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Transcript of Dark Horse Newsletter June 2011
June 2011
Volume 1, Issue 1
TF Attack,
FOB Sharana
As always, if you ever
need help with anything
from information to sup-
port, please don’t hesitate to
ask Tanja or myself.
Sincerely,
CPT R. Kelly
Dark Horse 6
Greetings from Sharana!
Dark Horse Assumes Combat Mission
To the Families and Friends
of Dark Horse,
Greetings from lovely
FOB Sharana. After a tiring
journey from Fort Hood, we
are finally settled into our
final destination(s). Each
month, we will publish a
newsletter complete with
plenty of pictures of your
Soldiers as they work hard,
play, try to relax, and do
pretty much whatever.
As many of you heard
from your Soldiers, the jour-
ney here was full of last-
minute changes and I was
impressed by how the Team
responded, remaining flexi-
ble and keeping a positive
attitude. Many that remem-
ber our last deployment
were actually wishing they
were in Kuwait! We were
all thankful to see FOB Sha-
rana, find our tents, and
start making our “nests.”
Thanks to TF Gambler,
our living conditions are
better than expected and
continue to get better as our
Soldiers work
hard to improve
our footprint.
Mail has started
to arrive, which
always brings
smiles to the
formation.
On a final
note, we have
begun work on a
company Face-
book page. This
page will be ex-
clusive to Dark
Horse Soldiers
past and present
and their Fami-
lies and will provide a me-
dium for official information.
I hope to have it fully func-
tional by the next newslet-
ter. Internet access is lim-
ited here at times, so it
might take a little longer.
Always verify the source
when you think you hear
“official” information and
know that this information
will always come through
the FRSA/FRG or command
channels.
putting the Dark Horse
touch everywhere we are.
TF Attack is a well-tuned
machine and Dark Horse is
the fuel that drives it.
Working quietly behind the
scenes, few realize the tre-
mendous amount of work
we do to support the main
effort. Never expecting
recognition for what they
do, our Soldiers set the ex-
ample every day and keep
this machine moving.
After completing our
relief in place, or RIP, where
we learned how Task Force
Gambler has conducted
business for the past year,
Dark Horse and TF Attack
are now in the driver’s seat
for combat operations.
With Soldiers at Sha-
rana, Orgun-E, and Kusha-
mand, Dark Horse provides
critical support to aviation
assets from all over the east-
ern region of Afghanistan.
By the way, we’re doing the
same job with nearly half the
people. Without our Sol-
diers efforts, our ground
forces would be without the
much needed support that
these aviation assets pro-
vide.
Thanks goes to TF Gam-
bler for making the condi-
tions here better than many
places in country. We are
also beginning to make im-
provements of our own,
Happy Birthday!
SPC Spencer—3 June
SPC Nguyen—6 June
PFC Jones, D.—9 June
SPC Mayernik—12 June
2LT Macarz—12 June
SPC Ramirez—16 June
SPC Pesta—20 June
PFC Ramirez—27 June
Happy Anniversary!
SPC Hathaway & Amanda—3
June
SGT Wagen & Kamalie—12
June
SSG Matthie & Aleen—17 June
PFC Fields & Michele—19 June
SPC Munoz & Pablo—21 June
Inside this issue:
Greetings 1
Dark Horse Assumes
the Mission
1
Photos 2-4
DARK HORSE
NEWS
Above: SSG Charmant, SPC Baez, and SGT Mauricio at Orgun-E
FARP, strutting after providing critical support to mission aircraft.
Army Terms: Lesson 1
FARP—Forward Arming
and Refueling Point. This
is where helicopters re-
ceive fuel and ammunition
FSC—Forward Support
Company. This is what we are; logistics support
to the Task Force
RASA—Ready Ammuni-
tion Supply Area. This is
where we store and dis-
tribute our ammo.
“Rode Hard, Put Up Wet”