Serving the Soldiers, Civilians and Families of 2nd BCT, 4th Inf. Div.

Issue 6 April 1, 2010

Mock crash
saves lives
Story and photo by Spc. April York
PAO, 2nd BCT, 4th Inf. Div.
Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division, gathered on the lawn to
witness a mock car verses motorcycle collision
at the corner of Mister Street and Wetzel
Avenue on March 18.
Soldiers hear about it and read about it in the
newspaper, but this demonstration is meant to
show firsthand what the rest of the story looks
like, said Lt. Col. Simmering, commander of
1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd BCT,
4th Inf. Div.
The event was made possible through the (Photo by Spc April York )
coordination of 1st Bn., 67th Armor Reg., A Fort Carson Police Officer checks the vital signs of a victim of a mock crash March 18. The mock crash
showed Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, the consequences of drinking and driving.
Colorado Springs Police Department, Fort
Carson Police Department, Fort Carson Fire
Department, Memorial Hospital, Mothers the crash were covered in fake blood. which are required at all times on and off the
Against Drunk Driving and Designated There were two Soldiers inside the car. installation. The driver was laid out on the
Drivers of Colorado Springs. The driver was conscious and the passenger street, her life expired, and the passenger was
When Soldiers arrived at the event, the was deceased. There were two Soldiers on the up against the car.
collision had already occurred. Beer cans motorcycle. Neither of them were wearing A mock 911 call was played over the sound
littered the street and the Soldiers involved in helmets or their proper protective equipment,
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Commander’s Column Company have worked hard to

Lt. Col. Todd Bertulis, commander
204th Brigade Support Battalion
Greetings from the 204th
Brigade Support Battalion. On
behalf of Command Sgt. Maj.
Scott Dugan and the rest of
the Rough Rider family, I want
to thank the entire Warhorse
Brigade for its support, teamwork
and friendship.
As we move past reset and
look towards gunnery and our
collective training plans, rest
assured that the Rough Rider team
stands ready to provide world-
class, offensive sustainment
support to the Warhorse team. I
can say that with confidence after
watching each of our companies
re-establish garrison systems,
develop leaders and execute
realistic training over the past
100-plus days.
The battalion staff and
Headquarters and Headquarters
establish the battalion Tactical
Operations Center. Using leader
development sessions, fielding
teams and mobile training teams,
the battalion executive officer and
support operations officer have
led the way to ensure the 204th
BSB will be able to communicate
with our Warhorse teammates
and effectively command and
control sustainment operations.
Alpha Company continues
to train for its transportation
responsibilities with driver’s
training, fuel handler’s training
and aerial resupply planning.
In addition, Alpha Company
continues to operate a world-
class warehouse, ensuring timely
resupply to all supported units.
Bravo Company hones
its capabilities daily with
maintenance control systems
that ensure all jobs are managed
and closed out quickly.
Our commodity shops,
unscheduled maintenance and
service sections are operating
to standard and stand ready to
take on whatever comes their
way.
Charlie Company is the
premier medical company
in the Army. Setting the
example for all medical units
during reset, Charlie executed
a 100% reset of their medical
equipment sets and received
recognition from the Army’s
medical command for a
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Engineers qualify on demo range superbly executed operation. Recently,

the medics completed their Table 12
certifications. Now fully equipped with
ambulances and medical equipment sets,
Charlie Company remains focused on
providing the best medical support to
the Warhorse team.
Each forward support company has
taken advantage of the reset period to
conduct individual training, receive
critical pieces of support equipment, and
to establish garrison systems such that
they are poised to provide stellar support
as we enter the collective training phase.
The forward support companies are at
the tip of the sustainment spear and we
work closely with their command teams
to ensure that they have all that they need
in the areas of personnel, equipment and
training.
I am proud of the work that our
“Little Groups of Rough Riders” do each
day. As a brigade support battalion,
we look forward to enabling this great
(Photo by Spc. April York )
The Soldiers of Company C, 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Divi- brigade combat team to achieve all its
sion conducted a demo range to complete their weapons qualification March 17. The Soldiers reviewed goals. We are 204th – an elite, learning,
the appropriate methods for disarming and arming mines, discussed and practiced proper handling family-supported, steadfast and loyal
techniques of C-4 explosive, and conducted set up and detonation of claymore mines. Completing organization that stands ready to make
qualification allows engineers to rely on thier own skills during route clearance instead of having to fall
back on Eplosive Ordinance Disposal, said Maj. Emory, Company C commander. it happen!

1-67 Mock crash FRG Barbecue

In recognition of the great volunteers here
Continued from page 1 on Fort Carson, Army Community Services
system while Soldiers watched the Fort Carson will be hosting a volunteer barbecue on April
police and fire departments respond to the 20 from 11 am-1:30 pm at the ACS/Fort Car-
crash, as if it were real. son Commissary picnic area. Come out and
“It is a very traumatic experience. There is have a good time!
rarely a dry eye,” said Lt. Thomas Prayne, traffic
investigator supervisor for the Fort Carson
Police Department. This training is conducted
to stress to the troops the loss of life, he said.
Saving the life of even one person is very
important to Staff Sgt. Jennifer Person, lead
investigator on Fort Carson police traffic
investigation section, who is a victim herself of
a drunk driver.
“Just having one person stop and say ‘I’m
not going to do this tonight. I’m going to call
someone.’ That to me is everything,” Person (Photo by Spc. April York )
said. A Fort Carson Police Officer conducts sobriety
During the investigation of this accident tests on the driver involved in a mock crash to show
the consequences of drinking and driving March
police determined that the driver of the car had 18. Soldiers watched as first responders and other
been under the influence of alcohol and failed emergency personnel responded as if the accident
to stop at a stop sign. was real.
“We are only as good as the sum of our “I talk to the Soldiers of 1-67 on many
individual choices,” Simmering said. This one occasions. We are part of a team, and this team
Soldier’s bad decision ultimately changed the needs you to be there when the call finally
course of his life and the lives of others, he said. comes to serve,” Simmering said.
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2-8 change of command 3-16 preps for the field

(Photo by 2nd Lt. Jay Griffith ) (Photo by 2nd Lt. Eric Balish )

Capt. Adam Clements, Lt. Col. David Hardy, and Capt. Thomas Peabody stand
during the invocation given by Chaplain Capt. Kevin Peek at the change of
command ceremony for Company D, 2nd Bn., 8th Inf. Reg. Peaboyd is taking
over commnand and Clements is moving on. Peabody served with 2nd
Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Mosul,
Iraq from November 2006 to December 2007. After completing the Captains
Career Course in December 2009 he was stationed at Fort Carson.
Soldiers from Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment work
on a columnmeter, preparing for their field operations in April. While in
the field, Bravo Battery will train on accurate and timely first round fire for
effects, as well as work with 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment to sharpen
their skills in both receiving calls for fire and delivering fires. Bravo Battery
will be firing artillery rounds for the first time since returning from Iraq last
summer.

204th BSB Adopt-a-school program 2nd STB combatives

Story By Capt. Timothy Bushnell
204th Brigade Support Battalion
The 204th Brigade Support Battalion has
taken a special interest in the Adopt-A-School
program sponsored by Fort Carson. Battalion
Commander, Lt. Col. Todd Bertulis was
fortunate enough to have an incredibly close
relationship with his partnered school as a
company commander at Fort Hood, Texas- a
relationship that he would like to establish with
the Fountain Middle School here in Fountain.
This sentiment is reciprocated by Fountain
Middle School’s principal, Jan Keiley.
The two leaders have met twice in the last
couple of weeks to get to know one another.
The first meeting was at the Fountain Middle
School where counselor Katie Bittler gave
Bertulis a VIP tour of the facilities.
Looking at the gymnasium, Bertulis
remarked “I can see my battalion in formation
here with families and the school in attendance
conducting our color casing and deployment
ceremony.”
He met with Principal Keiley in her office
and the two discussed their vision of working
together. They both want to see Soldiers
involved in the school in after hour activities,
as well helping out in the classrooms. Bertulis
also wants to involve the school in ceremonies,
family readiness events and organizational
days.
On March 17, Principal Keiley and some of her
staff came to Fort Carson to attend the change
of command ceremony for Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 204th. Afterward,
Bertulis escorted them around the 204th
command area and introduced them to the
members of his staff. His vision is to treat the
school staff as an extension of the battalion,
much the same as Family Readiness Group
leaders. This program is undertaken with the
hope of increasing the feeling of camaraderie
between the staff of Fountain Middle School
and the 204th Battalion.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Gina Gairnese )
During the end of March, four Soldiers from Company
A, 2nd Special Troops Battalion, participated in Level
2 Post Combatives: SPC Kelly Killingsworth (above),
SPC Charlie Feliciano (above), SPC Kyle Davis and PFC
Patrick Savage. The course taught by Sgt. 1st Class
Vincent Miller. These Stalkers represented Company
A exceptionally well, and will soon be able to instruct
the rest of the company in all the techniques needed
for Level 1 Combatives certification.
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204th heads to Target for professional development

Story By Capt. Pamela Sprouse
204th Brigade Support Battalion
On March 18, a group of logistics officers
from 204th Brigade Support Battalion, traveled
to the Target Regional Distribution Center
in Pueblo for an off-site officer professional
development (OPD) event. The purpose of the
trip was for the 25 officers from the 204th BSB
to learn about the logistical systems utilized
by their civilian counterparts. In a brief four-
hour period, the officers from the 204th BSB
were able to learn about both the best logistics
practices and best leadership techniques of
their civilian counterparts.
Jake Fox, one of the Distribtution Center’s
Team Leaders, provided the opening brief to
the officers from the 204th BSB upon their
arrival at the facility. He gave a 30-minute
presentation on Target’s “command structure,”
showing how it mirrored the military
hierarchy in many ways. He explained that
the facility’s General Manger was equivalent
to a Battalion Commander and that each of
the Team Leaders performed duties similar
to Company Commanders. Team leaders are
responsible for being technically and tactically
competent in their assigned areas, for knowing
and counseling their subordinates, and for
204th logistic officers stand in front of Target Regional Distrubution Center in Pueblo, Colo. for an officer pro-
fessional development event March 18.
monitoring the effectiveness and efficiency of
their teams.
The Team Leaders also talked a great deal
about building culture within their teams in
which team members seek to work effectively
and efficiently, look for ways to help the
team accomplish its objectives, and make
safety consciousness an integral part of every
operation. Their description of this concept
was very similar to the culture that the 204th
BSB has been working to create. The 204th BSB
refers to this culture as “Little Groups of Rough
Riders” or LGORRs. LGORR culture involves
junior leaders and Soldiers who understand
(Photo by 1st Lt. Elizabeth Sebero )
the broader mission and are both willing and
able to operate independently to accomplish
that mission. It also refers to small groups
of Soldiers who look out for one another and
police their own ranks for safety violations.
The officers from the 204th BSB were able
to take away some key ideas from the Target
Team Leaders about how they could further
the development of LGORR culture within
their formations.

Chaplain’s Corner: sacrifice for others

This past week a day of tremendous
importance quietly passed us by. March 25
is a significant day in the calendar year for
Christians: it is the day of the Annunciation-
-when Gabriel asked Mary to become the
Mother of God and bring Jesus physically
into the world. Though few pregnancies go
exactly 9 months, March 25 is 9 months before
December 25--the day we celebrate the birth of
Christ!
The fact that this day is not long before Holy
Week reminds us that Jesus took a body in
order to become a sacrificial offering to God the
Father on our behalf. (1 Peter 2:24; Psalm 40:6-
8) He is the only person in the course of history
who was born to die--this was his purpose,
start to finish. For the Christian, following in
His footsteps, this is now our purpose as well!
(Romans 12:1-2; Galatians 2:20; 2 Corinthians
5:15; Luke 9:23)
Therefore do not cling to the things of this
world but be ready to lay them down and
sacrifice them in loving service of one another
in order to experience the true joy of the
Resurrection!
Chaplain Kevin Peek
2-8 IN Chaplain

Warhorse
Pride
Col. John Kolasheski.......................2nd BCT Commander
Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Barteau.....2nd BCT CSM
Lt. Col. Richard Stebbins................................2nd BCT PAO
2nd Lt. Christopher McMillan....................................Editor
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