1. Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan
“Raven”
FRG Newsletter
Issue 1 May 2013
Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan offers beautiful snow
capped mountains for your daily viewing pleasure!
From left to right: PFC Windham, SPC Wilson,
SPC Gately, SGT Kalinowski and SPC Lira, your
Raven Air daytime manifest team.
Dear “Raven” Family & Friends,
I take pride in writing you the first of many
newsletters to come as the Charlie Company
Commander as we begin our “Climb to
Glory” here at Bagram Airfield, Afghani-
stan. It has been a busy two weeks taking
over the Rotary Wing (Helicopter) Passen-
ger Terminal from our Signal brothers from
the 101st
Combat Aviation Brigade but we
have embraced the challenge and so far have
performed superbly. On a daily basis we
manifest and push over one hundred person-
nel traveling to Forward Operating Bases
throughout the region on different Rotary
Wing assets as well as loading and unload-
ing thousands of pounds of cargo a day. So
far, every Raven on the ground has experi-
enced the thrill of walking out to a helicop-
ter while the blades are spinning, escorting a
group of passengers, being responsible for
their safety and proper loading of the air-
craft. Our mission is truly exciting and we
are looking forward to performing it these
next 9 months.
In addition to taking over the Rotary Wing
Passenger Terminal we have been in the
process of “validating” all of our signal
equipment that we brought with us. Most of
the equipment has to be configured and pro-
grammed so that it is compatible with the
network over here. With the help of the Bri-
gade S6 shop, Sergeant Espada and Private

2. From left to right: SGTs Espada and Kalinowski,
CPT Wall unpack signal equipment for validation.
Newly promoted SPC Troung works
diligently to order the supplies neces-
sary to support our mission.
Windham have taken on this task over the
past week and have performed flawlessly,
ensuring all our systems are ready to go if
and when we are called upon to employ our
signal communications in support of the mis-
sion here.
We are all just about settled into our rooms
that we will be staying in for the duration of
the deployment. Most of the guys and gals
are sharing a decent sized room with other
members of the team. It will be nice to fi-
nally unpack our belongings into wall lock-
ers and/or closets, have a permanent bed to
sleep on and just get comfortable.
Private First Class Truong, our supply Sol-
dier, was promoted to Specialist on April
15th
, the day we arrived at Bagram. He is
taking on the job of Supply Non-
Commissioned Officer in Charge as a newly
appointed Specialist and doing an awesome
job. For his first deployment, he is learning
all the ins and outs to the deployed supply
system. Much of our mission relies on a
steady stream of supplies to support the ter-
minal and Specialist Truong is ready to make
sure that the stream of supplies continues with-
out interruption.
I want to share our heartfelt appreciation to all
our families at home. I ask that you continue
to shower us with your kindness and support
as we take on this mission here in Afghanistan.
It is you who provide us with the motivation to
accomplish the mission. More than ever, the
strength of our company, our Soldiers, and our
ability to operate as a team will carry us over
any challenge that we face during this deploy-
ment.
Sincerely,
CPT Nicholas Wall
“RAVEN 6”
From front to back: SGT Espada, SFC Aponte
(BDE S6), CW2 Geary (BDE S6), PFC Windham
programming equipment.

3. RAVEN SHOUTOUT
SPC James Barrall
“I’d like to say ‘Hi’
to my wife Jessie!”
SPC Kevin Elkhill
“I don’t know what to
say, I talk to her every
day … I love you
Jamie and Peanut!
IN OMNIA PARATUS