Family Readiness Group Volume 1, Issue 5, March 2010

108TH QUARTERMASTER CO
Rough Riders…..Ride or Die!
Inside this Issue:

NEWS News 1

Be sure to check out our FRG Facebook NCO/Soldier of the Month 1

page! 108th Quartermaster Company Promotions / Baby News 1
FRG page. We will update with news NCO Induction Ceremony 2
and photos of your Soldiers in action.
300 Club 3
Photo’s 4-6
Community Information 7
CONGRATULATIONS to
SPC Jason Farlow!!! He is Important Numbers 7
now the 732d CSSB Soldier of
From the Commander’s Desk 8
the Month for March. He
will compete for the Battalion From the 1SG’s Desk 8
Soldier of the Quarter on 10 FRG Volunteer Contact Information 8
April 2010.

NCO/Soldier of the Month

For the month of March, the Company
NCO and Soldier of the month are:

SGT Ransom of 3rd Platoon and

SPC Polewarczyk “Pole” of

Maintenance Platoon.

Promotions: Baby News:

SGT CORTES, EMMANUEL SPC SMITH, ADRIAN Congratulations to SPC Schaefer and
SPC NGUYEN, DONG SPC TALLEY, TRAVIS his wife Tracy, they welcomed a baby
SPC RAMOS, REYES PFC TELLEI, EFRIN girl on the 12th of March. She weighed
SPC SATURNE, LACOSTE 7lbs and was 19 inches long.
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NCO Induction Ceremony

The 36th Sustainment Brigade hosted an NCO Induction Ceremony on 30 March 2010. The guest
speaker was Command Sergeant Major Mark D. Joseph, Command Sergeant Major of the 13th
Sustainment Command (Expeditionary).

The NCOs inducted from the 108th Quartermaster Company were:

SGT Donald Williams, SGT Angelo Harrison, SGT James Hill, SGT Nathaniel Herring, SGT
Lanilua Pine, SGT Emmanuel Cortes and SGT John Maline.

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Community Information
*There is a wavier for fees for recreational sports for families of DOD employees that are overseas..
more info at http://corpslakes.usace.army.mil/employees/usefees/waiver.cfm

*GREAT ACS activities there are TO MANY events to list! See more about Easter Extravaganza,
Golf tournaments, Junior Golf, Library, ITR (tickets and travel), Bowling, Wii sports tournament,
Skate day, Spring break camps, Puppy bowl, etc..
at http://www.leemwr.com/Main%20Page/mwr_events.htm#calendar

* Use this link to find information about jobs on Fort Lee, the community, At the civilian personel
adversary center: http://www.lee.army.mil/cpac/

*CYS sports and activities: http://www.leemwr.com/CYS/cys_cys_skies.htm

* See parental education and resources site at :

http://www.leemwr.com/CYS/cys_cys_parent.htm

* Don't forget about Bill Russell our Military and Family life counselor, he's here 24/7 to help
military or civilian families. He's a wonderful trained counselor if you should need him for
yourself or your children to deal with the deployment, a loss in your family, reunion, anything you
might need to speak to him about, please use this valuable resource! It's FREE. 804-930-7204

***VERY exciting event on Fort Lee: The arena known as the "lee playhouse" is being renovated and
turned into a FULL movie theater!!! :) THis will open with "How to train your Dragon" on April
15th! We are VERY excited to have a movie theater at Fort Lee! :) The movies will be the same cost
as other posts, $2 per person! With VERY reasonable priced popcorn and snacks! :) They plan to
show 1 "younger aged" type movie per week and 1 "soldier" type movie for the AIT students on
post! ENJOY!

* Also MORE exciting news on Fort Lee; the MUCH anticipated opening of our $6.5 MILLION
dollar Shopette and Gas station on 6th Street will open approx. the 30th of March!!! ENJOY having
gas again on Fort Lee!!!! And a VERY nice chicken place, shopette area! The commissary is planning
to be renovated, but this has not begun yet.

Important Numbers
108th Company : 804-734-4447; Red Cross: 877-272-7337
Rear D Commander :1LT Rivers 804-892-4163
Rear-D 1SG: SFC Cruiz-Ortiz 804-895-1830 ACS/AER: 9023 Mahone Ave; Fort Lee, VA; 804-734-6388
Chaplain: CPT Gunther 804-895-3444
Military One Source: 24/7 # 1-800-342-9647
www.militaryonesource.com

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From the Commander’s Desk
REAR-D Commander:
Greetings! It was another busy month for the
Rough Riders. The company completed its PT 1LT William Rivers
test, continued its transportation mission and William.j.rivers@conus.army.mil
picked up an additional mission of providing
FRG Leader: Heidi Weaver
fueling support here on COB Adder. I am
really amazed at the accomplishments of our Weaver.heidi@gmail.com
Soldiers! They put up some AWESOME PT scores, and our 804-318-7500
ability to accomplish the mission is second to NO ONE!
Another month down! I look forward to sharing our Co leader:
accomplishments next month!
SSG Stephens
Rough Rider 6 Felicia.stephens@us.army.mil
804-734-4447
HEATH R WEAVER
Key Callers:
R CPT, LG
Commanding 1st PLT: Marissa Ramos:
miss.marissaramos@yahoo.com
From the 1SG’s Desk 804-892-2979
Hello Rough Rider Family,
2nd PLT: Wilma Gircsis
This month the unit held it’s company level wgircsis@comcast.net
Physical Fitness test; this will go down in the 804-723-8167
108th history books. Since your Soldiers arrival,
3rd PLT: Lyla Moore
they’ve executed their mission to the highest
shonese71@aol.com
standards. During the spare time, their main focus has been
804-415-4369
Physical Fitness. Some Soldiers have lost over 50lbs, an
accomplishment in itself. The results from the PT test Maint: Major Chatters
ranged from 200 as the lowest to 337 the highest, with 9 Spaceship143@yahoo.com
Soldiers scoring over 300. Many are accomplishing goals set 804-715-4454
for themselves, be proud of your Soldiers, because I sure
am. This article I will begin my 1SG’s Shout out comments. HQ: Natalie Bassett
nvillegas81@yahoo.com
1SG Shout Out: 562-373-8745
Very 1st Shout is to my Lady Rough Riders: This is a team
Rear-D: Ronika Herring
of female Soldiers within the unit, spearheaded by 1LT rocecherring@yahoo.com
Monica Patton-Neal. These ladies have accomplished 804-957-5903, 706-442-1193
something some never thought they would ever do. They
all ran the Half Marathon (13.2miles) this month, many
thought they wouldn’t make, but these ladies gelled Newsletter: Heidi Weaver
together and pushed each other across the finish line. So
this month, I Shout Out my Lady Rough Riders. Take care Secretary: OPEN FOR APPLICATION:
APPLY TO HEIDI WEAVER IF
and always remember to keep us in your prayers. INTERESTED.

Treasurer: SSG Stephens