DEPARTMENT OF THE
ARMY
3d Battalion, 10th
Infantry Regiment, 3d Chemical Brigade
United States Maneuver Support Center
of Excellence
& Fort Leonard Wood
FORT
LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI 65473-6300
ATSN-CBF
22
June 2012
MEMORANDUM FOR All Newly Assigned Soldiers to 3d Battalion, 10th
Infantry Regiment, Fort Leonard Wood, MO 65473
SUBJECT: New Soldier and Family Welcome Letter
1. I
am pleased to welcome your Soldier to Fort Leonard Wood and the 3d
Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment. We too are very proud of their
decision to serve in one of the most respected institutions and
professions of our country. It takes someone very special to raise
their hand and swear an oath to defend the Constitution and our great
Nation during a time of war. You can be assured that your Soldier’s
safety, health, and training are our top priorities and we are totally
committed to their success. Just as they have made a commitment to our
Nation, the Army has made a commitment to your Soldier to ensure they
receive the best care and training we have to offer.
2.
Your Soldier’s job while assigned to us for the next ten-weeks is to
train on the basic Army skills they will need to be successful for the
remainder of their military career. We place a heavy emphasis on the
Army Values from day 1: Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service,
Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage. Your Soldier will also receive
training on the customs and traditions of our Army, conduct physical
readiness training that will challenge them and make them stronger,
receive basic and advanced rifle marksmanship training, and they will
also conduct first aid and advanced medical skills training to help them
stay alive on the modern battlefield. They will also be immersed in
communications training, basic land navigation, and they will
participate in three field training exercises where they will put the
skills they have learned along the way to practical use. The outcome of
this all will be a highly trained and disciplined Soldier who has
mastered the fundamental art of Soldiering, confident in his or her
abilities and the abilities of their leadership. The training at times
will be challenging, but those that have gone before your Soldier are a
testament that it can be done.
3. I
encourage you to write letters to them from time to time to help your
Soldier adapt to being away from home and their new Army lifestyle.
Understand though that your Soldier will have very limited personal time
while in training. Soldiers will typically be allowed to make phone
calls once a week and the length of that call will be based on their
current phase of training. Soldiers are given the opportunity to write
letters in their free time, but do not have access to e-mail. Even if
your Soldier doesn’t write or call as often as you’d wish, remember that
your letters of encouragement to them are a powerful motivator. Please
keep them coming!
4. The
Battalion web page that you are viewing includes many helpful links to
answer some of your questions and we are more than willing to address
them all through the e-mail link found on the menu of this site.
Unfortunately, we cannot forward e-mail to Soldiers in training, but if
an emergency arises, you are free to contact your Soldier’s Company
(links on this site) or your local chapter of the American Red Cross.
5. I
highly encourage you to attend your Soldier’s graduation activities. If
you make airline travel arrangements in advance, be sure to get
refundable tickets in the unlikely event that your Soldier’s graduation
is delayed. Many duties must be accomplished during this time so
visitation will be limited at first. To provide maximum visitation time
with minimum confusion, check the itinerary on your Soldier's Company
web page. Plan around these events and please adhere to our visitation
policies. The first opportunity to see your Soldier upon your arrival
will be on Wednesday afternoon the day prior to graduation for Family
Day activities which include an on-post pass. Your Soldier will be
briefed on graduation activities, times, and locations and any other
pertinent changes to the itinerary. Your Soldier will graduate on a
Thursday and the ceremony will last for about an hour. At the
conclusion of the ceremony, Soldiers will be released for an off-post
pass to spend quality time with you. Soldiers will be required to
return at a pre-designated time that evening so that we may prepare them
to ship to their Advanced Individual Training (AIT) via government
transportation the following day. Please adhere to published timelines.
6. In
certain circumstances, it may be necessary to delay graduation for
select individuals in order to complete training requirements. Your
Soldier should contact you by phone during the week prior to graduation
to verify his or her current training status. One word of caution –
those Soldiers designated as “non-graduates” will not be available for
the Family brief and will not be permitted to go on pass, so please
maintain effective communications with your Soldier’s Company to verify
that your Soldier is graduating as planned.
7.
Thank you in advance for your support and for standing behind your loved
one. We are all proud to serve this great Nation and your Soldier
should feel no different. At the end of his or her training, you will
be amazed at the transformation that they have gone through and you will
be proud of their accomplishments. They are in fact our next “greatest
generation!” If you have any questions, feel free to contact the
Battalion though contacts listed on this website. Courage and
Fidelity!
LARRY E. GLASSCOCK
LTC, IN
Commanding
