1 Volume 1, Issue 1 The Goldminer The Goldminer 749th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion Upcoming Events: 10 –12 SEPT Drill 12 SEPT YELLOW RIBBON EVENT 12 OCT DRILL/AT (PLEASE SEE DRILL SECTION) 12 OCT-6 NOV CAMP ROBERTS 12 NOV Farewell Ceremony 13 NOV TVL FT HOOD 13 NOV-17 DEC FT HOOD 17 DEC FLY TO KUWAIT The 749th CSSB, formerly the 749th Maintenance battalion, is one of the few remaining units in the CAARNG that can trace its lineage back to when it was part of the old 49th In- fantry Division. This division, also known as the "49er divi- sion" had a Gold-miner pan- ning for gold on its shoulder patch and unit flags. This im- age represented the Gold Rush history of Northern California. The Goldminer logo and the nickname Goldminers connects the battalion to its past service with the 49th Infantry Division as well as the California Gold rush days. Welcome to the New BN Newsletter! 1st Quarter FY2011 Inside This Issue: Commander & CSM 2 Chaplain Corner 2 Welcome to 749TH! 2 Yellow Ribbon Event 3 Congratulations! 3 749TH Readiness 4 Family Readiness Group 4 Snapshot Soldier 5 Training Pics 6 Birthdays 6 “The Lifeline of Battle” WANTED : Your pictures! Please send any pictures you take during training to [email protected]Training….. Training….. and you got it - more training! We have been spending a lot of time at the Camp Roberts Training Area; a former U.S. Army base in central California, which sits on both sides of the Salinas River in Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties and is named after Harold W. Roberts, a World War I Medal of Honor recipient. It is here that we have training for deployment. Camp Roberts provided Combat Lifesaver (CLS), Driver, Radio Communications, Combative, Anti-terrorism, Rollover and Weapons Training during T4T for 38 of the 78 Service Members preparing to Mobilize to Iraq. This set the stage for Annual Training (AT) 6 August-27 August where the remaining Ser- vice Members had the opportunity to train. During this 3 week AT, those Soldiers that trained in July will have the opportunity to set- tle into their new sections for deployment. All troops will be returning to Camp Roberts in October for a second 3 week AT coupled with an adjoining drill totaling nearly 4 weeks of training prior to their movement to Ft. Hood. With 100% success in training the troops, the 749TH CSSB will be Army Strong once they hit the sandbox in December in order to sup- port Operation New Dawn.
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Volume 1, Issue 1
The GoldminerThe Goldminer
749th Combat Susta inment Support Batta l ion
Upcoming Events:
10 –12 SEPT Drill
12 SEPT YELLOW
RIBBON EVENT
12 OCT DRILL/AT
(PLEASE SEE DRILL
SECTION)
12 OCT-6 NOV CAMP
ROBERTS
12 NOV Farewell Ceremony
13 NOV TVL FT HOOD
13 NOV-17 DEC FT HOOD
17 DEC FLY TO KUWAIT
The 749th CSSB, formerly the
749th Maintenance battalion,
is one of the few remaining
units in the CAARNG that can
trace its lineage back to when
it was part of the old 49th In-
fantry Division. This division,
also known as the "49er divi-
sion" had a Gold-miner pan-
ning for gold on its shoulder
patch and unit flags. This im-
age represented the Gold Rush
history of Northern California.
The Goldminer logo and the nickname Goldminers connects the battalion to
its past service with the 49th Infantry Division as well as the California Gold
rush days.
Welcome to the New BN Newsletter! 1st Quarter FY2011
Inside This Issue:
Commander & CSM 2
Chaplain Corner 2
Welcome to 749TH! 2
Yellow Ribbon Event 3
Congratulations! 3
749TH Readiness 4
Family Readiness Group 4
Snapshot Soldier 5
Training Pics 6
Birthdays 6
“The Life l ine o f Batt le”
WANTED: Your pictures! Please send any pictures you take