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Ammons family: deployment veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Nevada Air National Guard teams with North Valleys JROTC . . . . . . . . .12

VIGILANT GUARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Nevada Guard emerges from the rubble trained, proven . . . . . . . . . .15

City emerges overnight at Stead Training site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Raven, Predator cameras a commander’s eyes

during domestic emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Nevada Guard online access, training set to improve . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Nevada property book office adds two major awards to inventory . . . . .22

Afghanistan duty: arduous, dangerous but rewarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

From the Commander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

From the Counterdrug Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Drop Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

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ON THE COVER: Sgt. Eric Hintermeyer of the

Counterdrug Task Force launches a Nevada National

Guard Raven unmanned aerial vehicle on June 13

in Fallon, Nev. Hintermeyer is one of 11 Raven

operators in the Nevada Guard; Nevada has two

Raven aircraft systems. Photo: Sgt. Torin Gallo

Governor Gibbons

Commander in Chief

Nevada

Major General Kirkland

The Adjutant General

Nevada National Guard

Bob Ulin, Publisher

Susan Harrington, Editor

Gloria Schein, Art Director

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Contributors

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Lieutenant Colonel Steve Ranson

Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs

Lyndsey Sullivan

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FROM THE COMMANDER

Brig. Gen. Robert Finch, Commander, Nevada Air National Guard

Diversity can define our generation

By Brig. Gen. Robert Fitch

Commander, Nevada Air Guard

As we begin one of the most challenging

and exciting times in the history of Nevada

National Guard, Iwant to again take the time

to thank all of the members of the Guard for

their tenacity, commitment and focus.

We are embarking on challenging times

and in order for each of us to make a

contribution, I believe one has to prepare to

learn and adjust in a constantly changing

environment. Futurist Alvin Toffler best

summed up the belief when he said, “The

illiterate of the 21st century will not be those

who cannot read or write, but will be those

who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.”

As a leader in a dynamic organization

such as the Nevada Air National Guard, I

have learned that to improve from mere

effectiveness to greatness, we must value,

respect, embrace and learn from our differences. Diversity is a topic that is discussed

all over the world, but it is extremely

important and imperative to our success.

Diversity is a part of everything that

we do. This nation was created over a

diversity issue.The CivilWarwas fought over

a diversity issue. During the current war on

global terrorism we have encountered

numerous diversity issues that have

impacted how we fought this war.

It impacts how we

recruit, hire, prepare, qualify, mentor, coach, help

and promote those around

us. As Guardsmen, many

of us think we are comfortable with the topic of

diversity.

But I have learned the

hardest thing to do is to

get a person to the point in

life that he believes he has

already attained. Most of

us feel we are comfortable

with the topic of diversity.

But I challenge each of us

to examine ourselves and ask, “Where must

I be better when it comes to diversity?”

I believe that if each of us can boldly

discuss and prioritize diversity, we will be

surprised with the results. The Nevada Air

National Guard leads the nation in providing

diversity training for our members. Although

I recognize it takes some sacrifice to provide

this training, I have learned it is more

important to provide people with the

knowledge, skills and abilities that give

them tools to improve this organization.

Diversity is mission imperative! We

must remember that wisdom is the right

use of knowledge. It is not enough just to

know about the topic of diversity.

Look beyond your comfort zone,

embrace those who have differing views,

talk with someone who

may not appear or speak

like you, and aim to

release the individual

talent of each and every

airman regardless of

paradigm.

The enemy of progress

is ignorance, arrogance

and dogma. The antidote

to progresso progress is

knowledge, humility and

tolerance. To win, compete

and succeed in today’s

military, one needs the

best attributes of each

member. Our lives depend upon it.

Remember, there are some things we

need to unlearn and relearn about the

Nevada National Guard’s most precious

resource – the men and women who

proudly serve our organization each and

every day.

Let’s choose to make a difference! ■

Check out Brig. Gen. Fitch’s “Ask the

General” section at www.nevadaguard.com.

Click on the Air National Guard tab at the

top and scroll down until you see the

general’s logo.

“The illiterate

of the 21st century

will not be those

who cannot

read or write,

but will be those

who cannot

learn, unlearn

and relearn.”

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FROM THE COUNTERDRUG TASK FORCE

Chief Master Sgt. Ken Gray

The Counterdrug Task Force is a unique

operational unit comprised within the

Nevada National Guard of about 60 soldiers

and airmen. The assigned troops in the task

force are drilling Guardsmen who are

voluntarily on active duty to perform

counterdrug activities.

All personnel assigned to the task force

continue to perform weekend drills with

their unit of assignment. This is a unique

arrangement with benefits to the task force,

the Guardsman and their home unit.

Lt. Col. Kim LaBrie, an Army Guard

aviation officer, leads the task force as

the counterdrug coordinator. His deputy,

Maj. Brian Thayer, is a 152nd Airlift Wing

C-130 pilot.

The NVCDTF is a joint unit and includes

Army Guard and Air Guard personnel who

are hired based on their individual skills and

capabilities to perform varied missions

throughout the state.

The mission of the task force is to

support law enforcement and community

organizations’ anti drug operations.The first

objective is to instill in Nevada’s youth the

ability to resist powerful peer and social

forces that drive them to drug experimentation and abuse.

Primarily targeted at middle school-age

children, the task force provides education

on the effects and dangers of drug use

along with team-building and confidenceinspiring exercises to build a sense of

achievement in the students. The NVCDTF

Drug Demand Reduction team provides its

curricula to requesting schools, camps and

youth organizations throughout Nevada.

The second objective is to assist law

enforcement interdiction activities to disrupt

or dismantle drug trafficking organizations

within the state. The NVCDTF is focused

on supporting Nevada’s 14 high-intensity

drug trafficking area initiatives. With

four specially equipped, on-call OH-58

helicopters, the task force provides aroundthe-clock aerial support to local, state and

federal law enforcement agencies.

The task force also provides trained

criminal analysts to the Nevada HIDTA

and an additional criminal analyst

and certified narcotics dog handler to

a northern Nevada law-enforcement

task force. The soldier and airmen

support allows agents more time to

develop and investigate cases outside the confines of the office.

Using the skills and equipment developed for its counter-narcotics mission, the

NVCDTF has deployed on numerous

occasions and provided aerial and ground

support to real-world operations including

the Hurricane Katrina response, Operation

Jump Start, numerous California wildfires,

state search and rescue and damage

assessment missions.

In the future, NVCDTF plans to work

hand in hand with the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, the Department of

Homeland Security and the National Guard

to provide full-motion-video capability for

all agencies during federal emergencies. ■

Grey smuggled a homeless kitten back to

Nevada in his uniform pocket when he

returned home from New Orleans following

Hurricane Katrina relief operations. Guess

what his cat-loving family named the female

feline...

CounterdrugTask Force backbone of

Nevada Guard anti drug operations

By Chief Master Sgt. Ken Gray, Nevada Counterdrug Task Force
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Nevada Army Guard Soldiers at the Plumb Lane Armory in Reno dug deep into

their closets April 30 to mark the end of the Battle Dress Uniform era. From left,

Staff Sgt. Elias Perez, Sgt. Lukas Haagland, Sgt. Eric Hintermeyer, Staff Sgt.

Gloria Rems, Staff Sgt. Richard Gilberti and Staff Sgt. Ivan Parsons model the

outfit that served as the Army's principal duty uniform from 1981-2005.

Photo: 1st Sgt. Carl Adams

From left, Staff Sgt. David Schalles of the Recruiting and

Retention Battalion, his wife Melissa and Lt. Col. John

Cunningham of the 1/221st Cavalry enjoy the 2008

Nevada Office of the Military Ball on April 26 at the Las

Vegas Hilton. Several hundred Nevada Air and Army

Guardsmen and guests attended the spring formal

event. Photo: Capt. April Conway

Chief Master Sgt. Rick Depaoli of the 152nd Civil Engineer

Squadron saws trees marked by the forest service at

Camp Wasiu near Graegle, Calif., in June for the Girl

Scouts of Sierra Nevada. The camp houses approximately

100 girls every week from June through August. Prior to

the Girl Scouts’ arrival, after the hard winter the camp is

prepared and repaired by various volunteers. The CE

squadron has helped with the camp for more than a

dozen years. Photo: Tech. Sgt Wendy Yada

Lt. Col. Les Gonzalez, the Nev. Air Guard chief of staff, prepares to plant a

lemon meringue pie in the face of Col. Terry Fornof, the Nev. ANG adviser to

the Air Warfare Center, as part of the Top Three Council’s summer hangar party

at the air base in Reno. The hangar party is a long-standing High Roller tradition. The popular pie-in-the-face fundraiser was sponsored by the Junior

Enlisted Council. Photo: Tech. Sgt. Shelly Burroughs
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Staff Sgt. Anthony Gaspardi of the Nevada Army

Guard’s 72nd Military Police Company attaches a

specialized Nevada license plate on one of the

company’s vehicles in June at Camp Bucca, Iraq.

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles pressed

about a dozen special-issue plates for the Nevada

Army Guard to provide the deployed troops a familiar

icon from home during their year-long deployment.

Photo: Courtesy of 1st Sgt. Jacob Gonzalez

Maj. Derek Routt of the 65th Aggressor Squadron,

shown here in a 2005 F-16 photo, was recently

selected to be the operations officer for the USAF Air

Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds. He is the

first Air Guard pilot ever selected to fly with the elite

team. After attending a series of military schools he

is scheduled to don his blue flight suit in November.

Photo: Courtesy of Tyson V. Rininger, TVR Photography

Lt. Col. Jeff Mark, commander of the

140th Military Police Detachment,

affixes the Multi-National Forces Iraq

combat insignia patch on Master Sgt.

Bud Chattin. The combat patch

ceremony was held at the Sunni

Mosque at Camp Victory, Iraq, in May.

The 140th has been deployed since

February. Photo: Courtesy of 140th MP Co.
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LAS VEGAS – Vary the route. Vary the

time. Rely on superior firepower and training.

Never get complacent. That’s what you do

when you’re driving around Iraq.

But if an enemy is determined enough,

none of that’s going to stop him from taking

his shot. And that’s what happened June 27,

2003, when an improvised explosive device

hit a Nevada Army National Guard convoy

rolling through Baghdad.

Staff Sgt. Rick Ammons, a married father

of three girls,was on that convoy.He survived

that attack and, five years later, is now in Iraq

serving on his third deployment (the second

to Iraq) since the events of Sept. 11, 2001.

Few other Nevada Army Guard soldiers have

spent more time than Ammons in Iraq.

“I heard about the 9/11 attack on my

car radio,” said Karen Ammons, Rick’s wife,

recalling events of 2001.“I called Rick immediately. I said, ‘You’re leaving aren’t you?’”

Karenwas sure her husbandwas heading

overseas and into combat.That didn’t happen

right away. But just 17 days after 9/11, the

By Lt. Col. Terry Conder, Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs

Members of the 72nd show their appreciation for the 200 pounds of ground coffee

donated by the Carson City area Starbucks stores and members of the Web of

Support organization. Photo: Courtesy of the 72nd MP Co.

72nd MP Co. was on its way to

California to guard the Defense

Language Institute and Fort Ord.

Ammons, a corrections

officer with the Las Vegas

Metropolitan Police Department,

said the year in California was

not especially memorable. After

finishing more than a year of

active duty there, he was

activated again just two months

later for his first deployment

to Iraq.

“When we found out he was going

overseas, it was devastating,” Karen said.

“I didn’t understand war and what happens

with soldiers or their families. I didn’t know

where Rick was going or what he was

getting into.”

What Ammons had gotten into was the

heart of the insurgency at the notorious Iraqi

prison, Abu Ghraib.

Abu Ghraib was empty when the 72nd

arrived.

Staff Sgt. Rick Ammons stands in formation in Henderson

during the 72nd MP’s deployment ceremony prior to the

unit’s third deployment since 2001. Photo: Lt. Col. Terry Conder

“The place was dirty,rundown and filthy,”

Ammons said. “There were piles and piles of

debris, scrap metal and trash everywhere.”

Even after Army engineers finished working at the camp, conditions for the Nevada

soldiers were austere.

“We had no air conditioning, no heat, no

toilets, none of that stuff,” Ammons said.

Eventually portable toilets arrived, but

the facility didn’t receive reliable power and

air conditioning until just before the 72nd

was getting ready to head home.
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Nevada Gov. Jim

Gibbons congratulates

Spc. Adam Thompson

on May 21 in Iraq,

after the 72nd Military

Police Company

soldier extended his

enlistment in the

Nevada Army Guard.

Thompson was one of

10 72nd MP soldiers

who extended their

contracts on May 21,

the same day the

Nevada National

Guard's commander in

chief visited Nevada

troops in the combat

theater. Photo: Courtesy

of 1st Sgt. Jacob Gonzales

72nd Military Police serving at

world’s largest detainee facility

By 1st Lt. Lee Gaston and 2nd Lt. Luis Muruato, 72nd Military Police Company

More than six months into its deployment abroad, the 72nd Military Police Company

continues to be deployed at a forward operating base in southeast Iraq. The camp is

currently the largest theater internment facility in the world with a detainee population

of more than 19,000.

The camp is an Army operated FOB and shares duties with the Air Force and the

Navy. The 72nd MP Co. has about 120 soldiers in its four platoons including its headquarters section. The company commander is Capt. David Evans and the first sergeant

is 1st. Sgt. Jacob Gonzales. The unit presently falls under the command of the 530th

Military Battalion and the 42nd Military Brigade.

The 72nd conducts detainee operations including security and detainee air transport

operations, affectionately nicknamed “CONAIR.”

The mission of the unit is the care, custody and reconciliation of civilian internees,

convicted internees, local Iraqi detainees and third-country national detainees.

Officials say all detainees potentially pose a threat to local citizens and the multinational forces that operate within Iraq. The missions performed by the 72nd are

rotated among the three platoons in order to give each soldier in the company

experience and exposure in the different working environments.

The camp conducts operations 24 hours a day and that schedule often requires

soldiers to work more than 14-hour days in a very harsh environment. Days are long and

temperatures often soar past 115 degrees. Soldiers interact with detainees on a daily

basis with plenty of protection including body armor, eye protection, non-lethal weapons

and, most importantly, the common sense to implement force policies when needed.

The unit wants to thank a few people who have gone above and beyond the call of

duty to support this company, especially P.J. Degross in Carson City. Degross is one of

many local Nevadans who has unselfishly supported the unit during our time away from

our families through her www.webofsupport.com organization.

Many of the Girl Scout troops in Nevada also joined together to send us more Girl

Scout cookies than we knew what to do with! We would also like to thank our families,

friends and the unit’s Family Readiness Group. Our mission here would not be a success

without your support from home and we thank you.

The 72nd MPs continue to operate as one of the Nevada Army National Guard’s most

dependable and most deployed units. Our mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom

is set to be concluded by late 2008 and we are all looking forward to being home with

our families just in time for the holidays! ■

“Our mission was to guard civilian

prisoners,” Ammons said. “The infantry was

bringing in lots of criminals, prostitutes and

suspected terrorists.”

While Rick was up to his eyeballs in work,

Karen scrambled for any tidbit of information

she could find about how her husband

was doing.

“When Rick arrived in Iraq there were no

phones and almost no communication with

home,” Karen said. “It was very stressful.

Not being able to talk to him was hard on me

and our girls.”

As a team leader, Ammons was responsible for making sure his soldiers were

properly equipped and doing their jobs

correctly. The company’s missions included

escorting convoys on supply runs, providing

security for morale calls, and transporting

prisoners to courts in central Baghdad.

Ammons said the trips only lasted about

30 minutes, but they were tense and harrowing. Asked what stuck out in his mind about

his tour in Iraq, he answered tersely: “IEDs

and mortar attacks.”

(Continued on page 11)

“I love Rick.

I understand the military.

I know he has a job to do,

and I’m going to

stand behind my husband

and support him

in any way he needs.”

–Karen Ammons
NEWS BRIEFS Compiled by Sgt. 1st Class Erick Studenicka

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 189th General

Support Aviation Battalion headquartered in Reno

practices water landings at Lahontan Reservoir near

Fallon on June 5. During the course of the unit’s

annual training, the helicopter crews performed more

than 20 water landings and take-offs.

Photo: Ben Hammack

Security forces set for Kyrgyzstan deployment

A few dozen Nevada Air Guard security forces airmen will be

among the 500 airmen deployed to Southwest Asia in the coming

weeks to support the Global War on Terrorism, according to Chief

Master Sgt. David Obetz, the Air National Guard’s security forces

career field manager.

Obetz said airmen from units in more than 20 states and

territories will be affected. The Nevada airmen are set to deploy to

Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, during the month of August.

At Manas, the airmen will perform the same day-to-day security

details they would likely perform at any U.S. base, including

patrolling the perimeter and the flight line.

Other security forces will protect personnel and equipment at

Baghdad International Airport, Iraq; Eskan Village near Riyadh Air

Base, Saudi Arabia; Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan; and Kirkuk Air

Base, Iraq.

Security forces are typically mobilized for nine months and that

time includes pre-deployment training and the 179-day deployment

overseas. The 152nd Security Forces Squadron has deployed

several times to numerous locations in Southwest Asia.

Patrol cap now official Army Guard summer headgear

The official headgear for Nevada Guard Army soldiers during the

period of time April 1-Oct. 31 within the state is now the patrol cap.

Brig. Gen. Frank Gonzales made the decision to change the headgear from berets due to the impracticality of the beret in the hot,

desert environment of Nevada during the summer months. The

beret will still be worn with Class A and Class B uniforms. When a

soldier leaves the state the official headgear will be the beret.

Commanders at all levels have the authority to require the wear of

the beret at any time based on mission requirements.

Las Vegas Freedom Team salutes Army birthday

The Army celebrated its 233rd birthday in Las Vegas at the Clark

County Armory on June 14 with a Freedom Team Salute hosted by

ambassadors Yvette Weigold and Frank McCabe that honored more

than 300 people with commendation packages.

The event included more than 100 military retirees and their

spouses, parents and employers as well as numerous veterans.

Many individuals and organizations were recognized for Army

support above and beyond the call of duty. For information on

Freedom Team Salute, go to www.freedomteamsalute.com.

Helicopter crews complete water-landing exercises

CH-47 Chinook helicopter crews from the Nevada Army National

Guard conducted successful water-landing exercises at Lahontan

Reservoir near Fallon on June 4 as part of their annual training.

The Chinook helicopters were from B Co., 1/189th General Support

Aviation Battalion headquartered at the Army Aviation Support

Facility at Stead.

The crews also conducted water-bucket training to improve

their firefighting capabilities. About 40 soldiers participated in

the training.

TRICARE info available in Spanish

TRICARE beneficiaries now have a choice of languages

when receiving their health-care information. Spanish language

versions of key health-care information materials are now available

at all TRICARE Service Centers or can be downloaded at

www.tricare.mil/tricaresmart.

TRICARE publications in Spanish now include: TRICARE Prime

Handbook, TRICARE Prime Remote Handbook, TRICARE Latin

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America and Canada Handbook, TRICARE Choices for the National

Guard & Reserve Flyer, TRICARE Summary of Beneficiary Cost

Flyer, TRICARE Overseas Program At a Glance Flyer, and a few

other forms and letters. Visit TRICARE Publications Smart Site under

the “My Benefit” portal at www.tricare.mil for the complete list

of products.

Retirees can collect G-RAP money in less time

Effective immediately, Air National Guard retirees need only to

have been retired 60 days (not six months) to participate in the Guard

Recruiting Assistant program. The G-RAP participants do need to be

a retiree out of the ANG, though, with more than 20 good years in

the military.

Applicants in the G-RAP program need to fax in their DD 214 or

NGB Form 22 for retiree verification approval, after completing the

online application at www.guardrecruitingassistant.com

Call Lauren Jansen at (866) 566-2472 for more information.

Special earnings credit can lead to extra benefits

In certain circumstances, special earnings can be credited toward

military pay record for Social Security purposes. The extra earnings

are for periods of active duty or active duty for training. These extra

earnings may help you qualify for Social Security or increase the

amount of your Social Security benefit.

Social Security has covered inactive duty service (weekend drills)

since 1988. Earnings for active duty military service or active duty

training have been covered under Social Security since 1957.

Special extra earnings for periods of active duty from 1957-2001

can be credited to the Social Security earnings record for benefit

purposes. From 1957-1967, extra credits will be added to your

record when you apply for Social Security benefits. From 1968-2001,

nothing needs to be done to receive these credits.

After 2001, there are no special extra earnings credits for military

service. Check with the Social

Security Administration for details.

Regular detergent fine

for ABUs

Airmen are authorized to wash

their airmen battle uniforms in

regular detergent, regardless of

whether the detergent uses optical

brighteners.

While any detergent can be

used to launder the uniform, fabric

softeners or bleach should be

avoided. The uniform should be

tumble-dried at the low heat

setting.

Summer 2008 / BATTLE BORN / 11

Ammons family deployment veterans

(Continued from page 9)

It was on one of those trips to Baghdad that an IED hit a

convoy of Nevada Guard soldiers. A mangled steel truck wheel

remains on display in the Henderson armory as a testament to

the force of the explosion.

While Rick has little to say about the IED attack, Karen has

vivid memories of that day.

“Rick called me when he arrived in Baghdad and said,

‘We’re here,’” Karen recalled. “The next day he called and said

he’d call again as soon as he got back to Abu. I never got

that call.”

Karen said she was in panic for two days. She started

dreaming up reasons and excuses why Rick didn’t call back.

After three days of not hearing anything, a friend contacted her

and asked if she’d seen the news.

“They were reporting that we had several soldiers killed

and injured,” Karen said. “I immediately thought that may be

Rick and I assumed the worst. At the end of the day I told the

girls that I hadn’t heard from Daddy. They cried, I cried, we said

our prayers and went to bed.”

At 3 a.m. the next day, Rick finally got a call through and

reassured Karen he was OK.

Ammons is one of just a handful of Nevada Army National

Guard soldiers who have deployed three times since 9/11. But

neither Rick nor Karen feels they are carrying an unfair burden.

“We have a lot of new people in the unit,” Rick said. “We’re

going to get everyone home safe.”

Karen said she and her girls, Amber 16, Samantha 14, and

Kylie 12, were ready for this latest deployment.

“I love Rick. I understand the military. I know he has a job

to do, and I’m going to stand behind my husband and support

him in any way he needs,” Karen said. “The girls and I are

totally committed to Rick. We are going to make this as smooth

as possible, be positive and wait for Dad to come home.”

When asked what advice she’d give to a family facing its

first deployment, Karen answered confidently and quickly.

“Take a breath. Talk to wives who’ve been through it. Stay

busy and don’t watch the news. There are people out there who

understand and support you. You are not alone,” she said. ■
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CARSON CITY – Air Force blue and

North Valleys High purple is becoming an

increasing familiar color combination in

Nevada due to the close ties between the

Nevada Air National Guard and the Panther

Air Wing of North Valleys High School.

The Nevada Air Guard supports the

Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps by

providing escorts for base visits and judges

at drill competitions and annual formal

inspections. The Air Guard also supplies the

Nevada Air National Guard teams

with North Valleys JROTC

By Lyndsey Sullivan, Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs

aspiring cadets with uniforms and annually

invites cadets to take an orientation flight in

an Air Guard C-130.

“It’s so much fun to see these young

men and women enjoy themselves either

at their annual drill meet or the excitement

on their faces as they board one of our

C-130s,” said Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Baker, a

Nevada Air Guard recruiter. “That means

more to me than any recruiting number. I

was once a cadet at Hug and Reed high

schools and I think that’s where my passion

for JROTC comes from.”

The Panther Air Wing was activated

in March 2001 and is currently the only

JROTC Air Force unit in northern Nevada.

Its mission is to strengthen personal

character and prepare students for their

professional future.

Lt. Col. George Fleck, Senior Military

Science Instructor for North Valleys High

School, said the Junior ROTC programs are

quite popular across the Silver State.

“There are eight Air Force Junior ROTC

schools in Nevada, though North Valleys is

the only one outside the Vegas area, 13

Army programs and eight or nine Navy

JROTC programs statewide.”

The close affiliation between the

Panther Air Wing and the High Rollers has

evolved into a close, unique relationship

rarely found between a public high school

and a military entity. ■

Lyndsey Sullivan is a UNR student spending

her summer vacation as an intern for the

Joint Force Headquarters public affairs staff.

She says a close personal friendship with

the copy machine will take her far in her

impending career, but isn’t nearly as much

fun as her previous summer plan to work on

her tan.

Members of the North Valleys High School

JROTC march in formation during their

annual formal inspection parade April 11.

Photo: Courtesy of Tech. Sgt. Jon Baker
Summer 2008 / BATTLE BORN / 13

RENO – “Ready, Set, Go!” is the title of the training program that

assists elementary school counselors, nurses and administrators in

understanding the unique challenges that face children of deployed

military parents.

The program is just one of several aspects of the Operation:

Military Kids program. The Military Kids program operates nationwide and began in Nevada in April 2005.

Nevada program coordinators received their training in

December 2005 and then implemented the statewide program in

the fall of 2006. RSG reaches out to educate elementary school

counselors, nurses and administrators on the needs and challenges

of military youth. Participants receive interactive, hands-on training

on topics including military culture; impact of grief, loss and trauma;

and understanding media influence.

Nevada’s RSG managers include Warren Andersen, a retired

Nevada Air Guard officer and now the 4-H military and technical

assistant for the University of Nevada, Reno, Cooperative Extension,

and Garry Wyatt, a career education consultant for the state’s

Department of Education.

The collaborative effort between Andersen and Wyatt involves

partnerships nationally and locally between Army youth services,

the Nevada 4-H program and local 4-H clubs, military installation

family program groups, the Boys and Girls Club, the American

Legion and the Military Children’s Education Coalition.

While the focus is on National Guard and reserve families, RSG

reaches out to active duty families as well. Andersen said Wyatt’s

role is to offer school counselors, nurses and administrators

sensitivity and awareness training.

“There may be a child in the school who has a deployed parent,”

Andersen said, “and what that does to a child and how it affects that

child is significant.”

Andersen said the fact that many children of military members

may just be living with one parent or even other relatives during

deployments affects them socially and mentally.

Wyatt stressed that family is the most important stabilizing

factor in a youth’s life and school is the second-most source of

stability. He said school officials are sometimes unaware of military

deployments and their effects.

“Especially with the younger children in kindergarten through

eighth grades, a lot of administrators may not know that Mom or

Dad is deployed and all of a sudden the child is acting differently,”

Wyatt said. “A child may go to a coach to confide in someone, but

usually it’s the school counselor.

“The little guys, they’ll complain of some ailment they have and

go to the school nurse with, ‘I have a headache’, or ‘I have a tummy

ache’ or ‘I don’t feel good.’ That is where the RSG training the

professionals receive kicks in to gear and they are prepared to help

children in a non-judgmental, non-discriminating setting.”

Another challenge for military kids is dealing with the media.

Some families choose to be very private and avoid media interviews

to protect their privacy. Andersen said some families avoid media

attention due to perceived negative coverage of the military. Some

children are curious why more good news isn’t reported, such as

the news of a successful deployment concerning their father

or mother.

Educators receive RSG training by attending a one-day seminar

and the training can be tailored toward specific audiences. For

information, call Andersen at (775) 784-6608. ■

‘Ready, Set, Go!’

Training prepares educators

for deployment-related

challenges

By Master Sgt. Suzanne Connell, 152nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

FAMILY SUPPORT

One Guard, One Family

“There may be a child in the school

who has a deployed parent

and what that does to a child and

how it affects that child is significant.”
14 / BATTLE BORN / Summer 2008

Top: Participants from the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District,

the Incline Village Community Emergency Response Team, the

Nevada Army Guard’s 485th Military Police Company and the

Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Medical Group display their

skill in victim recovery, triage and building-damage assessment

in Incline Village, Nev., on June 13 during the Vigilant Guard 2008 exercise. Photos: Tech. Sgt. Wendy Yada

Bottom left: Soldiers from the 132nd Multi-Role Bridge Company from Redding, Calif., rescue a simulated victim from the site at the mock

collapsed University of Nevada, Reno, building located at the Washoe County Regional Training Complex in Reno, Nev., on June 14. During the

Vigilant Guard exercise, emergency responders faced real-world challenges including the management of an unpredictable, shifting victim

load and heat-related injuries. Photo: Master Sgt. Suzanne Connell
Summer 2008 / BATTLE BORN / 15

STEAD – The notional 7.1-magnitude earthquake that

rocked northern Nevada recently to set the Vigilant Guard 2008

emergency-preparedness exercise into motion also caused a

flood – a flood of first-responders, federal emergency response

teams and National Guardsmen reporting for duty.

But where were all these people going to stay? Who was

going to feed them? Who was going to make sure their basic

needs were met so they could focus on their missions?

Figuring out the logistics as first responders flood into an area

is analogous to drinking from a high-pressure fire hose.

In the case of Vigilant Guard 2008, the person responsible

for answering logistical questions was Lt. Col. Kevin Korcheck.

Korcheck, a 19-year veteran of the Nevada Army National

Guard, was the installation commander of the Stead Training

Center during the exercise. In less than 24 hours, his Stead

facility changed from a quiet, out-of-the way ghost town to a

tent city with more than 400 people, 60 shelters, food service

capable of serving hundreds of meals per day, shower trailers,

a medical team, a maintenance section, generators and even

its own mayor. If ranked among Nevada’s cities in population,

the Stead Training Center would have ranked No. 23 during the

exercise, right behind Pioche and Dyer.

Among those 400 people living at Stead were civilian first

responders, FEMA representatives and National Guardsmen

from seven states. There were even a group of cadaver dogs

in residence.

Creating a town with such a diverse population in such a

short time sounds like a daunting task, but Korcheck was

perfect for the job. His calm demeanor put those around him at

ease and about the only time he became excited was when he

spoke about the shower trailer.

Korcheck said he heard one complaint about the tent city

that he couldn’t do anything about.

(Continued on page 18)

CARSON CITY – More than 2,000 National Guard soldiers and

airmen worked alongside state, local and federal emergency

responders during the Vigilant Guard exercise throughout northern

Nevada on June 12-19 and successfully tested the organizations’

abilities to react to a disaster and assist the state of Nevada in the

aftermath of a catastrophe.

The exercise began when Gov. Jim Gibbons spoke at a news

conference June 12 and announced that a simulated 7.1-magnitude

earthquake had struck the Reno area and triggered widespread

damage extending into California. The announcement launched the

full-scale, preparedness-training exercise.

“The joint exercise has been in the planning stages for two years,

and the earthquake scenario has turned out to be very timely given

the recent seismic activity around Reno,” Gibbons said. “Nevada

must be fully prepared to respond swiftly and effectively to any

emergency or disaster that may occur, including flood, wildfire or

biochemical incident.”

The Nevada Division of Emergency Management and the Nevada

National Guard directed the exercise. National Guard soldiers and

airmen from Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada,

Washington and Utah honed their respective skills in response to

the mock flooding, wildfire, biochemical incidents and evacuations

that comprised the training scenarios in the aftermath of the

major quake.

(Continued on page 16)

Nevada Guard

emerges from

the rubble

trained, proven

By Staff Sgt. Frank L. Marquez, 106th Public Affairs Detachment

Withmayor and population of 400,

training center becomes Nevada’s

23rd largest town

By Lt. Col. Terry Conder, Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs
16 / BATTLE BORN / Summer 2008

“Most importantly in this exercise, we learned about each

others’ capabilities or lack of capabilities. In a few cases, we made

assumptions, but that allowed us to identify the gaps in our

capabilities,” said Nevada National Guard adjutant general Maj.

Gen. Cynthia Kirkland. “In the future, we’ll make sure we fill those

gaps. We were fortunate to establish relationships that may not

have existed before. Now we know who we are working with in

other states and their capabilities.”

Brig. Gen. Robert Fitch, the incident commander and

commander of the Nevada Air Guard, agreed with Kirkland’s

assessment.

“Everyone wants to hit that grand slam every time, but this

Vigilant Guard exercise is about identifying strengths and

weaknesses,” Fitch said. “Nevada simply doesn’t have enough

soldiers and airmen in the state to do what we needed to do.”

Fitch added that California stepped up to provide the extra

manpower and praised the rank-and-file Guardsmen who participated in the exercise.

“We may have struggled at the senior level at times, but where

things were happening, our soldiers and airmen were getting it

done,” Fitch said.

Emergency response teams also trained in recovery, triage,

mobile field hospital setup, evacuation by ground and helicopter

resources, search and rescue, mass shelter, emergency goods

distribution, hazardous chemical spill response and structural and

infrastructure damage assessment.

“All of our military personnel and civilian partners, firefighters,

search and rescue teams, medical teams, law enforcement, you

name it – all of them said it was a great exercise because they

learned about shortcomings,” Kirkland said. “This was a great

learning process for all of them. As a National Guard force, we will

never respond to a disaster except in support of local or state

agencies. This was a great experience to have had the opportunity

to work with our civilian partners.”

Many of the agencies working in conjunction for Vigilant Guard

2008 greeted each other for the first time. Col. Michael Carlson, the

Nevada Army Guard chief of staff, said the state’s citizen soldiers

and airmen made a favorable impression on the other government

organizations.

“Civilian first responders told me they were extremely

impressed by the professionalism and level of competency of our

people,” Carlson said. “They were flabbergasted. They said the

expertise and experience they found in the National Guard gave

them a comfort level for working with us.”

Lt. Col. Les Gonzalez, chief of staff for the Air National Guard,

said everyone involved approached the exercise with a real sense

of urgency.

“There was no sense of ‘this was only an exercise,’” Gonzalez

said. “Our soldiers and airmen treated this as if people were really

suffering. The military police, the medical detachment and the air

medical section were creative and innovative at getting people out

of the buildings and treating them.”

The epicenter of the mock earthquake was the area near the

intersection of Mount Rose Highway and U.S. Highway 395. Training

scenarios played out at sites in Washoe, Carson City, Douglas,

Storey, Lyon and Churchill counties.

The federal government requires each state to conduct Vigilant

Guard-type preparedness exercises and provides funding for the

exercise through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Vigilant

Guard 2008, the 11th such training exercise, received $1.5 million

in funding for the National Guard and the Nevada Division of

Emergency Management to conduct the training. ■

Nevada Guard emerges from the rubble trained, proven

(Continued from page 15)
Summer 2008 / BATTLE BORN / 17

An airman in the Hawaii Air National Guard deplanes

from a C-17 at the 152nd Airlift Wing’s tarmac in Reno

on June 13. The Nevada Air National Guard base in

Reno handled more than 60 incoming and outgoing

flights over the course of 11 days during the Vigilant

Guard 2008 exercise. Photo: Master Sgt. Suzanne Connell

Nevada Air Guard Tech. Sgt. Don Evans (left), along with Senior Airman Jennifer

Kim (center), and Tech. Sgt. Edward Oga (right), both of the Hawaii Air Guard, triage

incoming simulated earthquake victim, Zen Alldredge, near the Washoe County

Regional Training Center in Reno during the Vigilant Guard exercise.

Photo: Master Sgt. Suzanne Connell

A Nevada Army National Guard

Chinook picks up a mock

victim from the simulated

earthquake disaster in Virginia

City, Nev., on June 14.

Members of the Army National

Guard and Storey County Fire

Department worked together

to transport the simulated

victim as part of the Vigilant

Guard 2008 training exercise.

Photo: Tech. Sgt. Michelle Burroughs
18 / BATTLE BORN / Summer 2008

“The folks from Las Vegas and Hawaii

weren’t used to northern Nevada nights,”

Korcheck said. “Temperatures were in the

40s at night here.”

The only other problem that arose at

the camp was actually a scenario within

the exercise.

“FEMA shipped an emergency aid

package to Fallon Naval Air Station and

the (Army Guard’s) 593rd trucked it

here,” Korcheck said.

That night, a group of civilian role

players showed up, broke into the FEMA

package, and drove off with supplies that

were intended for organized distribution.

“I had military policemen, but, you

know, National Guardsmen are pretty

trusting people. We have a sense of right

and wrong and sometimes we think other

people are just like us,” Korcheck said.

“When the civilian role-players showed

up and acted as if they were officials

involved with the exercise, no one

questioned them as they loaded up their

vehicles and drove off.

“The bottom line is that when people

don’t have food or clean water, they’ll do

whatever they have to to take care of

their families. You have to expect that.”

Other than the experience with the

FEMA package, Korcheck said the most

valuable lesson he learned during Vigilant

Guard was the sheer magnitude of

dealing with a massive influx of people

and gear.

“One of the things we found out is

that you need a lot of space,” Korcheck

said. “The search and rescue types come

in with a lot of equipment and it’s not

easy to secure that much real estate.” ■

One day after finishing the school year,

Conder, an English teacher in Las Vegas,

immediately hopped a plane to Reno

where he became the officer in charge of

the Nevada Guard’s joint public affairs

office during the exercise.

City emerges overnight at Stead Training site

(Continued from page 15)

Maj. Gen. Cindy Kirkland speaks with Reno Channel 2 KTVN reporter

Linda Hosmer about the real-world implications of the joint Nevada

National Guard and state of Nevada Vigilant Guard 2008 exercise at

the initial news conference that kicked off the event on June 12.

Photo: Lt. Col. Tim Marsano, Idaho National Guard

Senior Master Sgt. James Kenealy (far left) from the Nevada Air

National Guard 152nd Airlift Wing public affairs office briefs local

media on the National Guard’s support and response to a simulated

7.1-magnitude earthquake at the staging area near the Washoe

County Regional Training Center in Reno, Nev., on June 12.

Photo: Master Sgt. Suzanne Connell
Summer 2008 / BATTLE BORN / 19

FALLON – The smallest aircraft in the Nevada National Guard’s

aviation fleet, the RQ-11 Raven, and the most widely used combat

unmanned aerial vehicle, the MQ-1 Predator, both displayed huge

potential throughout northern Nevada during the 2008 Vigilant

Guard emergency preparedness exercise as domestic-damage

assessment and reconnaissance tools.

Ravens take flight over Nevada

As a part of the Vigilant Guard 2008 training scenario, 11 trained

Raven operators, including both National Guard soldiers and airmen

led by Chief Warrant Officer Bob Bagnato, convoyed to Naval Air

Station Fallon’s Range B-16 on June 13 to test the unmanned aerial

system during a simulated domestic emergency response mission.

The Raven system features a remote-controlled, propeller

airplane with the length (43 inches) and wingspan (51 inches) no

bigger than a child. It is equipped with an infra-red camera and a

daytime color camera and weighs only 4.2 pounds. Nevada received

two “Raven A” systems in late September 2007.

The focus of the test was to transmit video from the ground

control station at the Bravo 16 training area in Fallon to the Joint

Operations Center in Carson City by wireless radio and video uplinks.

Military officials demonstrated the Raven’s abilities with the

hope that, in the future, Federal Aviation Administration flight

restrictions placed on unmanned aerial vehicles might be relaxed

during domestic contingencies.

“We would like to show that the Raven can be used in domesticemergency situations such as searches for lost people, postincident damage assessment to critical infrastructure, and up-tothe-minute video of impending flood waters or levee breeches,”

Bagnato said. “However, we are currently allowed to only operate in

restricted airspace based on limits set by the FAA, which is why we

train at Fallon NAS in their restricted airspace.”

Nevada operates two Raven systems. The cost of a single Raven

system, which includes three aircraft and a ground control station,

is about $270,000. Other states that fly the Raven include Alaska

and New Mexico. National numbers for the entire Raven inventory

are not available due to operational security.

The Nevada National Guard soldiers and airmen who operate

the system can set up or break down the system within 10 to 15

minutes. If necessary, the system can be carried by two Guardsmen

with backpacks. Also, the Raven aircraft can be transferred – while

in flight – to a neighboring operational Raven unit.

While its use in the national air space is restricted, the Raven

system is used every day in Iraq and Afghanistan. The aircraft’s

wartime applications include intelligence, surveillance and

reconnaissance.

Predator’s orientation flight becomes real-world mission

What was set to be an orientation flight to show off the abilities

of the Nevada National Guard’s Predator unmanned aerial vehicle

turned into a real-world mission for the aircraft’s staff on June 13.

As part of Vigilant Guard 2008, the Nevada National Guard

planned a Predator flyover to allow emergency preparedness

officials to see the damage done from a simulated earthquake and

its aftershocks two days earlier.

The mission shifted to an actual event when the Predator

assisted the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District and Naval Air Station

Fallon with real-word missions.

Just two days before the Predator’s flyover in Churchill County,

the V-Line Canal breached, spilling thousands of gallons of water

into pasture land eight miles west of Fallon. The canal is the lifeline

for half the valley’s farmers who depend on the V Line for crop

irrigation.

During the flight, Dave Overvold, project manager for TCID, sat

next to Nevada Air Guard Tech. Sgt. Brian Guettler in the Churchill

County Mobile Command Post and requested the Predator send

images of the canal breach to the command post. The canal’s path

falls within FAA-approved flight areas for unmanned aerial systems.

Guettler then sent the visual feed to a satellite truck, which, in turn,

transmitted pictures to the Emergency Operations Center in Carson

City and to the Churchill County commission chambers.

Overvold looked at the images intently as the Predator slowly

glided over the canals and the video showed some seepage along

one of the canals. The images gave Overvold and FEMA Region 9

representatives a much better idea of the extent of the canal breach.

Steve Endacott, the city’s emergency management director, said

the Predator also checked out county and city water systems,

bridges, railroad line and power plants.

Once the Predator aerial damage assessment mission of the

canals began to wind down, the county EOC requested to send the

Predator east of Fallon where two Navy jets had recently collided

midair.

The Predator is currently produced by the U.S. Air Force and is

operated by the 11th and 15th Reconnaissance Squadrons. The

11th and the Nevada Air Guard’s 232nd Operation Squadron

provided the Predator for the Vigilant Guard exercise. ■

Raven, Predator cameras a commander’s eyes

during domestic emergency

By Lt. Col. Steven Ranson and Staff Sgt. Frank L. Marquez, Joint Force Headquarters and 106th Public Affairs Detachment

Nevada Army National Guardsman Sgt. Eric Hintermeyer prepares a

Raven UAV for flight. The National Guard used the Raven to survey

notional damage caused by a 7.1 earthquake in northern Nevada.

Photo: Sgt. Torin Gallo
Compiled by Sgt. 1st Class Erick Studenicka

The other members of the team who participated in the

championships were Staff Sgt. Frank Marquez (106th Public

Affairs Detachment, 4:28:28), Sgt. 1st Class Erick Studenicka

(JFHQ, 4:28:33) and Staff Sgt. Del Dennis (100th Quartermaster,

4:42:51).

The team results were determined by combining the overall

running times of the top three members of the team.

The Oregon National Guard won the team race by a narrow

margin over Utah. All three Oregon runners cracked three hours.

Sgt. Troy Harrison of Pennsylvania was the top National Guard

runner in 2:27. The top female marathoner was 1st Lt. Varinka

Barbini of Kentucky in 3:01:45. That time was among the top

ever recorded by a National Guard female runner.

The National Guard’s All-Guard Marathon Team is made up

of the top 40 National Guard men runners, 15 top Guard female

runners and three “Super Masters” runners at the annual

Lincoln/National Guard Marathon.

Call Studenicka at (775) 887-7250 for information.

Softball, football teams find wins

tough to secure

The Nevada National Guard softball team competing in

Carson City and the flag football team participating in the Las

Vegas league have found wins tough to come by this summer.

In Carson City, the Nevada National Guard co-ed softball

team has dropped its first three games. The scores were: 17-11,

25-10 and 15-7. 1st Sgt. Thomas Sauls and Sgt. 1st Class Ron

Creon have been the team’s top hitters.

Call Heather Bryan at (775) 887-7320 for information on

joining the team.

In Las Vegas, the Nevada National Guard’s 8-on-8 flag football team is 0-2 this season. The team is looking for its first

score after two 26-0 losses, but the team did register its firstever blocked field goal.

For information on joining the team, call 1st Lt. Richard

Jordan at (702) 643-4220.

To report a National Guard-related sports score, call

Studenicka at (775) 887-7250.

Nevadan set to compete in Turkey

Following his performance at the National Guard marathon,

Spc. William Raitter was named to the 13-man squad set to

compete in the Confederation Inter-alliee des Officiers de

Reserve military pentathlon in Istanbul, Turkey in July.

The military CIOR pentathlon consists of five events: rifle

and pistol marksmanship, land and water obstacle courses, land

navigation, combat first aid and law of armed conflict.

The military pentathlon is the newest sport to be sponsored

by the National Guard sports office. The other sports include

biathlon, marathon running, marksmanship and leapfest

parachuting.

Raitter named to All-Guard marathon team

Led by Spc. William Raitter’s 12th place finish, the Nevada

National Guard’s marathon team placed 18th at the Lincoln/

National Guard Marathon on May 4 in Lincoln, Neb. Raitter, 38,

a dental specialist with the Medical Detachment, ran the 26.2-

mile course in 2 hours, 54 minutes, 46 seconds.

Raitter’s performance placed him on the All-Guard team

for the 2007-2008 season, and he will compete for the

National Guard throughout the remainder of the year at

various races including the Air Force Marathon in Ohio and the

Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon in Virginia.

With the Nebraska Capitol in the background, Spc. William Raitter

of the Nevada Army Guard’s Medical Detachment races to

12th place in the Lincoln/National Guard Marathon held May 4 in

Lincoln, Neb. The Nevada team finished 18th among the National

Guard states entered in the annual race.

Photo: Master Sgt. Alan Brown, Nebraska National Guard

20 / BATTLE BORN / Summer 2008
CARSON CITY – Many soldiers attempting to stay informed have discovered access

to the Nevada National Guard network

services is often frustrating and sometimes

impossible when not at an armory using a

Common Access Card-enabled computer.

The request for improved access has

been answered with a simple addition to

every soldier’s basic items issue. Each

soldier will soon be issued a CAC reader for

his home computer. The CAC readers are a

simple solution to an often complicated

security issue.

“We recognize the need for network

access for our traditional soldiers to use all

available resources,” said Lt. Col. Vernon

Scarborough, chief of the Nevada National

Guard’s communications section.

The CAC readers will be issued by unit

supply sergeants and will require each

soldier to download CAC software from the

Nevada Army National Guard Web site at

www.nv.ngb.army.mil/army/index.cfm.

“Soldiers also need to be aware that the

Nevada National Guard takes no responsibility and will provide no support for the

CAC readers or software that individuals

download to their personal computers,”

Scarborough said.

There was an initial purchase of 2,000

CAC readers for Nevada soldiers, so not all

soldiers will receive a CAC reader now. The

plan is to purchase and distribute the

remaining CAC readers in the near future.

Armories set to add kiosks

Another measure to provide soldiers an

opportunity to gain online access is the

addition of 90 computer kiosk terminals set

to be added in Nevada National Guard

armories throughout the state.

The number of kiosks at a site will

depend on the armory size; larger armories

will have more kiosks. The addition of the

kiosks is a response to growing demand for

online Army training requirements.

The list of required online courses has

grown over the last few years and now

includes the Army Accident Avoidance

Course and Defense Integrated Military

Human Resources System training.

DIMHRS is the Army’s first attempt to

merge the reserve and active Army pay

system and is the result of a Department of

Defense mandate to streamline all of the

service’s recordkeeping capabilities to

include personnel and payroll information.

The kiosk terminals will not provide

access to Nevada National Guard specific

services but will allow access to Army

required training through the use of Army

Knowledge Online logins and passwords.

“The kiosks will be fielded and working

no later than the end of the calendar year,”

Scarborough said.

For additional information on DIMHRS

or Army online training, please go to

www.armydimhrs.army.mil. ■

Summer 2008 / BATTLE BORN / 21

Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Makowski of the special projects section of the training directorate in

Carson City cuts some wood as he constructs one of the 30 three-computer kiosks set to be

delivered to Nevada Army Guard facilities within the next few months. Photo: Lyndsey Sullivan

Nevada Guard online access,

training set to improve

By Capt. Jeff Johnson, 106th Public Affairs Detachment

“We recognize the need

for network access for our

traditional soldiers to use

all available resources.”
By Lt. Col. Zola Ferguson, 152nd Medical Group

My deployment journey began at Fort

Riley, Kan., where I was placed on a team

that provides base-support personnel to

deployed locations in Afghanistan for the

Army. Initially we were put through two

months of pre-deployment infantry training.

It was challenging and difficult, but required

for all personnel deploying to Iraq and

Afghanistan.

We landed in Manas Air Base,

Kyrgyzstan, on Jan 2. I can’t really describe

the bleak cold in that part of the world in the

dead of winter. There were two inches of ice

on everything and we were happy to be

leaving. Most of my 15-person team was

sent to Kandahar to support the outlying

forward operating bases from there.

I was assigned to FOB Lindsey, one

kilometer east of the Kandahar Airfield.

I worked at the troop medical clinic

and provided care to the 250 residents of

Camp Lindsey.

I also worked in the Canadian Role

No. 3 Hospital, the main receiving hospital

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada National Guard’s Director of Logistics Property

Book Office added two major supply awards to its inventory June 3 when Chief Warrant

Officers Brett Johnston and Paul Pishnak were recognized for their supply excellence by

the Army chief of staff in a ceremony in Washington.

Johnston won the 2008 Army Chief of Staff Supply Excellence Award for the Modified

Table or Organization and Equipment Property Book Section and Pishnak placed second

in the Table of Distribution and Allowances Property Book Section. Pishnak won the

award in 2007.

This year marked the first time Nevada garnered two awards in the Supply

Excellence Award competition.

“We’ve actually had a few states calling us after the inspection and requesting for

us to go out and help them replicate the program we have here,” Johnston said.

Though Pishnak and Johnston were the soldiers officially receiving the awards, both

recognize the efforts of their supply team. They said the property book office would not

have won its awards without the help of Staff Sgts. Mike Nelson, Alan Cranford and

Eduardo Conde and Warrant Officer Candidate John Baldari.

“We set a high standard within the office,” Pishnak said. “We are always ready to be

inspected but realize there is always room for improvement.”

In the future, Johnston and Pishnak hope to have other Nevada units compete in

other supply competitions.

Recipients of the Supply Excellence Awards received their awards from Gen. George

Casey. Conde accepted the award on behalf of Pishnak as he was unable to attend. ■

Nevada property book office

adds two major awards to inventory

By Lyndsey Sullivan, Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs

Chief Warrant Officer Brett Johnston, left, and Staff Sgt. Eduardo Conde display the hardware awarded to the Nevada National Guard’s Property Book Office following the Army’s

Supply Excellence Award ceremony June 3 in Washington. Photo: Col. Terry Sullivan

22 / BATTLE BORN / Summer 2008

Lt. Col. Zola Ferguson recently

returned from a voluntary

deployment to Afghanistan in

a medical-support role and

provides the following recount

of her experience.
Summer 2008 / BATTLE BORN / 23

in southern Afghanistan for all coalition

casualties. The patients arrive primarily on

Apache or Black Hawk helicopters at a

landing site next to the hospital.

During a typical work day, we deal with

five to 20 patients with medical problems,

attend a briefing or two, try to learn a new

Army acronym, assist with orders for medication and supplies, advise the commander

on health trends and medical issues, write

evaluation letters for the troops, and try to

work-out home transportation issues.

Due to the dangerous nature of the

southern Afghanistan area, I have only been

on one humanitarian village medical operation. It was a small village outside of the

base. When the temperature gets warmer,

the number of bombings increases as do

the injuries. Many injuries I have treated

were lower extremity injuries from blasts

coming up through the floor of the vehicles.

FOB Lindsey provides the medics and

medical logistics to the outlying FOBs. I can

inform you that placing personnel and

supplies in some of the outlying areas can

be dangerous, arduous and sometimes

impossible. The Army has some forward

operating bases where there are only 10

guys in a far-flung outpost with no passable

roads and many dangerous ambush sites

along the way.

I usually spend my evenings reading,

writing, answering e-mails, watching

movies and participating in the occasional

“bunker party.” The main base is frequently

mortared and that sets off the alarm for

everyone to head to the bunkers, even

though the mortars are aimed at the airport.

I am in the last month of my deployment

and have enjoyed the experience. I am proud

to assist the brave and committed people

here. It has been a rare opportunity to work

with people from all branches of the service,

from numerous NATO countries and take

care of local nationals. I encourage everyone to take the opportunity to serve in a

combat zone. ■

When not on an Air National Guard deployment, Ferguson works as a physician assistant at the Veterans Administration Medical

Center in Reno.

ARDUOUS, DANGEROUS BUT REWARDING
24 / BATTLE BORN / Summer 2008

Legion of Merit

LTC Pedro Rosario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st US Army

COL Felix Castagnola. . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

CW4 Larry Ceragioli. . . . . . . . . . . . 991st Troop Cmd

Meritorious Service Medal

1SG Henry StClair . . . . . . . . . HHD, 991st Troop Cmd

LTC Marcy Gower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

MAJ Cory Schulz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

COL Terence Sullivan. . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

SFC Joseph Ola . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

CW3 Christopher Wolfe . . . . . . . . HHC 442nd Sig Bn

SFC Luis Gutierrez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150th Maint Co

SFC Joseph Lavarna . . . . . . . . . . . . 150th Maint Co

1SG Dana Boucher . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

SFC Scott Frey. . . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Air Force Commendation Medal

MAJ David Sellen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

SSG Baha Ishtiwi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

2LT Steven Golladay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

TSgt Jordan Clark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

SFC Christopher Keese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

MAJ Dennis Fivecoat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

CPT John Lyle III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

SFC David Pectol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

SSG Matthew Shilk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

MSG Michael Spaulding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG

1SG Robert Boldry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG

TSgt Theresa Beggs . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Intel Sqdn

SSgt Walter Spargo. . . . 152nd Security Forces Sqdn

SMSgt David Tilley . . . . . 152nd Civil Engineer Sqdn

SMSgt Robert Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Civil

Engineer Sqdn

Army Commendation Medal

SPC Helman Roman . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

CMSgt Dwight Ceresola . 152nd Security Forces Sqdn

Maj Mark Hall. . . . . . . . 152nd Security Forces Sqdn

LTC Debeeann Boyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

SFC Bruce Combs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

SFC Rosana Knebl Guzman . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

SFC Ronald Pitts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

SFC Shauna Reese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

SFC Thomas Sauls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

SSG Sonya Stevens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

SSgt Christopher Apis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

TSgt Jordan Clark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

SFC Ulises Pierluissi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

AWARDS•PROMOTIONS•RETIREMENTS

Moving Up and Moving On • March, April, May 2008

AWARDS

SSG Rosemarie Fred . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Rec/Ret

SFC Michael Hale . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Rec/Ret

SFC Wade Mendenhall . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Rec/Ret

SSG Elias Perez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Rec/Ret

SPC Kayla Watford . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Med Det

SGT Joseph Young . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Med Det

SGT Michelle Tucay . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Med Det

SSG Damon Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . HHC 442nd Sig Bn

SGT Autumn Janoss . . . . . . . . . . HHC 442nd Sig Bn

SGT Curtis Terry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240th Engineer Co

SGT Kyle Geller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72nd MP Co

SGT Michael Badger . . . . . . . . . . . . 150th Maint Co

SPC Patrick Johnson. . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

SFC Gary Giddens . . . . . . . . . K Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

SSG Damon Gray. . . . . . . . . . K Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

SFC Darren Green . . . . . . . . . K Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

1LT Richard Jordan . . . . . . . . K Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

1LT Barron Vanmeurs . . . . . . K Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

SPC Mark Bright . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

SPC Julian Brix . . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

SPC Jason Crockett . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

SPC Saintil Doree . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

SGT Salvador Orozco . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

SGT Gil Reeder . . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Air Force Achievement Medal

SSG David Bouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

MAJ David Sellen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

SFC Ulises Pierluissi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

SSG Baha Ishtiwi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

OC Timothy Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

SFC Christopher Keese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

MAJ Dennis Fivecoat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

SSG John Fansler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

SGT Joseph Giglio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

SSG Joe Sherych . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

SSG Matthew Shilk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

SGT Tommy Rodriguez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG

SSG Phillip Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG

Army Achievement Medal

MSgt Kevin Bennett . . . 152nd Security Forces Sqdn

TSgt Jason Peoples . . . . NV Counterdrug Task Force

SPC Stacy Warner . . . . . NV Counterdrug Task Force

SGT Donna Menesini. . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

LtCol Edward Locke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

SGT Kristen Schnepel . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Rec/Ret

SPC Allison Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Med Det

SPC Jeffrey Dooley. . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Med Det

SPC Kayla Chandless . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Med Det

SPC Abigail Green . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Med Det

SSG Yesenia Melendez . . . . . . . . HHC 442nd Sig Bn

1LT Wesley Mewes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485th MP Co

SSG Philip Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992nd Troop Cmd

MSG Michael Spaulding . . . . . . . . 992nd Troop Cmd

SSG Erik Garcia . . . . . . . . . 100th Quartermaster Co

SPC Kenneth McCarthy . . . . 106th Public Affairs Det

Order of Nevada

MSG Alexander Hernandez. . . . . . . . 150th Maint Co

CW4 Larry Ceragioli . . . . . . . . . . . 991st Troop Cmd

Nevada Distinguished Service Medal

COL Michael Carlson . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

Nevada Medal of Merit

SSgt David McNeel . . . . 152nd Security Forces Sqdn

SSgt Christopher Nolen . 152nd Security Forces Sqdn

TSG Theresa Beggs . . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Intel Sqdn

Nevada State Commendation Medal

SSG Elias Perez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

SGT Trevor Kinney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/140th S&S

SSG Richard Gilberti II . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Rec/Ret

SSG Ivan Parsons . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Rec/Ret

SPC Jeffrey Dooley . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Med Det

2LT Gordon Steinmann. . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

SSG Damon Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

SSG Suzette Schrump . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

1LT Laura Boldry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992nd Troop Cmd

SGT Chris Schulte II . . . . . . . . . . 1/168th MEDEVAC

SPC Timothy Miller . . . . . . . . . . . 1/168th MEDEVAC

SPC Kenneth McCarthy . . . . 106th Public Affairs Det

SGT Lukas Haaglund . . . . . . . L Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

PFC Jacob Lopey . . . . . . . . . . L Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

PFC Anthony Ralph Jr. . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

SSG Anthony Rodriguez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ-NV

Adjutant General’s

Outstanding Graduate Award

SFC Alan Hennig Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . 992nd Troop Cmd

PV2 Jason Poole . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

SPC James Wiseman II . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

PV1 Donald Reynolds III. . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Nevada Humanitarian Service Ribbon

SPC Dennis Kemp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485th MP Co
Summer 2008 / BATTLE BORN / 25

Nevada Overseas Deployment Ribbon

SrA Eric Shingleton. . . . 152nd Security Forces Sqdn

1stLt Melissa Buschette. . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

SMSgt Kelly Cavins . . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

LtCol Russell Earle . . . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

TSgt John Fairbanks . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

LtCol Caesar Garduno . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

SMSgt Lorne Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

LtCol Donald Harvey. . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

SrA Christopher Henrich. . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

Maj Todd Hudson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

Capt Evan Kirkwood. . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

LtCol Matthew Leonard . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

Capt Jason Little . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

Maj Anthony Machabee . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

Capt Shannon Manning . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

MSgt Blake Martelle. . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

Maj Kevin Newberry. . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

MSgt David Raschen . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

SrA Lewis Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

SSgt Lyle Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

LtCol Jonathan Thorpe . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

LtCol Robert Gregory . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Airlift Wing

TSgt Marco Trejo . . . . . . . . . 232nd Operations Sqdn

MSgt Robert Butchko . . . . . 232nd Operations Sqdn

TSgt Gilberto Carrera. . . . . . 232nd Operations Sqdn

TSgt Christopher Couture . . 232nd Operations Sqdn

SSgt Timothy Mader . . . . . . 232nd Operations Sqdn

SSgt Gerado Navarro. . . . . . 232nd Operations Sqdn

Maj Shelly Assiff . . . . . . 152nd Log. Readiness Sqdn

SSgt Tracy Woodfolk . . . . 152nd Civil Engineer Sqdn

TSgt Christopher Jenkins . . 232nd Operations Sqdn

SSgt Michele Cochron . 152nd Log. Readiness Sqdn

MSgt Michael Adams . . . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Sqdn

MSgt Dennis Chanez. . . . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Sqdn

SMSgt Charles Davis. . . . 152nd Aircraft Maint Sqdn

SSgt Paul Bright Sr.. . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Sqdn

MSgt Marcy Broadway . . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Sqdn

MSgt Terrance Hunt Jr. . . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Sqdn

MSgt Robert Nyblom Jr. . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Sqdn

MSgt Kevin Robinson . . . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Sqdn

CMSgt James Warner. . . . . . . 152nd Maint Opns Flt

MSgt Albert Sanches. . . . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Sqdn

SSgt Brett Vegeto . . . . . . 152nd Aircraft Maint Sqdn

SrA Mark Jewell Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Sqdn

TSgt Todd Houchens . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Sqdn

SSgt Mark Bodnar. . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Sqdn

TSgt Seth Dextraze . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Sqdn

SrA Wendy Whitehurst. . . 152nd Aircraft Maint Sqdn

TSgt Reina Sarabia . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Sqdn

MSgt Larry Balko . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Services Flight

SrA Gurpreet Bhambra . . . . . . 152nd Services Flight

SrA Michael Ente . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Services Flight

TSgt David Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Services Flight

SrA David May . . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Services Flight

SSgt Kirk Santiago . . . . . . . . . 152nd Services Flight

TSgt Megan Winkel . . . . . . . . 152nd Services Flight

SMSgt MIchael Brown. . . 152nd Civil Engineer Sqdn

Maj Derek Gardner. . . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

Nevada First Sergeant Ribbon

MSgt Mark Feldman. . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

PROMOTIONS

LTC

Terry Conder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

Joanne Farris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

MAJ

Perry Tangen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

CPT

Jon Minnich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Nicholas Moran. . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Kyle O'Connell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/168th MEDEVAC

Andrew Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/168th MEDEVAC

Beau Vinatieri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150th Maint Co

Brian Hunsaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240th Engineer Co

Vanessa Marrero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992nd Trp Cmd

Todd Hine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nd CST

1LT

Tammy Sparkes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1864th Trans Co

2LT

Thomas Reader . . . . . . . . . . . L Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Stewart Brough. . . . . . . . . . . . I Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Marco Furlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Christopher Fransioli . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Matthew Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . HHC 442nd Sig Bn

Katrina Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HHC 442nd Sig Bn

David Connolly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/168th MEDEVAC

Kandace Gonzales. . . . . . . . . . . . 1/168th MEDEVAC

Chaitanya Readwalsh . . . . . . . . . . . 150th Maint Co

Sebastian Balint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72nd MP Co

Aaron Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

CW3

James Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/189th Aviation

CW2

Ian Dasmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/140th S&S

WO1

Paul Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/168th MEDEVAC

Robert McAfee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/168th MEDEVAC

Lloyd Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1864th Trans Co

CMSgt

Danny Olsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HQ NVANG

SMSgt

Teresa Sanders . . . . . . . . 152nd Civil Engineer Sqdn

Steven White . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Communications Flt

1SG

Michael Ariztia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/189th Aviation

MSgt

Erin Fierro . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Support Group

Garfield Parris . . . . . . . . . . . 232nd Operations Sqdn

Gina Kohl . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Log. Readiness Sqdn

Robert Boody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Sqdn

Gilberto Carrera. . . . . . . . . . 232nd Operations Sqdn

Incoming commander Lt. Col. Ted Wertzberger accepts the colors of the 232nd Operations

Squadron from Maj. Gen. Cindy Kirkland, The Adjutant General, at the unit’s change of

command ceremony in late May at Creech Air Force Base. Wertzberger was previously

the director of operations for the 232nd. He took the reins of the squadron from Lt. Col.

Steve Sikes, who retired. Photo: Courtesy of 232nd Operations Squadron

CHANGE OF COMMAND
26 / BATTLE BORN / Summer 2008

Marco Trejo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232nd Operations Sqdn

(Continued on next page)

Kevin Walen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

Andree Burdette-Newman152nd Civil Engineer Sqdn

Nancy Gran. . . . . . . . . . 152nd Log. Readiness Sqdn

Adam Liby II . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Civil Engineer Sqdn

SFC

David Hartsell . . . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Gregory Meredith . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

Jason Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1864th Trans Co

Zachary Mcpherson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

Erick Willrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

Curtis Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

Jose Obregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Rec/Ret

John Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Med Det

TSgt

David Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Intelligence Sqdn

Stephen Garback . . . . . 152nd Log. Readiness Sqdn

Steven Givani. . . . . . . . . . 152nd Military Support Flt

Shara Izzo. . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Log. Readiness Sqdn

Gerardo Navarro . . . . . . . . . 232nd Operations Sqdn

Jayson Peoples. . . . . . . 152nd Log. Readiness Sqdn

Timothy Mader . . . . . . . . . . 232nd Operations Sqdn

SSG

Colt Bulot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Derek Castro . . . . . . . . . . . . . L Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Robert Kendall . . . . . . . . . . . . L Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Rutilio Lara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Christopher Rozario . . . . . . . . L Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Michael Coughran . . . . . . . . . . I Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Alex Shelton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Marco Reyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . K Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

William Brinkley. . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

James Reynolds . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Tyrone Baird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

David Forsyth . . . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Andrew Garland. . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Roy Hellen Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

Kenneth Hodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

Gregory Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

Patrick Ulrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

John George. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

Kevin Painter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

Thomas Slaughter . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

Tim Wise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

Justin Juliot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HHC 442nd Sig Bn

Musau Mutua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HHC 442nd Sig Bn

Elizabeth Zamoralechuga . . . . . . HHC 442nd Sig Bn

Christopher Thompson . . . . . . . . . . 1/189th Aviation

Anthony Lacoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150th Maint Co

Larry Clawson Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150th Maint Co

Aaron Dicus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150th Maint Co

Joseph Babb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1864th Trans Co

Nicholas Graf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1864th Trans Co

Keith Hinkle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1864th Trans Co

Massimo Irenze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1864th Trans Co

Arland Stalker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1864th Trans Co

Louis Toncks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240th Engineer Co

Marcella Purkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485th MP Co

PROMOTIONS (continued)

TSgt David P. Berntsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Services Flight

1SG Dana C. Boucher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

CW4 Larry R. Ceragioli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991st Troop Command

MSgt Thomas W. Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Logistics Readiness Sqdn

MAJ Kerry E. Cutting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

SFC Thomas A. Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/221st Cavalry

CW3 Michael G. Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/168th MEDEVAC

SGT Joselito E. Gazmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240th Engineer Co

MSgt Matthew S. Goodsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Aircraft Maintenance Sqdn

SSG Gregory K. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421st RTI

MSgt William S. Lamoya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232nd Operations Sqdn

CPT Dean T. Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991st Troop Command

SFC Joseph B. Ola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Signal Bn

MSgt Leslie D. Perez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Logistics Readiness Sqdn

Robert Jester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992nd Trp Cmd

Tracy Castro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593rd Trans Co

Autumn Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

Scott Katherman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

Daniel Lind Sr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

Garry Rummer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

Joshua Montes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Rec/Ret

Terrence Oliveira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Rec/Ret

Michelle Tucay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVARNG Med Det

SSgt

Kyle Carraher . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Aircraft Mait Sqdn

Matthew Hoff . . . . . . . . . 152nd Civil Engineer Sqdn

Mark Jewell Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152nd Maint Sqdn

Yantzy Arnell. . . . . . . . . 152nd Security Forces Sqdn

Joshua Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

Brian Santor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192nd Airlift Sqdn

Sherri Johnson . . . . . . . 152nd Security Forces Sqdn

Robert Parker . . . . . . . . 152nd Security Forces Sqdn

SGT

Ronald Portillo Sr. . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Thomas Cinkovich . . . . . . . . . L Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Philip Fred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Nicholas Gerfen . . . . . . . . . . . L Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Darren Hailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . L Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Sean Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Michael Martin. . . . . . . . . . . . L Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

David Starkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . L Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Nathaniel Cothran . . . . . . . . . . I Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Patrick Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . I Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Jonathon Rudd . . . . . . . . . . . . I Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Thomas Hardesty. . . . . . . . . . K Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Matthew Haynes . . . . . . . . . . K Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Karim Khaldy . . . . . . . . . . . . . K Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Robert Mancini . . . . . . . . . . . K Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

Joshua Zamzow. . . . . . . . . . . K Trp, 1/221st Cavalry

James Kettner. . . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Michael Krieger Jr. . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Jose Terriquezmontes . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Bryan Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Luanie Lambey . . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Anthony Rigano . . . . . . . . . . . . HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Tony Lawton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

Natalie Alston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

James Eddings . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

Lawrence Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

Don Small Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

Michael Wilson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

Alfonso Zafra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Co, 422nd Sig Bn

Brett Kishkis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HHC 442nd Sig Bn

Kenneth McCarthy. . . . . . . . . . . . HHC 442nd Sig Bn

Terence Sterba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HHC 442nd Sig Bn

Justin Claman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/189th Aviation

Joshua Little . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/189th Aviation

Santos Magno . . . . . . . . . . 100th Quartermaster Co

Rachael Ramirez . . . . . . . . 100th Quartermaster Co

Mario Roblez . . . . . . . . . . . 100th Quartermaster Co

Kimberly Wadsworth. . . . . . 100th Quartermaster Co

Jinger Cristobal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150th Maint Co

David Rosado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150th Maint Co

Kimberly Champlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72nd MP Co

James Mctier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1864th Trans Co

Janira Tadeo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1864th Trans Co

Lauriano Farias Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . 240th Engineer Co

Vincent Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485th MP Co

Dennis Kemp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485th MP Co

Brian Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485th MP Co

Brandon Mathes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485th MP Co

Noel Garcia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593rd Trans Co

Dashawna Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593rd Trans Co

Samuel Acevedo II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72nd MP Co

Michael Moorehead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72nd MP Co

James Burch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JFHQ NVARNG

RETIREMENTS
Summer 2008 / BATTLE BORN / 27

1/168th MEDEVAC

David Connolly

Kandace Gonzales

Paul Graham

David Kluthe

Robert McAfee Jr.

Tyler Teese

Jordan Payette

Oscar Roman

1/189th Aviation

Vania Apodaca

Katrina Frankoski

Damon Houle

Raymond Roberts

Dustin Sudano

Dustin Barth

100th

Quartermaster Co

Catherine Amador

Marquetta Anderson

Matthew Baldwin

Michael Belt

Michael Boyd

Ashley Buchanan

Aileen Buri

Sharoniqua Clark

Christopher Farmer

Jonathan Ford

Timothy Hardin

Donald Hill Jr.

Dawn Japp

Leonard Kriyjanksy

Marco Martinez Jr.

Lucas McCuskar

Constantine Mertikas

Ryan Mize

Jolene Montes

Conrad Motis

Brian Mutas

Alkennisha Powell

Mario Roblez

Rocky Rosado

Mark Rutter

Keith Sanchez

Michael Sayan

Martyn Sheppard

Brian Thomas

Crystal Thompson

Kimberly Wadsworth

Marcus Watts

Allen Weese

Brianna Whaley

Elaine Yabut

Yuting Yeh

137th MP

Detachment

Joshua Arguelles

Daniel Bustos

Brian Donahoe Jr.

ENLISTMENTS

Guadalupe Espinoza

Michael Gatewood

Christopher Hendrickson

Shariyelle McCants

Deneisha Williams

150th

Maintenance Co

Jeffery Estlack

Guy Garneet

Daniel Goletto

Levi Greer

Skyla King

Jeanette Moreno

Samantha Perry

Jeremy Summerfield

Tabitha Zinser

Richard Harris

Catherine Jara

Timothy Jeffers

Joshua Laroche

Roy Llana

Aaron Lopez

Lorene Mascarenas

David Miller

Miriam Olson

Robyn Raseberry

Chaitanya Readwalsh

Tasia Roddy

Jennifer Tolentino

Miguel Zaragoza

152nd Aircraft

Maint Sqdn

Nichaolas Langton

152nd Civil

Engineer Sqdn

William Young

Max Sherwood

Jennifer Schultz

Troy Jorgenseon

152nd

Communications Flt

Joshua Dockter-Arbogst

152nd

Intelligence Sqdn

Donny Cook

152nd Log.

Readiness Sqdn

Jauies Sosa

James Lagae

Steven Juliano

152nd

Maintenance Sqdn

Matthew Zirenberg

William Durns III

Todd Okazawa

Geoffrey Deal

Kristy Gilbert

152nd Medical Grp

Tugba Giles

152nd Mission

Support Flt

David Hescox

152nd Security

Forces Sqdn

Eric Boyer

David Fitzpatrick

Chandra Kurkowski

Samantha Jones

Shawn Collins

152nd Services Flt

Robert Dawson

1864th

Transportation Co

Lloyd Allen

Aaron Case

Matthew Cook

Donald Dorsey

Leticia Gonzalez

Christopher Mills

Gustavo Molina

Leiante Washington

Nathan Braido

Arturo Diazramirez

David Draper

Theodore Evans

Kaja Lyons

Jasmine Valadez

232nd

Operations Sqdn

Robert Stout Jr.

Rodolfo Escalera

240th Engineer Co

Ryan All

Maximillian Boudreaux

Princess Browne

Ryan Cachola

Flemetta Carriaga

John Escalona

Andrew Hollobaugh

Matthew Kelley

Aaron Lipkowitz

Nathan Martinson

Viitlarn Rand

Apichartt Sotiwong

Sarah Takara

3/140th S&S

Kyle Stephens

421st RTI

Joshua Bunker

485th MP Co

Parris Barnard

Tyler Bolton

Angel Chavez

Amanda Christ

Nathan Fetty

Myles Foutz

David Gotaas

Sullivan Halton

Mitchell Hammond

Jacqueline Heisser

Joshua Ioritone

Nicole Kyle

Christy Nicolaisen

Walter Oilar

Glen Parker Jr.

David Smith

Jacob Stewart

Gary Underhill II

Kenneth Ellson

593rd

Transportation Co

Joseph Serna

Bethany Farris

Donald Thacker

Russel Michel

Arthur Ordaz

72nd MP Co

Hiram Andino

Lorenzo Aranda

Sebastian Balint

Joseph Casey

Larissaann Ceniza

David Christy

Daniel Espejo

Raymond Fyler II

Lyndsie Lacher

Brion Lopez

Preston Matocha

Reginald Shannon

Jazzmine Webb

Thailer Powell

92nd Civil

Support Team

Vincent Girolami

C Co,

422nd Sig Bn

Micah Gill

Nicole Iratcabal

Jacob Kenneston

Tony Lawton

Kyle Marshall

Stephen Belcher

Corey Bunn

Joseph Fisher

Marie Grady

Jackie Jones

Georgio Mosqueda

Alfred Shelton III

Michael Streight

Marcjohann Suarez

Jose Torresmartinez

Joel Waldron

Det 45 OSA

Benny Miller

HHC 442nd Sig Bn

Ronaldo Bumbasi

Matthew Johnson

Katrina Jones

Musau Mutua

Thomas Parker

Terence Sterba

HHT, 1/221st Cavalry

Laura Frondoso

Brittany Gaines

Gloria Marujo

Dorene Mcadory

Jonoa Savou

Steve Branson

Mark Bell

Joseph Bjornstad

Benjamin Cortez

Leonel Cruz

Michael Cuiffi

James Daws

Larrypablo Floresberrier

Kennith Goodin

Travis Higgins

Daniel Hollingsworth Jr.

Christopher Jenkins

Babak Kohan

Mathew Kraemer

Lucky Lo

Joseph Mcrae

Jeffrey Palmateer

Norberto Romero

Nicholas Taylor

James Vail

Anthony Viglietta

Ricky Wainner

Alejandro Alvanez

Joshua Butler

Michael Fellows

Nathan Garnica

Nickolas Huttinga

Brian Kanizar

Anthony Keithley

Joel Litkie

Jon Minnich

Rory Todd

Daniel Ulino

Alexandro Velez

I Troop,

1/221st Cavalry

Stewart Brough

Benjamin Delapaz

Marco Furlan

Michael Urdea

Ronald Ayers

JFHQ NVARNG

Jose Cruzhernandez

James Groth

Aaron Oliver

Amy Roll

Erika Showalter

Perry Tangen

Dawn Hasselbach

Michael Yates

K Troop,

1/221st Cavalry

Christopher Fransioli

Kyle Gunn

David Laughlin

Viet Luu

Michael Moya Jr.

Alan Potter

David Whitman

L Trp,

1/221st Cavalry

Josh Adkins

David Barajas Jr.

Cameron Bozarth

Travoy Cox

Nikolis Diltz

David Loomis

Michael Martin

Jacob McDermott

Zachary Mullins

Ryan Phillips

Thomas Reader

Jared Silva

Cody West

NVARNG Med Det

Gregory Zemp

NVARNG Rec/Ret

Robert Gates

Welcome!
SUNDAY

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SEPTEMBER 2008

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SUNDAY OCTOBER 2008

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2008

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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EVENTS SCHEDULE Drills Other Functions AT Holidays

422 SIG BN,

1/168 AVN, 1/189 AVN

422 SIG BN,

1/168 AVN, 1/189 AVN,

HHD, 152 AW, 152 IS,

ARNG JFHQ, 3/140 AVN S&S,

Med Det North, Med Det South,

Reception Co, HHD 991 TC,

106 PAD, 150 Maint Co,

1/234 VCP, 593 POL Co,

137 MP Co, 140 MP Co,

1/221 CAV

Fallen Warrior Ceremony

First Day of Autumn

3/140 S&S,NARNG JFHQ,

HHD 991 TC, 152 AW,

152 IS, 106 PAD, 150 MC,

1/189 AVN, 100 QM

30 31

Election Day

1/168 AVN,

1/221 CAV Main Element

1/168 AVN,

1/221 CAV Main Element,

Med Det North,

Med Det South,

1/221 CAV Supporting Element

1/168 AVN,

1/221 CAV Main Element,

Med Det North,

Med Det South,

1/221 CAV Supporting Element

VETERANS DAY

HHD 421 RTI,

240th ENG,

777 ENG 1864 TC,

Det 1 72 MP Co

HHD 421 RTI,

240th ENG,

777 ENG 1864 TC,

Det 1 72 MP Co, HHD 992 TC,

593 POL Co, 137 MP Co,

485 MP Co, 421 RTI

240th ENG,

777 ENG 1864 TC,

Det 1 72 MP Co,

HHD 992 TC, 593 POL Co,

137 MP Co, 485 MP Co, 421 RTI

Stead Tng. Center, 1864 TC

Stead Tng. Center, 1864 TC

485 MP CO

422 SIG BN, 1/168 AVN, PATRIOT DAY

1/189 AVN, 152 AW, 152 IS,

ARNG JFHQ, 3/140 AVN S&S,

Med Det North, Med Det South,

Reception Co, HHD 991 TC,

106 PAD, 150 Maint Co,

1/234 VCP, 593 POL Co,

137 MP Co, 140 MP Co,

1/221 CAV

HHC, C-Co, 1/168 AVN,

1/221 CAV Main Element,

3-140 S&S, NVRANG JFHQ,

Med Det North, Med Det South,

HHD 991 TC, 106 PAD, 150 MC,

1/189 AVN, 100 QM,

1/221 CAV Supporting Element,

152 AW, 152 IS

HHC, C-Co,

1/168 AVN,

1/221 CAV Main Element

HHC, C-Co, 1/168 AVN,

1/221 CAV Main Element,

3-140 S&S, NVRANG JFHQ,

Med Det North, Med Det South,

HHD 991 TC, 106 PAD, 150 MC,

1/189 AVN, 100 QM,

1/221 CAV Supporting Element,

152 AW, 152 IS

NEVADA DAY,

HALLOWEEN

593 POL Co,

421 RTI, HHD 992 TC,

1864 TC Co, Det 1 72 MP Co,

137 MP Co, 485 MP Co,

HHD 421 RTI

593 POL Co,

421 RTI, HHD 992 TC,

1864 TC Co, Det 1 72 MP Co,

137 MP Co, 485 MP Co,

HHD 421 RTI

593 POL Co, 421 RTI

3/140 S&S, NARNG JFHQ,

HHD 991 TC, 152 AW,

152 IS, 106 PAD, 150 MC,

1/189 AVN, 100 QM

Daylight Savings Time Ends

THANKSGIVING