Dear Steel Rain Family,

Happy New Years! The Steel Rain Battery

had an exciting and very unpredictable De-

cember in the Land of

Morning Calm. If you

watched any news, then

you saw North Korea get-

ting a bit unruly and threat-

ening an all out attack on

South Korea. Shortly

thereafter, you saw North

Korea change its position

and back down from its

hard line stance. What you

may have missed on the news was the fact

that the Steel Rain Battery and the rest of

the 210th Fires Brigade stood up and loudly

proclaimed that any attacks on the people

of South Korea would not be tolerated.

You can be proud knowing that your Steel

Rain Soldiers were responsible for deter-

ring North Korean aggression and ensuring

the peace and stability of the Korean Pen-

insula remained intact.

With all of that excitement, we still found

the time to have enjoy the holiday season

and have a little fun. We enjoyed battery

and battalion Holiday parties and

even made room for the big guy in

the red suit (a.k.a. SSG Smith) to pay

us all a visit. Through some gener-

ous contributions from

our Soldiers, we were able

to purchase some Christ-

mas presents for a young

orphan boy in the local

community and treat him

to a hearty meal. We

were even entertained by

the ever so lovely Dallas

Cowboy Cheerleaders

(I’m a Redskins fan, so I

could not go) and the U.S. Army Sol-

diers’ Show.

So another year is upon us as we

welcome in 2011. I hope you all had

a safe and happy holiday season and

that the new year brings you love,

joy, happiness, and fortune.

CPT Maull

Steel Rain 6

From the Commander-

C B T R Y , 1 - 3 8 F A

F A M I L Y R E A D I N E S S

G R O U P STEEL RAIN NEWS J A N / F E B 2 0 1 1 S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Save some cash in

2011!

Opportunities to

show off your

Snowboarding /

Skiing skills

Holiday Party

Highlights

Read up on some

Red Leg Legends!

Learn a little more

Korean this month

Artillery Quote of the Month:

“Cedat Fortuna Peritis”

(Skill is Better Than Luck)

- US Army Field Artillery

School

Gangchon Resort

Ski Trip

Saturday, Jan 22nd

Bus leaves at 7:20am

from Casey CAC.

Transportation Fee: $25

Adult Rental Fees:

Lift only: 40,000 won

Lift & Ski/board:

52,000 won

Snow Suit: 10,000 won

P A G E 2

STEEL Events & Holidays

15 JAN: ROK Monthly Civil Defense Drill at 2:00pm for

about 20 minutes.

17 JAN: Dr. Martin Luther King

Day

18 JAN: Training Holiday

19 JAN: FRG Meeting at 5:00pm

in the BTRY Classroom.

25 JAN: Montgomery Gentry in

concert! 7:00pm at the Carey

Fitness Center

28 JAN: Warrior Family Day

31 JAN: Battalion Training Holi-

day

Ways to Stay Active this Winter

S T E E L R A I N N E W S

Bear Town Ski

Resort in Pocheon

and has 11 slopes

and 8 lifts for all

skill levels!

JANUARY 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Civil De-

fense Drill

16 17

Holiday

18 Training

Holiday

19 FRG

Meeting

20 21 22

23 24 25 CONCERT

26 27 28 Family

Day

29

30 31 Training

Holiday

Bear Town Park Ski

Trips

Saturday, Feb 5th &

19th

Kon-Jiam Resort Ski

Trip

Saturday, Feb 12th

Mountain Bikes for

rent!

Bike and helmet is $12

per day.

Call the CAC for more

info: 730-4601

Fitness Clinic/ Expo

Saturday, Jan 22nd @

9:00am

Carey Gym

Wrestling Competi-

tion

February 12th @

10:00am

Stanley Gym

January Birthdays:

SSG Parham: Jan 20th

PV2 Tak: Jan 20th

PV2 Graham: Jan 22nd

William Juntti turns 14 on

Jan 22rd!

Mrs. Arlene Rigsby: Jan

24th

Mrs. Bonnie Davies: Jan

28th

Happy Belated Birthday to:

PFC Copeland: Jan 1st

Skyler Carballo turned 10 on

Jan 3rd!

PFC Timmons: Jan 3rd

SGT Sherburn: Jan 10th

SPC Pollard: Jan 12th

PV2 Renner: Jan 17th

Jayden Davies turned 3 on Jan

18th!

February Birthdays:

Eden Willard turns 1 on

Feb 5th!

PFC Hurtado: Feb 6th

SPC Crissinger: Feb 8th

PFC Ochoa: Feb 14th

JaQuan Jones turns 3 on

Feb 18th!

Mrs. Nichole Ayres: Feb

20th

SFC Allen: Feb 21st

Caitlin Juntti turns 9 on

Feb 22nd

Johnathan Putnam turns 12

on Feb 22rd

STEEL Events & Holidays

2 FEB: BN NEO Class

4 FEB : Lunar New Year & Tentative BN

Valentine’s Themed Fundraiser @ the PX

7 FEB: Super Bowl XLIV Training Holiday

9 FEB: FRG Meeting at 5:00pm in the BTRY

Classroom

11 FEB: St. Barbara’s Day Ball

14 FEB: Thunder Family Day

15 FEB: ROK Monthly Civil Defense Drill at

2:00pm for about 20 minutes.

17 FEB: Tentative trip to tour the ROK

Navel Ship, the Cheonan

18 FEB: President’s Day Training Holiday

21 FEB: President’s Day Holiday

Also: Strong Bonds Singles Retreat is from

2-4 FEB

Steel Rain Birthdays!

Caption describing

picture or graphic.

FEBRUARY 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

NEO

Class

3 4

Holiday

5

6 7 Super

Bowl!

8 9

FRG

Meeting

10 11 St. Barb’s

Ball

12

13 14 Thunder

Family Day

15 Civil De-

fense Drill

16 17 Cheonan

Tour

18 Training

Holiday

19

20 21

Holiday

22 23 24 25 26

27 28

P A G E 3

P A G E 4

“Pay yourself

first each

month…”

Stretch Your Dollar

Tips to Increase Your Savings in 2011

SHOUT OUTS! Congratulations to PFC

Koh who was promoted

on January 1st!

And we say farewell to

the following Soldiers:

PFC Crooms

PFC Osborne

PFC Padgett

Thank your for all your

hard work and best of

luck in the

future!

STEEL

RAIN!

1. Determine your savings

goals.

2. Pay yourself first each

month

3. Use allotments.

4. Keep your loose change

or put away your dollar

bills.

5. Put bonus income in your

savings.

6. Evaluate your budget

and see where you can

save.

7. Shop around for the

best interest rate.

8. Save the lunch money

you would have spent.

3. Plan menus then make

a shopping list.

4. Carpool.

5. Run dishwasher/washer

only when there is a full

load (or wash by hand).

6. Buy the economy size

and repackage.

Here are 10 ways you can

stretch your dollar and save

some case for the things you

really want this year!

1. Pack your own lunch and

snacks. This is not only

healthier but a money

saver!

2. Unplug unused appli-

ances.

S T E E L R A I N N E W S

Do you have an empty sav-

ings account? Did you know

that money in your savings

account will grow from the

interest earned on the prin-

cipal? And the more money

you have in your savings the

more interest you can earn.

Here are some tips to in-

7. When possible, do it

yourself.

8. Clip coupons.

9. Turn off lights when

not needed.

10. Do not grocery shop

when hungry.

Steel Rain Holiday Party Highlights!

P A G E 6

“The order links

field artillerymen of the past and present in a brotherhood of professionalism, selfless service and sacrifice symbolized by Saint Barbara.”

The Legend of St. Barbara

S T E E L R A I N N E W S

“According to legend, Saint Barbara was the extremely beautiful daughter of a wealthy

heathen named Dioscorus, who lived near Nicomedia in Asia Minor. Because of her singu-

lar beauty and fearful that she be demanded in marriage and taken away from him, he jeal-

ously shut her up in a tower to protect her from the outside world.

Shortly before embarking on a journey, he commissioned a sumptuous bathhouse to be

built for her, approving the design before he departed. Barbara had heard of the teachings

of Christ, and while her father was gone spent much time in contemplation. From the win-

dows of her tower she looked out upon the surrounding countryside and marveled at the

growing things; the trees, the animals and the people. She decided that all these must be

part of a master plan, and that the idols of wood and stone worshipped by her parents must

be condemned as false. Gradually she came to accept the Christian faith.

As her belief became firm, she directed that the builders redesign the bathhouse her father

had planned, adding another window so that the three windows might symbolize the Holy

Trinity.

When her father returned, he was enraged at the changes and infuriated when Barbara ac-

knowledged that she was a Christian. He dragged her before the perfect of the province,

who decreed that she be tortured and put to death by beheading. Dioscorus himself carried

out the death sentence. On his way home he was struck by lightning and his body con-

sumed.

Saint Barbara lived and died about the year 300 A.D. She was venerated as early as the sev-

enth century. The legend of the lightning bolt which struck down her persecutor caused her

to be regarded as the patron saint in time of danger from thunderstorms, fires and sudden

death.

When gunpowder made its appearance in the Western world, Saint Barbara was invoked

for aid against accidents resulting from explosions--since some of the earlier artillery pieces

often blew up instead of firing their projectile, Saint Barbara became the patroness of the

artillerymen.

Saint Barbara is usually represented standing by a tower with three windows, carrying the

palm of a martyr in her hand. Often, too, she holds a chalice and a sacramental wafer and

sometimes cannon are displayed near her. In the present calendars, the feast of Saint Bar-

bara falls on December 4th and is traditionally recognized by a formal military dinner, of-

ten involving presentation of the Order of Saint Barbara.

The Order of Saint Barbara is an honorary military society of the United States Field Artil-

lery. Both U.S. Marine and Army field artillery along with their military and civilian sup-

porters are eligible for membership. The order is managed by the U.S. Field Artillery Asso-

ciation and two levels of recognition exist. The most distinguished level is the Ancient Or-

der of Saint Barbara and those who are selected for this honor have achieved long-term,

exceptional service to the field artillery surpassing even their brethren in the Honorable Or-

der of Saint Barbara. “ *

The Story of Molly Pitcher

P A G E 7

“While she

watched,

Hayes fell

wounded…”

Across that bullet-swept ground, a striped skirt fluttered. Mary Hays McCauly was earn-

ing her nickname "Molly Pitcher" by bringing pitcher after pitcher of cool spring water to

the exhausted and thirsty men. She also tended to the wounded and once, heaving a crip-

pled Continental soldier up on her strong young back, carried him out of reach of hard-

charging Britishers. On her next trip with water, she found her artilleryman husband back

with the guns again, replacing a casualty. While she watched, Hays fell wounded. The

piece, its crew too depleted to serve it, was about to be withdrawn. Without hesitation,

Molly stepped forward and took the rammer staff from her fallen husband’s hands. For

the second time on an American battlefield, a woman manned a gun. (The first was Mar-

garet Corbin during the defense of Fort Washington in 1776.) Resolutely, she stayed at

her post in the face of heavy enemy fire, ably acting as a matross (gunner).

For her heroic role, General Washington himself issued her a warrant as a noncommis-

sioned officer. Thereafter, she was widely hailed as "Sergeant Molly." A flagstaff and

cannon stand at her gravesite at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. A sculpture on the battle monu-

ment commemorates her courageous deed.”*

“An Artillery wife, Mary Hays McCauly (better known as

Molly Pitcher) shared the rigors of Valley Forge with her hus-

band, William Hays. Her actions during the battle of Monmouth

on June 28, 1778 became legendary. That day at Monmouth

was as hot as Valley Forge was cold. Someone had to cool the

hot guns and bathe parched throats with water.

* From http://www.landscaper.net/artylgnd.htm

Molly Pitcher’s Monument presently

guards the Old Carlisle Cemetery in

Pennsylvania.

hahm-nee-dah)

What is the price? Kapshi olma jiyo

(kop-she ohl-mah jee-yoh?)

Do you speak English? Yong-O

haseyo? (yuhng-an hah-say-yoh?)

Here are some helpful Korean phrases you

should learn to ease your traveling around

the ROK!

Yes: Ne (nay) or Yes, thats right: Ne, majayo

(nay, mah-jah-yoh)

No: A-ni-o

Thank you (general): Kamsahamnida (Kam-sa-

ham-ni-da)

Your Welcome: Chon maneyo (chone mahn-eh-

yoh)

Please Take Me There: Ka juseyo (kah juu-say-

yoh)

Excuse Me: Mian hamnida (me-ahn hahm-nee-

dah)

I'm Sorry: Choe song hamnida (cho-eh soong

Please call a taxi for me: Taekshi-rul pullo

chushio (tahk-she-ruhl puhl-yoh chuu-she-oh)

left: wentchogui (went-johg-we)

right: oruntchogui (oh-ruhnt-johg-we)

straight: ttokparum (toke-pah-ruhm)

Where is the subway station? Chihachol

yok-i odiso yo? (jee-hah-chuhl yuhk-ee ah-dee-

suh yoh?)

Do you have a menu in English? Yong-o-ro

doen menu issoyo? (Yung-uu-roh doh-en men-

yuu ee-suh-yoh?)

Cheers! Konbae! (Kom-bay!)

We hope that all of our Steel Family had a

great start to the new year! If there is anything

that you would like to see in the next addition

of the Steel Rain News please feel free to con-

tact us at:

nikkay08@yahoo.com

Www.facebook.com/steelrainbattery

A huge thank you to SPC Cardoza for always

sending any information I end up requesting for

this! You are awesome!

V/R,

Nikki Ayres & Tierra Maull

Your C BTRY FRG Leaders

This Month’s Korean Lesson

Gyeongbok Palace, Seoul

STEEL RAIN