Family Readiness Group Volume 1, Issue 5, March 2010

108TH QUARTERMASTER CO

NEWS

Inside this Issue:

Rough Riders…..Ride or Die!

1 News

7 Community Information

300 Club 3

8 From the 1SG’s Desk

FRG Volunteer Contact Information 8

From the Commander’s Desk 8

Photo’s 4-6

NCO Induction Ceremony 2

Be sure to check out our FRG Facebook page! 108th Quartermaster Company

FRG page. We will update with news and photos of your Soldiers in action.

Promotions:

Promotions / Baby News 1

Important Numbers 7

NCO/Soldier of the Month

NCO/Soldier of the Month 1

For the month of March, the Company NCO and Soldier of the month are:

SGT Ransom of 3rd Platoon and

SPC Polewarczyk “Pole” of Maintenance Platoon.

SGT CORTES, EMMANUEL SPC NGUYEN, DONG SPC RAMOS, REYES SPC SATURNE, LACOSTE

Baby News: Congratulations to SPC Schaefer and his wife Tracy, they welcomed a baby girl on the 12th of March. She weighed 7lbs and was 19 inches long.

CONGRATULATIONS to SPC Jason Farlow!!! He is now the 732d CSSB Soldier of the Month for March. He will compete for the Battalion Soldier of the Quarter on 10 April 2010.

SPC SMITH, ADRIAN SPC TALLEY, TRAVIS PFC TELLEI, EFRIN

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The 36th Sustainment Brigade hosted an NCO Induction Ceremony on 30 March 2010. The guest speaker was Command Sergeant Major Mark D. Joseph, Command Sergeant Major of the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary).

The NCOs inducted from the 108th Quartermaster Company were:

SGT Donald Williams, SGT Angelo Harrison, SGT James Hill, SGT Nathaniel Herring, SGT Lanilua Pine, SGT Emmanuel Cortes and SGT John Maline.

NCO Induction Ceremony

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Community Information *There is a wavier for fees for recreational sports for families of DOD employees that are overseas.. more info at http://corpslakes.usace.army.mil/employees/usefees/waiver.cfm *GREAT ACS activities there are TO MANY events to list! See more about Easter Extravaganza, Golf tournaments, Junior Golf, Library, ITR (tickets and travel), Bowling, Wii sports tournament, Skate day, Spring break camps, Puppy bowl, etc.. at http://www.leemwr.com/Main%20Page/mwr_events.htm#calendar * Use this link to find information about jobs on Fort Lee, the community, At the civilian personel adversary center: http://www.lee.army.mil/cpac/ *CYS sports and activities: http://www.leemwr.com/CYS/cys_cys_skies.htm * See parental education and resources site at : http://www.leemwr.com/CYS/cys_cys_parent.htm * Don't forget about Bill Russell our Military and Family life counselor, he's here 24/7 to help military or civilian families. He's a wonderful trained counselor if you should need him for yourself or your children to deal with the deployment, a loss in your family, reunion, anything you might need to speak to him about, please use this valuable resource! It's FREE. 804-930-7204 ***VERY exciting event on Fort Lee: The arena known as the "lee playhouse" is being renovated and turned into a FULL movie theater!!! :) THis will open with "How to train your Dragon" on April 15th! We are VERY excited to have a movie theater at Fort Lee! :) The movies will be the same cost as other posts, $2 per person! With VERY reasonable priced popcorn and snacks! :) They plan to show 1 "younger aged" type movie per week and 1 "soldier" type movie for the AIT students on post! ENJOY!

* Also MORE exciting news on Fort Lee; the MUCH anticipated opening of our $6.5 MILLION dollar Shopette and Gas station on 6th Street will open approx. the 30th of March!!! ENJOY having gas again on Fort Lee!!!! And a VERY nice chicken place, shopette area! The commissary is planning to be renovated, but this has not begun yet.

108th Company : 804-734-4447; Rear D Commander :1LT Rivers 804-892-4163 Rear-D 1SG: SFC Cruiz-Ortiz 804-895-1830 Chaplain: CPT Gunther 804-895-3444

Important Numbers Red Cross: 877-272-7337

ACS/AER: 9023 Mahone Ave; Fort Lee, VA; 804-734-6388

Military One Source: 24/7 # 1-800-342-9647 www.militaryonesource.com

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From the Commander’s Desk REAR-D Commander:

1LT William Rivers William.j.rivers@conus.army.mil

FRG Leader: Heidi Weaver

Weaver.heidi@gmail.com 804-318-7500 Co leader:

SSG Stephens Felicia.stephens@us.army.mil 804-734-4447 Key Callers:

1st PLT: Marissa Ramos: miss.marissaramos@yahoo.com 804-892-2979 2nd PLT: Wilma Gircsis wgircsis@comcast.net 804-723-8167 3rd PLT: Lyla Moore shonese71@aol.com 804-415-4369 Maint: Major Chatters Spaceship143@yahoo.com 804-715-4454 HQ: Natalie Bassett nvillegas81@yahoo.com 562-373-8745 Rear-D: Ronika Herring rocecherring@yahoo.com 804-957-5903, 706-442-1193

Newsletter: Heidi Weaver

Secretary: OPEN FOR APPLICATION:

APPLY TO HEIDI WEAVER IF INTERESTED.

Treasurer: SSG Stephens

From the 1SG’s Desk

Greetings! It was another busy month for the Rough Riders. The company completed its PT test, continued its transportation mission and picked up an additional mission of providing fueling support here on COB Adder. I am really amazed at the accomplishments of our

Soldiers! They put up some AWESOME PT scores, and our ability to accomplish the mission is second to NO ONE! Another month down! I look forward to sharing our accomplishments next month!

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HEATH R WEAVER CPT, LG Commanding

Hello Rough Rider Family,

This month the unit held it’s company level Physical Fitness test; this will go down in the 108th history books. Since your Soldiers arrival, they’ve executed their mission to the highest

standards. During the spare time, their main focus has been Physical Fitness. Some Soldiers have lost over 50lbs, an accomplishment in itself. The results from the PT test ranged from 200 as the lowest to 337 the highest, with 9 Soldiers scoring over 300. Many are accomplishing goals set for themselves, be proud of your Soldiers, because I sure am. This article I will begin my 1SG’s Shout out comments.

1SG Shout Out:

Very 1st Shout is to my Lady Rough Riders: This is a team of female Soldiers within the unit, spearheaded by 1LT Monica Patton-Neal. These ladies have accomplished something some never thought they would ever do. They all ran the Half Marathon (13.2miles) this month, many thought they wouldn’t make, but these ladies gelled together and pushed each other across the finish line. So this month, I Shout Out my Lady Rough Riders. Take care and always remember to keep us in your prayers.