Charlie Company, 2-149 GSAB - Minnesota National Guard

1st FSMP
Charlie Company 2-149 GSAB Vol. 1 Ed. 6
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Not only is this month the shortest, but the days have gone by quickly as well. Little of first platoon has
been present within the company for the entire month. The month began with CW2 Silva‟s leave. This left
CPT Gobble as the Operations Officer. He did liven up our crew calls with his easy going, joking demeanor.
With CPT Gobble engaged in company business and later in the month going on leave, LT Merriam has
been filling in as acting platoon leader. SGT Bresee and CW2 Garmon have both been in Normandy. CW3
Caldwell “Mayor of CHUville” has been working at Battalion, helping out the Safety program. SGT Raposa,
SSG Briseno, CW5 Jones, CPT Gobble, and CW4 Neveu have each enjoyed some of this month with their
families while on R&R. SGT Soliz has been at aerial gunnery school and has provided much needed crew
chief experience and expertise in preparing to fly an air assault mission that Battalion is covering for the
remainder of the deployment . He is still flying with us, and his hard work is appreciated on both
missions. SFC Rendon has been acting First Sergeant while the 1SG has been in Normandy. With CW5
Jones on leave in Spain and our other Maintenance Test Pilots all on the flight schedule, SGT Strain has
had a very busy month running maintenance with rarely more than 2 off duty crew chiefs. His
professionalism and hard work have shown him to be an immense asset in MEDEVAC
maintenance. CW2 Arnold has become the COMSEC officer since CW2 Garmon is in Normandy. He has
been doing COMSEC, ALSE, and now back on the flight schedule. SSG Underhill has been helping out SFC
Rendon in platoon operations while the 1SG is in Normandy. SGT Rios has been busy with maintenance,
crew duties, and keeping up with his additional duties. He also did a great job passing his physical
fitness test this month. I, SGT Shook, have been running the personal internet and the ULLS-A system
with Mark on leave and CPT Tidaback at battalion. With most of our platoon, and much of our company
elsewhere we have all been pretty busy with few to no days off of the flight schedule. You can see why I
say that this month has soared by so quickly. We accept the challenge and continue proving ourselves
every day. With so much of first platoon with such late leave dates; expect great things from us these
next few months as we approach them refreshed and ready to finish up strong.