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September 2011
Battalion Commander
Family and Friends of the Dreadnaughts,
2-34 Armor CAB 7006A Siebert Street Fort Riley, KS 66442
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HEADQUARTERS
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Commanders Corner
Greetings Hoplite Nation!
BOTTOM LEFT: SSG Henegar does some Military Working Dog training
Since our last newsletter a lot has certainly changed with our deployment timeline. The article above hopefully outlined everything for you but if some things are still unclear I encourage you to speak with your spouse and have them ask their chain of command. We still have a long way to go with this deployment. We are only about half-way done. Soldiers of HHC have been busy capturing Taliban leaders, participating in helicopter air assaults, protecting the local citizens and improving the quality of life for the people of Maiwand. 1SG Peterson continues to improve the living conditions for HHC Soldiers. The Forward Operating Base we live on is one of the nicest in all of Southern Afghanistan! Hoplite ABOVE: From left, 1SG Peterson, CPT Soldiers continue to work hard each and every day. In closing I would like to add that anything can change but keeping an open dialogue with your Soldier is the best way to be prepared. I ask that families remain ready for anything. Captain Benjamin Ryder Hoplite 6 benjamin.j.ryder@us.army.mil Page 2 Dreadnaught Newsletter
Ryder, CPT Abaldo
Talking with local leaders to talk possible solutions to water irrigation and security
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Sincerely, Timmy
Dauntless 6 Ancient
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2-34 MORTARS
Camp Clark, Afghanistan- 2-34 AR Mortars (MARAUDERS) are still remaining vigilant with their current mission of providing Camp security with 120mm and 81mm Mortars. The Marauders participated in training their fellow National Guard Mortar men of Task Force Creek on the capabilities and employment of the Armys newest mortar round the XM395 Precision Guided Munition (PGM). A few of the Marauders travelled home and had the opportunity to spend some well deserved rest and relaxation with their families. Let us all congratulate CPL Myers for the US Armys decision to select and promote him to Sergeant, as well as PFC Rays promotion to Specialist. Well earned and richly deserved, keep up the Good Work Warriors. I would also like to take the opportunity to recognize one of our professional Marauders CPLWeber. He was coined by the Squadron CSM for excellence for delivering precise effective fire during a Squadron Live Fire Exercise. The Marauders are remaining ever vigilant, non- complacent, and mission focused, theyre taking care of one another, and we will be home real soon. God Speed!!! Fear God Dreadnaughts! Felipe H. Brown SFC, USA 2-34 AR (MORTARS) Mortar Platoon Sergeant Marauder 7
SPC Sierra and SFC Fields standing by
Raider Review
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Friends and Families of the Dreadnaught Battalion, It is now August! Almost 4 months down with the deployment already! This month is a bittersweet one however. We are forced to say farewell to our long-term Family Readiness Support Assistant (FRSA), Melissa Valdez, as her and her family move on to the next assignment at Arizona State University in Arizona. This is a great opportunity for her and her family and she will definitely be missed. Melissa practically built the entire Family Readiness Group program in the Battalion as the unit transitioned from the MTT Team mission to stand up as a Combined Arms Battalion. Melissa has been the organizing force behind making sure our families were prepared for this deployment as they have shown they are through their resiliency and volunteerism. It is sweet though because we get to welcome a new member to the Dreadnaught team. We get to welcome our new FRSA, Jennifer Farinosi. Jennifer came highly recommended with many years of experience as an FRSA during her familys previous assignment in Germany. Like Melissa, Jennifer was one of the original FRSAs and helped define what that position was going to be. Her experience and expertise in this role is going to be very helpful in the Battalions next step as we begin to anxiously look forward to the redeployment and the joy, jubilation, and hardships that come with that. August is also going to mark the start of the school year and I personally hope this means the return of a lot of families who went home for the summer to be with their families. Get the kids back into school and get back here with the unit. We have some great events scheduled for the fall to include a Haunted House event at the new Battalion Headquarters in October. It would be great to see as many Dreadnaught Family Members there as possible. I know its been a hot summer and I hope everyone has been able to beat the heat! Fear God and Dreadnaught!
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