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January/February Issue
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Welcome
Sabriya
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Regilus,
8lbs 2oz,
22in long,
January
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If you haven’t checked us out, we are on Facebook! Information
updates, resources and photos from TF events are always being
added. Come and find us:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002314705672
Miranda
2012 - Th e Y e a r o f R e d e p lo y me nt Isabelle
he unit will redeploy this Division. It will also include our focus Morales
T calendar year. Yep, we’re
already at that point in the
deployment. We’re also well started
website for the month - a resource you
may not yet be familiar with to lift you
up as you move through 2012.
born Nov.
9, 2011
into 2012. I am glad to note that
! So a belated Happy New Year to SPC Edgardo Morales
January was nice and quiet. And that
to all! We wish for you all the very best
the holidays have come and gone for
this year!
another year. Because things have
been so quiet January has met with Stay well.
February for this issue of the All the If you have a new addition to your
newsletter. And the bulk of it will be way, family that you would like to
focused on where to find information share, please submit the
to keep you in the loop. information to your Company
FRG Leader, to Karen Foshee, TF
! This issue will be filled with
FRSA, or to
notes from Karen Foshee the TF
WolfpackFRGemail@gmail.com
Wolfpack FRSA; a spotlight on our
volunteers; upcoming events to watch
for; links to Facebook pages for the
Battalion, the Brigade and the
2. For all TF Spouses and families...
s we move through the
A deployment different
opportunities to hear from the
Forward Commands have presented
themselves. Another opportunity is
coming up near the end of February.
As it has been presented to us, please
review the following information and
respond accordingly if you would like
to attend:
All Family Members of 82nd
Combat Aviation Brigade:
On 21 February, COL Jamison is
available for an FRG open discussion
to answer any questions or concerns
you may have. COL Jamison will be at
Ft. Bragg on R&R during that time.
The tentative location is the Brigade The next Spouses of Deployed Troopers retreat is now open for registration. If you
Classroom (N+4 room) Annex Building are interested in attending, please contact our FRSA, Karen Foshee immediately to
A-1981 Longstreet Road. find out how to receive and submit your registration. These retreats are a great
opportunity to meet other CAB spouses and discuss strategies for coping with the
The time is 10:00am - 12:00 noon. deployment. It is also a great chance to just get away for a weekend!
Immediately following the open forum
will be a Brigade Steering Committee If you have specific questions that you It is important, if you want to attend,
would like to have addressed by COL that you RSVP. Adjustments will be
meeting.
Jamison, please forward them on or made to the location depending upon
Please RSVP by February 14th to before February 14th, by email to how the numbers of attendees look.
Karen Foshee at 910-643-7594 or Carleen Meckenstock, the Brigade No one wants it to be too crowded for
karen.foshee@us.army.mil if you plan FRSA, at: comfort or have standing room only.
on attending.
carleen.j.meckenstock.civ@mail.mil Thank you in advance for attending!
Running for the Pack...
A number of Wolfpack spouses have registered to run on behalf of the pack at the
upcoming USO of NC 4th Annual Run for
the Troops 5K at the end of March. If you 2007
are interested in joining in, please contact 7% 2008
8%
WolfpackFRGemail@gmail.com to find 35% 2009
10%
A website/Facebook page I recently linked
out more. 2010
into is The Frugal Find. They overwhelm me 11% 2011
at times with the shear number of notifications You can also just register to run, without 2012
they send and post... but in this day of joining in, by going to: 29%
working to make a dollar stretch just that little
bit farther... they are worth hitting the delete http://www.active.com/running/
button a few extra times for the things that I’m fayetteville-nc/uso-of-nc-4th-annual-run-
able to save on!! Check them out at: for-the-troops-5k-2012?cmp=23-13&SREF=FBEvent
http://thefrugalfind.com/
3. FRSA Foshee Finds
H
appy New Year WOLFPACK people sign up. What better time to
Family!! give this class being that it’s Tax
season. This class was beneficial for
both our spouses and soldiers.
I hope everyone had a joyous and safe
We also had an Iron Mike Award
holiday. December 9th, we had our
recipient Katherine Wong who
holiday party in the BN Classroom.
received her pin on Thursday, January
Many families came out with their
26. Congratulations Katherine, we
children and had a great time. I would
appreciate all your hard work!
like to give Rear D a big THANK
YOU for their contribution in making For the month of February, your
our holiday party a HUGE success!! FRSA is featuring a Health and
Our very own SSG Brinkerhoff dressed Awareness class scheduled on February,
up as Santa Claus and rode in on his 29 where spouses and soldiers can
motorcycle and the kids loved it! SPC receive a free assessment. I leave with
Harkness and SPC Baker built the you one of my famous recipes of the
Santa chair from scratch and it looks day.
nice! We had a chili cook-off which Karen Foshee
was a success as well. TF Wolfpack FRSA
Thank you.
For the month of January, your FRSA
scheduled a financial class on how to Karen Foshee Office Hours: Mon - Thurs; 0800 to 1700
budget and save money. This class was Phone: 910-643-7594
Task Force Wolfpack FRSA
a huge success! We had over twenty Email: karen.foshee@us.army.mil
Tu r k e y C h i l i
INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 teaspoons ol
ive oil
1 pound ground tu
rkey
1 onion, chopped
2 cups water
1 (28 ounce) can ca
nned crushed tom
atoes
1 (16 ounce) can ca
drained, rinsed, an nned kidney bean
d mashed s-
1 tablespoon garli
c, minced
2 tablespoons chili DIRECTIONS:
powder
1/2 teaspoon papr
ika
1/2 teaspoon drie Heat the oil in a lar
d oregano ge pot over medium
Place turkey in the heat.
1/2 teaspoon grou pot, and cook until
nd cayenne pepper brown. Stir in onion evenly
1/2 teaspoon grou , and cook until tend
nd cumin er.
1/2 teaspoon salt Pour water into the
pot. Mix in tomatoe
1/2 teaspoon grou beans, and garlic. s, kidney
nd black pepper Season chili powder,
oregano, cayenne paprika,
pepper, cumin, salt,
pepper. Bring to a and
boil. Reduce heat to
cover, and simmer low,
30 minutes.
4. Getting connected...
T
here are a lot of ways to get U.S.
connected. If you are not Army
82nd
receiving information via email
from your FRG Leader, please get in
touch with Karen Foshee, TF
Wolfpack FRSA (910-643-7594) and
she will give and receive the contact
information necessary to get you in the
loop.
You may be able to find access to your
company on Facebook. For sure you
will find the Battalion, the Brigade, the
Division, Ft. Bragg and the Army. Let
us help you get connected!!
Rear D FRG Leader Mrs. Katherine Wong received the Iron Mike Award for Volunteer
On Facebook:
Service on January 26th. Thank you for your time and service Katherine!
1/82 ARB “Wolfpack” Unit - https://
You are truly appreciated!
www.facebook.com/pages/1-82-Attack-
Reconnaissance-Battalion-Wolfpack/ From left to right: LTC Arnold CAB RD-6, CPT Wong Wolfpack RD-6, Mrs. Katherine
109483005769482 Wong, Karen Foshee Wolfpack FRSA, Carleen Meckenstock CAB FRSA
Airborne Division FRG - https:// Forces Command - https://
TF Wolfpack FRG - https:// www.facebook.com/pages/82nd- www.facebook.com/FORSCOM
www.facebook.com/profile.php? Airborne-Family-Readiness/
id=100002314705672 164606890266274
Department of Defense - https://
www.facebook.com/DeptofDefense?
Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) - Ft. Bragg, NC - https:// ref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/pages/82nd- www.facebook.com/fortbraggnc
Combat-Aviation-Brigade/
114100341987751
A quick shout out!
TF Wolfpack FRG would like to give a HUGE shout out to the Troopers that helped
make the Holiday party extra fun this year! Thank you to...
OIC - CW2 Pfluger
Chair and sleigh - SPC Baker (designer), SPC Harkness (head builder), SPC Martz,
SPC Vickness
Setup and teardown - SPC Detlie, SPC Rhodes, SPC Bishop, SPC Podruchny, SPC
Vickness, SPC Smith
Chili - SPC Rhodes, SPC Cavanaugh, SPC Lapena
DJ - SPC Baker
Sleigh drivers were SPC Martz, SPC Considine and SPC Jimenez
5. Co m p a n y E v e nt s
Every company makes an effort to try
to get the families together once a Updates!
month. It’s not always easy and
there’s not always a huge turnout
because we all have busy schedules,
but there appears to be so much fun Alpha Co. 2/82
being had!
Echo Company Welcome...
If you have an idea for a gathering, get The Redhawks would like to welcome:
in touch with your FRG Leader. If you Meeting/Valentines Event
Echo Company recently got together
are not sure who your FRG Leader is, SFC Nettles and his wife Rita
for their fist FRG Meeting with the new
give our FRSA a call, Karen Foshee, at
FRG Leader/Company Commander’s Lt. Winner and his wife Kimberly
910-643-7594 and she will link you up!
spouse. They turned their meeting into
Do not hesitate to get in touch or to a Valentine’s Decoration event! Cpt. Rossi, wife Christa, and their son
share!! Jackson
Change of Command...
Cpt. Rossi recently took command for
Apha 2/82, replacing Cpt. Jesse Hill.
We are excited to have you all in Alpha
Company!!!!
Alpha Company 1/82
Ornament Event HHC
A-Co got together prior to the holidays
to work on ornaments together to send Next Meeting/Activity
over to the unit. Their troopers were The next HHC FRG/Family Meeting/
able to use them to decorate a tree in Activity will be on Wednesday, February
their work area. 15th from 4:00pm until 7:00pm at the
Rear D Conference room.
Rear D
Belated Wishes
Happy Belated Birthday to CPT Wong
who celebrated a birthday in January.
Wishing you a year of everything
fantastic!