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Asian-Pacific
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Adaptive
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Water Fest canceled
Due to high water levels at Belton
Lake, Water Fest, originally sched-
uled for Saturday and Sunday, is
canceled.
American Dream U returning
American Dream U will conduct
a two-day event geared at assist-
ing transitioning Soldiers Friday-Sat-
urday at Fort Hood. The first day,
featuring world-class motivational
speakers and entrepreneurs, runs
from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday at Howze
Auditorium. Day 2, featuring classes
focused on successful job hunting
and resume techniques, runs from
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at the Oveta
Culp Hobby Soldier and Family Read-
iness Center.
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BY SGT. BRANDON BEDNAREK
210th FA Bde. Public Affairs
BY HEATHER GRAHAM-ASHLEY
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Photo by Sgt Brandon Bednarek, 210th FA Bde. Public Affairs
Lt. Col. Jonathan Velishka and Command Sgt. Maj. John Johnson, command
team for the 2-20th FA Regt., 1st Cav. DIVARTY, unfurl their unit colors May 27 at
the Carey Fitness Center on Camp Casey, South Korea.
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CAMP CASEY, South Korea —
Approximately 300 Soldiers from
2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery
Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
Artillery, landed at Osan Air Force
Base May 26 as part of the Army’s
restructuring of field artillery bri-
gades.
The Multiple Launch Rocket
System battalion, commanded by
Lt. Col. Jonathan Velishka and
based out of Fort Hood, is the
first rotational artillery unit to
arrive on the peninsula, and it
represents the military’s ongoing
commitment to the U.S.-Korea
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Music on the Lawn Friday
The Directorate of Family and
Morale, Welfare and Recreation is
hosting a summer concert series of
live music on select Fridays through
June, July and August on the lawn
beside Chili’s.
Bring lawn chairs, blankets and
the family for a variety of music
genres with the event lasting from
6:30-10 p.m. Bands will go on at
7:30 p.m., with disc jockeys filling
the gap for a social hour before
bands take the stage.
The Warhorses, a country
band, will be Friday’s featured
performance.
AAFES food trucks serving bever-
ages, barbecue, hot dogs, hamburg-
ers and more will be available at the
field. Prohibited items include pets,
glass containers and outside alcohol.
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Troopers of the 2nd Squadron,
38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th
Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
cased the unit’s colors Friday dur-
ing an inactivation ceremony on
West Fort Hood.
2-38 Cav. has a long history of
excellence, dating back to World
War II, before the war ended for
the unit and it was demobilized
in 1945. The squadron would not
be reactivated until June of 2010,
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Photos by Erin Rogers, Sentinel Staff
ABOVE, Lt. Col. John Cogbill, 2-38 Cav. Regt, commander, speaks during the
unit’s inactivation ceremony held Friday in front of the squadron’s headquarters.
RIGHT, Lt. Col. John Cogbill and Command Sgt. Maj. Lewis Bayles, 2-38 Cav.
Regt, command team, roll the unit’s colors and prepare to case them as Col.
Ryan Janovic, 504th BfSB commander, looks on during the 2-38 Cav. inactiva-
tion ceremony in front of the squadron’s headquarters Friday morning.
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in formation that seeing his unit go
away was incredibly frustrating.
“I took an oath, to uphold the
Constitution of the United States
and to defend this country. Once
you take an oath, it’s with you for
life - it doesn’t leave when you
retire or whatever the case may be.
You either die or it stays with you
until you do die,” Shehab said.
“Now, this regiment, this squad-
ron, has been honed, trained, disci-
plined, ready to defend this nation
- that’s why we exist. And I’ll tell
you, it’s a pity that we have to case
Photo by Heather Graham-Ashley, Sentinel News Editor
Taya Kyle writes a personalized note on her book, “American Wife,” for Andrew
and Jen Brazee Saturday at the Clear Creek Main Store.
when it began another round of
significant contributions to the
military, and to America as a whole.
Col. Ryan Janovic, 504th BfSB
commander, was the first to speak
at the ceremony and credited the
unit’s recent accomplishments to
the efforts of the 2-38 command
team, Lt. Col. John Cogbill and
Command Sgt. Maj. Lewis Bayles.
“(Cogbill and Bayles) forged a
cohesive outfit, deployed it, ...
built coalition partnerships in
a way that few could have, and
all the while amassed a warrior
the colors.
“The country needs people like
you,” he added.
Shehab was sentimental about
his time in the unit during the
‘40s, and as Cogbill took the podi-
um, he made it clear that he shared
similar sentiments about the unit,
71 years later.
“This morning we cased our col-
ors, and we prepare to ship them
off to the Center of Military His-
tory for safekeeping ...” he said.
Fort Hood’s Clear Creek Main
Store hosted Taya Kyle for a book
signing Saturday.
Taya, widow of “American
Sniper” Chris Kyle, was at Fort
Hood to sign copies of her book,
“American Wife,” and thank ser-
vice members and their Families.
Chris Kyle, considered Ameri-
ca’s most lethal sniper, was mur-
dered, along with a friend, in
February 2013 at a shooting range
in Erath County.
The Fort Hood visit was the
first stop at a military installation
on her book tour that began May
4.
Approximately 600 people
attended the book-signing event
alliance, said Col. Michael Law-
son, commander of 210th Field
Artillery Brigade, 2nd Infantry
Division.
“I had the opportunity, on their
arrival, to greet each Soldier as
they came off the aircraft at Osan,
and it was very rewarding for me
to see the excitement in their
eyes,” Lawson said. “The ‘Deep
Strike’ Battalion is well-trained,
superbly led, and I’m very excited
to have them in the brigade.”
Announcement of the unit’s
nine-month rotation was approved
by Secretary of Defense Ash Cart-
er and made public in March
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spirit in the hearts of the men
women before you,” he said. “This
is unsurpassed in our Army; there
are other units as good, but there
are none finer.”
Retired Lt. Col. Alfred Shehab,
the honorary colonel of the 38th
Cav. Regt., began his time in the
service in August of 1942 as a sec-
ond lieutenant in the U.S. Cavalry.
Shehab was part of the unit during
WWII, when the squadron earned
the nickname, “The Lucky 38th.”
He attended the ceremony Friday
and he told the guests and troops
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where Taya signed about 400 cop-
ies of books, mostly “American
Wife,” but also the two written
by her late husband, as well as the
movie, “American Sniper,” Tere-
sa Pain, sales and merchandise
manager, Clear Creek Main Store,
said.
The event, which was scheduled
1-4 p.m., was extended to ensure
Taya was able to sign for everyone
there and personally thank each
person for their support and ser-
vice.
“She wanted to make sure every
book was signed,” Pain said, add-
ing that as she was leaving, Taya
stopped to sign and chat with
another Family member.
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