Above: 1LT Joseph Silvie 1st

PLT Platoon Leader.

Kandahar Air Field,

Afghanistan:

It was an early Wednesday

morning, and we knew it was

going to be a long day. Our

mission: Safely transport com-

munications experts to a dis-

tant joint Coalition-Afghan

outpost near the Pakistani

border to inspect and repair

communications equipment at

that facility. Our MRAPs

pulled in to the gravel parking

lot near the RSC-South com-

pound at 8:00 am to eat break-

fast and link up with our pas-

sengers. As I walked down

the line of gun trucks to hurry

the troops off to the dining

facility, Sergeant First Class

Shawn Childers (1st Platoon

Sergeant) informed me that, in

addition to the Company

Commander riding along with

us, we had a last-minute addi-

tion to the manifest. His

name was Preston, and SFC

Childers had an open seat in

his truck just for him.

Preston had only been in Af-

ghanistan for just over a day,

having arrived by freight air,

and was anxious to get out on

his first mission. We gave him

a headset so he could commu-

nicate with his truck’s crew

and monitor the chatter on the

platoon net. During our jour-

ney, he made repeated re-

quests to stop the convoy to

dismount the trucks and talk

with the Afghan National Po-

lice working the checkpoints

we were passing through.

Unfortunately, we had a time-

line to follow, so we couldn’t

stop. Finally, after driving for

almost an hour-and-a-half

through a desert wasteland, we

arrived at our destination.

Our passengers left the trucks

and moved to their work site.

We had a few hours to kill

before we were scheduled to

A New Addition to Delta Company

Commander’s Corner

As winter is slowly nearing us

here in Afghanistan, the

weather is slightly getting

cooler each day. In the moun-

tains up north, snow is begin-

ning to fall. For us down here,

its just the cool breeze that is

beginning to set in. We con-

tinue to do good things on the

ground here in support of our

mission. Our Soldiers are stay-

ing focused and going above

and beyond making a strong

name for Delta Company 1-

167th Infantry, setting us apart

from other units. Times will

begin to get a little tougher as

we begin to approach the holi-

day season being thousands of

miles away from our homes and

our families. We continue to

receive care packages from fami-

lies and the FRG. Thank you for

your continuous support. All

care packages sent are being dis-

tributed to all the Soldiers.

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Special points of interest:

Checkout TF Centurion

FaceBook Page:

www.facebook.com/

TaskForceCenturion

New address:

(Soldiers Name)

ISAF RC(S), HQ RSC-S

Bldg. 170

Kandahar Air Field

APO AE 09355

Delta Company 1-167th Infantry 13 November 2012 Volume 3

Inside this issue:

FRG News (Child

Assistance Pro-

grams)

2

Soldier Photos 3-5

William J. Hurd

CPT, Infantry

Commanding

D Co 1-167th IN, TF Centurion Prime

return to base, so we put

Preston in SFC Childers’s

turret so he could become

familiar with the dual-

mount .50-caliber machine

gun and Squad Automatic

Weapon. The sun was setting

during our drive back to

Kandahar Air Field. For a

moment, it felt like we were

driving through a national

park in Arizona or New Mex-

ico. SFC Childers noticed a

nice patch of desert between

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sand dunes where we could

conduct a security halt and

possibly make some combat

smores. It seemed like a good

idea, and I also suggested a

pumpkin pie that we could

cook on the hoods of our

powerful war machines. SFC

Childers immediately informed

me that Preston was highly-

insulted by my comment, so I

decided that it would be best if

we just continued on our re-

turn trip.

When it was all said and done

at 6:30 pm, the soldiers of 1st

Platoon and our VIPs com-

pleted our respective missions

and made it back home safely.

Preston even volunteered to

guard our trucks at the motor

pool while we all returned to

our barracks to sleep and pre-

pare for the next mission.

A New Addition to Delta Company (continued)

Child Assistance Programs

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Child Care Assistance

There are child care supplements available to eligible National Guard families through Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood (MCCYN) and Operation Military Child Care (OMCC). For more informa-tion visit the National Associa-tion of Child Care Resource and Referral Agency (NACCRRA) website at www.naccrra.org or call their toll-free number 1-800-424-2246. Our Military Kids Grant Program Our Military Kids provides tangible support to the chil-dren of deployed National Guard and Military Reserve personnel and to children of severely injured service mem-bers. Such activities help nur-ture and sustain these children while their parent is away in service to our country or re-covering from injury at home. Our Military Kids grants are made to honor the sacrifices military parents make and to ensure that the children have

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Preston receiving an M2

and M249 class from SPC

Mark England while on

the FOB Preston the pumpkin, ready

to roll….

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Preston guarding the trucks so his Soldiers can get

some rest.

SSG Burnett trying to figure out how to peel off the tinfoil

so Soldiers can start eating. Sounds like he should find an

officer to help!

Preston the pumpkin enforcing discipline…

You call that a freaking push-

up…..my grandmother can do

better push-ups than that.

Today Burnett…… I am

hungry!!!

The motley crew……….. Need I say more…………..….I

really don’t know who the guy cheesing in the middle is. He is

different. lol

Random Dagger Pictures

SGM Alston’s Farewell Dinner

1LT Owen and 1LT B at the hail and farewell

SGT Porter and SGT Rinehart…….aka master chefs!