Blackhorse Troopers, Friends and Family! You are cordially invited to attend the 2008 Blackhorse Reunion-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada from 15 – 18 May 2008. Hosted by The Blackhorse Association, this reunion is open to all past and present TROOPERS who have served with the Regiment as well as their family members and guests. Please consider joining with fellow Blackhorse troopers from all eras of the Regiment’s service!
Further details: The 2008 Blackhorse Reunion-Las Vegas will be held at the Southpoint Hotel & Casino, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd South Las Vegas, NV 89183. Registration and all major social activities will be held at this location. Rooms have been set aside for reunion attendees at a rate of $120 per night from 15 – 18 May 2008.
Registration fee is $75 for adults and $30 for children 12 and under who do not attend the banquet. This fee covers reunion mementos, hors d’oeuvres at the Friday icebreaker social, and the Saturday Banquet with wine. Please complete the registration form (downloadable at opens in a new windowwww.blackhorse.org ) and make checks payable to “2008 Blackhorse Reunion-Las Vegas” You can also register online with your credit card at: opens in a new windowwww.blackhorsestore.org
Attendee transportation, including airfare, rental car, and lodging must be organized separately.
The Blackhorse Association’s Board of Trustees recently established the Allons Club, new category of charitable giving in order to encourage the growth of the Blackhorse Scholarship Fund.
Benefactors can be members or non-members who commit to donating $1000 a year towards the Blackhorse Scholarship Fund for the next four years. The Association is looking for 100 or more benefactors to this amount in order to take advantage of the matching opportunity we have recently been presented with. Each benefactor’s donation, and all donations to the Blackhorse Scholarship Fund, are being matched dollar for dollar.
The following members and non-members have committed thus far:
Gen (Ret) Donn Starry
Letty Starry
John Poindexter
MG (Ret) Steve Rippe and Ms. Kate Rice
John Sherman Crow
Frances G. Jones
BG (Ret) Tom and Susan White
CSM (Ret) C. C. Brown
CSM (Ret) Bill Hutton
Col (Ret) Glenn Snodgrass
Joan Snodgrass
Col (Ret) and Mrs. Bob Kelso MAJ and Mrs. Jeremy Dobos CPT and Mrs. Jeffrey SilvermanIf you are interested in supporting the Blackhorse Scholarship Fund over the next four years at this level, please email the Association president, John Sherman Crow at: opens in a new windowjsc11krh@nullbellsouth.netcreate new email
Your donation can be made by sending your check or money order, made payable to “The Blackhorse Association” to the following address:
The Blackhorse Association ATTN: Scholarship Fund PO Box 10423 Fort Irwin, CA 92310
You can also process your donation via credit card by calling (760) 380-4800 or by visiting the Blackhorse Association’s store site at opens in a new windowwww.blackhorsestore.org Your donations of course are tax-deductible under IRS regulation 501 3(c)
Join with others of the extended Blackhorse family and help us to make a difference by supporting the Blackhorse Scholarship Fund!
11 ACR Conducts 1st EIB Test in 4 Years
In February 2008, The Blackhorse Regiment conducted its first Expert Infantryman’s Badge(EIB) test since 2004. The test included: a 12 mile tactical ruck march, day and night land navigation, 1st aide tasks, radio tasks, and weapons tasks to include: hand grenades, claymores, AT4s, machine guns, and javelin. Each soldier also had to qualify as an expert with the M4 machine gun.
94 soldiers qualified for and completed the EIB, earning a badge and the prestige of being an exceptional soldier in the Blackhorse Regiment
Walk Around Tiefort…
A two day, 30 mile, formation ruck march around the base of Tiefort Mountain will be held by the Blackhorse Regiment on April 15, 2008. The first day’s march will consist of 18 miles and at the end of the day soldiers will bivwak, build campfires, cook out and watch a John Wayne classic to relax. The Blackhorse will march 12 miles to complete their “Walk Around Tiefort” on the second day.
Tiefort Mountain makes up part of the southern boundary of the Bicycle Valley Groundwater Basin. It provides one of the main recharges to the basin and is the largest mountain at the National Training Center with an elevation of 5063 feet.
2008 Honor Roll of Donors
James Abrahamson
John Ahl
Glenn Allardyce
William Allen
Clinton Anker
LTG Robert Arter
Robert Baer
John Baer
Joel Baker
James Bateman
John Bellinger
Walter Bowers
Joseph Braddock
Arnold Braswell
Maryln Brown
Sarah Buckley
Joseph Buffington
Jack Burns
Leslie Carter
COL Glenn Carus
James Cary
Dorothy Cason
Gen (Ret) David Cowan
BG (Ret) John Crow
Sara Demby
COLThomas B. Deramus
Bob Donaghe
George Dramis
Susie Duvall
Leroy Dyment Jr
Mark F. Earnest
Robert Fairchild
MG David Fastabend
Carl Finstrom
MG Thomas C. Foley
Fred Franks
Patricia Gates
Thomas Goldsmith
Tom Graves
Gerald Gulley
Andrew Haramis
Ann Haszard
David Hays
Thomas Helm
Woody Herndon
John Hien
Frances Hixon
Alma Hostetler
Garald Jacobsen
Edith S. Jones
Marianne Kiernan
Tom Kirchoff
George Kiss
GEN Frederick Kroesen
Paul Kruger
Adolth Leibert
Dick Leibert
Rev. Robert Lyles
James Mccray
James Mcguire
Thomas Mcroberts
COL (Ret) G.R. Mcspadden
John Miller
Jack M. Mohler
Melanie Mohler
Jack Morrison
Daniel Mulcahey
Kirk Murray
Donald Neal
Maurice Norman
Ron Peden
Col. Ret Walter W. Plummer
Chris Redman
George Reyes
Shelia Richardson
Gen (Ret) Bernard Rogers
Sara Rogers
John L. Romjue
COL (Ret) Carl Sahlin
Charles Simmons
George Sluzenski
Tom Smart
LTC (Ret) Marcel Snyder
Lewis Sorley
John Stephens
Herman Stogner
C.H. Sunder
Robert Sunell
Imogene Swearengen
Jane Taylor
Allen Thomas
Catharine Train
GEN (Ret) William Tuttle Jr.
Universal Voltronics
Robert Ward
Tom White
Ennis Whitehead Jr.
Donald Wicks
Fred Wikner
Elaine Wilson
Beth Witherup
William Zolp
American Legion
Barstow Women’s Club
Point Alpha Support
Tradoc G-2 Friends
Spouse’s Spur Ride
On Saturday, March 1, 2008, the 11th ACR conducted its first ever Spouse’s Spur Ride. The spouses of the Regiment formed company teams to participate in a fun filled event designed to give a taste of what their other halves do for a living.
Each spouse took a modified Army Physical Fitness Test consisting of: one minute of push-ups, one minute of sit-ups, and a quarter mile run. Each participant received instruction on map reading, vehicle identification, radio etiquette, and room clearing. They also threw hand grenades and fired the M-16 Assault Rifle. The teams completed a 100 meter litter carry and a two team movement course while dressed in “full battle rattle” of Kevlar Helmet, IBA, and PPE, at times under fire.
The teams then completed a culminating exercise, putting all of their new skills to the test. Each group mounted a M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, moved to and cleared a building full of firing insurgents, remounted the BFV, and returned to the assembly area. Immediately after dismounting the vehicles, all the spouses completed a written test on the history of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.
Upon completion of the course, spouses were awarded a Silver Spur Charm and a Spur Holder Certificate, something many of them can now boast they have and their soldier does not.
its first ever Spouse’s Spur Ride. The spouses of the Blackhorse R
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