Newsletter for Sept.2011

1. Family Readiness Group
Delaware Company 1/501BN
September/October 2011 VOL. 1 ISSUE 2
Dear Delaware Family & Friends,
First we would like to say Thank You to the families for your support while
we were down in Fort Polk, Louisiana. The month went by without any is-
sues for the Company. Early on at JRTC there was an issue that occurred
in the BDE that reinforced why contact information is so important. The guy
was unable to call his family, and the only way his family was informed was
because of the proper information he provided during DCS. I am glad that
he provided the correct DCS information; however, the information that he
provided to the FRG should have been correct and constantly updated if
any changes occurred. Either way, the family was informed and notification
went well.
While we were at JRTC there were only one or two days where the tem-
perature was not 103 degrees and 100% humidity. Your Paratrooper
worked very hard and succeeded in defeating the OPFOR. The OPFOR
guys that I ran across constantly said our guys were the best they have
seen in a few years. I am not bragging on the guys, well maybe a little bit,
but they are well trained and ready to deploy. 1SG Hahn and I are assured
that the guys will be safe, defeat our enemy, accomplish the mission, and
do so honorably.
"Then summer Now the guys have worked very hard and proven their level of training, it is
time to maintain proficiency in our skills, but more importantly spend time
fades and passes with families and relax a bit. Because physical fitness is such an important
and October thing to maintain, we will still be conducting PT at normal hours. It is our
comes. We'll smell policy to train to standard but to release the guys from PT in time for them
to bring children to school and spend time with family. Our first call from PT
smoke then, and will be 0930 and we will release no later than 1700. There will be a few ex-
feel an unexpected ceptions to this schedule, such as the Snow Hawk Valley shoot. These ex-
ceptions will be minimized as best as possible. To minimize the deviation in
sharpness, a thrill this time schedule, I will have to be briefed by Platoons if they need to go
of nervousness, past 1700, and then I will have to brief the Battalion Commander.
swift elation, Again, thank you for your support and please enjoy the time we have be-
a sense of sadness fore deployment.
and departure."
Very Respectfully
- Thomas Wolfe Anthony Dovie
CDR, D Co 1/501 IN

2. September 2011 CAC Notes
673D JBER Safety Office
 Heighten your awareness for pedestrians, animals
and hunters with increasing hours of darkness.
 15 September—Studded tires are authorized in city Or stop by ACAP in Building 600 Rm A-24 or A-28
& JBER. Be prepared for Black Ice.
 15 October or sooner—Motorcycle operators; antici- BOSS - Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers
pate road condition change from Green to Amber due SGT Kacillas ,
to ambient temp. Road condition Green only for op- 384-9023, 952-9570, timothy.kacillas@us.army.mil
eration on JBER. For update contact info
907.552.INFO (4636) Upcoming Events
Notification procedures  Sept. 25th Rock Climbing (AK Rock GYM)
 Mission Support Group CDR will set road condition  Oct. 8th Murder Mystery (Arctic Chill)
level: Green, Amber, Red or Black
 Oct. 14th Pumpkin Carving (Kashim Gym)
 Installation Commander will make decision on:
 Oct. 28– 29th Two Days of Halloween (Arctic Chill)
Delayed Reporting (by 0500)
Closure / Mission Essential Reporting (by 0500)
The Army Deployment Cards - Army Deployment Pack-
Early / stagger release
age
Methods of Notification
JBER Web page : www.jber.af.mil
 Family Members of deployed Soldiers (1 Card per
Straight Talk line: 907-552-INFO/4636
family)
JBER Twitter : twiter.com/JBER_PA
Local News & Media  Force Support Services Available at JBER at no
Unit Telephone Pyramid Notification charge to the customer
 Deployment cards are Signed & Numbered
Troop Medical Clinic (Flu Shoots)  Valid 30 days before deployment to 60 days after the
 Once Units are at 75% then they will start issuing to Soldier returns.
family members. Deployment cards are available now and are issued out by
BN FRSA. Michelle Kimball 384-0708.
Commissary Case Lot Sale Education on Benefits to a Healthy Weight
Buckner Physical Fitness Center
Sign up 384-1305 or HWAC 552-2361
September 16-18 Weight Loss Nutrition Workshop
List of items available at  Oct. 5th, Nov. 2nd, Dec. 7th
www.commissaries.com
Performance Nutrition Workshop
 Oct. 19th, Nov. 16th, Dec. 21
Hiring Heroes & their Spouses Career Fair Classes will be held at Dyea Ski Hut on JB Richardson
100 Employers with Jobs (Dyea st.)
Wednesday Nov. 2nd Lunchtime workshop atarts at 1145-1230
10 am—3 pm
University Center
3801 Old Seward Hwy , Anchorage AK
More info call 907-384-3501
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Albert Camus

3. Calendar Highlights
Housing Privatization / Nameplates/ Snow
removal September
 Town Hall—Birch Hill Sept. 20th  Sept. 15—Oct. 15th National Hispanic—American
Heritage Month
 Snow Removal
 Sept. 27th 0900-1230 Finances & Fundraising Train-
Three separate elements removing snow: ing
Aurora Housing Neighborhoods October
In-House, Housing main through streets
 Breast Cancer & Domestic Violence Awareness
Base Ops Contractor, Cantonment area & Month
Ranges
 For issues contact 773d Customer Service  Oct. 1st Elmendorf Arctic Bazaar , Hanger #20
@ 384-3664 /3620. If it is housing 9am-5pm
neighborhood specific contact Aurora main-
tenance @ 753-1091  Oct. 4th Key Caller Training 0900-1230
 Housing Neighborhood Top Priorities: Resi-  Oct. 7th Columbus Day
dents with disabilities; Major intersections;
areas prioritized by key and essential per-  Oct. 12th CAC , 0930-1030, building #7, JBER
sonnel Ed Center
 Non– Housing Top Priorities : Post Access,  Oct. 26th-27th Anchorage School District Parent
School Zones, Child Care , Running Routes, Teacher Conference Days
bus routes
 Oct. 31st Halloween—Trick or Treat hours on
Typically it takes 72 hours after an event (3” or post 6-8pm
greater accumulation) to clear snow

8. 2011Pirate Pub Crawl Downtown
CALENDAR Ahoy! Join us for the Pirate Pub Crawl on Saturday, September
17, 2011 starting at 7:00pm! Enjoy live music, piratical games,
Battalion, Company & Local Events costumes, entertainment and prizes! Each participating pub will
have different piratical activities! Don’t forget yer eye patch and
Fort Richardson Spouses Club—September 15th peg leg!
6:30pm– 8:30 pm @ Building 56th. All are welcome.
Annual fee is $20 more information check out the face- This event is FREE fer all you 21+ Pirates. Dress up in yer best
book fanpage @ http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/ Pirate garb and voyage through downtown Anchorage with yer
Richardson-Spouses-Club/146825218728460?sk=info treasure map. Get yer map stamped at ALL LOCATIONS and be
entered to win the grand prize booty of 80,000 airline miles!
Enjoy live music, piratical games, costumes, entertainment and
prizes! Each participating pub will have different piratical activi-
ties! Don’t forget yer eye patch and peg leg!
Ongoing Events
Sing-a-long at the Zoo Jan 4, 2011 - Jan 2, 2012,
10:30 a.m. Mondays, The Alaska Zoo
Storytime at the Zoo Jan 6, 2011 - Jan 4, 2012 ,
10:30 a.m. Wednesdays The Alaska Zoo
Scared Scriptless Improv Jan 8, 2011 - Dec 17,
2011 , 8 p.m. second and fourth Saturdays , Snow
Goose Theater
Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age
Mar 4, 2011 - Oct 9, 2011 , 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. An-
chorage Museum
South Anchorage Farmers Market - Old Seward
location May 7, 2011 - Oct 1, 2011
9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturdays , Subway Sports Centre,
O'Malley and Old Seward
PRE DEPLOYMENT BREIFINGS—Oct 11th &
12th @ 6pm in the Richardson Theater. Please mark Anchorage Farmers Market May 7, 2011 - Oct
your calendars! This is one of the most important brief- 15, 2011 , 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturdays, 15th and
ing for all Spouses. Childcare will be available and the
Cordova
Agenda will be posted soon.
Anchorage Market & Festival May 14, 2011 -
Battalion 1st /501st BALL– Oct. 15th Details are to
come soon. Dress is formal. Sep 11, 2011 , Sat. - Sun. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Third Avenue & E Street Parking Lot

9. Pre-Deployment Family Readiness Checklist
Finances
[ ] Will your bank accept your power of attorney to conduct busi- House
ness on a joint account? [ ] Do you have a duplicate set of keys for the house?
[ ] Do you have access to the account where the soldier’s direct [ ] Do you have a financial plan for emergency repairs?
deposit is made? If not, is there an allotment/ automatic transfer set [ ] Do you have a trusted maintenance person to conduct home re-
up into your account to cover monthly expenses? pairs?
[ ] Do you have a plan for how the deployed soldier will access [ ] Do you have home/renters insurance? If so, where is it, and how
funds while deployed, and how he/she will communicate those can you contact the company?
transactions to you? [ ] Do you know how to cut off the water, electricity, and gas lines in
[ ] Do you know how to balance the checkbook? case of emergency?
[ ] Do you have enough checks? Do you know how to order more [ ] Do you know where the breaker box is located and how to reset
checks? breakers?
[ ] Do you know the bank name, address, phone, and account [ ] Do you know where the home mortgage papers are located?
numbers of your bank and investment accounts? Do you have legal [ ] Do you have a copy of the lease agreement? Will it run out while
authority to conduct transactions on all accounts? the soldier is deployed?
[ ] Do you have a list of all your credit cards, and can you physi-
cally account for every card? Car
[ ] Do you know who to contact if an allotment or bank transfer [ ] Do you have a duplicate set of keys for the cars?
does not arrive in your account? [ ] Do you have a financial plan for emergency repairs?
[ ] Do you have a list of recurring bills, credit card balances, and [ ] Do you know a trusted mechanic for car maintenance and repairs?
due dates each month? [ ] Do you know when to change the oil and make the next sched-
[ ] Do you know how the deployment will affect the soldier’s uled maintenance check?
paycheck (increase or decrease)? [ ] Are the registration and proof of insurance papers physically
[ ] Do you know the location of federal and state tax returns for located in each vehicle?
the last four years? [ ] Where is the car insurance policy located, and do you know how
[ ] Do you know where any titles or deeds for real estate or auto- to file a claim?
mobiles are located?
Other
Family Documents [ ] If you are on the housing list, does housing have a phone number
[ ] Do you know the location of each family member’s birth cer- where you can be contacted?
tificate? Your marriage certificate? [ ] Do you have a pet care plan if you need to leave your home dur-
[ ] Do you know the location of any adoption papers, divorce ing your spouse’s deployment?
decrees, custody papers, or court orders? [ ] Do you know the phone numbers for Army Community Services,
[ ] Do you know the location of citizenship records if any family Red Cross, and Family Advocacy?
member was born outside the U.S.? [ ] Do you have the emergency phone numbers posted near a tele-
[ ] Where are the life insurance policies kept? phone?
[ ] Do all the children of age 10 or older have ID cards? Will they [ ] Do you have a fire escape plan, and have you rehearsed it without
expire while the soldier is deployed? Are all the children in the help of the deploying soldier?
DEERS? [ ] Do the childrens’ teachers know that the soldier is deploying so
[ ] Do you know the location of the TRICARE cards for all de- that they can better understand the moods and behavior changes in
pendents? the children?
[ ] Do you have a list of reputable babysitters and child care pro- [ ] Do you know the
viders? phone numbers for the
[ ] Do you know the location of immunization records for all unit’s rear detachment
family members? Commander and NCO in
charge, and the rear de-
Legal tachment chaplain?
[ ] Do you have general power of attorney? If it is a limited, does for all family members?
it cover all the areas in which you may be required to act on your
spouse’s behalf? Where is it located?
[ ] Do you have a will? Does your spouse have a will? Is your will
up-to-date and accurately reflect your desires for guardianship of
minor children? Do you know where they are located?

10. Training Opportunities
Want to take FRG classes,
but can’t make a class?
Check out www.armyonesource.com
 Click on family programs and Services
 Glide down tool bar to eLearning Center
 Click on online courses
Courses provided are the following:
Don’t forget to print of your certificate of completion!

11. 907-440-4117

12. DELAWARE
Delaware FRG Contacts FRG
FRG Email : Delaware1st501stFRG@gmail.com
BOWLING
PARTY
FRG Contacts
FRG Leader — Andrea Young
THURSDAY,
253.297.4194 Mrsandiyoung@gmail.com OCTOBER 26TH
FRG Co-Leader — Teri Hahn 5:00PM—9:00PM
706.587.4186 rthahn92@gmail.com
FRG Treasurer — Abby Warner
Stargazenlily@hotmail.com
POLAR BOWL
7176 FIGHTER DR
FRG Secretary — Carol Sluser
904.881.0655 Carol.Sluser@yahoo.com ELMENDORF
FRG Key Callers
By platoon
WE LOOK FORWARD
HQ PLT /Dco — Jill Riley
jilliriley@gmail.com TO SEEING YOU ALL
1st PLT /Dco — Deidra Burns THERE!
Deidra.burns@gmail.com
2nd PLT /Dco — Katherine Griffith
katherine.griffith1@gmail.com
3rd PLT /Dco—Nicole Collins
706.761.8664 Nicole33004@aol.com
4th PLT /Dco— Andrea Young
Mrsandiyoung@gmail.com 253.297.4194
3rd PLT/ Bco– Laura Forrest
stealthygr@aol.com 907.720.2742

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Helpful Websites
Military
http://ice.disa.mil Customer evaluation
system
www.aafes.com Gifts from the Homefront
www.aw2.army.mil Army Wounded Warrior Program
www.freedomquilts.net Quilts for injured or fallen soldiers
www.nmfa.org/site/PageServer?
pagename=staying_connected20050429#1 Free stuff
for deployed troops
www.taps.org Tragedy Assistance Program
Medical
www.nmha.org National Mental Health
Association
www.tricare.osd.mil/ Tricare FREE @
Military
onesource
Children .com
www.arfp.org/teenclasses Teen
deployment classes online
www.military.com scholarship info
www.militarychild.org school issues
www.militarystudent.org DoD website for children in transi-
tion
Military Life
www.armyfamiliesonline.org Army
Families Online
www.armyfrg.org Virtual FRG
www.armymwr.com
www.militarylife.com
www.militaryonesource.com general military knowledge and
info and counseling.
www.milspouse.org
www.military.com/spouse Military Spouse Career Center
www.militaryonesource.com Family info, links to AFTB,
ACS
www.militaryfamily.org National Military Family Assoc.
Check us our on Facebook: Family Support– Delaware Company
Email : Delaware1st501stFRG@gmail.com # 253-297-4194