Beast Report BRAVO 106TH FMSU INSIDE THIS ISSUE COMMANDER’S CORNER / DET SGT’S CORNER 1 EASTER 2 EARTH DAY 3 THE DAILY BEAST 4 FOR THE HOME 5 LENDING A HAND 6 BATTALION RUN 7 CLS CLASS 8 CALENDAR EVENTS 9 Volume 3, Issue 4 APRIL2014 Greetings Beasts! The old saying goes “April showers bring May flowers” comes to us this year with a slight twist as the weather so far this month has been extraor- dinary! Ensure you and your families take time out of the busy work week to enjoy the nice weather that spring has bestowed upon us. The spring/summer sea- son is rich with travel opportunities, whether you are staying local or visiting one of the many beautiful loca- tions in neighboring countries. As always, be safe and travel with a plan. Training this month will build upon previous lessons learned in efforts to prepare us for our upcoming Detachment FTX and FMSU VBS2 Convoy Ex- ercise, where your financial management, survivability, and leadership skills will be tested to the max. Remem- ber, this month is the Month of the Military Child. Be sure to kiss and hug your children, for they too serve their country by supporting YOU! This is the season also for outdoor sports, so be sure to stretch properly and warm up before your competitive endeavors. Get out and bike ride, run, swim, and have fun. And most impor- tantly, BE SAFE!! Bravo Beasts started out this month by volunteering with the Red Cross to collect blood donations in the Kaiserslautern area. One pint of blood can save up to three lives. Great Job Soldiers! Lets continue saving lives and spirits by arming ourselves with the power of knowledge. April is Sexual As- sault Awareness month; we conducted a “Ready Strong” run in support of Sexual Assault awareness with the 21st TSC at Rhine Ordnance Barracks. There is zero tolerance for sexual assault; the guidance given by Chief of Staff, Gen Odierno is that we will prevent sexual assault from occurring, we are professional as we will conduct ourselves as such! Sexual assault threatens the integrity, mission readiness and moral of the Army. Everyone play a role in the fight against sex- ual harassment and sexual assault. We must speak up and look out for one another. As a leader it is your responsibil- ity to ensure your Soldiers have the tools and know the nec- essary steps to take if they or a battle buddy get harassed or sexually assaulted. Let’s be proactive and not reactive. Commander’s Corner Detachment Sergeant’s Corner
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Beast Report B RAVO 1 06 TH F MSU
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
COMMANDER’S
CORNER / DET SGT’S
CORNER
1
EASTER 2
EARTH DAY 3
THE DAILY BEAST 4
FOR THE HOME 5
LENDING A HAND 6
BATTALION RUN 7
CLS CLASS 8
CALENDAR EVENTS 9
Volume 3, Issue 4 APRIL2014
Greetings Beasts! The old saying goes “April showers bring May flowers” comes to us this year with a slight twist as the weather so far this month has been extraor-dinary! Ensure you and your families take time out of the busy work week to enjoy the nice weather that spring has bestowed upon us. The spring/summer sea-son is rich with travel opportunities, whether you are staying local or visiting one of the many beautiful loca-tions in neighboring countries. As always, be safe and travel with a plan. Training this month will build upon previous lessons learned in efforts to prepare us for our upcoming Detachment FTX and FMSU VBS2 Convoy Ex-ercise, where your financial management, survivability, and leadership skills will be tested to the max. Remem-ber, this month is the Month of the Military Child. Be sure to kiss and hug your children, for they too serve their country by supporting YOU! This is the season also for outdoor sports, so be sure to stretch properly and warm up before your competitive endeavors. Get out and bike ride, run, swim, and have fun. And most impor-tantly, BE SAFE!!
Bravo Beasts started out this month by volunteering with the
Red Cross to collect blood donations in the Kaiserslautern
area. One pint of blood can save up to three lives. Great
Job Soldiers! Lets continue saving lives and spirits by arming
ourselves with the power of knowledge. April is Sexual As-
sault Awareness month; we conducted a “Ready Strong” run
in support of Sexual Assault awareness with the 21st TSC at
Rhine Ordnance Barracks. There is zero tolerance for sexual
assault; the guidance given by Chief of Staff, Gen Odierno
is that we will prevent sexual assault from occurring, we are
professional as we will conduct ourselves as such! Sexual
assault threatens the integrity, mission readiness and moral
of the Army. Everyone play a role in the fight against sex-
ual harassment and sexual assault. We must speak up and
look out for one another. As a leader it is your responsibil-
ity to ensure your Soldiers have the tools and know the nec-
essary steps to take if they or a battle buddy get harassed
or sexually assaulted. Let’s be proactive and not reactive.
Commander’s Corner
Detachment Sergeant’s Corner
EASTER
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Which came first: The rabbit or the egg? The Easter bunny was
reportedly introduced to America by German immigrants with
“tails” of an egg-laying rabbit. In the early 1700’s, in Pennsyl-
vania, German immigrants spread their traditional story of the
rabbit who laid eggs, called “Osterhase”. The children built nests
around the yard for the rabbit to lay its colorful eggs. Some-
times they even left carrots about, in case it got hungry.
Decorating eggs for Easter dates back to the 13th century. Once
a forbidden food during the Lenten season, people would paint
and decorate the eggs to mark the end of the period of penance
and fasting, and then eat them on Easter as a celebration.
Join Bravo Detachment on this Thursday, 17
April 2014, at 1500, for a family gathering to
celebrate Easter. We will be hosting events
such as face painting, races, and of course an
egg hunt!
APRIL EARTH DAY By PFC Nalukwago
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The theme for this month is
Earth day. Each year, Earth Day April 22 marks the anniversary of
what many consider the birth of the modern environmental move-
ment in 1970. Earth Day Net-work launched the Green Cities
campaign in the fall of 2013 to help cities around the world be-
come more sustainable and re-duce their carbon footprint. Fo-
cused on three key elements – buildings, energy, and transpor-
tation – the campaign aims to help cities accelerate their transi-
tion to a cleaner, healthier, and
more economically viable future through improvements in efficiency, investments in renewable technol-
ogy, and regulation reform. Leaving in Germany, we are always told to conserve as much energy as we can through recycling, turning off the
lights if we are not using the room. Small acts like these help in pre-serving our environment for future generation.
Another theme for this month is volunteering. It is always good
to give back to the community. It is not necessary through monetary form . You can give back to the community by giving blood, helping out
someone with their groceries ,or picking up trash . W e have different organizations that you can work with like the Red Cross, BOSS, and
USO. For the Bravo Beasts, they have demonstrated their volunteer spirit by working with the Red Cross to organize a blood drive on the
9th of April. GO BEASTS!!
The lent season is coming to an end and Easter is around the corner. For Christians , they commemorate the death and resurrection
of Jesus Christ. He died on the cross for the sins of man. It is a time to spend with loved ones and to give back to the community just like the
gift Jesus gave to us by dying on the cross.
The Daily Beast Photos by PFC Nalukwago
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Bravo gets together to wel-
come PFC Gwyn and his wife
to the Bravo Family
SGT Willis says a few words of welcome for
PFC Gwyn
SPC Bae promotes the blood drive at
Kleber Gym
Knight’s Activities for Bravo
CPT Burgett inspects SGT Williams
during Knight’s Activities
No one escapes...
CSM Moore conducts safety brief
after the 16th STB run
SPC Attia, hard at work?
PFC Shafer, PFC Komso, and PFC Mar-
tinez above, in Kuwait.
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EASTER CARROT CAKE By PVT Zayas
4 eggs
1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 cups grated carrots
1 cup chopp3ed pecans
1/2 cub butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (for icing)
1 cup chopped pecans (if desired)
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. 2. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, white sugar and 2 tea-spoons vanilla. Mix in flour, bak-ing soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in carrots.
Fold in pecans. Pour into pre-pared pan. 3. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cen-ter of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. 4. To Make Frosting: In a me-
dium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Stir in chopped pe-cans. Frost the cooled cake.
ORIGINAL RECIPE MAKES 1 9X13 IN CAKE
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Lending A Hand at Landstuhl By PFC Gwyn
SPC Bae, PFC Gwyn, and PFC Carreon set up equipment
I had a great time helping out
the staff set up for their upcom-
ing events at Landstuhl Elemen-
tary School. As a person it al-
ways feels good to give back to
the community, which is one of
our seven army values, selfless
service. Going to the elementary
school hit right at home for me
because I have two younger sib-
lings, both still in grade school
themselves. It just reminded me
how much I missed them and
how it would feel to be doing the
exact same thing in our commu-
nity back at home. The military
is a family as a whole, and when
we all have loved ones down
range because duty calls it’s always good to know you have other service
members back on the home front to get things done. I’m sure the kids had
a great time at the event and I feel proud to have been a part of the mis-
sion.
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16TH SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION RUN By PFC Carreon
It was a great experience to run in Baumholder, during the Battalion
run with my battle buddies from our Detachment, as well as those
from Headquarters. One of the more motivating experiences of the
run was carrying the Bravo Guidon. Being in front of the formation
and behind the commander was thrilling because I had to keep my
pace and not give up, and to not go too far ahead of the formation.
Even though the trip was long, once we got there everyone was
awake and ready to roll and performed better than many other units
who also participated in the run. One of my favorite parts was eating
breakfast because it was much better than usual due to it being well
deserved.
Overall the Battalion run at Baumholder was a good trip, a nice ex-