C BTRY, 1-38 FA FAMILY READINESS GROUP
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST:
Save some cash in 2011!
Opportunities to show off your Snowboarding / Skiing skills
Holiday Party Highlights
Read up on some Red Leg Legends!
Learn a little more Korean this month
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From the Commanderand battalion Holiday parties and even made room for the big guy in the red suit (a.k.a. SSG Smith) to pay us all a visit. Through some generous contributions from our Soldiers, we were able to purchase some Christmas presents for a young orphan boy in the local community and treat him to a hearty meal. We were even entertained by the ever so lovely Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders (I’m a Redskins fan, so I could not go) and the U.S. Army Soldiers’ Show.
Dear Steel Rain Family, Happy New Years! The Steel Rain Battery had an exciting and very unpredictable December in the Land of Morning Calm. If you watched any news, then you saw North Korea getting a bit unruly and threatening an all out attack on South Korea. Shortly thereafter, you saw North Korea change its position and back down from its hard line stance. What you may have missed on the news was the fact that the Steel Rain Battery and the rest of the 210th Fires Brigade stood up and loudly proclaimed that any attacks on the people of South Korea would not be tolerated. You can be proud knowing that your Steel Rain Soldiers were responsible for deterring North Korean aggression and ensuring the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula remained intact.
So another year is upon us as we welcome in 2011. I hope you all had a safe and happy holiday season and that the new year brings you love, joy, happiness, and fortune. CPT Maull Steel Rain 6
With all of that excitement, we still found the time to have enjoy the holiday season and have a little fun. We enjoyed battery
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STEEL Events & Holidays
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Ways to Stay Active this Winter Gangchon Resort Ski Trip Saturday, Jan 22nd Bus leaves at 7:20am from Casey CAC. Transportation Fee: $25 Adult Rental Fees: Bear Town Ski Resort in Pocheon and has 11 slopes and 8 lifts for all skill levels!
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Lift only: 40,000 won
Lift & Ski/board: 52,000 won
Snow Suit: 10,000 won
Bear Town Park Ski Trips Saturday, Feb 5th & 19th Kon-Jiam Resort Ski Trip Saturday, Feb 12th Mountain Bikes for rent! Bike and helmet is $12 per day. Call the CAC for more info: 730-4601
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Fitness Clinic/ Expo Saturday, Jan 22nd @ 9:00am Carey Gym Wrestling Competition February 12th @ 10:00am Stanley Gym
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STEEL Events & Holidays 2 FEB: BN NEO Class
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4 FEB : Lunar New Year & Tentative BN Valentine’s Themed Fundraiser @ the PX
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14 FEB: Thunder Family Day 15 FEB: ROK Monthly Civil Defense Drill at 2:00pm for about 20 minutes. 17 FEB: Tentative trip to tour the ROK Navel Ship, the Cheonan
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Steel Rain Birthdays! Happy Belated Birthday to: PFC Copeland: Jan 1st
January Birthdays: SSG Parham: Jan 20th
February Birthdays: Eden Willard turns 1 on Feb 5th!
Skyler Carballo turned 10 on Jan 3rd!
PV2 Tak: Jan 20th
PFC Timmons: Jan 3rd
PV2 Graham: Jan 22nd
SGT Sherburn: Jan 10th
William Juntti turns 14 on Jan 22rd!
PFC Ochoa: Feb 14th
Mrs. Arlene Rigsby: Jan 24th
JaQuan Jones turns 3 on Feb 18th!
Mrs. Bonnie Davies: Jan 28th
Mrs. Nichole Ayres: Feb 20th
SPC Pollard: Jan 12th PV2 Renner: Jan 17th Jayden Davies turned 3 on Jan 18th!
PFC Hurtado: Feb 6th SPC Crissinger: Feb 8th
SFC Allen: Feb 21st Caitlin Juntti turns 9 on Feb 22nd Johnathan Putnam turns 12 on Feb 22rd
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SHOUT OUTS! Congratulations to PFC Koh who was promoted on January 1st!
Thank your for all your hard work and best of luck in the future!
And we say farewell to the following Soldiers:
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PFC Crooms PFC Osborne PFC Padgett
Stretch Your Dollar Here are 10 ways you can 3. Plan menus then make stretch your dollar and save a shopping list. some case for the things you 4. Carpool. really want this year! 5. Run dishwasher/washer 1. Pack your own lunch and only when there is a full snacks. This is not only load (or wash by hand). healthier but a money 6. Buy the economy size saver! and repackage. 2. Unplug unused appliances.
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Tips to Increase Your Savings in 2011 Do you have an empty savings account? Did you know that money in your savings account will grow from the interest earned on the principal? And the more money you have in your savings the more interest you can earn. Here are some tips to in-
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6. Determine your savings goals. Pay yourself first each 7. month Use allotments. Keep your loose change 8. or put away your dollar bills. Put bonus income in your savings.
Evaluate your budget and see where you can save. Shop around for the best interest rate. Save the lunch money you would have spent.
Steel Rain Holiday Party Highlights!
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The Legend of St. Barbara “According to legend, Saint Barbara was the extremely beautiful daughter of a wealthy heathen named Dioscorus, who lived near Nicomedia in Asia Minor. Because of her singular beauty and fearful that she be demanded in marriage and taken away from him, he jealously shut her up in a tower to protect her from the outside world. Shortly before embarking on a journey, he commissioned a sumptuous bathhouse to be built for her, approving the design before he departed. Barbara had heard of the teachings of Christ, and while her father was gone spent much time in contemplation. From the windows of her tower she looked out upon the surrounding countryside and marveled at the growing things; the trees, the animals and the people. She decided that all these must be part of a master plan, and that the idols of wood and stone worshipped by her parents must be condemned as false. Gradually she came to accept the Christian faith. As her belief became firm, she directed that the builders redesign the bathhouse her father had planned, adding another window so that the three windows might symbolize the Holy Trinity.
“The order links field artillerymen of the past and present in a brotherhood of professionalism, selfless service and sacrifice symbolized by Saint Barbara.”
When her father returned, he was enraged at the changes and infuriated when Barbara acknowledged that she was a Christian. He dragged her before the perfect of the province, who decreed that she be tortured and put to death by beheading. Dioscorus himself carried out the death sentence. On his way home he was struck by lightning and his body consumed. Saint Barbara lived and died about the year 300 A.D. She was venerated as early as the seventh century. The legend of the lightning bolt which struck down her persecutor caused her to be regarded as the patron saint in time of danger from thunderstorms, fires and sudden death. When gunpowder made its appearance in the Western world, Saint Barbara was invoked for aid against accidents resulting from explosions--since some of the earlier artillery pieces often blew up instead of firing their projectile, Saint Barbara became the patroness of the artillerymen. Saint Barbara is usually represented standing by a tower with three windows, carrying the palm of a martyr in her hand. Often, too, she holds a chalice and a sacramental wafer and sometimes cannon are displayed near her. In the present calendars, the feast of Saint Barbara falls on December 4th and is traditionally recognized by a formal military dinner, often involving presentation of the Order of Saint Barbara. The Order of Saint Barbara is an honorary military society of the United States Field Artillery. Both U.S. Marine and Army field artillery along with their military and civilian supporters are eligible for membership. The order is managed by the U.S. Field Artillery Association and two levels of recognition exist. The most distinguished level is the Ancient Order of Saint Barbara and those who are selected for this honor have achieved long-term, exceptional service to the field artillery surpassing even their brethren in the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara. “ *
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The Story of Molly Pitcher “An Artillery wife, Mary Hays McCauly (better known as Molly Pitcher) shared the rigors of Valley Forge with her husband, William Hays. Her actions during the battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778 became legendary. That day at Monmouth was as hot as Valley Forge was cold. Someone had to cool the hot guns and bathe parched throats with water. Across that bullet-swept ground, a striped skirt fluttered. Mary Hays McCauly was earning her nickname "Molly Pitcher" by bringing pitcher after pitcher of cool spring water to the exhausted and thirsty men. She also tended to the wounded and once, heaving a crippled Continental soldier up on her strong young back, carried him out of reach of hardcharging Britishers. On her next trip with water, she found her artilleryman husband back with the guns again, replacing a casualty. While she watched, Hays fell wounded. The piece, its crew too depleted to serve it, was about to be withdrawn. Without hesitation, Molly stepped forward and took the rammer staff from her fallen husband’s hands. For the second time on an American battlefield, a woman manned a gun. (The first was Margaret Corbin during the defense of Fort Washington in 1776.) Resolutely, she stayed at her post in the face of heavy enemy fire, ably acting as a matross (gunner). For her heroic role, General Washington himself issued her a warrant as a noncommissioned officer. Thereafter, she was widely hailed as "Sergeant Molly." A flagstaff and cannon stand at her gravesite at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. A sculpture on the battle monument commemorates her courageous deed.”*
Molly Pitcher’s Monument presently guards the Old Carlisle Cemetery in Pennsylvania. * From http://www.landscaper.net/artylgnd.htm
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We hope that all of our Steel Family had a great start to the new year! If there is anything that you would like to see in the next addition of the Steel Rain News please feel free to contact us at: nikkay08@yahoo.com Www.facebook.com/steelrainbattery A huge thank you to SPC Cardoza for always sending any information I end up requesting for this! You are awesome! V/R, Nikki Ayres & Tierra Maull Your C BTRY FRG Leaders
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This Month’s Korean Lesson Here are some helpful Korean phrases you should learn to ease your traveling around the ROK! Yes: Ne (nay) or Yes, thats right: Ne, majayo (nay, mah-jah-yoh)
hahm-nee-dah) What is the price? Kapshi olma jiyo (kop-she ohl-mah jee-yoh?) Do you speak English? Yong-O haseyo? (yuhng-an hah-say-yoh?)
Please call a taxi for me: Taekshi-rul pullo chushio (tahk-she-ruhl puhl-yoh chuu-she-oh) left: wentchogui (went-johg-we) right: oruntchogui (oh-ruhnt-johg-we)
No: A-ni-o
straight: ttokparum (toke-pah-ruhm)
Thank you (general): Kamsahamnida (Kam-saham-ni-da)
Where is the subway station? Chihachol yok-i odiso yo? (jee-hah-chuhl yuhk-ee ah-deesuh yoh?)
Your Welcome: Chon maneyo (chone mahn-ehyoh)
Do you have a menu in English? Yong-o-ro doen menu issoyo? (Yung-uu-roh doh-en menyuu ee-suh-yoh?)
Please Take Me There: Ka juseyo (kah juu-sayyoh)
Cheers! Konbae! (Kom-bay!) Excuse Me: Mian hamnida (me-ahn hahm-needah) I'm Sorry: Choe song hamnida (cho-eh soong
Gyeongbok Palace, Seoul