Wolfpack Other staff sections also pro-

vided critical support to the Task

Force. For example, the S1 sec-

tion received, sorted, and deliv-

ered an average of 2,000

pounds of mail daily and re-

cently sent dozens of Soldiers

home in the first wave of R&R.

The S4 section helped improve

Camp Marmal by coordinating

over $1.5 million in improve-

ments to force protection, living

and work areas, and bus trans-

portation. Soldiers in the S6

section maintained a complex

communications infrastructure

that supported operations and

recently constructed a shelter

housing critical equipment for

the Task Force.

The Unit Ministry Team con-

ducted counseling or religious

services for 60 people per week,

and the medical team provided

care to an average of 280 Sol-

diers. Meanwhile, the orderly

room ordered and received over

250 uniform items in the past

month to keep us well equipped

and looking sharp.

The Wolfpack couldn’t do it with-

out support from home. Thanks

for the encouragement your love

and warm wishes provide!

31 August 2011

Volume 2, Issue 3

TASK FORCE

LOBOS

Featuring updates from:

HHC/Wolfpack 1

A CAC/Vultures

A ASLT/Werewolves

B CO/Blackcats

2

B ATK/Reapers

C CO/Witchdoctors

D CO/ Outlaws

3

E CO/Renegades

F CO/Ravens

Rear Det/Rear Guard

4

LTC Huff and CSM Soliz stand with MSG

Peyton following his promotion.

Soldiers from the Lobos’ mail team hold up

a few packages in the S1 shop.

Task Force Lobos continues to

conduct the highest standard

aviation operations in Afghani-

stan. Our supported ground

forces depend upon the compe-

tence and reliability of our air-

crews and support teams; in all

we do, Soldiers from all ten

companies seamlessly integrate

their distinct capabilities into a

cohesive effort leading to our

success.

Several significant events oc-

curred during the month of Au-

gust. From an operational

standpoint, the Task Force con-

tinued to partner with US,

NATO, and Afghan National

Security Forces in high impact

missions transporting people

and equipment, providing secu-

rity, and defeating the insur-

gency in Afghanistan. Our fre-

quent air assaults provided us

the opportunity to join with sev-

eral International Security Assis-

tance Force members in con-

ducting major offensive opera-

Task Force Commander tions. In fact, the Lobos recently

partnered with the Norwegian

Army in executing the first Air

Assault that Norwegian forces

have ever executed in Afghani-

stan. Despite its historic signifi-

cance, our crews performed the

mission with the same skill, pre-

cision, and eye on safety with

which they complete all mis-

sions.

Whether moving people around

the battle space, delivering es-

sential supplies to isolated

bases, conducting air assault

missions, or providing Air Weap-

ons Teams to engage the en-

emy, the Lobos’ flight companies

embodied professional excel-

lence as they met the needs of

supported commands. Our out-

standing aviation support com-

panies made that success possi-

ble by keeping our fleet of air-

craft and vehicles properly main-

tained, clearing airspace for the

safe execution of missions, and

conducting dozens of adminis-

trative or logistical tasks that

Throughout August, Wolfpack

Soldiers played key roles sup-

porting the Task Force mission.

The Lobos could not operate

without our endless support!

This month, the Staff provided

unrivaled support to the Task

Force Companies. The S3 sec-

tion worked around the clock

controlling and tracking combat

aviation missions and coordi-

nating company actions. The

TACOPS, S3 , and S2 sections

also worked together planning

and controlling air assaults.

impact our flight mission.

We also welcomed our first two

late deployer flights to our for-

ward team. I immediately saw in

these Soldiers an eagerness to

put the training they received on

the Rear Detachment to the test

and contribute to the mission.

Welcome to Afghanistan, Lobos!

Finally, the Task Force recently

hosted our Brigade Commander

and Command Sergeant Major,

COL Novalis and CSM Vela, in a

two-day walk through of the

Task Force Lobos footprint.

CSM Soliz and I enjoyed show-

casing the diverse missions of

our Task Force units and the

dedicated men and women who

sacrifice so much to bring about

our success. Throughout the

visit, The Warrior Command

Team witnessed the Lobos at

their best: professional, compe-

tent, and engaged in completing

their assigned mission. That

shared sense of purpose and

determination make leading the

Lobos such an honor. - LOBO6.

Task Force Lobos, Regional Command-North, Afghanistan

Vultures

The Vultures remained extremely busy in

the month of August, with our crews flying

over 500 combat hours. The hard work of

all the pilots and especially the crew chiefs

directly contributed to the success of the

company. Maintenance crews and our

maintenance test pilot continue to work

without rest to ensure that all Vulture air-

craft stay fully operational for the indispen-

sable missions the company conducts. The tireless efforts of everyone in the

company resulted in several successful

missions including movement of the ISAF

commander, VIPs representing our NATO

partners, members of the Afghanistan

Parliament, and multiple international dip-

lomats. Pilots and crew chiefs continue to

use these missions to train and improve

their flight skills. CW2 Thornburg recently

completed his training and flight progres-

sion. SGT Thomasson and SPC Cox also

completed their progression training and

eagerly await the opportunity to participate

in our high profile missions. SSG Loredo,

recently earned his Aircrew

Wings, signifying completion

of 50 flight hours.

The Vultures extend a warm

welcome to two recent addi-

tions to our Afghanistan Team,

1LT Kassel and CW3 Orama.

Both officers have hard work

ahead of them supporting our

Company.

The Vultures appreciate the

hard work of our FRG in sup-

port of the families back home

and Soldiers in Afghanistan.

The care packages, letters,

and emails continue to pour in

by the truckload. R&R has just com-

menced, and everyone looks forward to

their turn to visit with family and friends on

this mid-tour break. Until next month,

Vultures!

The Blackcats have enjoyed a fantastic

month of August, and we have much to cele-

brate as a Company!

For starters, the Army selected several of

our pilots for promotion to the next higher

grade. Congratulations to: CW3 Brown,

CW2 Rearick, and CW2 Wells on their ad-

vancement. The Command Team would

also like to congratulate CW2 Rossi for the

successful completion of his Pilot-in-

Command evaluation. CPT Jeter and CW2

Smith, two of our newest CH-47F pilots,

recently completed Day and Night readiness

progression training, which qualifies them to

participate in any mission we face.

August also provided us with the opportunity

to welcome our newest arrivals to the Af-

ghanistan theatre of operations: CW3 M. A.

Kemp, CW2 Jason Skelton, and CW2 Jarrett

Nielsen. Welcome to the team!

The Blackcats continue to excel in the rigor-

ous and challenging environment of North-

ern Afghanistan. Morale remains high as

our Soldiers begin participating in R&R leave

and take a well deserved break with family

and friends. On behalf of our Soldiers, we

thank the Family Readiness Group for the

incredible support we receive in the form of

letters, emails, and care packages from

home. Your efforts have kept our attitudes

positive, and we appreciate your kindness!

Blackcats

The company and Task Force received

many compliments regarding the work by all Werewolves in support of the MEDEVAC

mission at outlier FOBs. Their dedication and perseverance have saved lives and

made a difference to ground force Soldiers.

Huge thanks to our Aircraft Maintainers

and Maintenance Test Pilots. The count-less hours of work before and after the

mission allowed the Werewolves to meet mission demand without fail. Often crews

conducted both combat missions and maintenance on the same day, resulting in

a long duty day. The Werewolf maintainers

represent the foundation of this great unit.

Keep up the hard work!

The Werewolves accomplished great things,

but it wouldn’t happen without the much

appreciated support of our loved ones at home.

Your thoughts and prayers help every Werewolf make it

through another

day and will con-

tinue to

aid us through-

out the deploy-

ment.

Were-

wolves! Together

we will

succeed!

Werewolves

With three months completed, the Were-

wolves continue to operate on all cylinders, seamlessly completing missions with 100%

success. A “job well done” to all Werewolf personnel for their outstanding work ethic,

performance, and never quit attitude de-

spite a very demanding OPTEMPO.

August proved very busy for A Assault Com-pany. We conducted multiple personnel

and equipment resupply missions and made Norwegian military history by partici-

pating in its first combat Air Assault. The list of achievements continued after the

successful completion of a highly complex

mountainous terrain Air Assault that show-

cased the skill and flexibility of the unit.

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SGT Hussey, PFC Valis, and SPC Satack

perform maintenance after a mission.

SGT Cruz conducts a preflight maintenance check on a Blackhawk.

SGT Maire, SGT Moncrief, SGT Gallegos, and SPC Beardsley

conduct maintenance on a CH-47F at Camp Marmal.

Care packages continue to stream in with use-

ful and fun items for everyone to enjoy. Thank

you for all that you do and we look forward to

the day we see everyone at home again.

Reapers

Volume 2, Issue 3

Outlaws

Reaper productivity remained high during the

month of August , as we continued to grow as

a company and become more proficient in our

mission set in Afghanistan. Reapers fly around

the clock providing security for ground forces,

participating in air assaults, and escorting

other Task Force helicopters in Regional Com-

mand-North, a mission that presents new chal-

lenges and opportunities to excel on a daily

basis. The month’s highlights started with the

promotion of Corporal Dale Ellis to Sergeant.

Shortly afterward, another one of our stellar

junior Soldiers, Specialist Jeremiah Falls, was

selected for promotion to Sergeant. Congratu-

lations, Reapers!

Also this month, the company’s leaders began

preparing our junior Soldiers to take on in-

creased responsibility in their assigned areas

of work. One can see this in the transferring of

additional duties formerly accomplished by

more senior personnel to Soldiers ready to

expand their responsibilities. Under the su-

pervision of their Noncommissioned Offi-

cers, these Soldiers eagerly use these op-

portunities to learn and grow professionally,

prepping the company for future success.

Reapers also participated in a number of Air-

Ground Integration training sessions in Au-

gust, helping our brothers and sisters in

arms understand our capabilities and what

we can provide for them. August also marks

the beginning of sending Soldiers on R&R

leave, a much anticipated and well deserved

break from the challenges of Afghanistan.

Support from friends and family back home,

especially the FRG, has nearly overwhelmed

us! Our mail clerks constantly flood our

offices with cards and goodies from Amer-

ica. The Reapers would like to say a special

thank you to Operation Gratitude and Honor

around the battle space and supported sev-

eral air assaults by manning forward arming and repair stations. Our Soldiers worked

hard and faced intense challenges to com-plete their mission.

Additionally, we enjoyed promoting six Sol-

diers this month to positions of greater re-

sponsibility. Congratulations to SPC Singletary, SPC Williams, SPC Bollinger, SPC

Hill, SPC McBee and SPC Wheeler. We also eagerly welcomed 5 new Soldiers from the

Rear Detachment who will greatly assist in accomplishing our wartime mission.

We recognized many Outlaws for excellence

during the month. For starters, the Army selected SPC Carter to attend the Warrant

Outlaws displayed impressive teamwork and

tremendous success in our mission to keep the Lobos' aircraft in the air in August. We

recovered numerous broken aircraft from

Officer Course and Flight School and SGT

Cook won the Battalion Soldier of the Month competition. SPC McBee and PFC Fetz re-

ceived coins from the Brigade Commander. SPC Phears received a coin from the Interna-

tional Security Assistance Force Command Sergeant Major, and SGT Bucholtz, SPC

Masteller, and SPC Garcia received coins

from the International Joint Coalition Com-mand Sergeant Major. Great job, Outlaws!

From routine maintenance operations to

spectacular aircraft recoveries, the Outlaws consistently perform above standard. As

summer draws to a close, we look forward to mid-tour leave with family and friends.

Thanks for your continued support of our important work.

location in Northern Afghanistan. As you can

imagine, the success of the MEDEVAC mis-

sion relies heavily on how quickly we reach an

injured Soldier on the battlefield. This antici-

pated move will shorten response times dur-

ing what we call the “Golden Hour”. The team

we’ve selected for this mission jumped at this

exciting opportunity and the challenges it

brings. More to follow on this in the future!

EML season kicked off this month and we

happily sent a number of deserving Soldiers

home to relax with friends and loved ones.

Equally important, we welcomed seven more

Witchdoctors from the Rear Detachment to

Afghanistan. Their smiling faces and eager-

ness to hunker down and get to work pro-

vided a refreshing boost for the whole team.

Greetings Witchdoctor family and friends!

Our team remains fully engaged in providing

reliable evacuation services to supported

forces in Northern Afghanistan. If not flying,

we spent our time conducting critical train-

ing with both our Soldiers and those of our

mission partners at our assigned operating

bases. This valuable training occurred be-

tween the U.S. and NATO allies. Encompass-

ing medical skills training and personnel

recovery training, these opportunities ensure

that medical evacuations take place quickly

and safely, while maximizing an injured Sol-

dier’s care.

We also have conducted extensive planning

for the movement of a platoon to another

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The Shops Platoon in the Maintenance Hangar.

Witchdoctors

Our Troops, two great organizations whose

members provided generous gifts to all com-

pany Soldiers. We consider ourselves very

fortunate because of your generosity!

CW2 Juan Carbajal, an Instructor Pilot, conducts Air-Ground

Integration training with Swedish Soldiers on Camp Marmal.

Crew members from the Witchdoctor Meymaneh team.

The Rene-

gades spent

August im-

proving techni-

cal skills,

cross-training

within 5 differ-

ent occupa-

tional areas,

and working

hard to sup-

port the Lobos

mission. As

seen in each

of our pla-

toons, the

Renegades set

the standard in the Task Force. In fact, our

Soldiers received 30 coins of excellence in

recognition of their unbeatable determination

and hard work!

The dedicated Distribution Platoon refueled

over 220 aircraft during the month of August.

FOB Meymanah and Camp Marmal Soldiers

issued over 400,000 gallons of fuel and sev-

eral types of ammunition to support daily

operations. Despite intense heat and long

hours, our fuel and ammo Soldiers main-

tained a positive attitude to complete their

important mission.

Our motivated Maintenance Platoon recov-

ered several vehicles this month. Renegade

mechanics stand ready to make repairs and

return them to the road as quickly as possi-

ble. In rapid fashion, our talented Soldiers

built a much-needed conference room and

offices for the Maintenance and Distribution

Platoon Leaders. The area looks great!

Headquarters platoon remained on point.

Our orderly room clerks and supply Soldiers

spent the month preparing for an upcoming

Command Supply Discipline inspection while

processing over 20 awards, promotions, and

R&R leave packets this month. Our drivers

improved the motor pool layout and trained

40 Task Force Lobos’ drivers. DFAC Soldiers

worked hard at daily meal preparation, includ-

ing a special barbeque meal served by the

Brigade Leadership to thank our Task Force

Soldiers for their hard work.

Renegade Families, we love you and miss

you! We appreciate your encouragement and

support of our mission. 1SG and I thank you

for all that you do!

Renegades

Our team at Shindand continues to impress

our Air Force partners with their control of a

very active airfield, including fixed wing and

rotary traffic. Their efforts singlehandedly

created a safe, controlled operating environ-

ment for all aviation assets in the area.

I receive nothing but compliments about the

professionalism of our team at FOB Kunduz.

To their delight, they recently moved into con-

tainerized housing at their site. At other loca-

tions in Northern Afghanistan, we reserve

living quarters of this quality for VIPs.

In recent visits across the battle space, 1SG

Pinckney and I enjoyed the opportunity to

observe our Ravens in action. You can rest

assured that they do fantastic work, and re-

main committed to succeeding in their as-

signed tasks. Finally, please join me in con-

gratulating SSG Acree and SGT Calderon on

their recent

promotions.

Your Troop-

ers lead the

way in Task

Force Lobos

and I could

not feel

prouder of

their accom-

plishments

in Afghani-

stan.

Ravens In

Control!

Ravens

As our deployed Soldiers complete their

third month of their deployment, many

families have begun welcoming Soldiers

home for R&R. It’s wonderful to see famil-

iar faces in the area during this well-

deserved break. With the new school year

upon us, we hope the next 9 months fly by!

While many of you enjoyed buying new

school wardrobes and packing backpacks

for your junior Lobos, we continue to do the

same for our Soldiers: over two dozen of

our Lobos received new uniforms, packed

and marked their bags, and deployed to

Afghanistan on August 18th. Although we

regretted seeing them go, we know that

their service downrange will make a huge

difference to the team.

Autumn brings with it a number of great

events in which we hope you can participate!

We will host our Spouse’s Bowling Bash on

September 19th (look for a flyer to come out

through your FRG). We look forward to par-

ticipating in the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade

Spouse’s Spur Ride on October 6th. If you

want more information or would like to regis-

ter, please contact your FRG Leader prior to

September 15th. Also, ACS will host a

“Spouse Deployment Fitness Day” on Sep-

tember 10th from 0900-1230. Participants

can choose up to three awesome classes

(including Self Defense, Financial Resilience,

and Relationship Enrichment), with childcare

provided! Those interested can register prior

to September 5th by calling (254) 288-2794.

Thank you again for everything you do for

your Soldier, our unit, and our country! If we can assist you in any way, you can reach us at

lukas.berg@us.army.mil and kort.l.hurley@us.army.mil, or you can call our

Staff Duty at (254) 287-4877.

Rear Guard

Foxtrot Company just completed another

great month! Our controllers in Maymanah

supported the first ever Norwegian Army Air

Assault. This mission had a significant

impact on disrupting insurgent activity in

the targeted area; our Soldiers beam with

pride for having participated in such an

important operation.

At Camp Marmal, SGT James, SGT Saurez,

SPC Willis, and SPC Marsh received the

German Air Traffic Services Badge in

Bronze. During the ceremony honoring our

Troopers, the German Commanding Gen-

eral recognized their outstanding support

of the Air Field and the Bundeswher.

CPT Wallace promotes SPC Knodl,

SPC Pope, SPC Wiggins.

SPC Rossi and SSG Ramos control

approaches at Kunduz.

Your Rear Detachment Commander and First

Sergeant, CPT Berg and SFC Hurley.