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1. A COMPANY, 1ST STB, 1ST HBCT, 1ST ID
Aveng er times
Volume 2, Issue 6
13 August 2012
Avengers save lives
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
You Rock: Avengers have led the way again drivers training. We are work- ● Platoon Highlights
this month by having no incidents of drug ing hard to balance all of the
abuse, driving under the influence, or domestic training priorities so that each ● 1SG Corner
violence. The Soldiers of Alpha company con- Soldier has basic skills, MOS
tinue to live by the three Avenger rules we talk proficiency, and additional ● Pool Party Info
about each week in our safety briefs to their duties that make them a tre-
benefit. Making smart choices off duty is just as ● Contact Information
mendous asset to any unit in
important as applying yourself during the duty the future. Through all of the
day; there are con- challenging and changing
sequences to both priorities our main mis-
and they can be sion is to constantly make you
nothing short of better and prepare you for your next step as
incredible success if a Soldier. We will continue to do monthly
you make those company level team building, challenging
choices. events to build confidence and maintain our FACEBOOK AND
During July we warrior skills. This past month we partici- PHOTOS:
had individuals who faced suicide and were pated in a one day Medical Simulation Train-
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around them. Avengers continue to support for in order to serve as a baseline for direct- gers
one another and serve as a positive influence to ing future training. When you know what
Soldiers in other units as well. I receive com- you don’t know it opens the door for learn-  As usual you can find all these
ments regularly about how professional and ing. photos and more at :
capable the Soldiers in this unit perform when This past month we also were able to train www.photobucket.com/
they are away from the company and this on intelligence equipment and practice Avengercompany
comes from the choices each individual Soldier some of our basic abilities. Intel systems
makes on a daily basis about their conduct, their  Photobucket Albums for this
management, Trojan training, Prophet train- month are:
honor, and their integrity. Never Quit! ing, UAV fights, and Biometrics training
Training: We were just a few of the things that we did. 20120717 Medical Simulation Training
Center
shifted focus a What is Next: This month we have a Battal-
bit this month ion Change of Command where LTC Calkins
20120720 Paintball
and decisively will be transitioning on 24 August. On the 201208 Avengers– all the promotion
started training 30th of this month we have Water Survival pics and reenlistment pics will be in
on MOS specific this folder.
Make up, Safety Stand Down Day, BRO Mo-
tasks. This torcycle Ride, and the leaders will be briefing
serves as a chal- the new Battalion Commander on the com-
lenge with mul- pany– one busy day! Check out the back
tiple opportuni- page for more events.
ties for training between JRTC and NTC the
competencies we must maintain as Soldiers Never Quit!
such as marksmanship, first aid proficiency, and Avenger 6

2. PAGE 2 AVENGER TIMES
ISR Platoon
We are honored to welcome five new asm he displayed while serving in the platoon did a whole lot of training this
Soldiers to our ranks: (35F)- SPC platoon. Also, SGT Caruso has decided month: PFC Na took part in CBRN-E class,
McMullen, SPC Lewis , PFC Price, PFC to finalize his active duty career and serve CPL Loughlin/PFC Savoy/SGT Jaeger all
Williams, PV2 Davis, and PV2 Colon in the active- certified in Combat-
(35G). We also welcomed PFC Smith, reserve compo- ives Level 1 course.
from UAV platoon to supplement our nent. It is defi- SGT Jaeger/PV2
company supply mission and CDT nitely a bitter- Davis/PFC Horne/
Weinberg. LT sweet feelingsay- SPC McMullen/PFC
Burba has his ing farewell to a Savoy certified in
hands full: good friend and the Combat Life-
though we are leader. Good saver Course. Pav-
confident the LT luck to both of lich took the Fort
will provide Cadet you in all future Riley bus drivers
Weinberg with endeavors. SGT Fears has graduated course and PFC Horne assested in train-
unmatched pro- from Drill Sergeant School, and is soon to ing multiple
fessional develop- return. We are all very proud of her and Soldiers
ment throughout hear that SGT Fears displayed great per- throughout
his stay. First pla- sonal courage and worked through the the Battalion
toon also promoted three senior spe- pain toward completion. Words cannot in drivers
cialists to Sergeant: SGT Baldwin, SGT describe how proud we are to call SGT training.
Jaeger, and SGT Schira. Congratula- Fears one of our own. On 10 July 12, Next month
tions, you guys deserve it! SGT Lynch PSG, SGT(P) Crawford’s family was will be filled
was reassigned to HHC as the NCOIC blessed with a beautiful bouncing baby with more training and classes as well as
of the S2 shop. We will miss him dearly affectionately called Aaliyah Juna (“pure on the job instruction. “Stay Classy Alpha
and continue to feed off the enthusi- flower”) Crawford (7lbs, 1.8 oz). First Company” and “Avengers Never Quit!”
MSG Platoon
July was a busy month for the A d a m lifeguard for the event. During the
MSG platoon. The month was Faircloth company paintball event, the MSG
kicked off and 35N platoon was extremely active in
by the 4th of PFC Jona- shooting their fellow Avengers and
July block than Wash- evading fire. SSG Jackson had an
leave, over i n g t o n interesting month, taking over the
which much b o t h rigors of the 1SG position while 1SG
of the pla- joined the Olynick was on leave.
toon took MSG family
some much
n e e d e d
R&R. MSG
platoon is and we are look-
also pleased ing forward to
to an- getting to know
nounce that our new soldiers.
2 of our soldiers, SPC Binko and The Avengers
SPC Jennings both had their long had a survival
awaited children. Please extend swimming ses-
congratulations to both of them if sion during July,
you haven’t done so already. We and SGT Lucas
are also pleased to welcome 2 trained vigorously
new soldiers from AIT. 35P SPC to be a qualified

3. VOLUME 2, ISSUE 6 PAGE 3
uav platoon
This month was a challenging one Huachuca. Also SPC Strege is prepar- recreation education and various
for the UAS platoon. With our sol- ing for WLC in September. games. We all had a good time and
diers and NCOs being tasked left The UAS pla- took the opportunity to strengthen
and right we are making due; rely- toon continues our cohesion.
ing heavily on junior NCOs and sol- to train with Lastly The UAS Platoon would like to
diers to step up and make things flight ops. three wish good luck to all our soldiers in
happen. SSG French is off represent- times a week in classes, and goodbye to our former
ing the unit in JRTC while SGT preparation for UAS maintainer SGT Gordon; He will
Prunty and SPC Williams are attend- our mission sup- be missed.
porting various
units on post
with fire mis-
sions and train-
ing observation, and we look for-
ward to the next few months of
training and missions. With the sol-
diers working so hard, 3rd platoon
took a platoon resiliency day which
ing the very demanding Standardi- was long overdue. Starting with a
zation course for UAS ops., in FT nature area and BBQ and ending in
HUMINT Platoon
On July 12th, the HUMINT Platoon certified prior to become one of the beginning of August, the HUMINT Pla-
actively par- life guards during this training toon began
ticipated in ensuring the safety of the partici- BATS and HIIDES familiarization training
the 1 HBCT pants. On 18 July, SPC Jennings to assist in future missions.
Devil Stakes. gave birth to a healthy baby boy
CW2 Davis, and the HUMINT Platoon wel-
SSG Newland comed a new addi-
and SGT La- tion. During 24-27
polla were July, the HUMINT
Observation Platoon initiated Ava-
Control cad- tar training at the
res for the SALUTE Report event. SPC Intelligence Readiness
Ransom performed as a Role player Facility focusing on de-
for the Intelligence Report event briefing techniques. On
while SGT Bigorra was part of a team 27 July, SPC Ransom,
that SPC Vassalli and PFC
took 1st place Ingram suc-
in by receiving cessfully com-
the highest cu- pleted a two
mulative score week Combat-
of both events. ives Level II
During that certification
morning, SGT training. Fi-
Millado, SGT Bigorra, SPC Marketon- nally, beginning 30 July
Snowden, and PFC Ingram partici- continuing through the
pated in Water Survival Training at
Long Gym while SPC Vassalli was

4. A COMPANY, 1ST STB, 1ST HBCT, 1ST ID
A Company, 1-1 STB Upcoming Events:
Building 7243 Bamford
Commander: CPT Priscella A. Nohle;
August 18– Avenger Pool Party 1200 Custer Hill Pool
priscella.a.nohle@us.army.mil
785-340-2863 August 24– BN Change of Command
1SG Pete Olynick August 30– Safety Stand Down, BRO Ride
peter.olynick@us.army.mil
785-307-4857 Aug 31-3 Sep– DONSA
Courtney Kunze– Avenger Family Group Leader Sep 10-21– Military Intelligence Academy
Courtney.kunze@gmail.com
419-310-1870
Sep 14– Rock Climbing at Craig Gym
Avenger DON’T’s… Sep 19– Spouses only Shooting Night at Godfrey’s, Junction City
DON’T DRINK and DRIVE
DON’T DO DRUGS
DON’T DECK your DARLIN
The Avengers have done an outstanding job of
making sure we avoid these issues. Continue to
reach out to those at risk and let them know
that we have each other to lean on.
NOTES from the TOP: 1SG Corner
For the month of July the Avengers have
accomplished several tasks. The com-
AVENGER POOL
pany overcame the challenges of water
survival training by jumping off the
high dive blind folded and holding out
an M4. During the BN Organizational
Day the whole Battalion got together at
PARTY
Moon Lake to enjoy spending time with 18 August at 1200 at Custer Hill Pool
each other’s families. There were
plenty of games and activities to do (Normandy Drive)
with the whole entire family. The com- Join the Avengers for food, games, and a
pany went through the Army Substance
Abuse Program and the Medical Simulator relaxing time at the pool.
Training. On the company resiliency
day the Avengers took their stealth and
shooting accuracy to the test at the Kids Games
paintball range. There was some fierce
competition and a great amount of fun
 Belly Flop Competition
trying to hit everyone on the course.  Water Ball
As always, the individual platoons ac-
complished their job specific training.  Waterman Zombie Tag
The month of July has been an eventful
Platoon Competitions
month and now it is time for the par-
ents to prepare their children for  Water Basketball
school. Alpha company continues to set
a high standard, continue to do this by  Belly Flop Competition
putting forth your best effort in eve-  Sack Toss
rything you do.
1SG Pete Olynick
Avenger 7