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23, 2010
Command Sergeant Major’s Corner also had over 100 Families at-
tend our Battalion Family Day
on Sept. 19 to show our Fami-
Lonestar Family, I want to take Warhorse Rampage I, II, and III, our Soldiers when possible. lies the training our Soldiers
this opportunity to tell you how 1-10 CALFEX, Engineer breech The battalion commander have been completing out on
proud I am of all the hard work lanes, Gunnery, and the brigade and I have enforced the stan- the ranges at Fort Carson.
we have put in these past few War Fighter Exercise to name dard duty day and Thursday’s Looking forward, we have
months. We have trained hard a few. We have supported the Family time when we are in also scheduled our Battalion
at Pinon Canyon, West Point, brigade and excelled as a battal- garrison. Yet there are times Organization Day on Oct. 22
ion. Your hard work is preparing when we must execute the and a Battalion Holiday Ball
the brigade, battalion, and every mission outside of the normal on Dec. 16.
Lonestar Soldier to fight and win duty day and as Soldiers, we I encourage all of our
the nation’s wars. are obligated to fulfill our Families to attend these
I truly want to thank our Fam- duties. events as we feel our Soldiers’
ilies for the understanding and The Lonestar Family is Families are part of the team
support they have continuously making every effort to com- and a big part of the Lonestar
provided for our Soldiers while municate with our Families Family. Our philosophy is
they are busy training hard. We and keep them informed. I “The strength of our Soldiers
recognize there have been long was pleased to see over 200 comes from the strength of
nights and weekend training our Soldiers and Family members their Families”. Again, the
Soldiers have executed that has attend our monthly Town battalion command team truly
taken time away from their Fam- Hall meeting on Sept. 13 and thanks each and every Family
Command Sgt. Major Yolanda Tate, CSM ilies. We have scheduled training welcome all of you back to our member for their understand-
2nd Special Troops Battalion holidays and given back time to next meeting on Oct. 18. We ing and support.
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Lonestar Soldiers volunteer in the community items as they were unloaded from a donator’s
Story and photo by Capt. Michael Grant and the American Red Cross.
2nd Special Troops Battalion vehicle, and organizing and cleaning the items Overall there are nine different Goodwill
Delta Company, 2nd Special Troops Bat- on the floor. locations in the Fort Carson and Colorado
talion’s Community Outreach Program was Overall, six Soldiers from Delta Company Springs community. The mission of the
initiated to offer transitioning Soldiers the participated in the volunteer event and two Goodwill is to help people who are looking
opportunity to support the local community Soldiers from the 4th Special Troops Battalion for work or better jobs so that they can better
and build rapport with the Fort Carson and volunteered as well. provide for their Families.
Colorado Springs community. Their Community Outreach Program has
A volunteer event with Goodwill was sched- been partnering Soldiers with local venues
uled on Sept. 10 to afford the employees at throughout the Colorado Springs area in an
Goodwill, located at South Circle, some extra effort to further develop the character of the
help during their busiest hours of the week. outgoing Soldiers.
The event began at 9 a.m. with the opening Some of the areas/programs where Delta
of the venue to the general public and ended Company will be volunteering to assist in the
at noon after the massive influx of donations community are: the adopt-a-schools program
were processed. Soldiers helped the Goodwill with Fountain-Fort Carson High School,
employees in a variety of ways: sorting vari- Goodwill, the Humane Society, VA Hospital, Sgt. Dawdy and a Soldier from 4STB hang incoming clothes onto ‘Z
ous items and prepping their movement to Habitat for Humanity, local Soup Kitchens, Racks’. Later they will be sorted by category of clothing in order to
the floor for display, organizing and cleaning and on-post organizations such as ACS, USO, finalize them for the show room floor.
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