Volume 1, Issue 2 January 2013

The PRO-Gram
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Inside this issue:

PRO6/PRO9 HHB and Alpha Battery Bravo Battery and Golf Co. Calendar /Chaplain/FRSA

2-321 Field Artillery Regiment (ABN) Bldg B-1329 Salerno Road Fort Bragg, NC 28310 BN Staff Duty Phone: 910-396-0896

PRO6 - LTC Jason Jones

Program. The turnover of leadership across the formation has left numerous holes in our Battery/Company FRGs. We are therefore looking for volunteers who would like to assist in reestablishing this vital program. Your support would be greatly appreciated and will contribute significantly to the overall mission readiness of this Battalion. If interested please talk to your Battery/Company leadership for details.
PRO6: LTC Jason Jones

Greetings to the Troopers, Families and friends of PRO

Let me start of by saying Happy New Year, I hope that everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday season! The Professionals have started the new year off right with a series of well planned training events designed to get us back to our Artillery core competencies. The Firing Battery gun sections and FDCs have been training hard in preparation for their upcoming section certifications. HHB has been training diligently in order to get the Battalion Tactical Operations Center up and running while Golf Company continued to provide the logistical lifeline for the Battalion. This training will continue over the upcoming months and will serve as the foundation to get us back to what we do best, provide timely and accurate fires in support of our maneuver brothers. In addition to training, the Battalion is currently restructuring its Family Readiness Group (FRG)

LTC Jones performing cool down drills following Green Tab PT with the BN Leadership

Hot Links: Like us on Facebook PRO: 2-321st (ABN) FA 4BCT: 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Ft Bragg Info: www.bragg.army.mil Army Community Services (ACS): 910-396-8682 or 8683 Military One Source : 800-342-8847 4BCT Military Family Life Consultant (MFLC): 910-709-4093 The Watters Center (Chaplain Counseling): 910-396-6564 MWR: www.fortbraggmwr.com Military Acronym's: militaryacronyms.net

PRO9 - CSM John Condliffe

Family and friends, we have embarked on another year of this mighty battalions story soon to be engraved in history by these fine Americans. As promised, we have hit the ground running! Airborne operations, with howitzers on platforms for the troopers to jump and assemble on (basically our meat and potatoes) and we will work on marksmanship by getting everyone out to a range to verify their ability to hit the target. In the next couple months we plan to hone the gunnery skills of this battalion along with all the logistics that go along with it, so we can once again regain our lethality. Weekends will always seem too short to get that honey-do list complete, so do your best to just enjoy your time off. PRO has been quite successful in the eyes of the BCT and your Troopers have so much to be proud of! Keep the words of encouragement coming and we will see you on the high ground! Airborne

PRO9: CSM John Condliffe

CSM Condliffe introduces CH Jones and SPC Van Brimmer to the Chief of Chaplains, Chaplain (MG) Don Rutherford

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Headquarters and Headquarters BatteryHurricanes

HHB Upcoming Events

CPT Jones/1SG Hatfield

FRG Meeting : 12 February 2013 (1800 in the BN Classroom)

Happy New Year from the Paratroopers of Hurricane Battery! We hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season and are ready to hold fast to their New Years resolutions. One resolution that every Paratrooper in the Hurricane Battery should have made was to continue to build on all the great work they accomplished last year and by all accounts they are doing just that. Across the Battery, Paratroopers have trained diligently on honing their individual technical and tactical skills. Key training events included Gunnery University, marksmanship training, drivers training, and combat equipment rigging exercises. The Battery welcomes new FRG leadership this year as Michelle Mawyer assumes the role of FRG leader from the outgoing leader, Nicole Cahill. The Hurricane FRG is one of the strongest in the Battalion and is well postured to support the Battery as it prepares for its intensive training cycle and the spring/Easter season. There will be many opportunities for FRG support during this time and we look forward to the possibilities that lay ahead. Upcoming events include a free barbecue lunch for the Troopers and a fundraiser. 2013 is going to be a fun year and we are glad we are able to share in the fun with all of you. Happy New Year!
PFC Gaffney & SPC Mata setup a BASEX to be utilized as the BN TOC in the field.

SSG Scott training FDOs & FDC Chiefs @ FDC University

SPC Oakey HHB Trooper of the Month

1LT Truslows Promotion

Farewells CPT Cahill CPT Williams CPT Dell 1LT Logan 2LT Kane 2LT Boone SSG Gravett SGT E. Jones SPC Chiasson SPC English New Gunners Henry Lee Paul Reagan was born (8 lbs) to SFC Randy and Amanda Reagan SFC Bailey supervises Gunnery University

New Troopers SPC Mata 1LT Cales SPC Thom PFC Galloway SGT Ramirez SFC Dulanto SSG Gill PFC Christensen SSG Acord SGT Mucke PFC Rayburn Promotions 1LT Truslow

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Alpha BatteryAssassins
Alpha Battery Upcoming Events

CPT Turner/1SG Martinez

FRG Meeting : 21 February 2013 at Nijmegen Neighborhood Center

Happy New Year to all the families and friends of Alpha Battery! We hope this finds you and yours well and that 2013 is starting off like you hoped it would. After a successful and well-deserved Block Leave period, the team hit the ground running. As published in the first installment of the PRO-Gram, our Troopers have begun getting back to the basic core competency training that will drive our mission set for the next several months.
SGT Woerdeman demonstrates plotting points at FDC University

Alpha Trooper of the Month SPC Valenciano FEB Birthdays

On any given day you can go to Pikes Field and see our Howitzer Crew Sections conduct Gunners Training, occupation drills and fire missions. Likewise, our Fire Direction Center Troopers have been participating in FDC University as they regain their technical skills of fire direction. It has been motivating to see the Troopers getting back to their Field Artillery mission and our team is on an excellent glide path to reach our goals. As we move into February we will begin our Section Certifications and begin spending more time in the field conducting Live Fire Exercises. We look forward to the next update and as always, thank you for all you do for us on a daily basis!

SGT Cohran taking the lead on a RIGEX

SSG Carado teaches a Gunners Class

SGT (P) Schoors 1FEB PFC Boeder 1FEB PV2 Ratliff 8FEB PFC Thomas 8FEB SGT Woerdeman 9FEB PFC Omspacher 10FEB
JAN Promotions PFC Morales SPC Hankins The A Btry FRG holds a bake sale. Funds raised go to planning family recreational events that build family readiness and unit morale

SPC Hutchings SPC Peabody

Alpha Troopers Conducting a DZ Mission Rehearsal

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Bravo BatteryBarbarians
Bravo Battery Upcoming Events

CPT Gilstrap/1SG Carter

CPT Gilstrap/1SG Carter

FRG MeetingFRG Meeting : 16 January 2013 : 13 February 2013 (TIME & LOCATION TBA)

The New Year has started with a flurry of activity. The Paratroopers of Bravo Battery have been hard at work conducting driver training in preparation for upcoming field training events. The Barbarian Troopers have also started sharpening their skills as artillerymen by conducting weekly gunners training and Fire Direction Center training in preparation for upcoming gunners testing and section certification. Leaders throughout the battery have also been developing the skills needed to train and lead the Paratroopers of Bravo Battery. As we move forward into this New Year are going to be doing the Barbarian Troopers are going to be focusing on what they joined the 82nd Airborne Division to do, Jump out of airplanes, and make big guns go boom!

New Troopers JAN Birthdays SPC Joel Jones 20th SPC Alberto Pagan 4th Birthdays PFC Nathan Berger 21st SGT Brryant Headstrom 7th PFC Joseph King 8 DEC SGT 22 DEC PFC Wesley Batoha Andrew Bruner 23rd SSG Jason Rasmussen 13th 27 DEC SPC Quinn Willis SPC Sammy Nassar 23rd SPC Francis Gamboa 13th SPC Nicholas Carr 25th SSG Billy Whiteplume 15th SPC Matthew Jacobs 29th 1LT Colin Flood 19th SGT Vanscovk PVT Brannon

Promotions SPC Joel Jones SPC Lawrence Cook SPC Stephen Scholesser SPC Bruce Saunders

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Golf CompanyGrizzlies
Golf Company Upcoming Events

CPT Ferretti/SFC Colvin

FRG Meeting : 28 February 2013 (1800 at Hammond Hills Community Center)

Greetings from Team Grizzly!

Grizzly Family, we are looking forward to starting off this New Year on the right foot. We have a new Command Team that is looking forward to building a more cohesive and motivated team. We recognize that our Paratroopers and their Families sacrifice a lot. These sacrifices often go unrecognized and the new Command Team is seeking to change this.
SSG Downey demonstrates how to rig equipments for Airborne Operations

For this, we need everyones support; after all, it is OUR team. We cannot accomplish any of our goals if the support network behind each of our Paratroopers is not on board. We want you to voice your concerns, opinions, and suggestions as we build up our team. We encourage you to give us the opportunity to share our views and attend our FRG (Family Readiness Group) Meetings. We workout together, we train together, we jump from airplanes together, and we fight together. Therefore, as with anything in life, there is also a time to have fun together. Join us!

SPC Mansfield conducts checks during Communications Exercise

SPC Tronscoso demonstrates correct optics tie down procedures

SGT Spence awaits his promotion

Birthdays

SGT(P) Craig Luna - JAN 20 SPC David Meier - JAN 24th SPC Kristopher Gifford - JAN 29th

Promotions

SGT Melvin Elliot SGT Hanna Mokarska SGT Shawn Scales SGT Christopher Sneed SGT Justinray Spence SFC Emanuel Stephens

PFC Julian Paguio & SGT Michael Hammer providing quality service & food at the DFAC

Training Schedule and Upcoming Important Events

Upcoming Training Events FRG Representatives FRSA: Mr. Leon Walden: 910-396-0956 HHB: Mrs. Shelly Mawyer: 703-629-7409 Mrs. Iris Bailey: 803-767-5768 Alpha: Mrs. Christina Turner: 859-433-1627 Bravo: Mrs. Leah Brunner: 316-734-1582 Mrs. Brittney Yeager: 719:426-7195

4-8 FEB Small Arms Range Week 22-24 FEB LPW Support-Weekend Jump 25 FEB-8 MAR BN Field Exercise Upcoming Training Holidays Presidents Holiday: 15-18 FEB 2013 Upcoming FRG Events BN Steering Committee Meeting: 7 FEB BN Easter Event: 23 MAR 0900-1200 Strong Bonds Events Married: 8-10 MAR @ Great Wolfe Lodge

2/321 AFAR Staff During Payday Activities

Golf: Mrs. Amy McKenzie: 978-580-6576 Mrs. Mandy Jo Downey: 910-224-4244

Righteous Endeavour Prints Available - $40.00 POC: SFC Kalili (4BCT Command Suite) [email protected]

PRO Battalion Print - $30.00 (includes s/h) POC: MSG John Costa 910-584-6230 www.jctastudios.com

Chaplains Corner
2013 has arrived, a new year is here...and moving along quickly! Did you make any New Years Resolutions? We all have hopes and dreams and a new year is a great time to reflect on your goals and ambitions. Whether or not 2012 was a good year for you, 2013 brings a fresh start. If the first month of 2013 has been bumpy, remember Gods faithfulness and keep pressing on. You will get through this. Make choices to improve your resiliency: physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Make a plan and stick to it. Let 2013 be a fresh start to a better YOU! Here to Serve,
CH (CPT) Cliff Jones [email protected] 910-396-0909 SPC Grant Van Brimmer (Chaplain Assistant)

PRO Re-enlistments
G Co.: SPC TERRANCE TRENT MANSFIELD G Co.: SSG WARREN CARPENTER MARTINEZ HHB: SSG LANCE ANDREW LEUSCHEN HHB: SGT DAVID SHANE GOODWIN B Btry: SPC FEDERICO MATAGUTIERREZ B Btry: SSG KYLE ROBERT HELBINSKY

FRSA Corner Volunteers Recognition!

Volunteers like to be appreciated for what they do for the FRG. When recognizing an individual, it is important to point out something of important such as the job/task performed, quality of performance, accomplishment, or desirable charter trait or ability. It is a wonderful boost to a volunteers self esteem. Recognition is easy to give, so give it often. Take advantage of the 2nd quarter (January-March) recognition period. Iron Mike awards must be submitted to 82D ABN Div NLT COB 1st Friday of April. Mr. Leon Walden (FRSA) [email protected] 910-396-0956.

PRO Troopers Of The Month

HHB: SPC Oakey Alpha: SPC Valenciano Bravo: PFC Parkhurst Golf: Maintenance Scheduled Services Team CONGRATULATIONS!