deepest appreciation to three of Delta Company’s Soldiers who are retiring. Thank you to CW4 Kevin Kelley for his 22 years of service to our country. Thank you to CW4 Bill Winroth for his 20 years of service to our country. Thank you to 1SG Leslie Brown for her 24 years of service to our country. D Co will not be the same without you. …Family additions! Congratulations to SGT Joshua Ricker and his wife Kristin on giving birth to a baby boy, Jakob Parsons Ricker, born August 27, weighing 6 lbs 12 oz at 18.5” long. PFC Clint Custar and his wife Amy welcomed their fifth child, Sophie Dee Custar, on August 8. She was born a healthy 6 lbs, 8 oz and 20.5”. SPC Beuten and his wife Kelli welcomed their third child, David Nathaniel Beuten into the world on September 17th at 1:58 pm. He weihed 8 lbs, 7 oz and was 20 ¼” long. SPC Premnath Ramkalawan and his wife Diana just had their first child today, October 15th. Sophia Ramkalawan was born at 2:37 am, at 19” long and 7 lbs 8 oz. Promotions News and Events Special congratulations to these sol- diers on their recent promotions, Company ORG Day well done and keep up your great work! Thanks to all those who came out to PFC Williams our Company Outing at Piney PFC Starnes Planes Bowling alley last Thursday. PV2 Buckley
  • 13. Veteran’s Day Veterans Day event at Sam's Club Sam’s Club is making a Veterans Honor Wall with pictures of local Vets. When they bring in a picture of them- selves while serving we will make a 5x7 for them to take and one for the Wall. This runs from tomorrow thru November 11th. The pictures will be donated to the Vet Center on 11/13. Let me know if you can get this information out to the Vets for me. Tina Gokey Membership Assistant Manager 6539 Sam's Club Watertown NY
  • 14. Remembrance Soldiers of Task Force Knighthawk bow their heads Sept. 28, to pray for the fam- ily of 1st Sgt. Billie J. Siercks, a Pathfinder Company first sergeant who was killed a year ago when his base was attacked by indirect fire. Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed. Today we remember one of our own, 1SG Billy J Siercks. He was a great leader, friend, and mentor that paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country. 1SG Siercks is and always will be the true meaning of an AMERICAN HERO. R.I.P. 1SG Billy Siercks "NEVER WILL BE FORGOTTEN"
  • 15. Knight Riders Company has been very and has served as FRG Leader, Treasurer, Key busy the last few months while supporting Caller and a friend for our families to get to multiple Task Force aerial gunneries and also know and lean on. She and her husband SGT conducting its own internal training in prepa- Matthew Daniels will be dearly missed as they ration for JRTC and our upcoming deploy- leave the Army for bigger and better opportu- ment. A portion of this company has spent nities. time in the field or conducting 24-hour opera- tions in support of training for almost 6 of the Moving forward, E Company continues its last 8 weeks. We supported aerial gunneries in support role and is looking forward to the De- August and September for both Alpha and cember holidays that will offer some rest and Charlie companies, providing both with fuel recuperation during a very high OPTEMPO and ammunition necessary to train and ena- train-up before deployment. bling both companies to complete their qualifi- cation tables. Thank You, Knight Riders, for all your hard work! The Knight Riders also conducted com- pany level training, first with a week-long Very Respectfully, field training exercise in September focused on convoy operations and Counter-Improvised CPT Dan Reep Explosives Defeat training, followed by a heavy weapons range and a convoy live fire event in October aimed at validating our gun crews. As of now, this company is ready to deploy to Fort Polk to participate in quality training and to support the flight companies. I would like to send out special thanks to our families -especially our volunteers- who have come together and put in long hours planning and executing two company level Family Readiness Group events as well as two fundraisers that netted a total of $500 for us to use toward a company pre-deployment event in the Spring. I would also like to say good- bye to Mrs. Kelly Daniels, who will be leaving us at the end of October. Mrs. Daniels has been a volunteer for E Company for two years
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  • 18. pleted both the Mountain Medics Course and TF Knighthawk Families and Friends, Live Tissue Lab, and SFC Bures, SSG Noriega, and SSG Mackiewicz went TDY to Since I last addressed you all, your Sol- Washington, DC to observe Operation Capital diers have been very busy with training, pre- Shield (Strategic level consequence manage- paring for deployment and our upcoming rota- ment training exercise). This is just a small tion at the Joint Readiness Training Center glimpse of what we‟ve completed in the past (JRTC) in Fort Polk, LA. These past few few months. Phenomenal work from all Sol- months have truly been months of sacrifice for diers within the company! the Pathfinder Company and families. Our Soldiers spent many of hours at work and in The Pathfinder Company will be de- the field, honing their warrior skills and not at ployed to JRTC for most of November and we home. We tightened our bond as a company will work hard to have everyone back in time team, while testing our family‟s patience at the for Thanksgiving. Once JRTC is over, we will same time. We trained, rehearsed and exe- all finally have the opportunity to relax, as we cuted multiple situational and live fire training prepare for the holidays. Our block leave will exercises from the fire team to the company be from the 15th of December until the 6th of level, cap stoning with a TF combined Collec- January, so start planning now. I hope this tive Training Exercise (CTX). finds everyone doing well and look forward to seeing everyone soon. During our field exercises, the platoons conducted detailed planning, rehearsed count- less hours, and achieved the unimaginable by Knighthawks! validating as fully qualified platoons. We exe- cuted various dry, blank, and live iterations First in Last Out! during the day and culminated with both a Christopher Gage blank and live iteration under complete dark- ness. The result was a greatly increased level CPT, IN of confidence maneuvering and operating as platoon size elements no matter what condi- tions they were faced with. In addition to collective training, Sol- diers have been conducting a great deal of in- dividual training as well. SSG Moore recently graduated ALC with all superior marks on his overall evaluation; our medics (SGT Kohler, SPC O‟Connor, SPC Tagliaboschi, SPC Finch, SPC Baker, and PVT Maldonado) have com-
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  • 20. Command Safety Office offers winter driving, snow thrower classes The Fort Drum Command Safety Office, Bldg. M-10281, will conduct winter driving and snow thrower operation classes for Soldiers, Family Members and Department of the Army civilian employees. Winter driving classes will be offered from 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday , Nov. 6 and 20, and Dec. 4 and 18. Snow thrower operation classes will be offered from 3:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Oct. 24, Nov. 6 and 20, and Dec. 4 and 18. For more information or to register, call 772-9026 / 0310. Note: Unit / organization classes are by appointment only. Senior Army NCO will visit Soldiers, Family members Sgt Maj (Marine) Bryan Battaglia (The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Senior Enlisted Advisor CJCS-SEA) is coming to Drum is to see an Army Community of Excellence award winning installa-tion, and get to know the legendary 10th MTN DIV (LI) better. This visit will focus on meeting with Soldiers and Families, and reviewing some of our training programs and support facilities. As a part of this visit, he will be doing a town hall meeting. Want to ensure widest dissemination of this town hall and encour- age spouses to attend. Spouses are invited and highly encouraged to attend the Town Hall Meeting! What: Town hall Meeting Where: Multi-purpose Auditorium When: 05 NOV 12 from 1530-1630 at the MPA. Attendees should arrive/take their seats NLT 1515 Why: To enable the CJCS SEA to interact with and get feedback from the Soldiers and Family members of the community.
  • 21. Dryhill Season Passes Dryhill Season Passes on Sale at Preseason Prices until Nov. 4th at our Annual Swap Shop and Ski Sale. 10% Military Discount off Preseason Prices until Nov. 4th Our Season Pass includes *Free Ski- ing/snowboarding at McCauley Mountain on Mondays and Snowridge on Wednesdays and half price snowtub-ing!! *non-holidays Swap Shop and Ski Sale Sat. Nov. 3rd, 10am to 4pm and Sun. Nov. 4th Noon to 4pm Sell your out- grown ski and snowboard equipment!! Drop off equipment Tues. 10am to 5pm and Fri. Noon to 8pm at Dryhill . For more info 315-782-8584 or skidryhill.com Dates to Remember 11/6 – Election Day 11/7 - FRG Leader Training 11/7 - Informal Funds Training 11/7 - Feed The Soul Seminar @ McEwen Library Looking for something 11/9 - New Youth Center Grand Opening @ Youth Center to do in the local and 11/9 - Resilience Training surrounding area? 11/9 - EFMP Autism Support Group 11/10 - CNY Veterans Parade and Expo @ State Fairgrounds, Syracuse 11/10 - Basketball Tournament Check out these websites: 11/10 - Meet The Author – McEwen Library 11/11 - BOSS Chili Cook-Off - BOSS www.iloveny.com 11/11 - Veterans Day http://www.northcountrypub 11/12-13 - Division DONSA licradio.org/ - To check out 11/13 - EFMP Support Group 1130-1300 @ ACS 11/13 - Key Caller Training 1000-1130 @ ACS their calendar events. 11/13 - Key Caller Training 1400-1530 @ ACS 11/14 - Learn To Live Gluten Free – McEwen Library 11/14 - Native American History Month Observance 1130-1300 @ Commons 11/15 - Volunteer of the Month Ceremony 1030-1130 @ Commons 11/16 - Snowmobile Safety Class – Adventure Training 11/16 - Autism Support Group 0900-1100 @ ACS 11/17 - SCFD Craft Fair 1000-1600 @ Monti Physical Fitness Center 11/17 - BOSS 5K Fun Run/Walk – Magrath Sports Complex 11/17 - Individual Bowling Tournament 11/17 - Turkey Bowl Football Tournament 11/21-23 - NYC Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade Trip – Parks and Recreation 11/21-23 - Local Schools Thanksgiving Break 11/22 - Division DONSA / Thanksgiving
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  • 23. www.facebook.com/TF Knighthawk Government Organization Kelley M Arnold Task Force Knighthawk Family Readiness Support Assistant 315-774-1373 315-405-6783 kelley.m.arnold2.civ@mail.mil