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Volume 1, Issue 2 Spring 2014
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th REGIMENT PILOTS THE WARRIOR
LEADERSHIP COURSE
First WLC Class Graduates Ten Soldiers
Story by CW2 Janet Schmelzer, 4th
Regiment PAO
FORT WORTH, Texas—The 4th
Regiment is the first
unit in the Texas State Guard (TXSG) Army
Component Command to offer the Warrior
Leadership Course (WLC) which is a training
program for junior NCOs to learn the fundamentals
of leadership, what is expected from an NCO, and
how to be a more productive leader. The course was
held over two weekends in March and April, 2014.
CSM Albert Willars, Senior Enlisted Advisor, 4th
Regiment, worked with teams of 4th
Regiment NCO
instructors to develop class materials. The Senior
NCO instructor was MSG William Seaman; the
primary instructors for theory were SSG Dennis
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THE SENTINEL
Newsletter of the 4TH Regiment
REAL WORLD TRAINING IN GRAPEVINE
4th
Regiment Soldiers Train in Disaster Rubble
Story by CW2 Janet Schmelzer, 4th
Regiment PAO
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS--The 4th Regiment, Civil
Affairs, Texas State Guard (TXSG) was in
Grapevine, Texas, Saturday, April 26, 2014 for life-
saving skills training and a mock disaster exercise.
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Warrior Leadership Course Graduates on April 27, 2014 (left to right)
PFC Anthony Rose, PFC Lynda Briggs, CPL Bailey Phillips, CPL Hans
Hansen, PFC Sylvia Maza, PFC Adrian Washburn (kneeling), SGT
Gayle Linke, PFC Tessa Smith, PFC Erick Schluter, and SPC Colin
O’Brien. Photo by CW2 Janet Schmelzer, 4th Regiment PAO.
SPC Jeffrey Garner emerges from the mock disaster tunnel with a
mock victim (dummy) during the training at Grapevine, Texas on
April 26, 2014. Photo by CW2 Janet Schmelzer, 4th Regiment
PAO
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With the approach of Annual Training, I am
increasingly amazed at how resourceful our soldiers,
warrants, and officers are. Things “magically appear
out of nowhere” because there is someone who knows
someone who can provide what we need. It reminds me
of the duck gliding smoothly across the pond-people
just don’t see how furiously those little feet are
paddling under the surface. Believe me, I know and
appreciate it!
AT14 is going to be different this year in many ways.
We’ve had to do much of the coordination that takes
place at the Division and State level on our own. What
a great opportunity it has given us to meet the people
with whom we’ll work should bad things happen and
our services be required. We are really looking forward
to a fluid, realistic mission rehearsal. Commanders and
my staff are working to ensure that the down time, if
any, is filled with things that will add to the experience.
The work we started years ago at Tarleton State has
become the model for what the TXSG is doing now
with the concept of “distributed AT”. Tarleton IV was a
proof-of-concept event that validated the ideas.
Now it’s time to execute, and I have no doubt the
“Panther City Fencibles” will shine.
Sempre Caveo!
All 4th Regiment personnel (and their guests) are
cordially invited to attend the 5th annual Texas State
Guard (TXSG) Military Prayer Breakfast sponsored
by the North Texas TXSG chaplains. The event will
be held May 17, 2014, (Armed Forces Day) from
0800-0930 at Dallas Baptist University, 3000
Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, Texas. The guest
speaker is MG Darren G. Owens (USA ret.). MG
Owens is unashamedly a man of faith. He spoke to
most of our TXSG chaplains in January, 2014, at
Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas, and he was extremely
well-received by all that heard him.
As in years past, a choir and band will be presenting
patriotic and religious music throughout the program.
There will be numerous faith-based readings and
quotes from our founding fathers and from past
presidents. Thanks to private donations, the cost for
the high quality AYCE breakfast buffet will only be
$5/person. Regular battalion and HQ drill will follow
the Prayer Breakfast at the announced locations.
Because DBU will prepare only a certain amount of
food, reservations are absolutely required to attend the
Prayer Breakfast. Send $5/person for yourself and
your guests to your battalion chaplain. Cash is
preferred. If you pay by check, make your check
payable to your chaplain. (Contact your chaplain to
get his mailing address). Deadline for mailing your
reservation will be Friday, 10 May. If there is a
financial hardship, speak with your chaplain in
private. Anyone without a reservation will be
allowed to attend the program but will not be
allowed to eat.
Chaplain (LTC) Jerald Garner
The CHAPLAIN’S
CHAPEL
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
4th
Regiment Pilots Warrior Leadership Course 1
Real World Training in Grapevine 1
The Commander’s Corner 2
The Chaplain’s Chapel 2
4th
Regiment Gonzales Cup Team a Winner 3
SPC Colin O’Brien Receives Award 5
MAJ Ted Prescott Takes Command of 1st
Battalion 7
Recent Promotions 8
PV2 John McClellon is RBOT Honor Graduate 8
4th
Regiment Recruiters Attend Summit 8
Photos from Grapevine Exercise 9
May 17, 2014
Armed Forces Day
Dallas Baptist University
3000 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, Texas
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED FOR
BREAKFAST
Cost: $5 per person (by May 10)
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE regiment was divided into two-man teams. The
teams of the 4th Regiment were Harvel and Carter;
Burks and Ringnald, and Walton and Anderson.
The course had thirty-nine markers hidden in the
wild brush and mesquite trees as possible using
maps, protractors, and compasses within a 2 ½ hour
time limit. Each 4th Regiment team used strategy
and superior execution of land navigation skills.
The fourth competition was the challenge course
which consisted of three challenges: "Human
Sensor Web," "Acid Crossing," and "Perimeter
Breach." The 4th Regiment won this competition.
The three challenges required teamwork, team
strategy, and superior leadership reaction to succeed
and to complete each challenge successfully without
penalties and in the fastest time possible. The first
challenge for the 4th Regiment team was the
"Human Sensor Web," which looked like a spider
web made of rope. The team had to pass each team
member through the web with as little movement as
possible so as not to ring the bell suspended in the
web. The 4th Regiment team successfully passed
each member through as well as their equipment.
David Meyers, the Outdoor Pursuit Coordinator in
Recreational Sports at Tarleton State University,
saw the team succeed as a unit. "It is just that basic
buddy system which helps the team to work
together."
The 4th Regiment team then proceeded to the
second ropes course challenge, the “Acid Crossing.”
This challenge required the team to build a bridge,
using only three 2”x8”x8’ boards to connect
together five 12-inch poles buried in the ground.
Again, the 4th Regiment team excelled at the
challenge. Harvel quickly figured out the solution
to the challenge and was the first team member to
begin the bridge building, followed by Anderson,
Carter, Burks, Walton and Ringnald. As the bridge
was built, each team member had to cross from pole
to pole on the 2” side of the boards as if walking on
a tightrope. The team did not have a single member
fall off the bridge. Walton deemed the team's
success to "fluidly working together, trusting each
other, and having SSG Harvel as our team leader.
This is a great teambuilding experience." The third
ropes course challenge was the 15-foot high
“Perimeter Breach” wall which required the 4th
Regiment team to lift up the first member,
Anderson, who then reached up to pull himself to
over the top of the wall. The second member to be
4th REGIMENT GONZALES CUP TEAM
IS A WINNER!
Team Wins First Place in Two of Five Challenges
and Second Place in One.
Story by CW2 Janet Schmelzer, 4th
Regiment PAO
STEPHENVILLE,Texas – The 4th
Regiment Gonzales
Cup Team competed with 15 fellow soldiers from the
8th Regiment and the 19th Regiment at the Texas
State Guard (TXSG) second annual team and
individual competition held at different venues in
Stephenville and Erath County, Texas, from April 11-
12, 2014.
The 4th Regiment team won two of the five team
challenges--the ropes challenge course and the life-
saving exercise. The team took second place in the
marksmanship challenge. Overall, the team had an
outstanding performance and made the 4th Regiment
proud. The 4th
Regiment team included team leader
SSG Gary Harvel, CPL Joe Ringnald, and PFC David
Anderson of the 1st Battalion, CPL Justin Carter and
SPC Stephen Walton of the 2nd Battalion, and SSG
Dennis Burks of the 3rd Battalion. Each member put
forth 100% effort, demonstrated skill and endurance,
and excelled at teamwork which resulted in a top-
notch performance.
The Gonzales Cup team competition tested five skill
sets—land navigation, marksmanship, physical
fitness, and life-saving. The first competition was
physical fitness which challenged each soldier to
complete as many sit-ups and push-ups as possible in
2 minutes followed by a mile run. Ringnald
considered the physical fitness challenge very
important. “Physical fitness never stops. It is the way
we should live every day.”
The second competition was the 9mm pistol
marksmanship. The 4th
Regiment Team took second
place in marksmanship. Carter earned the top score
for the team and Ringnald was second for the team.
Team members shot at targets 75-feet away in the
standing, kneeling, crouching and prone positions to
achieve the highest total team score. Anderson saw
the marksmanship competition as a "test of concentra-
tion and skill which are important to our ability to
take on our mission.” Burks said the key to better
scores is "practice, practice, practice." Carter believed
that the competition was a learning experience. "It is
good to train and learn from teammates.”
The third competition was Land Navigation. Each
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d'corps." Ringnald commented that "it was a great
time. I am proud to have worked with my fellow
soldiers." Harvel summed up the team's
performance. "I am proud of the team. They did a
great job. They stepped up to work as a team."
Burks looked forward to next year. "We will take
“it!"
The success of the 4th Regiment team depended
on many individuals in the regiment, including
each member of the 4th Regiment team, 4th
Regiment Commander COL Howard Palmer, Jr.,
4th
Regiment Executive Officer and Operations
and Training Officer LTC Lloyd Lietz, Battalion
commanders MAJ Ted Prescott (1st), MAJ
Tommy Thompson (2nd), and MAJ Michael Potts
(3rd), Assistant Operations and Training Officer
WO Ray Spoth, 4th Regiment Senior Enlisted
Advisor CSM Albert Willars, Battalion Senior
Enlisted Advisors CSM Hayward Bellah (1st),
CSM Phillip Holland (2nd), and MSG Freddrik
Taylor (3rd), 4th
Regiment Operations and
Training NCO SFC Richard Schilling, and every
member of the regiment who supported the 4th
Regiment Team.
The Gonzales Cup represents the courage,
strength, and skill that the defenders of Gonzales,
Texas, demonstrated while resisting the attack of
the Mexican Army during the Texas Revolution in
1835. The Gonzales Cup is engraved with the
words "Come and Take It" found on the flag made
by the people of Gonzales during the fight.
hoisted up was Harvel and Anderson had to pull
him up without any assistance. Then Anderson and
Harvel pulled up Carter as he was lifted up from
below by the remaining three team members. The
next two were Burks and Walton. However, once a
team member reached the top, he could not return
to the front of the wall to help hoist remaining team
members. This test continued until only Ringnald
was left at the bottom of the wall. Burks and
Walton used a rope, which could only be used once
in this test, to pull Ringnald to the top without any
team members left at the wall to hoist him up.
Harvel believed that the competition was “all about
team building. The team did it.” Burks stated that
he "loved the competition. I wanted to compete on
even more obstacles!"
The final competition was Life Saving Skills. The
4th Regiment team won this competition. Each 4th
Regiment team member took a written test,
administered first aid to an unresponsive and
unconscious mock victim using CPR and an
Automated External Defibrillator, treated a broken
arm using splints and bandages, and treated a mock
victim for shock and a bleeding arm wound by
applying a pressure bandage. The final life-saving
test was a wounded casualty extraction which
required the team to carry a 200-pound dummy in a
skid stretcher over a ½ mile course with trees and a
shallow gulley as obstacles in the fastest time
possible. Walton viewed the challenge as “learning
to trust your teammates to finish a task
successfully. All of the life-saving tests were
important because these injuries occur in the real
world.” Anderson too called the tests "a great, real
world hands-on experience as each station
presented different life-saving methods."
The 4th Regiment team turned in a performance
other regiments should envy and most certainly the
4th Regiment team represented the 4th Regiment to
the highest TXSG standards. COL Howard Palmer,
Jr., 4th
Regiment Commander, stated that he was
“very proud of the 4th Regiment team. They
demonstrated great esprit d’corps and teamwork.”
“The spirit, resilience, and competitiveness of each
soldier,” he continued, “speaks to the energy
determination of the team to put forth their very
best effort to win.”
CSM Albert Willars agreed. "This competition
demonstrates outstanding training and is a morale
builder. It shows exceptional unity and esprit
4th Regiment Gonzales Cup Team builds the bridge across the “Acid
Crossing.” Photo by CW2 Janet Schmelzer, 4th Regiment PAO
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The 4th
Regiment Team. (left to right) SSG Gary Harvel, CPL Justin Carter, SPC Stephen Walton, SSG Dennis Burks
(kneeling), SGT Joe Ringnald, and PFC David Anderson. Photo by CW2 Janet Schmelzer, 4th
Regiment PAO
SPC COLIN O’BRIEN RECEIVES CITIZEN
OF THE YEAR AWARD
SPC Colin O’Brien, 3rd
Battalion, received the
Citizen of the Year Award 2013 from the Elks
Lodge, Grapevine, Texas, on March 22, 2014. This
award is the highest honor that the Elks Lodge
presents. He received the award for his work to
send care packages to U. S. soldiers stationed in
Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Iraq in
December, 2013. “I was totally surprised when I
received the award,” commented O’Brien.
Working with donations of care packages and
shipping charges from the Grapevine Elks Lodge
2483, the Masonic Lodge of Grapevine, the
Grapevine International Order of Odd Fellows,
Grapevine Senior Citizens Center, and his
granddaughter’s class at Little Country Day Care of
Grapevine, SPC O’Brien shipped 188 packages.
The December, 2013, shipment was the fourth year
that O’Brien has spearheaded the care package
project. In December 2012, 70 packages went to
Afghanistan. Three Texas flags accompanied the
the packages and were flown at Camp Eggers.
The three flags were returned to O’Brien who
gave them to Grapevine Cannon Elementary
School, the Grapevine Senior Citizens Center,
and the Grapevine Masonic Lodge.All three flags
are on display. He feels a great sense of pride that
“I am a TXSG soldier helping other soldiers
overseas.” “I am just doing my little piece here
to cheer fellow soldiers.” In December 2014
O’Brien hopes to send 200 care packages.
SPC Colin O’Brien works with Grapevine Postmaster
Daniel Mata (right) to mail 188 packages.
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WLC
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Burks and SSG Angie Ogle; for land navigation were
SSG Stephen Wilson and SGT Anthony Miller; for
physical fitness training was SGT Martin Joseph;
for communications was SGT Michael Corso; and
for drill and ceremony was SSG Stephen Wilson and
SSG Dennis Burks; additional instructors included
SFC Richard Schilling, SSG Laura Burks, and SGT
Mary Wilson. Instructors were chosen based on the
following criteria: RBOT instructor qualified, a 50-
question exam on leadership, experience in technical
training areas, and experience performing and
teaching those training areas.
The course was developed using established
leadership doctrine from ADRP 6-22 Leadership
Fundamentals and the FM7-22.7 U. S. Army NCO
Guide, and the U. S. Army Sergeant Major Academy
for Army War Leadership. These manuals and
curriculum were used to identify the key topics that
were necessary for the WLC. TXSG ACC
Commander BG Jake Betty and ACC Senior Enlisted
Advisor Lloyd Schook approved the training plan of
the 4th
Regiment WLC. This new WLC will replace
the Primary Leadership Development Course
(online) and will provide hands-on leadership
training experience. “The more leadership training
that we give to our junior enlisted,” CSM Willars
commented, “they will learn what leadership is
about, how to treat their soldiers, and how to
approach their soldiers.”
The need for a new approach for NCO leadership
training examined that the online PLDC provided
theory but not hands-on training. Other factors also
played a role in revising the leadership training,
including travel time and the costs associated with
attending a course away from a home station.
Instead every regiment has experienced NCO leaders
who are readily available and reach regiment can tap
into that pool of experience. PFC Tessa Smith, 3rd
Battalion, stated that she is “learning to take
responsibility as a leader.” She feels very “fortunate
to be learning from strong NCOs as to how to
develop my own leadership skills.”
The objective of the new training was to develop
junior NCOs into leaders through hands-on
experience. SFC Richard Shilling, 4th
Regiment
Training and Operations NCO, stated that “there is a
big difference between knowing the leadership
commands in theory and getting up in front of your
soldiers and giving the correct commands.”
According to PFC Adrian Washburn, 3rd
Battalion,“this course allows me to learn
leadership techniques and to experience firsthand
how to command a squad.”
The first weekend from March 22-23, 2014,
focused on the theory and practice of leadership.
Subjects covered included history of the NCO,
Army Leadership, Army values, the Warrior
Ethos, what is expected of a leader, and how to
set the example for the troops. This training also
focused on functional topics not strategic topics.
Small team leadership of was emphasized. “I am
beginning to understand what it takes to be a
leader. This is a great class,” commented SPC
Colin O’Brien, 3rd
Battalion. The second weekend
of April 26-27, 2014, was the hands-on training.
Soldiers in the WLC were put into leadership
positions with the cadre working with them to
execute the leadership role. The soldiers
exercised giving commands, moving formations
around, leading teams during land navigation,
manage members of their teams, and how to use
team members to the best advantage of the
mission. The motto for the WTC was "NO
MISSION TOO GREAT.” At the end of the course
junior NCOs graduated from the WLC course on
April 27, 2014.
(above)WTC Yellow Team starts out on the land navigation
exercise. (left to right) SPC Colin O’Brien, WTC Instructor SSG Stephen Wilson, CPL Hans Hansen, and PFC Adrian Washburn.
(below) The WTC class graduation on April 27, 2014.
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MAJOR TED PRESCOTT TAKES COMMAND
OF 1ST BATTALION
WEATHERFORD, TX--On February 22, 2014, the
1st Battalion 4th Regiment welcomed a new Battalion
Commander. Major Ted Prescott received the
Battalion Guidon during a Change of Command
ceremony at the Weatherford National Guard Armory
in Weatherford, Texas.
Major Prescott joined the US Army after graduating
from the University of Texas at Arlington as a
Distinguished Military Graduate in 1979. He entered
the US Army as a Armor officer and completed
Armor Officer Basic and Motor Officer courses at
Fort Knox, Kentucky. He served as a tank platoon
leader with A Company, 2/5 Cavalry, 1st Cavalry
Division during the testing of the XM-1 tank at Fort
Hood, Texas. He was the Company Executive Officer
for B Company when his battalion was moved to 2nd
Armored Division and re-designated as 2-67 Armor.
Following his graduation from Armor Officer
Advanced Course in 1983, Prescott served as the S3-
Air for 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry
Regiment upon his deployment to Germany. He then
commanded E Troop and later served as the Squadron
Adjutant and Border Officer. In 1987 he completed
Combined Arms Services Staff School and served as
an Operations Officer at First US Army, Fort Meade,
Maryland. There he was involved in the plans and
operations for infrastructure projects in Honduras, the
Richard Nixon Funeral Plan, and the 1988
Inauguration of President George H. W. Bush. In 1990
MAJ Prescott as a Joint Operations Officer with Joint
Task Force 6 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where he
coordinated military support for regional marijuana
eradication operations and counter drug initiatives
along the US-Mexico border. In 1992 he left the
active service.
In 2012 he joined the Texas State Guard and has
served as the Executive Officer for the 4th Regiment
until his appointment as 1st Battalion commander.
Major Prescott has a Bachelor of Arts in History from
the University of Texas at Arlington and a Certificate
in International Affairs from The Bush School of
Government and Public Service at Texas A&M
University. His military decorations include the
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious
Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal with two
oak leaf clusters, Army Achievement Medal, and the
Army Parachutist Badge.
The retiring commander of 1st Battalion, Major
Blenus Green served in the U.S. Air Force. He earned
Army Parachutist Badge.
The retiring commander of 1st Battalion, Major
Blenus Green served in the U.S. Air Force. He
earned his pilot wings at Reese AFB in 1988 and
later became an Instructor Pilot assigned to the
B-1 Formal Training Unit. In 1997 he cross
flowed to the U.S. Navy where he served as a
flight instructor at the Naval Air Station in
Pensacola, Florida. He separated from military
service in 2000 but was recalled to active service
after the attack on the World Trade Center in
New York. He flew the B-1B as an Instructor
Pilot. MAJ Green retired from active duty in
2009.
4th
Regiment Commander COL Howard Palmer passes the
Guidon of the 1st Battalion to MAJ Ted Prescott.
MAJ Ted Prescott performs one of his first duties as 1st
Battalion Commander. He promotes CPL Mark Lydahl
and CPL James Self on February 22, 2014. (left to right)
MAJ Ted Prescott, CPL Mark Lydahl, and CPL James
Self.
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RECENT PROMOTIONS February and March 2014
Headquarters
SGT Alfredo Rodriguez 29March 2014
1st Battalion
SSG John Carrey 13February2014
SGT Joe Hernandez 22March2014 (new enlistment)
CPL Mark Lydahl 22February2014
CPL James Self 22February2014
PV2 Adam Torrez 22March2014 (new enlistment)
2nd
Battalion
SSG Christopher Nottingham 25February2014
SGT Randall Hilton 05February 2014
CPL Walter Schultz 22March2014
SPC Michael Sammons 24February2014
PV2 Amanda Ritter 05February2014 (new enlistment)
3rd
Battalion
PV2 Davis Hall 22March2014 (new enlistment)
Mock Disaster
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Soldiers used life-saving skills to treat mock
victims.
The exercise was designed to be as close to real
world events as possible. There were four mock
training areas: triage, first aid, search and
assessment, and extraction. The soldiers had to
triage mock victims. Then they had to search
and assess the disaster area, administer first aid,
and extract victims from a mock collapsed
building. The soldiers had to prepare a victim
for transport, and transport the patient from the
danger zone to a safe zone. Soldiers had to
climb through collapsed walls, go through
rubble (rocks, dirt, and boards), through narrow
tunnels of rubble moving along on hands and
knees, and work in small and confined spaces,
all of which was designed to replicate a tornado
strike. Soldiers had to remain aware of their
surroundings and safely treat mock victims as
they would in a real world emergency.
Working with the 4th Regiment were soldiers
from the TXSG Dallas-Fort Worth Medical
Response Group, Arlington firefighter and
Texas Task Force One Team leader Billy Hirth,
and Grace Cares, a volunteer disaster relief
organization.
PV2 John McClellon is the outstanding Honor
Graduate of RBOT Spring 2014.
4TH REGIMENT RECRUITERS ATTEND
EMERGENCY SUMMIT
Story by SSG Mary Palmer, 4th Regiment PAO NCO
The 4th Regiment Recruiting Team consisting of 1LT
Peggy Gutierrez, 2nd Battalion, CW2 John Gorena,
Regimental Communications Officer, and CPL Walter
Schultz, 2nd Battalion supported the Emergency
Preparedness Summit and Fair held at Lewisville High
School-Harmon Campus. The free and open to the public
summit and fair provided a KoWhat2Do training when an
emergency situation arises @ home, @work, @school, and
@ in the car. This event was sponsored by US Congressman
Michael C. Burgess, 26th District (Texas) and offered in
partnership with the City of Lewisville and Lewisville ISD
on Saturday, April 26.
TXSG recruiting materials and brochures were provided to
civilian officials and the public which showcased TXSG
mission capabilities and offered information on the history
and service of the TXSG and the 4th Regiment
organization. These informational brochures also allowed
civilian officials a chance to learn more about how the
TXSG can assist and augment services in emergencies and
in on-going support of their local communities.
Pictured from left to right are Congressman Michael Burgess, CW2
John Gorena, 1LT Peggy Gutierrez, and SGT Walter Schultz.
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PHOTOS FROM THE GRAPEVINE EXERCISE AND TRAINING April 26, 2014
4th Regiment soldiers provide first aid to fellow soldiers who are
actors for the exercise.
CPT Jane Dempster (left), TXSG DFW Medical Response Group,
observes the first aid exercise.
CPL Joe Gahm has found a mock victim in a narrow space of rubble
from a collapsed building.
PFC Paul Falcon play the role of a victim with a broken leg in the
rubble of a collapsed building.
Arlington Firefighter Billy Hirt gives final instructions to the next
group of soldiers to go into the collapsed building to find mock
victims.
SGT Randall Hilton plays the role of a deceased victim in
the rubble of a collapsed building.
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THE SENTINEL SPRING 2014
Vol. I, No. 2
Editor
CW2 Janet Schmelzer, PAO
Assistant Editor
SSG Mary Palmer, PAO NCO
Contributors
CW2 Janet Schmelzer, HQ
SSG Mary Palmer, PAO NCO
Photo credits:
CW2 Janet Schmelzer, HQ
SSG Mary Palmer, PAO NCO
SPC Colin O’Brien, 3rd
Battalion