at la-stan reporter jan 2012

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM TASK FORCE ATLAS COMMAND TEAM

BATTALION COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR CSM DUCHATELIER

Hello Atlas Family!! First of all I hope that all of you have had an enjoyable holiday season, and

are looking forward to a prosperous new year. The Troopers of Atlas are in high spirits and dis-

play a level of motivation during the execution of their duties that has earned them many lauda-

tory comments throughout the theater of operation. Their commitment to excellence and resolve

to successfully accomplish all assigned tasks is without doubt the driving force of our units over-

all success. I also want to thank you for all of the support, care packages’, letters, and prayers that

you have provided and continue to provide. Your support will always be greatly appreciated and

serve as a source of encouragement to us all. We will keep you in our prayers and in our

thoughts. Take care and God Bless Atlas 7

Inside this issue:

Alpha Company 2

Bravo Company 3

Charlie Company 4

Headquarters Co 5

Safety / Medical 6

Chaplain / Retention 7

Spotlight Section 8

Photo Collage 9

Issue 2

JANUARY 2012

AT-LA-STAN REPORTER BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN

BATTALION COMMANDER LTC GEROW

TF Atlas Families and Supporters:

As I write this the snow continues to fall. While the snow brings a welcomed relief to the flying crews, TF Atlas Troopers still have plenty to get done. HSC and A Co begin to transition into different company command headquarters. Now all four of the company

headquarters are on the same side of the airfield and only the Task Force Headquarters is left to move. A Co moves into a newly reno-vated, through their own labor, rotary-wing passenger terminal and continue to provide top notch customer support to hundreds of Soldiers and civilians a day. Our Forward Arming and Refueling Points (FARPS) throughout Regional Command East (RC-E) con-tinue to improve and in some cases, expand, everyday. B Co's phase maintenance support outshines every other ASB in the country and they only get better and this is an indisputable and documented fact. C Co's communications nodes spread throughout the Re-

gional Command East (RC-E) are relied on by all the major units operating throughout RC-East and have been extremely responsive in their support.

Our replacements will soon be here for their Pre-deployment Site Survey (PDSS) and we are beginning to talk about our re-

deployment plans. We are keeping busy and I know for us that helps pass the time. For you the Families I know sometimes the days seem like weeks and the weeks seem like months. I cannot adequately express our gratitude and thanks for all you have to do with a

family member deployed. I would also like to extend our extreme thanks for all the packages and support sent through the holidays. It has been truly amazing.

TF Atlas' rear-detachment personnel also have an extremely important task ahead of them--preparing the battalion for it's return.

Yes, we have to start talking about that now so we can get the systems in place for a smooth transition upon our arrival. This deploy-ment is a team effort whether the Troopers are here at Bagram, some other Forward Operating Base (FOB), or at Ft Bragg. Our team

has performed superbly and I could not be prouder. ATW! Maintien le Droit!

Company Commander’s Corner

ALPHA COMPANY— “TEAM MAXIMUS”

AT-LA-STAN

1SG Arthur Pickett

First Sergeant’s Corner Families and Friends,

The Troopers of A Co 122nd are doing an outstanding job. Their hearts and prayers go out to each of your families during this time of

the year. Knowing the task at hand, they continue to push forward and impress our leaders with their professionalism and hard work.

They stay committed to job completion on every skill level.

Every day when I wake up, I am more proud than the day before because I have been blessed with the opportunity to lead this well

tuned company on the battlefield. I look forward to continuing to do so upon our return. Our numbers on what we have achieved and done is a reflection of this unit and what it is capable of whenever

called upon.

The Troopers give their thanks for all of your support during the holidays. Your contribution of selfless service and holiday cheer

boosted the morale of each and every Trooper. A Co 122nd would like to wish all the Families of TF Atlas and especially the Maximus Fam-

ily Happy Holidays. Again we say Thanks!

Maximus 7

Alpha Company had their Christmas Party. Although many were working, the celebration continued on. Thanks to the efforts of SFC

Shamiska Reese, those who could attend had a blast.

Maximus Family,

Greetings and hope all is well. Your Soldiers are all well and doing a phenomenal job supporting the Company

and Battalion’s missions at numerous locations. Simply put, no rotary wing aircraft flies in Regional Com-

mand East, Afghanistan without the direct efforts and support of your Soldiers. Your fine and brave Maximus

Troopers have provided high quality aviation grade fuel for the fueling of many US and NATO aircrafts, as

well as countless ammunition for aircraft arming operations.

In addition to the Company’s refueling and arming missions, the Transportation and Supply Support Activity

(SSA) Platoons’ contributions to the Battalion and Brigade missions have been enormous. The Transportation

Platoon through its Airfield Departure Arrival Control Group (ADACG) mission has moved numerous passen-

gers and cargo throughout RC-East, Afghanistan. Their efforts have allowed Soldiers to rejoin the fight, criti-

cal supplies to move across the battlefield as well as ensuring instructors travel throughout the battlespace to

introduce and teach new weapons systems to Soldiers. The Supply Support Activity Platoon through its mis-

sion of providing class IX air supplies to support and sustain full spectrum aviation operations have per-

formed remarkably well. The SSA has literally kept the blades of the aircrafts turning through processing and

receiving over one million dollars worth of critical aviation repair parts.

Thanks for the support and the personal sacrifices that you make with your loved ones being away. The Com-

mand team of 1SG Pickett and I are very grateful to have and enjoy your support. Happy New Year!

Maximus 6

AT-LA-STAN REPORTER

The Grinch was MIA this year in the B Co

122 ASB hangar! With high morale and lifted

spirits, every section seemed to have

Christmas decorations. While some

stockings remained empty Christmas

morning, this all changed at 2130 when a bus

arrived carrying an Operation North State

care package for every Soldier in B Co. It was

a complete surprise to everyone when a bus

completely filled with hundreds of packages

arrived. It truly felt like Christmas morning

watching our Soldiers rush the bus and

search for their gift which contained food,

candy, and sentimental items from home.

B Co were not the only Sol-

diers to get what they

wanted for Christmas this

year. The Brigade Com-

mander, COL Jamison, cer-

tainly got what he wanted this

Christmas when the Black-

hawk mechanics completed a

PMI 1 phase in 5 days; an

entire week ahead of sched-

ule. The Tango section from

maintenance platoon has

been running 24 hour opera-

tions since they arrived in

theater, yet they continue to

maintain the motivation and

momentum necessary to con-

sistently perform phase main-

tenance ahead of schedule.

It has been said that it is im-

possible for our Brigade to

sustain this high of an OP-

TEMPO for the duration of

the deployment, yet here we

are; 31 phases complete with

approximately 40,000 hours

flown. Four months into our

rotation, we have already

completed more phases than

those completed in OEF XI

and predict we’ll fly 30,000

hours more than those flown

last year.

Can the Tangos’ keep it up?

Stay tuned to find out!

Thanks for your hard work

and dedication to excellence!

“PSGDA” This month in fitness, the

First Annual Bostick Invitational was held 9 – 12

December 2011. It was a hard fought match play

event which resulted in a sudden death playoff be-

tween three new comers and one veteran to the

“PSGDA” Professional Soldier Golfer Deployment As-

sociation. All players where decked out in the tradi-

tional Scottish custom knickers as they challenged the

demanding course. All four Soldiers tee’d off on this

nail biting 90 yard first playoff of sudden death

match. The competition was fierce as all were hoping

for a victory before Christmas.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM BRAVO COMPANY, TF ATLAS

“WHATCHA BENCH” This is a repository of all the fitness tricks and trades that you the Joe

are using to stay fit. Today is a story of a man named Darrell he was

not told to move away from there and go to Beverly he just decided to

join the Army and be all he can be. SPC Darrell Gatlin leads an intense

45 minute workout six days a week. His method of destruction is

“INSANITY”. He begins this grueling workout with ten minutes of

warm up exercises. Darrell has been known to break off a few Soldiers

just during the warm up. His dedication to fitness has started a buzz

and his attendance has pushed to over 30 Soldiers a night.

B Co Spotlight

AT-LA-STAN REPORTER

So here we are again, spreading the

news and the Holiday cheer from

abroad during our “Living the Dream”

vacation in the beautiful snow-capped

mountains of Afghanistan.

We are now in the second quarter of

our deployment and starting the grind

of our tour during the Christmas sea-

son. Many of us have the opportunity

to make a morale call, Skype or webcam

with our families, watching our children

get excited about what Santa has left,

and hearing the laughing and playing

with their new toys in the background. It has

given many of us time to reflect and be

thankful.

Despite being

shorthanded on

personnel, our

Company has

truly stepped-

up to the plate

and made the

mission hap-

pen. We have

had several

change in mission and mission require-

ments and your Troopers have per-

formed without fail.

Continue to send all of

your love and support to

these outstanding Troopers.

From all the Troopers in

Charlie Rock Company, we

wish you the happiest of

holidays and a Happy New

Year.

“LET’S GET IT”

praises for the work and support they have

given over the last few months from mem-

bers of the Battalion Command team and

supporting Task Forces. As busy as we are

with this deployment, Troopers have found

a way to embrace the Holiday Spirit. We

have received overwhelming support from

back home we will continue to work hard to

ensure the communication backbone is

solid throughout RC-East. Many of our

Troopers are looking forward to a little R & R and are eagerly anticipating their oppor-

tunity to come home and relax. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

LET’S GET IT! ORACLE 7

To all Family and friends of the Charlie

Rock, I would like to take time to inform

you that your Troopers have been perform-

ing outstanding while here in Afghanistan.

Charlie Company has provided our Com-

rades with exceptional communication sup-

port throughout RC East. We have had

quite a few moving pieces over the last few

months, but our Charlie Rock Troopers

have embraced the bigger picture and are

working hard at making the mission hap-

pen. Several of our teams have been given

the CPN but also with the Army Engi-

neers constructing and preparing the

new location, which has been a cumber-

some task and they have been up to the

challenge. CPN team 77534 received a

new team chief, SGT Delarosa, who has

made it a seamless transition for the CPN

team and the supporting units. SGT De-

larosa, SPC Janey, PFC Messier, and PFC

Waldman have received many kudos

from the supported units and continue to

do a great job. CPN team 77537, with

PFC Dunigan, SPC Lowery, SPC Janey,

and SGT

Dolan will be

moving to a

new location

within the next month and are doing an out-

standing job. We are looking forward to hav-

ing CPN 77537 on BAF for a little while. We

have still not heard a peep from CPN Team

77536 with PFC Merritt, SPC Miller, M., SPC

Ramos, and SGT Frazier but they are receiv-

ing many thanks from the supported unit.

Happy Holidays! ORACLE 6

Seasons

Greetings

family,

friends and

Troopers of Charlie Company. I hope this

holiday season finds you all doing well.

Despite being in Afghanistan for a little

over three months, Soldiers of Charlie

Company are still going strong. CPN

77532, previously led by SGT Coffie, re-

ceived a new team chief SGT Anstee and

moved to a new location further south.

The team has been working not only on

AT-LA-STAN REPORTER

AT-LA-STAN REPORTER

Here we are already in January and the

time is flying by. I hope

that everyone had a

great Holiday Season and a

Happy New Year. First

I want to start off by welcom-

ing Hans Robert Burgdorf into the HSC

Family. Congrats to the Burgdorf Family on their

new addition! I also want to say that the HSC Sol-

diers are doing an awesome job everyday here and

we could not do it without our Family and friends to

support us. I do believe in giving praise where it is

due, the friends and Families supporting us at home

have been loading the mail system down with their

wonderful care packages. Every day, we receive

more goodies from home. It keeps smiles on every-

one’s faces and is definitely a morale booster

for the Soldiers. I also want to thank our

wonderful FRG Leaders and all the Families

(especially SSG Horn’s mother-in-law, who

had FED-EX bring the entire battalion stock-

ings) for their support to the entire company

in ensuring every Soldier received a present

for Christmas. Remember to keep an eye on

our Facebook Page. I am always around

taking pictures of our great Soldiers in action

and getting the pictures up as soon we can.

CPT Reeves —Opinicus 6

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First Sergeant's Corner

Happy Holidays from Opinicus 6

Month of December...

tion, a

winning

team

and a

strong

Family

that leans to the left and right to support each

other no matter what. We are three months

into the fight and the time is flying by. I would

like to thank you all for your support during the

Holidays with the care packages. They were

greatly appreciated and the Soldiers enjoyed all

of the personal hygiene, candy, cookies, and

books just to name a few. We as a team (HSC)

will continue to do what we do best and that is

to provide support to the different Task Forces

that we support. Thanks again for

all the love and support you all have given the

HSC Family. My wish for you all is to have a

safe and prosperous New Year!

1SG Wimberly Opinicus 7

Greetings to all the

Families, I would like

to take this time to say

that I hope everyone

had a wonderful and

Blessed Holiday Sea-

son. The Soldiers here

are doing great things and are continuing to

push forward with a positive attitude. We’ve

grown stronger in our ranks and have welcomed

in seven new Soldiers, we have had four NCO

promotions and multiple Soldiers receive recog-

nition for all the great things being done in the

company in December alone. The Leaders,

Officers, NCOs and the Soldiers of HSC are “In

it, to win it!” We have an outstanding organiza-

In the photo from front, left to right, and back: CPT Reeves, SSG Alvarez, SSG Fischl, SGT Krueger,

PFC Young

“There are no

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work, and

learning from

HSC received a banner from Fort Bragg Family

Readiness Group (FRG)

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CW3 (P) TURNER

SSG CARRINGTON

Engaged Leaders make

Safer Troopers!

As we have now completed the first quarter of

this deployment, We as leaders continue to

monitor the Safety of our Troopers during all

operations.

We continue to have engaged Troopers being

recognized for their contributions to the Task

Forces safety program. SPC McCarty of B Co

for his role in reorganizing Bravo compa-

nies Hazardous Materiel storage and dis-

posal program. His works enable the TF

to store and dispose of HAZMAT properly.

SPC Williams of HSC for identifying the

lack of chock blocks in the motor pool. He

took it upon on himself to make chock

blocks for all equipment lacking them.

PV2 Neer of A Co. for his overall safety

consciousness. He has been able to foresee

potential hazards and have them corrected

thru the proper channels. He has corrected

and ensured that his peers are conducting

operations safely, from wearing seatbelts in

moving vehicles to wearing proper personal

protective equipment. The actions of these

Troopers are force multipliers for keeping

our Atlas.

Safety Awards

SPC McCarty, Russell A. B Co.

SPC Williams, Demitrius HSC

PV2 Neer, Jacob A Co.

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I trust that all of the Families back home

had a wonderful Christmas season. We

may not have had any snow, or very many

Christmas trees here, but one thing we did

have was

plenty of

Christmas

stockings!

We are

incredibly

thankful

to all of

the

groups that sent a combined total of well

over 1300 stockings filled with goodies to

all of our Task Force Atlas Troopers. As I

had the privilege 0f handing out many of

the stockings, our Troopers were always

grateful and curious to see what they might

find inside. There was everything from

chap stick and beef jerky, to books, CD’s,

and video games. Many of the Troopers

particularly enjoyed receiving some current

sports, car, and motorcycle magazines—

especially our

Troopers at our

outlying FOB’s.

On Christmas Eve

we had the unique

opportunity of hav-

ing the Battalion

Commander, LTC

Gerow, play his

guitar for both of

our Christmas Eve services at Warrior

Chapel. It was a great experience bringing

our hearts close to home as we sang ‘Silent

Night’ by candlelight. We all look forward

to spending next Christmas at home with

our Families!

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R and R tips! Christmas stockings everywhere! R and R has begun and some of our TF

ATLAS Troopers even got to be home for

Christmas! For most of us though, R and

R is coming in the next couple months.

Because of that, I’ll try to give a different

tip in each newsletter. I hope you find

them helpful!

TIP #1: Proper Prior Planning Pre-

vents Poor Performance. Because your

Trooper has been away for a while, there

are plenty of things that either need to be

done, or that you and your family want to

do during Rand R. Since the time home

goes by

quickly, it’s

easy to get to

day 10 and

still have lots

of things you

wanted to do.

This can lead to frustration and disappoint-

ment. The best thing to do is to make a

plan for your time. This certainly doesn’t

mean you need to be busy, you should

plan lots of just ‘family time.’ You can be

flexible with it—but it’s a whole lot easier

to be flexible with a plan than to have no

plan at all. Make sure you get to do the

important things. Have a great time —have

a plan!

Seasons Greeting Team ATLAS from your Retention Team, as you all know, the Retention Mission for FY12 (Phase I) is quickly coming to an

end. Soldiers who have an ETS date from 1 January 2012 to 30 September 2012 eligibility window will be closing on 31 January 2012.

Also, due to the drawdown of the Army, reenlistment opportunities are no longer unlimited; reenlistment is a privilege, not a right and the

Army will retain the best, and the most highly qualified Soldiers for Retention.

Keep in mind that we are still planning to have a mass reenlistment ceremony for Soldiers who are eligible

to reenlist starting 1 March 2012. Time and place is TBD, I hope for optimal participation.

“KEEP ‘EM IN BOOTS”

Holidays can be

the toughest

part of any deployment, as we are forced

to be away from friends, families, and

loved ones back home. The S2/S3 Fam-

ily has decided not to allow this time to

bring our spirits down.

We first celebrated the month with a

promotion ceremony, promoting Ser-

geant Alvarez to the rank of Staff Ser-

geant. Congratulations SSG Alvarez on a

well deserved promotion..

We also conducted a company wide PT

Test, and although it was very cold out-

side the Soldiers in our section still ex-

celled above and beyond as SSG West

scored a 300, while CPT Toman and SSG

Alvarez scored above 290 on their PT

test. These guys and gal are definitely fit

and strong.

Besides Holidays being a reason to be

joyful, we were excited to celebrate two

birthday’s this month. SSG Zelada turned

42 on the 9th while SFC Wyland turned

40 on the 19th.

As some grow older we have two mem-

bers of the team expecting new life to

their families. CPT Toman is expecting

his 5th girl in April, and SFC Felix is ex-

pecting his 1st child in June, “Good Luck

on those diapers.” CPT Toman may need

to give SFC Felix some advice.

As the month of December comes to an

end and the new year begins... The first

members of the team, SFC Wyland and

SSG Kenefick, will reunite with their

Families as they go home for some much

needed Rest and Relaxation.

section monitoring enemy activities and

trends.

SSG West, SSG Zelada, and SSG Alvarez

are the play makers of the team serving as

Battle NCOs. Each are responsible for

tracking all incidents and missions occur-

ring within the Battalion and/or Brigade

involving any Task Force Atlas Soldiers.

The S2/S3 Family works together as a team

to get the job done.

CPT Toman serves as the Battle Captain/S3

OIC overseeing all operations in the TOC.

SFC Felix is the S3 NCOIC and SFC Wyland

handles the night shift, both ensuring that

everyone is doing their job.

CPT McGill and SPC Burkle operate the S2

Lastly, SSG Kenefick is a valued member of

the team serving as our Land/Ammo NCO.

He ensures all

our Soldiers

remain quali-

fied on their

assigned

weapon.

Battlefield Circulation

Members of the Team

the Charlie Company move to Vulcan.

SSG Alvarez made his journey to Shank

for a quick tour, so quickly he didn't get

off the helicopter.

SSG Zelada stayed for a few days at Bos-

tick while playing CSM’s bodyguard.

SFC Felix flew with the Brigade to Arian

to inspect their operations.

CPT Toman and CPT McGill didn't want

to travel alone and went to visit FOB

Warrior for a site recon. CPT McGill

eventually traveled solo to Bostick, fol-

lowed by CPT Toman to Arian.

SSG West and SSG Kenefick went into

the town of Bamyan to deliver humani-

tarian assistance by giving mattresses

and winter clothes to the locals. They

also visited the Buddha Mountains.

Lastly, our remaining FOBIT is SFC Wy-

land ... He must really like Bagram!!!

FOBITS are Sol-

diers that only re-

main at one loca-

tion throughout

their deployment.

Well...FOBITs

we are not!!!

SPC Burkle led the

way by traveling on

a convoy to East River Range.

SSG West traveled to Ghazni to assist in

S2/S3 Christmas Picture

SPOTLIGHT SECTION

AT-LA-STAN REPORTER

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