1. Gator Newsletter 1
Gator Newsletter
July 2013
Commander’s Corner
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Welcome to the New Orleans
Recruiting Company Family
Readiness Group
SGT Martinez and PVT Buiendia cut the Cake
Happy Birthday!
This past month we celebrated the Army’s Birthday with
numerous ceremonies and activities. We also held a very
exciting FRG Family Day. There are numerous local events
coming up this summer so get outside and enjoy the summer
months!
FSs Muller, Holmes, Rousseau, Buendia take the Oath
of Enlistment
Next FRG Meeting:
CPT Ibrahim
Tantawi
Contact Us: CPT Ibrahim Tantawi
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SSG Lovelace conducting first aid class with future
soldiers.
Mark Your Calendars
July
14th Bastille Day (French Independence
Day)
17th-21st Tales of the Cocktail
21st National Ice Cream Day
28th National Parent’s Day
August
1st-4th Satchmo Summer Fest
3rd Whitney White Linen Night
4th U.S. Coast Guard Day
10th National Lazy Day
TBA Red Dress Run
http://www.neworleansonline.com/neworleans/festivals/festiv
als.html
Community Events and Initiatives
100 Black Men of American National Conference:
The event consisted of an interactive area in the Hyatt composed of emers-o-dome, pull up and dip bars; which were staffed by
two Soldiers from our company. The event resulted in 132 prospect leads gathered. CPT Tantawi and LTC Reynolds met with
university presidents from Xavier, Dillard, and SUNO. Overall 82 national COIs and 8 local COIs were gathered during the
duration of the conference. CPT Tantawi also met with St Augustine school representatives to discuss establishing a routine
presence to teach March 2 success to their students. MAJ Bass was allotted 3 minutes of speaking time during the Salute to
youth luncheon to discuss the benefits of JROTC, and over service in the US Army
Army Birthday:
The New Orleans Company conducted a final Army Birthday celebration at the New Orleans City Hall. In attendance were
approximately 100 citizens and the city council and staff. The event consisted of the commander’s remarks on the Army’s
history and enlistment opportunities followed by the cake cutting. Mrs Clarkson, city council president provided remarks
thanking us for attending their meeting, and she administered the oath of enlistment to 4 Future Soldiers
Previous Events
Our Community Salutes
FRG QTR Family Fun Day
Community Empowerment Porject
CCG visited all stations
Upcoming Birthdays and Anniversarys
Birthdays
15 July- SSG Alicia Lyons
19 July- SSG Daniel Farrinton
23 July- SSG Jeremy Lovelace
30 July- SSG Joshua Reyes
Anniversaries
23 July- SSG Ryan Myers and Samantha Myers
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Recruiting: A month in review
New Orleans Company
-Participated in the 100 Black Men of America National Conference
- SFC Tapia and FS Buiendila attended an interview on channel 4 WWL regarding the Army’s birthday
followed by a cake cutting ceremony
- Army Birthday celebration at the New Orleans City Hall
-The New Orleans Company conducted a family organizational day at North Park in Denham Springs,
LA with Lafayette and Baton Rouge companies. There were 54 Soldiers and family members that
attended. LTC Reynolds awarded Mrs Tantawi, Mrs Myers, and Mrs Clark for their efforts to keep the
FRG program functiona
l
CPT Tantawi delivers remarks at City Hall Councilman Gray and Mrs Clarkson with Army recruiters and Future Soldiers
Gretna Station
-Participated in the 100 Black Men of America National Conference
- The center was selected to do the television interview for the Army‘s 238th
Birthday Celebration and
the stations information was broadcasted on air
- Participated in the US Army birthday cake cutting ceremony at City hall with two future Soldiers
- Participated in the City Council’s annual project over the weekend.
Houma Station
- Participated in the 100 Black Men of America National Conference
- Conducted HS presentations during Summer School
Metairie Station
-Participated in the 100 Black Men of America National Conference
-YMCA Summer Camp Presentation
- SGT Martinez participated in Army birthday at the New Orleans city hall along with 2 FS
- Table set up at South Central Louisiana Tech College River Parish campus.
Covington Station
- Participated in the 100 Black Men of America National Conference
- Involved in the Youth Empowerment Project, the Youth Excursion, the Youth Lounge, and blogging
- SSG Graham & SGT Wiggins attended the Slidell Police Department Discovery Day
- Future soldier training assisted by HRAPS Greico and Jacoby, who shared their brief Army story
- SSG Graham & SGT Wiggins attended a basketball camp in Slidell, LA.
North Shore Station
-Celebrated the Army's 238th existence with Mr Timothy Mathias and LTC(R) Wilson
- Scheduled prospecting events at local businesses in Slidell, Covington, and Mandeville areas
throughout the summer months
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Villaume, J (2013) New Orleans
Recruiters Part of Super Bowl XLVII.
Retrieved from www.usarec.army.mil
Mission Statement
The overarching objective of the New Orleans Company FRG is to support the military mission through support,
outreach, and information flow to the Family members of the Soldiers within the Company. The FRG will also
promote esprit d’ corps and enhance unit morale and readiness. Most importantly the FRG goal is to establish a
Family atmosphere amongst the individual Families within the company in order to ensure that our Families have
the support and friendships they will need to support one another during vital recruiting operations.
Humor
Summer Job
For her summer job, my 18-year-old daughter arranged interviews at several day-care centers. At one meeting, she
sat down on one of the kiddie seats, no simple task for most people. The interview went well, and at the end, the
day-care center director asked the standard question, "Can you give me one good reason we should hire you?"
"Because I fit in the chairs." She got the job.
Two Year Old
My two-year-old cousin scared us one summer by disappearing during our lakeside vacation. More than a dozen
relatives searched the forest and shoreline, and everyone was relieved when we found Alex playing calmly in the
woods. "Listen to me, Alex," his mother said sharply. "From now on when you want to go someplace, you tell
Mommy first, okay?" Alex thought about that for a moment and said, "Okay. Disney World."
source: http://www.jokes4us.com/miscellaneousjokes/weatherjokes/summerjokes.html
FRG STAFF
Leader- Samantha Myers
Co-Leader- VACANT
Secretary- VACANT
Newsletter- Lori Tantawi
Gretna Center representative- VACANT
Metairie Station Representative- Sandra Lowry
North shore Center Representative- Lindsey Lovelace
Houma Station Representative - Loraine Clark
