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Fort Irwin Honors and celebrates African Fort Irwin, Have you been to Mrs. Cho’s Barbershop yet?

Americans & Black History Month

e National Training Center at Fort Irwin, MEO & EEO
O ce along with the Regimental Support Squadron (RSS)
- Packhorse, 11th ACR , hosted the 2022 African American
& Black History Month Observance and Celebration, on
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022.
e event featured Col. LaHavie J. Brunson, commander
of 916th Support Brigade, as the guest speaker during the ob-
servance at the Sandy Basin Community Center, Fort Irwin,
Calif.. African American & Black History Month is celebrated
every February to recognize achievements and the role African
Americans held in the United States’ past.
ank you to the Soldiers of Regimental Support Squadron,
family members, civilians of the Fort Irwin community, TASC,
KNTC ( e Heat), Protocol, and e Villages at Fort Irwin
housing o ce to help make this year’s event a success.
Capt. Chrstopher Myrtil, from Regimental Support Squadron, 11th ACR, enjoyed being
the rst hair cut during her Grand Opening on Feb. 7.
Cho’s Barbershop has been a staple in the Fort Irwin community serving Soldiers and families
In celebration of Black History Month, meet Spc. Leoric Davenport, for more than 30 years, and we are excited she is back and open for business.
an 11B - Infantryman, assigned to 2nd Squad, 1st Platoon, Fury Troop, Please call 760-380-4075 to schedule your appointment.
2/11 Squadron. Davenport is from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He enlisted in
2014 and has been stationed at Fort Irwin since October 2021. He joined From EOD, Page 1
the Army because he felt it was the perfect launching pad to get where he
wants to go. Spc. Davenport is a self-proclaimed adrenaline junkie so being
an Infantryman was the perfect t for him. “Knowing that my role and
my job play a critical role in protecting the country’s interests and keeping
people safe is something that I take a lot of pride in.” Spc. Davenport also
has two sisters who made an impact on his life; they both previously served
in the U.S. Army, one deployed to Iraq and the other deployed to Kuwait
and Afghanistan.
“Black Americans have been serving in the Military as far back as the
Revolutionary War...and knowing that in 2022 I can pick up that mantle
where Soldiers before me left o is something that I think is worth cel-
ebrating.”
Each February, the U.S. Army joins our nation in observation and re ec-
tion of the tremendous contributions of Black Americans to our country U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angelica Gardner
and our history. Capt. Jacob S. Rafalson, the commander of the 759th
Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Capt. Jasob S. Rafalson Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), has Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Capt. Jasob S. Rafalson
From CAVALRY, Page 1 Sgt. Dillon O. Fosnaugh serves in the 759th Ordnance deployed once to Afghanistan and three times to Africa for Sta Sgt. Caleb S. Canales is an Explosive Ordnance
Anthony Walker, and the Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) on Fort Irwin, humanitarian demining training missions. Three Army EOD Disposal team leader with the 759th Ordnance Company
Commanders and Command California. Together with Sta Sgt. Caleb S. Canales and Soldiers from the Fort Irwin, California-based 759th EOD (EOD) on Fort Irwin, California. Together with Sgt. Dillon O.
Sergeant Majors of the 1st, Spc. Brady L. Dunn, Fosnaugh helped to clear 723 explosive Company cleared 723 explosive rounds during a 13-hour Fosnaugh and Spc. Brady L. Dunn, Canales helped to clear
2nd, and Regimental Support items from Leach Lake Tactics Range in California. range clearance mission at the Leach Lake Tactics Range. 723 rounds from Leach Lake Tactics Range in California.
Squadron placed a wreath at explosives and a few MK-82 500-pound bombs. the state of Rhode Island. e company also supports civil au- route reconnaissance, IED defeat, night time operations and
the Tomb of the Unknown Located 23 miles from Fort Irwin, California, Leach Lake thorities when military munitions are discovered in 89 counties unexploded ordnance identi cation and disposal.
Soldier in Arlington National Tactics Range is used by Air Force forward air controllers, tacti- across California, Nevada and Arizona. “ e capabilities of both drones were remarkable and both
Cemetery, Virginia, to honor Photo Credit: Sgt. Bradley Parrish Photo Credit: Sgt. Bradley Parrish cal air control parties, air liaison o cers, special tactics team “Although Fort Irwin provides plenty of unexploded work,
the 121-year legacy of the Command Sgt. Maj. Anthony Walker, The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Command members and joint service personnel. e range is part of the Leach Lake Range provided my team with an opportunity to showed an ability to help future EOD techs,” said Canales.
11th Cavalry Regiment. ey Regimental Senior Enlisted Advisor, 11th Teams stand before the Vietnam Veterans Air Combat Command’s Nevada Test and Training Range. see ordnance used by the Air Force,” said Canales, the EOD Capt. Jacob S. Rafalson, the commander of the 759th EOD
also visited the Vietnam Veter- Armored Cavalry Regiment, Command Sgt. Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 2, 2022. e 759th EOD Company is assigned to the 3rd EOD team leader who is originally from Corpus Christi, Texas. “I give Company, said the range clearance mission demonstrated the
ans Memorial and the Lincoln Maj. Oracio Pena, Senior Enlisted Advisor, From rear to front: Lt. Col. Robert K. Furtick and Battalion, 71st EOD Group and 20th Chemical, Biological, credit for the success of the mission to Sgt. Dillon Fosnaugh ingenuity, agility and tenacity of his EOD technicians.
Memorial in Washington 2nd Squadron, 11th ACR, and the sentinel on Command Sgt. Maj. Batiste, Commander and Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command, the and Spc. Brady Dunn. ey not only prepared the tools and “Sta Sergeant Canales and his EOD team did a tremen-
D.C. Members of our veteran Photo Credit: Capt. Evan Cain duty, Tomb Guard Platoon, Headquarters and Senior Enlisted Advisor of 1st Squadron; Lt. Col. U.S. Department of Defense’s premier all hazards formation. vehicle but they also handled the plotting of grid coordinates dous job of being exible and accomplishing the mission on
organizations, the Blackhorse Spc. Bryan Mosqueda, assigned to Horse Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 3rd Robert M. Gichert and Command Sgt. Maj. Oracio Soldiers and U.S. Army civilians from the Aberdeen Proving and logistics with the civilian range contractors.” short notice,” said Rafalson, a six-year U.S. Army veteran from
Association and the 11th Detachment, Regimental Headquarters and Infantry Division, guide a wreath into place at Pena, Commander and Senior Enlisted Advisor Ground, Maryland-headquartered 20th CBRNE Command A seasoned EOD team leader who has defeated improvised Lake Zurich, Illinois, who has deployed once to Afghanistan
Armored Cavalry Veterans of Headquarters Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry the Tomb of the Unknown Solider, Arlington of 2nd Squadron; Lt. Col. Jesse A. Pena and locate, confront and defeat the world’s most dangerous hazards explosive devices in Iraq, Canales said this mission was the rst and three times to Africa for humanitarian demining training
Vietnam and Cambodia, also Regiment, executes a tierce point mounted National Cemetery, Virginia, on Feb. 2, 2022. Command Sgt. Maj. Fitzroy Ramsey, Commander in support of joint, interagency and allied operations. range clearance operation he had participated in with only one missions.
made the trip from across the engagement on his horse, Bradley, on Fritz Field, The wreath is a tribute to all fallen Troopers, and Senior Enlisted Advisor of Regimental Support e 759th EOD Company routinely conducts range clear- EOD team. “Every day, our EOD techs stand ready to keep the world’s
nation to pay respects. Fort Irwin, Calif., on Feb. 2, 2022. The tierce point is a Soldiers, and Service Members who have paid Squadron; and Col. Todd W. Hook and Command ance operations in support of the National Training Center Recognized as a 20th CBRNE Command Defender of the premier ground combat training center safe from explosive
Allons!
cavalry sabre maneuver e ective against infantry. the ultimate sacri ce to protect the Nation. Sgt. Maj. Anthony Walker, Regimental Commander where Army combat units hone their skills against opposition Month for his e orts, Canales was also involved in testing hazards,” said Rafalson. “On this mission, we helped to enable
and Regimental Senior Enlisted Advisor. forces in the Mojave Desert across an area almost as large as two Unmanned Aerial Systems for EOD missions, including lethality for our partners in the U.S. Air Force.”

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