Thank you to all of the great volunteers who put time and effort into the Battalion FRG fundraiser at the Independence Day Celebration.Each of you made a difference. The FRG made over $445. That money will be split over each of the battery level FRGs. Special thanks to Amy Lennox, Uschi Ebbs, Helene Minzer, Theresa Bland, Alyce Pena, Jo Williams, and Hope Rodgers, who all donated at least six hours each this weekend.
Congratulations are in order for two newly promoted Dragons. SGT Spsher completed PLDC during the last week of June and returned to the unit in time to be promoted on o1 July. The Soldiers of Dragon Batter believe SGT Apsher's rank is finally catching up to his performance and potential. Originally slated as the command driver, SGT Apsher quickly became a "go to" guy for any task we have to accomplish.
SPC Smith was also promoted on 01 July. SPC Smith is in the MEB process and will be leaving us soon. His recent effort and performance left no doubt in any of our minds that he needed to be promoted, prior to his departure. SPC Smith is the battery armorer and our "DVD Creator". He is also a "go to" guy and frequently volunteers for taskings at the elementary school and to make the long drives to and from LRMC or Frankfurt.
Congratulations are also in order for SSG and Mrs. Brown on the birth of their new baby girl, Tatiana. Tatiana was born on 25 June, was 18.5 inches long, and 6 lbs, 10 ozs. Mother and baby are doing well.
Delta Battery hs been very busy the last two months, outside of our daily business. Among our greater accomplishments, we sent four NCOs and a M109A6 Paladin to Czech for their Armed Forces Weekend. SSG Brown, SSG Hernandez, SGT Crooks, and SGT Villarreal enjoyed their time in Czech, showing off their trade, despite almost starving on bread and water. SSG Hernandez and SGT Villarreal also led our section of the First Infantry Division Salute Battery. These two NCOs, as well as SGT Vanattia and SPC Wright, drove to and from Bamberg about seven times over two weeks to rehearse for the Division Independence Day Celebration. The celebration, on 01 July, included firing volleys for each State, as its name was called out, and firing during the 1812 Overture. None of our four Soldiers had heard or rehearsed their part in the overture, prior to the performance. Hands down, 1-7 FA had the top section in the battery. In another event, Delta Battery fielded over fifty percent of the community softball team that played against the semi-professional team that visited Schweinfurt in early June. Further, the battery participated in the Schweinfurt Elementary School Field Day, by sending 12 Soldiers over to the school to support the different athletic events. All in all, it has been a great and very busy two months.
As always, we ask you to keep the battery in mind, when and if you ever need anything. We are here to support the unit forward and its most precious resource, the families. Our phone number is 09721-96-6484 (from the German economy), 011-49-9721-96-6484 (from the United States), or 354-6484 (DSN).
Dragons!
Matthew Lennox
CPT, FA
Commanding
W. Lee Ebbs
1SG, USA
First Sergeant
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