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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: Mark, I've just mailed you some money. Thanks for what you're doing. Take care, Joe |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Mike Flack Message: Doug Perry? The guy who spent eight years in the field without an R&R? Not believe anything Doug Perry says? I can't imagine. |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: An update on Col(R) Howard. He has now transferred to a hospice facility in Waco, Texas. His son who is stationed at Bragg is with him as well as other family members. He has requested to be buried at Arlington when the time comes. The hospital in San Antonio will forward his mail. On another note, thanks Mark for a great poem. I printed it, and put it on our Bulletin Board here in the VA Hospital. Very well done. My thanks, Joe. |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Order of Rogers Rangers Message: The Order of Rogers Rangers is pleased to announce the special recognition of those Rangers who faithfully served in one or more Ranger Battalions or the Ranger Regimental HQ for numerous years. The Order of Rogers Rangers is a special and select group of Noncommissioned Officers who gave a career of Rangering with the 75th Ranger Regiment, and as such, significantly contributed to the present day Ranger Battalions. For those who served with multiple assignments to the Ranger Regiment, or who served many years in one of the present day Ranger Battalions, you are requested to contact the Order of Rogers Rangers. Please go to: Orderofrogersrangers@yahoo.com for further information. You must be a retired E-8/E-9 with a multiple history of assignments or a long serving NCO in one of the Ranger Battalions, as a Noncommissioned Officer, serving in the role of Fire Team Leader, Squad Leader, Platoon Sergeant, First Sergeant, or Command Sergeant Major. This is a special recognition group to those who have served faithfully with many years in one of the Ranger Battalions, or with muliple assignments to one or more of the Ranger Battlions/Regimental HQ. There are many who served, but there are only a few who made it a career. This only applies to those professional Ranger NCOs who served with one or many of the Ranger Battalions/Regimental HQ, from 1974-1999. |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Mark Jordan Message: ...July Minutes for USMRA Meeting 7 Jul 11... ...Willard Langdon, Chaplain, began the meeting with prayer... ...Steve Hawk asked for a motion to approve the prayer...then asked for the reading of the meeting from June... ...minutes read... ...Steve remarked how the minutes didn't have to be verbatim, and Bob Williams brought it up that the funds don't have to be aired in public either... ...Bob Suchke motioned to approve the minutes, got a second and now we're on to this month's happenings... ...Editorial privilege about salacious slanderings and other stuff that should't get past the walls of the Overhang is given to Bob Williams, the WebMaster, to make sure this stuff is alright with everybody for everything... ...Names for Fallen Ranger, Eric McGinnis, 1st Batt...died last year, from New York, given by Steve Hawks via a brother...nominated by Steve... ...At CCO we forgot about recognizing the Ranger Buddies for this year...Ned White and Peanut Anderson will be recognized this year and Chief Weaver is mentioned about being the Ranger Buddy nominee for this year...Bob Suchke remarked how well he was at getting anything needed through the supply system, by the books... ...quick war story that I'm not supposed to write down...about jumping jeeps at HAAF...property disposal was the solution...Steve Hawk's story...a patch welded on a cracked block became the 3rd unauthorized jeep for 1st Batt...the way the Army used to work...trading COL in the AF some jungle fatigues and c-rations for a select plane... ...Plaques done by Bob Williams for the Officer and NCO Instructors Of The Year were present, but attendance from the active cadre was nil, so the plaques will be forwarded to the appropriate sections of the camp for their own distribution... ...Pete Anderson and Steve Bishop talked about the CCO and the money took in...all were quite happy except Pete didn't get a tee shirt for the first time... ...still looking for a storage space using a conex that's up near the motor pool possibly...working on a new grill, 200 gallon propane tank...rebuilding a very old jeep that's already in bad shape because he found a gun mount at a yard sale...quite a long discussion about what could be mounted on a jeep in terms of gun mounts, etc... ...New Business...format for plaques as possible model to be used for future ones...Bob paid for these himself...Nominations for Fallen Ranger given to Bob Williams asap, as usual... ...Ranger Rendezvous at Fort Benning, 25 - 30 July...Bob Suchke asked about a jump and in Alabama there's a C-47 with static line jumps where you can still do some jumps...Sonny Bragg talked about jumping T-7 chutes, seeing stars... ...New Regimental Sergeant Major is Bielich, but that's not for sure on the spelling... ...Steve asked who was the new Camp Sergeant Major, whereupon the S1 said that had been covered on the minutes read earlier...Frank James, from 2nd Batt... ...Steve is getting a full day hopefully, sometime soon, to work on his jeep...and stories about his wife are not heard, much less written down... ...Doug Perry got thrown out of a church in Dahlonega because of a tee shirt he was wearing...other sordid tales about virginity, and how that led to getting rid of tee shirts throughout the battalion...health and welfare inspection... ...Getting the plaques to the honorees and the Pot Luck Dinner in October were asked about, with no new business, so Sonny motioned, got a second and Bob Suchke again dissented to adjourn the meeting...at 1934... ...Derek Runyon attended for the first time in a while... ...Respectfully Submitted by the S1... ...RLTW...Mark Jordan |
