1. Task Force Tigershark 1 MARCH 2012
Newsletter
Greetings Tigersharks and Happy New Year!
B Company, 2-10 Mountainhawks said
goodbye to CPT Rob and Laura
Kazmarek who are moving to the Na-
tional Training Center in California and
said hello to CPT Alicemary Trivette
who came from HHC/CAB HQs after
virtually running CAB Operations in
OEF. It is bittersweet to bid farewell to
two trusted and experienced leaders,
but we are all grateful to receive both CW2 Cox addresses 1-87 IN leadership
Major Lee receives an Order of St Michael
Jason and Alicemary to our team. Also,
I hope the 90 days since our last news- in January we farewelled Major Brook
letter were fruitful to all of you and Lee and his family and CW3(P) Matt
your families. We have conducted a Burke. The loss of all four officers from
Brigade Formal, Block Leave, a very this formation will be difficult to fill, but
large Hail and Farewell at Maggies in I know that all of us are better Soldiers
January, and have received tremendous for having served alongside these terrific
guidance from Mountain 6, Major Gen- leaders. On a sad note, former SGT
eral Mark Milley, our new Command- Joshua Taylor of HHC (Havoc) died on
ing General. Some aircraft and ground 8 February in his Miami home. Our
equipment have been received here at thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Fort Drum, and so we are slowly but SGT Taylor was a terrific crewchief
surely building combat power so that throughout tours in Iraq and Afghani-
by April and May we are ready to con- stan. He impacted all of us with his
duct a Task Force aerial gunnery here dedication to the unit and to our coun-
on the installation. February finished try. He will be sorely missed. SGT Tay-
off some big changes in our leadership lor would have wanted all of us to
with E Company said goodbye to CPT knuckle down and be the best Soldiers
Dan Sandford as he moved home with we could be. Always remember the
his family to Connecticut, and we said Tigershark General Orders: Stay posi-
hello to CPT Jason Eaton who came tive, stay alert, and take care of each
from 10th Mountain Division‟s HHBN. other! Command Sergeant Major
Carter and I are extremely proud of all
our soldiers and families and look for-
ward to continued „bonding‟ events.
CW2(P) Davis addresses leaders from 1-87 IN
Strike at Night! as B Troop takes lead to train AGI
Tigershark 6
CW2(P) Davis provides AGI mentorship to 1-87
IN CDR and other key leaders
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To Our Havoc
Families!
We are pleased to welcome our newest and his wife Renee are also celebrating the
soldiers to the Havoc Family as well. We birth of their daughter this month.
welcome our newest flight platoon leader As our equipment returns and helicopters
CPT Bowden who joins us from Delta come back from Reset we will begin training in
Company. Our newest officer 2LT Michalak earnest again as we bid farewell to the holiday
joins our S-3 shop. S-6 has a new NCOIC season for another year. We have several ma-
in SFC Warner. Our newest young soldiers jor training events on the horizon and we
are PFC Govan, PFC Bumbgardner, PV2 know everyone in
Harston, SPC Reed, and SPC Siddons.
the unit will be
CW4 Wojasinski comes to us from TF
ready to support
Phoenix to be our new Battalion Standardi-
zation Pilot. CW3 Allen joins us from Bri- one another
gate and will be working as our new through any diffi-
BAMO. Our departing soldiers for this edi- culties that may
tion of the HHC news letter are CW3 arise. The impend-
Cuevas who joins TF Six Shooter as their ing split of our
TACOPS officer, and CPT Harris who is company from a
moving down the road to the Brigade S-3 joint HHC/Flight
shop. We send our whole-hearted con- company into HHC
gratulations to SGT Marciano in the S-2 and Fox Company will also bring many changes
shop and his new wife Jaeza on their recent and challenges but we are poised to overcome
wedding. S-6‟s SPC Lyones welcomed his them. We thank all of the members of our
new daughter Brynn into the world so con- family, soldiers, spouses, and children alike for
gratulations to him and his wife. CPT Parisi your continued service and support. Lets make
this a great year.
In Remembrance CPT Eric Trivette
It is with heavy stan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom SGT
hearts that we Taylor decided to extend his enlistment so he could
must report the continue to serve with his friends and colleagues
passing of former through the duration of this last deployment.
Crew Chief SGT “Big Swole”, as he was known to friends because of his
Joshua Taylor. numerous and intense workouts, was always a pleasure
SGT Taylor was to work with and a very competent NCO. He brought
a member of the energy, enthusiasm and humor to work with him each
Havoc Family day. He was very proud when he received his accep-
from March 2010
tance letter from the University of Miami. SGT Taylor
up until he honorably completed his service term
was going to earn his degree in nursing so he could
this past January and decided to pursue his bache-
continue helping people in need and was very proud of
lors degree. He had been a member of Task Force
Tigershark since the unit was flagged as 3-3 ATK his chosen career path. He was also quite excited to
down at Hunter Army Airfield, GA. In 2009 he return to Miami, where he grew up, and enjoy the
participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom with many sandy beaches and warm weather instead of frozen
of the same soldiers he continued to serve with lakes and snow. He was an excellent part of the Havoc
after the unit moved up here to Ft. Drum. Upon Family and his loss will be felt by all who knew him.
learning of the upcoming deployment to Afghani- SGT Taylor is survived by his parents Fenton and
Yamile Taylor.
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3. Volume III Issue I
Pale Riders Families and Friends,
Hello and Greetings! I hope every- sake. Either way, we had an
one had an incredible holiday season, awesome time and can‟t wait
and enjoyed the time with the family for the next one on March
and friends and some much deserved 22nd!
rest. We‟re back in action now, get-
ting ready to ramp up the training for If you haven‟t heard, on March 2nd at
this summer. While we still don‟t 5:00 p.m. we‟re holding a Troop pot-
have our Troop aircraft back here at luck at the Adiron-
Fort Drum, we have been lucky dack Creek Com-
enough to fly once a week in our sis- munity Center.
ter unit‟s aircraft. We‟re getting back Other than the
into the routine and reacquainting Halloween party,
ourselves with the local area. we haven‟t really
had a Troop get-
I want to highlight some new addi- together since we
tions to our crew. I‟ve already intro- redeployed. So,
duced them at the January Hail and this will give us all a
Farewell, but a few weren‟t able to chance to catch up
make it that night. Just prior to the and spend some time with Will House tries to teach Kryz Landowski about
the local flying area.
holiday leave period, we received 1LT the entire Pale Rider fam-
Jordan Vanicek. Jordan and his wife ily.
Mary Ann join us from Texas, and I
have to say that they were both good That is all I have for now. I
sports at the Hail and Farewell. So, hope this note finds everyone
please help me welcome Jordan and well and in good spirits.
Mary Ann to the family. Later in De-
cember, we also received WO1 See you all soon and take care,
Christopher Hitt, PFC Alexander
Ruggerio, PV2 Mallory Stone, and CPT Charlie Hill
PFC Kathrine Bekham. Welcome to
the team guys and gals.
One of the highlights from the Hail
and Farewell was the chance to say
goodbye to CW2 Joel Garzelloni. He
and his wife Karrie are departing later
this month for Ft. Lewis, WA. They
and their children, Enzo and Eva, will
be missed.
I would love to share some photos Adam Rickert funded an entire Girl
from the Hail and Farewell, however I Scout Troop’s 2012 summer trip to
Florida.
have been briefed that they have all
been deleted for safety and deniability
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4. Volume III Issue I
Mountainhawk Families,
Hopefully you all The incoming commander, Captain AliceMary
had a relaxing block Trivette, will assume command of the company on the
leave period with 27th of February at 10:00 am. You can read more about
your Soldiers. It her in this newsletter.
was surely nice to
be back in the states As CPT Trivette takes over, Laura and I will be
and celebrating the moving on to our next assignment. We are PCSing to
holidays with family. Fort Irwin in southern California. It is definitely going
I know all the to be hard to leave this company. Your Soldiers are,
SGT Showell and SGT Seymour Mountainhawks without question, some of the best that I have ever
conducting some routine aircraft
came back from the worked with. Additionally, the FRG has made Laura
maintenance in the hangar.
leave period rested feel so welcome. The only thing that eases my con-
and ready to work. science a little about leaving is that the incoming com-
mander is an excellent officer and really nice person.
We are in the last stages of the RESET period right Laura and I wish you the best and hopefully we will see
now. If you don‟t know, RESET is the period when all you again down the road.
of the equipment that we had overseas with us is cycled
through repair facilities to ensure that it is in tip-top Captain Robert Kazmarek
shape. It has been a little hectic at times, but your Sol- Mountainhawk 6
diers came through and ensured that this company had
everything completed on time.
After RESET is over, training will pick up again. For
those of you new to the company, you can expect your
Soldiers to start flying in the local area and to start get-
ting back in the swing of garrison life. We will go
through the process of receiving new equipment, in-
cluding new helicopters, and then start full-scale training
late in the summer.
SGT Dines, SPC Jeffery, SPC Appleby, and
SPC Agy conducting tool box inventories.
lege at Fordham University and attended the ROTC
Mountainhawk Families program there. After flight school, my husband Eric and
and Friends, I were assigned to 10th CAB and deployed with the unit
for OIF XIII-IX and OEF X-XI. I have worked closely
with your Soldiers over the years and know the quality
It is an honor and privilege to assume command of
of troops I am about to work with.
B/2-10 and I am greatly looking forward to being
part of this team. I look forward to meeting all of It is a great time to be a part of the Mountainhawks and
you in the upcoming weeks and would like to take I hope to meet all of you at the Task Force‟s snow day!
this time to introduce myself to you. Very respectfully,
After growing up in a military family, I went to col- AliceMary Trivette
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5. Volume III Issue I
Hammerhead Friends and
Family,
As many of you know 1SG Charles ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
Wagenbrenner will be spending the
next few months serving as the Task SGT Porter, Carter
Force Command Sergeant Major while
CSM Nicolas Carter prepares to retire SPC Cross, Timothy
from the Army. First off, a huge thank
you to CSM Carter for his mentorship, SPC Vargas, Javier
concern, and support for the Soldiers
and Families of the Hammerheads and SPC Vazquez, Diego
the Tigersharks. To 1SG Wagen-
brenner and his wife Toni, I offer my February Promotions
personal gratitude. I speak for all the Aircraft are finally returning to Fort
Hammerheads when I applaud you for Drum from the RESET Repair facili- TO SPECIALIST
your determination, dedication, and ties across the country and your
drive as you encouraged each Soldier Soldiers are finally getting back to SPC Cochran, Raymond
to work hard, be better, and never doing what they do best – fixing heli-
accept anything less than excellence. copters! We are excited to prepare
Thanks Top, for molding this company for the future training opportunities February Awards
into the BEST company in all the Bri- on the horizon for the Hammer-
gade. You will be missed. To Toni, heads! Thank you for your support ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL
never before have I met a volunteer and dedication to this fine organiza-
with the energy and focused purpose tion. SSG Redman, Jeremy
with which you have served. Thank
you for your service as the Company CPT Jeff Timmons SSG Saria, Armando
FRG Leader. Thank you for your mag-
nificent care for our Families and Sol- January Promotions SPC Holzhauser, William
diers. Good Luck to Wagen, Toni, CJ,
Trent, and Aiden. We also would like TO PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
to welcome CW3 Danny Rook to our ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
company. CW3 Rook will now be PFC Betts, Christian
serving as the Production Control Offi- SGT Brooks, Benjamin
cer taking over for Matt Burke who has PFC Sellers, Caleb
moved on to Virginia. It‟s great to
have Mr. Rook on board. PFC Montgomery, Zachary
January Awards
ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL
SSG Acevedo, Roberto
SSG Lopez, Erik
SPC Martinez, Joshua
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6. Volume III Issue I
Warrior Family and
Friends,
We are definitely making head way into the Warrior Family and Friends!
wintery months, and with a few exceptions, it has It is a great honor and privilege to take
been a fairly mild winter. However, it is not over yet. Echo Company‟s Guidon! In the past few weeks I
We are starting to see our work days get longer as have met many of the great Soldiers of Echo, with
we begin to receive vehicles and prepare to start others still to meet. During the next couple of
heading to the ranges and begin training. As the vehi- weeks of transition, please feel free to contact me
cles arrive, our mechanics are hard at work, and as or stop by the office. I look forward to working
the helicopters start flying, our Distribution platoon with you all and continuing the proud legacy of Echo
is right there with them. And as the holidays are Company!
now over, we are hitting the gyms and run routes to
get us back into shape! CPT Jason Eaton
On a more personal note, this will be my
last newsletter as I am leaving E Company. I have no
doubt that my replacement, Captain Jason Eaton, will
do a great job as he has already impressed me. My
wife, Nicole, and I are extremely grateful for the
friends we‟ve made over the last 15 months and I just
want to say thank you for making us feel so wel-
comed. I especially want to thank all the great mem-
bers of the Family Readiness Group: Amy Keelin,
Erinn Velez, Amika German, Isabella Comack, Kim
Kordos, and Nicole Sandford. I also want to give a
huge thanks to Becca Althouse who is now leading
the FRG efforts. Thank you all so much for making a PT Formation. Echo stands ready for their
morning workout.
very successful deployment and making our company
stronger. Enough can‟t be said for your efforts.
Again, thank you for the great honor of leading a
great group of Soldiers. It has been a tremendous 15
months. Good luck and God Bless. - Captain Dan
Sandford
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7. Task Force Dates to Remember
Tigershark
March 2012
FRG Leaders 3/2 Military Free Lift Tickets 1000-2030 Snow Ridge
3/3 Saturday Opening, Off the Beatin’ Path 1000-1300 OTBP Gift Store
3/3 Battalion Snow Day 1200-1600 Dry Hill
Havoc 3/5-16 Fort Drum Indoor Triathlon Various TimesMonti Fitness
3/7 CLIF 1000-1100 The Commons
RheAnne Stevens
3/9 Military Free Lift Tickets 1000-2030 Snow Ridge
Jennifer Vonsik 3/15 Volunteer of the Month Ceremony 1030-1130 The Commons
3/16 Military Free Lift Tickets 1000-2030 Snow Ridge
3/16-18 North Country Goes Green Irish Festival Dulles State Office Building
Pale Riders
3/16 ESC Women’s Conference 0900-1600 The Commons
Brooke Guffey 3/17 ESC Women’s Conference 0900-1400 The Commons
Stephanie Rickert 3/17 Battalion Coffee 1000-1200 Adirondak Comm Ctr
3/17 St. Patrick’s Dinner 1700 The Commons
3/21 Spouses’ Club Wine/Beer/Cheese Tasting TBD The Commons
Mountainhawks 3/26 CYSS Child Development Centers Closed All Day All Locations
Michele Taras 3/28 Family Support Huddle 1000-1130 Hays Hall/Eagles Nest
3/29 Women’s History Month Observance 1100-1330 The Commons
3/29 Mountain Remembrance Ceremony 1630-1700 Main Post Chapel
Hammerheads 3/30 Retirement Ceremony 1600-1700 MPA
3/30 Right Arm Night 1700 The Commons
Maria Andrade
Warriors
Special Recognition
Becca Althouse
Lauren O’Donnell
Advisors Volunteer of the Month
Michelle Simerly
Feb 2012
334-379-6435
Sandra Kramer