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Alpha Company Award Ceremony - 04OCT2020
Reported By RET C.Brock
On Sunday, October 4, Major John LaFlash presided over the Alpha Company Award Ceremony at Bushlurker FOB. Occurring monthly, the Ceremony is held to recognize the achievements of the Soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division Realism Gaming Unit.
Notes for October:
Third Quarter Soldier of the Quarter: Sergeant Eric Abel
Second Squad Leader Sergeant Gregoire is moving to 68W Platoon Medic
Second Squad, Alpha Fireteam Leader Sergeant Grigorov is moving to Second Squad Leader
Land Navigation Course, 8th October at 2000Hrs EST
Combat Lifesavers Course, 15th at 2000Hrs EST
Air Assault School, 24th October at 1730Hrs EST
This month, Major LaFlash recognizes...
The following Soldiers were promoted to:
E-3 Private First ClassPrivate First Class Roger Mullins
Private First Class Jeremy Nichols
E-4B Specialist
Specialist Clifford Simpkins
E-4A Corporal
Corporal Brendan Moose
Corporal James Kiheri
E-5 Sergeant
Sergeant Eric Abel
Sergeant Giancarlo Tucci
E-6 Staff SergeantStaff Sergeant Christoph Brock
The following Soldiers were awarded:
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, MOVSM
Humanitarian Service Medal, HSM
Second Lieutenant Bailey Lambert
Armed Forces Service Medal, AFSM
Warrant Officer 1 Ryan Stricklin
Staff Sergeant Jannes Drake
Corporal Dominik Toplak
National Defense Service Medal, NDSM
Private Second Class Mac Blaser
Good Conduct Medal, GCM
Major John LaFlash
Second Lieutenant Bailey Lambert
Staff Sergeant Christoph Brock
Sergeant David Skenlar
Sergeant Kalin Grigorov
Sergeant Eric Abel
Sergeant Giancarlo Tucci
Corporal Dominik Toplak
Corporal Brendan Moose
Specialist Luke VanDenburgh
Specialist Joshua Sanders
Specialist John Purdy
Specialist Clifford Simpkins
Army Achievement Medal, AAM
Sergeant Daniel Shade
Sergeant Giancarlo Tucci
Corporal Dominik Toplak
Corporal James Kiheri
Corporal Brendan Moose
Specialist Kyle Skitz
Specialist Alex Cruze
Private First Class Roger Mullins
Joint Service Achievement Medal, JSAM
Corporal Brendan Moose
Corporal James Kiheri
Specialist Luke VanDenburgh
Specialist John Purdy
Joint Service Commendation Medal, JSCM
Corporal Dominik Toplak
Combat Infantry Badge, CIB (Stage 1)
Private First Class Steve Klein
Private Second Class Giancarlo Orsini
Private Second Class Jorge Gomez
Private Second Class Logan Ven
Basic Parachutist Badge
Specialist Anthony Sam
Specialist Kyle Skitz
Specialist Michael Luckie
Private First Class Roger Mullins
French Fourragere
Specialist Kyle Skitz
Soldier’s Medal, SM (Soldier of the Quarter)
Sergeant Eric Abel
In closing, Major LaFlash spoke about the changes coming to 3rdID in the next few months, including the upcoming Uniform update, the new Steam Workshop modpack, and the transition of Sergeant Gregoire to Platoon Medic and Sergeant Grigorov to Second Squad Leader.
He ended with this: “We’re continuing to do outstanding in Operation Thin Ice. We have the plan of drawing back, so we have some pretty good combat missions coming up here. We’ve just got a lot of things going on here, and it’s going to be a fun fall.”
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