From: Tom Copeland

Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 5:15 PM

To: CSM Noe Salinas; MAJ John Best; Cpt. Josh Buchanan; LTC Steven Miska

Subject: Redeployment

Sirs,

Can you give me any additional information on your move back to Germany.  We may have members in Germany who would like to welcome the soldiers home.

Tom

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From: Miska, Steven M LTC USA TF 1-2 IN TF CDR
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 9:14 PM
To: Tom Copeland; Salinas, Noe R CSM MIL USA; best, john A MAJ MIL USA; Buchanan, Joshua D CPT MIL USA

Subject: RE: Redeployment

Tom,

Josh Buchanan will have the best read on the redeployment from the Schweinfurt side. We go through a notification procedure based upon flight availability.  If you have someone in the area, he can contact them as part of our family notification process. They will get an early warning about 24 hours prior.  Once the plane is on the ground the families receive a call letting them know that the soldiers should be at the welcome home ceremony about five to six hours from the time of notification. If that works for you, Josh can add your regimental members to the notification process.

Steve

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From: "Best, John A MAJ MIL USA USAREUR 7A

Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:12:25

Sir,

ADVON is currently back.  Without disclosing the exact dates, I can say that the first main body will be home +/- 2 days from Halloween.  The next group will cycle home every 4-5 days thereafter.  We will all be home before Thanksgiving.

MAJ Best

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From: "Buchanan, Joshua D CPT MIL USA" Subject: RE: Redeployment Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:55:00 +0000

Sir,

It would be my pleasure to contact any regimental association members that wish to attend the reception ceremony events in Schweinfurt.  I've attached a "notification procedures" slide that we've distributed to our Black Scarves Families here.  It describes very simply the two phone calls that are made to a Spouse/Family Member during a Soldier's redeployment from Kuwait to Germany.

Please feel free to have any members that desire to do so contact me at one of the numbers below or via email.  If they would like to be, the team can add these regimental members to the notification process.

Thank you.

Josh

CPT Joshua D. Buchanan

D Company Commander, "Sentinels!"

1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment

DSN 314-353-8192

CIV 011-49-(0)9721-96-8192

CELL 0162-272-0689

joshua.d.buchanan@eur.army.mil

joshua.d.buchanan@eur.army.smil.mil