Team Round Rock recruiting business partners

The Round Rock Chamber of Commerce and City of Round Rock have teamed up with Williamson County and its cities to support Fort Hood’s 4ID Combat Aviation Brigade.

“Team Round Rock” is committed to supporting the 4ID’s Aviation Maintenance Support Battalion, which includes approximately 800 soldiers and their families.

Leading the charge for Team Round Rock is Mayor Nyle Maxwell, who was inspired after visits to Fort Hood and a trip to the National Training Center, where he spoke one-on-one with many soldiers.

“I thought our soldiers were out there learning how to shoot guns. But they’re learning so much more than that. They’re learning how to negotiate with mayors and chiefs of police. It’s truly amazing,” Mayor Maxwell said. “Our soldiers want to be there fighting for us and support from their hometown can help lift their spirits and encourage their families, who also face challenges here at home.”

Team Round Rock is part of a broader Williamson County effort, spearheaded by U.S. Congressman John Carter in conjunction with the Central Texas-Fort Hood Chapter of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA).

Each business that joins the effort will be linked up with a platoon (number of soldiers in each platoon varies) so support – in the form of care packages, letters and birthday cards, deployment/welcome home events, supportive calls to family members, sponsoring social gatherings, etc. There are no requirements and businesses will only be limited by their own creativity.

Our unit will deploy this summer so our hope is to organize and allow your business to meet with the soldiers before they deploy and establish some personal relationships.

To secure a platoon for your business to support or to find out more information, contact Charlie Dromgoole – (512) 255-5805, cdromgoole(at)roundrockchamber.org – or Jill Goodman – (512) 218-5403, jgoodman(at)round-rock.tx.us.

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