Summer 2006 v Volume 21, No. 1Fort Gordon, GA

Published by the Signal Corps Regimental Association

SignalNews

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Chapter POCS

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RegimentalAwards

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SCRA Introduces the Gold Order of Mercury

After consideration of the SCRA National Boardearlier this year, the association began offering a GoldOrder of Mercury to honor any Signal Soldier who hasgiven the ultimate sacrifice in the war on terror. Thisaward is presented to the soldier posthumously andshould be used by the unit to present to the familymembers during a memorial ceremony or event thatrecognizes the soldier. This award is free to the unit.We just need to know as soon as possible so that wecan expediently prepare, package, and ship the awardto you. At the same time, we are offering a GoldWahatchee for their spouse. This is also free and you

only need to let us know names of all concerned. Contact the SCRA National for moreinformation.

The photo and letter of gratitude came from LTC John Meolter, from Fort Stewartwho was on hand to present one of the first Gold Order of Mercury Awards to Mrs.Michael Deem to honor her husband.

Dear SCRA National,

Attached are pictures from the Gold Order of Mercury presentation to MRS.Deem. She asked me to pass on her extreme gratitude to the SCRA for thebeautiful tribute to Michael and her. We presented the awards on 18 May2006, at Club Stewart, during the combined college graduation ceremonywhere MRS Deem received an honorary diploma on behalf of her husband.Everything went very well and it was an awesome setting for the presentation.MG Webster gave us a “great job.”

Thanks for all those who played a part in this.

John MoelterLTC, SCCommanding

Our NewestCorporate Member

The Signal Corps Regimental Associa-tion would like to welcome our newestCorporate Member, USfalcon, joining usas at Silver Level.

USfalcon Inc. was organized to supportits customer base since 1999, and hassteadily grown its capabilities to meet thedemands of services support. USfalcon is a“vision-driven, values-based, performanceoriented” company that always deliversresults to its customers. As a Small Busi-ness, USfalcon champions the best value,unique experience and power of SmallBusiness within five lines of service. Weprovide a full range of Information Tech-nology (IT) solutions from planning toexecution, consulting and operations andmaintenance. In addition, USfalcon is aValue-Added Reseller of hardware/soft-ware solutions for both Federal and com-mercial customers. Our Security andIntelligence solutions line of service pro-vides the capability to support Govern-ment Intelligence and InformationAssurance issues as well as staff augmen-tation for security officers world-wide. USfalcon Operations and Logisticssolutions provide fielding support and military operational expertise and staffaugmentation. Our Professional Engineer-ing solutions include staff augmentation aswell as technical expertise in systemsdevelopment and network engineering.USfalcon provides Business AnalyticalServices to customers who require

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Notes From National

The NetworkPublished by the Signal Corps Regimental Association

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Regimental Association4570 Dewey Drive, Martinez, GA 30907

Telephone 706-364-1755

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Emailmanager@signalcorps.org

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Government LiaisonN. Susan Wood

National Office ManagerBryan Tuschen

Unless otherwise stated the views herein are those of theauthors and are not necessarily those of the Department ofDefense or any element thereof.

Bronze Level Corporate Membership

Contact: Bob Damen(706) 855-0099

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New Manager on BoardBryan Tuschen, SCRA National Manager

I am excited to be serving the SignalCorps Regimental Association as the new National manager. I have known Robbe Ostby for many years and it is a pleasure to follow in her footsteps. As CraigZimmerman noted, we are no longer locatedin the Regimental Hall. The convenience ofworking out of the home has many benefits,however, it also creates some challenges.We had to change our phone & fax numbers,the new numbers are listed in this Networkand also on our web page. Please rememberto include commercial phone numbers withyour correspondence; we are unable to useDSN. If you leave a message with a DSNnumber, I will not be able to return yourphone call. The website and email addresshave not changed. The new office address islisted in this Network and online.

We have just installed new software tomanage the membership; we soon will haveit completely updated and plan on sending

renewal messages to our expired members.Please take the time to provide us with youremail address so we can keep in contact. Ifyou are a chapter POC or Chapter Officerand are not receiving periodic chapter rosterupdates from us, please provide us withyour current contact information and theposition that you hold for the chapter. Wewould appreciate it if all chapter secretarieswould send us your most current roster ofofficers with contact information so we canmatch it with what we have on file..

The Network will be strictly online fol-lowing this publication, limited copies willstill be printed for Chapters, Signal Unitsand Corporate sponsors. We encouragechapters who have websites to provide alink on your website to the National site andin addition we invite local chapters to havelinks provided from the National website.We will be making updates to our website inthe upcoming months, our hopes are to have

all award submissions done online whichwill save all of us time. We have alsonoticed that members like to award othermembers with memberships to the Associa-tion, so we are making the membershiponline submission more complete to accom-modate all current members and futuremembers. We have already made changes tothe SCRA Online Store.

The Association has already experiencedchanges in the pricing of many of the itemsthat we stock to include the Award medal-lions. We are currently looking at how tomanage these price changes; however, wemay need to pass these increases on to ourmembers. We are all faced with priceincreases in every part of our daily lives, Iguess that the Association is not exemptfrom them either.

I look forward to serving your needs formany years to come.

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Notes From National

To All MembersCraig Zimmerman, Executive Officer, Signal Corps Regimental Association

I want to take this opportunity to bringyou up to date on a number of initiatives weare working.

First of all, this may be your last Network. Printing costs are only going up.We are working to use those resources bet-ter in other ways yet provide you the infor-mation you need from your SCRA NationalHeadquarters. To that end, the Chief of Sig-nal, BG Strong, put out an email addressedto primarily the “6” address group thatspoke to SCRA and how you can continueto make sure SCRA is an integral part ofyour organization. We sent this one to the“6s” primarily because the change in signalstructure has made the S6 and G6 officers atcorps and below - also a great many officersserving as a 6 in many different locationsand at many different echelons - the focal

point for a significant portion of our Signalsoldiers. We want to send these offices a fewhard copies so that you have something inyour office about SCRA. At the same time,we want to keep you informed about theRegiment and SCRA by using your emailaddress. Unfortunately, as a private Organi-zation, we cannot use the resources of AKOto send you The Network. But if you send usyour email address, you will continue to geta copy of the network.

Many of you may know by now that ourSCRA manager of a number of years,Ms Robbe Ostby, has moved on. We thankher for her wonderful service to our organi-zation. Robbe was responsible for a numberof initiatives over the years that made a difference.

Please welcome Mr Bryan Tuschen.Bryan is no stranger to SCRA. You mayremember that his wife, Amy, was our firstmanager in 2001. Bryan will do a great joband will always have Amy for advice. OurNational office has also moved out of theRegimental Hall on Ft Gordon and Bryanwill operate out of his home locally. Formost members, this move will be totallytransparent. Many of the awards submis-sions and payments were done electroni-cally through email and the web. Speakingof the web, make sure you bookmark signalcorps.org on your favorites.

And speaking of awards, if there is onecontinuing issue that we experience is thatthe nominators are not reviewing the criteriafor the various awards that we provide. This

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Signal News

To better serve its mission of assisting injured or wounded Soldiers, Fort Gordon (GA)activated a new battalion on July 28.

“We’ve processed 700 Soldiers in just a year,” said Col. Karen Adams, garrison com-mander at the ceremony for the Medical Retention Process Battalion in the auditorium atDwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center.

“The Army has seen fit to increase our capacity,” she said.Initially, a single companyserved those Soldiers. A second company was activated at the end of June.

Numbers in the companies and battalions fluctuate; however, Adams said “we are poisedto grow from 150 to 315.”

Maj. Charles Hansrote was the commander of the initial company.“Our mission was to care for National Guard and Army Reservists who were wounded,

injured or sick and served in Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom,” hesaid. “We have a dual mission with U.S. Army Medical Command and Installation Man-agement Agency.”

Leading the new battalion is Lt. Col. Harry Kenney, 64.“I came out of retirement in 1993. I’m a retired reservist. I’ve walked the walk. I know

the concerns you have,” he said. “My mission is taking care of Soldiers. I truly want you toget well.”

New Battalion ActivatedOriginally in The SignalBy: Charmain Z. Brackett, Correspondent

At right: Col. Karen Adams, garrison commander, hands the Medical Retention Process Battalionflag to Lt. Col. Harry Kenney, battalion commander in a ceremony on July 28.

30th Signal BattalionCuts Ribbon to New InformationSystems FacilityBy Bill McPherson516th Signal Brigade

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii —A new, state-of-the-art Information SystemsFacility for the Army in Hawaii was offi-cially opened Jan. 31 at a ribbon-cutting cer-emony here.

LTC Darryl S. Shaw, commander, 30thSignal Battalion, was the keynote speaker atthe ceremony and helped cut the ribbon. Hisbattalion operates and maintains the newfacility.

“The ISF we’re opening this morning isthe culmination of the efforts and teamworkof Soldiers, civilians, and industry partnersin attendance today,” Shaw told the audi-ence.

“The success we celebrate today is alsodue to the efforts on our behalf by theHawaii Congressional delegation, the Head-quarters, Department of the Army, the U.S.Army Pacific, and U.S. Army NetworkEnterprise Technology Command — all ofwhom recognized the vital need for thiscapability to support Hawaii’s warfightersand who steadfastly supported the projectfrom inception to completion.”

Shaw said the ISC houses the key andessential communications functions neces-sary for the Army’s transformation of the25th Infantry Division.

“The ISC provides critical communica-tions capabilities and interfaces between alltransformation projects, and the InformationInstallation Infrastructure Architecture,” heexplained. “This facility provides the criti-cal central hub connectivity to supportessential constructive, virtual, and realinformation systems.”

ISF operations will provide support 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, as a FixedTactical Internet management location;Local Communications Control Center;secure and non-secure main communica-tions node of the network switching

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Signal News

63rd Signal Battalion Change of CommandSgt. Christopher Selmek93rd Signal Brigade Public Affairs OfficeOriginally in The NetworkSpecial to the Signal

Lt. Col. Carlos Morales took charge of the 63rd Signal Battalion, 93rd Signal Brigade ina change of command ceremony on Barton Field (Fort Gordon, GA) July 21.

Morales took the microphone shortly after receiving the brigade guidon from former bat-talion commander Lt. Col. Robert Barker, to announce to over a hundred gathered Soldiersand civilians that all policies and procedures remained in effect.

“It is truly an honor to stand in the shadow of such a great unit,” Morales said. “I can only hope the next several years will be as good to me as they were to (lieutenant)Colonel Barker.”

The “Proud and Ready” battalion returned from a year-long deployment to Iraq in Janu-ary, and will be returning there before the end of the year. Morales said he felt more thanready to face the somewhat daunting task of getting a unit ready for deployment.

Col. David E. Dodd, 93rd Signal Brigade commander, characterized the new comman-der as an individual capable of taking care of the unit.

“Some might confuse this unit’s incredible success on their last deployment with luck,”Dodd said, “but this is not so. The more you train the luckier you get, and this battalion is atestament to the idea that you make your own luck. It is a tribute to all the hard work andtraining they did last year.”

Dodd mentioned that Barker would be terribly missed by everyone in the brigade, but hebelieved his talents would eventually take him far in the Army, and in the world.

“He had the courage to have high standards,” Dodd said. “He did not seek to be yourfriend, but accepted the loneliness of command so he could bring all his Soldiers home safeto their families.”

Barker, in turn, said he would miss the battalion, but had faith in the unit he was leavingbehind.

“You have shown that you are the best Signal Soldiers in the Army today,” he said.

Left to right) Lt. Col. Robert Barker, outgoing commander, Maj. John Gregor, commander of troops,and Lt. Col. Carlos Morales, new 63rd Signal Battalion commander, inspect the troops at the changeof command ceremony July 21 on Barton Field.

information is at our web site and you haveto read before submission of any nomina-tion. It will save all of us a lot of time.

We do have a new award that I want youto spread the word about. Some of you mayknow that we have lost twenty two membersof the Signal Regiment during GWOT. Tohonor those individuals and to provide theirnext of kin a lasting memento, we have cre-ated a Gold Order of Mercury that can bepresented by the unit to the family. At thesame time, we have created a Gold What-achee that can accompany the Order of Mer-cury. If you are in any position where youwill unfortunately need one of these, pleasecontact us immediately. This is free of allcharges and can be shipped out virtuallyovernight once we have the information. Allinformation is at our web site.

Thanks to all of you for what you do.Make sure you check in with your emailaddress to ensure you get a copy of the net-work. We still suggest that you eitherrequest from us or print out a copy of yourown Network for your front office. It’s agreat way to get others involved.

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systems; and a Situation Readiness Centerwith a video-teleconference center for clas-sified teleconferencing.

Also contained in the ISF is the RegionalNetwork Operations Center, which is capa-ble of providing network monitoring 24hours a day.

“Today, we are proud to present a multi-purpose built Information Systems Facilitycapable of supporting the telecommunica-tions and information technology needs of amodern, modular Army,” Shaw said in con-cluding his speech.

“As we continue to move further into the21st Century, the Information SystemsFacility will provide the platform for voice,network and video teleconferencing ser-vices to our Soldiers in garrison, in the fieldfor training, and deployed wherever ournation needs them.”

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Signal News

New Commander Takes 15th Regimental Signal Brigade

(Left) Brig. Gen. Randolph Strong, U.S. Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon commander passes theregimental colors to new commander Col. Frank Penha during the 15th Regimental Signal Brigadechange of command ceremony Friday on Barton Field.

(Left-right) Col. Lori Sussman, outgoing commander, Brig. Gen. Randolph Strong, U.S. Army SignalCenter and Fort Gordon commanding general and Col. Frank Penha, the new 15th RegimentalSignal Brigade commander inspect the regiment during the change of command ceremony Friday onBarton Field.

The 15th Regimental Signal Brigadewelcomed a new commander July 7, 2006 ata change of command ceremony at FortGordon.

In an early morning display of militarypomp Col. Lori Sussman passed commandof the regiment to Col. Frank Penha.

Sussman is moving to the Joint Impro-vised Explosive Device Defeat Organizationwhere she will be working on ways to com-bat improvised explosive devices that areplaguing American forces in the Global Waron Terrorism.

The new brigade commander, Penhacomes to Fort Gordon from the U.S. NavalWar College in Newport, RI, where he wasa student. Previously he was assigned asbranch chief of the Net Centric

Functional Capabilities Board WorkingGroup, responsible for the initial and con-tinuing joint staff assessment of newwarfighter capabilities being developed inthe JCIDS. In his remarks to the regimentduring the change of command ceremony,Penha indicated that the continued focuswill be on training Soldiers and there wouldbe no major changes at first.

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Signal People

369th Signal Battalion, 15th SignalBrigade Change of Command

The 369th Signal Battalion, 15th Signal Brigade change of com-mand occurred 20 Jul at Fort Gordon’s Barton Field. Lt. Col. NelloThomas relinquished command to Lt. Col. Ralph Higgins. Lt. ColThomas, a lifetime member of the association, served as the Adolphous Greely Chapter President for two years, and received theprestigious Silver Order of Mercury before leaving his position.

The 551st Signal Battalion, 15th Signal Brigade, change of com-mand, also at Fort Gordon, Georgia, was 27 June. Outgoing comman-der Lt. Col. Michael Shillinger turned over command to Lt. Col.Jeanne Hutchinson.

30th’s EstebanWins Top ArmyJournalism AwardBy Larry Thomas30th Signal Battalion

S C H O F I E L DB A R R A C K S ,Hawaii — JamesEsteban, a visualinformation special-ist with the 30th Sig-nal Battalion’sVisual InformationCenter TV2, haswon the Army’s top journalism award fortelevision graphics production.

Esteban won the first-place 2006 Maj.Gen. Keith L. Ware award in his category inworld-wide competition, having earlier wonthe category for the U.S. Army InstallationManagement Agency-Pacific Region.

“Mr. Esteban showed professional cre-ativity, commitment and passion for hiswork in designing highly complex graphicsfor deployment and re-deployment videosof various U.S. Army Hawaii units,” notedhis supervisor, Larry Thomas.

“His work for those videos was the cor-nerstone of his accomplishments in winningfirst place finishes at both the regional andDepartment of the Army levels,” Thomassaid.

“We are extremely proud of James Este-ban on this achievement,” said Bill McPher-son, public affairs officer, 516th SignalBrigade. “The Keith L. Ware awards are the‘Oscars’ for Army journalism. They recog-nize military and civilian employee printand broadcast practitioners for journalisticexcellence in furthering the objectives of theArmy’s internal-information program. Thesecretary of the Army sponsors this compe-tition annually.”

McPherson said this year’s judges con-sisted of distinguished civilian media pro-fessionals from private industry andacademia, government employees, and mili-tary retirees.

The brigade’s magazine, Pacific Voice,has previously earned two Keith L. Wareawards in its category.

Lt. Col. Nello Thomas

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Strange Signals

V - MAIL and the Signal CorpsBy Mike Rodgers, Signal Corps Museum

V, or Victory mail played a valuable tool to the military during World War II. V-Mail represented a new variation in getting mail from the troops overseas and fromthe home front to the troops in far away lands. Letters were written on speciallydesigned sheets and reduced by microfilming.

By reducing the V-Mail thousands of tons of valuable cargo space was savedfor war materials. 150,000 pages could be replaced by a single mail bag weighingonly 45 pounds.

When the microfilm arrived at its destination Signal Corps personnel wouldreproduce the V-Mail from the microfilm to about one-quarter of the original sizeand then sent to the recipient.

The first large Signal Corps operated V-Mail station opened on April 15,1943 in Casablanca, North Africa. V-Mail services were discontinued with theend of the war. It is estimated that over a billion V-Mails were sent from theUnited States to overseas and overseas to the United States.

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Chapter News

“Voice of the ROK” Luncheon HeldBierden’s briefing and presentation was the 2nd ID’s transformation focusing on the divi-

sion G6, signal companies’ structure, roles and responsibilities. This information was verypertinent since the Army Signal Corp began its transformation in 2005. (U.S. Army photoby Spc. Rodney Carreiro, 1st Signal Brigade PAO)

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Guest speaker Lt. Col.Elizabeth Bierden, 2ndInfantry Division, G6addresses members during a Signal Corps RegimentalAssociation “Voice of theROK” luncheon held onJanuary 31, 2006 atYongsan’s Hartell House.

Signal Corps Regimental Association “Voiceof the ROK” Chapter President, LTC ClintonR. Bigger presented a $1,000.00 scholarshipcheck to graduating senior, Christopher W.Baker. The presentation was done at FalconField, Seoul American High School, YongsanGarrison, Seoul, Korea on 1 June 2006. Mr.Baker’s current planned field of study iscomputer engineering while attendingFlorida State University.

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Chapter News

BG Pollett Addresses Hawaii Chapter at LuncheonBy Bill McPhersonHawaii SCRA Chapter

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii — BG Carroll F. Pollett, commanding general, U.S. ArmyNetwork Enterprise Technology Command, was the featured speaker at a Hawaii Signal Corps Reg-imental Association professional development luncheon Nov. 1, 2005 at the Nehelani Club,Schofield Barracks.

About 115 Soldiers, civilians, and sister service officers listened as Pollett presented a slideshow entitled “Innovative Network Operations: Enabling Battle Command.”

Pollett said that as the Global War on Terrorism continues, the Army LandWarNet and otherDefense networks are prime targets for cyber attacks by the enemy; so NETOPS is a top priority forthe Department of Defense and the Army.

“NETCOM’s focus for computer network defense is a joint focus to develop an enterpriseNETOPS solution for the DoD and Joint environments,” Pollett explained.

Rather than speak from the podium, the general walked around the dining room as he spoke andpresented slides, and then conducted a question and answer session following his remarks.

At the conclusion of Pollett’s presentation, Hawaii SCRA President COL Edric A. Kirkman pre-sented the general with a Hawaiian memento from the chapter.

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Chapter News

CW4 William Baumbach receives his Bronze Order of Mercury while MAJ Kevin Griggs looks on. Beth Washer

BUFFALO SOLDIER, FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZONA – During the annual Signal Ball on9 Jun 2006, a number of recipients were presented SCRA awards by the Honorable John G.Grimes, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information Integration) Departmentof Defense Chief Information Officer.

LTC English BOM

Awards Presented During Annual Signal Ball

Dinner Held to Heighten Awarenesson the Wounded Warrior Program

The Alfred J. Mallette SCRA Chapter, Fort Monmouth, NJ on 24 Jun 2006, co-hostedwith the local chapters of AAAA, AFCEA, AOC and AUSA a formal dinner to heightenawareness on the Wounded Warrior Program, a program for helping disabled veterans tran-sition back to civilian life. The proceeds of this event went to the Fisher House Foundation.Individual Fisher Houses are places where families can stay while their loved ones are recu-perating or rehabbing from injuries during their service to our country.

contract administrative and professionalsupport services. This breadth of support ismanaged by a geographically dispersedSenior Management Team with both Mili-tary and Large Corporate experience allow-ing for reach back capability within thecompany and our large network of SmallBusinesses. USfalcon was awarded a strate-gic prime contract in March 2006 from theU.S. Army. The Strategic Services Sourcingprime contract is valued at $19.25 billion.USfalcon is an 8(a), SDB, SDVOB, VOSBsmall business enterprise.

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Chapter News

14th Annual Signal Corps Regimental Association 10K Run

The Adolphous Greely chapterhosted the 14th Annual Signal CorpsRegimental Association 10K Run on 17Jun 06. There were close to 200 runnersand support from students in the Regi-mental Non-Commissioned Officer’sAcademy. The 1 mile kids run winnersare receiving their awards (above).

The overall winner, Orinthal Striggles, completed the race with atime of 34.08 and the overall femalewinner, Elena Hubbard, finished herrun in 46.53.

Hawaii Chapter Sets ‘06 Regimental WeekBy Bill McPherson

LTC Nello Thomas (left) and Manny Maldenadoassisted CPT Gina Thomas in a successful run.

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii – The HawaiiSignal Corps Regimental Association hasannounced its 2006 Regimental Week activ-ities, which will take place Sept. 12-16 atvarious Hawaii locations, according to Col.Edric A. Kirkman, chapter president.

“We delayed this year’s RegimentalWeek a couple of months to coincide withthe Sept. 15 activation of the 311th SignalCommand (Theater) at Fort Shafter, atwhich we expect several senior Signal lead-ers to be in town to participate,” Kirkmansaid. “They will also be attending our Sig-nal Ball the next night, and perhaps some ofthe other activities earlier that week.”

Events will include an ice breaker, regi-mental run, prayer breakfast, golf tourna-ment, and Signal Ball.

Retired Lt. Gen. Thomas M. Rienzi, aDistinguished Member of the Regiment andlife member of SCRA, will be a featuredspeaker at the prayer breakfast Sept. 12 atthe Hale Ikena Community Club, FortShafter. Chaplain (Col.) Gene Fowler, newcommand Chaplain, U.S. Army Pacific, willalso participate.

Dates and locations of the run and golf tournament were being finalized atpress-time.

The week will culminate with the annualHawaii Signal Corps Ball on Saturday, Sept.

16 at the Koolau Golf Club. Brig. Gen. Carroll F. Pollett, commanding general,U.S. Army Network Enterprise TechnologyCommand/9th Signal Command, will be theguest speaker.

In addition to a number of on-islandcolonels and command sergeants major,senior leaders expected to attend the balland some other Regimental Week eventsinclude Maj. Gen. Donna Dacier, command-ing general, 311th; Pollett; and Col. (Pro-motable) Jennifer Napper, J-6 director, U.S.Pacific Command.

Participating units will include the311th, the 516th Signal Brigade, 30th SignalBattalion, 307th Integrated Theater SignalBattalion, 804th Signal Company, DefenseInformation Systems Agency-Pacific,USPACOM J-6 staff, USARPAC G-6 staff,and G-6 staffers and signal officers andNCOs from 25th Infantry Division/U.S.Army Hawaii, 9th Regional ReadinessCommand, 94th Air and Missile DefenseCommand, 196th Infantry Brigade, 500thMilitary Intelligence Brigade, and otherHawaii units.

Members of the Hawaii Armed ForcesCommunications-Electronics Associationhave also been invited to participate, Kirk-man said.

CPT Alfredo Rodriquez

A True Leader

CPT Alfredo Rodriquez demonstratedhe is a true leader in the Signal Regiment bydeveloping new doctrine for signal supportduring our National Training Center (NTC)rotation for a modular network supportcompany, its Network Operations Cell andits support for the brigade fight. During theBrigade’s Iraq deployment he directed the installation of the largest deployed satellite/LOS combined network for the newmodular structure supporting 2 Brigadecommand posts, 5 Battalion commandposts, the 9th Iraqi Division command postand two 9th Iraqi Division Brigade com-mand posts. His abilities enabled theBrigade to maintain reliable communica-tions and maintain command and controlenabling the Brigade to achieve victory incombat.

CPT Rodriguez center is awarded the BronzeOrder of Mercury at ceremony.

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Chapter POCs

S01 Adolphous Greely ChapterCommander, 442d Signal Battalion, Bldg 29809 (GreelyHall), Fort Gordon, GA 30905President: LTC Nello ThomasEmail: nello.thomas@us.army.mil POC: MAJ Patricia RimbeyEmail: patricia.rimbey@us.army-milCOM (706) 7910261

S02 LTG Alfred J. Mallette ChapterProduct Manager Multi-Channel Satellite TerminalPM Multi-Channel Satellite Terminal PM WIN-T, ATTN:SFAE-C3T-TRC-ETCOPS-CF BLDG 455 #49 Fort Mon-mouth, NJ 07703-5508President: Col Scot MillerPOC: Edward Carnes (732) 380-9500 x201 Email: ed.carnes@gdc4s.com

S04 Greater Atlanta ChapterUS Army Forces Command, ATTN: AFCI-J, 1777Hardee Ave SW, Fort McPherson, GA 30330-6000President: LPC Gloria LeePOC: COL William T. LasherPhone Number: (404) 464 5836Email: william.lasher@us.army.mil

S09 228th Signal Brigade ChapterHQs, 228th Signal Bde, South Carolina Army NationalGuard 1492 W.O. Ezell Blvd., Spartanburg, SC 29301-1553President: BG Thomas L. SinclairPOC: CPT Shelly DangerfieldEmail: shelly.dangerfield@sc.ngl.army.mil

S10 Albert J. Myer ChapterUSASA-MDW 103 Third Ave, Fort McNair, Washington DC, 20319 POC: MAJ Richard Kreuscher (703) 614-4038Email: richard.kreuscher@us.army.mil

S11 Robert E. Gray ChapterHQs, 35th Signal Bde., Fort Bragg, NC 28307President: LTC Leith BenedictCOM (910) 396-9027 DSN 236-POC: 1LT Stacy BequerEmail: stacy.bequer@us.army.mil

S12 Rhein-Neckar Chapter HQs, 7th Signal Brigade, Unit 29950, APO AE 09086(Heidelberg, Germany)President: LTC Phil HoyleCOM 011-49-730-8386 DSN 314-381-

S13 Eagle’s Voice Chapter501st Signal Bn. Fort Campbell, KY 42223-50007510 Headquarters Loop Rd.FT Campbell, KY 42223President: LTC Welton Chase COM: (270) 798-5029 DSN 635-Email: welton.chase@us.army.milPOC: MAJ Jim EnicksEmail: james.enicks@us.army.milCOM: (270) 956-2946 DSN 363-

S23 Fort Hood ChapterHQs, 3d Signal Bde. Fort Hood, TX 76544-5073Fort Hood, TX 76544POC: CPT Brian KingEmail: Brian.A.King@us.army.mil

S24 Hawaii Chapter516th Signal Bde. Fort Shafter, HI 96858-5410President: COL Edric A. KirkmanEmail: brian.j.donahue@us.army.milCOM (808) 438-1010/8264 DSN 438POC: Bill McPhersonEmail: william.mcpherson@us.army.mil

S25 Northern Lights Chapter600 Richardson Drive, #7100, ATTN: AFSP-AOS-O, FortRichardson, AK 99505-7100President: CSM Michael L. Steele DSN 384-0011, COM (907) 384-0011Email: Michael.steele@richardson.army.mil

S26 Voice of the ROK ChapterHQs, 1st Signal Bde. Unit 15271, APO AP 96205-0044(Korea)President: LTC Clinton BiggerDSN 723-6200Email: clinton.bigger@us.army.milPOC: SGM Frederick Chmura Jr.DSN 725-8754Email: chmuraf@korea.army.mil

S30 Liberty Chapter101st Signal Battalion NYARNGState Armory, Quincy PlaceYonkers, NY 10701President: MG (Ret) Joseph P. O ‘LearyCOM (212) 452-3057POC: SFC(R) Carlos RodriguezCOM (914) 375-2385Email: nysignal@nysignal.orgWebsite: www.nysignal.org

S31 HawkEye ChapterHHC, 234th Signal Bn. 10400 18th St. SW, CedarRapids, IA 52404-9002POC: CPT Brian Meredith Phone Number: (319) 363-4511Email: brian.meredith1@us.army.mil

S32 Samurai Chapter (Japan) c/o CPT Rubio Ranee78th SIG BN Box 1292APO AP 96338-5012President: SSG Yolanda CochraneEmail: yolanda.cochrane@zama.army.milPOC: CPT Ranee J. RubioEmail: ranee.rubio@us.army.milDSN: 263-4507

S33 Northern California Chapter6270 Midway St, Sacramento, CA 95828President: CW2 Jim AkersCOM (925) 423-3324Email: james.n.akers@us.army.mil

S34 Heart of Dixie ChapterHQs 142d Signal Bde.1848 Beltline Rd. SW, Decatur, AL 35806President: COL D. Brooks Hodges III Email: dudley.hodges@us.army.milPhone: 931-359-6666POC: LTC Danny HughesPhone: 256-308-3422Email: danny.hughes@us.army.mil

S35 Fort Leavenworth ChapterUSACGSC, CGSOC, 1 Reynolds Ave. Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-1352President: LTC Michelle Miller COM (913) 684-3096 DSN 552Email: millerm5@leavenworth.army.mil

S36 West Point ChapterUSMA, SC Br Rep, Dept of Military Instruction, Rm 4133, Washington Hall, West Point, NY 10996President: CPT Christopher YoungCOM: (914) 938-4804Email: Christopher.Young@usma.edu

S37 Victory ChapterHQ, 440th Signal Battalion, 22nd Signal Brigade, CMR431, Box 1785APO, AE 09175President: LTC Edwin DroseEmail: Edwin.drose@us.army.milPOC: 1LT Gamliel RosaEmail: gamaliel.rosa@us.army.mil

S37 Blue Hen Chapter261st Signal BDE, 103 Artisan Drive, Smyrna, DE 1997-3752President: LTC Dave PasswatersEmail: david.passwaters@de.ngb.army.mil POC: CPT Joseph Cooke302.326.7700DSN: 440-7037Email: joseph.cooke@us.army.mil

S38 Voice of the Sands and “Stans”HQ 25th Signal BattalionCamp As-Saliyah, QatarAPO AE 09898President: CSM: Donald G. manleyPOC: 1SG John SandersEamil: john.sanders@gatar.army.mil

The Chapter POC listing has not been updated since the last issue of the “Network”. Please email anychanges to SCRA at the following address - manager@signalcorps.org. The website Chapter POC listingwill be moved to the website this Fall.

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Regimental Association AwardsBrevet ColonelNone at this time

Silver Order of Mercury741 COL Bryan W Ellis 4/6/2006742 CSM James R Jordan 4/11/2006743 BG John Thomas 4/28/2006744 LTC Mark Horoho 5/20/2006745 Mr Mike W. Rodgers 5/10/2006746 Mrs Roberta Ostby 6/1/2006747 COL Heinrich W. Steiner 5/10/2006748 COL Michael S Yarmie 8/7/2006749 COL Mark D Baines 7/7/2006750 LTC Nello A Thomas 6/16/2006751 COL Henry L Harris 6/13/2006752 CPT Marc C Demarest 7/1/2006754 CSM Kenneth O Williams 7/20/2006

Bronze Order of Mercury2867 SFC William B Costello 12/1/20052868 SFC Joseph B Fuller 12/1/20052869 SFC Robert C Birkholz 12/1/20052870 SFC Donald B Ross 11/30/20052871 CSM John P Pollard 11/24/20052872 Mr. Earl Holmes 11/29/052873 MSG Erik Ballreich 12/9/20052874 LTC Scott F Gedling 12/11/20052875 CSM Terence B Farmer 1/31/20062876 MAJ Dorian A Cooper 1/31/20062877 LTC Marc D Harris 1/31/20062878 CW2 Danny D Burns 1/31/20062879 MAJ Troy A Rader 1/31/20062880 SGM Valerie F Greene 1/31/20062881 SFC John D McCoy 1/20/20062882 CW3 Bemedict O Acosta 1/5/20062883 SFC Anthony Wheatley 1/20/20062884 MAJ Lawrence E

Josefowski 1/20/20062885 MSG Lydia Shelton 1/20/20062886 SFC Anthony Wilson 1/20/20062887 CSM Gary H Hutchins 1/20/20062888 Mr. Richard W Sohm 2/3/20062889 COL Ronald B Byrnes, Jr. 1/20/20062890 SFC(R) Denise A

Normandin 2/4/20062891 CSM James M Pieters 2/4/20062892 1SG Thomas G Wright 2/4/20062693 MAJ Jay K Chapman 12/1/20042893 MAJ Neil P Harris 2/6/20062894 MAJ Damon A Hanchey 1/20/20062895 CSM Nicolino Parisi 2/15/20062896 LTC Timothy P Cassibry 2/14/20062897 MAJ Carl Fassbender 3/3/20062898 MAJ Kevin J Nygaard 3/3/20062899 MAJ Daniel Hamilton 3/3/2006

2900 MAJ Christine L Harvey 2/24/20062901 CSM Patrick Brooks 2/24/20062902 MAJ Anthony J Ribera 2/24/20062903 CSM Roderick D Mitchell 3/1/20062904 CPT Joseph L Gawlik 3/1/20062905 CPT Richard Hunter 3/1/20062906 1SG Woody B Carter 3/1/20062907 1SG Harold D Johnson 3/1/20062908 1SG Terry Ann Peaytt 3/1/20062909 MSG Monty E Peaytt 3/1/20062910 SFC Steven D Carter 3/1/20062911 SFC Barry L Ellis 3/1/20062912 SFC Douglas W Pattillo 3/1/20062913 SFC(P) Terry J Bard 3/1/20062914 SSG James Gallagher 3/1/20062915 SFC Larry D Martin 3/1/20062916 MAJ Joseph Papenfus 3/6/20062917 SFC Ernest B Jones 3/1/20062918 SFC Levvy Allen 3/1/20062919 SFC Prince D Young 3/1/20062920 MSG Patricia Essick 3/24/20062921 LTC Dwayne T Williams 4/15/20062922 SFC Ucella T Jones 3/24/20062923 MAJ Jon P Brazelton 4/1/20062924 Mrs. Miriam F Browning 4/1/20062925 MAJ Larry Coblentz 4/7/20062926 CPT Lindsay Hale 4/7/20062927 SFC Wendy Bland 4/7/20062928 COL Bobby McKinnon 6/1/20062929 COL Jonathan Maddux 6/2/20062930 MAJ Martina L Jones 5/28/20062930 MSG Lewis C Stanley 6/9/20062931 LTC Fernando Torrent 5/19/20062932 MAJ Kevin P Romano 5/1/20062933 LTC Richard L DuBreuil 5/10/20062934 MAJ Bernd Koehler 4/15/20062935 MSG Daniel Patterson 4/15/20062936 CPT Jeromy Painter 4/15/20062937 MAJ Troy Douglas 4/15/20062938 Mr. George Graf 4/15/20062939 CW2 Bernard Flerlage 4/15/20062940 LTC Kimberly Carden 5/19/20062941 LTC Richard Price 4/15/20062943 CSM Kennis Dent 4/18/20062944 SFC Kerwin R Kilgore 4/28/20062945 1LT Michael A Martin 4/28/20062946 LTC Loretta S Thomas 4/28/20062947 1SG Gregory D Kerr 5/19/20062948 LTC Stephen M Donahue 5/10/20062949 LTC Frank E Skirlo 5/10/20062950 COL Louann Nannini 5/30/20062951 MAJ Donald L Priioleau 5/12/20062952 LTC Timothy W Walrod 5/1/20062953 SGM Charles O Fuller 5/12/20062954 1SG Robert O Krouse 5/12/20062955 MSG Jonathan F Napier 5/12/2006

2956 LTC Dana S Tankins 5/15/20062957 SGM Todd J Vandertie 5/15/20062958 1SG Joseph A Harbolt 5/20/20062959 MSG Joseph T Dorey 5/1/20062960 CPT Michael R Harper 7/16/20042961 CSM Oliver Forbes 7/30/20042963 Mr. Jakob A Treland 5/12/20062964 LTC Reginald T Cox 5/1/20062965 COL(R) Henry L Harris 5/12/20062966 SGM Alphonso Burnett 5/20/20062967 LTC Glenn A. Kennedy II 5/15/20062968 CW2 Christopher Zotti 5/15/20062969 SGM Mark Parry 5/15/20062970 MAJ Gary Ostby 7/4/20062971 1SG Mark Cox 5/12/20062972 MAJ Kristina M Heise 5/12/20062973 CSM Carolyn Houston 5/12/20062974 LTC Kevin D Foster 5/12/20062975 LTC Anthony F Baker 5/12/20062976 COL Gary Ottenbreit 5/21/20062977 MAJ Tony Coe 5/12/20062978 SFC Daryl L Harris 5/20/20062979 MAJ Ann Burdeshaw 5/18/20062980 Mr. Jared Shepard 5/17/20062981 MAJ Bruce O Daniel 5/17/20062982 LTC Mark D Baxter 6/4/20062983 CW4 William B Baumbach 6/4/20062984 LTC Paul A English 6/9/20062985 SGM Kenneth E Dooley 5/15/20062986 LTC Mitchell L Kilgo 6/23/20062987 LTC Brian Lawless 6/9/20062988 COL Carole N Best 7/4/20062989 CPT Byron Johnson 6/3/20062990 LTC Leith A Benedict 6/9/20062991 LTC Jonathon Moelter 6/2/20062992 MAJ Neil K Khatod 6/5/20062993 Mr Tom Jaycox 7/1/20062994 Mr Bill Pope 7/1/20062995 MAJ Aquanita Bonds 7/1/20062996 COL Gloria A Lee 7/1/20062997 LTC Thomas J Mahoney 5/20/20062998 LTC David T Isaacson 6/22/20062999 MAJ Eric Aslakson 6/22/20063000 1SG John L Martin 6/23/20063001 MAJ Thomas M Rascon 6/12/20063002 MAJ William R Pittman, IV 6/12/20063003 CPT Kevin M Neumann 6/12/20063004 CW2 Eric S Castello 6/12/20063005 MAJ Michael E

Nowatkowski 6/12/20063006 1SG Christopher M Wilson 6/23/20063007 MAJ Mary M Rezendes 6/23/20063008 CW4 Sam C Hamilton 6/23/20063009 MAJ Kevin Litwhiler 6/23/20063010 MAJ Patricia Rimbey 6/16/20063011 CPT Gina Thomas 6/16/2006

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Regimental Association Awards cont.3012 Mr Manuel Maldonado 6/16/20063013 CPT James Dailey 6/16/20063014 CPT Jacob Cox 6/16/20063015 MAJ Willie J Locke, III 5/20/20063016 MAJ David Thomas 6/22/20063017 Mrs Susan Jones 7/1/20063018 MSG Joseph Givens 6/15/20053019 MAJ Kevin L Griggs 8/7/20063020 MAJ Mark Moss 6/9/20063021 MAJ Royal S Ripley 5/18/20063022 LTC Andre L Wiley 8/7/20063023 MAJ Louis L Harris 6/5/20063025 1sg Craig A Harris 6/23/20063026 Ms Debbie Pool 6/9/20063027 Ms Elizabeth Patten 6/9/20063028 Ms Alice Bower 6/9/20063030 SGM Douglas A Howard 6/22/20063031 CPT Jason Song 6/16/20063032 1SG Andrew Wynn 6/16/20063033 Mr Bernard DeMarinis 6/15/20063034 Mr Vixtor Holinko 6/15/20063036 LTC Louise M Maroney 8/18/20063037 CPT Alfredo Rodriguez 7/20/20063038 Mr William P Donald 7/5/20063039 SFC Melissa Lomas 6/23/20063040 MAJ Anthony G Glaude 7/20/20063041 SFC Matthew E Raumaker 9/1/20063042 1SG Marguerite C Stubbs 8/18/2006

3043 MAJ James R Anderson 7/19/20063044 CPT Leilani M Tydingco 8/20/20063045 CPT Lawrence Douglas 8/20/20063046 CPT Kurt Barney 8/20/20063047 1SG Robin Crum 8/20/20063048 1SG Cantrece Williams 8/20/20063049 1SG Terry Green 8/20/20063050 1SG Raymond Payne 8/20/20063051 CPT Karen B Hill 8/20/20063052 CPT Tony Huynh 8/20/20063053 CPT Leroy Reynolds 8/20/20063054 SFC Dwayne E Gethers 8/20/20063056 CPT Mellissa Walker 7/20/20063057 CPT Eddie J Diaz 7/31/20063058 CPT Temarkus M Caldwell 7/10/20063059 1SG Sheila Edwards 6/23/20063060 SFC Arlene A Chatman 8/8/20063061 MAJ Edwin G Nall 8/8/20063062 MAJ Robert N Riddle 8/18/20063063 SFC Barbara L Smith 8/18/20063067 MAJ Richard E Wills 8/20/20063068 Ms Beverly Friend 7/6/2006

Silver Wahatchee91 Mrs. Lorna Ellis 3/22/200692 Mrs. Tammy Baier 4/27/200693 Mrs. Julie P. Patterson 5/12/200694 Mrs Gara Long 8/20/2006

Bronze Wahatchee346 Mrs. Katie Pollard 11/24/2005347 Mrs. Tammy C Lester 1/31/2006348 Mrs. Monique Bodenbender 3/15/2006349 Mrs. Angela Wellein 4/7/2006350 Mrs. Wendy Kerr 4/7/2006351 Mrs. Kim McElwain 4/7/2006352 Mrs. Shirley B Bryant 5/12/2006353 Mrs. Shari D Gutierrez 5/1/2006354 Mrs. Kimberly Thompson 5/1/2006355 Mrs. Cheryl Y Berry 5/12/2006356 Mrs. Kim Cox 5/1/2006357 Mrs. Sandra Foster 5/12/2006358 Mrs. Kimberly G Webster 5/10/2006359 Mrs. Un Yong Beck 5/12/2006360 Mrs. Cindy Horoho 5/20/2006361 Mrs. Patti Larson 5/31/2006362 Mrs. Tina Daiyaan 5/31/2006363 Mrs. Tracey Whitfield 5/31/2006364 Mrs. Shelley Unruh 5/31/2006367 Ms. Michele Holl 5/20/2006368 Mrs Carol Baxter 6/1/2006369 Mrs Janice Wiley 6/1/2006370 Mrs Beth Washer 6/1/2006371 Mrs Diana English 6/18/2006372 Mrs Nicole Hoisington 5/18/2006373 Mrs Ann Ribera 6/23/2006374 Mrs Pam Bendict 6/9/2006375 Mrs. Fran Kell 5/20/2006376 LaTonya R Kilgo 6/23/2006377 Ms Karen West 6/23/2006378 Ms Lori Pflieger 6/23/2006379 Mrs Dolores S Elliott 6/23/2006380 Mrs Heather Litwhiler 6/23/2006381 Mrs Shona Myers 6/23/2006382 Ms Nadine Williams 6/7/2006383 Ms Priscilla Lightfoot 6/7/2006384 Mrs Lisa Pandolf 6/15/2006385 Mrs Acquanetta Henderson 6/16/2006385 Ms Acquanetta Henderson 6/16/2006386 Mrs Rosann Abano 7/20/2006387 Mrs Lisa Higgitt 7/20/2006388 Mrs Yvette Pipas 7/20/2006389 Mrs Tamara Cruz-Mattos 6/20/2006390 Mrs Jennifer Hoyle 6/20/2006391 Mrs Karen Price 7/20/2006392 Ms Rebecca

Rodriguez-McKnight 7/20/2006393 Ms Virginia E Phillips 7/20/2006394 Mrs Kristi S Purtle 6/23/2006395 Mrs Cynthia W Pugh 6/23/2006396 Mrs Shannon C Parsons 6/23/2006397 Mrs Karla Wills 8/20/2006398 Mrs Iris Hunt-Smith 8/20/2006399 Mrs Paula Scott 8/1/2006

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