Greetings and Happy New Year

I hope all had a great evening and are enjoying this New Years Day. I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for the confidence you have put in me to serve as your officer this year. I am very much looking forward to it and I hope I will not disappoint (at least after I get the rust out of my ears).

The 5th is an outstanding unit and I have always been thrilled to be a part of it. Upon every event, I look forward to spending time with the people in the unit. Whether on the field or around the fire, some of the best experiences in my life have been with all of you. Thank you for that.

2005 will be an outstanding year! I am happy again to be working with Ken and Tom. They have really done a great job for so many years. Additionally, am very much looking forward to working with Andy Kaminski as our First Sergeant. We are fortunate to have him in this role and you can count on him to take care of business. As the officer, I can count on Andy to be a good leadership sounding board.

I will have more thoughts coming up in the newsletter in the next week or so. Again, I am excited about this year and I am sure the ranks will be filled with all those smiling faces :)

Sincerely,
Christopher Smith