New cavalry brigade re-enlists first troops

SPC. PAULA TAYLOR
4th BCT, 1st Cav. Div.

SPC. PAULA TAYLOR

Capt. Courtney Sugay, commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 27th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Bde. Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, gives the re-enlistment oath to Spc. Steven Jones on Friday at the Centennial Club. Jones has served in the Army for more than four years and signed a three year re-enlistment.

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Three Soldiers assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, re-enlisted Friday at the Centennial Club.

Pfc. Bradley Arnold, cavalry scout, 1st Squadron, 9th Cav., 4th BCT re-enlisted for five years.

“Here’s a young man that said ‘I know what I want to do. I want to continue to serve my country alongside my fellow Soldiers,’” said Lt. Col. Keitron Todd, battalion commander, 1st Sqdn., 9th Cav. “He’s a good Soldier. I’m impressed with his attitude.”

Spc. Martin Reyna, cavalry scout, 1st Sqdn., 9th Cav. Regt., 4th BCT, re-enlisted for four years. Todd, who served with Reyna on a previous assignment said, “He’s a great Soldier. I’m glad to have this opportunity to re-enlist him. I’ve seen what he can do. I know what he’s been through. To go through that and then to stand here today and say I’m ready to continue to Soldier says a lot about his character.”

Spc. Steven Jones, motor transport operator for Gulf Company, 27th Bde. Support Battalion, re-enlisted for three more years. Jones, formerly an Army tanker, just completed his military occupation school for motor transport operator in July and was assigned to the 4th BCT here July 13. He has been stationed in South Korea, Iraq and Fort Riley, Kan., during his four and a half years in the Army.

The Soldiers came to Sgt. 1st Class Terry L. Titus, brigade career counselor for the 4th BCT, asking to re-enlist. “I let them know about the lifecycle date of 15 August, 2008 and the Soldiers elected to re-enlist to do that,” said Titus.

The 4th BCT is a unit of action that requires a three year commitment. This commitment makes up one lifecycle, which is scheduled to end in August 2008. At the end of the lifecycle, Soldiers assigned to the 4th BCT will have an opportunity to re-enlist or volunteer for a second lifecycle, for a maximum of six to seven years with the unit.

The re-enlisting Soldiers received a belt buckle, travel mug, belt watch, long sleeve shirt, and several other items, each with 1st Cav. Div.’s logo.

Currently, for the 4th BCT, “About 60 to 65 Soldiers have expressed a desire to extend or re-enlist,” said Titus.
Titus is in the process of making arrangements to hold a re-enlistment ceremony that will be scheduled for the middle of August for about 30 to 35 of those Soldiers.

“We’re going down in history,” said Jones. “I look forward to working in the Cav.”