will have the specifics times for

each flight.

We will use Facebook to provide

frequent updates to the families –

please have your friends and

family members “like” our page

to stay in “the loop”. For imme-

diate family members, this news-

letter and the Family Readiness

Groups will be the primary and

official sources of information.

Please ensure phone numbers

and email addresses are always

updated so that we can ensure

you are receiving all the latest

information.

Thanks again to the Soldiers and

Troopers of the entire Task

Force for all the hard work over

the last many months getting us

ready to deploy. Thanks as well

to the overwhelming family sup-

port to help us do what we do.

CSM Jusino and I remain humbled

to lead such a wonderful organi-

zation into combat. Because of

the high-character CAV Troop-

ers we have and because of the

great families you are, we are

assured of executing our mission

with distinction. Ready Now!

In this premier edition of The

Growler, our Squadron Newslet-

ter, I’d like to thank all of you up

front for the great support the

Troopers of the Squadron and

Combined Task Force Wolverine

have received over the last many

months. The purpose of this

newsletter is to give you all in-

sights into how the squadron is

doing in our operations down-

range, share pictures and stories

from across the formation and

try to provide valuable informa-

tion and links to better support

our Wolverine families. A special

welcome to the Terminators and

their families from A/2-14 Infan-

try (IN) and all the other at-

tached units who comprise Com-

bined Task Force Wolverine.

You are invaluable assets and we

are a much more lethal fighting

force with you in our ranks.

CSM Jusino and I will like to wel-

come everyone back from essen-

tially an incident-free block leave.

Hopefully everyone was able to

get plenty of rest, lots of per-

sonal time, and is now ready to

get on with the mission. While

most of us will deploy, there are

a number of Wolverines who will

remain here at Fort Drum to

provide necessary supporting

functions that deploying units

need.

Although we have had a small

handful of Troopers deploy to

Afghanistan already, we will not

start sending Soldiers in larger

numbers until next week, with

the majority of the Task Force

leaving towards the end of Janu-

ary. Families are invited to see

their Soldiers off by joining us at

the 210 BSB motorpool for

manifest call. Your Soldier of

their Troop/Company leadership

Welcome Back Wolverines!

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Prayer Group 2

Upcoming

events

2

Next FRG

meeting

2

F O R T D R U M

The Growler J A N U A R Y 1 5 , 2 0 1 3 V O L U M E I , I S S U E I I

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Welcome

Back message

from the 4th

Squadron

Commander

and CSM

Messages

from the rear

detachment

P A G E 2

“We are

constantly tracking

all flights and

ensure that all

Soldiers arrive

safely in country.”

-CPT Scott Nusom

Operations Officer

Martin Luther King Remembrance

FRG Meeting

Voluntary Prayer Group Started The Deployed Spouses Prayer

Meeting is a Christian faith-

based meeting forthe primary

purpose of praying for our

Soldiers and Families.

Although it will be led in the

Christian/Catholic traditions,

everyone is invited to come

and participate in prayer. It will

meet on the first Thursday of

each month at the Po Valley

Chapel from 12:00pm to

1:00pm. The points of contact

are: Sasha Moen at 845-392-

8425 and Chaplain Josh Metz

at 315-777-0711.

The next Squadron FRG meet-

ing will be held 27 February at

6:00 PM. A location will be put

out at a later date. Please con-

tact MSG Perio or Vicki Van-

dertang for more information.

The Martin Luther King

remembrance ceremony

will be held January 16th at

the Commons. Please see

the flyer to the left for de-

tails.

Contact Vicki Vandertang

for more details.

T H E G R O W L E R

Where: The Commons

Date: 16 January 2013

Time: 15:30 – 1700

COL Stephen Michael

1st BCT CDR