D Company, 3-509 ABNFamily Readiness Group

19 April, 2006

Timeline

• 1830-1840: Introductions

• 1840-1850: Calendar Highlights

• 1850-1905: Benefits during deployment

• 1905-1915: Questions

• 1915-1930: Wives’ Huddle– Updates– Ensure contact information is correct

Purpose

• Reestablish lines of communication

• Confirm/Deny contact information

• Provide key information– Training Calendars (in packet)– Calendar Highlights– Deployment Benefits

• Wives’ Huddle

Faces with Names

• Introductions– Names, Platoon, kid’s names, etc

• New additions to the D Co Family

Calendar Highlights

• Good News– Comp Days (this week, 6-10 March)– Block Leave (during June, approx 2.5-3

weeks)– Opportunity Leave (September)

Calendar Highlights

• Deployments– 20 February -3 March: FWA Deployment– 3 April – 12 April: FGA Deployment– 25 April – 6 May: BDE FTX– 16 June – 29 June: QRF Assumption– August: JRTC Deployment– October: BDE Deployment sequence

D Company Training Calendar (April)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat/Sun

Week 27

3 4 5 6 7 8/9

Week 28

10 11 12 13 14 15/16

Week 29

17 18 19 20 21 22/23

Week 30

24 25 26 27 28 29/30

Week 31

1 May 2 3 4 5 6/7

D CO Deployment to BDE FTX (Depart 24 and 25 April)

D CO Deployment to FGA (Return 6 May)

DAY OFF

D Company Training Calendar (May)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat/Sun

Week 32

8 9 10 11 12 13/14

Week 33

15 16 17 18 19 20/21

Week 34

22 23 24 25 26 27/28

Week 35

29 30 31

Night Operations in Anchorage, 1 PLT out per night

Professional Development Week (Home every night)

D CO Recovery Week (Home every night)

ABN OP

DAY OFF D CO Recovery Week (Home every night)

DAY OFF

DAY OFF

D Company Training Calendar (June)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat/Sun

Week 35

1 2 3/4

Week 36

5 6 7 8 9 10/11

Week 37

12 13 14 15 16 17/18

Week 38

19 20 21 22 23 24/25

Week 39

26 27 28 29 30

Professional Development Week cont.

D Co Mounted Training (home every night)

Heavy Weapons Week (home every night)

Block Leave Prep Week BLK LVE begins 30 June

Marksmanship Week (Home every night) 30 mile RoadMarch

D Company Training Calendar (July)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat/Sun

Week 40

3 4 5 6 7 8/9

Week 41

10 11 12 13 14 15/16

Week 42

17 18 19 20 21 22/23

Week 43

24 25 26 27 28 29/30

Week 44

31

Recovery/Prep

BLK LVE begins 30 June ends 18 July

BLK LVE begins 30 June ends 18 July

BLK LVE begins 30 June ends 18 July

Night Urban Convoy Operations (home 4 for 5 nights)

Prep for Deployment to JRTC

D Company Training Calendar (August)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat/Sun

Week 45

1 2 3 4 5/6

Week 46

7 8 9 10 11 12/13

Week 47

14 15 16 17 18 19/20

Week 48

21 22 23 24 25 26/27

Week 49

28 29 30 31 1 2/3

Depart FRA 4 AUG Jump into JRTC 5 AUG

D CO Deployment to JRTC Fort Polk, LA (Return 27 – 31 AUG)

D CO Deployment to JRTC Fort Polk, LA (Return 27 – 31 AUG)

D CO Deployment to JRTC Fort Polk, LA (Return 27 – 31 AUG)

D CO Deployment to JRTC Fort Polk, LA (Return 27 – 31 AUG)

Labor Day Weekend

Recovery/Prep

D Company Training Calendar (September)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat/Sun

Week 46

4 5 6 7 8 9/10

Week 47

11 12 13 14 15 16/17

Week 48

18 19 20 21 22 23/24

Week 49

25 26 27 28 29 30

D CO Marksmanship

Labor Day Weekend

Opportunity Leave begins 5 September and ends 12 September

Opportunity Leave Recovery/Prep Day Off

Day Off

Barracks Close OUT

Upcoming FRG (BDE)Events

• 22 February: Legal/Admin Brief • 7 & 15 March: Personal and Family Readiness,

Stress Management/Effects on Families • 6 & 23 April: Emergencies, Casualty, Medical,

and Financial Management • 9 & 23 May: Rear D Operations, Safety,

Security, and Deployment Brief• 13 & 27 June: Requested Topics• 6 & 25 July: Requested Topics

Upcoming FRG (CO)Events

• TBD: Next CO FRG Meeting

• Late July: CO FRG Meeting, prep for JRTC

• Post JRTC: Expect FRG Meetings/Training to intensify

Deployment Benefits

Key Information

• Dog Company Calendar– Know the Highlights

• Battalion Calendar• Wives Phone Roster• Key Phone Numbers

– SDO: 384-1477, 384-1479– CPT Joe Whitener: 382-2094, 384-0142– 1SG John Conner: 384-3552, 929-9593– Training Room: 384-3476

Wives’ Huddle

• Thank you for your attendance