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We’ve been working hard in the
headquarters to iron out the
calendar for as far our as
we can. My goal is to
make our business more
predictable so that Sol-
diers and families know
what’s happening a little
better. Our training
calendar is not a secret
for as long as we’re here
in the States, so I have
no problem publishing it,
so that all can see. The Army is
a family business; you’ve earned
the right to know what’s going
on. Another project in the
name of information flow is im-
proving the battalion’s official
web page. LT Poole, the Battal-
ion S6, is learning web-page de-
sign so that our official page is
Wolverines,
As this is my first article for the
Wolverzine, I’d first like to say
thank you for the warm welcome
to me and my family. You made
us feel like one of your own from
day one. This is tremendously
heartwarming. Coming in as an
outsider, I have to say what an
awesome organization this is.
This battalion is comprised of
talented and dedicated folks who
give their all. I can think of no
better place to be, and no better
unit to be with than the 94th
Engineers. Thank you. To top it
off, my penance as a geographic
bachelor is almost over. My
family starts to arrive in late July,
with Laura bringing up the rear in
late August. It’ll be nice to be
back together again.
We’re off to a slow start this
season, but things are going to
pick up starting
with our weapons
qualification at Ft.
Chaffee Arkansas
the week of 11
July. In addition to
four on-post con-
struction projects,
we’ve got a big list
of projects to do at
Ft. Riley. The 77th
with a little help from the 103rd
are headed up to Kansas around
the first of September to make
Ft. Riley a better place to train
for the mighty “Big Red One”.
So, if there’s family business to
take care of, please take care of
it, as some soldiers will ship to
projects off of Ft. Leonard Wood
for weeks at a time.
Summer is finally here, no more
snow days for now. Tish Ander-
son and her family have moved
on to the east coast and although
we were sad to see her go, I am
excited to WELCOME Laura
Calese and her daughters!! They
will be here in September for
good! We hope you are all en-
joying your time in the sun. We
hope all those who are leaving
will have a safe journey to their
new duty station. Thank you to
Corlee Winkler and Sinlan Mor-
row for stepping in to help after
Tish left, your efforts are appre-
ciated!
Sheree, Corlee, and Laura
From the Command
Greetings From Your Advisors
The Wolverzine J U N E 2 0 1 1 9 4 T H E N G I N E E R B A T T A L I O N
F R G
M E E T I N G S :
HHC FRG - 5:30,
2nd Tues, Com-
pany
FSC FRG - 5:30, 1st
Tues, Stonegate
Comm. Center
77th FRG - 5:30, 1st
Tues, Battalion
103rd FRG - 5:30,
1st Thurs, USO
232nd FRG - 6:30,
2nd Tues, Com-
pany
I N S I D E
T H I S I S S U E :
Friendships 2
HHC 3
FSC 4
77th 5
103rd 6
232nd 7
Chaplain 8
Milestones 9
Continued on page 2
P A G E 2
Friendships
Command cont’d more useful to new comers. If
you’ve been in the battalion a
while, you’ve probably latched
onto our awesome FaceBook
page, but the Soldiers and
families moving in will likely hit
the official page looking for a
clue.
There’s lots of turn over this
summer, as there always is in
the Army. Sadly, MAJ John
Morrow has moved on to
Brigade staff, but in trade we
got the awesome team of MAJ
Robert Petty and his wife
Jenny. CPT Robinette will be
giving command of FSC to
CPT Josh Simulcik in July. CPT
Hines will be giving HHC to
CPT Aaron Ferguson in July.
CPT Hines will be moving to
the 103rd, so that CPT Brad-
ford can eventually take com-
mand of the 509th Engineer
Company over in the 5th Engi-
neer Battalion. Our last
change of the summer will be
CPT Ashton taking the 77th
from CPT Hamilton in August.
Thank God the First Sergeants
are all staying put! Lastly, I’d
like to announce that CSM
Keel has been offered the
Command Sergeant Major
position of the 20th Engineer
Brigade at Ft. Bragg next sum-
mer. If you see him or
Sheree, congratulate them.
This is a big deal, and well
deserved.
Please stay safe this summer.
There are lots to do around
here, but take the necessary
precautions as you have fun.
Wolverine 6.
Making friends can be more
complicated in adulthood
than in childhood. It isn’t
always easy to get to know
new people or develop the
trust and affection that make
for a lasting friendship. If
you’ve moved recently or if
your old friends seem less
interested in the activities
you used to share, you may
wonder how you can find
people who share your inter-
ests and values.
It’s important to remember
that there’s a link between
friendship and physical and
mental well-being. The ability
to make new friends
throughout life is a key to
successful aging. The
stronger your ties to other
people, the happier and
healthier you are likely to be.
Some studies have found that
solid friendships even
strengthen the immune sys-
tem because feelings of
T H E W O L V E R Z I N E
FRG Leader Contact Info
HHC
Tami Hines
Headhunters_FRG@yahoo.com
FSC
Amanda Robinette
Robin Edwards
FSCFRG94@yahoo.com
77th
Angie Bryant
Outlaws77@yahoo.com
103rd
Nyree Bradford
Amanda Almeida
Viper_FRG@hotmail.com
232nd
Mara Tate
FRG232nd2011@live.com
warmth and caring tend to
lower the levels of chemicals
associated with stress in the
human body. Reaching out to
other people -- at work, in
your community, or by mail or
online -- can help you gain the
many benefits that enduring
friendships offer.
Friendship often results from a
lucky accident. You may strike
up a fascinating conversation
while waiting for an elevator
or standing in line at the bank.
While you’re watching your
child’s soccer game, you may
meet a parent who shares an
unusual interest that you
thought nobody had but you.
You can’t plan for events like
these, but you can make your-
self available for them. Here
are some tips:
• Spend time outdoors. Read the
newspaper in a park on your
lunch hour, not at home, or
open your mail on your front
steps instead of at the kitchen
table.
• Walk or take public transporta-
tion. Take the bus or walk in-
stead of driving. To boost your
chances of seeing familiar faces,
stick to a regular schedule or
route.
• Join a carpool. If you can’t
walk or use public transporta-
tion, join an office carpool, or
volunteer for a carpool for
your children’s social or ath-
letic events.
• Exercise with others. Do your
aerobic exercises at your local
Y or a gym instead of at home,
or swim at the same time each
day or week at a pool.
• Shop selectively. Buy sports
equipment or CDs at specialty
stores instead of by mail, and
check the stores’ bulletin
boards for events for sports or
music lovers.
• Get a dog. Walk your dog at
the same time each day, and
you’ll probably find that people
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Summer is fully upon us now and
we are all adjusting to the warmer
weather in HHC. Over the last
few months, your Soldiers have
gone into the field, here at Fort
Leonard Wood, where they trained
on basic Soldier skills that are nec-
essary in the event they were ever
called to deploy. In addition, they
HHC Headhunter Headlines
P A G E 3 9 4 T H E N G I N E E R B A T T A L I O N
lies for taking part in the FRG and
for making this last year so enjoy-
able!
Tami Hines
(254)291-4613
FRG Leader Nook
Tami has
done a
wonderful job
as the FRG
Leader of
HHC. Thank
you for all
your hard
work!
have taken part in multiple ranges
and started preparing for our Range
Density at Fort Chafee, AR that will
happen during the second week of
July. Late spring also brought about
several births within the company;
congratulations to all of those HHC
families on their new additions. At
our last FRG meeting, we all met at
the horse stables here on post and
several of you were able to bring
your kids to ride the Winkler fam-
ily’s horses. We were also able to
vote on our next Org Day and we
are looking forward to going to
LORA in late July. On a sadder
note, Tami and I will be saying good
-bye to all of you great Headhunt-
ers on 7 July. We have both en-
joyed working with each of you and
we will miss you all greatly. You
have all been a blessing to us and
we want to thank you for the op-
portunity to serve with you. Fi-
nally, I want to introduce the new
incoming commander whom many
of you have already met. CPT
Aaron Ferguson, his wife Lindsay
and their four children will be com-
ing on board and they are very
excited to meet all of you; please
take a moment over the next few
months to get to know them.
CPT Dennis Hines
As June comes to a close, and the
upcoming change-of-command
becomes a closer reality, I must tell
the families of the HHC how much
of a pleasure it has been to serve,
first, as your FRG co-leader, and
ultimately, as your leader. I’ve come
to know familiar faces of spouses,
soldiers and children, and I never
knew what a joy that could be.
Change is a way of the Army; this
fact doesn’t make it easier, but it
makes it more commonplace and,
therefore, it makes all of us more
resilient. I saw that resiliency in the
families of the soldiers that unex-
pectedly transferred and deployed
with the 5th and I see that resil-
iency in our firefighter families as
they stand by awaiting the impend-
ing return of their loved ones.
Thank you to all of my HHC fami-
P A G E 4
The Families and
Volunteers of FSC
thank Amanda for
all she has done
over the last year.
She helped to
create a very
successful FRG
Families wanted to
participate in!
FRG Leader Nook
FSC Spartan Word This last quarter was very fast
paced and productive. We
safely executed numerous FRG
events, company field training
exercise, and change of com-
mand inventories. As we tran-
sition into next quarter, the
schedule is full with change of
command, range density, and
the battalion and company
organizational days. Thanks for
all your support and keep up
the motivation. Spartans! Sus-
tain Glory
I want to take this opportunity
to thank all the Soldiers and
Families of FSC that made this
command an enjoyable and
learning experience. I have
learned so many valuable les-
sons that will follow me for the
rest of my career. I was hon-
ored to have served with you
and thanks for volunteering
your time and efforts to make
the FSC the best company in
the Army.
CPT Robinette
Lastly, I want to thank all the
families and people who have
helped make the past 15
months as a FRG Leader very
successful and full of fun. It has
been a blessing to work with
the families.
Amanda Robinette
(816)248-1779
Robin Edwards
(870)688-3833
T H E W O L V E R Z I N E
Cooks raising morale for all the companies
during the two week FTX.
Distro platoon working on dismounted
infantry operations.
One of our goals as a FRG was
to find ways for families to feel
more connected to the Army
and to understand what the
soldiers actually do for a job.
To help achieve this goal, CPT
Robinette suggested we hold
an FRG meeting in the motor-
pool, where many of the FSC
soldiers work. The cooks set
up the MKT to cook hot dogs
to give families a taste of what
it looks like when they are
working in the field. There
were a variety of military vehi-
cles for families to get a closer
look, as well as to pretend to
drive. Also, the kids partici-
pated in an Easter Egg Hunt.
We also had several successful
fundraisers. The money raised
will go towards the Company
Organizational Day in August.
77th Rock Steady Report
P A G E 5 9 4 T H E N G I N E E R B A T T A L I O N
The 77th Engineer Company has
been busy the past month. The
Company contributed multiple
soldiers to the 94th Engineer Battal-
ion’s sports teams for Dauntless
Days, resulting in the great, how-
ever unrecognized, success of the
Battalion during the event. Those
winning teams hope to lead the 4th
Maneuver Enhancement Brigade to
a win during the Victory Week
competition at the end of June.
After Dauntless Days, the Com-
pany conducted its final Field Train-
ing Exercise focused on its CCMRF
mission. The FTX tested both
soldiers and leaders on their ability
to perform the multitude of tasks
that they spent the past nine
months learning and mastering.
After recovering from the field, the
Company began preparing soldiers
and equipment for the upcoming
construction season. A number of
projects exist this year, including
work in Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort
Leonard Wood, Missouri; and po-
tentially in Laredo, Texas. For the
coming month the Company will
continue preparing for the upcom-
ing projects, looking forward to the
hard work on the horizon.
CPT Brent Hamilton
had an amazing turn out for Org
Day and everyone enjoyed a cook-
out, bouncy house, sporting events
and daycation style door prizes.
The FRG is currently working to
provide Baby Showers for expec-
tant Soldiers and their Spouses.
Change of Command Inventory and
upcoming FTX's will be keeping the
Soldiers busy for the next several
months. Please ensure Power of
Attorney's and auto repairs are
current.
We're planning a July Family Get
Together (during the FTX), more
information to follow, hope to see
you all again soon!
Rock Steady!!
77th FRG
Angie Bryant
(573)647-6268
77th FRG has been busy fundraising
and planning Company Organization
Day.
Families donated items for Our
garage sale and Soldiers participated
in Pie in the Face at Motor Pool.
There were record breaking fund-
raisers for us!
Company Org Day was held on
June 9th at Colyer Park. The day
started off with Scavenger Hunt
Family P.T. and snow cones. We
FRG Leader Nook
Volunteers are
needed! If you
are interested
in getting
involved
contact Angie
for more info!
P A G E 6
FRG Leader Nook
103rd Viper Bytes Hello again to the Viper and
Wolverine Families! This past
quarter has once again been
extremely busy. From Field
Training Exercises to small
construction projects, your
Vipers have been showing why
they are the “go to” company
for the battalion! The line pla-
toons have kept up the high
tempo of garrison operations
while maintenance platoon
continues to do more work on
the equipment than expected,
keeping the company’s readi-
ness level above the standard,
even while being short handed.
I cannot put into words how
proud I am of these Soldiers
and NCOs; they are truly the
best! We have sent some Sol-
diers to the 509th Engineer
Company for a deployment to
Afghanistan. Please be safe and
we will see them when they
return. This past quarter has
been bitter sweet for me, since
it is my last full quarter as Vi-
per 6. We will change com-
mand in August, and CPT Den-
nis Hines will take the reins of
this outstanding unit. I am so
grateful to have had this op-
portunity, and would like to
say a heartfelt thank you to all
the Viper family for giving me
such great support during the
past year. As the Viper creed
states: “I am and always will be
a Viper.” Thank you to the
Soldiers and families, and I
wish you the best of luck in
the future!
~CPT Bradford
232nd. We are preparing for
our Back to School BBQ in
July, and the theme will be a
“Viper Luau!”, to include a luau
style roast pig. There will be
games and prizes, and the kids
will love the water activities
and shaved ice at the Sto-
negate Community Center.
Once again, we are always
looking for volunteers from
the families to help out and
make our events the best they
can be! Hope everyone stays
cool and has a great summer!
~Nyree Bradford and Amanda
Almeida
FRG Leaders
Nyree Bradford
(573)528-0575
Amanda Almeida
(239)826-4419
A warm summer “Hello” from
the Viper FRG! We have been
very busy this quarter. We
have conducted numerous
fund raisers, to include: motor-
pool BBQs, a PT test breakfast
and food sales during Daunt-
less Days. Our family Easter
Egg Hunt was a great success
with the face painting and a
surprise visit from the Easter
Bunny! Thanks to all that
helped, to include HHC and
T H E W O L V E R Z I N E Vipers standing tall
for BN Change of
Command
SPC Robinson enjoying
the Easter Egg hunt
Families having fun searching for Easter Eggs
SSG Pelech and SGT Lake inspecting the
BBQ equipment before the Motorpool
fundraiser (special thanks to SPC Bishop
too!)
News & Noteworthy!
SPC Ghadi was pro-
moted to SGT
SGT Pelech was pro-
moted to SSG
SPC Rickett was re-
cently married
232nd Warrior Review
P A G E 7 9 4 T H E N G I N E E R B A T T A L I O N
To the Soldiers, Families, and
Friends of the 232nd Warriors:
Since my Change of Command back
in late March, the Warriors have
been busy accomplishing several
outstanding feats while conducting
awesome training and construction
opportunities. Some noteworthy
accomplishments over this last
quarter include: the Warrior Sol-
diers being awarded the Brigade’s
Dauntless Discipline patch, a 5-man
team of Warriors who competed at
the 13th Annual Marine Corps
Volkslauf (a 10K mud run) and
placed 1st place overall, PFC Benja-
min Raymond, our medic, who won
the Battalion’s June Soldier of the
Month Board, and two Soldiers
who participated in the Annual Best
Sapper Competition and placed
within the top 20. While accom-
plishing these various feats, the
Warriors remained busy on Ft.
Leonard Wood with our Range 11
construction, Range 6 construction
and starting a road maintenance
project at training area 244. In
May, the Soldiers conducted some
outstanding squad-level training on
Fort Leonard Wood and began
implementing new training in prepa-
ration for our new upcoming
Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, and
Radiological mission starting 1 Oc-
tober 2011. We have continued to
support the community as well
through our PIES event with East
Elementary which continues to be a
great opportunity for both the
Soldiers and the students. I thank
you all for your continued support
and invite everyone to attend our
FRG meetings every 2nd Tuesday of
the month and our Spouse’s Night
Out once a quarter.
CPT David McKelvin
To the 232nd Friends and Family,
The past few months have been
great. We are currently fundraising
to support our Soldiers and their
families for a trip to Six Flags. The
fundraisers we have participated in
included a garage sale, pancake
breakfast, car/truck show and a
bake sale all throughout this past
quarter. In June, we did something
a little different at our fundraiser by
having a hot dog lunch at our mo-
tor pool and invited the 232nd fami-
lies to come to work with their
spouses. The kids were able to join
in on PT and see what the “army
vehicles” looked like up close and
watch how they moved. Our Sol-
diers demonstrated a few pieces of
equipment and the families really
enjoyed it! We ended the day with
another pie in the face and raised
over $1000 for our trip. We all had
fun and have an appreciation for
what our Soldiers do every day!
Our time spent at work with our
soldier was a great way to incorpo-
rate family and fun.
Looking forward to our next
events!
Mara Tate
232nd FRG Leader
(314)496-7719
FRG Leader Nook
News & Noteworthy!
Re Enlistments
SPC Goudy
SPC Foster
SPC Long
Jacobs on the grill
Kids on the equipment
P A G E 8
Chaplain Davis
has the same cell
phone number as
the previous
Chaplain,
(573)433-1672
Chaplain’s Blessings We’d like to
take a moment
to welcome
our new Chap-
lain, CPT Chad
Davis. He is
coming to us
from Aberdeen Proving
Grounds, MD. We hope that
he and his family are settling in
and will enjoy their tour here
with us!
4th MEB Bible Study
Wednesdays 1130-1230
Specker Chapel
Lunch provided
The survey includes 135 ques-
tions that address a range of
offerings from fitness centers
to libraries, and automotive
services to leisure activities.
Officials hope to have survey
data returned in about three
weeks, Gordon said.
“If [service members] can turn
it around quickly, we can soon
understand how we’re doing
and see how we can get bet-
ter,” he said. Sent randomly,
the survey takes about 20
minutes to complete, he
added, and the answers are
kept confidential and anony-
mous.
“We want to get a sense of
exactly what our service mem-
bers and their families are
using [at MWR] so we can
American Forces Press Service | by
Terri Moon Cronk
Defense Department officials
intend to use input gained
from customer satisfaction
surveys to bolster Morale,
Welfare and Recreation pro-
grams and meet the up-to-date
needs of service members and
their families, the deputy assis-
tant secretary of defense for
military community and family
policy said today.
Officials are electronically
sending 600,000 surveys to
military installations world-
wide, Robert L. Gordon III
said. The survey is the first of
its kind to collect input from
all components of the U.S.
military, including National
Guardsmen and reservists, he
added.
tailor it to our multigenera-
tional force,” Gordon said.
Recognizing the differences in
multigenerational needs is
essential to members of the
armed forces, he noted.
The MWR survey does not
include data from family mem-
bers since valid contact infor-
mation was not available for
them. Because of this, Gordon
emphasized that service mem-
bers should keep their families
in mind when filling out the
survey.
“If you get it, please fill it out
quickly, and know that your
opinion counts and will make
MWR better for you and your
family members,” he added.
“Quality of life is important to
us.”
T H E W O L V E R Z I N E
MWR Satisfaction Surveys
Farewell My Friend
P A G E 9 9 4 T H E N G I N E E R B A T T A L I O N
So Long, Farewell, auf Wiedersehen,
Good-bye. To all of you who are leav-
ing to move on to bigger and better
things we wish you good luck in your
life and career.
HHC - MAJ Morrow & family, CPT
Powell & family, Seda, CPT Hines &
wife, SSG Lanier & son, and PFC
Haubold & wife.
FSC - CPT Robinette & family, SSG
Vong, SGT Church, SGT Pritchard,
SGT Lancaster, SGT Greer, SPC
Willis, SPC Jones, SPC Pate, SPC
Raby
77th - SGT Mcmahon, SGT Cole,
SFC Malkin, CPT Hamilton & wife,
1LT Cain
103rd - SSG Coleman, SGT Lake,
SGT Snook, SGT Arnold & family,
SGT Klein, PV2 Wilson, and SGT
McAnally.
SSG Taylor, SGT Watson, SGT
CPL Bell, SPC Cooper, PFC Risely,
PFC McNeil
77th
SGT Duncan and family, PVT Ny-
berg, PV2 Diamond, PFC Bolden,
SGT Oats, SPC Boose, PFC Ne-
gron, PV2 Thomas, SPC Guffey,
SPC Jones, L., SPC Crissey, SGT
Taylor, SGT McQueen, PFC Russ,
PV2 Murry, SGT Alcala, PVT
Rucker, PV2 Keeler, PVT Bennett,
We welcome into the ranks of the
Wolverines the following Soldiers and
Families:
HHC
CPT Aaron Ferguson & family, CPT
Chad Davis & family, CPT Troy
Miller, and MAJ Robert Petty
FSC
2LT Sybert, WO1 Choate, SSG
Smith, SGT Smith, SGT Sweger,
SGT Thorne and family, SGT Mills,
Special Deliveries
Welcome Wolverines!
HHC - CPT & Mrs. Ashton, baby boy Michael James on 8 April; SPC Butler,
baby boy Branson McKay on 23 May; SGT Pearson, baby girl Kyndil Malia on 24
May; 1LT & Mrs. Sullivan, baby girl Lily on 24 May; SSG & Mrs. Lawton, baby boy
Damian on 25 May; 1LT & Mrs. Presley, baby boy Anthony on 30 May; and PVT Harris, baby girl
London Rose on 12 June.
FSC - 1LT & Mrs. Moore, baby girl Saiya; SGT & Mrs. Mills, baby boy Jayden on 17 May; SGT &
Mrs. Weston baby girl Abigail; SPC & Mrs. Sigman baby boy Zadyn; PFC & Mrs. Collins baby girl
Kylee.
77th - SGT & Mrs. Luteyn, baby girl Audrina Lilianna; SPC & Mrs. Mclendon, baby girl Evan.
103rd - SPC Fahl, SGT Eskridge, SPC Lewis.
232nd - SPC & Mrs. Glenn, baby boy Bryson on 22 June.
PFC Lesniewski, PFC Marquez, PV2
Arnott, SPC Bartlett, PVT Daigle,
PV2 Rosato, SPC Ornot
103rd
SSG Brown, PFC Carson, SPC
Chaffin, PFC Evans, SPC Hackney,
SPC Huffles, and PFC Nelson.
232nd
SPC Singer, SGT Harky, SFC Matte-
son and family, SPC Cobb, SPC
Hearn
Herridge, PVT Bar-
nett, PVT Taylor,
PFC Mean all trans-
ferred to 509th EN
CO to deploy.
232nd - SGT Williams, PV2 Mathis,
SSG Veliz, SPC Goudy, SPC Johns,
SPC Foster.
SPC Green, SPC Houston, SGT
Hibburd, PFC Campbell, SGT Sim-
mons all transferred to 509th EN
CO to deploy.
P A G E 1 0
SGT Michael Fleming
SGT Daniel Lane
SGT Paul Smith
SPC Brian Hessler
SPC Mike Stoke
SPC Adam Rex
SPC Cory Henning
Welcome Home Firefighters!
Friendships cont’d
Godspeed 509th Deployers! Not quite two months ago 18
of our Soldiers were trans-
ferred to the 509th Engineer
Company, 5th Engineer Battal-
ion to deploy to Afghanistan in
support of Operation Enduring
Freedom.
June 16th the unit headed out
for year long mission clearing
roads of mines.
We pray these Soldiers com-
plete a successful mission and
return home safely to their
Families.
PFC Arnold Aguilar
PFC David Haubold
PFC Troy Owens
SPC Frederick Hogrefe
SPC Adam Hamann
SPC Andrew Burd
SSG Adam Johnson
SPC Cristina Ortega
PVT Stephen Barnett
PFC Scott Taylor
SPC Veasna Mean
SGT Roger Herridge
SGT Jeremy Watson
SSG Gregory Taylor
SPC Jerome Green
SGT Harry Simmons
SPC Allen Houston
SPC Jason Campbell
ple. If you don’t have a com-
puter, most local libraries pro-
vide free access to the Inter-
net.
• Remember that you can share
solitary activities with others. If
you love to read, find out if
your public library or book-
store has readings by local
authors or a book discussion
group. If you like to draw or
paint, take your sketchbook or
love talking to the owner of a
friendly pet.
• Use the Internet. If you have a
computer, visit the Web sites
for your town and for local
colleges to stay up to date on
community activities. Or con-
sider joining a networking site
like LinkedIn www.linkedin.com),
which can help you reconnect
online with former acquaintan-
ces and get to know new peo-
As we say good-bye to one
group we welcome home an-
other. The 562nd Firefighting
Detachment will be returning
to the 94th Engineer Battalion
after almost a year of service
in Afghanistan, ironically at
FOB Wolverine.
Job well done Soldiers and
we’re glad to have you back!
T H E W O L V E R Z I N E
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military life, trusted community
resources are often difficult to
identify and locate," he acknowl-
edged. "These online tools will help
service and family members attain
the best match between resource
and need."
Thomas said servicemembers and
their families can rest assured that
they're being provided with top-
notch care. The site "links military
family members with somebody
that the Department of Defense
says, 'We've entrusted you to pro-
vide this service to our people,'"
Thomas said. "If that military mem-
ber is out on the front line knowing
that the family back home has a
sense of ease and comfort, life is
good for everybody," he added.
While the membership is free, ser-
vicemembers will be responsible for
the hiring and payment of caregiv-
ers, officials said.
care providers will be highly benefi-
cial to our servicemembers and
their families," said Tommy T. Tho-
mas, deputy undersecretary of
defense for military community and
family policy.
The paid membership enables mili-
tary families entry to a custom-built
Defense Department Web site
portal where they can match up
caregivers to their situation; gain
instant access to caregiver profiles
that include background checks,
references and reviews; and find
military-certified care providers as
well as caregivers who are military-
subsidized and authorized access to
a military installation.
The site will help meet the unique
needs of military families as they
face deployments, long hours at
work and assignments to remote
locations, Thomas said.
"Because of the mobile nature of
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Military families have free access to
an online network of quality care-
givers who can assist with every-
thing from babysitting to dog walk-
ing.
Sittercity is the nation's largest
online source for local babysitters,
nannies, elder care providers, dog
walkers, housekeepers and tutors,
and contains more than a million
caregiver profiles, officials said.
Military members and their families
can activate their membership by
going to http://www.sittercity.com/
dod.
The Sittercity Corporate Program,
funded by the Defense Department,
offers military families -- including
active duty, Guard and Reserve --
with a paid membership to the site.
"We believe that access to Sitter-
city's nationwide network of quality
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virtual tours and floor plans with
room planners for homes for sale
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Check out
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terest or hobby. Getting connected
with others builds lasting relationships
and connections that get us through
the day.
Family Strong!
Stephanie
Stephanie D. Leary
Family Readiness Support Assistant
Bldg 1022 East 20th Street
Fort Leonard Wood, MO 65473
Phone: (573)596-0131 ext 6-3968
Cell: (573)837-8086
E-mail: stephanie.leary@us.army.mil
94th Engineer FRG Steering Committee
Mission Statement:
We will listen to and handle Family member concerns and
issues with respect, understanding, and kindness.
We will provide the necessary, appropriate communications
and resources to help Family members stay informed, knowl-
edgeable, and educated.
We will reach out personally to all Family members with
genuine concern and appreciations in order to sustain, sup-
port and motivate them throughout their Wolverine tours.
We will act responsibly with the financial assets and re-
sources of the 94th Engineer Battalion and promise to use
these monies to benefit the Wolverine Family members as a
whole.
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need to take care of ahead of time.
Finding a support group is another
good idea, not only in case of a de-
ployment but also for your everyday
well-being. This can be found in many
different places depending on your
lifestyle. Some find support through
their church, others the FRG or
through a group with a common in-
The last minute request for volun-
teers to deploy with the 509th Engi-
neer Company is a great example at
how unpredictable life in the Army
can be. While our battalion tries its
best to ensure our Soldiers and Fami-
lies are familiar with Missions, TDYs,
field exercises and other events,
things do pop up unexpectedly every
once in awhile. Ensuring you
are prepared beforehand will
help relieve some of the
stress of these surprises.
Ask your FRG Leader or
myself for a copy of a ’pre-
deployment’ checklist that
can help give you an idea of
what you should have or