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On top of all this, the 232 nd , with the help of FSC will be ever ready to respond to the nation‟s call should a disaster strike here in America. Changes in the head-shed include the loss of LTC Winkler sometime in January to Brigade staff and the loss of CSM Keel in late March. Those will be painful losses as we have come to depend on the exper- tise, professionalism and impact these two make every day on this battalion. We will be busy again soon, but now is a time to pause and celebrate the holidays. Please relax, spend time with loved ones. Please be safe as winter is undenia- bly upon us. If another Wolverine is in need, please let us know, and we will help in whatever way we can. Happy Holidays Wolverine 6 LTC Gary Calese Wolverines, Well team, as promised, the sprint is over! This battalion executed a phenomenal amount of training, construction and family events in the last three months. And we did it exceptionally well. We all should be proud of our accomplishments. The October FTX was a resounding success. We trained hard in a realistic scenario, and did it all without accident. Three weeks of training, construction, live fire events, and well over 1,000 vehicle-miles. This level of success has never been accomplished since we moved here to Ft Leonard Wood. Bravo! Other kudos for this quarter include 270 drug and alco- hol incident free days in the 232 nd , an awesome Turkey Bowl, solid inspection results from 4 th MEB, 1ID and Ft Leonard Wood on everything from arms rooms to reenlistment. We‟ve trained NCOs at a CSM Keel designed junior leader development course, combat life-savers, drivers, and hand to hand combatants. We‟ve built an outdoor classroom for Thayer Elementary, an addition to the Crocker Animal shelter, improved several ranges at Ft Leonard Wood and finished up a month of world class construction at Ft Riley. We capped off the year with a tremendous Winter Ball and some great company Christmas parties. These were some of the best holiday events I‟ve seen. Thank you so much to all the volunteers who made these events possible for us and our families. Next quarter‟s theme is to get ready for the summer con- struction season. We will execute a construction university for our lead- ers as well as continued training on our individual technical skills. We will fix our equipment and sharpen our blades. We will conduct a weapons qualification week here at Ft. Leonard Wood and survey, plan and design the summer‟s projects. In addition to 103 rd ‟s three road projects in Nogales, Arizona this spring, we are researching construc- tion projects for this summer at Ft. Riley, Ft. Campbell and Ft. Chaffee. From the Command The Wolverzine DECEMBER 2011 94TH ENGINEER BATTALION FRG MEETINGS: HHC FRG - 5:30, 2nd Tues, Piney Hills Comm. Cen- ter FSC FRG - 5:30, 1st Tues, Stonegate Comm. Center 77th FRG - 5:30, 1st Tues, Specker Chapel 103rd FRG - 5:30, 1st Thurs, USO 232nd FRG - 5:30, 2nd Tues, Company INSIDE THIS ISSUE: HHC 3 FSC 4 77th 5 103rd 6 232nd 7 Operation Home Front 8 Milestones 9

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On top of all this, the 232nd, with

the help of FSC will be ever ready

to respond to the nation‟s

call should a disaster

strike here in America.

Changes in the

head-shed include the loss

of LTC Winkler sometime

in January to Brigade staff

and the loss of CSM Keel

in late March. Those will

be painful losses as we

have come to depend on the exper-

tise, professionalism and impact

these two make every day on this

battalion.

We will be busy again

soon, but now is a time to pause

and celebrate the holidays. Please

relax, spend time with loved ones.

Please be safe as winter is undenia-

bly upon us. If another Wolverine

is in need, please let us know, and

we will help in whatever way we

can.

Happy Holidays

Wolverine 6

LTC Gary Calese

Wolverines,

Well team, as promised,

the sprint is over! This battalion

executed a phenomenal amount of

training, construction and family

events in the last three months.

And we did it exceptionally well.

We all should be proud of our

accomplishments. The October FTX

was a resounding success. We

trained hard in a realistic scenario,

and did it all without accident.

Three weeks of training, construction,

live fire events, and well over 1,000

vehicle-miles. This level of success

has never been accomplished since

we moved here to Ft Leonard Wood.

Bravo!

Other kudos for this

quarter include 270 drug and alco-

hol incident free days in the 232nd,

an awesome Turkey Bowl, solid

inspection results from 4th MEB, 1ID

and Ft Leonard Wood on everything

from arms rooms to reenlistment.

We‟ve trained NCOs at a CSM Keel

designed junior leader development

course, combat life-savers, drivers,

and hand to hand combatants.

We‟ve built an outdoor classroom for

Thayer Elementary, an addition to

the Crocker Animal shelter, improved

several ranges at Ft Leonard Wood

and finished up a month of world

class construction at

Ft Riley.

We

capped off the year

with a tremendous

Winter Ball and

some great company

Christmas parties.

These were some of

the best holiday

events I‟ve seen. Thank you so

much to all the volunteers who

made these events possible for us

and our families.

Next quarter‟s theme is

to get ready for the summer con-

struction season. We will execute a

construction university for our lead-

ers as well as continued training on

our individual technical skills. We

will fix our equipment and sharpen

our blades. We will conduct a

weapons qualification week here at

Ft. Leonard Wood and survey, plan

and design the summer‟s projects.

In addition to 103rd‟s three road

projects in Nogales, Arizona this

spring, we are researching construc-

tion projects for this summer at Ft.

Riley, Ft. Campbell and Ft. Chaffee.

From the Command

The Wolverzine D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 1 9 4 T H E N G I N E E R B A T T A L I O N

F R G

M E E T I N G S :

HHC FRG - 5:30,

2nd Tues, Piney

Hills Comm. Cen-

ter

FSC FRG - 5:30, 1st

Tues, Stonegate

Comm. Center

77th FRG - 5:30, 1st

Tues, Specker

Chapel

103rd FRG - 5:30,

1st Thurs, USO

232nd FRG - 5:30,

2nd Tues, Company

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

HHC 3

FSC 4

77th 5

103rd 6

232nd 7

Operation

Home Front

8

Milestones 9

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Chaplain’s Blessings

Chaplain Chad Davis

(573)433-1672

4th MEB Bible Study

Wednesdays 1130-1230

Specker Chapel

Lunch provided

Laura and I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. We have so much to be thank-

ful for, friends, family, and the Battalion is not deployed. With cold days ahead of us and

2012 approaching quickly, we hope you all are safe and have a Happy New Year!!

Sheree Keel and Laura Calese

T H E W O L V E R Z I N E

FRG Leader Contact Info

HHC

Shelly Hughes

[email protected]

FSC

Melissa Simulcik

Robin Edwards

[email protected]

77th

JCPT. Ashton, James

[email protected]

103rd

Sarah Alber

[email protected]

232nd

Mara Tate

[email protected]

Spouse Greetings

I recently saw an exciting movie starring Nicholas Cage, titled “Gone in Sixty

Seconds.” It‟s a movie about stealing expensive exotic cars. I wondered what

it would be like to own a car like that.. Then, in keeping with the spirit of the

movie, I wondered, what if that treasured, one-of-a-kind Maserati Barchetta

Corsa was suddenly stolen, gone in sixty seconds?

Luckily for most of us, our lives aren‟t tied up in tremendously

expensive cars. We are, however, deeply invested in other transitory

things. Our careers form a significant part of our identity, but careers don‟t

last forever. The Psalmist wrote, “It is better to take refuge in the LORD than

to trust in man.” Let‟s face it, the things we work so hard for and by which

we define ourselves are transitory and fragile.

Two years ago, a young man in his early thirties suddenly came

down with an aggressive cancer. Thank God he came through it and is

healthy, but he could have died. Soldiers deploy to dangerous places, children

leave home, and marriages fail. This is reality. Fortunately, there is a solid

foundation of hope, namely, our faith.

The one thing that will never be gone in sixty seconds is our

relationship with God. Houses and cars are nice, families are important and

our health is priceless, but our real security is found when we base our hope

and our identity upon our relationship with God our savior. Jesus said,

”Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into prac-

tice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down,

the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did

not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.”[

We tend to amass goods, build strong families, and watch our

blood pressure. Still, we need to know that trials really do come and our

faith must be where we find our identity. We need to nurture and cultivate

our faith and friendship with God. As the Proverbs say, “A man of many com-

panions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a

brother.”

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The winter months are finally here

and we are all preparing to have a

much deserved break during the

holiday season. The last couple of

months have kept the entire BN busy

and the Soldiers within HHC have met

each challenge head on. In October

the Battalion went to Fort Riley,

Kansas for a Field Training Exercise;

this was the culmination of months of

HHC Headhunter Headlines

P A G E 3 9 4 T H E N G I N E E R B A T T A L I O N

training. We conducted a Convoy

Live Fire Exercise, a Mass Casualty

Exercise, and individual and crew

served weapons ranges. We experi-

enced amazing weather, which con-

tributed to the success of the exer-

cise, and most importantly, we made

it all back to FLW safely. As we

transition to our Holiday half day

schedule, we have been enjoying the

four day weekends as compensation

for the time spent at Fort Riley. SFC

Skillings and CW2 Anderson recently

returned from their deployments. SFC

Skillings served as a Mentor for Af-

ghan Army Explosive Ordinance Dis-

posal (EOD) soldiers, and CW2 Ander-

son served in the J7 for U.S. Forces-

Iraq. If you seen them around, be

sure to give them a warm welcome.

Lindsay and I want to wish you all a

Merry Christmas and a Happy New

Year. Headhunters!!

You can keep in touch and stay

informed by checking out our Face-

book page: http://www.facebook.com/

pages/94th-Engineer-HHC-

FRG/178770138816962

CPT Aaron Ferguson

This is what has been going on in

“Headhunter‟s” land. We had our 1st Annual

Sweet Potato Pie Drive From the end of

October to the middle of November. It went

very well. We had a Breakfast Burrito/Chili

Dog/Bake Sale at the 470 building. Everyone

at the building truly enjoyed it. Major

Winkler was promoted to LT. Col. Winker.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! We are now planning

on having an awesome Christmas Party and

bring in the New Year right.

Here is my contact information;

email – rachelle-

[email protected] or phone –

(573) 452-2196.

FRG Leader Nook

Wolverine Olympics Day 9/1/11

FRG volunteers , Shelly Hughes & Tina Balvanz

working a fundraiser

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FRG Leader Nook

FSC Spartan Word Thank you to all Spartans and Spar-

tan families for a safe and well-

executed quarter. First quarter has

certainly been a busy one, as the

Army prepares itself for winter and

the holiday season. The Soldiers did

an outstanding job as we conducted

our autumn FTX at Fort Riley, KS.

They drove over 900 miles just

getting there and back, and the

distribution platoon completed over

2100 miles while conducting resupply

missions to the Wolverines. We did

this with no accidents, and even

stopped on the highway to help a

couple who had been pushed off the

road by a truck. They were very

appreciative and so am I that the

Spartans were willing and able to

leap into action emplacing safety

markers, directing traffic, stabilizing

and freeing the driver, and preparing

the landing zone for the medical

evacuation helicopter. The mainte-

nance platoon took decisive control of

the sparse motor pool facilities of

Fort Riley and was able to put our

company way ahead of our peers.

Headquarters section was not slacking

either, as they established accounts

for multiple classes of supply and fed

a constantly changing population of

nearly 500 Wolverines for the entire

exercise. We have continued to train

since we returned with such events as

the Chili Cookoff and the Turkey Bowl

Officers vs. NCOs football game. The

Wolverine Ball is the 2nd of December

and I look forward to seeing many of

you there.

CPT Joshua Simulcik

hope all of our Spartan Families

have a safe and happy holiday!

Melissa Simulcik

(410)790-8115

Robin Edwards

(870)688-3833

T H E W O L V E R Z I N E

The FSC FRG has had a busy fall,

with more activity to come! We

have had some great and informa-

tive FRG meetings, two fundraisers

(chili/bake sale and gift-wrapping at

the PX) and one community service

activity (visiting the veteran‟s

home.) As always, the Families of

the FSC have come together to

support each other and our Sol-

diers. I hope you have all enjoyed

our activities – we are always open

to suggestions for future events and

things you would like to do. In

2012, our FRG will continue to

focus on providing the information

you need and want, mixed in with

some fun and social time for every-

one. I hope even more family

members will choose to become

active in the FRG. We will con-

tinue to meet on the first Tuesday

of each month at 5:30 pm. We

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77th Rock Steady Report

P A G E 5 9 4 T H E N G I N E E R B A T T A L I O N

OUTLAW FAMILIES MERRY CHRISTMAS! As you all know, the Outlaws are just wrap-

ping an extremely busy few months

and deserve a MUCH needed break.

Fortunately, the Holidays have ar-

rived, along with a few extra long

weekends. During the Battalion FTX

in October, the whole Company

performed magnificently. There

were some long convoys and some

late nights but the success of the

FTX was based on the individual

efforts of the Soldiers. 1st and 3rd

platoons constructed some overhead

equipment structures while 2nd

platoon built a „SEA-Hut‟ for a

multipurpose range. Despite

the prep work, conducted by

others, being uneven, not level,

and support beams not inline;

the platoons did a fantastic job

of overcoming these obstacles

and ended up with great re-

sults. Thanks to them all the

assigned tasks and construction

missions were completed on

time and, once again, the Out-

laws have made a name for

themselves. Great Job, Soldiers!

The next few months hold a

chance for us to focus on some

maintenance and company pro-

cedures, which should allow for

Soldiers to spend more time at

home. Other than our SNAIR

(Snow and Ice Removal) require-

ments we have a great opportu-

nity to have a lot of time with

our families. As ALWAYS I am

grateful for the opportunity to be

around so many great men and

women and serve this Great Na-

tion! Thank You!

CPT Ben Ashton

[email protected]

(573)-596-3102

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FRG Leader Nook

103rd Viper Bytes Hello again Vipers!!! Winter is here

and we were not idle through the fall

months. The company deployed with

the battalion to Fort Riley for three

week for a great FTX. We trained

on convoy procedures, job site secu-

rity, and even got to do some small

construction projects. Everyone did

an amazing job and the efforts they

put into it allowed us all to return

safely and in a better position to

deploy if necessary. Upon returning,

3rd Platoon went right back to work

on Range 21/22 here at FLW. The

weather has really slowed them down

but the progress they have made up

to this point is looking outstanding.

We also had the Turkey Bowl, which

I am proud to report was won by

the Officers for the second year in a

row. In addition, we had our Battal-

ion Ball and the Company Christmas

party. For those of you who were

able to make the Ball, thanks for

coming!! I know 1SG Miller and

myself had a great time due to all

the wonderful people at the event.

If you were unable to make it hope-

fully you can come next year since

they are always a lot of fun. The

Christmas party was a great success

and it was great to spend time with

all the family members who were

able to make it. In closing I want

to take a minute to say thank you

to Amanda Almeida for being the FRG

Leader for the last several months.

She did a wonderful job and her

efforts really helped the company

plan activities and pass information

to everyone who needed it. Now we

say welcome to Sarah Alber who will

be replacing Amanda as the FRG

Leader. She is very excited to be

here and her help in planning and

executing the Company Christmas

party was crucial. I hope you all

have a wonderful holiday season and

I look forward to seeing you all

again after the New Year.

CPT Dennis Hines

Sarah Alber

(253)-666-2259

Vipers!!

My name is Sarah Alber. I am the new 103rd FRG

Leader. I want to express a huge thank you to

Mrs. Almedia for all of her hard work and thought-

fulness during her time as the FRG Leader. We

have many great activities coming up for our

Soldiers and their families. Thank you for giving

me the opportunity to work with these great Sol-

diers and families. I look forward to keeping you

updated with the Viper news.

T H E W O L V E R Z I N E

http://www.facebook.com/pages/103rd-Engineer-Company-FRG/166344670115487

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To the Soldiers, Families, and Friends of

the 232nd Warriors: As always, I want to

thank the families, friends, and Soldiers

of the 232nd for their continued support

in making this unit an outstanding outfit.

We continue to remain engaged in our

current construction mission here at Ft.

Leonard Wood at Training Area 74A and

our CBRN Response Mission that will both

continue through September 2012. During

the last couple of months, the Warriors

prepared for and executed an out-

standing field training exercise in Ft.

Riley, KS. We demonstrated to ourselves

and the battalion that we train hard and

remain a ready force whether it pertains

to construction, CBRN missions, convoy

movement, or ranges. This was apparent

as 6 Soldiers were recognized for out-

standing achievements during the training

exercise and a total of 32 Soldiers re-

ceived first and second place during the

Convoy Live Fire Exercise, earning the

title of the Battalion‟s “Top Guns”.

Another outstanding milestone worth

mentioning is our current record of over

270 days without alcohol or drug related

incidents. This demonstrates a level of

discipline in our unit that is rare across

the Army and I am proud to serve with

such men and women of excellence. As

we wind down from an extremely busy

yet enjoyable year, let all of us take

time to enjoy our holidays with the

friends and family that we love and care

about. Let us keep in mind the expan-

sive opportunities we as Americans are

able to enjoy and the freedom that this

all-volunteer military force fights for.

Happy Holidays and have a great New

Year! WARRIORS!

CPT David McKelvin

Dear 232nd Friends and Family,

I am excited to announce that we have

9 new volunteers that are currently

serving in our FRG! The past few months

have been very busy for us as we have

been planning and preparing for our

upcoming Christmas Party. We have

raised all the funds for our Christmas

Party with our bake sale fundraisers and

our motor-pool cookout. We also partici-

pated in a fundraiser where we assisted

in various service roles at the MP Ball.

This opportunity to help serve at the MP

Ball allotted us the majority of our

funding for our Christmas dinner that will

take place on December 15th. I‟m very

excited about our new volunteers because

we could not have conducted all the

preparing and planning alone – So I

would like to say THANK YOU to all our

volunteers who have helped with our

FRG! With the help of Operation Home

Front and the friends and family mem-

bers of 232nd, we are able to have an

amazing Christmas party filled with gifts,

food, fun and fellowship for everyone.

I look forward to the New Year and all

that it has in store for us!

Our FRG Meetings are currently every 2nd

Tuesday of the month, starting at 5:30pm.

If there are any needs, questions or con-

cerns, please feel free to contact me at

your convenience.

Blessings,

Mara Tate

(314)-496-7719

FRG Leader Nook

232nd Warrior Review

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MISSION: Operation Homefront (OH)

provides emergency financial and other

assistance to the families of our service

members and wounded warriors.

VISION: Through generous, widespread

public support and a collaborative team

of exceptional staff and volunteers, we

aspire to become the provider of choice

for emergency financial and other assis-

tance to the families of our service

members and wounded warriors. Where

there is a need we do not provide, we

will partner with others for the benefit of

our military families.

VALUES: Honor Patriotism and Service to

Country: We believe those who wear our

country's uniform do so with a sense of

duty, knowing they support the causes of

freedom. We serve by serving them and

their families.

- Do What's Right: We are committed to

the highest standards of ethical conduct

in all that we do. We believe that hon-

esty and integrity engender trust, which is

the cornerstone of providing our services.

We are careful stewards of the resources

provided by our donors. We strive to be

good citizens and we take responsibility

for our actions.

- Respect Others: We recognize that our

success as an enterprise depends on the

talent, skills and expertise of our people

and our ability to function as a tightly

integrated team. We appreciate our

diversity and believe that respect - for

our colleagues, clients, partners, and all

those with whom we interact - is an

essential element of all positive and

productive relationships.

- Perform With Excellence: We understand

the importance of our mission and the

trust our clients and donors place in us.

With this in mind, we strive to excel in

every aspect of our activities and ap-

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Opera-

tion Homefront was formed in February

2002. It was developed to support the

families of deployed service members imme-

diately following 9/11. Operation Homefront

is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, and

has evolved into a major nonprofit. The

organization currently provides services to

military families across the nation with 25

chapters serving 30 states. The national

office handles cases in states that do not

have their own chapters. The majority of

our clients are the lowest-paid service

members, the E-1 through E-6 enlisted

ranks.

The target population is American military

personnel and/or their families who have

unmet needs due to financial hardship,

death, injury, or physical or mental detri-

ment as a result of service in Iraq or

Afghanistan. These may include active duty,

Reserve, National Guard and veteran service

members. They are a diverse ethnic group

(64 percent are minorities): approximately

20 percent are African-American; 5 percent

Asian-American; 34 percent Hispanic/Latino;

5 percent Native American; and 36 percent

Caucasian. Roughly 75 percent live at an

income level 80 percent below the median

income for the communities in which they

reside.

We‟re proud to earn the highest rating –

four stars – for five straight years from

Charity Navigator, the nation‟s top inde-

pendent evaluator of nonprofit organizations.

Nationally, $.95 of every dollar donated to

Operation Homefront goes to programs.

Our Mission

proach every challenge with a determina-

tion to succeed.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In 2010, we met

167,348 needs for military families, includ-

ing active duty, Guard and Reserve mem-

bers from all branches of service. Since its

inception, Operation Homefront has pro-

vided more than $92 million dollars of

funding to programs to benefit military

families.

KEY SERVICES: Operation Homefront pro-

vides direct services to alleviate a military

family‟s or individual‟s actual/complete

emergency financial burden, as well as

counseling and/or recovery support. Emer-

gency financial assistance is in the form of

checks paid directly to mortgage lenders,

auto mechanics, contractors, hospitals,

doctors, dentists and other providers. Other

emergency funding assistance, which an

applicant receives within 24 to 72 hours,

includes the following:

Financial assistance

Emergency food

Emergency home repairs

Critical baby items: formula, food and

diapers

Home and appliance repair

Furniture and household items

Local moving assistance

Community events

Wounded Warrior Transitional Family

Housing

Email: http://www.operationhomefront.net/

missouri/

Operation Homefront - Missouri & Southwest

Illinois

1306 R. West Lark Industrial Dr

Fenton, MO 63026

Phone: 636-600-0096

Fax: 314 315-4834

Toll Free: 888-799-1470

T H E W O L V E R Z I N E

Operation Homefront - Missouri & Southwest Illinois

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Farewell My Friend

P A G E 9 9 4 T H E N G I N E E R B A T T A L I O N

So Long, Farewell, auf Wiedersehen,

Good-bye. To all of you who are leav-

ing to move on to bigger and better

things we wish you good luck in your

life and career.

HHC - SPC McKinney, SPC Butler, SFC

Jones, SSG Jaramillo, SGT Flemming, SPC

Henning, SPC Kennedy

FSC - SSG. Guy, Michael, SSG. Bullock, Sean,

PVT. Jiminez, Racheal, PFC. Villarreal, Leticia,

PFC. Hruby, Dorothy, PFC. Marchman, Jennifer,

SSG. Oneal, Roger

77th - SFC Keaton , SSG Collins, SSG Harris,

SGT Juneau, SGT Martin, SGT Needham, SGT

Roberts, SGT McGill, SGT Dixon, SPC Wood,

SPC Gomezlopez

McCarthy, Jasmine

77th

PFC Miller, PFC Scott, PV2 Marteloze, PV2

Zhou

103rd

SGT KRABACHER, ANDREW, PFC SIMMONS,

CHRISTOPHER, 2LT SHEA, KYLE, SGT BRIM,

ANTHONY, SSG DAILEYWOODARD, PAMELA,

SGT PATRICK, ROBERT, PFC SANTOS,

We welcome into the ranks of the

Wolverines the following Soldiers and

Families:

HHC

PVT Yoo, SGT Galbreth, SPC Norby, SGT

Ratliff, PVT Sostrom, 1LT Magnaye

FSC

SPC. DeLa Cruz, Julio, PFC. Quinterosilva,

Andres, PV2. Shuermann, Ryan, PFC.

Special Deliveries

Welcome Wolverines!

HHC - CPT Hamilton & Ms. Hamilton, baby, Danielle Correll, born on 4 Nov 11.

SPC Norby & Ms. Norby, baby, Liam Brian Norby, born on 29 Nov 11.

FSC - None

77th - PFC Aubin & Ms. Aubin, baby, William, Alexander Phillip, Aubin, born on 30 Sep 11.

103rd - SPC AFAULO-ROBINSON, JENIFFER: BABY:NAME: MIKAYLA ROBINSON BORN AT 1133 ON NOV 09 2011; 6LBS

14 OZ, 19 INCHES LONG

SGT VANWINKLE, JARROD: BABY: NAME: CALYSSA VANWINKLE BORN AT 0700 ON NOV 16 2011; 6 LBS 12 OZ, 19.25

INCHES LONG

SPC HERNANDEZ, ALFONSO: BABY: NAME: ARIANA HERNANDEZ BORN ON 01 NOV 2011; 7LBS 4 OZ, 20 ½ INCHES

LONG

232nd - SPC Talley, Travis & Shelena - Baby Silas, SPC Desotel, Brian & Kenya - Baby Sebastian, PFC Jordan, Mat-

thew & Lauren - Baby Liam, PV2 Hisatake, Elizabeth (no spouse) - Baby Alaimoana, SGT Pintar, Brandon & Corrie -

Baby Greyson, SPC Conrad, Robbie & Nicky - Baby Emily, SPC Raymond, Benjamin & Joyce (Expecting), PFC Moran,

Maurico & Elise (Expecting), SPC Nyonga, Cliff & Peris Moturi (Expecting), SGT Everts, William & Misha (Expecting)

MARIQA

232nd

2LT Tiegs, 1LT Minor,

SGT Harmon, SGT

Manivong, PVT Brinson

103rd - SPC CLEWIS, ROCKY, SPC

HERBER, ANTHONY, SPC REED,

SHELBY, SGT ROGERS, SGT ENNS,

LAURA, SGT ENNS, BRANDON, SPC

CORMICAN, WILLIAM

232nd - 1LT Brooks, 1LT Cooper, SPC

Cook, SSG Velez, SPC Glen, SSG Marciniak,

SPC Capers

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James V. Dunz

Tamika S. Tukes

Family Readiness Support Assistant

Phone: (573)596-0131 ext 6-3968

Cell: (573)433-1671

E-mail: [email protected]

E-mail: [email protected],mil

94th Engineer FRG Steering Committee

Mission Statement:

We will listen to and handle Family member concerns

and issues with respect, understanding, and kindness.

We will provide the necessary, appropriate communica-

tions and resources to help Family members stay in-

formed, knowledgeable, and educated.

We will reach out personally to all Family members

with genuine concern and appreciations in order to

sustain, support and motivate them throughout their

Wolverine tours.

We will act responsibly with the financial assets and

resources of the 94th Engineer Battalion and promise

to use these monies to benefit the Wolverine Family

members as a whole.

94th Engineer Battalion

Family Advocacy Program (FAP)

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“Building Firm Foundations”

The inclusion of some unofficial information in this FRG Newsletter has not increased the costs to the Government, in

accordance with DoD 4525.8-M, Official Mail Management Manual.

FRSA Note

The purpose of the FAP is to develop programs and initiatives to prevent spouse and child abuse and neglect, encourage reporting of all in-

stances of abuse, ensure prompt assessment and investigation of all reports, provide safety for victims of abuse and provide support services

and treatment for victims, family members and offenders. FAP supports soldiers and their families in managing personal and family problems.

For soldiers involved in family violence FAP referral reduces risk, establishes safety limits, and provides treatment for victims and offenders.

Respite care services are available to eligible military families that can assist with childcare fees up to 20 hours per month for each child in

the family. These families are usually experiencing stressors that may place children at risk for abuse.

For further information call 573-596-0212.