1. www.facebook.com/TF Knighthawk
Government Organization
TF Knighthawk
Have questions or concerns? Be sure
to contact your FRG Leader or FRSA. FRSA Flash
HHC
September 21, 2012
Jennifer Cannon
Alpha—Deathstalker
9/22 – Adirondack Railroad Fall Foliage Trip – Parks and
Carole Barlow Recreation
9/22 – UFC at Winner’s Circle – BOSS
Becky Blanchard 9/22 - Trash to Treasure 10-1PM - Crescent Woods
Commu nity Center
C/Co—Warlords
9/25 - Investing 101-ROTH IRA 9-11AM - ACS
Casey Greene 9/25 – Teen Image-Makers Photography Club – Youth Cen-
ter
Heidi Woerheide 9/25 – Family Night: Horseback Riding – The Commons
D/Co—Dragonhawk 9/26 – At-Home Career Fair – Army Community Service
9/26 – Teen Cooking Club – Youth Center
Shaunna Fitzpatrick 9/27 – Federal Employment Workshop - ACS
9/27 - FRG Book Club - ACS
Kimberly Perez
9/29 - Meet the Author: Hope Marston - McEwen Library
E/Co— Knight Rider 9/29 - Skate Jam - Youth Center
10/1-14 - Clothing Give-Away Drop-Off – ACS
Sterling Reep 10/1-2 - 1BCT DONSA
F/ Co—Firehawk 10/1 – Homemade Christmas Group – ACS
10/2 – English For Speakers of Other Languages – ACS
Jamie Sampsel 10/3 – BOSS 5K Fun Run – Magrath Sports Complex
10/3 - OPSEC Safety for Families 10:30AM-12PM - ACS
Wendy Everett
10/4 – Employment 101 – ACS
F/Co—Pathfinder 10/5 - DIVISION DONSA
10/5 – Couponing Class – ACS
Ana Hume 10/5 - In Her Shoes: Living With Domestic Violence – ACS
10/8 - COLUMBUS DAY/DIVISION DONSA
Christina Perdue
10/9 - EFMP Support Group – ACS
Advisors 10/9 - Key Caller Class – ACS
10/9 - Build Your Own Business – ACS
Rebecca Braman
10/12 - Veterans’ Information Day – Dulles State Office
Jessica Chilson Building
10/13 - I’m Alone Youth Training - School Age Center
Family Readiness Support 10/19 - Coping with Deployment Class - USO
10/26 - Daytreat 9:30AM-3PM - Po Valley Chapel
Assistant
10/26 - Haunted Hayride - Remington Park
Kelley Arnold 10/27 - 2BCT Haunted Hotel
315-774-1373
2. Upcoming Task Force Events:
Spouses lunch: Topic “ Coping with Stress TF Knighthawk Org. Day
on the Homefront”
Location: TF Knighthawk Hangar
Date: 27 Sep 2012
Time: 1145-1245 Date: 18Oct 2012
Location: TF Classroom
JRTC Town Hall Meeting
Location: MPA More information and flyers coming soon for all
Date: 9Oct 2012
events! If you have any question please contact
Kelley Arnold, FRSA 315-774-1373.
Time: 1000-Noon, 6:00pm—8:00pm
OBSTACLES:
TF 2-10 KNIGHTHAWK 1.Mudd Hill - A huge mound of dirt soaked in water
Presents…
“THE ROUGH MUDDER” 2.Face in the Mud - obstacle set up with stakes and 550’
chord to set up a low crawl
Who: Soldiers and their Families
When: 29 September 2012 @ 0900 AM 3.Sand Trap – a pit of sand runners will bearcrawl across
What: A 5k Obstacle Run (think you’re tough?)
Where: TF 2-10 Knighthawk Hangar
4.Slippery Slalom - runners will have to go up and down
Why: To have fun and get muddy! through a drainage ditch
Bring your families, activities for all ages! Or just
come on your own! 5k Run with mud/water 5.Mud Marsh - this drainage ditch will be filled with a
obstacles to test your toughness. You will get shallow pool of water
muddy and dirty. This is an off-road course, no
pets! 6.The Web - Netting is staked down, forcing the
participants to crawl under/through
$10 Entry Fee – All money goes to support the Soldiers!
$10 for a “Rough Mudder” T-shirt. First 150 guaranteed a T-shirt.
Please Contact CPT John Meier for entry form and any additional
information. 315-774-1313 john.a.meier.mil@mail.mil 7.Gauntlet - The final stretch of this race will be lined on
There are a couple different ways to pay for the event. A check both sides with water sources
can be written, payable to CPT Martinez (Fernando Martinez) or
us can pay cash. CPT Meier will be in the office all next week if
you want to drop off your money, or they can bring their money
the day of the event. We will have a table set up for registation.
CPT Meier would ask anyone who is planning to participate to
** Each obstacle will have at least 1x Safety/Instructor
send him an email (information is on the above flyer), or give
him a call so you can by added to the list and a T-Shirts can be
set aside. CPT Meier would like to receive the entry form prior
to the 29th.
3. Children may participate in this run, for every child participating a con-
sent form MUST be filled out.
PRICE:
Per person: $10
Family of 3+: $25
4. A power outage has been scheduled for 29 September 2012, starting at 5 am and will continue until 6 pm. The
outage will take place close to the intersection of South Riva Ridge and Nancy Drive and at the intersection of
Chapel Drive and South Riva Ridge. The reason for the outage is to upgrade the current power lines and make
Coblenz Circle able to be back feed from another direction. We are combining two outages into one. The outage
will be for the same 12 hours but ¾ of the homes will only be out of power for up to 4 hours. Below is a break-
down of who will be affected and for how long. It will affect the 9000 area housing (Coblenz Circle only), MP Sta-
tion, CID, FD, CDC's, Main Post Chapel, Car Wash for approx 12 hours starting at 5 am. The following housing areas
will be affected for up to 4 hours starting at 5 am. 9000 area(9050 thru 9086) 9100, 9200, 9300, 10800. Again, the
outage is scheduled for approx 12 hours but if done sooner power will be restored immediately. If you have any
questions please contact Jeff Carroll at 523-0458.
5. Managing Military ID Cards Just Got Easier
By Lisa Daniel
American Forces Press Service
The center has launched its RAPIDS http://www.dmdc.osd.mil/self_service/rapids/unauthenticated?execution=e1s1 -- Real-time
Automated Personnel Identification System -- self-service portal to allow anyone with the Defense Department's common access
card, or CAC, to apply for family ID or retirement cards or update dependents' statuses online.
"It's really exciting," Mary Dixon, the center's director, said. "We've been working for some time now to try to improve and trans-
form our whole ID card application process so people can do things online and not spend long hours going to a site and waiting to
be seen."
The change may seem procedural, but its impact will be big for those who, without it, have had to spend countless hours waiting
in line with their families to get ID cards. Before RAPIDS, service members, retirees and families had to go together to a Defense
Manpower Data Center to submit an application form and wait while the ID card is being made, Dixon said.
"This is big project," she said. "It takes away time from your work, and if you are separated – maybe the spouse is out on a ship or
on deployment or your child is away at college – it makes it a huge problem."
Now, the CAC holder can go onto the RAPIDS site, call up the listing of their dependents, and fill out and digitally sign form No.
1172-2 for their family members to receive an ID card. That family member then can go alone to the closest DMDC office – they
are listed on the website and linked to Google Maps <blockedhttp://maps.google.com/> for driving directions -- to pick up the
card, Dixon said.
“RAPIDS” is a win for both the department and families, the director said. "You can do this from your desk," she said. "As long as
your computer is CAC-enabled, it could be from your home or office. You can do it without going to a physical site, which is
huge."
The site also allows you to get a DOD self-service user name and password, known as a DS Logon, which allows you to access
several DOD and VA websites with the logon information, rather than a CAC. DS Logon, which is available only to CAC holders,
also has a "premium account," which gives the highest level of access, allowing you to view personal data about yourself in the
DOD and VA systems, apply for benefits online, check the status of your claims and update your address records. You must apply
in person for the premium account.
DMDC will continue to expand its self-service options to include changing email certificates and information about family mem-
bers, Dixon said. The upgrades include an effort to put the fingerprints of new recruits into the system, so lost paperwork can
easily be replaced, she said.
Dixon said she hopes the site also will one day include alerts for when an ID card is about to expire, and will be integrated with
DMDC's MilConnect
http://www.dmdc.osd.mil/milconnect/faces/
index.jspx_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrLoop=1976018236000&_adf.ctrl-state=mvj0t2p8k_4 website to access all
DOD and Veterans Affairs benefits.
"We still have to have the face-to-face, which is important for legitimate ID proofing," she said. "But we're saying, 'What are the
ways to reduce the time you spend at the sites?'"
6. News From Your Sci-Tech Museum
Find out about:
1) Free Telescopic Observing Night To Feature Our Moon
2) Sci-Tech To Be Open On Columbus Day With A Special Deal
3) New Display Of Indian Artifacts
4) 100 Years of the Electronic Vacuum Tube
5) Strategy Game Club Returns To Saturdays
6) Our Wish List
1) Free Telescopic Observing Night To Feature Our Moon - Join us for a free observing session on Friday, September 21, at
8:00pm at the Perch River Air Monitoring Station. This is a free event, with telescopes set up to view a variety of celes-
tial phenomena, learn about some of the constellations, and see how to find directions from the stars.
2) Sci-Tech To Be Open On Columbus Day With A Special Deal - Sci-Tech will be open on Columbus Day, Monday October
8, from 10:00am to 4:00pm, with a special deal for children.
Any child who brings in a newspaper story about exploration or discovery on Columbus Day will be admitted for just
$1.00
3) New Display Of Indian Artifacts - Don't miss a new display on Sci-Tech's first floor, showing a variety of American Indian
arti facts. Included in the display case are dolls, sewing tools, arrowheads, flint cutters, and even a totem. Tribes
represented in the display include our local Onondaga Nation, cliff dwellers, Mashpies, Navahoes, Seminoles, and
more.
4) 100 Years Of The Electronic Vacuum Tube - The vacuum tube was critical to early electronic technology, and drove the
development of radio, television, telephone systems and computers. Although a crude forerunner was developed by Lee
De Forest in 1906, using what was known as the "Edison Effect" to demodulate radio signals, it was not until about 1912
that the modern tube was born.
5) Strategy Game Club Returns To Saturdays - Our Strategy Game Club, the Syracuse Wargamers, play a variety of board
and card strategy games as well as chess. Starting on October 13, they will again be meeting each Saturday morning at
10:00am on Sci-Tech's second floor. All teenagers are invited to participate
6) Our Wish List - To help us prepare new exhibits and programs, we'd like to ask you to look around your garage or base-
ment, and see if you have any of the items we are searching for. Our complete wish list is on our web site at:
www.scitechcenter.org, but there are a few items we hope to locate quickly. These are:
Bicycle generators - the type that rub against a bicycle wheel to power a headlight
High intensity illuminators - medical/fiber optic OK
Small kiosks - display units
Plexiglas - Acrylic plastic - sheets or scraps, but clean
Drill Press
Film reel winders - for 16mm or 35mm film, or editing station with reel winders
Low pressure sodium light (yellow light)
Micro-Amp meters
Small X-ray viewing box
If you can help with the donation of any of these items, please contact Steve Karon at Sci-Tech - 788-1340
Sci-Tech Center of Northern New York
154 Stone Street
Watertown, NY 13601
13. Contents of this newsletter are compiled from multiple Military Family news sources. Material presented does not
represent the views or endorsement of TF Knighthawk or the United States Army. This material is for personal use of
the readers. All readers are encouraged to do further research for all applicable restrictions and guidelines.
