COURTESY 1ST LT. BRIAN HALL
Alpha Company soldiers prepared to battle each other in dodge ball on Christmas Day.

Dodge ball and dinner
mark celebrations

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas. The soldiers of Alpha Company spent Christmas Day enjoying each other's company. The day consisted of a blistering dodge ball tournament in the rain and a pretty good dinner arranged by the company executive officer. Thanks to Bravo Company for covering down on our missions. Alpha soldiers did the same for Bravo on Christmas Eve.

'Tis the season to be jolly, therefore I will roll up this week's activities in general. The battalion conducted a few raids, apprehending 46 possible enemies, three rockets, two roadside bombs and encountering one 500-person protest.

Other than the above and sporadic nightly gunfire, it was fairly quiet this week. I will keep it short and simple. Say a prayer not only for the soldiers, but for the families who wait at home. The soldiers of Alpha Company want to extend their warmest wishes for all Americans this holiday season.

Congrats to the University of Hawaii Warriors on Christmas Eve.

God bless and aloha.

1st Sgt. Robert Jennings is deployed in Iraq with 4,000 25 Infantry Division (Light) soldiers from Schofield Barracks. He writes a Sunday column for the Star-Bulletin that began Feb. 1, 2004. Jennings, a 20-year Army veteran, has been assigned to Fort Riley, Kan., Fort Campbell, Ky., Fort Lewis, Wash., and Camp Casey in South Korea. He is now on his second tour at Schofield Barracks. He has been deployed to Panama, Japan, Germany, Egypt and Thailand. As the first sergeant of Alpha Company, Jennings is in charge of 135 soldiers.

See the Columnists section
for Jennings' earlier dispatches.

Alpha Company Gators
25th Infantry Division

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Dodge ball and dinner mark celebrations

Dodge ball and dinner
mark celebrations