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MILITARY FAMILY
LIFE CONSULTANT
Family Readiness Group Advisor’s Updates
(MFLC) By Melissa Stiller others going through the same (AFTB—Army Family Team
315-405-7449 FRG Advisor emotions. Building for one), where you can
315-212-6919 Get involved with your FRG learn about the Army and meet
Dear 277th Families, (meetings/social gatherings) and new people. (And a big thank you
ARMY COMMUNITY I know these last couple days make some new friends. Please to all our wonderful FRG Leaders
SERVICE (ACS) are tough. Hang in there the put past FRG experiences aside – Rachelle Rankin, Kirstin Ve-
INFORMATION best you can! Remember that and try ours. We simply aim to lazquez, Nikki Enos, Rachel
AND REFERRAL tears are not bad; just try not to provide info and activities to Harper, and Heather Temple – as
315-772-6557 let them overtake your entire make the time go by faster. The well as our terrific Key Callers
1-800-826-0886 day. Things will get better once FRG could certainly use your and Treasurers)!
our loved ones depart so we can help – we are always short Key Our battalion and brigade are
MILITARY
get into a routine and start the Callers and volunteers for spe- trying to provide many different
ONESOURCE
countdown for their return. Try cial events. But if that‘s not your activities for you to look forward
1-800-342-9647
to find something that you en- niche, go to ACS (Army Com- to and to stay busy.
joy doing to help occupy your munity Service) and see the
mind and your time. It will help. multitude of available agencies
And remember, there are many For the rest of the article, go to page 8.
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Virtual FRG
Alpha Company Family Readiness Group Updates (vFRG) Access
By Kirstin Velazquez look forward to is always a plus! Get involved,
A Company FRG Leader even if it means stepping out of your comfort Visit the website:
zone!
Hello Alpha Family! I also want to send out an OPSEC reminder! www.armyfrg.org
The past few weeks have been busy for all of As our Soldiers depart, please don‘t list flight Click on “Find an
us, but I hope all of you are well and hanging dates and times, stop-overs and final destina-
in there, despite the stress of preparing for de- tions on any social sites such as MySpace,
FRG”
ployment! Facebook, Twitter and the like. Make sure to Click on New York
As Army spouses, we often forget to take inform your Families of the rules too! Loose
Scroll down under
care of one very important thing…ourselves. lips sink ships! By speaking or e-mailing this
It‘s easy to forget when we are busy getting sort of information you are risking our Sol- Fort Drum and click
prepared for our loved ones to leave. Just re- diers‘ safety! Be vigilant about this to keep all on “277th Aviation
member—you have to take care of yourself, of our Soldiers safe! Don‘t post pictures of Support BN/TF Ea-
too! You can only care for everyone else in your Soldier in uniform with rank/nametag
your Family if you yourself are well! showing on the Internet! gle”
As a Battalion, we have decided to merge It may seem small and trivial to you, but it‘s Enter your personal
our monthly FRG meetings. This will help all important to keep everyone safe! Be careful information and
of the FRG Leaders, volunteers and our won- when in public and speaking about your Sol-
your Soldier’s last
derful Rear D Command Team manage their dier‘s deployment and the fact that you are
time and responsibilities better. Our first con- alone! You never know who is listening! Also, four SSN
solidated FRG Meeting will be held on Nov. 8 it is best to refrain from placing stickers on
at 6.30 pm. at the Po Valley Spiritual Life Cen- your vehicle such as ―half of my heart is in…‖
ter. or ―proud spouse of a deployed soldier‖. This For issues or problems
Our Brigade and Battalion are planning makes you a target in many ways! logging in, contact the
many wonderful things for us to do, so please Take care of yourselves, Alpha spouses, and 277th ASB FRSA, Michelle
check your weekly e-mail updates. We are remember that your key callers and myself are Kennedy at 315-774-1206
going to start a walking group, a playgroup for here to help in any way we can. Don‘t hesitate michelle.kennedy6@us.army.mil
the little ones and much more. This will help
to contact us!
all of us to stay busy, and having something to
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NOVEMBER 2010
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Chains of Concern & 9 a.m.10th CAB Care 9 a.m. TF Tigershark 11:30 a.m. BN Steer-
Steering Reports due Team @ Po VCCUS training @ ing Committee
Valley SLC ACS
9:30 a.m. Walking/
Jogging Group @ Ma-
grath Gym Mountain Resiliency Conference Nov. 4-5
14 15 Newsletter Submis- 16 17 18 19 20
sions and Treasury 7 p.m. 10th CAB 1-3 p.m. BN Thanks-
10th CAB Strong Bonds for Deployed Families Nov. 16-18 in Syracuse
Reports due Movie Night giving Dinner
9:30 a.m. Walking/
Jogging Group