Volume 2, Issue 1 May 20132 FURY News 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Inside this issue: 2 Fury 6 Alpha Company Bravo Company Charlie Company Delta Company Foxtrot Company HHC FRSA / Chaplain 2nd Battalion 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment Bldg B-1928 Red Devil Lane Fort Bragg, NC 28310 BN Staff Duty Phone: 910-908-0097 2Fury6—LTC Andrew S. Zieseniss ITC Edition mon mode of travel was the foot march. We wrapped up the three week exercise by conducting a thirteen mile foot march back to the Battalion area where we were met by families and a great LTC Andrew S. Zieseniss cookout. We officially closed out our ITC by presenting over sixty achievement medals and coins to Paratroopers who distinguished themselves during training. As we move forward in May, we look forward to the upcoming sports, festivities, and ceremonies as part of All American Week. As we transition into June we will once again have an opportunity to display our unique capability when we participate in a brigade training exercise for a week-long period following a major airborne operation. I am immensely proud of the hard work and tremendous progress made by each and every Paratrooper in the Battalion over the last several months. The men and women of this Battalion continue to fully dedicate themselves to mission accomplishment no matter what the task. Their selfless dedication and tireless work ethic on a daily basis is humbling and amazHot Links: ing to watch. “Like” us on Facebook Again, I would like to thank all of our family members who support our Paratroopers on a daily basis. The support you provide to your Paratrooper and our team has a direct impact to our ability to train and accomplish our daily tasks. This directly impacts our mission readiness and ultimately our ability to answer our Nation’s call whenever required. Thank you for all you do. “2-508 PIR” “4BCT”: “4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division” Ft Bragg Info: www.bragg.army.mil Army Community Services (ACS): 910-396-8682 or 8683 Military One Source : 800-342-8847 4BCT Military Family Life Consultant (MFLC): 910-709-4093 The Watters Center (Chaplain Counseling): 910-396-6564 MWR: www.fortbraggmwr.com Military Acronym's: militaryacronyms.net Dear families, friends, and paratroopers of 2 Fury – Since our last newsletter in March, the Battalion has been extremely busy. During this period the Battalion completed all of our post-deployment recovery tasks, conducted several airborne operations, executed multiple live fire range scenarios, ran numerous leader development courses, and provided critical out-load support to the 82nd Airborne Division during two large scale exercises. The culminating point for the Battalion was an intensive training cycle (ITC) in which the entire battalion deployed to the field for a three week period. During our recent three week ITC the Battalion executed a wide range of tasks, some of which have not been a focus for a number of years. We started our training cycle by conducting a late night air assault of the Battalion Scout and Mortar platoons. Several hours later the remainder of the Battalion kicked off the training exercise by executing an airborne operation followed by a long tactical foot march into various training scenarios. For the remainder of the three weeks, the Battalion conducted numerous live fire scenarios, tactical sustainment operations, platoon tactical training scenarios, advanced marksmanship ranges, and air assaults supported by the 82nd Airborne Division Aviation Brigade. We did all this while living in the field under very austere conditions without the infrastructure we’ve become accustomed to. At the individual level, our Paratroopers accomplished a tremendous amount during ITC. Our Scouts walked over eighty miles during the three week exercise while conducting reconnaissance missions. Our eight cooks prepared two meals daily in the field for over six hundred Paratroopers. The mechanics conducted field maintenance which kept the Battalion running. Every Paratrooper in the Battalion conducted the three week exercise in a tactical environment without shelter, facilities, or regular transportation. The com- Volume 2, Issue 1 Page 2 Alpha Company CPT Garrison and 1SG Barnes AlphaCompany Upcoming Events Clean Sweep, All American Week, JOAX, Block Leave! GREETINGS FROM ALPHA COMPANY! Alpha Company started a successful ITC with an Airborne Assault onto Sicily Drop Zone on April 16th into a company mission. Followed by a foot march, Alpha Company Paratroopers rolled into Platoon STX Lanes with an Air Assault. A Co then moved to Range 28 for an Advanced Rifle Marksmanship range, followed by room clearing drills and live fires in the Shoot House at Range 68. The Paratroopers closed out the first two weeks with Platoon Live Fires at West McKeithan Pond before coming in for the weekend of April 27th for a refit. A Co deployed back to the field April 29th for more room clearing live fires at Live Fire Village, followed by IED classes and platoon lanes. A Co concluded the Intensive Training Cycle with a 2 day Company Mission and a 13-mile road march back to the Battalion Area, where they were welcomed back by the 2 Fury Family Readiness Group with a barbeque. Alpha Company Paratroopers capture a High Value Target during a training event New Troopers SPC Hall PFC Holmes SSG Stallings SPC Smith SPC Myles SPC Plumer PFC Davis PFC Parsons March Promotions SSG Macy Battle Drill 6 Paratroopers unload from a UH-60 Alpha Company’s field expedient guidon Alpha Company after marching back to the Battalion area at the conclusion of ITC Volume 2, Issue 1 Page 3 Bravo Company CPT Robinson and 1SG Goodart Bravo Company Upcoming Events Clean Sweep, All American Week, JOAX, Block Leave! Congratulations to the BRAVO COMPANY ITC AWARDEES: SSG Hammer SGT Linehan SPC Gellego PFC Peralta PFC Whitmire PFC Quiroz PFC Merrill March Promotions SGT Nelson Tillman SGT Jesse Wooten SPC Zachary Moorman SPC Andrew McCarthy Bravo Company Paratroopers load a UH-60 Blackhawk GREETINGS FROM BRAVO COMPANY! Bravo Company completed our Intensive Training Cycle, which consisted of three arduous, but rewarding, weeks in the field that thoroughly tested us. All Bravo Company Paratroopers greatly improved their individual abilities as well as their capability to effectively work together. The first two weeks consisted of platoon level training including air assaults, complex scenarios, and live fire exercises. After this we returned home for the weekend to enjoy a much needed breather. Come Monday morning however, it was right back into the grind. The final week of training was highlighted by a successful company sized attack with a multitude of moving parts. Everything culminated in a twelve mile ruck march back to the battalion area. Bravo Company was honored with being the lead unit in the formation. There are many more training events planned for the future and we will endeavor to continue to improve ourselves in every way possible. SFC Lindsay is awarded the Meritorious Service Medal A CH-47 Chinook during an air assault New Troopers 1LT Lucas Ziller SSG Duncan Kiruthi SPC Alejandro Enriquez SPC John Terrana SPC Aljamaine Smith PFC Andrew Goerlitz PFC Kristopher McCarrick PFC Robert Schwartz Bravo Company Paratroopers unload from a CH-47 Chinook Volume 2, Issue 1 Page 4 Charlie Company CPT Armenta and 1SG Clark Charlie Company Upcoming Events Clean Sweep, All American Week, JOAX, Block Leave! GREETING FROM CHARLIE COMPANY! The Paratroopers of Charlie Company recently completed their three week Intensive Training Cycle (ITC). The training cycle itself kicked off with an Airborne Operation and included an Air Assault Operation, a Platoon Live Fire event, a Live Fire range, and several different Squad and Platoon lanes that tested and honed their skills. The training cycle was concluded with a twelve mile Foot March back to the Battalion area and a Battalion barbeque to celebrate their accomplishments. On behalf of Charlie Company, we would like to congratulate all of our paratroopers on successfully completing ITC and thank all of their families for their ongoing support. 1SG keeps a close eye on his Paratroopers during training March Promotions SGT Chaffee, Zachary PFC Keeley, Tylor New Troopers PV2 HAMADOU, SOUAIBOU PFC MARTINEZ, OSCAR PFC MURRAY, JOHN SPC MYERS, JACK SPC NEIDERER, BRIAN PFC RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA PFC SHULER, THOMAS PFC SIME, KLEISLEY SPC STRAUSS, RYAN PFC JOHNSON, ROBERT PV2 KING, ADAM PFC ROTSAERT, CHRISTIAN PFC TRACY, GREGORY PFC AUTER, CLAYTON SPC STUEHSER, DANIEL SSG AREVALO, JOSHUA A Paratrooper bounds to his next position C5 helps the Mortars with some crew drills C6 during a good day of training 2nd Platoon and the Mortar Section Volume 2, Issue 1 Page 5 Delta Company CPT Abruzzese and 1SG Simon Delta Company Upcoming Events Clean Sweep, All American Week, JOAX, Block Leave! GREETINGS FROM DELTA COMPANY! Delta Company has moved into the second quarter of 2013 with a full head of steam and a lot of great training planned. During the three weeks in the field for ITC, the Company became very comfortable with operating all of its gun trucks and weapon systems. We were also able to practice something that the Battalion has not done in a long time; conduct multiple sling-load operations with the assistance and aviation assets provided by our brothers in the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade. Over the next several weeks we will be very busy with cleaning up Salerno DZ as part of Clean Sweep and participating in sports and the Division Review for All American Week. At the end of June, we will be participating in 3rd BCT’s JOAX which entails a jump into an Airfield Seizure, immediately followed by a week of field training. Delta Company Paratroopers stack on a wall A HMMWV ready for sling load A Delta Company HMMWV is rigged underneath a UH-60 Blackhawk New Troopers PFC Bateau, Reginald SPC Bridsall, Alexander PFC Hopwood, Joseph SPC Millsap, Gustav PFC Smith, Justin March Promotions SGT Norton, Michael Delta Company Paratroopers pay close attention during a class about IEDs Volume 2, Issue 1 Page 6 Foxtrot Company CPT Best and 1SG Thornton Foxtrot Company Upcoming Events: Clean Sweep, All American Week, JOAX, Block Leave! GREETINGS FROM FOXTROT COMPANY! MAINTENANCE PLATOON set the new standard for FURY Brigade by leading the way with field maintenance during 2 Fury’s ITC rotation. For the first time in recent memory, Maintenance Platoon deployed all of its assets to a field environment to include the Welding, Armament, and C&E shops as well as the full capacity of automatic repairs equipment. During this period Maintenance troopers demonstrated they can do it all by not only completing their primary mission of repairing the BN’s equipment but also conducting convoys, jumping field sites three times, camouflaging all of their equipment, selecting and digging fighting positions, conducting sling load operations and executing day and night recovery missions throughout the Ft. Bragg training areas. Maintenance Platoon continues to demonstrate how FSC Paratroopers attach a sling vital and versatile they are when it comes to executing the 2 Fury mission. load to the bottom of a UH-60 It is clear after ITC that no mission will fail on their watch. Blackhawk Maintenance Platoon would like to congratulate SGT Villa and his wife Masami who welcomed babies Ryoma and Ryuhi on 7 May 2013. The DISTRIBUTION PLATOON hit the ground running and continued at a breakneck pace through the Intensive Training Cycle. Distro platoon began by drawing, issuing, and recovering the parachutes being used for the combat jump into ITC. Immediately after, the Platoon started to conduct transportation movement for the remaining Paratroopers in the Battalion. For the three weeks, Distro Platoon conducted Logistics Release Point (LRP) Operations, where we set up at a grid while the infantrymen filed through with vehicles to resupply food, water, fuel, and ammunition. Upon completion of ITC not only did Distro platoon continue to transport, we participated in the 12 mile foot march back to the battalion with a 100% completion. Distro Platoon would like to congratulate SPC Failing and his wife Alison, who welcomed home baby Marvin on 2 May 2013 and are doing well. They were very happy and appreciative of the care package that came from FRG! We are saying farewell to two of our greatest Paratroopers: SPC Briones, SPC Defelice, and Distro Platoon leader 1LT Glaspie. We also welcomed Distro’s new Platoon Sergeant SFC Sutton and Platoon Leader 1LT Lauterbacher. We also welcomed our three newest Paratroopers PFC Roberts, PV2 Zavala and PV2 Seabrook. DFAC personnel continue to surpass all expectations both in and out of the consolidated dining facility. The DFAC section fed over 650 paratroopers on a 2 hot meal a day schedule during the recent three week Intensive Training Cycle. This equaled nearly 20,000 meals served over the period of the Intensive Training Cycle. The DFAC would like to congratulate SPC Martin for setting the standard for the entire installation of Fort Bragg as the Junior Cook of the Quarter for the 2nd quarter fiscal year 13. THE DFAC section would like to congratulate and farewell SSG Matthew Silver who passed the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course. He will be moving to SWCS. A look inside the kitchen in the field FSC cooked chow in the field for the whole Battalion FSC Paratroopers provide security during a Logistic Release Point Operation Refilling a Water Buffalo to provide water to thirsty Paratroopers Volume 2, Issue 1 Page 7 Headquarters and Headquarters Company HHC Upcoming Events: CPT Bedard and 1SG Hayes Clean Sweep, All American Week, JOAX, Block Leave! GREETINGS FROM HHC! Mortar Platoon—Since our last newsletter the Mortar platoon has got after it. The Paratroopers all qualified expert on their gunners exam after continuous repetitions of crew drills and instruction from their leadership. All Mortar sections conducted certification at OP15 and are now certified with 60mm, 81mm and 120mm Mortar systems. During ITC the Mortar Platoon conducted an Air Assault, Airborne assault and provided indirect fire support for maneuver elements within the Battalion. SGT Stockner and SGT Heckendorn were promoted and now get to lead as NCOs. SSG Schauer, SGT Stocker, SGT Colquhoun, SPC Leaman and SPC Woodford all graduated from IMLC. SSG Schauer was the Honor Graduate and SGT Stocker made the Commandant’s List. Scout Platoon—The Scout Platoon recently supported the BN Operation during our first ITC since redeployment. This was the first time that the majority of our Troopers were asked to perform in a doctrinal reconnaissance role. The Scouts conducted an air assault and recon of an objective 24 hours prior of the arrival of the remainder of BN. They refined their new skill set all while gathering crucial intelligence on the battlefield in support of our other units and their operations. Following the road march back from ITC to the BN area, we had the privilege of promoting SGT Bodine and SGT Wynne to the NCO ranks. Both will no doubt continue to raise the standard of the team as they progress as leaders in our ranks. Medical Platoon—We would like to congratulate SPC Roscheflores on his recent promotion and SPC Gustafson for receiving the highly coveted Expert Field Medical Badge. We would also like to welcome our new Medics SSG Arwood, PFC Bahn, PVT McCoy and their families to our unit. These next couple of months are important to the success of our Paratroopers as we head into another Expert Field Medical Badge Assessment iteration and participate in upcoming Airborne Operations. Our Troopers continually strive to break new barriers and we are excited to see the future success of our team. SPC Fountain maneuvers between cover to reach his casualty during the Medical Trauma Lane 120mm Mortar system set up utilizing the M326 towage system SGT Noland demonstrates the proper combat casualty care procedures to his junior medics Actions on the DZ Paratroopers load a C-130J Scouts pose next to their sub-surface surveillance site A look inside the sub-surface surveillance site the Scout Platoon dug Training Schedule and Upcoming Important Events Upcoming Training Events FRG Representatives Email FRSA:
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[email protected] Fire Support Coordination Exercise (4-10 JUN) Joint Operational Access Exercise (24 JUN—2 JUL) Upcoming Training Holidays Memorial Day 24-27 MAY 14 JUN DONSA 4-7 JUL Long Weekend Upcoming FRG Events BN Steering Committee Meeting: 4 JUN Paratroopers listen to Chaplain Belton during a service in the field. Chaplain’s Corner The 2Fury UMT had a great time during our Intensive Training Cycle. We visited with our companies, conducted worship services and counseling, and trained alongside our Troopers. A highlight was leading a worship service with A Company. Many Troopers came forward during Communion. Their faces and uniforms were stained with dirt as they came to receive. It was a beautiful sight as these mighty Warriors acknowledged their dependence upon the Lord. That moment warmed my heart. This is what it's all about! Grace & Peace, Chaplain Rob Belton 910.705.5973
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[email protected] 910-8851810 Chaplain Belton conducting a service in the field during the Intensive Training Cycle “FURY FROM THE SKY!” FRSA Corner New to the Army and/or Fort Bragg? Check out the Army Family Team Building Program. This is a fun, educational program designed for the Army Family to enhance one’s knowledge of the military and develop leadership skills. For more information, call (910) 396-AFTB (2382). Location: Soldier Support Center – 3rd Fl., Wing A Sally Ann Bean 2-508 PIR Family Readiness Support Assistant (FRSA) 910-908-0113
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