Serving the Soldiers, Civilians and Families of 2nd BCT, 4th Inf. Div.

Issue 17 June 24 2010

Warhorse Brigade welcomes CSM Delosa

Col. John S. Kolasheski, commander of 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, passes the
brigade colors to Command Sgt. Maj. Ralph F. Delosa
at a change of responsibility ceremony June 11 at
Manhart Field.
Story and photos by Spc. April York
2nd Brigade Combat Team PAO
The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, held a change of responsibility
ceremony at Manhart Field, June 11.
Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Barteau
relinquished his responsibility for 2nd BCT to
Command Sgt. Maj. Ralph Delosa.
“My role as brigade sergeant major has
defined not only who I am, but I believe who
we are as a brigade as well,” said Barteau.
Barteau has been the brigade command
sergeant major since November 2009. Before
that, he served as the command sergeant
major for 204th Brigade Support Battalion,
2nd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., a position he had held
since June 2006.
Barteau will leave the Mountain Post and
head to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., where he
will serve as the new garrison command
sergeant major.
“I am sad to see him leave,” said Col. John
S. Kolasheski, commander for 2nd BCT. “But
I am elated at the same time to welcome a new
Warhorse 7 to the 2nd BCT family.”
Delosa came from Fort Drum N.Y., with
his wife and their three children, where he
served as the command sergeant major for
3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 10th
Mountain Division. He also more recently
served as the command sergeant major for 1st
Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd BCT.
He has served in the United States Army for
27 years and his duties include: tank gunner,
tank commander, platoon sergeant, drill
sergeant, operations noncommissioned officer,
first sergeant, senior military instructor,
operations sergeant major and command
sergeant major.
“I know he is the right leader to guide this
brigade,” Kolasheski said.
“I don’t take this responsibility lightly I will
not let you down,” Delosa said.
“I know we are in for a wild and fast ride, but
I am willing to accept any and all challenges
that come our way.”

Command Sergeant Major’s Corner This multi-faceted approach

Command Sgt. Maj. Yolanda Tate, CSM
2nd Special Troops Battalion
allows us to fight and win no
matter what the cause; no
As the command sergeant maintaining our commitment to matter what the enemy looks
major for 2nd Special Troops these values sets the example for like. We train relentlessly
Battalion, I believe the most all others to achieve. and ruthlessly to increase
integral reason for the Lonestar Exceeding expectations our combat effectiveness
Battalion’s success is our means that we adhere to not and we must adopt the same
adherence to the values that make only the Army Values but also attitude when it comes to
this country and our people so to the policies and regulations our professionalism and our
great. of our organization. It is our conduct as Soldiers on and off
The Army Values - Loyalty, goal to have a great organization duty.
Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, that encourages and cultivates Our continual motivation
Honor, Integrity and Personal a positive winning attitude to progress as individuals
Courage - are the backbone of by reinforcing the values and and as an organization truly
everything we do as leaders and providing effective leadership as makes being a part of the
Soldiers. Our ability to fight well as strong mentorship at every Lonestar Battalion a rewarding
anywhere in the world while level. continued on page 2
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Death Dealers help out cadets
Story by Capt. Colin O’Toole
1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment
The Death Dealers of 1st Battalion, 67th
Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division, have been using the past
six weeks to train and evaluate seniors (Firsties)
at the United States Military Academy, West
Point.
The task of our first group was to train
and evaluate the Firsties in their leadership
positions during Cadet Leadership
Development Training. The companies up for
the task; Bonesaw and Demon Dog, an infantry
and armor company both fresh out of gunnery
and full of Soldiers and Noncommissioned
officers recently back from deployment.
They lived at Camp Natural Bridge and
moved out with the cadets every day to their
training lanes. They would listen and evaluate
operations orders, rehearsals, and classes. They
would push whatever information they could
to the leadership to help them earn the “Go”
they needed.
When it was all said and done they trained
more than 900 cadets, listened to more than
100 operations orders and threw more than
204th practices sling load resupply operations
Story by 2nd Lt. Nicholas Greco
204th Brigade Support Battalion
Soldiers from Company A, as well as the
Forward Support Companies of the 204th
Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, practiced
sling load resupply operations in conjunction
with Task Force 6-6 from the 10th Combat
Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, at
Butts Army Airfield on Fort Carson, June 3-4.
With little experience in aerial resupply,
and more than 60% of resupply operations in
Afghanistan occurring via aerial means it is
imperative that the 204th BSB Soldiers begin
preparations now for operations that are going
to be conducting in Afghanistan.
“There are very few of us that have ever
conducted training like this before. It was very
effective and I am looking forward to doing
more training like this in the near future,” said
one of the Company A’s Soldiers participating
in the training.
“This is exciting training, and I am looking
forward to doing more Sling Load Operations.”
Sling loading is the movement of equipment
and supplies suspended from a helicopter
using sling legs, cargo nets and other specialty
equipment from one location to another. This
Warhorse Pride
300 artillery simulators
The Battalion Commander, Lt. Col. Michael
Simmering awarded some of the members of
Companies B and D with Army Achievement
Medals to recognize all the effort put forth by
their Soldiers and leadership.
It was no easy task to keep up with the
logistical demands of this event. There were
multiple cadet movements everyday and
supplies needed to be brought out to the
training areas.
The cadets needed competent , confident
Soldiers and NCOs to ensure this mission was
a success.
“This summer was definitely a success” said
Col. Casey Haskins, office in charge for Cadet
Summer Training.
“The Trainer Teams and the staff, along
with the Task Force did a good job up here”.
The summer training is not over for the
Death Dealers, though. They have another two
companies, Assassin and Chaos, at West Point
right now training cadets.
1st Battalion, 67th Armor Reg., has
definitely left its mark at West Point and will be
remembered for years to come.
technique allows rapid, precise movement that
bypasses surface obstacles.
Equipment and supplies moved this way can
be transported to austere and remote locations
where a convoy is impractical or impossible.
“Perhaps the greatest advantage to sling
load operations comes when deployed because
it removes the requirement of having Soldiers
on the road,” said 2nd Lt. Nicholas Greco,
Company A’s lead for sling load operations.
Learning the art of aerial resupply now will
pay dividends in the near future. Being able to
sling a pallet of Meals Ready to Eat or water to
the war fighter allows Soldiers from the support
battalion to sustain the war fighter longer, thus
minimizing the amount of convoys that have
to go out on the roads in Afghanistan.
The 10th Combat Aviation Brigade
is spending a month out at Fort Carson
conducting high altitude training in the Rocky
Mountains of Colorado. Company A leveraged
the opportunity to work with 10th CAB while
they are out at Fort Carson to train with TF 6-6.
The opportunity to work with TF 6-6 provided
the 204th BSB soldiers their first opportunity
to exercise and validate the academic sling load
training they have been training on for the last
few months.
Issue 17 June 24, 2010
continued from page 1
experience for all our Soldiers and their
Families.
As combat multipliers, our Soldiers
are not only warriors but also extremely
focused on being technical experts in
their field in order to successfully support
the command’s mission. Our training
since redeployment has focused on high-
intensity conflict but as we begin to make
the transition to counter-insurgency
operations, we must remember the
culture of our enemy, the differences
and similarities in our values and how
our performance effects the population
around us.
It is imperative that we demonstrate
our respect for other cultures through
both words and actions, that we demand
of ourselves unrelenting adherence to
the Army Values and that we continue to
meet the expectations of our Nation.
As leaders, we need to
incessantly review and hone our training
to make sure that it reinforces the values
that so readily identify us as members
of the Lonestar Battalion, the Warhorse
Brigade and the United States Army.
Soldiers were given the opportunity to
prepare, rig, and then hook up a cargo net to a
UH-60 Black Hawk during both day and night
time operations.
During the training, TF 6-6 provided
valuable experience from their previous
deployments and key insight into what they
expect from ground crews during sling load
operations. This knowledge was instrumental
in helping to develop Soldier’s confidence and
understanding of the complexities of sling load
operations.
After building and certifying the load,
Soldiers each took turns in one of three
positions, hook up, static discharge and signal
man.
The signal man in conjunction with the
crew chief guides the pilot to just a few feet
over the load and the hook up team. Once in
position the static discharge man grounds the
aircraft so that the hook up man can safely
attach the load.
The team moves away from the load and
waits for the helicopter to lift. Each Soldier got
the opportunity to rotate through each position
at least once giving all Soldiers involved in the
training the valuable experience necessary for
future sling load operations.
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Warhorse Brigade wins Iron Horse Week

Soldiers from 2nd STB, 2nd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., huddle to discuss de-
fense against 1st Bn., 66th Armor Reg., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., during an
Iron Horse Week flag football game held at the Mountain Post Sports
Complex, June 15. The tournament had two days of competition and
then the final championship game was held June 18 in which 2nd STB
won 1st Place.
Lt. Col. John Cook, commander for 1st Sqdn., 10th Cav. Reg.,
2nd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., leads his squadron during the installation
run June 14. The installation run is a time to build esprit de
corps for all the units on Fort Carson. There were six days of
events and the installation run was the kick off before brigades
competed against each other to bring home the trophy.
Staff Sgt. Kelly Johnson, Sgt. Kory Hohn, Staff Sgt. Filo Elizondo
and Staff Sgt. Anthony Doud, from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 8th
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
look on as their opponents attempt to out bowl them during the
Iron Horse Week Bowling Tournament held at Thunder Alley Bowling
Center, June 15.

Buffy Kolasheski assists her husband Col. John S.
Kolasheski, commander for 2nd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., with
last minute adjustments to his toga just before the final
chariot race June 18. Col. Kolasheski and his team were
determined to beat the commanding general.
Col. John S. Kolasheski, commander of 2nd BCT, 4th Inf. Div. accepts the Iron Horse
Week championship trophy for overall wins from Major General David G. Perkins,
commanding general for the 4th Infantry Division. Iron Horse Week consisted of
tournaments in flag football, combatives, softball, basketball, bowling, volleyball,
paintball, racquetball, horseshoes, archery, golf, chess and checkers and APFT.
Pvt. Ralph Compton, a combat engineer for Company C,
2nd STB, 2nd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., warms up before a flag
football game doing back flips and back handsprings at
the Mountain Post Sports Complex, June 14. Compton and
his team were victorious and took 1st in the tournament.

Spc. John McKinnon, Company A, 204th BSB, 2nd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., 1st Lt. Jake Kramer, executive officer for HHT, 2nd STB, 2nd BCT, Spc. Jonathan Hardt, Company B, 2nd STB, 2nd BCT, 4th Inf. Div.,
and Sgt. Toddrick Murry,HHC, 2nd STB, 2nd BCT, intensely compete, 4th Inf.Div., is declared the winner of a consolation match at the runs past third base heading towards home after a home run was
rolling off the mat and onto the floor, during a combatives match at Iron Horse Week Combatives Tournament held at the Special hit by one of his teammates with bases loaded at a quarter finals
the Iron Horse Week Combatives Tournament ,June 16. Events Center, June 16. softball game during the Iron Horse Week Softball Tournament.

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