ENGINEER COMPANY 212th SPC DANIEL BULLION RECEIVES A COIN FROM COLONEL EUBANK DURING A BRIGADE FORMA-

TION. NOMINATED BY HIS LEADERSHIP, SPC BULLION WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF FEW TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR HIS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE DURING THIS DEPLOYMENT.

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THE PHOTOS ON PAGE 6-7.

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS

SPC BONICELLI, SPC CLEMENT, SPC JONES, SSG PAYNE, SPC SANDERS,

SPC TURNER, SPC WARE

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS SGT BEAUVAIS, A. SPC BRADDY, SPC

COOK, SPC HENSON, SSG HOLLINGSWORTH, SGT MCCAIG, SGT

OAKES, SPC RICHARDSON, SPC SAVAGE,

SGT STARKS, SPC WATKINS

OCTOBER 2013 ISSUE 7

Headquarter Platoon is the heart

and soul of the 212th Engineer Com-

pany. Unlike its sister platoons who

do all the physical work of construc-tion, headquarters platoon is the nerve

center and life support of the company

with the task of ensuring missions are completed, soldiers are taken care of,

and coronation between platoons,

higher headquarters, other units within

the Battalion, and outside actives. To do this the headquarters pla-

toon is broke down into four sections: Command and Control, this

section consist of the main leadership of the company with CPT Susan

Parker the company commander,

CPT Michael Grant the company

XO, 1SG Diane Beardsowell the company first sergeant, SFC Daniel

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Greetings and a warm welcome

from the 212th Maintenance Misfits.

Our time here in Kuwait has

brought our team of 7 on many

different missions within the battal-

ion and now we are drawing closer

to the end and we are on our next

to last mission to be completed. As the Misfits entered Kuwait

we received the equipment from

the 882nd engineers which was at

100 percent fully mission capable

and to this day the team has kept

the equipment above a 98 percent

rating. We have carried out many

missions for the battalion starting

off with taking about half our team

and making a service team for our

BEHIND THE SCENES: HEADQUARTERS & MAINTENANCE

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1SG BEARD-SOWELL, SFC CLARK AND SSG HOLLINGSWORTH

SPC PEPPERS

SPC HOIT

SPC BONICELLI SGT LEWIS SFC WATTS

Clark the operation sergeant and headquarters platoon sergeant, and

SFC Steven Watts the plans,

safety, and unit movement officer. The S1 section handles all of

the company’s personnel records

and actions. SSG Eddie Payne heads up the S1 and is currently

working on DEMOB packets in

preparation of our return trip home. SGT Adrienne Beauvais

who also has been working on

DEMOB packets has also been

handling the company’s urinalysis program and company mail. SGT

Stephanie Webb handles the

company’s medical records along with working on DEMOB packets

and keeping abreast of the equal

opportunity issues. SPC John

Hoit is not only the company’s mail clerk but also ensures the

state flag is put up and brought

back down every day while also working on DEMOB packets and

controlling the “candy fund” for

sodas and candy being sold to raise

money for a company T-Shirt. SPC Misty Lawson assists with

the unit mail while also working on

DEMOB packets and keeping the

company informed of upcoming MWR events and activities. The

S1 sections also processes Red

Cross message that come through, track and process reenlistments,

promotions, and pay issues. The S3 section is responsible

for all the training that affects the

company and assists in the opera-

tions of the company. In charge of the S3 section is SSG Christo-

pher Hollingsworth who is cur-

rently ensuring that everyone in the company is completing their

ACAP packets which is a require-

ment to be done before we get to

come home. Along with that he has been scheduling OSHA classes

through the Camp Arifjan Safety

Office, annual and required train-ing, getting soldiers into the Warri-

ors Leaders Course, and setting up

for the upcoming Army Physical

Fitness Test (APFT) later this month. SGT Kriston Lewis who

is the company’s NBC NCO and

SSG Hollingsworth’s right hand.

She helps keep all the training re-cords in order and also assist the

company commander in preparing

the weekly briefing slides to inform the Battalion commander of the

212th’s readiness and accomplish-

ments of the week. SPC Joseph Bonicelli is our communication

and information technology spe-

cialist and is responsible for the

operation and upkeep of the com-pany’s communication assets. He is

also responsible for the creating,

submitting, and tracking of the units Trip Tickets that enable the

company to move outside the con-

trol of the camps boundaries. The S4 section is responsible

for the request, receipt, issue, and

accountability, of individual, organ-izational, installation, and expend-

able supplies and equipment. SSG

William Taylor heads up the S4

section is currently getting the company ready to start shipping

supplies and equipment back to the

states as we near the end of the

deployment with inventories and customs inspections. SPC

Melanie Bell is the unit supply

clerk and when she is not assisting SSG Taylor with getting things

ready for DEMOB she has been

the main person to go to for or-dering and issuing out Army Direct

Order (ADO) items that the sol-

diers could order on a monthly

basis. SPC James Peppers is the company’s armor and has been

responsible for all of the com-pany’s weapons and sensitive items

all the while helping SSG Taylor

and SPC Bell with supply opera-

tions. These are the men and women

of Headquarters Platoon and I am very proud of each and every one

of them and the job that they do.

SFC Clark

(Not pictured: SSG Taylor)

HQ INSIDE

SPC BELL

SPC LAWSON

SSG PAYNE

SGT WEBB

CPT GRANT

SGT BEAUVAIS CPT PARKER AND SFC WEBB

SPC SAROS

horizontal engineer company

helping them with services,

dead lined equipment, and parts

replacement. After a little time working

with our sister Engineer Com-

pany the Misfits was handed

down another mission to help

out with the turn in of 28 un-

serviceable civilian vehicles.

These vehicles ranged from

pickup trucks and Cushman

trucks to SUV’s. Here within

the last month we have re-

ceived another company’s

equipment bringing it up to

standard getting it ready for the

new vertical company coming

in.

Our office personnel have

taken on the project of com-

pleting a new driver’s packet for

each individual within the com-

pany making sure all 150 pack-

ets paperwork has been filled

out correctly and each packet is

completely the same. During our time on this de-

ployment we have had the

honor of having two of our very

own promoted, so a special

congratulation goes out to SPC.

Sean Nall to the rank of Ser-

geant and SGT Christopher

Kelley to the rank of Staff Ser-

geant.

Within the last few weeks

we have started washing and

cleaning all equipment getting

ready for shipment back to

home station in Paris, TN. The

demobilization process has

taken many hours and days and

the team has picked up the mis-

sion with high spirits making

sure all cleaned, serviced and

ready to go for shipment back

to home station. So that being

said the equipment is on its way

out of here and the team is

ready to roll out and get back

home. So get ready Tennessee

the 212th’s Maintenance Misfits

will be home soon.

MISFITS TH

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SGT NALL

SSG KELLEY SPC SMITH

SGT MCCAIG

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1. SPC BONICELLI GOES OVER A MEDICAL SCE-NARIO ON THE CLS LANE WITH MEDICS FROM THE 205TH. SPC WATKINS PLAYS THE

INJURED. 2. SPC WATKINS SHOWS SPC HOIT AND SPC

BONICELLI A STACKING PROCEDURE FOR

CLEARING AN ENCLOSED AREA. 3. SPC BONICELLI RECEIVES HIS REVIEW FOR

THE CLS LANE 4. SGT GELLERT OVERSEES SPC BONICELLI ON

THE 249 AND 240 PORTION OF THE WEAP-

ONS LANE. 5. SPC BONICELLI TRIES HIS HAND AT THE

COMMUNICATIONS LANE. 6. SGT LEWIS, THE 212TH’S CHEMICAL NCO

ADMINISTERS THE GAS MASK EVENT. 7. SPC HICKS READS THE TASKS AND STAN-

DARDS FOR THE LAND NAVIGATION POR-

TION OF THE TRIALS 8. SPC LASTER REVIEWS THE PROCEDURES FOR

DISASSEMBLING A M16 WITH SPC BONICELLI.

SOLDIER OF THE

QUARTER TRIALS SPC BONICELLI JOINS SOLDIERS FROM THE

205TH EN BN AS THEY ARE TESTED ON THEIR SOLDIER KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN HOPES TO REPRESENT THE BATALLION AS

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