Gator NewsletterJuly 2013

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Welcome to the New Orleans Recruiting Company Family

Readiness Group

SGT Martinez and PVT Buiendia cut the Cake Happy Birthday!This past month we celebrated the Army’s Birthday with numerous ceremonies and activities. We also held a very exciting FRG Family Day. There are numerous local events coming up this summer so get outside and enjoy the summer months!

FSs Muller, Holmes, Rousseau, Buendia take the Oath of Enlistment

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CPT Ibrahim Tantawi

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Mark Your Calendars

July14th Bastille Day (French Independence Day)

SSG Lovelace conducting first aid class with future soldiers.

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Mark Your Calendars

July14th Bastille Day (French Independence Day)

Community Events and Initiatives100 Black Men of American National Conference:The event consisted of an interactive area in the Hyatt composed of emers-o-dome, pull up and dip bars; which were staffed by two Soldiers from our company. The event resulted in 132 prospect leads gathered. CPT Tantawi and LTC Reynolds met with university presidents from Xavier, Dillard, and SUNO. Overall 82 national COIs and 8 local COIs were gathered during the duration of the conference. CPT Tantawi also met with St Augustine school representatives to discuss establishing a routine presence to teach March 2 success to their students. MAJ Bass was allotted 3 minutes of speaking time during the Salute to youth luncheon to discuss the benefits of JROTC, and over service in the US Army

Army Birthday:The New Orleans Company conducted a final Army Birthday celebration at the New Orleans City Hall. In attendance were approximately 100 citizens and the city council and staff. The event consisted of the commander’s remarks on the Army’s history and enlistment opportunities followed by the cake cutting. Mrs Clarkson, city council president provided remarks thanking us for attending their meeting, and she administered the oath of enlistment to 4 Future Soldiers

Previous EventsOur Community SalutesFRG QTR Family Fun DayCommunity Empowerment PorjectCCG visited all stations

Upcoming Birthdays and Anniversarys Birthdays15 July- SSG Alicia Lyons19 July- SSG Daniel Farrinton23 July- SSG Jeremy Lovelace30 July- SSG Joshua Reyes

Anniversaries23 July- SSG Ryan Myers and Samantha Myers

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Recruiting: A month in reviewNew Orleans Company-Participated in the 100 Black Men of America National Conference- SFC Tapia and FS Buiendila attended an interview on channel 4 WWL regarding the Army’s birthday followed by a cake cutting ceremony- Army Birthday celebration at the New Orleans City Hall-The New Orleans Company conducted a family organizational day at North Park in Denham Springs, LA with Lafayette and Baton Rouge companies. There were 54 Soldiers and family members that attended. LTC Reynolds awarded Mrs Tantawi, Mrs Myers, and Mrs Clark for their efforts to keep the FRG program functional

CPT Tantawi delivers remarks at City Hall Councilman Gray and Mrs Clarkson with Army recruiters and Future Soldiers

Gretna Station-Participated in the 100 Black Men of America National Conference- The center was selected to do the television interview for the Army‘s 238th Birthday Celebration and the stations information was broadcasted on air- Participated in the US Army birthday cake cutting ceremony at City hall with two future Soldiers- Participated in the City Council’s annual project over the weekend.

Houma Station- Participated in the 100 Black Men of America National Conference- Conducted HS presentations during Summer School Metairie Station-Participated in the 100 Black Men of America National Conference-YMCA Summer Camp Presentation- SGT Martinez participated in Army birthday at the New Orleans city hall along with 2 FS- Table set up at South Central Louisiana Tech College River Parish campus.

Covington Station- Participated in the 100 Black Men of America National Conference- Involved in the Youth Empowerment Project, the Youth Excursion, the Youth Lounge, and blogging - SSG Graham & SGT Wiggins attended the Slidell Police Department Discovery Day- Future soldier training assisted by HRAPS Greico and Jacoby, who shared their brief Army story- SSG Graham & SGT Wiggins attended a basketball camp in Slidell, LA.

North Shore Station-Celebrated the Army's 238th existence with Mr Timothy Mathias and LTC(R) Wilson - Scheduled prospecting events at local businesses in Slidell, Covington, and Mandeville areas throughout the summer months

Villaume, J (2013) New Orleans Recruiters Part of Super Bowl XLVII. Retrieved from www.usarec.army.mil

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Mission StatementThe overarching objective of the New Orleans Company FRG is to support the military mission through support, outreach, and information flow to the Family members of the Soldiers within the Company. The FRG will also promote esprit d’ corps and enhance unit morale and readiness. Most importantly the FRG goal is to establish a Family atmosphere amongst the individual Families within the company in order to ensure that our Families have the support and friendships they will need to support one another during vital recruiting operations.

Humor Summer Job

For her summer job, my 18-year-old daughter arranged interviews at several day-care centers. At one meeting, she sat down on one of the kiddie seats, no simple task for most people. The interview went well, and at the end, the day-care center director asked the standard question, "Can you give me one good reason we should hire you?" "Because I fit in the chairs." She got the job.

Two Year Old

My two-year-old cousin scared us one summer by disappearing during our lakeside vacation. More than a dozen relatives searched the forest and shoreline, and everyone was relieved when we found Alex playing calmly in the woods. "Listen to me, Alex," his mother said sharply. "From now on when you want to go someplace, you tell Mommy first, okay?" Alex thought about that for a moment and said, "Okay. Disney World."

source: http://www.jokes4us.com/miscellaneousjokes/weatherjokes/summerjokes.html

FRG STAFF

Leader- Samantha MyersCo-Leader- VACANTSecretary- VACANTNewsletter- Lori TantawiGretna Center representative- VACANTMetairie Station Representative- Sandra Lowry North shore Center Representative- Lindsey LovelaceHouma Station Representative - Loraine Clark

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