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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Brian Cunningham Message: Congratulations to the 2018 Distinguished Members of the Brigade inductees; CSM (R) William H. Acebes, CSM (R) Steven R. England, SGM (R) Charles E. DeJarnett, SGM (R) Jennifer A. Duval, and Honorary Member Mr. James Mitchell. The ceremony will be held on Camp Roger’s in the Ranger Hall of Fame on 12 April 2018 at 1000 hrs. Congratulations, DJ !!! |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Mark Keith Message: Most of you may have heard I was dead, not yet. Got home from middle east in sept and found all of my things were gone. Wife left, she got rid of everything on my property and spent a hell of alot of money. My brother-in-law has said under oath at a deposition she was heavy into drugs and that is where everything had gone. May be linked to the guys on camp, I don't know. A couple of the guys she works with told me she was having an affair with her boss at the camp, again this was told to me. I'm doing well and will be in touch! RLTW |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: Hi Cathy, I remember the story of the Ranger Student. I was the Class TAC NCO and the student happened to be a younger brother of a man that I had served with when I was in 1st Ranger Bn. The man did finish and graduate Ranger School, then he went on to become an NCO himself in later years. It all worked out fine. It was a lesson in self discipline. Thanks for reminding me of that one. I had forgotten. Joe |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Delta Four One Charlie (Cleary) Message: Al, we all know you need your "beauty sleep" lol. Just a couple of notes as it's been a while and I'm just getting caught up.
SGM Miller took over for SGM Hall. I believe Hall was moving on to an ROTC assignment. SGM Weekly took over for a short time down there at FRD and then moved to BRD. SGM Cruise took over for him.
Joe, regarding the rapppelling incident at FRD, Duenas was the rappellmaster for that a/c. There was an unfortunate chain of events that led up to the incident, but Duenas took the hit for it and it always stayed with him, and probably still does to this day. I will say that all he did was follow SOP, and I'll just leave it at that.
Even though the student pilots from Rucker were sidelined for a while with the DPTMS birds stepping up, eventually both began to cycle through as things calmed down.
Lastly, I'll end this post with a bit of humor. Myself, Miller and Leisenger were down at BRC 87. Official business was concluded and we were all enjoying some libations. First, some background. Anyone that knew Miller knew he would have a psychosematic reaction whenever someone would hurl, especially onboard any type of a/c. Anyone that knew Leisenger knew he literally hated mayonnaise and couldn't stand the stuff.
Fast forward. I got the idea to serve Reed up a sandwich after hearing him bitching continuously about being hungry while were drinking at BRC. There was this jar of mayonnaise close to where all the condiments were and I had an idea. Yep, brought my Ranger Buddy a snack to shut him up. He grabbed it, got about halfway into the second bite, pulled it away from his mouth, looked at it, pulled the bread apart and, well, you know what happened next.
The funniest part was the initial reaction with Reed's look of disgust on his face and Miller started to laugh uncontrolably at Reed's misfortune......that was, until Reed lost his cookies, and in typical fashion, Miller lost his alongside with Reed. What really made the whole damn thing even funnier, was both of them were splitting their sides while puking their guts out beside each other. I about fell over, my sides hurt that bad. Good times. RLTW, JC
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Cathy Beck Message: I posted this letter yesterday (I thought) but here it is again. THANKS! MAY GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU! Also, on behalf of thanking all military CASHA' Hair Studio (my daughter is 1/2 owner) is offering $5.00 haircuts to ALL military, retired or active thru Saturday. They are also offering 20% off to all military spouses and children with the proper I.D. This discount goes for cuts, styles, color, and curls. CASHA' is located across the street from Banister Funeral Home, 2065 Hwy 19 Business N Ste B, it is in the location of where the old BBQ Place use to be. The phone number is 706-864-5888 and walk-ins are welcome. Please call and make appointment with either Casey or Tasha and take advantage of this great discount. Ross, this also pertains to you and Sharon, God Bless you both! Visit their webstite at www.cashahairstudio.com. |
