277th may 2012 newsletter

Liberty Times
TASK FORCE
MOUNTAIN EAGLE
277TH AVIATION
SUPPORT BATTALION
HOT TOPICS

 Alpha FRG Meet-
V O L U M E I , I S S U E 2 5 M A Y 2 0 1 2
ing: Thursday, May
10, 2012, 5:30pm at

Eagle Commander’s Corner
Rhicard Commu-
nity Center.
 Bravo FRG Meet-
ing: Thursday, May
10, 2012, 5:30pm at we had to say goodbye to however, I also know that each
Adirondack Creek
Community Center.
MSG Pagan who will retire ‗green‘ took a lot of effort –
 Charlie FRG Meet-
very soon. MSG Pagan met and I thank each and every one
ing - Thursday, us in OEF and jumped right of you that worked so hard in
May 10, 2012, in as the S3 Operations preparation for this inspection.
4:30pm at the Char- NCOIC . We are lucky to Department of the Army G4
lie Company Build-
ing.
have pulled up SFC Harnage chose HSC, 277th ASB as one
 HSC FRG Meeting: By LTC Albert H. Stiller from A Co to replace MSG of two units to represent the
Thursday, May 10, Battalion Commander Pagan. ..welcome. The S3 Army in the Department of
2012, 5:30pm at shop also hailed CPT Kevin Defense Phoenix Joint Award –
Parks & Recreation TF Mountain Eagle, Kane as the new S3 who what a great honor to represent
11115 Iraqi Free- Another month gone by…
dom Drive came to us from Knighthawk. the Army. A Co is getting
winter is gone and spring is Our final farewell was for ready to provide gunnery sup-
upon us. We have morning CPT Lucas Lease who most port; they will run the forward
light for PT and the sun is of us remember as our Rear refueling points at the airfield
CONTACTS still out when most of us are Detachment Commander; and draw, store and move all
getting home. The trees are however, he spent his last ammunition. B Co will pro-
BATTALION STAFF
budding, the birds are restless months providing continuity vide maintenance and arma-
DUTY DESK
315-774-1200
and the Aviation Support in the S3 shop. ment support. C Co will estab-
Battalion continues to support In the beginning of April, lish communication connec-
CHAPLAIN the Combat Aviation Brigade the Brigade went through an tivity as the other task forces
(CPT) LOVE on a daily basis. Aviation Resource Manage- go through gunnery.
315-681-0883
In mid April, we had a ment Survey (ARMS) inspec- Finally it was our pleasure
FAMILY READINESS
battalion hail and farewell tion. We did extremely well to present CW5 Gifford, CW4
SUPPORT where we formally hailed in most areas and have a cou- Leikam and SGM Harris the
ASSISTANT (FRSA) CSM Carlos Escalera; it‘s ple of areas that need atten- Order of Saint Michael Bronze
MICHELE GALLOWAY great to have him visiting the tion. Like I told all of the Award in front of their peers.
315-774-1206
training being conducted by command teams – these in- Each one of these leaders pro-
MILITARY FAMILY our Soldiers (ranges, PT, spections are crucial as they vided many years of dedicated
LIFE CONSULTANT maintenance). We also for- ensure our processes and pro- service to their units, the avia-
(MFLC) mally hailed CPT Bolin our cedures are in place. I know tion branch and the United
315-405-7449 new A Co commander – who that by the end of the inspec- States Army.
315-212-6919
again came to us from the tions we are focusing on the (Please see picture on page 8)
ARMY COMMUNITY
brigade S4. Unfortunately areas that need improvement;
SERVICE (ACS)
INFORMATION
AND REFERRAL Family Readiness Group Advisor’s Updates
315-772-6557
1-800-826-0886 By Melissa Stiller out and enjoying some of Well the PCS season is
FRG Advisor upon us. There are a couple
MILITARY the beautiful days we‘ve
things I‘d like to point out
ONESOURCE
Happy May Soldiers been having. I think we
1-800-342-9647 as we get closer to summer
and Families of 277th! I can actually go ahead and departures. One-third of
hope you are all getting store those snow blowers military Families PCS every
away for the season. Yea!
For the rest of the article, go to page 8.

Headquarters & Support Company - Battle Penguins
problems arising, know that the force and Marine Corps.
company is here to support and The FRG meeting will be on
to offer assistance. 10 May at 1730. It will take
The company had five pro- place on post at Parks & Recrea-
motions this month. On 5 April tion, 11115 Iraqi Freedom
we promoted PFC Fabian Barri- Drive. The parks and recreation
entos, PFC Judy Chavez, PFC personnel will talk about all of
By CPT Natalie Nissen Joshua Mark, PFC Johnathon the events that they are offering
HSC Company Commander Willis and SPC Amelia Walker. and equipment that is available
I would like to say congratu- to rent. This will be a pot luck
Hello Families of HSC 277
lations to the motor pool for all event, so please email in what
ASB, as spring is arriving
of their hard work while prepar- you will bring so we can make
more and more events are
ing for the Army Award for sure there is a variety. I look
coming up. We have entered
Maintenance Excellence. With forward to seeing everyone
the training phase and have
the inspection from the Depart- there.
finally begun a good rhythm.
ment of the Army in February,
Soldiers are going to more
we have won the Department of
schools and the company is Natalie Nissen
the Army award and have been
receiving more tasking to as- Talon 6
entered into the Department of
sist around Fort Drum. The (315)774-1465
Defense category. This is a ma-
Soldiers are also being able to natalie.nissen@us.army.mil
jor honor as our motor pool will
spend more time at home with
compete against the Navy, Air
their families. If there are any

HSC Family Readiness Group Notes
OPEN
HSC FRG Leader Please contact Michele Gallo-
way, the Battalion FRSA at 315-
774-1206 or email at Mich-
ele.e.galloway@us.army.mil if you
Presently SGT Justin Lux the
are interested in becoming FRG
Total Army Family Point of
Leader, Treasurer or Key Caller.
Contact is assisting in the FRG
Leader Role. SGT Lux can be
We look forward to hearing
reached at 315-396-2080
from you soon!
o r e m a i l a t
JUSTIN.P.LUX@US.ARMY.
MIL
HSC FRG Meeting is May
10, 2012, 5:30pm at Parks and
Recreation here on post. The
address is 11115 Iraqi Free-
dom Drive. This will be a pot-
luck. Please email CPT Nissen
the dish you plan to bring at
natalie.nissen@us.army.mil.
LIBERTY TIMES

VOLUME I, ISSUE 25 PAGE 3

Alpha Company - Atlas
port of the upcoming Brigade
By CPT Bryan Bolin
Gunnery. In addition to running
A Company Commander the FARP, we are also running the
field Ammo Transfer Holding
Spring is upon us. The sun Point to support the flight units.
is shining more and the weather Next month will be very taxing
is getting nicer. Summer is rap- and very rewarding. I have no
idly approaching and will pro- doubt the Soldiers of A Co will be
vide opportunities for training, up for the challenge and be very
FRG events, and of course successful.
block leave. With the unit reset
complete and training under-
way, we need to take the time to
focus on our family readiness
group. There are many volun-
teer opportunities for spouses
and family members. The FRG
is not just a way for family
members to stay in touch with
the company, but also is a way
for families to network with the
other family members of Alpha
Company. Please let us know if
you wish to volunteer.
The Soldiers of A Co will be
playing a vital role in the sup-
Things to Give Up to Be
Alpha Company Family Readiness Group Updates Happy!!!
Sarah Popp done to our Soldiers that have recently * Give up your need to always
A Company FRG Leader Graduated from WLC & ALC. be right. There are so many
Congrats to SFC Porter and Wife Ni- of us who can‟t stand the idea
Hello Alpha Eagle Families, esha on their new bundle of joy Noah. of being wrong - wanting to
Welcome North Country spring, April was We are still looking for some more volun- always be right - even at the
volunteer appreciation month so I would teers: Key Callers, Treasurer, Event Plan- risk of ending great relation-
like to thank everybody that has put in the ners, etc.. If you are interested please con- ships or causing a great deal of
extra effort to help me out the last few tact me. Our Treasurer will be PCSing very stress and pain, for us and for
months since I took over. We had an awe- soon. others. It „s just not worth it.
some fundraiser in April for our summer Whenever you feel the
Our Next meeting will be May 10th @
BBQ and family day. COIN WAR chal- “urgent” need to jump into a
the Rhicard Community Center, 5:30 Pot
lenge to date April 15, HQ is winning but fight over who is right and
Luck Dinner. Please bring a Dinner dish
not by much F/W is hot on the trail. The last who is wrong, ask yourself
and juice or soda to share. Our Guest this question: “Would I
day for this fundraiser will be the 27th of speaker is Sarah Lynch from ACS.
April so we‘ll have to wait and see which rather be right, or would I
Our Soldiers, Our Family, On Our rather be kind?” Wayne Dyer.
Section Wins. Now that being said I‘m in Shoulders!
need of some help planning this BBQ any- What difference will that
make? Is your ego really that
body have any ideas what to do for the Sarah Popp
day?? big?
937-541-6371
I want to say Congrats and a job well allie299@yahoo.com

Bravo Company - Hangar Rats
By MAJ Ryan Guthrie with B Company and 277th ASB. They lowing Sol-
B Company Commander will be greatly missed. We wish them diers who are
the best in their next assignments. assuming posi-
Greetings Hangar Rat Families: We promoted several Soldiers this tions in the
The company distributed multiple month to include PFC Edward Hernan- Task Forces
awards this month. The Certificate dez, PFC Joel Vasquez, PFC Shane for demon-
of Achievement was awarded to Montgomery, and PFC William Bar- strating the
PFC Adam Bauman, PV2 Bryce nett to the rank of Private First Class. best of service.
Wood, SPC Cory Gagnon, PFC We also promoted SPC Montine They deserved and earned this reassign-
Darryl Allen, SPC Jonathan Robersonblue to the rank of Specialist. ment. SPC Robert Sands, SPC Joshua
Shepard, SPC Robert Dees and PV2 They demonstrated the technical com- Hakemake, SPC Cory Gagnon, SPC
Stephen Dubois for excellence in petence and maturity to advance to the Adam Steimle, SPC Josef Larareo, SPC
safety and personal achievement in next grade. We have great expecta- Leo Davis, and SGT Joshua Cook were
service to the welcome home cere- tions for them to continue to grow in reassigned to TF Tigershark. SPC Julio
monies. The Army Achievement their chosen profession. We re- Mendoza, SGT Fulgencio Solar, SPC
medal (AAM) was awarded to some enlisted SPC Davis this month for con- Sean Ginn, SGT Jorge Molina, SPC
of our departing Soldiers. SPC tinued military service. Again, only Michael Walker, SPC Sudeep Khadka,
Brian Hines, SGT Floyd Brown, the best get the privilege of continued and SGT Jeffery Frasher were reas-
SPC Carlos Hernandez, SGT Jason service. signed to TF Phoenix. Finally, SGT
Katayama, and SSG Miquel Diaz We also received and welcomed Bobby Junge, SGT Clifford Hiatt, SPC
demonstrated outstanding service to outstanding Soldiers to our formation Robert Dees, SPC Bobby Reid, SGT
the unit and earned the AAM. The in April. We welcomed CW3 Robert Joel Huddleston, SPC Benjamin Walk-
AAM was also awarded to PFC Pierce and his family who will assume der, SPC Aaron Green, and SPC Jacob
Adam Bauman, SPC Brian Tarbell, the position as our Production Control Reed were reassigned to TF Six Shoot-
and SPC Joshua Hanna for their OIC. We also welcomed SPC James ers. They will make us proud in the
outstanding achievement while as- Comoda and his wife who will be re- new assignment and are a credit to their
signed on maintenance teams outside enlisting shortly, PFC Ashley Lecarno, departed unit.
of the company. Finally, The Army PFC Gage Smolko, SGT Orales
Commendation Medal (ARCOM) Stroud, PFC Wallace Ellis and his Until next month,
was awarded to SGT Robert Messer, wife, SPC Phillip Greene, and SGT Major Ryan A Guthrie
SGT Thanh Huynh, SFC Brent Hel- James Harper and his wife. Our new- Hangar Rat 6
frich, SSG Lonnie Smith, and SSG est additions are greatly welcomed into (315) 772-4239
Matthew Fisher in appreciation for the fold of our unit with enthusiasm. ryan.a.guthrie@us.army.mil
their long and distinguished service In turn, we bid farewell to the fol-

Bravo Company Family Readiness Group Updates
Gigi Tomsu Army Family Team Building, which nie Sierra, and SSG Bruce Irwin.
B Company FRG Leader contains workshops to educate people Thank you again for volunteering for
on Army life, military terms, and pro- our company!
Hello Bravo Company Families and cedures. Those were just a few pro- Our next FRG Meeting will be
Soldiers. It is now May and warmer grams so go to the ACS and find what May 10th at 5:30pm. It will be at the
weather is settling in. Hopefully for interests you. Adirondack Creek Community Cen-
good! Get outside and have some fun. We are still in need of key callers. ter located on main post. This is
Fort Drum offers many activities and If you are interested or have any ques- another potluck, so bring something
places to check out. Go bowling at the tions about the position please feel free to share. It is not required to bring
Pines Plains Bowling Center and eat at to contact me. The next key caller food so feel free to join us. Children
Lil‘ Skeeters Bar-B-Q. Try out a fit- training is May 8th from 2-3:30pm and are always welcome so bring the
ness class at Monti Physical Fitness 5-6:30pm. Call 315-772-0470/2848 to family to the meeting for a good eve-
Center or go to the McEwen Library register. Call early for reservations ning. Here are directions from
for children‘s story time. Let‘s get and childcare is also available. Mount Belvedere Gate. Take first
motivated and stay active. Also, I would like to take a mo- left on Po Valley Rd, take right on S
Our last FRG Meeting was April ment and say ―thank you‖ to our cur- Riva Ridge Lp, take left on Kiska St,
12th, and we had a speaker from the rent volunteers. Thank you to Tiara and the community center will be
ACS. She talked about what is going Guerrero, Minnie Snyder, Scarleth straight ahead.
on at the ACS and what they had to Canales, Chelsie Barnette, Jessica I hope to see you at the next FRG
offer. There are many programs to Moore, SPC Jose Muniz, SGT Jeffery Meeting.
choose from such as Family Advocacy Frasher, SPC Roman Raubertas, SPC
Program, which offers Parent Educa- Sean Tomsu, PFC Edward Morgan, Gigi Tomsu
L I B WorkshopsTand the New Parent
tion E R T Y IMES SGT Esdras Lucero, PV2 William 315-777-6521
Support Program. They also have Barnett, PFC Joseph Gum, SPC Tiffa- bco.277_frg@yahoo.com


Charlie Company - Ravens
Thursday of the month, May 10th from game, and is a great tool to enhance skills at
4:30-5:30 pm, right here at the company, all levels in this demanding task. It is also a
hopefully the weather supports us. lot of fun and a great tool for developing
This month the company tended to be leadership and teamwork at the small unit
scattered to the four winds conducting level.
By CPT Matthew Thompson various training events. The Ravens were This month we also say goodbye to our
C Company Commander attending classes on new equipment and executive officer, 1LT Ibrahima Diallo, and
refresher training on current equipment his family as he moves on to be the S6 for
If you were lucky enough to be here sets, shooting at various ranges, including Task Force Tigershark. He also served as
for our FRG meeting in April, you our M249 and M240B machine gunners our Total Army Family Program (TAFP)
enjoyed some great food and great conducting day and night fire, and we officer, whose job is to assist the FRG vol-
company at the last pot luck. Turn out continued preparing for our big WIN-T unteers in executing their duties and help
increased from March and we decided communications exercise coming up this translate some of the military jargon they
that for May we‘d like to try and do a month. The 10th Mountain G6 and Ser- may not be familiar with. He has done tre-
BBQ in conjunction with a training geant Major came by the company to mendous things for the company, not only as
exercise we will be doing at the com- recognize Specialists Matthew Wolber & the executive officer, coordinating all of the
pany for the month of May. Our next Daniel Dugan and presented each of them unit‘s maintenance and equipment through
meeting will again be on the second a Certificate of Achievement for their the reset process, but also the leadership he
hard work during the validation exercise provided at FOB Bostick as the JNN Platoon
(Picture available on page 9). Leader during the last deployment.
Online VMIS FRG Both CPN and JNN Platoon partici-
pated in the convoy simulator last month.
Hope everyone is having a great spring
so far and look forward to seeing you at the
Volunteer Registration It provides an opportunity to train on con- BBQ in May!
voy operations in a virtual environment,
Visit www.myarmyonesource.com similar to a three dimensional video
There are options to Login with your
username and password or Register if
you don‘t have a profile.
Charlie Company FRG Notes
Megan Wilson raiser where soldiers can buy plates
Fill out your information. C Company FRG Leader
of whipped cream and pie the com-
When you‘ve created a profile, click manding team in the face. This in-
on ―Volunteer‖ on the top right sec- Hello all! Just a quick rundown
on what‘s going on with C Co. On cludes the Captain, 1st SGT, the
tion of the page. This will take you to
April 12th C Co had its monthly LT‘s, the Platoon Leaders, and as
the Volunteer Management Informa-
FRG meeting, and it was a well as myself the FRG Leader.
tion System (VMIS)
GREAT turnout. We had an awe- BUT it gets better, we have also con-
Click on ―Opportunity Locator‖ vinced LTC. Stiller, CSM Escalera,
some potluck with all the soldiers,
Select ―Fort Drum‖ under Military families, and even pets. We talked and S1 Captain Shull to participate
Community and ―FRG: 10 AVN–
about some really good fundrais- as well. It will be a very fun day.
277‖ under the Organization and click
ing ideas to help us save up Last but not least, C Co will be hold-
Search.
money for the single soldier BBQ ing its next FRG meeting on May
Choose the volunteer position you‘d that C Co FRG is putting together 10th at 4:30pm outside of C Co. We
like to apply for. When the new page with the other companies this will be having a BBQ. Hope to see
loads, click Apply. summer. More details on that you all there!
event will be provided once we
finally get closer to warmer Until next time,
Check out the FRSA Flash!
weather.
In other news, C Co will be Megan Wilson
The 277th ASB FRSA Flash has lots of in-
formation and is our Weekly Newsletter holding Pie in the Face Day on 818-279-3927
for our Family Members and Soldiers. If
April 27th at 4pm. For those who M-Murdock@hotmail.com
you are not receiving the FRSA Flash,
please contact the 277th FRSA Michele don‘t know what Pie in the Face
Galloway at 315-774-1206 or Day is, basically it‘s a FRG fund-
Michele.e.galloway@us.army.mil.

The True Measure of Leadership: Influence
DID YOU KNOW?
By CPT Steven Love tremendous leader because group of men to fight in the
Army Community Service she had an amazing amount Black Hawk war (Native
― of influence. American Indians fighting
(ACS) has clinical Military
Family Life Consultants But the LORD said to Why do some people have against the white population
(MFLCs) available for walk- Samuel, ―Do not consider influence in leadership posi- in the Midwest) Lincoln be-
in confidential consults? If his appearance or his tions and others don‘t? came the leader and was
you feel you need some- height, for I have rejected Character – who they are. given the rank Captain. By
one to talk to or are hav- him. The LORD does not Relationships – leaders care the end of his military service
ing marital problems, look at the things people about people. with the Militia he had
please call them at 315-212 look at. People look at the Knowledge – it doesn‘t make achieved the rank of private.
-6919 or just stop by M-F outward appearance, but you a leader but you can‘t Well, over time, plenty of
8 a.m. – 8 p.m. the LORD looks at the lead without knowledge. failures (something many of
heart.‖ 1 Samuel Experience – Need to have us can relate to) much effort
ACS also has a Financial 16:7 (New International accomplished some things and personal experience He
Readiness Program that Version) you have to pay a price. became a great leader.
provides free counseling or Can you spot a leader
advice on financial matters? Ability- you know your field, God help us to grow
by a looking at them? Is it you know what is needed, through our experiences,
They can provide all types in the looks? Is it in? Edu-
of financial assistance: pull you know how to approach deepen our knowledge, in-
cation – No look at many the task you are leading with crease our ability, improve
credit reports, budgeting, college professors. Cha-
debt management, invest- some knowledge, understand- the way we relate with people
risma – personality? Physi- ing, concepts, can communi- and strengthen our character.
ing, etc. Call 772-0050 for
cal appearance-Status? - cate, experience etc.,
more info.
No. Abraham Lincoln in 1832, Love Big Live Well
A prime example decades before he became Chaplain Love
Mother Teresa, a frail little president, gathered together a
Behavioral Health Con- woman was known as a
tacts: Suicide Resources/
Hotlines CONTACT INFORMATION
BN Staff Duty 774-1200
Connor Clinic Appoint- 24-hour BDE Staff Duty 774-1100
ment Line: 315-772-2778 FRSA 774-1206 email michele.e.galloway@us.army.mil
FRG Leaders
After Hours Emergency HSC – OPEN/Acting FRG Ldr SGT Lux cell: 315-396-2080;
Services (Holidays and JUSTIN.P.LUX@US.ARMY.MIL
Weekends) Before 9:00 A Co – Sarah Popp-cell: 937-541-6371, allie299@yahoo.com
pm: Acute Care Clinic, B Co—GiGi Tomsu-cell: 315-777-6521, gigitomsu@gmail.com
315-772-5236 C Co—Megan Wilson-cell: 818-279-3927, M-MURDOCK@HOTMAIL.COM

After 9:00 pm: Samaritan FRG Advisors
Medical Center Emer- Melissa Stiller – home 681-6734, email stillmel@aol.com
gency Department: 315-
785-4100

Local 24-Hour Crisis Line:
315-785-4516

National Suicide Preven- DATE YOUR MATE MONTH
tion Lifeline: 1-800-273- NATIONAL BLOOD PRESSURE MONTH
TALK
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
Suicide Prevention Action REMEMBER MEMORIAL DAY!
Network (SPAN): APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS!
ww.spanusa.org
LIBERTY TIMES


May 2012
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Training/Classes 1 2 3 4 5
FRG Suspenses
BDE/BN/CO FRG
Meetings/Training/
Events

6 7 8 Key Caller 2 9 10 FRG Mtgs 11 12
-3:30pm or 5-
6:30pm

13 Mother’s 14 FRG Ldr 15 16 17 18 19
Day 9am-1pm
Informal
Funds 2-3pm
or 5-6pm
20 21 22 23 24 25 Donsa 26

27 28 Memorial 29 30 31
Day

Community Events Upcoming Key Caller Need Help?
Call or visit Military
Class Dates:
 3 May - 277th Volunteer Recognition May 8th
OneSource to find infor-
Lunch - 11:45am - 12:45pm in the Bat- All Classes are at ACS from mation about taxes, par-
talion Classroom. RSVPs are required. 2-3:30 p.m. or 5-6:30p.m. enting, deployments,
 9 May - 10th CAB FRG Training Day finances, taxes, counsel-
(See Flyer on page 11) Call Mobilization and Deployment to ing, PCS moves & more!
 24 May - 10th CAB Project Caps Event register at 315-772-0470.
– Get paid to participate in surveys.
 29 May - Army Soldier Show - 6pm at Steve Power, Personal Financial
Magrath Gym Counselor, is here to help until April
 4 June - 277th ASB Change of Com- 27, 2012. Call him at 586-350-7650
mand - 10am in the B Co. 277th Han- to help set up a budget, check your
gar (across from Battalion Headquar- credit, develop a plan to get out of
ters). debt, get started investing, or what-
ever you need assistance with. You
can also always call Financial Readi-
ness at 772-0050 for this same type of
assistance.

Family Readiness Group Advisor’s Updates, continued
year. Because our education sys- tion is that as you begin to clean an hour a month to be a Key
tem is governed at the state level, through your stuff (maybe?) in an- Caller or Treasurer, and it offers a
moving frequently as we do in the ticipation of the move, keep in chance to stay connected to your
military can be very stressful. We mind that we have a wonderful spouse‘s unit, know what‘s going
have an excellent organization on thrift shop on post that is willing to on (we know they don‘t always
Ft. Drum called Parent to Parent take all your unwanted items. They remember to keep us in the loop),
that offers assistance and classes take donations 24 hours a day in the build new friendships (that may
in how to keep your student‘s re- front lobby, or they offer daily con- just come in handy during the
cords up to date, and to help with signments from 9:30 am – 12:30 next deployment), and volunteer-
those school transitions. I strongly pm. They also offer PCS appoint- ing is just a wonderful way to feel
encourage you to contact them to ments to those within 90 days of like you add value in life. So
find out when their next work- PCS/ETS‘ing so that you can do please think about it and help
shop is that may be applicable to one large consignment drop off. make our FRG a success. Thanks
your child‘s age (774-4496), es- Call them at 772-7189 and get rid for considering it, and enjoy
pecially if you have a child enter- of your junk! yourselves this May!
ing high school. Also, every post Lastly, I‘ve got to put my regu-
has a School Liaison Officer that lar plug in. We still have a shortage
can help with the transition be- of FRG volunteers in all of our
tween schools and provide info on companies. I know each of you is
the schools in the area you are busy with your own lives, but I ask
moving to. Let them help you! you to consider helping out in some
The other thing I‘d like to men- small capacity. It only takes about

Eye On The Eagle

LTC Stiller presents
CW5 Gifford, CW4 Leikam
and SGM Harris the Order of
Saint Michael Bronze Award
in front of their peers.

LIBERTY TIMES

PICTURES

LTC Jeffrey Schroeder, the 10th Mountain Division G6, and SGM James Mullens present
Specialist Matthew Wolber of Charlie 227th with a Certificate of Achievement for his
outstanding performance during the WIN-T Validation Exercise last month.

PICTURES CONTINUED PAGE10

B 277th ASB, TF Mtn Eagle.
SFC Helfrich is presented the ARCOM for his service while assigned to
the 277th Aviation Support Battalion by MAJ Guthrie and 1SG Snyder.

ARMY PHOTO BY CPT Melinda Walden

277th Aviation Support Battalion 277th Aviation Support Battalion History
10th Combat Aviation Brigade In February 2006, the 277th Aviation Support Battalion
deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom VII, where it provided combat service and support
to the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Falcon.
The Unit redeployed in February of 2007 after earning the
Lieutenant General Ellis D. Parker Award for best Aviation
Battalion in 2006 and the Meritorious Unit Commendation.
20125 Hangar Access Road In October 2008, the 277th ASB deployed to Iraq in sup-
Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield port of Operation Iraqi Freedom 09-11, where it provided
Fort Drum, NY 13602 support and combat services to the 10th CAB, Task Force
Lightning. The unit redeployed in October 2009 and earned
Phone: 315-774-1206
the Lieutenant General Ellis D. Parker award for the Best
Fax: 315-774-1231
Combat Service Support Battalion for the work performed
E-mail: michele.e.galloway@us.army.mil
during its 2008-2009 deployment.

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277th may 2012 newsletter

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