In what is becoming an annual tradition here at Kaine Homes, we all came together at our Christmas party a couple of weeks ago to prepare care packages for two special troops overseas. If you aren’t familiar, Kaine Homes has sent care packages to two troops at Christmas in lieu of a gift exchange for over three years.
Curious who the recipients are?
Charles William Mister “Charlie” “Chuck”
Charlie has been enlisted in the U.S. Army for 6 years as a Combat Engineer. His 1st tour was to Iraq as a Combat Engineer (2008 – 2009) and his 2nd tour is to Afghanistan, where he currently is and serving as a Combat Engineer. Charlie’s home base station is located in Hawaii. When he returns from his current tour and his re-enlistment begins he will be stationed in Atlanta, GA. Charlie earned his Sapper Tap in 2010. The Sapper Leader Course trains selected combat engineer unit leaders in leadership skills, combat engineer and infantry battle drills, and the specialized engineer and infantry techniques required to perform as members of a Sapper Battalion. The course is also designed to build cohesion and esprit de corps by training soldiers in troop leading procedures, demolitions (conventional and expedient), mountaineering operations, aerial operations, airborne operations, foreign weapons, land navigation, waterborne operations and contingency threat. The course culminates in an intense field training exercise that reinforces the use of the battle drills and specialized engineer techniques learned throughout the course. Charlie’s hometown is Calvert County, Maryland. He is the son of John and Christine Mister and the brother to Amanda Pellettiere, Shelby and Jennifer Mister. He is also recently engaged to Sandra Hutchings, whom he met while in Hawaii. The two are to be married in May 2012.
Captain Samuel Teague
Sam attend Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio and was a member of their Army ROTC program. He graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing and commissioned in May 2008 as a Second Lieutenant in the Army. Beginning in August 2008, Sam was stationed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. While at Walter Reed, Sam worked as a Registered Nurse on a medical surgical floor where he eventually became Assistant Head Nurse of his floor. Sam was selected to serve on the committee to facilitate the closing of Walter Reed and the merging of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the opening of the new Army hospital located on Fort Belvior in Alexandria, Virginia. During Sam’s final evaluation at Walter Reed, Sam was selected as the #1 lieutenant out of 62 other lieutenants working in the hospital. Once Walter Reed closed, Sam moved to Fort Belvior and began working in the Same Day Surgical Unit. Shortly after, Sam was promoted to Captain and left for his deployment to Afghanistan on October 15, 2011. Sam is currently serving in the Intensive Care Unit at Camp Dwyer in Helmand, Afghanistan. He should be home sometime in May 2012.
We look forward to Charlie and Sam receiving their gifts and most importantly, thanks to ALL the service men and women for their sacrifices!
