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Three Fury Team, I would first like to say what an honor and privilege it is to

serve alongside such great paratroopers. I have observed a lot of great training

and camaraderie in this first month as Three Fury Nine. I am looking forward to

working with and finally getting around the Drop Zone and meeting every one of

you and seeing the great families that support this great Squadron. I know that

you will continue to set the bar high and go above and beyond as Cavalrymen

and Paratroopers in the tradition this unit is known for. All of you have written

new pages in the history of the Three Fury Team and the Fury Brigade and I have

no doubt you will continue to do so. I am proud to now be a part of such a great

organization and am truly excited to watch the new feats you all will accomplish

and the history you will continue to write. Again thank you for welcoming me into

the Three Fury Team and I will see all of you at the Steiner Aid.

Fury from the Sky

“Three Fury Nine”

Three Fury Team, as I reflect on the past two months since our last newsletter, I am humbled by the hard work,professionalism and dedication of our Cav Troopers and Families. Thank you for what you do every day! Apriland May marked the beginning of our intensive training cycle and culminated with All American Week and theremembrance of our fallen heroes on Memorial Day. The intensive training cycle proved quite rewarding and theTroops made great strides in reconnaissance, maneuver, indirect fires, logistics, as well as our command sys-tems and communications. For the first time since deployment we exercised all war fighting functions across thesquadron and for the first time in several years we worked on our core reconnaissance and gunnery tasks. You

should be proud of your accomplishments as you reflect on the numerous nights training in the field, variousmarksmanship ranges, section and platoon night l ive fires, air assault missions and multi-day situational training exercises. We all learned a great deal and the squadron is more ready and postured to take it to the next levelduring training in June and the 4th quarter. Also in April and May our great Troopers, family members and volun-

teers continued to build the team with numerous new volunteers in the familyreadiness groups conducting family and social functions that strengthened the Fury Cav Family. THANK YOU!Looking forward to June we will once again hit the training hard with a fire support exercise, Troop andSquadron field training and a Joint Operational Access Exercise (JOAX), during which we will execute multipleairborne operations and perform our out load mission in support of the Panther Brigade(3rd BCT). July willafford us time to recover and take some well deserved block leave. Living in this area of North Carolinathere are many great opportunities to enjoy the summer and so, I wish you a most enjoyable and safe sum-

mer.

Airborne!

“Three Fury Six”

4-73rd Cavalry Squadron Bldg C-1536 Waal Road Fort Bragg, NC 28310SQN Staff Duty Phone: 910-543-7009

MAY 2013

3 FURY

Cavalry Charge Inside this issue:

3FURY6/3FURY9 1

Havoc and Apocalypse Troops 2-3

Blackjack and Chainsaw Troops 4-5

Demon Troop/Chaplain 6-7

Calander 10

3 FURY6: LTC Purdy Mark

3 FURY9: CSM Charles

Gregory

Three Fury Team, as I re-

flect on the past two

months since our last news-

letter, I am humbled by the

hard work, professionalism

and dedication of our Cav

Troopers and Families.

Thank you for what you do

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Command Sergeant Major- CSM Charles Gregory

Up Coming Key Events

June 14th– Corps Training

Holiday

June 17–July 3rd: Outload

Support (2hr recall)

July 3rd: Squadron Picknic

July 4th-7th: 4 day week-

end

July 13th-29th: Block

Leave Dates

Squadron Commander - LTC Mark Purdy



From the Commander & First Sergeant,

My greetings to all of you! I am excited to join the4-73 Cav Team, and I appreciate the warm welcome.

In the last few weeks Havoc has had a number of great events. Recently our troopers returned from the fieldtraining exercise and though we kept them overnight, theyreally got great training. With the experience and seniorityof most Havoc Troopers they played the role of observers,mentors, and coaches to the other Troop and Platoon lead-

ers conducting training missions throughout the Fort Bragg Reservation Area.

Congratulations to SGT Mount for his acceptanceinto the Army Green to Gold Program!

In closing Mrs. Jennifer Byrne will be taking overthe role as FRG Leader, our thanks to Mrs. Lyndsey Proctorfor her great energy and we look forward to her continuedsupport as one of the lead volunteers in HHT.

Very Respectfully,CPT ByrneHavoc 6

Left: Chaplain Harlowdiligently making hisrounds during the ITCField problem at Range

63.

1LT Katie Hill and 1LT Zach March,pose with their spouses following

the Polette Cup.

Congratulations :

To SFC Keith Hambright asa Distinguished Member of the 508th PIR. SFC Ham-bright began his service tothe Regiment when it stoodback up in May 2006 onStang field. During histhree deployments to Af-ghanistan he has beendecorated multiple timesfor valor and woundedthree times in combat. SFCHambright could always bedepended on to accomplish

any task or mission with highly commendable results. He isPCSing this month to Ft. Polk, LA. We wish him the best of luck

and always soft landings! His leadership will be greatly missed.

Headquarters and Headquarters “Havoc” Troop

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Havoc Upcoming Events28 May—07 Jun Supporting a Fires Exercise on Rock Field & OP 13

1SG Murray, and many from theHavoc Team looking great for theChange of Command between CPT

Eli Myers and CPT Pat Byrne.

CPT Pat Byrne, Jennifer, and Pat-

rick, the new Havoc 6 and family.

The Squadron Commander saying

goodbye to CPT Elijah Myers

Weddings

CPT Andrew & Kali Duggins, April 26th

1LT Callahan low crawls under thebarbed wire obstacle during the LT

Lloyd L. Polette Cup.

Births

Cooper Reese Murray was born 23 May 2013 at 0927. He is

8lbs 15oz and 21 in long. The whole family is doing well.

In the Yellow shirt is SSG Bolin whotook the most bids for the “Pie in

the Face” FRG fundraiser.

Welcome

CSM Charles Gregory

MAJ Jaron Wharton

CPT Pat Byrne

CPT Ryan Gregory

CPT Geoffrey Washburn

FAREWELLS

MAJ Buddy Ferris, CPT Eli Myers, CPT Andrew Duggins, 1LT

Chuck Tinsley, 1LT Jaridd Leute, 1LT Kevin Kerr, 1LT Brad

Smith, SFC Jason McCormick, SFC Keith Hambright, SFC

Albert Karch, SPC Martien Vest.

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Apocalypse Troop

Thoughts from the Commander and First Sergeant’s Hide Site…

The last few months have flown by down here inApocalypse Troop. Since the last newsletter, we have wel-comed almost 30 new faces to our team, celebrated 17 promo-tions, and bid farewell to six Paratroopers who in their own waycontributed to making this organization so great. Your Para-troopers have been hard at work these past few months execut-ing collective training designed to help shape and refine ourwarrior skills and build a cohesive team. At the end of Marchthe Troop fired a mounted Cavalry Gunnery range, the first timemany of the members of our organization had participated inan un-stabilized gunnery. Following gunnery the Troop com-pleted Section level STXs, incorporating rotary wing assets and

returning us back to the basics of being a Scout. After firing amounted Section Live Fire, the Troop deliberately recovered itsequipment and culminated our collective training with a Pla-toon Live Fire and Platoon STX Lanes. With the passing of eachcollective training event, our young Paratroopers continue toimpress us with their hard work and effort.

The Troop hosted the first major FRG function of theyear, a “Spring Fling,” on 25 April. Thanks to the dedication of

our many volunteers, and the support of the Paratroopers,friends, and families of Apocalypse the event was a huge suc-cess, allowing us to raise almost $570.00 for the FRG.

As always, thank you for your continued support toyour Paratrooper and to our team. We are excited about whatwe see in the future for this fantastic organization. Last but not

least, remember, if you ain’t CAV, you ain’t …

Very Respectfully,

APOCALYPSE 6 & APOCALYPSE 7

Farewell:

1LT MogardSSG Sickelbaugh

SGT GarmonSGT TrantSPC Prine

PVT Thomas

Apocalypse Troop Upcoming Events:17 JUN — 03 JUL 2013: Outload Support

13 JUL — 29 JUL 2013: Summer Block Leave Period

Welcome:1LT Cleveland1LT HendleySFC Butler

SSG HernandezSSG StoopsSGT Bicking

SGT FitzSPC BantaSPC Gaska

SPC LockardSPC O’neil

SPC OsborneSPC RobbinsSPC Young

PFC MauraisPFC RobertsPFC RoperPFC Spears

PFC WrightPV2 Byasee

PV2 ChambersPV2 DavisPV2 Giles

PV2 HernandezPV2 Keys

PV2 LacyPV2 Maxey

PV2 OmmahaPV2 Prigmore

Promotions:SGT Cummings

SPC FinkSPC Gaska

SPC WhitneyPFC Cadero

PFC CunninghamPFC WrightPV2 Byasee

PV2 ChambersPV2 DavisPV2 Giles

PV2 HernandezPV2 KeysPV2 Lacy

PV2 MaxeyPV2 OmmahaPV2 Prigmore

PV2 John Darcy, winner of

the 4BCT Trooper of the

Quarter Board.

VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1 PAGE 3

Troopers from 2ND PLT prepare to

conduct a lane during PLT STX.

Troopers from 3RD PLT finish staging

their vehicles at the Troop COF prior to

rolling out for Platoon Live Fires.

SPCs Rinck, Obregon, and Boldt relax

prior to participating in an airborne

operation.

The men of Apocalypse Troop pose for a

photo at the end of the Troop’s Spring

Fling.

SFC Ayres, the Platoon Sergeant for 2nd

Platoon, prepares to lead the platoon

through a STX Lane.

Apocalypse Troop bid farewell to SPC

Prine, seen here receiving his ETS award.



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Blackjack Troop, “No Luck, Just Skill!”

Blackjack Troop Upcoming Events

Block Leave 13-29 July

Former Blackjack XO LT Marchcatches his breath after the O-

Course during the LT Polette Cup

Blackjack Troopers rehearse how

to properly search a live EPW

Blackjack’s Mortar section laying down

accurate fire during the Squadron’s Mortar

Exercise.

Members of Bravo Troop clear

an OBJ during PLT LFX

Bravo Troop conducting sectionarea recon during PLT LFX

CDR: Over the past six weeks, the Troopers of Blackjack have

risen to the occasion and exceeded the standard time and time

again. During this quarter we have honed and improved upon

the fundamental skills that were learned during the last quarter.

We executed both section and platoon situational training exer-

cises as well as section and platoon live fire exercises. Despite

the long hours and harsh conditions, your troopers performed

extremely well. I personally want to thank the families of Black-

jack Troop for their support and encouragement during these

past two months, while the men have spent long stretches of

time in the field. I couldn’t be more proud of this troop and I look

forward to what the next quarter has to offer. “No Luck, Just

Skill!”

Blackjack 6

1SG: I want to thank everyone for the warm reception I have

received during my first few months as a member of the Black-

jack family. These initial months as Troop 1SG have been chal-

lenging, but also extremely rewarding. The Blackjack Troopers

have proven to be some of the most professional, and hardest

working individuals that I have had the pleasure of working with

during my military career. During this break from time in the field

I encourage each and everyone of you to spend time with your

families. I am excited about this upcoming quarter and I can’t

wait to see what the future holds. “All the Way”

Blackjack 7

Blackjack Troop Births

We would like to welcome

SPC Pacheco’s wife gave birth to a 7 1b.

Baby Boy named Jayden Azier on May 14th.

1LT Matthew Ludwig with Guidon bearer SPC Kyle Masur-

lain, lead Blackjack Troop during the CSM Change Of

Responsibility Run on May 12th.

PVT Espinoza, pulling security dur-

ing the STX/LFX that occurred inearly May.



Chainsaw Troop

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Chainsaw Troop

Chainsaw Troop Upcoming Events

Next Troop FRG Meeting: 29 May at 1830 (SQN Class Room)

SPC Dill pulling security and look-

ing good during a PLT LFX.

SSG Marcotte and SPC Conwell plan-

ning a mortar mission in support of 1st

PLT’s LFX.

1st PLT prepares for an Air Assaultmission.

Special Recognition

SGT Sabath was recognized as

the Soldier of the Quarter for 4-73

CAV

Promotions

SGT Ruhl

SPC Hartwig

2nd PLT conducts an after action review of one of their live fire exercises.

The last few weeks have been pretty exciting for Chainsaw.

We were able to get back into the wood line and return to our

roots of patrolling. Our Troopers conducted Platoon Situ-

ational Training Exercises (STX) focusing on our recon skill set.

The Men of Chainsaw then moved on to live fire exercises.

They conducted several air assault operations in order to

close with the enemy.

After our time in the field, we shifted our focus to All Ameri-

can Week. The Men of Chainsaw participated in everything from softball to parading. Our Snipers and Mortars took part

in the Division Static Display, and were recognized for the

professionalism and technical knowledge by the Division Dep-

uty Command and Division Sergeant Major.

As always, the Chainsaw family is grateful for the continued

support we receive from you. With the lead of Nely Holmes,

our FRG is rapidly gaining momentum, and we look forward to

seeing many of our friends at our future FRG events.

Chainsaw 6

SPC Colt Sosebee poses with a Chainsaw Sniper

during All American Week at the static display event



Volume 2, Issue 1 Page 6

Demon Troop

Demon Troop Upcoming Events

Outload Support (2 hour Recall) (17 June– 3 July); Overnight Training (20-26

June); 4-7 July (4th of July Holiday); 13-29 July (Block Leave)

SFC Bonnagio gives a block of instruc-

tion on the machine gun mount during

our Two-Week field exercise.

SPC Hall celebrates a victory dur-

ing All-American Combatives. He

finished second overall in theHeavy-Weight division.

Welcome

PV2 McKay

PV2 Buen

SGT Morales

SPC Ceballos

SSG Laudano

2LT Minney

Farewell

SGT Marnecheck

SGT Zimmerman

SSG Hayden

Below: 2LT Hannah Minney and 1LT

Katie Hill test their combative skills

against each other during the LT

Lloyd L. Polette Cup .

Promotions

SPC Brewer

SGT Bowles

SGT Fitch, SPC Goble, and SGT

Davoll during our Intensive

Training Exercise.

SPC Jones, PFC Stallworth, PFC

Harris, SGT Howard, PFC Curvin

and SPC Anderson participateon the Squadron flag football

team.

From the Commander and 1SG,

It’s been a great quarter so far in the Demon Fam-

ily. We’ve trained hard and played hard, participat-

ing in a two-week Intensive Training Cycle (ITC) and

celebrating the 82nd Airborne Division during All-

American week. Your Demon Troopers performed

exceptionally during our ITC, feeding, fueling, fixing,

distributing and arming the Squadron. Our Distribu-

tion Platoon culminated the training with amounted live-fire, exercising our machine gun skills

and building our convoy team. As always, our field

feeding section kept morale high by providing us

hot meals and our maintenance platoon estab-

lished a maintenance collection point and base

maintenance, performing over 30 services. All-

American week provided time for our Troopers to

compete against other units across the Division

and allowed us to reflect on the historic and pres-

tigious unit that we’re a part of: the 82nd Airborne

Division. Make no mistake, our Troopers are partof an elite organization. They sacrifice day in and

day out, but are always prepared to answer when

called to serve. Be proud… I know that we are!

SFC Bonnagio CPT Parker

SFC Colson getting ready to take the saddle of the

dunking booth during Demon Troops FRG fund

raiser.







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Chaplain Chat: “A Call for Community”

“Lean on me when you're not strong, And I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on. For it won't be long 'Til I'm gonna need somebody to lean

on.“ Released in April 1972, these are the lyrics of a song written by American singer-songwriter Bill Withers. Withers' childhood in the coal

mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia was the inspiration for "Lean on Me", which he wrote after he had moved to Los Angeles and found

himself missing the strong community ethic of his hometown. Many of you whether married or single may know what it’s like to leave

“home” to travel sometimes far distances at the “needs of the Army. Even to Fort Bragg, NC” This journey can be lonely, and at times you

may feel like your all on your own.

Wither’s recalls his time in the military stating: "When I was in the Navy, I must have been about 18, 19 years old, and I was stationed in

Pensacola, Florida. It was a holiday, I had this car that I was able to buy and I was driving up to West Virginia. As is the case with young peo-

ple with cheap cars, the tires weren't that great, so one of my tires blew out on this rural Alabama road. This guy comes walking over the hill

that looked like he was right out of the movie Deliverance. He says to me, 'Oh, you had a blowout.' Well, I didn't have a spare tire. This guy

goes walking back across the hill, and I'm not too comfortable here because I know where I am. He comes back walking with a tire, and he

actually helps me put the tire on the car.” The lyrics go on to say: “If there is a load, you have to bear that you can't carry. I'm right up the

road, I'll share your load if you just call me.”

Now, you might not have a flat tire that needs to be carried like Withers, but maybe there are some things that are getting to difficult to han-

dle on your own. Maybe it’s family struggles, faltering finances, parenting challenges, or just some rough times you’ve got to get through, I

want you to know you are not alone. Some of the hardest lyrics in the song for me to admit are right simply state: “Please, swallow your

pride, if I have things you need to borrow. For no one can fill those of your needs, that you won't let show.”

No matter what the rumors you’ve heard or experiences you’ve faced in the past, I want to encourage you to take a r isk and step out and

find a community. It could be a positive group of people who go out once a week, it could be an interest group, or it could be a faith-based

community that can give you that “home away from home” feel and help you carry the load you bear.

If your struggling to find that right place I would love to speak with you and introduce you to some of our outstanding communities in 4-73rd

CAV SQN. My number is 910-973-0259 and my email is [email protected]. To echo the ending lyrics to the song: “just call me.”



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NDAIRBORNE DIVISION

FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA 28310

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