Death Dealer Radar is the FRG Newsletter for Delta Battery, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment. This month, we take a look back on key training highlights and ceremonies in preparation for deployment.

1. Death Dealer
Radar
01 APRIL 2018
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
Delta Battery, 3rd
Battalion, 2nd
Air Defense Artillery Regiment
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Getting Started
The last quarter has kept the soldiers of Delta Battery engaged and
focused towards their upcoming deployment to assume their mission
for the Central Command Area of Responsibility (CENTCOM AOR).
Throughout this preparation, the soldiers of Delta Battery have trained
and conducted evaluations on numerous tasks, including CBRN
confidence training, small arms qualifications, AMD table training,
mandatory pre-deployment training and more. These tasks, while
demanding, have prepared the formation to assume their mission and
uphold the Army’s standards.
The demands that have kept the Soldiers working late and dedicating
time to the mission have finally paid off. This month our soldiers have
begun arriving in CENTCOM. The Soldiers’ moral is high and they are
ready, now more than ever, to fight and win their nation’s wars.
In the upcoming weeks, the soldiers of Delta Battery will be validating
their hard work to assume their mission. Throughout this process the
Battery must also change responsibility of not only the mission but the
property and living areas. Soldiers will continue to work hard in order
to assume responsibility of their new area of operations as well as
settle into what will be their new home for the upcoming months.
By 1LT Hrdlicka, Aaron M.
Inside This Issue
Getting Started 1
Battery Lane Training Exercise 2
Battalion Town Hall 3
Casing Ceremony 4
Saying Goodbye 5
Command Team Corner 6
1LT Hrdlicka (Battery Executive Officer) & SFC Linville
(Launcher Platoon Sergeant) pause for a “selfie” in the
EGAS chamber

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Battery Lane
Training Exercise
A major training highlight this month was Delta Battery’s Battery
Lane Training Exercise (LTX). The LTX was a two-day event where
the Death Dealers conducted training and refreshing the basic
warrior tasks and battle drills.
On day one, soldiers conducted round robin training on basic skills
that each soldier must train on annually in order to maintain their
proficiency and combat readiness. These skills are separated into
five categories; shoot, move, communicate, survive and battle
drills. These categories contain a number of skill sets including
land navigation, react to contact, identifying improvised explosive
devices (IEDs), clearing an objective and more.
The second day focused on skill evaluations while operating as a
Platoon. Soldiers executed a series of lanes that evaluated a
number of the skills that were trained at the individual level. This
allowed the soldiers and leaders to assess the way they operated
as a team in order to accomplish the mission.
The Battery LTX was a demanding training event that took weeks
of planning and tested the skills at all levels for planning, training
and executing tasks. The event was able to highlight both
strengths and weaknesses within the Unit and allowed the Battery
to improve as a whole at all levels. This event helped improve the
Units’ overall confidence and combat effectiveness.
BY 1LT HRDLICKA, AARON
“Good units do routine things,
routinely well.”
-CSM Coleman
SSG Bonney conducts radio communication training with
PFC Campbell (Above)
SGT Kashinsky lead land navigation training for SPC
Luttrell, SPC Balleza amd PFC Palma (Below)

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Battalion
Town Hall
On 07 March 2018, the Battalion command team hosted a Town
Hall at the Fort Sill Conference Center open to all family members
of the Lethal Strike Team.
The Town Hall highlighted and informed family members on the
Unit’s mission in the CENTCOM AOR to defend critical assets in
support of the Combatant Commander’s critical priorities. Below
are some key highlights from the Town Hall:
• R&R leave will not be granted and emergency leave will be
assessed on a case-by-case basis.
• Entitlements for the deployment include tax exclusion and
approximately $4,100 in additional pay.
• Families are entitled to 16 hours of free child care per
child per month through the Fort Sill CDC.
• Prohibited items include but are not limited to: drugs,
alcohol, pornography, and non-issued weapons.
If you would like more information or the full slide deck from the
Town Hall, please contact the Family Readiness Group Leader,
Samantha Hrdlicka, at deathdealersfrg32@gmail.com.
BY 1LT HRDLICKA, AARON
Rear Detachment
This month Rear Detachment for 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment was activated in preparation for
the deployment. The Battalion appointed CPT DiTomaso and 1SG Marmol as the command team for Rear
Detachment. Throughout the deployment, the Battalion will consolidate the Family Readiness Meetings and they
will be a team effort organized by all FRG Leaders and hosted by CPT DiTomaso. Rear detachment will also play a
vital role by preparing new soldiers to deploy forward in accordance with the Army’s standard readiness model.
CPT DiTomaso (Rear Detachment Commander)
michelle.l.ditomaso.mil@mail.mil

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LTC Camacho (Battalion Commander) and CSM Coleman
(Battalion CSM) case the Battalion Colors. (TOP)
COL Chen (Brigade Commander) addresses the
soldiers and families of the Archer Brigade during
the casing ceremony. (Above)
3rd
Battalion, 2nd
Air Defense Artillery Regiment
stands at “Parade Rest” in preparation for the
Battalion’s Casing Ceremony. (Left)
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Battalion Ceremony:
Casing of the Colors
Flags and colors date back to the beginning of civilization and have
been carried by armies since the ages of Babylon, Imperial Egypt,
Chaldea and Assyria. Holy texts even mention the use of banners
and standards. From the earliest of times warriors used a banner
or symbol to identify their units and it would serve as a rallying
point for the soldiers. By the end of the Revolution, Americans
followed the British tradition of carrying two flags, the national
flag and a battle or Army color.
Today, the colors, with battle streamers attached, join their units
in formations during ceremonies to signify their history and roles
in past campaigns. The Unit’s colors will also follow and signify the
presence of the commander and his/her headquarters.
When a unit or the headquarters of a unit undergoes a permanent
change of station (PCS), the colors are “cased”, literally furled and
placed inside a canvas case, to signify that the command has
ceased operations in that location. The colors are then “uncased”
at the new location to signify that the command is operational at
its new location.
On March 23, the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery
Regiment conducted their Battalion Colors Casing Ceremony in
preparation for their upcoming deployment to the U.S. Central
Command Area of Operations. The colors will be un-cased upon
arrival and mission assumption in their area of responsibility.
BY 1LT HRDLICKA, AARON

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Saying
Goodbye
When an Army unit deploys or conducts a significant movement
to change their area of operations (AO), they often have to
balance personnel to manage handing over their current AO and
assuming responsibility of a new AO.
The first element that is sent to the new AO is commonly referred
to as the advanced echelon (ADVON) or Torch Party. The purpose
of the ADVON/Torch is to light the way for the main body
element.
These soldiers and leaders are charged with the responsibility to
begin the relief in place process and prepare the new AO for the
incoming main body. In the upcoming days, they will prepare
training plans, living quarters and become familiarized with the
AO. This will ensure the main element has representatives that
can ensure the easy transfer of authority from the outgoing unit
to the incoming unit.
During the month of March, the soldiers of Delta Battery not only
balanced the demanding training, property transfer of
responsibility, ceremonies, preparing their personal lives for
deployment, and Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP), but also sent
their ADVON to the CENTCOM AOR. The Death Dealer Soldiers
met and exceeded the expectations of the command team
through their dedication allowed for the successful mission
accomplishments during the month of March 2018.
LTC Camacho (battalion Commander) extends a handshake to 1LT
Neddermeyer (Fire Control Platoon Leader) as she boards the aircraft. (Above)
CSM Coleman (Battalion CSM) says goodbye to soldiers on ADVON. (Top Right)
Chaplin Ravenscraft (Battalion Chaplin) says goodbye to PFC Palma (Launcher
Crewmember). (Bottom Left)
BY 1LT HRDLICKA, AARON

6. 1SG Johnson, MarquesCPT Parris, Megan
Our Soldiers and Leaders have powered through six months of multi-echelon training in
preparation for our deployment to the USCENTCOM AOR. We are focused and engaged and
ready to assume our forward deployed mission. The strength of our Army is our Soldiers, and
the strength of our Soldiers is our Families. Thank you to the Families and Friends of Delta
Battery who have supported our late days and early mornings. Thank you for supporting our
Soldiers. We are the best of the best, and we will execute our mission, unflinching, to assure
our allies, deter our enemies, and defend our critical assets. We do this with your support.
Thank you.
–CPT Parris
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- Emailing the FRG Leader at: deathdealersfrg32@gmail.com
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Delta Battery FRG Leader
Samantha Hrdlicka