CINDY'S
ANGELS IS PROUD TO SPONSOR
TEAM AIR WOLF BAKING ANGELS
AS OUR
FEBRUARY
BAKINGGALS.COM TEAM!
MAJ Eric Halstrom
is an aviation officer for the Brigade 1-25 SBCT,
otherwise known as the Arctic Wolves. The above
photo is taken at his Brigade headquarters.
Eric's missions deal with all the aerial aspects
for the Brigade. Eric writes, "We are here in
Afghanistan doing what we can to take the fight
to the enemy."
Eric also writes, "I commissioned in the Army
as a Blackhawk pilot in 1999 from University of
Washington ROTC. I've been assigned twice to
Korea, to Honduras, and to Germany for 6 years.
This is my 4th deployment, the first to
Afghanistan in 2005, then to Iraq during the
surge in 2007/08. Then back to Iraq for a few
months in 2009. I'm currently deployed with
1-25SBCT to Regional Command South, just to the
west of Kandahar."
Eric's brigade is "assigned to Fort Wainwright,
AK, and is the northern most located brigade. We
deployed to Afghanistan in May 2011 to support
the continued efforts to stabilize the country,
to help ensure that terrorists are unable to
wage attacks against the US from there anymore.
Our efforts will help to stabilize the country
and allow them to help more into the 21st
century."
"I am responsible for the Brigade Aviation
Element (BAE) as well as the Airspace Defense /
Airspace Management (ADAM) sections of the
brigade. It is our job to manage all aspects of
aviation for the brigade. The BAE works to
schedule / coordinate all air movements for
personnel, cargo and equipment around the
battlefield. The ADAM works to ensure the
airspace over our area is properly managed to
ensure the safe movement of aviation assets.
Both jobs are time consuming and critical to
ensure the success of our mission in
Afghanistan. As we are the Arctic Wolves, the
BAE/ADAM goes by the "Air Wolf" call sign."
Eric is appreciative of our efforts in
bringing a little bit of home to his Brigade.
"It sounds like you and your girls have a great
organization to help out my fellow service
members with goodies from home. It's always good
to have some fresh baked, tasty treats from
folks who care about what we are doing here."
The
Brigade has a few special requests, “Talking to
the guys, we have a request of some old style
peanut butter cookies, some chocolate chip of
course and some home made bread; especially some
cinnamon raison or some good cheese bread. What
we get here is pretty worthless, so it would be
great to make some sandwiches with some good
homemade bread. We appreciate your effort in
this.”
I hope you will
join me in this round as we make this final
mission for Brigade 1-25 SBCT one to remember.
Eric will be returning home in early spring and
this round times perfectly for his departure.
Their mail stops mid-March.
I do hope you’ll
consider joining our team! For more information,
please feel free to email me at
cindysangels@comcast.net.
Please note that you need to register for the
Bakinggals
website prior to selecting our Team Air
Wolf. You will receive an email asking you to
verify your email. You must reply to that email
to complete your registration for the website.
Be sure to check your SPAM/JUNK folder and use
the verification link provided in the email.
I would encourage you to do this early.
Once you are registered and confirmed you do not
have to register again. This is for the security
of our Troops.
Once your website
registration is complete, you may login and
sign up for Team
Air Wolf on or after January 23rd.
Shipping begins February 1st
and ends February 13th.
A Team Air Wolf Newsletter will be sent to
you upon your registration. It will provide you
with tips and easy to follow instructions for
shipping and mailing. Newbies and veterans will
find this helpful.
Please
email me with any questions you may have and
I'm delighted to help with your registration, if
needed.
I’m looking forward
to hearing from you and thank you again for
considering TEAM AIR WOLF BAKING ANGELS! Please
check back for updates!!
Warmest regards,
Cindy
