and looks outstanding! (If you want

to know what to send, send some

K-cups).

By all accounts, the accomplish-

ments by you, the families and

friends of TF Spearhead are just as

awesome. The rear-detachment

and FRG continues to provide top

notch support. Monthly potlucks

continue to provide fellowship. BN

T-shirts and wrist bands (which

fund events for single Soldiers,

Christmas gifts, and homecoming

events) are selling like hotcakes.

It is a super team, one that CSM

Pitkus and I are really proud to be

a part of and we send our appre-

ciation for all that you do. Until

Next time, follow us on Facebook:

“3-227th Aviation Regiment,

1ACB”.

-Spearhead 06

Greetings from Shindand-

The weather has finally started

to cool down, and in fact, we actu-

ally had a few clouds pop up on

several days over the past few

weeks. All of the Companies are

doing very well and I am proud of

what your Soldiers are accom-

plishing on a daily basis. Most

Soldiers seemed to have settled

into a daily routine now which

makes things seem a bit less

hectic from day to day. We have

also begun sending Soldiers back

on R&R (normal leave) so in many

cases you might already be visit-

ing with your loved one or will be

seeing them shortly. The plan is

to give each Soldier R&R at some

time during the rotation. We can

only send 12% any month so

managing Soldiers‟ desires and

mission requirements becomes

paramount. At times it gets pretty

tight, and of course not everyone

can come home for Thanksgiving

or Christmas. Believe me, I know

this is tough, but your Soldiers

need your support. All should get

a chance to enjoy R&R. We just

have to balance our very impor-

tant mission which saves lives

here, and the timing of individuals

leave.

Rest assured, we are working

very hard here. Task Force Spear-

head is the only US Aviation unit in

all of Regional Command West

which means we are always in high

demand. We are continually mov-

ing people around all of Western

Afghanistan, conducting Air As-

saults, delivering essential sup-

plies to isolated bases, and provid-

ing Attack aircraft to enable secu-

rity and engage insurgents who are

trying to destabilize the Govern-

ment of Afghanistan. Of course

those missions would not be possi-

ble without the tremendous behind

the scenes support from Head-

quarters, Delta and Echo compa-

nies. It is this great teamwork that

allows our overall success on the

battlefield.

The troopers of TF Spearhead

have also been spotted on their off

time enjoying the MWR sponsored

events such as basketball, poker

and volleyball tourneys. The Green

Beans coffee shop has finally

opened and has seen a big draw.

The TF Spearhead Coffee Shop

(built entirely by our Soldiers for

our Soldiers) is almost finished

C O M M A N D E R ’ S C O M M E N T S

C S M ’ S S T A T I O N

Spearhead families and friends,

Your Soldiers continue to

exceed expectations daily. For

over 100 days now, every one of

them has put forth tremendous

efforts to ensure that we are

accomplishing our mission over

here. As a result of their efforts,

we are flying more hours with

less aircraft than anyone in the

Brigade. It hasn‟t been all work,

however, as we have tried to

make our piece of land feel

more like home by adding a

gym, coffee shop, and MWR tent

that allows Soldiers to relax and

refit on their off-hours.

Thank you all for your contin-

ued support; it is

the motivating fac-

tor that allows our

Soldiers to perform

at such high levels.

Make sure to take

full advantage of

the FRG opportuni-

ties available to

you, you deserve

the same kind of relief and sup-

port as your Soldiers.

CSM Eric Pitkus

(Spearhead 09)

2 2 S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 1

S P E A R H E A D

A S S A U L T N E W S

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

H E A D Q U A R T E R S

C O M P A N Y

“ P H A N T O M

K N I G H T S ”

3

C Company 4-227

“SNAKEYES”

4

C C O M P A N Y

“ G H O S T R I D E R S ” 5

D C O M P A N Y

“ R O U G H N E C K S ”

6

E C O M P A N Y

“ R E G U L A T O R S ”

7

F C O M P A N Y 1 - 1 2 6

“ C H A O S ”

8

TASK FORCE 3-227 ASSAULT HELICOPTER BATTALION, 1ST AIR CAVALRY BRIGADE, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION

Ramadan, the Islamic Holy month, is

the ninth month of the Islamic calendar

(Hijiri). It is the Islamic month of fasting,

in which participating Muslims refrain

from eating and drinking from dawn until

sunset. Fasting is intended to teach Muslims

about patience, humility, and spirituality.

It is a time for Muslims to fast for the

sake of God and to offer more prayer

than usual. During Ramadan, Muslims

ask forgiveness for past sins, pray for

guidance and help in refraining from

everyday evils, and try to purify them-

selves through self-restraint and good

deeds. Muslims believe Ramadan to be the

month in which the first verses of the

Qur‟an were revealed to the Islamic prophet,

Mohammed. The beginning of Ramadan is marked by

Hilal (the crescent), typically a day after the

astronomical new moon. The traditional

sighting of the crescent moon with the naked

eye has caused disagreements between dif-

ferent countries each year on when Ramadan

starts. More recently, some Muslims have

resorted to using astronomical calculations

to avoid confusion. Since Ramadan is based on a lunar cal-

endar, the dates vary every year, usually mov-

ing backwards about eleven days. Therefore,

over 34 years time, a person will have fasted

every day of the calendar. Eid al-Fitr is celebrated at the end of

Ramadan. Marked by beginning the day in

new clothes and going to prayer, followed by

visiting or entertaining friends and family. It

is common for children to receive small gifts

of sweets, clothes and money (known as

Eidi).

R A M A D A N ( A U G U S T 2 N D - 3 1 S T )

S P E A R H E A D 0 5 S I G N I N G O N

It‟s an absolute privilege to serve with

this incredible team, and I thank all the

families for the amazing support you

are giving your loved ones over here.

Once again, thank you for your warm

welcome, and I look forward to meeting

you all in person upon our return home.

SPEARHEAD ASSAULT!

MAJ Scott W. Greco

SPEARHEAD 05

Thank you for welcoming the Greco Fam-

ily to the Spearhead Family. Though

we‟re new to the unit, we‟re not new to

Fort Hood. We‟re excited to be back in

Texas, and have appreciated the warm

welcome we‟ve received from everyone.

Hopefully many of you have already had

the opportunity to meet my wife, Karin.

We live in Belton with our two kids, Lin-

nea and Caden. We also have a little one

on the way that is due in late February.

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Specifically, we put together our own gym

to provide a means to relieve stress and

ensure that we stay physically fit. Addition-

ally, the Spearhead coffee shop and MWR

tent are nearing completion. Soldiers will

now have their own place to grab a cup of

joe, sit back and watch football games, or

rock out on Guitar Hero.

The Spearhead driving range is also

in the works and should provide an addi-

tional comfort of home.

Since our last issue, Task Force Spear-

head has settled into our home for the up-

coming months. The Soldiers have adjusted

to the heat, wind and dust and are working at

full operating speed.

With the demands this job places on us, it

is important to have some connection with

the real world.

We have focused on making improve-

ments to our living and working conditions.

T H E C O M F O R T S O F H O M E

T H R E E M O N T H S D O W N , N I N E T O G O ! ! !

HHC „PHANTOM KN IGHTS‟

Hello friends, family, and loved ones,

welcome from Shindand Airbase once

again. HHC has been extremely busy

since our last newsletter as you can see

from some of the pictures. We have

conducted two ranges, CLS training, fire

marshal courses, updated shots, several

NCO boards, field sanitation classes,

and the 1SG and I have even started our

own GT Improvement class for the Sol-

diers. All of this along with our normal

everyday tasks that must be completed

including R&R Leave, HHC Training

Meetings, BN Training Meetings, Flight

Schedule meetings, you name it, we do

it.

Below, you will find a picture of MSG

Dossett and CPT Sledge at the HHC ran

M4, M16, and M9 Range on 29 July

2011. HHC ran two ranges simultane-

ously; an M4/16 zero range and an M9,

M4/16 qualification range. HHC helped

qualify over 70 Soldiers for the Task

Force to keep Soldiers current on their

assigned weapons.

On August 26th, HHC also sent several

Soldiers to familiarize themselves with

the „Ma-Deuce.‟ This is a creative name

for the M2 .50 caliber heavy machine

gun made by Browning. To the top right

you can see SGT Niederriter on the

range with the M2 in the background.

All of the Soldiers got a chance to shoot

and become familiar with how the M2

operates including head-space and tim-

ing.

All of the S-Shops have been doing a

fantastic job and are working more effec-

tively and efficiently. The TOC has had

the biggest and steepest learning curve

as the Soldiers, especially PFC Collins,

have come a long way with talking on the

radios to the pilots, and tracking the

overall battlefield „picture.‟ Below you

can see one of the many missions TF

Spearhead runs daily. The S3 section

tracks Deliberate missions, Air Mission

Requests (AMRs), RL Progression, and

many other battle centric systems. They

keep the fight moving forward.

S1 has made many improvements in the

awards process, tracking Soldiers on

R&R leave, daily perstats, you name it

they are tracking it. Of note, SPC Jeremy

Springer had an inspection of the TF

Mail Room and he was the first Soldier

on Shindand to receive all Commend-

able scores in a 25 item inspection for

mail rooms. He was complemented on

having the cleanest and best Mail Room

on Shindand. Outstanding job!

S2 is continuing to battle track the en-

emy and also take care of our own Sol-

diers when it comes to updating ISO-

PREPS, etc. We have had SPC Williams

from Brigade come to help out the S2

section for about three weeks and will

be leaving us shortly. I have presented

her with a „Phantom Knight‟ coin and

thanked her for her service to us.

S4 section is continuing to help us try to

order things we still need and to get us

furniture for projects like our MWR and

coffee house inside of the TF Spearhead

compound. On a sad note, CPT Steve

Zehner will be leaving us soon to head to

BDE S4 and he is replaced by CPT Justin

Horsfall!

S6 is continuing steady state operations,

continually updating radios and com-

puters and trying to make sure AFN is

working to keep everyone happy!

The Air Traffic Control (ATC) section is

becoming more apparent in our com-

pany as we take them under our wing!

You will notice some of their names to

the right under promotions and birth-

days. These guys control the airfield

here at Shindand Airbase. They commu-

nicate to the Pilots and also have been

working on Precision Approaches with

the pilots. Definitely an asset to have!

The Medics continue to provide help

when appropriate. I personally had the

privilege to get an Anthrax shot by none

other than yours truly, SPC (P) Guerra. I

think he liked that too much. SSG Jong

has been doing a great job as a medic

and with his additional duties as the

Motor Pool NCOIC.

Supply is still providing everyone with

Class I (goodies and drinks) and order-

ing all the Soldiers ADO. Below is a

picture of a team building exercise to put

up Supply‟s new tent.

As you can see, there is never a dull

moment here. Always something to do

or something to plan for! We continue to

look for your mail and packages as it

definitely keeps the morale up! Until

next issue… CPT Hildebrand

Phantom Knight 6

Babies

July

Adrianna Gisselle Silva

William Ethan Sybert

Birthdays

July

SPC Pruitt

1LT Shannon

PFC Nantell

SPC Shannon

2LT Rogers

W01 Jackson

SFC Adams

SGT Calderon

August

MSG Dossett

Chaplain (CPT) Moler

SPC Villanueva

SGT Kragie

SPC Arechiga

SSG Jong

SPC Warren, J

SGT Wood

SPC Andrade

Congratulations

Anniversaries

July

SPC & Mrs. Day

SPC & Mrs. Lozano

Promotion Board

SPC (P) Stark (Jul)

SPC (P) Boon (Jul)

SPC (P) Guerra (Jul)

SPC Green (Aug)

Promotions

SGT Pruitt

SGT Calderon

SSG Acree

Prayer List

SGT Peli

SSG Mathis

CPT Garberich

C Co. Attack 4-227 “Snake eyes”

“IT‟S LASAGNA DAY AGAIN!”“IT‟S LASAGNA DAY AGAIN!”

Creativity finds its way into the strangest of places.

For example, we typically measure time in the stan-

dard ways while we are back home with our fami-

lies by the number of games left in preseason foot-

ball, weekends left until school starts again, or

when the “Seasonal” Aisle at Walmart shifts from

plastic shovels and buckets, to pencils, pens and

trapper keepers, followed closely by Halloween

candy. Here at Shindand Airbase everyday is Mon-

day! So, in an effort to keep track of time in some

logical fashion, we look to the Menu at our friendly

chow hall. 1 month of time roughly equates to two

Lasagna Dinners, accompanied by an overly gar-

lic‟ed roll, and an egg roll for no particular reason.

However we keep track of time, the Snake Eyes

have settled into a routine. “Good units do routine

things routinely,” launch, recover, launch, mainte-

nance, repeat. Some Snakes are already at home

enjoying time with family and a choice beverage

while R&R Leave becomes a reality for one Snake

at a time. Hopefully this newsletter finds all of our

families and loved ones making the time pass as

quickly as possible in our own unique ways.

Matt was selected to continue on with Task Force

Spearhead as an invaluable force multiplier on

the Operations Staff synchronizing our difficult

mission set as a liason with our Coalition Part-

ners. I have no doubt that Matt with make a

significant impact on Attack Weapons Team/

Assault Operations in the coming months. A

heartfelt “Thank You” to his wife Lauren and his

children Alexis, Devlin, and Xyler for their support

of the Company FRG, as well as the late nights/

early mornings Matt spent with the Company and

away from his beautiful family.

-Snake Eyes helping CPT Hayden wipe away snot

bubbles and tears after a his last flight as Snake

Eyes 26

Warm Welcomes & “Tearful” GoodbyesWarm Welcomes & “Tearful” Goodbyes

In August the Snake Eyes welcomed two new

members to the Team at Shindand, Private First

Class Justin Smith and Sergeant Kevin Wilson.

PFC Smith, from Redding, California, joins us

fresh out of Advanced Individual Training at Ft.

Eustis, VA. Sergeant Kevin Wilson and his wife

Sade from Texarkana have been at Ft. Hood

since January. SGT Wilson immediately attended

several critical schools to assist the company in

day to day operations outside of his primary func-

tion as a 15R AH-64D Repairman. SGT Wilson

was deployed just recently with Delta Company 2-

159th ARB out Illesheim, Germany. Both Soldiers

are outstanding additions to the Team and are

the future of the Snake Eyes. Unfortunately, with

the introduction of new Snakes we were forced to

say goodbye to Captain Matt Hayden, Snake Eyes

26. Matt joined the Snake Eyes in the initial

months of OIF 09-10 and is one of the few offi-

cers who has managed to avoid Battalion Staff

with amazing alacrity. Matt has served the Snake

Eyes under three different Company Command-

ers, three different First Sergeants, and two de-

ployments.

-SPC Sutter & SPC Nieves representing the

great state of AZ

CW3 Luttrell & PVT Rodriguez

As always please feel free to contact me with

any issues or concerns. Your Soldiers are the

best in the Task Force and prove that resolve on

a daily basis.

-SNAKE EYES 06

-Snakes on a Mission

-Photos Courtesy of the “Apache Surgeon” & resident lens wiz

M I S S I O N

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Greetings GhostRider families from windy Shindand Airbase!!!

The past couple of months have found the GhostRider team busy with missions and

maintenance. On August 15th, I assumed the guidon from CPT Justin Horsfall and took

command of the GhostRiders. Thank you Justin and Amy for the sacrifices made and

the leadership shown to the GhostRider team over the past year. Good luck to both of

you as you move on to the next step in your career and the exciting life as an Army Offi-

cer! You will both be missed. My wife Laura and I are excited to join the family, and I

am proud to lead the GhostRiders.

Our Company Facebook page is a consistent source of information for Soldiers and families “C Co. Ghostriders, 3-

227 AHB, TF Spearhead”. I see it used daily as an instant medium to communicate with home. CW2 Bryan Lee has

invested a lot of time into our company website “ghostridercav.com”. Check it regularly for the newest installments

of GhostRider TV.

GHOSTRIDERS !!!

“GhostRider 06”

Living conditions at Shindand have progressively become

better throughout the past couple of months. Our entire

team has made a significant monetary investment in the

newly opened “Green Beans” coffee shop. Our company

area has also seen drastic changes and improvements. On

August 20th, we christened our new maintenance office,

Instructor Pilot Office, and Safety Office.

The GhostRiders continue to provide phenomenal Black-

hawk and Chinook support to all of our customers in West-

ern Afghanistan. The flying is challenging but the mission is

exciting. Our team has provided support to numerous

American and Coalition allies including Italian, Slovenian,

and Lithuanian militaries.

The Chinook platoon, led by CPT Phil Leathead and SFC

Lewis has proven to be the workhorse of the Task Force and

is directly responsible for the continued successful operation

of the numerous outlying bases that they resupply.

Our MEDEVAC mission continues to be a success, with in-

credible response time transporting our injured comrades

from the battlefield.

As the only Blackhawk and Chinook unit resident in West-

ern Afghanistan, the GhostRiders are making significant con-

tributions to the country’s ongoing stability. The impact we

are making here will undoubtedly affect the success of the

Operation Enduring Freedom mission for many years to

come.

C Co 3-227 Ghostriders

G H O S T R I D E R Q U O T E O F T H E M O N T H

“We are not an AWT (Attack Weapons Team). We are

2xUH-60s, but we’re some bad dudes.”

- CW2 Evens transmits to ground forces that were en-

gaged in a fire-fight.

D A Y - T O - D A Y

A N D T H E W E A T H E R B E G I N S T O C H A N G E

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Greetings to the Roughneck family! August is finally

behind us, and we’ve seen some significant changes

throughout the month. The daily wind storms have

started to abate, and you can already feel the chill in the

air at night as the wind blows in from the north. It also

marked the first month that we started sending Soldiers

home for R+R.

The Task Force continues to fly aggressively, and air-

craft continue to require our constant attention. Just as

we catch our breath, a new airframe will arrive in our

hangars for some TLC from our maintainers and back

shop personnel. Maintenance platoon consolidated their

area and built a brand new office in their hangar. With

extra personnel around, significant cross-training on the

different airframe types happens daily, and I’ll often see

CH-47 and AH-64 maintainers working alongside the UH-

60 Soldiers to fix aircraft more efficiently.

August also brought several trips for our Soldiers off

FOB. SPC Alexander and SGT Oberholtzer travelled

away from Shindand to support the Apache fleet as

they conducted missions north of our airbase. Both

Soldiers from the Armament section helped the Snake

Eyes keep aircraft running and armed for 11 days all

while enjoying some rougher living than we have here at

“home.” SSG Roman, SGT Spivey, and PFC Morzenti also

travelled to FOB Qal-E-Naw for a mission to replace tip-

caps on an aircraft’s main rotor system.

We said farewell to two outstanding NCOs who re-

turned home to ETS. SGT Perez and CPL Clifford both

provided expert knowledge of their respective airframes

and were enthusiastic leaders. We wish both of them and

their families great success in their future endeavors.

Thanks again to everyone at home; your constant

support helps us accomplish great things here. We all

look forward to being with you again soon, and I promise

you’ll see more pictures on Facebook in the future!

-Roughneck 06, CPT Beth Lachner

D Co. Roughnecks

Welcome to the newest Roughnecks!

Madison Michelle Burns - 19 Aug

7 lbs 3 oz, 19.25 inches

Athena Marie Pincombe - 28 Aug

6 lbs 2 oz, 19.5 inches

PV2 Bryan Rodriguez troubleshooting an Apache.

One of the chal-

lenges of dealing

with constant wind:

dust devils that swirl

through the area.

Little or big like this

one, the grit every-

where is rarely ap-

preciated.

SPC Clark and SGT Thomas smile

before a company formation to

award SPC Henscheid a long over-

due Army Achievement Medal.

“Supporting Excellence”

Hello friends and family of the Regu-

lators from Shindand Air Base, Af-

ghanistan. It‟s been three months

since the Regulators hit the ground

and took over the mission. Its been

quite challenging but the Regulators

have done such a great job, making

any task look easy. From Ground

Maintenance, Fuel, Ammo and Food

Service operations to regular every-

day missions, the Regulators have

excelled in every task.

The Soldiers from Headquarter Pla-

toon are not the exception. SGT Zas-

trow, the Orderly room‟s NCOIC, along

with SPC Frank and PV2 Jackson have

done a tremendous job at ensuring

that Soldier‟s administrative require-

ments such as finances, promotions,

awards, and personnel records are in

order. “I believe that Soldiers will be

more willing to perform if they know

that we take care of them” SGT Zas-

trow says.

SSG Gomez and SGT Evangelista,

our Supply personnel have been work-

ing around the clock to get their

hands on whatever they can to make

the Soldiers‟ lives more comfortable.

Our Food Service Soldiers under the

supervision of SSG Rivers, have been

extremely busy working side by side

with US Civilians and Foreign Nation-

als to ensure that personnel assigned

to or in-transit at FOB Shindand don‟t

go hungry. They have worked to-

gether in order to open a new 24-hour

soup and sandwich bar, a much ap-

preciated service to our war fighters.

The Distribution Platoon is a

unique entity. They are

conducting operations in

three different locations.

They are a junior team, in

that half of them are de-

ployed for the first time.

Despite the conditions and

the lack of experience, they

are adapting really well to

the environment and don't

stop until the mission is

completed successfully.

It isn‟t all play for the Distribution

Platoon. SSG Smith states the impor-

tance of our presence here the best:

“It is gratifying to be able to keep the

force moving and helping the ground

guys complete their mission.” The

work here is also much different for

veterans like SGT Cravens, who

states, “Our mission here is much

bigger, and we are dealing with civil-

ian contractors as well as coalition

forces which makes things much dif-

ferent this time around.”

The morale of the Soldiers of the

Maintenance Platoon remains high as

they continue to work hard while per-

forming all assigned missions in a

safe and professional manner. They

are vowing to not slow down until all

vehicles assigned to our Task Force

are Fully Mission Capable. The per-

sonnel responsible for ensuring that

work is being done, as well as the

overall operation of the TF

Spearhead Motor Pool are

the Soldiers of the Main-

tenance Control section

and Prescribed Load List-

ing section under the

supervision of CW2

Rosario, the BN Mainte-

nance Officer. They have

been working hard to

establish Preventative

Maintenance throughout

the Battalion. SFC Bow-

ers, the Battalion Motor

Sergeant stated that “a

strong emphasis on com-

mand maintenance will be the key to

maintaining mission readiness.”

Another important player for this

operation is SGT Mejia, who has been

busy conducting Technical Inspec-

tions and maintaining Quality Assur-

ance/Quality Control for all the vehi-

cles. The PLL section has also been

busy inputting vehicle data into the

SAMS-1E system for over 100 pieces

of equipment. They are also conduct-

ing daily inventories of Bench Stock

and Shop Stock spare parts as well as

the receipt and processing of parts

valued in excess of $50,000. Their

effort facilitates and supports the

mechanics which leads to better work

production.

Change is the one constant in the

Army and the Regulators have

adapted and overcome every change

or challenge presented to them.

Of course, all of this hard work and

effort is done with the hardest part of

a deployment always being, missing

the family and the ordinary routine

back home. We always keep our

friends and families in mind and al-

ways thank them for their love, en-

couragement and support during our

deployment.

-Regulator 06: CPT Nieves, Juan

-Regulator 09: 1SG Reid, Thomas

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E Co. REGULATORS

G R E E T I N G S F R O M S H I N D A N D A I R B A S E , A F G H A N I S T A N !

Quote of the Month

“Things turn out the

best of the people

who make the best of

the way things turn

out”

John Wooden

Congratulations

Soldier of the Month

July

SPC Lee

August

SPC Nededog

Promotion Board

SPC Kramer (July)

Reenlistment

SSG Rideaux

Babies

July

Laila Marie Nieves

Jordan Frazier

August

Emma Kate Harper

Nakaima Rose Finn

Ethan Harley Sturgill

Navaeh Kim Gaines

Jordan Renea Jones

Birthdays

July

2LT Vickers

SPC Ward

SGT Cowperthwaite

SPC Mendoza

PV2 St. Claire

SGT Singmanichanh

PV2 Jackson

August

SGT Mejia

CPT Nieves

SFC Bowers

SPC Krech

PFC Justice

PFC Green

1LT Bynum

PFC Wietrick

SPC Bennett

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Month 9 of the MEDEVAC Deployment is upon us. It is been an interesting and rewarding deployment to

date. F Company has never faltered in its mission to provide the best MEDEVAC care to all Soldiers in the western

frontier of Afghanistan. We have been called upon over 400 times to provide critical care and emergency transport

to Soldiers, US Civilians, and local nationals. Our Soldiers, although they are tired and emotionally spent, still find

the intestinal fortitude and personal courage to remain dedicated and focused to their mission thus ensuring when

the call comes they are ready. I am truly proud of the caliber of professionalism and commitment that these Sol-

diers display on a daily basis.

We have completed our official patch ceremony and now are fully integrated into the Spearhead Family. We

are proud to stand in the trenches with the steadfast Troopers of Task Force Spearhead. “Garry Owen”

SHINDAND EVENT

There was a small stress relief provided for the Soldiers of Shindand. Firebase Thomas hosted a 5Kish MUD

RUN. This was an excellent opportunity for Soldiers to decompress and unwind. It took great coordination and ef-

fort for this event to happen. All who were brave enough to partake in this adventure, thoroughly enjoyed them-

selves and we all look forward to the next one. (if you look close, you may see SA9 enjoying the MEDEVAC hospi-

tality)

Chaos 06, LTC Paul Peltier

Chaos 07, 1SG Todd Jerdee