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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