tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107614312024-03-23T15:58:49.506-07:00Det 4, Headquarters 4th Marine DivisionDet 4, Headquarters 4th Marine Division - Chicago MarinesC Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815089043570782387noreply@blogger.comBlogger324125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-36997707203228441682024-03-05T08:04:00.000-08:002024-03-23T15:58:16.432-07:00Who is Coming<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Coming as of March 23, 2024. </span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><br /></div></div></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" data-sheets-root="1" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; table-layout: fixed; width: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><colgroup><col width="172"></col><col width="141"></col><col width="215"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Marine"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Marine</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total Coming"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Total Coming</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Dates at Mariner House"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Dates at Mariner House</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ron Wozniak"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ron Wozniak</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sep 13-20"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Sep 13-20</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Craig Hullinger"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Craig Hullinger</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sep 13-20"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Sep 13-20</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Larry Anderson"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Larry Anderson</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sep 16-22"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Sep 16-22</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Will Holahan"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Will Holahan</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sep 16-19"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Sep 16-19</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Jim Homan"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: bottom;">Jim Homan</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sep 15-21"}" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">Sep 15-21</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ken Morey"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: bottom;">Ken Morey</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sep 15-19"}" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Sep 15-19</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Joe Brooks"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: bottom;">Joe Brooks</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sep 15-20"}" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Sep 15-20</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":" "}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":" "}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: bottom;">Total</td><td data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[-9]C[0]:R[-1]C[0])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td></tr></tbody></table></google-sheets-html-origin></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-6438133880846093782024-02-15T12:55:00.000-08:002024-03-14T10:10:53.581-07:00Schedule of Events - Under Construction<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFCjpD4faR6wSKvLJs0si5PT89K25fZeFfvmnTgiW_XuRs_e43gCJlcGrqZGL-iYT7Ke26FFif6DxNJCTlh51xftMhw5MEyrzJ7utyqnI_eY1yEjtoZgzpz6PNHw2mXA5VayCHNMGotaGv0cBFCYeS8hZKZMMi0zAvuDPa-RWDhLXtLL7Xzlh/s1768/Screenshot%202024-02-19%2009.58.49.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="1768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFCjpD4faR6wSKvLJs0si5PT89K25fZeFfvmnTgiW_XuRs_e43gCJlcGrqZGL-iYT7Ke26FFif6DxNJCTlh51xftMhw5MEyrzJ7utyqnI_eY1yEjtoZgzpz6PNHw2mXA5VayCHNMGotaGv0cBFCYeS8hZKZMMi0zAvuDPa-RWDhLXtLL7Xzlh/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-19%2009.58.49.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The gray house above is Paul Revere's home. The historic Mariners House <a href="https://www.marinershouse.org/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">marinershouse.org</span></a> is next to and behind it. </span><span class="bodytext" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><span>11 North Square, Boston, MA 02113 (617) 227-3979, 1-877-SEA-9494</span></span></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span><b>Marines, Command of Preparation !</b></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span>First day of our Boston Symposium is Sept 16, 2024 so you are likely to arrive Sep 15. You can make your reservations 6 months before your arrival date. If you think you might come, make your reservations. You can always cancel them. And let us know if you are coming and when so we can get a rough count for our dinners.</span></div></div><div class="gmail_default"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default">This is a link to a Google Document that we can all edit - our developing Schedule of Events. You can all edit and improve it. Please do so. Don't worry about screwing it up - it is Grunt, Zoomie and Arty guy proof. It is kind of a Group Grope planning document.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FQYhfXl46dLomPwUqcDTi3CXp5HGzrG1nNS67xJINW0/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FQYhfXl46dLomPwUqcDTi3CXp5HGzrG1nNS67xJINW0/edit?usp=sharing</span></a><br /></div><div style="color: #222222;"><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">Such a Deal!</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;">Semper Fi</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;">Info below is copied from the Google Document above for your convenience.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-19e403f0-7fff-2ee3-24cd-60d7ddea3417"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Mariners House </span></p><br /><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"><colgroup><col width="913"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 967pt;"><td style="overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Affordable Luxury When You’re Anchored In Boston</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mariners House is a mission reserved exclusively for the men and women who work at sea, including but not limited to merchant mariners, afloat military personnel, maritime institution affiliates, and other professional seafarers and their families.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mariners House offers a variety of rooms, including full and queen rooms and suites. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">• In the heart of Boston's famous North End</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">• Private air-conditioned rooms with private baths</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">• Custom furnishings, large work desks</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">• In-room telephones, work desk, flat screen TV, complimentary WiFi</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">• Comfortable library with a business centerwith internet access</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">• Garden courtyard</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">• Complimentary breakfast, with lunch and dinner available in our galley</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">• Elevator to all floors</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">• Smoke-free environment</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">• Conference room and packages available</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">All guests must show documented proof of active service or retired status after a full 20-year service in order to make reservations. No alcohol permitted in the hotel.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">_______________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Friday - Monday 13-15 Sep 2024</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Advance Party Arrive Mariners House</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white;">0800-1000 - Breakfast, to order, Mariners House</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white;">Connect with others from the advance party, Recon the area.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Monday 16 Sep 2024</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white;">0800-1000 - Breakfast, to order, Mariners House</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Arrive at the historic Mariners House </span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/10761431/643813388084609378#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariners_House</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/10761431/643813388084609378#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">marinershouse.org</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1300+- Meet in the Front Parlors of the House. Smooze, recon the neighborhood, have a drink. Visit Paul Revere's home next door - free admission for people staying in the Mariners House. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The neighborhood - The North End </span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/10761431/643813388084609378#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_End,_Boston</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The North End, Boston’s Little Italy, is a maze of narrow streets with some of the city’s oldest buildings. On the self-guided Freedom Trail </span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/10761431/643813388084609378#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">thefreedomtrail.org</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, tourists pass historic sites like </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the 1680 Paul Revere House and the Old North Church, which played a key role at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Italian restaurants, coffeehouses, pastry shops and old-school delis </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">pack the area, especially on lively Hanover.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1700 Meet in the front parlor of the Mariners House</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1800 Dinner - Location TBD, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">North Square MAMMA MARIA. Across the square from the Mariners House. </span><a href="https://www.mammamaria.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">mammamaria.com</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. We can get a private room for our party once we get a rough </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">count of who is coming.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 766px; overflow: hidden; width: 1218px;"><img height="766" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/1hHZlj-3k5YKdHSyxw8C-76L6QP0S_HbrPt3jYZ6hrQwn1ZeaBTWrmddgpvBK9Q_ctd9doxt7LUfSjurd6ZuAs2eV7EnhDJYFP2nJxCUOM3QVqxxi58lHWdBsT247Tzrj8vgUPE6i9SvTBFxWf0nmuk" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="1218" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">_____________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tuesday 17 Sep 2024</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">0800-1000 - Breakfast, to order, Mariners House</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1000 - WWII Museum Visit - Uber and/or Drive 45 minutes north</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1700 - Meet in the front parlor</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1800 - Dinner - Location TBD </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">SEAFOOD - UNION Oyster House - short walking distance in downtown near</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/10761431/643813388084609378#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1a0dab; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Faneuil</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1a0dab; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Hall</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Market Place </span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/10761431/643813388084609378#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://faneuilhallmarketplace.com/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><a href="http://unionoysterhouse.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">http://unionoysterhouse.com/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 562px; overflow: hidden; width: 549px;"><img height="562" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/BSpQXMmadS4dykJ_kWYD4w94veA8uXZTP65TV6sa7qzOAgCBQLV-Jb6Ed4voIJ6-LqnTih7XktkvHGxCL7aEnscBxrB5WhMFyAtK94jHq_H92zjwXAXKg3haCYXz262OUVCfBPgaCh422EaSIQ8mNLw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="549" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 892px; overflow: hidden; width: 677px;"><img height="892" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/BQXEcfaybqZxwbLyk315liS6ysrOft8ZttuJ11euJPLyur6CmwGSzaSxa7xaFRHXyBL89lz9CW4bcCOPO4CfqN0wts5BUbYYHkYg-xIV1dvjbphHHyoG1Hcpvl6HoRzFjB1xIB0v3jVcduGPgGYE4-g" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="677" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">½ mile from Mariners House by formation run, forced march, stroll, or Uber. Google Map Directions below:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mariners+House,+North+Square,+Boston,+MA/41+Union+St,+Boston,+MA+02108/@42.3625044,-71.0579698,17z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e370891af57247:0x9933ff6ea3c63d84!2m2!1d-71.0535791!2d42.3638881!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e371eca897b9bb:0x337cbec87b222671!2m2!1d-71.0568908!2d42.3612817!3e0?entry=ttu" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 4pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mariners+House,+North+Square,+Boston,+MA/41+Union+St,+Boston,+MA+02108/@42.3625044,-71.0579698,17z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e370891af57247:0x9933ff6ea3c63d84!2m2!1d-71.0535791!2d42.3638881!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e371eca897b9bb:0x337cbec87b222671!2m2!1d-71.0568908!2d42.3612817!3e0?entry=ttu</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">__________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Wednesday 18 Sep 2024 </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">0800-1000 Breakfast at the Mariners House</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1030 - Meet in the front lobby. Force March or Formation Run on the Freedom Trail or take an Uber to the USS Constitution, Old Ironsides. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">25 minute walk 1.1 miles, or 10 minute Uber Ride. Google map directions below:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/10761431/643813388084609378#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.google.com/maps/dir/USS+Constitution,+93+Chelsea+St,+Charlestown,+MA+02129/11+N+Square,+Boston,+MA+02113/@42.3680841,-71.0628778,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e371c1d3418353:0x569bc2c0a80c542c!2m2!1d-71.0566095!2d42.3724712!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e370891af0f0f7:0x2b3862ce03de2243!2m2!1d-71.0536303!2d42.3638941!3e2?entry=ttu</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tour the ship. And also visit the Museum. The ship tour is free - it is the oldest Naval Warship afloat in the world.. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/10761431/643813388084609378#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.navy.mil/USS-CONSTITUTION/Hours-Visitor-Info/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/10761431/643813388084609378#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin: 12pt 11pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 476px; overflow: hidden; width: 640px;"><img height="476" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/R6QioRFtAp21-BOJmatMted42wIA2-W2L_IRWDzGH-8Ve_tNoa3Q_p4TXqkuHNA4p6D4au72YEWeX0xijN3HidjioMvAvGShI00d_Zocdrgu_TGmiXZ6dpiRVORJBwY3tWB977P7t7pTkKGZs592Du4" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="640" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 11pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 424px; overflow: hidden; width: 640px;"><img height="424" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/8QIKY1AenllNJOzyiASiIp9jYtThxw0aRb9Afiabr-mOR1GWu-ejcFXgkEYwWGflz1khWwiWVq3K9MD_rC3gHX5fHujdd309Z7dEHvuCz7QfNuWxOdtGB1qMe3ACINNE7eyqHv48y9BpyGOPYG6MrjE" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="640" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Wander back to the hootch on your own at your own pace.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1800 - Meet in the front parlor </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1900 - Dinner Location - LImoncello 200 feet south of the Mariners House/ Paul Revere’s house.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.ristorantelimoncello.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.ristorantelimoncello.com/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 518px; overflow: hidden; width: 919px;"><img height="518" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/GlGfyskpOIIlDvhz39KgXys_6rRRYsGbL8fIQbdWItJGyavihTuCKt46lkiEO-lABDZHYsqlcvIxbc2y8AIZ2Zpeqhk-ac1HPACb6qC-xnR6vUPifg3ra-E21zZMF2m4gLHpZ5i3fsZi-UB-wb00cA4" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="919" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">_________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thursday 19 Sep 2024 </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">0500 - All infantry officers fall out for PT. All others sleep in.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">0800-1000 - Breakfast, to order, Mariners House, Smooze.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1000 - Depart, or Walk to </span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/10761431/643813388084609378#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1a0dab; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Faneuil</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1a0dab; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Hall</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Market Place </span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/10761431/643813388084609378#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://faneuilhallmarketplace.com/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Adios, Amigo, Semper Fi</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">_________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Things to do:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The North End neighborhood </span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/10761431/643813388084609378#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.boston-discovery-guide.com/north-end.html</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Walk to downtown Boston, the waterfront, wander back to the hootch.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/10761431/643813388084609378#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g60745-Activities-Boston_Massachusetts.html</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">_________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Restaurant Recommendations From Will Holahan's sister</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> who lives in the neighborhood.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">North Square MAMMA MARIE -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">easy walking distance. Great reviews private room seats up to 50.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Limoncello -only about 100 yds from the hotel. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ITALIAN -DAVIOS in the seaport ..short Uber ride.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">SEAFOOD - UNION Oyster House.. short walking distance.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">_______________</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Things to do - recommended by John Wilkes friend</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As far as your group’s plans go, I include a link to a good summary article on things to do in Boston. </span><a href="https://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/boston-us-ma-boston.htm#US-MA-BBH" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/boston-us-ma-boston.htm#US-MA-BBH</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. Given where you will be, I suggest # 7 (the Constitution is a pretty amazing ship, great tour), some part of # 1 (the Freedom Trail), linked to a walk in the Pubic Garden (forget the Swan Boats), a ferry boat ride out and back to Castle Island (strangely not on the list of places to see, but readily internet searchable) where military defenses have been repeatedly deployed over a couple centuries (also gets you views of many of Boston’s 32 Harbor Islands), the Harborwalk (# 19) . Also, when I first moved to Boston, I lived in Concord, a bit west of the City, in a house bordering the historic MinuteMan National Historic Park/North Bridge - where the Revolutionary War Battle of Lex and Concord took place. Wonderful tour/museum there, a couple good restaurants, interesting town architecturally/historically. Also, if you are into the Arts, there is a great Fine Arts Museum. I could go on. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Please let your colleagues know they should feel free to call about your plans or the pros and cons of differing sites/choices, given your objectives.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Hope you are managing well, Bill</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Bill TenHoor</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 11pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 835px; overflow: hidden; width: 982px;"><img height="835" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/ptcfbfeYODglqEBZRJer_bYsw2IK97tRjtGDNfE1dZ6Ld0oGNk23ihEoPnN5gQE8oy309CJrQuFwv3ojL3QlLoNdt-GQqEjNXpwGsij5TaMBXl41x0Hs6Hk6IaR3p6OAVP-1uuekcC6R3TnWH2lj_7I" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="982" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Red dot in Center is the Mariners House / Paul Revere's Home</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 11pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 835px; overflow: hidden; width: 982px;"><img height="835" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/grAgiKEpU6GRzp3SGco7lAYCLHTScCGVSLyu4NgAqxZPjVaG-ltes8ha7MCMCL2FVMzzJ44cc0UCNAjeabBwjuzt7Y38QWoWENSN8jNnQHKZrbibtgxG8AuiFJ-GNHfwQPveW9F7vK2vZBI3fP6YpN4" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="982" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 925px; overflow: hidden; width: 858px;"><img height="925" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/JDIYPi2n3Q_f_l6mE_PhMgbHceDHei8I83CAQku8A_BclvQZILgHvXUlwCXRArKR5zLP2WrkvW5ZQS1xuNfCszANBFpqfxhMpliwmAvLbBTn4vkz3yOjZHR9ETL76ur9WGGmrOqT8gChkf_OCYn14S8" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="858" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You can take an affordable ferry boat ride: </span><a href="https://www.mbta.com/schedules/ferry" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.mbta.com/schedules/ferry</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There are also numerous short tours by boat: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Products-g60745-zfg11865-Boston_Massachusetts.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Products-g60745-zfg11865-Boston_Massachusetts.html</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">OPTION - Take a Cruise From Boston right after our Reunion</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 275px; overflow: hidden; width: 1354px;"><img height="275" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/Q2kZjQq7XXbbRlTvBqOi0xVTEbsTKhhbcdUMK3-vgMW5zNQMDtFYramO4FJfPVjGQXtGgYidXTADzLUx7FCR7ayUqCVykNtAd0TMni3aY6k-ZaYPyxvIUFtec07ZE0vXhLNHp3gU1bFxmg73SdZ0KSk" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="1354" /></span></span></p><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.vacationstogo.com/ticker.cfm?incCT=y&d=35&sm=20249&tm=202410&sp=y" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.vacationstogo.com/ticker.cfm?incCT=y&d=35&sm=20249&tm=202410&sp=y</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.vacationstogo.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.vacationstogo.com/</span></a></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There is a small Coast Guard Station in the North End Has a CLass 6 store.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 538px; overflow: hidden; width: 648px;"><img height="538" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/jIVWGdqy7AoWtMPSuwnOrlIhhrUr8W-KrRfedIeMRMXK1mmMUk_R4ca9dQhE_CS5tJG-uzY6F10cZp4EQXwpQhgm3nWaaENSGHRqcqK6w2TZ6ckVWOpTlutdLNvb0K0Y3V-wFvqAE0LeOEnwIxdnmJA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="648" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.basedirectory.com/uscg-sector-boston-directory/coast-guard-exchange-cgx" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.basedirectory.com/uscg-sector-boston-directory/coast-guard-exchange-cgx</span></a></p><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></span>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-10614341337477401442024-01-17T18:54:00.000-08:002024-03-13T08:58:09.201-07:00Our Next Marine Corps Symposium 16-19 September 2024<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Mariners House in Boston</b><span>. </span></span></p><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Arrive 16 Sep 2024 Monday, Depart Thursday Sep 19 2024</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We will make our reservations individually 6 months to the day before 16 Sep, which by my calculations is Mar 16, 2024. I will send a headsup to the Mariner House that we will be individually asking for reservations during this time period. This is a great location, and you may want to come earlier / leave later.</span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>In the near north Italian neighorhood, next to Paul Revere's home. Owned by a not for profit for seamen and naval retirees - Marines included. Rooms about $100+- includes a cooked to order breakfast. Dozens of Italian restaurants nearby, everything is walking distance. No car needed, close to the Boston Airport. Walk to the USS Constitution, waterfront, downtown. </span><span> </span><a href="https://marinershouse.org/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">marinershouse.org</span></a><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTAxEt_OhjlvG2dheAGOfo-Wu9_Pu4PNWKNJWe9IbHsPiFyeEQomGnRi79Z48vdn1sWcXLnlKCaBAadb5JvtxKyTR9W3HTBWjQ2freprMBc-wuU41ml0BaPSWXO3kjrQY98WFMbDNh3blket7jV6846aNB8eD2VwhAgK4eCWgbLUcWu0limDW/s1300/Screenshot%202023-12-18%2015.06.34.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1300" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTAxEt_OhjlvG2dheAGOfo-Wu9_Pu4PNWKNJWe9IbHsPiFyeEQomGnRi79Z48vdn1sWcXLnlKCaBAadb5JvtxKyTR9W3HTBWjQ2freprMBc-wuU41ml0BaPSWXO3kjrQY98WFMbDNh3blket7jV6846aNB8eD2VwhAgK4eCWgbLUcWu0limDW/w400-h303/Screenshot%202023-12-18%2015.06.34.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XqmKZLFb83zxjMMbXQ9enSKZA_HJVcZb2N_JEYUvP6wVcPYW1ZFRv1_38OyOuyWPXQr8TI_chIICCXy14Nh2vw0NNOOsl369BexTIWSer6sTbyYKEoRcujF5ZO2KJzPEvVnWT6Rm4cGAfFaXioqNE8GbjXX442a5Fn6ITc7HADgvFkeLxGZ6/s1275/Screenshot%202023-12-18%2015.07.11.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="1275" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XqmKZLFb83zxjMMbXQ9enSKZA_HJVcZb2N_JEYUvP6wVcPYW1ZFRv1_38OyOuyWPXQr8TI_chIICCXy14Nh2vw0NNOOsl369BexTIWSer6sTbyYKEoRcujF5ZO2KJzPEvVnWT6Rm4cGAfFaXioqNE8GbjXX442a5Fn6ITc7HADgvFkeLxGZ6/w400-h240/Screenshot%202023-12-18%2015.07.11.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The neighborhood is The North End. (Little Italy)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://gocity.com/en/boston/blog/guide-boston-little-italy"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://gocity.com/en/boston/blog/guide-boston-little-italy</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/09/01/north-end-boston-massachusetts-locals-field-guide"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/09/01/north-end-boston-massachusetts-locals-field-guide</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyd_-NM1_AqEEb4IbLHVImqNpwldKuBc2K30FTVU900bjlsNE05LlWtvOTtPNLMMY86ByMexZH6o3BYt9ygx4Sq5lJjK9-RDoEGoPe-xkA6gkc_VAPdBBeU2oCHIz7utsmg2FJEWesNLNl97Kx3b0Vz48peeHXH02ZJ03CPcIPRnBZswBB_Py/s1089/Screenshot%202024-01-18%2007.43.00.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Directions from the Mariners House to Faneuil Hall in downtown Boston. <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Faneuil+Hall,+Boston,+MA/11+N+Square,+Boston,+MA+02113/@42.3620415,-71.0560729,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e370866bb028a7:0xc2f8ab58860405!2m2!1d-71.0551145!2d42.360189!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e370891af0f0f7:0x2b3862ce03de2243!2m2!1d-71.0536303!2d42.3638941!3e2?entry=ttu"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Eight Minute Walk.</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsOqqtraP0ZT0Gxa-xf7C-Ul7M4DbcrYz4d5L6s-8bmpaCKuZKCtfY5TlVS-bGhWp9sjBNHrG1YSSqj0AQzAi4NUJvpJTh6IkT1FIVNQVc-oR3kUwjNi2xoMz1wN9o1RubY6UXlkMVEC5T0ADBgJJOFpcdbN8TppyzDH7RJJuO_UFBhSQ2QbY/s1224/Screenshot%202024-01-17%2021.54.57.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="1224" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsOqqtraP0ZT0Gxa-xf7C-Ul7M4DbcrYz4d5L6s-8bmpaCKuZKCtfY5TlVS-bGhWp9sjBNHrG1YSSqj0AQzAi4NUJvpJTh6IkT1FIVNQVc-oR3kUwjNi2xoMz1wN9o1RubY6UXlkMVEC5T0ADBgJJOFpcdbN8TppyzDH7RJJuO_UFBhSQ2QbY/w640-h476/Screenshot%202024-01-17%2021.54.57.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Directions from the Mariners House to the USS Constitution. <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir/USS+Constitution,+93+Chelsea+St,+Charlestown,+MA+02129/11+N+Square,+Boston,+MA+02113/@42.3686441,-71.0628778,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e371c1d3418353:0x569bc2c0a80c542c!2m2!1d-71.0566095!2d42.3724712!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e370891af0f0f7:0x2b3862ce03de2243!2m2!1d-71.0536303!2d42.3638941!3e2?entry=ttu"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">26 minute walk or uber ride.</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; 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font-size: large;">Logan Airport is 2.4 miles from the Mariners House - Uber, Cab, or transit.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDp9Twlfw-eofd4ww93upGw8M-_OhROrbM_5sYp_QOw9tOhZHFW7OJWGfKt1Urb9-doPhu46IhDAzi7M6VJcZ0tIRi0A8o5rW5XUZYhT7uixZ5HPp2sSh6HfRvicryL7xUHX74b7CaUdFvIg4VPVAr1Wb8Mk9Sf4vt7MLiDeyS-8pAEKvM-Pux/s953/Screenshot%202024-01-17%2022.11.53.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="843" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDp9Twlfw-eofd4ww93upGw8M-_OhROrbM_5sYp_QOw9tOhZHFW7OJWGfKt1Urb9-doPhu46IhDAzi7M6VJcZ0tIRi0A8o5rW5XUZYhT7uixZ5HPp2sSh6HfRvicryL7xUHX74b7CaUdFvIg4VPVAr1Wb8Mk9Sf4vt7MLiDeyS-8pAEKvM-Pux/s16000/Screenshot%202024-01-17%2022.11.53.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-19061165754648153782024-01-15T08:35:00.000-08:002024-03-04T17:52:13.319-08:00Doctor Master Gunnery Sergeant Harper's New Gig<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFonjFBjamUMoLXINjkrQu4SiKPAWPAbefkFQJcjVppYnwQwY1y0ySZA82asVrSq4FnU5iZW804Gaf3W_oEGQDSNyuHehwBtcscFOcBVs4AVKa_OIiV3VMvP4dl42YC2zMvwUABzavv_sPtjzo2pjOA2YtJ2709UqU9V_2Ebi1o4dCX4ZvbBjD/s4000/20240219_151349.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFonjFBjamUMoLXINjkrQu4SiKPAWPAbefkFQJcjVppYnwQwY1y0ySZA82asVrSq4FnU5iZW804Gaf3W_oEGQDSNyuHehwBtcscFOcBVs4AVKa_OIiV3VMvP4dl42YC2zMvwUABzavv_sPtjzo2pjOA2YtJ2709UqU9V_2Ebi1o4dCX4ZvbBjD/w480-h640/20240219_151349.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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That being said, it is difficult for us to leave them unattended for more than a day or two. Because of this, we will not be able to attend the reunion in Boston. We will miss seeing all of you and hope you have a great time!</span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">All the best and Semper Fidelis,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Clarence and Sebrena <span class="il">Harper</span></span></div></div><div><span class="il"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="il"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">___________________</span></span></div><div><span class="il"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="il"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Clarence, we will miss you and Sabrena. Miniature horses, just curious, What do you do with them? Sounds interesting, there are few people near me here in Waterford that have miniature horse, I see on their land. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><i><span>Joe Brooks</span></i></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div><div><span class="il"><br /></span></div><div><span class="il">___________________</span></div><div><span class="il"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Mainly we enjoy having the small horses. They are wonderful to watch and easy to work with. They need to be groomed regularly and have their hooves trimmed. We have a pony buggy and plan to train some of them to pull the buggy. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">One of the horses is actually a Shetland pony.and she is broke to ride. The grandkids and neighbor kids love riding her. We also have 2 donkeys to protect the herd. We had a 2 day old foal killed by a stray dog last year. The donkeys will chase a dog (or cat) and keep them out of the pasture. So as you can see, they keep us busy and we love it! We are expecting new foals this summer...</span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ya'll take care, as they say here locally.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Clarence Harper</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-33851656893797610972024-01-13T12:38:00.000-08:002024-01-13T12:38:12.914-08:00Toast<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“The love of a staunch true man,<br />The love of a baby, unafraid,<br />Have existed since time began.<br /><br />But the greatest of loves, The quintessence of loves.<br />even greater than that of a mother,<br />Is the tender, passionate, infinite love,<br />of one drunken Marine for another.”</span></span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background: none;">—Toast given at the 203rd Marine Corps Birthday Ball, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 1978. Written by </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">General Wilson, Commandant of the Marine Corps. Besides being Commandant, Gen. Wilson was a poet:</span></span></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-89300099434374527362024-01-13T07:37:00.000-08:002024-03-13T08:47:05.790-07:00Send in The Marines<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwSmLDGbJ2udaVFjvZMLR0LDJehE118UI17FNpf25BZH0HroDFFgqoVllIJ27ER7WvUZ_BMkL6FcC127PD7Er77_QqCKpvpjK5kkJoGN-yk_tVMcknBADXFa9Q-4kCo_gW1fW7OKTQ8lCyY5DxwOG0IdVT2oOCy3zsivsE0olGck-u5WkhyC-/s1210/Screenshot%202024-03-13%2010.18.01.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="1210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwSmLDGbJ2udaVFjvZMLR0LDJehE118UI17FNpf25BZH0HroDFFgqoVllIJ27ER7WvUZ_BMkL6FcC127PD7Er77_QqCKpvpjK5kkJoGN-yk_tVMcknBADXFa9Q-4kCo_gW1fW7OKTQ8lCyY5DxwOG0IdVT2oOCy3zsivsE0olGck-u5WkhyC-/s16000/Screenshot%202024-03-13%2010.18.01.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAIhgjBQJeZMQNrtMY_oL6i-sk41s_ohci5VyEDknnupOzhd06y7HoRoOZnbl-74pL2GCdSOts6zNhqVN6sdhafIXABJwc_YtSWnmO-K7w0l4QDkH-Tav_gPs14oBCrrW0MW9saHZFRXb9ACLbx-oVWvI9dU_XiavMX5IIV7RCfxaM39nbn6L/s1210/Screenshot%202024-03-13%2010.18.21.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="1210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAIhgjBQJeZMQNrtMY_oL6i-sk41s_ohci5VyEDknnupOzhd06y7HoRoOZnbl-74pL2GCdSOts6zNhqVN6sdhafIXABJwc_YtSWnmO-K7w0l4QDkH-Tav_gPs14oBCrrW0MW9saHZFRXb9ACLbx-oVWvI9dU_XiavMX5IIV7RCfxaM39nbn6L/s16000/Screenshot%202024-03-13%2010.18.21.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CP9xZBigwUbYCcH5NFDZnBhSvs-ovMR-DqbDC4tfjIOqLGdnZXSnN3xsCdoO7Lrnrdc2f2sD5QtqbsiaK6HVws8zmnLQbX03w1opOTwSiKZs9No1Xy_zgvDbgwbnETPkemKPeniv3FV_VjcVjA4DivnoFzi7J_ajlW6mPiTJoB_kVJaaPNyZ/s984/Screenshot%202024-03-13%2010.20.23.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="984" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CP9xZBigwUbYCcH5NFDZnBhSvs-ovMR-DqbDC4tfjIOqLGdnZXSnN3xsCdoO7Lrnrdc2f2sD5QtqbsiaK6HVws8zmnLQbX03w1opOTwSiKZs9No1Xy_zgvDbgwbnETPkemKPeniv3FV_VjcVjA4DivnoFzi7J_ajlW6mPiTJoB_kVJaaPNyZ/s16000/Screenshot%202024-03-13%2010.20.23.png" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Marine Corps guarding mail at Union Station, Portland, 1926. During the 1920's, the United States Postal Service, and the mail, came under attack from enterprising criminals. In 1921, after several high pro... <a href="https://www.mainememory.net/record/103976">show more</a><a href="https://www.mainememory.net/record/103976"></a><br /><br />Contributed by Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media<br /><br /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">During the 1920's, the United States Postal Service, and the mail, came under attack from enterprising criminals. In 1921, after several high profile robberies, President Warren G. Harding sent 2,200 Marines to guard mail delivery across the nation. The "Devil Dogs" were assigned to high priority certified mail, items such as cash and negotiable bonds. While the Marines were on guard, not one robbery was attempted. They withdrew in 1922.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">By 1926, the postal service was once again a prime target for robberies, which prompted President Coolidge to assign 2,500 Marines to guard duty across the nation. Union Station in Chicago was one of the biggest economic and transportation hubs in the region.</span></span><div><span style="color: #333333; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-size: large;">_____________________</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Secretary of the Navy, Edwin Denby, himself a Marine during World War I, instructed marines on assignment <i><b>to shoot to kill if attacked</b></i>. He stated, "When our men go as guards over the mail, <i><b>that mail must be delivered, or there must be a Marine dead at the post of duty."</b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">_____________________<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />On November 7, 1921, President Warren G. Harding ordered 2,200 Marines to guard the mail in the wake of a series of daring mail robberies.<br /><br />In the early 1900s, mail robbery was a common problem in the US. It was a profitable enterprise for thieves, as banks and other financial institutions often shipped large amounts of money and negotiable bonds by registered mail. Between 1919 and 1921 alone, robbers stole about $6 million worth of mail. <br /><br />Perhaps the worst robbery occurred in New York City when robbers stole five sacks of mail, carrying about $2.4 million in cash and securities in a single heist. The situation was so dire that by early November 1921, the postmaster general wrote a letter to President Harding to request that the Marines come and guard the mail.<br /><br />Harding agreed and on November 7, 1921 (the same day as another robbery occurred in Paxton, Illinois) wrote a letter to the US Navy secretary ordering him to assign as many Marines as necessary to guard the mail. He complied and within a few days, 2,200 Marines and 53 officers were scattered across the country to guard the mail. They generally worked in small detachments of two or three men.<br /><br />The Marines had strict orders: “You must, when on guard duty, keep your weapons in hand and, if attacked, shoot and shoot to kill. There is no compromise in this battle with bandits. If two Marines guarding a mail car, for example, are suddenly covered by a robber, neither must hold up his hands, but both must begin shooting at once. One may be killed, but the other will get the robbers and save the mail. When our Marine Corps men go as guards over the mail, that mail must be delivered or there must be a dead Marine at the post of duty.”<br /><br />The Marines remained on duty until March 15, 1922. During that time, there wasn’t a single attempted mail robbery. For about another year, there were no more major attempts. This was until robbers took $2.4 million from a St. Louis mail messenger in April 1923. The robberies then began to increase in frequency once again, culminating in the murder of a mail truck driver in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on October 14, 1926.<br /><br />The postmaster general then requested President Calvin Coolidge send in the Marines again, which he did on October 20, 1926. Soon, 2,500 enlisted men and officers were again spread across the country to protect the mail. However, by this point the robbers had stronger firepower – automatic rifles and machine guns, so the Marines were armed with Thompson submachine guns.<br /><br />There was only one known incident of an attempted mail robbery during this time, on October 26, though the Marine fired his gun scaring off the would-be thief. Much like the last time, the Marine presence brought an end to the rash of mail robberies. In February 1927, the Marines were replaced by a new security force of the Postal Service.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">-------------------</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.mainememory.net/record/103976">https://www.mainememory.net/record/103976</a></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://info.mysticstamp.com/marines-ordered-to-guard-mail_tdih/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://info.mysticstamp.com/marines-ordered-to-guard-mail_tdih/</span></a></div><div><br /><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.uspis.gov/history-spotlight-2023/send-in-the-marines">https://www.uspis.gov/history-spotlight-2023/send-in-the-marines</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-80811363782986914712024-01-11T17:37:00.000-08:002024-01-11T17:40:31.947-08:00<p><a href="https://www.mca-marines.org/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://www.mca-marines.org</span></a> <span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <a href="https://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/">https://www.mca-marines.org/gazette</a></span> <a href="https://www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck</span></a></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-40886633636150323862024-01-04T04:54:00.000-08:002024-02-15T12:56:27.784-08:00The Marine Corps Has Been Gender Neutral......Forever<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7O1LD_-05I7g-F3NMzojN4AMskV9tL0CxlzUeVSenHLVYTza_MX61VgVY8oYErxa_nGpP0tL_KJVuDoBKC2t6igrpLUcdKxXIpT7pNuZ7d0nDS-2McyjlYJ3OYWV6Q-vQIa3avfe1UCBtrubZH-zW6uy2dLBobL4LyseANRV5nLIhblPWv07/s423/Screenshot%202024-02-04%2007.52.11.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="423" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7O1LD_-05I7g-F3NMzojN4AMskV9tL0CxlzUeVSenHLVYTza_MX61VgVY8oYErxa_nGpP0tL_KJVuDoBKC2t6igrpLUcdKxXIpT7pNuZ7d0nDS-2McyjlYJ3OYWV6Q-vQIa3avfe1UCBtrubZH-zW6uy2dLBobL4LyseANRV5nLIhblPWv07/w640-h454/Screenshot%202024-02-04%2007.52.11.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Maggot was one of the many things our drill instructors called us at Parris Island. <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to Byron for sharing.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-7123536914678935372023-12-07T17:19:00.000-08:002023-12-07T18:41:21.866-08:00Pearl Harbor Night<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebq3TwTvHTT9axcsZmC-BsYj3t_pleaZRbCfSHDLZgCBAxp54dQY8OvGUF722kmgPtCpKbUj-BXouuj-mxZ5tZg3f_doNbfWY4mSr0Joy46UrxIheFqd2lYxix3eukbZYWIqjjLpgJiEdRA6NG93_v4qUTwXSR6g1EKOW9DgbCAXg_v6VsqLq/s674/Screenshot%202023-12-07%2020.13.53.png"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebq3TwTvHTT9axcsZmC-BsYj3t_pleaZRbCfSHDLZgCBAxp54dQY8OvGUF722kmgPtCpKbUj-BXouuj-mxZ5tZg3f_doNbfWY4mSr0Joy46UrxIheFqd2lYxix3eukbZYWIqjjLpgJiEdRA6NG93_v4qUTwXSR6g1EKOW9DgbCAXg_v6VsqLq/w640-h284/Screenshot%202023-12-07%2020.13.53.png" /></a><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In about 1987 we had a first ever (and only) Pearl Harbor Celebration in Indiana. We combined Det-4 and MWCS-48 and wore our Green uniforms to a Japanese Restaurant in Indiana.<br /><br />The pairing of the two units was awkward. Woz, Eric Bennet, Drew Davis, and I had been members of both units. But the other Marines did not know each other and the two units had little in common. But it went pretty well.<br /><br />We had not realized it was Pearl Harbor Day. The poor proprietor of the restaurant probably was frightened. He was talking fast and telling us his life story. Something about being interned in WWII. But then he realised we were friendly, unaware of the date, with no plans to avenge Pearl Harbor.<br /><br />We had a fine time at the Japanese restaurant. And got pretty lubricated. There are some other stories that shall not be repeated online.<br /><br />Then we went to another bar where a fashion show was underway. The bikers were buying us shots and beers. Naturally, being Marines in uniform, we had to consume it.<br /><br />I personally was so drunk that as I drove home I was stopped by a train, and fell asleep, waking up after the train had gone by.<br /><br />S/F<br /><br /><br />Craig<br />________________<br /><br /><br />1. Good thing you didn’t die;<br />2. Good thing no one else didn’t die;<br />3. Good thing the Statute has run.<br /> <br /> S/F, <br /><br /><br />Larry Anderson<br /><br /><br />_______________<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Good memories <br /><br /><br />Keith Carr<br /><br />______________<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IeCB6INUVdiFdK-5cgN_RsU6VhMmaESvFynW7TKvnqU/edit?usp=sharing">Click For More about Pearl Harbor</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div><table cellpadding="0" class="cf gJ" role="presentation" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; margin-top: 0px; width: auto;"><tbody style="display: block;"><tr style="display: flex;"><td class="gF gK" colspan="3" style="display: block; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; max-height: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 869px;"><table cellpadding="0" class="cf iB" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; text-wrap: nowrap; width: 869px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px;"><div class="iA g6" role="gridcell" style="color: #555555; 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text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">Wig Wearers</a></h1></div><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8S6rA5Vs7n_HPO22QH6gmsrZwrzo5ZKUaBThCgKbiqz_zA-mzuc2A9qJgCTO_Cyhg4oxtJx0VVxvQ75SXD88nznRfVTioWQG_KTRVRpHuZcvm8-Gb4I-CZg9d42Id3qiO13Z/s1600/Screenshot+2019-09-19+at+10.53.26.png" style="clear: right; color: #009eb8; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8S6rA5Vs7n_HPO22QH6gmsrZwrzo5ZKUaBThCgKbiqz_zA-mzuc2A9qJgCTO_Cyhg4oxtJx0VVxvQ75SXD88nznRfVTioWQG_KTRVRpHuZcvm8-Gb4I-CZg9d42Id3qiO13Z/s320/Screenshot+2019-09-19+at+10.53.26.png" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; border-color: initial; border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 / 9px / 0 stretch; border-style: none; border-width: 9px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></span></a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I hesitate to tell this story because it is so un Marine like but it is interesting. Current Marines won't believe it and neither did a lot of Marines back in the day. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">All Marines get a nice haircut on their first day in boot camp. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">This is me at Parris Island in March 1967. </span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The Marine Corps is a very disciplined outfit and demands and enforces tight grooming standards. Short hair is required.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyStoktrJrGGdiNG0s479Lt8AH-0VvezfuDtPR1meTSsGmQE3BTe3hotf4tTVmEX_BQDrZ0NhX_MXk9f2UsfnrA7ovZICm4WPRahOxzwiCPz63sU-wPB4KGTOLutLGTWx1g1zK/s1600/Screenshot+2019-09-19+at+11.02.45.png" style="clear: right; color: #009eb8; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="503" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyStoktrJrGGdiNG0s479Lt8AH-0VvezfuDtPR1meTSsGmQE3BTe3hotf4tTVmEX_BQDrZ0NhX_MXk9f2UsfnrA7ovZICm4WPRahOxzwiCPz63sU-wPB4KGTOLutLGTWx1g1zK/s320/Screenshot+2019-09-19+at+11.02.45.png" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; border-color: initial; border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 / 9px / 0 stretch; border-style: none; border-width: 9px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></a></div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The high and tight is very popular. The photo to the right is of a friend - now a General - getting a haircut in Vietnam. When I was a Private at 29 Palms our NCO's would march us to the barbershop each week for a "High and Tight" haircut. Long hair was very popular in California in 1967 and we were laughed at when we hitchhiked into Los Angeles.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">In 1972 the Marine Reserve was filled by very smart individuals who joined the Reserves to stay out of Vietnam. Some of the smart guys included lawyers who filed suit in Federal Court seeking permission to wear long hair under short haired wigs.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Judge Bill Lynch, formerly Mayor Daley's law partner and formerly a Naval Officer, and a family friend, felt that this request was reasonable. He issued a court order which said that any Marine in the Ninth Naval District could wear a wig that met Marine standards.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">It was of course not possible to meet Marine grooming standards with the wigs. Most of the troops bought cheap wigs. If you had them cut down to be evenly graduated the cords of the wigs would show and look terrible.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">When we took our wig wearing Marine Reservists to our two week training exercises at regular bases the active duty NCO's went ballistic, threatening the wig wearers and us. The wig wearers got the Judge to threaten that he would jail anyone who disciplined the wig wearers.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Bob Dart and Dennis Herring have a funny story about this. A Regular Staff NCO was ballistic about this (They all did). He fired up Dennis who was new to the Reserve - what had he gotten into? He told CWO Bob Dart about the problem. Bob informed the SNCO of the Judge's order and that the SNCO would go to jail if he interfered with the wig wearing. </span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The SNCO demanded that Bob put this order in writing. Bob did so. Bob later became friends with the SNCO who had the order framed behind his desk.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We were none too fond of the wig wearers. We were trying to fit in with the active duty folks who hated the wig wearing. So we were pretty tough on the wig wearers. We would not let them take the wigs off and required them to shower with their wigs on, and to sleep with them. Not the most comfortable situation in hot bases in the field in the summer.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I knew Judge Lynch, who was a family friend of my in-laws. I told him about the anger in the Marine Corps, but he simply thought the Marine Corps was unreasonable. Needless to say I did not tell my Marine superiors about my connection to the Judge.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We were in New River, North Carolina on an exercise. We were visited by General White. We hid our wig wearer, LCpl Havrilla, in the TSC-15 Van where he would not be seen.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Everything was going well and the General was leaving. Then we received a call from Glenview on the TSC-15 radio. One of our SNCO's (What was he thinking?) shouted to the General, asking him if he would like to talk to Glenview. "I believe I would" he said, and started walking to the Van.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I quickly got in the van and placed myself between the wig wearing Havrilla and the General. And I got on the radio and said, "We have an O-7 who wants to talk to you on the radio, Get somebody on the horn who can talk to him." Silence.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am dead, I thought, The young radio operator at Glenview will freeze up when the General gets on the net, and he will not be used to the fast way that pilots speak on the radio.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">So the General gets on the mike, and speaking very rapidly, says " we are having a great time down here, everything is going well, and the weather is great. How is everything at Glenview?"</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Everything is fine, here, Sir. Weather is great. Glad you are enjoying yourself" replied Lt McClure, an experienced Air Controller who was used to talking to pilots on the radio. He had just happened to be walking by when he heard my call, and took over the response. SAVED!</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The General never saw Havrilla. And he did not know that we could not talk to nearby Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune, which was what we were trying to do. The signal skipped right over those close bases to Glenview. He thought we were hot stuff.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">A friend of mine had just graduated from college and was going to enlist. "Go as an officer and go as a Reservist. If you like it stay in, if not stay in the Reserves." I told him. </span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">He did as I suggested. He was and is a big strong guy and I was proud of having recruited him. He was a member of the infantry battalion at Foster Avenue on the west side of Chicago.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Then he joined a band and started wearing a short haired wig. I quit bragging about how I recruited him. Needless to say he was not popular in the Battalion.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Eventually the guys who joined to avoid Vietnam left and the new guys joined who were willing to follow Marine requirements. After a while the wigs went away, and we breathed a sigh of relief. We even had some of our wig wearers stay in the Squadron for a career, notably GySgt Storbeck, our admin chief, who of course quit wearing the rug. It is still fun to tease him about his wig wearing days.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The link below is from 1975 when the courts decided that male Marines could not wear wigs. Glad that that is over.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9CZL_dnagLkC&pg=RA11-PA29&lpg=RA11-PA29&dq=marine+corps+wigs&source=bl&ots=QacWYUvoFu&sig=ACfU3U2hEXv8AUG9XAH_ak-e7SAtLLIV0Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzqr2k4LLmAhWMxVkKHXxFAXMQ6AEwHHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=marine%20corps%20wigs&f=false" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">https://books.google.com/books?id=9CZL_dnagLkC&pg=RA11-PA29&lpg=RA11-PA29&dq=marine+corps+wigs&source=bl&ots=QacWYUvoFu&sig=ACfU3U2hEXv8AUG9XAH_ak-e7SAtLLIV0Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzqr2k4LLmAhWMxVkKHXxFAXMQ6AEwHHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=marine%20corps%20wigs&f=false</a></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; 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Weather is great"</span></span><br /><div class="r" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.57; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thebalancecareers.com/marine-corps-grooming-standards-3332794" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.thebalancecareers.com/marine-corps-grooming-standards-3332794&ved=2ahUKEwjSpLPVmt3kAhWGvp4KHXeWCUgQFjANegQIAhAB" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"></a><br /><h3 class="LC20lb" style="display: inline-flex; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thebalancecareers.com/marine-corps-grooming-standards-3332794" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.thebalancecareers.com/marine-corps-grooming-standards-3332794&ved=2ahUKEwjSpLPVmt3kAhWGvp4KHXeWCUgQFjANegQIAhAB" style="color: #660099; 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font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 17.5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The battalion has infantry officer openings across sites in Madison, Des Moines, Milwaukee and Chicago. Officers interested in discussing billet openings with 2/24 should contact the battalion's Inspector-Instructor and the Prior Service Recruiting OIC for 9th Marine Corps District.</p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">2/24 Is Now located at Fort Sheridan.</span></p><div class="adL"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_quote adL"><span class="im" style="color: #500050;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">Joe Brooks <<a href="mailto:jgbgb2654@gmail.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">jgbgb2654@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br /></div><p>I checked Google, and the address for 2/24 is reported to be 3155 Blackhawk Dr., Ste 701, Fort Sheridan, Illinois 60037. It shows the Bn CO as a LtCol. Ryan P. Kenny, an Intel guy, and in 2006 in Al Anbar Province with 3rd Recob. He now lives in Chicago working for Boeing. </p><p>Also shows the Sgt Major, Bryan J. Axelrod, enlisted in the USMC in 2003, makes me feel really old! He's an 0311, deployed to Fallujah June 2007, and EAS December 2007, then joined the Reserves, Marine Wing Support Squadron 471. He later deployed to Afghanistan 2011, Security Plt Sgt for Motor Transport BN. Promoted to 1st Sgt April 2019, assigned to Wpns Co. 3/23 May 2022. He was promoted to SgtMaj June 2003, and was reassigned to 2nd Bn 24th Marine Reg. </p><p>Found this and more after googling 2dn Bn 24th Marine regiment. </p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Joe Brooks</i></p><div><br /></div></span></span><div><div class="adm" style="margin: 5px 0px;"></div><div class="im"><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Check out what Chicago is doing at our former Bn Hq!! </span></span></div><div style="color: #500050;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://news.wttw.com/2023/08/28/key-panel-advances-plan-transform-former-chicago-marine-corps-facility-migrant-shelter&source=gmail&ust=1693512052577000&usg=AOvVaw0NUk2JQZl8k3gggAjpo0Vs" href="https://news.wttw.com/2023/08/28/key-panel-advances-plan-transform-former-chicago-marine-corps-facility-migrant-shelter" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://news.wttw.com/2023/08/<wbr></wbr>28/key-panel-advances-plan-<wbr></wbr>transform-former-chicago-<wbr></wbr>marine-corps-facility-migrant-<wbr></wbr>shelter</a><br /></span></div><div style="color: #500050;"><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></div><div style="color: #500050;"><br /></div><div style="color: #500050;"><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><b>2nd Battalion, 24th Marines</b> (2/24) is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Infantry">infantry</a> battalion in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> based out of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>, consisting of approximately 1000 Marines and Sailors. The battalion falls under the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd_Marine_Regiment_(United_States)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="23rd Marine Regiment (United States)">23rd Marine Regiment</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Marine_Division_(United_States)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="4th Marine Division (United States)">4th Marine Division</a>.</p><h2 style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); color: black; font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.375; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Subordinate_units">Subordinate units</span><span class="mw-editsection" face="sans-serif" style="font-size: small; line-height: 0; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0px; unicode-bidi: isolate; 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padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Headquarters and Service Company</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sheridan,_Illinois" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Fort Sheridan, Illinois">Fort Sheridan, Illinois</a></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Echo Company</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Moines,_Iowa" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Des Moines, Iowa">Des Moines, Iowa</a></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Fox Company</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee,_Wisconsin" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Milwaukee, Wisconsin">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Golf Company</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, Wisconsin</a></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Weapons Company</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Joliet, Illinois">Joliet, Illinois</a></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); color: black; font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.375; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Mission">Mission</span></h2><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Provide trained combat and combat support personnel and units to augment and reinforce the active component in time of war, national emergency, and at other times as national security requires; and have the capability to reconstitute the 4th Marine Division, if required.</p><h2 style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); color: black; font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.375; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2><h3 style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Founding">Founding</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">The origin of 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines can be traced back to the establishment of the 9th Reserve Battalion in 1922. They were mobilized in November 1940 as part of the preparation for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Many of Chicago's reservists became part of the newly founded 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Marine_Division_(United_States)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="4th Marine Division (United States)">4th Marine Division</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Fleet Marine Force">Fleet Marine Force</a>.</p><figure class="mw-halign-right" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-collapse: collapse; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 0px; clear: right; color: #202122; display: table; float: right; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 0; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em; min-width: 100px; text-align: center;" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a class="mw-file-description" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Madghosts.JPG" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; display: block; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;"><img class="mw-file-element" data-file-height="612" data-file-width="959" decoding="async" height="128" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Madghosts.JPG/200px-Madghosts.JPG" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Madghosts.JPG/300px-Madghosts.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Madghosts.JPG/400px-Madghosts.JPG 2x" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); margin: 3px; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" /></a><figcaption style="border-bottom-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 1px 1px; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; font-size: 12.376px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px 6px 6px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;">The Mad Ghosts</figcaption></figure><h3 style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="World_War_II">World War II</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">2nd Battalion, 24th Marines was activated on 26 March 1943, as part of the 4th Marine Division. Their first action was the invasion of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Islands" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a> on 1 February 1944, securing the first portion of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese Empire</a> to be conquered by the United States in World War II.</p><figure class="mw-halign-right" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-collapse: collapse; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 0px; clear: right; color: #202122; display: table; float: right; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 0; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em; min-width: 100px; text-align: center;" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a class="mw-file-description" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mccarthy(medal_of_honor).jpg" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; display: block; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;"><img class="mw-file-element" data-file-height="527" data-file-width="480" decoding="async" height="220" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Mccarthy%28medal_of_honor%29.jpg/200px-Mccarthy%28medal_of_honor%29.jpg" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Mccarthy%28medal_of_honor%29.jpg/300px-Mccarthy%28medal_of_honor%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Mccarthy%28medal_of_honor%29.jpg/400px-Mccarthy%28medal_of_honor%29.jpg 2x" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); margin: 3px; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" /></a><figcaption style="border-bottom-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 1px 1px; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; font-size: 12.376px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px 6px 6px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;">Capt.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_J._McCarthy" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Joseph J. McCarthy">Joseph J. McCarthy</a> of 2/24 G Co..</figcaption></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">On 15 June 1944, the battalion <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saipan" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Battle of Saipan">landed on Saipan</a> in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianas" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Marianas">Marianas</a>. Fifteen days after Saipan was secured, they <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tinian" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Battle of Tinian">assaulted the island of Tinian</a>, securing that island in eight days. 2/24, received its first <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(US)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Presidential Unit Citation (US)">Presidential Unit Citation</a> for the capture of Saipan and Tinian.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">On 19 February 1945, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Battle of Iwo Jima">landed on Iwo Jima</a> and fought for 35 days until the island was finally secured on 26 March 1945. From D-day until the 24th RCT relieved the 25th RCT the Seabees of the 133rd NCB were the 2nd Battalions Shore party. The Battalion was awarded a second Presidential Unit Citation for its participation in the capture of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwo_Jima" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Iwo Jima">Iwo Jima</a>. Captain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_J._McCarthy" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Joseph J. McCarthy">Joseph J. McCarthy</a>, Commanding Officer, Co. G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines, and a Chief in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Fire_Department" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Chicago Fire Department">Chicago Fire Department</a>, was awarded the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> for his gallantry during the battle.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Battalion,_24th_Marines#cite_note-1" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a></sup> The battalion was demobilized on 31 October 1945.</p><h3 style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Korean_War">Korean War</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">In October 1950, they were mobilized and sent to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Pendleton" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton">Camp Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="California">California</a>, for further transfer to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Korea">Korea</a>, where Chicago Marines saw combat during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>.</p><h3 style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Gulf_War">Gulf War</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">On 30 November 1990, the battalion was mobilized as a result of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="President of the United States">Presidential</a> call up in support of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War#Operation_Desert_Shield" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Gulf War">Operation Desert Shield</a>. Training and final preparation for the war in the desert was conducted at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Lejeune" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune">Camp Lejeune</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, during December 1990. Upon the battalion's arrival in the Kingdom of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, it was assigned the mission of security for critical facilities.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">The 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines were initially assigned the mission of protecting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="I Marine Expeditionary Force">I Marine Expeditionary Force</a> commander's primary bases in Northern Saudi Arabia, to include the Naval Air Field at Al Jubail, the ammunition storage site near Abu Hadriah and the defense of I MEF headquarters at Ras Safanya and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Aircraft_Group_16" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Marine Aircraft Group 16">Marine Aircraft Group 16</a> at Tanajib, thus providing security for an area over 40 miles wide and 135 miles deep. Echo company provided security for Ras Al Mishab just south of Khafji and 1st platoon was pulled to the Battle of Ras Al Khadijah. After the town was taken elements of Echo Company provided security for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seabee" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Seabee">Navy Seabees</a> while they were in the town. Even after some units took on enemy fire from Iraqi artillery the unit never received a combat action award.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">As <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Operation Desert Storm">Operation Desert Storm</a> commenced, the area of responsibility increased further west to Kibrit and north to Al Khanjar. During the ground war, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines provided security to the largest ammunition supply point in the country, at the loss of which would have critically impaired the ground offensive. During the liberation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>, elements of 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines provided security to I Marine Expeditionary Force Command Post in Kuwait. Additionally, they took up defensive positions at Al Jaber Airfield south of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait_City" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Kuwait City">Kuwait City</a>.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">While maintaining its mission of providing security, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines was also responsible for the handling and processing of over 10,300 enemy <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_of_war" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Prisoners of war">prisoners of war</a> in a 96-hour period. The battalion returned to Chicago on 12 May 1991, after 5 months of deployment, with 3½ months in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Asia" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Southwest Asia">Southwest Asia</a>.</p><h3 style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Global_War_on_Terror">Global War on Terror</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Chicago's Own was mobilized again in June 2004 in support of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Operation Iraqi Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a> (OIF). The battalion trained at Camp Pendleton until Sept. of that year when they relocated to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoudiyah,_Iraq" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Mahmoudiyah, Iraq">Mahmudiyah</a>, in the North Babil Province of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>, an area known as the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_of_Death_(Iraq)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Triangle of Death (Iraq)">Triangle of Death</a>". The battalion was engaged in intense combat operations against members of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_(Iraq_War)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)">Iraqi insurgency</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Battalion,_24th_Marines#cite_note-2" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[2]</a></sup> 2/24 made Marine Corps history when they became the first reserve infantry battalion of OIF to operate independently, isolated on its own forward operating base.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Two-time <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a> Winner <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Burns" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="John F. Burns">John F. Burns</a>, the Chief Foreign Correspondent of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> described his time spent with 2/24 this way: "A week with the 2/24 Marines at their bases 15 to 30 miles south of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>, in the heart of the area known as the Triangle of Death, was a window on the demands being made of reservists, and on the resourcefulness and resilience they bring to the challenges. There is little they cannot do, with hard work and improvisation, the battalion's officers say, reflecting the widely varied backgrounds of the men in the Chicago-based unit - doctors, policemen,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Battalion,_24th_Marines#cite_note-3" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[3]</a></sup> engineers, teachers, carpenters, truck drivers, lawyers, computer specialists, <a class="new" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Community_counselors&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background: none; color: #d73333; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Community counselors (page does not exist)">community counselors</a>, college students, to name a few."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Battalion,_24th_Marines#cite_note-4" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[4]</a></sup></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">After establishing additional strong points in the area, working closely with the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Iraqi_Army" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="New Iraqi Army">Iraqi Army</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Police" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Iraqi Police">Police</a>, providing security for the first-ever open democratic elections in Iraq and arresting over 1,000 suspected insurgents (with an incredibly high conviction rate,) 2/24 returned to California in March 2005. They deactivated in May 2005.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p><figure class="mw-halign-right" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-collapse: collapse; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 0px; clear: right; color: #202122; display: table; float: right; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 0; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em; min-width: 100px; text-align: center;" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a class="mw-file-description" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MarineCorpsCompany_F-2-24_KhalidiyahSandstorm_2008.jpg" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; display: block; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;"><img class="mw-file-element" data-file-height="3328" data-file-width="4992" decoding="async" height="133" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/MarineCorpsCompany_F-2-24_KhalidiyahSandstorm_2008.jpg/200px-MarineCorpsCompany_F-2-24_KhalidiyahSandstorm_2008.jpg" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/MarineCorpsCompany_F-2-24_KhalidiyahSandstorm_2008.jpg/300px-MarineCorpsCompany_F-2-24_KhalidiyahSandstorm_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/MarineCorpsCompany_F-2-24_KhalidiyahSandstorm_2008.jpg/400px-MarineCorpsCompany_F-2-24_KhalidiyahSandstorm_2008.jpg 2x" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); margin: 3px; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" /></a><figcaption style="border-bottom-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 1px 1px; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; font-size: 12.376px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px 6px 6px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;">Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment search a field during a dust storm for weapons caches in Khalidiyah, Iraq on April 17, 2008.</figcaption></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">In March 2006, elements of 2/24 participated in Operation Shared Accord in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Niger">Niger</a>. The Marines taught basic military tactics to groups of soldiers from the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Niger" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Military of Niger"><i>Forces Armees Nigeriennes</i></a> and also provided humanitarian support to some of Niger's neediest citizens.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Battalion,_24th_Marines#cite_note-5" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a></sup> In May 2006, Echo Company of 2/24 participated in Operation Noble Shirley in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Israel">Israel</a> by conducting desert warfare and joint counter-terrorism training with the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Defense_Force" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Israeli Defense Force">Israeli Defense Forces</a> [IDF].</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">On September 10, 2007, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines were once again activated in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and relocated to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Ground_Combat_Center_Twentynine_Palms" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms">Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms</a>, California. The battalion began another tour in Iraq beginning in January 2008 and operated in the vicinity of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habbaniyah" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Habbaniyah">Habbaniyah</a>, operating out of base formerly known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Habbaniya" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="RAF Habbaniya">RAF Habbaniya</a>. On August 10, 2008, they turned over their area of operations to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Battalion_2nd_Marines" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="1st Battalion 2nd Marines">1st Battalion, 2nd Marines</a> and returned stateside in late August.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Battalion,_24th_Marines#cite_note-6" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[6]</a></sup></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="color: #202122;">Info from Wikapedia </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Battalion,_24th_Marines"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Battalion,_24th_Marines</span></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><br /></p></div><div style="color: #500050;"><br /></div><div style="color: #500050;"><br /></div></div></div></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-67139834135626672442023-08-15T08:18:00.016-07:002023-08-21T16:37:10.220-07:00Next Drill Weekend - May 2024 Lake Geneva? <p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HVqKEv5IvqLB_mOzcJ7CLYS_4f_PrGV52hlFKKUfsWMfNzq1Iz2awe8XA3tdmzq2eaeJ6lncHqlVXDRGBj8G2vhlSrOErxFZUZfyurwB1uKyCgdN_YXYx7jWYJI4D2iEjdkmBVn2UhDV75-k_JrkajzprbcEDBQ7DKeY0v-L97eb1sOJZKOE/s765/Screenshot%202023-08-15%2011.18.48.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="765" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HVqKEv5IvqLB_mOzcJ7CLYS_4f_PrGV52hlFKKUfsWMfNzq1Iz2awe8XA3tdmzq2eaeJ6lncHqlVXDRGBj8G2vhlSrOErxFZUZfyurwB1uKyCgdN_YXYx7jWYJI4D2iEjdkmBVn2UhDV75-k_JrkajzprbcEDBQ7DKeY0v-L97eb1sOJZKOE/w400-h221/Screenshot%202023-08-15%2011.18.48.png" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Joe Brooks and I are exploring a drill site for Det 4 in the Chicago area in May, 2024. A personal recon of the AO shows that the Grand Geneva Resort and Spa at Lake Geneva </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://www.grandgeneva.com/">grandgeneva.com</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> would be a suitable CP for this drill. The place has two decent chow halls and and two bars. Also has 36 holes on two golf courses, shops and a spa.</span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Joe is looking into area restaurants and boat dinner cruises. There is also an entertaining private league baseball team (the Milkmen) that play nearby as well as the Brewers or Cubs. Might be easier to deal with MKE traffic than Chicago. </span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I’m sure that Billy Mitchell Airport in Milwaukee would be easier to fly into than ORD. The idea of using Lake Geneva is to see some of our surviving colleagues from 2/24 and its respective companies and the air types from Glencoe. I think 2/24 is now relocated but we could try to get a report from that unit.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">We have a sales person wanting to work with us from the resort but we need some guidance:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">(1) Is there an interest in this drill?; and, </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">(2) Do the dates 10-12 May 2023 work for everyone? (The12th is Mother’s Day if that matters) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">If not, do the dates 3-5 May work?</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Let us know your thoughts on this. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">S/F</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Joe Brooks and Larry Anderson</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">______________</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sounds good to me. I'll be there, Lord willin', and the creek don't rise.</span></p><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">WILKES</span></p><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">______________</span></p><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Marines,</span></p><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sounds wonderful, CondiNest ranks it second in Midwest. </span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Only behind my old house in Griffith, IN.</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sarah/Sally and I are attending, The God Lord willing.</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">At BWI at moment, nothing conflicts in my phone.</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Will check more upon getting back to quarters.</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Interrogative, even though we always Drilled on weekend is there some unintended consequence(s), or problem with drilling during one of the weeks?</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love y’all.</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">S/F,</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ivan/Zim</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">______________</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Good point, Ivan. No magic to the weekend for most of us. And some places might be cheaper during the week. Why don't we expand the discussion to include the weekdays between the two weekends? Either weekend and also the weekdays in between work for us. We prefer the second weekend but will come on either one and/or during the week.</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">This is a great location. </span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><p><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">S / F</span></p><p><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Craig</span></p><p><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">______________</span></p><p><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Great idea. Being retired, every day is a Saturday and every night is Friday night.</span></p><p><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Lynn Wardlow</span></p><p><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">______________</span></p><p><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">Craig/Ivan make a great point (even if they are zoomies) weekdays with kids still in school would definitely be cheaper and it's not like any of us have "critical work issues" anymore. I vote for the week between suggested dates.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-size: large;">S/F Mac</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">______________</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ivan / Homan / Braun are Zoomies.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Woz, Craig Wood RIP, Eric Bennet, Jim Bailey and I are commo's and worked for a living.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">We tell the grunts and zoomies what to do, when to do it, and where to go!</span></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Craig</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">______________</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222;">So Craig are you under the illusion that we listened </span><span style="height: 1.2em; width: 1.2em;"><img alt="🤪" aria-label="🤪" class="an1 CToWUd" data-bit="iit" data-emoji="🤪" loading="lazy" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/15.0/1f92a/72.png" style="color: #222222; height: 1.2em; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.2em;" /></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Byron</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">_______________</span></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black;"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;">No! No illusions that the grunts and zoomies paid any attention.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Funny story. Drew and I came up with the bright idea to tell TBS Lieutenants about the Marine Reserves. </span><span>Drew and I were at Quantico for Command and Staff College.</span><span> </span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Most of us did not know anything about the Reserves when we were on active duty. When I got off active duty I grew my beard and started college. After a few months I decided to look into the Reserves and went to Glenview. I had a full beard, and I saw a Captain in the hall. I told him I used to be a Marine Lieutenant and did they have any Reserve jobs for a commo. He said no. I had no idea there was a Comm Squadron near my home! Almost missed my Marine Reserve career.</span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;">Drew and I contacted TBS and volunteered our services for a presentation.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;">The RLU Col went high and to the right. He caught us at some reception and fired us up! How dare we do this without clearing it with him! He was afraid that the active duty would think this was an effort to steal Lieutenants from the active forces to the Reserves. Pretty stupid, but he was wound up.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;">I was apologizing and genuflecting. Not Drew. He fires up the Col. Great fight! The dispute went up to the General level, and we were permitted to make our pitch to TBS. </span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;">The RLU Colonel told us our presentation would be closely monitored and we had better watch it. No stealing from the active duty ranks.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;">They added a Zoomie presentor to Drew and I. He was a CH-46 pilot with two silver stars.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;">The Zoomie pitched the zoomie business and Drew pitched the grunts. I talked about the air control, comm elec, and electronic warfare units. We told them about Reserve units, how to get a Reserve job, where the units were, and to consider joining the Reserves if they decided against an active duty career.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;">I used my line about commo's telling the grunts and zoomies what to do and where to go. Got a good response. </span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;">I think those Lieutenants learned much more about the Reserves than we ever knew while we were on active duty. I think it likely we got some good officers in the Reserves.</span></div></div><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">______________</span></p><div style="color: #2c82c9;"><p style="line-height: 1; margin: 0.1rem 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Interested but too early to say dates work.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1; margin: 0.1rem 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p></div><div style="color: #2c82c9;"><p><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><strong><em>Ken Morey,33,PP</em></strong></span></p></div><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">______________</span></p><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Larry/Joe great job...this location looks outstanding. Either weekend works for Sue and I; Sunday Mothers Day Brunch at this location will be very busy. We will most likely drive, but MKE is a superior option to ORD.</span></p><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">S/F Mac </span></div><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">______________</span></p><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Sounds good to me so far, but Mother's Day is out.</span></p><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lynn Wardlow</span></p><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">______________</span></p><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gents,</span></p><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for the planning…Lake Geneva is a wonderful spot…we have both weekends on our calendar, but prefer the 10th-12th as 3rd Battalion 5th Marines reunion is the following weekend and it would be nice to wrap the trips together</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Byron</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">______________</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">June & I are in for, during week, Grand Geneva dates…</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Comments: MLK is better than ORD but be careful you don’t connect thru ORD!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Last time I played golf there rate is over $100 but Retired/Military rate was $30 cart fee <img alt="🤩" aria-label="🤩" class="an1" data-emoji="🤩" loading="lazy" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/15.0/1f929/72.png" style="height: 1.2em; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.2em;" /><br /><br /></span><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;">James Homan Col USMC (ret)</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;">______________</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;">Sounds good, but I am unable to travel. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;">Semper Fi</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;">Jim Bailey</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;">______________</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="color: #333333;">I would love to attend in Lake Geneva, however, I cannot predict if we will be able to attend. Jack is still recovering from pancreatitis, et al, that started 15 July 2022. Hopefully final surgery scheduled for next week. </div><div style="color: #333333;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333;">Thanks for the invite.</div><div style="color: #333333;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333;">AliceMarie Joralemon-Strong</div></span></div></div></div></div><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">______________</span></p><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Joanne and I are good for the first week/weekend of May. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">I get to drop off my youngest son at O’Hare tomorrow morning for the first leg of his PCS to Okinawa. They have changed the tour length from the 12 months when I did it in ’86 to 36 months for him.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Semper Fi! <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Terry Sebold</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">_______________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div dir="auto" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hey Marines,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>The 10-12 May dates would work for us but the weekdays following would be even better. </span><span>We have our Grandson’s high school graduation Sunday 19 May in Wheaton, IL so we wouldn’t be able to make the Reunion if it was that weekend.</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Semper Fi,</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div dir="auto" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Woz & Linda</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222;">More info about the resort at: </span><a href="https://www.grandgeneva.com"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://www.grandgeneva.com</span></a><span style="color: #222222;">/</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br />Today has been the saddest day of my life. After over 8 months of battling Leukemia and fearing this day, I still was not ready for it, At 1330 hours today my Beautiful, smart, and sweet wife died in my arms. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">After me surviving over the loss of my parents and all my siblings, as well as very many dear friends, I know that I will probably somehow survive this, but right now I can’t imagine how. We were married for 57 years, six months, and 10 days. I don’t know what I will do without her. Many thanks to all of you for your love and support.</span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-54aa6396-7fff-2436-7bbf-e056dc2260bd"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">All my love,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John Wilkes</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Friday, June 14, 2023 at Zaagman Memorial Chapel, 2800 Burton St. S.E., Grand Rapids, MI.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Visitation 10:00 am, Funeral service 11:00 am Burial after at Woodlawn Cemetery. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Please forward to anyone who might be interested. Obituary is on Zaagman's web site and below: </span><a href="http://www.zaagman.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">www.zaagman.com</span></a></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John Wilkes</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">_____________</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jo Ann Westover Wilkes was born in Grand Rapids on December 5. 1946 to Ruth and Theodore Westover. She grew up attending Dickinson School, Burton Junior High, South high for a short time, and graduated from Mount Mercy Academy in 1965. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">She first met her husband John when she was only sixteen on a big sail boat in Lake Michigan. He thought she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. After her graduation from Mount Mercy, his graduation from Vanderbilt University, and his acceptance by the Marine Corps to muster into Officer Candidate School at Quantico, Virginia, they decided to marry. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Once the decision was made, there was little time to plan a wedding before his reporting date of January 6, 1966. Consequently the wedding took place on New Year’s Day. They had a short honeymoon in the nation’s capitol before a friend of John’s took Jo Ann to the airport to fly home and then took John to Quantico making it before his deadline by minutes. The couple could not see each other for three months until she traveled to Quantico for his commissioning as a Marine 2nd lieutenant. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jo Ann was a wonderful military wife throughout his five years of active duty and 26 years as an active reserve officer. She was a very talented seamtress making sure his uniforms always fitted perfectly with the appropriate creases. John always claimed to be a good Field Marine, but Jo Ann always kept him out of trouble as a Garrison Marine. She even functioned as his barber. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In the beginning, it was financially difficult on a lieutenant’s salary. During Officer’s Basic School, she had to spend every winter’s day from dawn to dark in a rundown unfurnished apartment with only John’s German Sheppard to keep her company, but she never complained, and always made the best of it. Somewhere along the line she took up embroidery, knitting, and crocheting and greatly excelled at all of those endeavors. She completed many beautiful projects many of which are framed and still hanging magnificently in her beautiful house. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Things improved slightly when John was promoted and sent to the State Department’s Vietnamese language school. During the summer and fall of 1967, they lived in a furnished efficiency apartment on the seventh floor of a Dupont Circle high rise, but two people and a big dog were not crowed enough. She purchased a little Silky Terrier puppy, which later started a several years hobby of breeding, raising and showing, Silky Terriers. Eventually the last Silky Terrier died, but she has always been a devoted mother to John’s big dogs, a succession that has lasted up to the present with their 85 pound Dingo. This was probably facilitated by the sad realization that she was not able to bear children, and again she made the best of it. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">While John was in Viet Nam in 1968 and 69, Jo Ann took courses in history and biology at Grand Rapids Junior College and did volunteer work at Blodgett Hospital. When John returned he was accepted to Vanderbilt Law School, so they headed back to Nashville. Jo Ann immediately got a job as a secretary for the Methodist Publishing House to help pay the very expensive bills. Again she excelled at the secretarial skills needed and during the three years of law school and subsequent seven years of John’s law practice in Nashville. She had increasingly fruitful legal secretary jobs with the Tennessee Department of Insurance, one of the biggest and most prestigious Nashville law firms, and even secretary to the Governor of Tennessee for two years. Finally it was not necessary for her to work to pay the bills, and she decided to be her husband’s executive secretary. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">During her time in Nashville, she also became very active with their St, James Episcopal Church and its congregation. Fresh out of law school in 1973, John learned to fly and received a pilot’s license. Jo Ann also decided to take flying lessons. She did very well and after fifteen hours of dual training, she was released to fly solo. But she turned it down, because she said the only reason she took lessons in the first place was to be able to land the airplane if John became incapacitated for any reason. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Around 1980, John decided to leave the law practice to take the position of general counsel of a local international airline, which initiated his new career as an airline executive. He had always maintained a side career as an active reserve Marine officer. His new career as an airline executive took them back to Michigan, then to Ireland, then to Waco, Texas, then to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Jo Ann loved Ireland. After being there 24 months with only a couple of weeks back in the states to help care for her dying father, she was still reluctant to leave. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jo Ann was always ready to support John with every kind of support he needed. He never could have succeeded in all his endeavors without her unfaltering help. As they gradually became retired they both became active in the United States Sail & Power Squadron (recreational boating), and the Civil Air Patrol (US Air Force Auxiliary), both of which required a complete new set of uniforms for Jo Ann to maintain. When John decided to become an author, Jo Ann became his typist, amazingly precise proof reader, and best critic for creating his novels. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Finally the retired couple returned to Park Township, a suburb of Holland, Michigan in 2007 to be close to their families and the beautiful summers. They lived seasonally between their two houses for several years but finally sold the Gulf Coast house when Jo Ann grew weary of traveling back and forth. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Early in life, as it was with every endeavor she attempted, Jo Ann also became an outstanding cook. Her potato salad, for example, was legendary amongst her family and friends. She also loved to work on the grounds around her beautiful home which she kept immaculate in spite of one of her husband’s ever present large dogs. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In recent months, with the onset of the terrible Leukemia, Jo Ann remained stoic with tremendous courage to the very last. She was, and will always be, greatly loved by her husband and siblings, all of which have survived her, and all of which say Jo Ann was her father’s favorite – sisters Kandee VanBelois of Jacksonville, North Carolina, Carolynn Maternowski of Edwardsburg, Michigan, Cathylynn Estes of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and brother, Theodore Westover of Saranac, Michigan. She is already incredibly missed by all. Visitation will be Friday July 14, 2023 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at Zaagman Memorial Chapel, 2800 Burton St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546. A funeral service will follow at 11:00 am.</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">____________</span></p></span></span></div><div><br /></div></span><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">John - we share your grief - May the Angels lead Jo Ann into Paradise! And May God continue to give you strength and grace to deal with your loss. We ask this through Christ- Our Lord - Amen</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Love and Prayers</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Larry + Medy Magilligan</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">_________</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So very sorry, John. You and Jo Ann and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Semper Fi</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Beth and Craig Hullinger</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">_________</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I am so sorry to hear that Jo Ann has passed. Especially from such a terrible disease.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I can only express my condolences and sympathy. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I wish for the best for you.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Tom Olsen</span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color: #2c82c9;"><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222;"><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">____________</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John, our prayers go out for you and your family members.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Barb and Joe Brooks</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">___________________</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John, please accept our deepest condolences on Jo Ann. Our prayers are with you and your family.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Frank Johnson</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">________________</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Very sad to hear. My condolences. <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Robert L. Hudon Jnr.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">____________________</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John,</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Please accept our sincere condolences on the loss of your beautiful wife. May she rest in peace </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Byron & Janet Hill</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">____________________</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I guess Jo Ann is back on her main mission watching over you full time! You are in our thoughts and prayers, Brother!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Love </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Jim & June</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">____________________</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John, </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">May God be with you as you grieve this loss, rest in peace Jo Ann.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Greg & Sue McLaughlin</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">____________________</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John, </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Kay and I send our deepest sympathy and prayers to you on your loss of Jo Ann. May she rest in peace. God Bless.<div><br /></div><div>Will & Kay Holahan</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-9411366279461965842023-07-06T10:27:00.011-07:002023-07-07T08:37:37.620-07:00Sgt Major Tomaeno - Rest In Peace - Semper Fi<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ijCdWziafubqk7W8POJ6Q6x2G5bX7iNVed-jHRriiscBXIIUem34ECJxwTR1E26YNKFBLUXZ19IW_LU__VLgimvyZTlDMgV7KnQ64B2OpaXJeYzzyZ_upqSoSr0GORbgQLxvA2yhpfXC-LsY9gpZ9WYqbqRScMFvmTFFsSBGlcIsGJ48JR30/s231/Screenshot%202023-07-06%2011.10.29.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="145" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ijCdWziafubqk7W8POJ6Q6x2G5bX7iNVed-jHRriiscBXIIUem34ECJxwTR1E26YNKFBLUXZ19IW_LU__VLgimvyZTlDMgV7KnQ64B2OpaXJeYzzyZ_upqSoSr0GORbgQLxvA2yhpfXC-LsY9gpZ9WYqbqRScMFvmTFFsSBGlcIsGJ48JR30/w201-h320/Screenshot%202023-07-06%2011.10.29.png" width="201" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br />I regret to inform you that SgtMaj. Joseph Tomaeno Jr., USMC (ret) passed away after a long illness on Monday, 3 Jul 2023. SgtMaj. Tomaeno had been 1st Sgt of MWCS-48 and VMGR-234 at NAS Glenview and SgtMaj of 2/24 in Chicago accompanying them to Desert Shield/Desert Storm. He joined out Corps in Nov 1963 and was sent to Vietnam as an engineer. He retired on 30 Nov 1993.</span></span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Mass will be held on </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Tuesday 18 Jul 2023, 1000, at St. Peter Damian Catholic Church, 131 S. Crest Ave., Bartlett, Illinois.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimS5MOzhSPtzErLhVa5Jqn5Haz-HN9Fu9n2VQrJIgWjiqqaN_nSG4CNpGh_i9qHKaicduTzEgwDSaEeDX6RAkhFqXRaMkfvBlFIMp1coMB4ETc2rHLsCBVLUQOZ5i98iPEDxbLS3le6P-eksJpv1UPUAw9ZDCcSgLTCOFTbr9-knv2GTN9-eg0/s314/Screenshot%202023-07-06%2010.22.29.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Please communicate this information to all Marines.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Semper Fi,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Bob Dart</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">__________</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLIdOPHmZjDY8Q2MX3dOqIndRgjVNMM6fRfWHC7Fxn2OhwYn5ESonFdhkoMLkJix21kd6CizXZunAmDlJbnmqo4DyxPfVeVhXO-04daPlS2jkUXM-rwqfwk-6jN-Aj3w8q48-YR3V2Eku4LOEJ2OJiiXyMdFP_6sPjdqidXG_Mkrjcn8Nd1EI/s362/Screenshot%202023-07-07%2008.10.28.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="198" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLIdOPHmZjDY8Q2MX3dOqIndRgjVNMM6fRfWHC7Fxn2OhwYn5ESonFdhkoMLkJix21kd6CizXZunAmDlJbnmqo4DyxPfVeVhXO-04daPlS2jkUXM-rwqfwk-6jN-Aj3w8q48-YR3V2Eku4LOEJ2OJiiXyMdFP_6sPjdqidXG_Mkrjcn8Nd1EI/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-07%2008.10.28.png" width="175" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="color: #222222;">Sgt Major Tamaeno was an outstanding Marine. He was p</span></span></span></span><span><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="color: #222222;">rofessional and sharp. He took care of his Marines. And funny and salty, in a good way. He looked great in uniform, with his hash marks nearly touching his Sgt Major </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222;"></span>Chevrons. The photo on the right is from the internet - his were closer.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">He served in two wars - Vietnam and Desert Storm. And his son was mobilized for Desert Storm with him.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="color: #333333;">Sgt Major Tomaeno had a great story about tanks. He mobilized with 2/24, the Chicago Marine Infantry Battalion. His son was mobilized with him and they were soon in Iraq for the war.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #333333;">Sgt Major Tomaeno saw a Marine on an Iraqi tank, and yelled "Get off of that tank. You don't know what you are doing. You will get hurt."</span></span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;" /></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPH3cNyQqLQvnLtyEAyraZHXvudnUcXxCA4TaC_-OWCp4HIRviCH7LU3sAdKdgiHoy3xk0WsUQE_-QVIGJbHBQ4CwPe8bDj7Knh-Vi1ZpatWIvrh7UqKLu2uMTJ2JGvKMOj9f5/s1600/Screenshot+2020-01-19+at+22.19.55.png" style="clear: right; color: #009eb8; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="311" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPH3cNyQqLQvnLtyEAyraZHXvudnUcXxCA4TaC_-OWCp4HIRviCH7LU3sAdKdgiHoy3xk0WsUQE_-QVIGJbHBQ4CwPe8bDj7Knh-Vi1ZpatWIvrh7UqKLu2uMTJ2JGvKMOj9f5/s400/Screenshot+2020-01-19+at+22.19.55.png" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; border-color: initial; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 9; border-image-width: 9px; border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 / 9px / 0 stretch; border-style: none; border-width: 9px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">The Marine replied, "Son, I do know what I am doing. </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">I am trying to get this running so we can use it."</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Sgt Major Tomaeno noted that there were few Marines in Iraq that could call him son. But the </span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">grizzled old Warrant Officer</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"> was one of them.</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-size: large;">The Warrant Officer said, "The last time I was on one of these tanks was in Korea. But this is the last time. After this I am going to retire."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-size: large;">Semper Fi, Sgt Major</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-size: large;">Craig Hullinger</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-size: large;">________</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-size: large;">RIP Sgt Major Tomaeno</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-size: large;">Keith Carr</span></span></p><div class="gE iv gt" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; cursor: pointer; padding: 20px 0px 0px;"><table cellpadding="0" class="cf gJ" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; margin-top: 0px; width: auto;"><tbody style="display: block;"><tr class="acZ" style="display: flex; height: auto;"><td class="gF gK" style="display: block; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; max-height: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 439.48px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">_______________</span></td><td class="gF gK" style="display: block; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; max-height: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 439.48px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></td><td class="gF gK" style="display: block; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; max-height: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 439.48px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Craig, thanks for the notification. Much appreciated.</span></span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sadly, with our advancing age these notifications will now become much more frequent.<br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I plan to be at St. Damian's church.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">May the Sergeant Major Rest-In-Peace!<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">s/f</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Bob Raclaw</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">________________</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Thank you for this notification. We rolled into Kuwait City together a few years ago.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">MGySgt Harper</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Semper Fi!</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">_____________</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">God Bless the SgtMaj., his family <br />& friends.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">S/F brother Marine….</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ivan Zimmer</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">______________</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So sorry to hear of Joe Tomaeno’s passing. My favorite time and memory with Joe was at 29 Palms on a CAX. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I was the OIC of a small MWCS-48 Detachment of about 28 Marines and Joe, then a Gunny, was my Senior SNCO.</span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When there was a fatal helicopter crash up on the plateau Joe happened to be at the flight line and he jumped into another chopper to assist the rescue mission anyway he could at the crash site. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">That was his heroic moment.</span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As the year before, our supporting unit was vacating the Expeditionary Air Field (EAF) a day before were to be bussed out of the desert by commercial busses.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Joe got hotel accommodations for us at a Palm Springs motel and we got 2 CH 46 pilots to fly us out of the EAF and to the Palm Springs civilian airport a day before we were scheduled to leave the desert. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Joe did an outstanding job organizing and leading the Marines through every evolution on and off the field.</span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I gained a lot of respect for Joe during that 2 week exercise for his initiative and dedication to duty. That was the start of a relationship we had for many years to come.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Rest in Peace and Semper Fi Marine!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Woz<img alt="🇺🇸" aria-label="🇺🇸" class="an1" data-emoji="🇺🇸" loading="lazy" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/15.0/1f1fa_1f1f8/72.png" style="height: 1.2em; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.2em;" /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ron Wozniak</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="185" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimS5MOzhSPtzErLhVa5Jqn5Haz-HN9Fu9n2VQrJIgWjiqqaN_nSG4CNpGh_i9qHKaicduTzEgwDSaEeDX6RAkhFqXRaMkfvBlFIMp1coMB4ETc2rHLsCBVLUQOZ5i98iPEDxbLS3le6P-eksJpv1UPUAw9ZDCcSgLTCOFTbr9-knv2GTN9-eg0/w236-h400/Screenshot%202023-07-06%2010.22.29.png" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;" width="236" /></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-54890569654660380652023-06-27T08:37:00.004-07:002023-06-27T10:27:22.451-07:00Good Night, Chesty Puller, Wherever You Are!<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCi1VEY6sx_S6DOOqcRW0XBPAOqhbyr_7m3JLPMQ_HLUlv4XgkkOxq3hNcmWOUpPwDm8caPYL-EuHjdPmZ6IeOtUk7k-Q4g4-1azLqLiv1CJ4-iCRFs9_MpD9nXsAcgS6ntx_D45GUlQZC40JmETwgAuk0d2FbNQIvWogDs8e9mfv0aAcznAOv/s377/Screenshot%202023-06-27%2008.35.44.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="304" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCi1VEY6sx_S6DOOqcRW0XBPAOqhbyr_7m3JLPMQ_HLUlv4XgkkOxq3hNcmWOUpPwDm8caPYL-EuHjdPmZ6IeOtUk7k-Q4g4-1azLqLiv1CJ4-iCRFs9_MpD9nXsAcgS6ntx_D45GUlQZC40JmETwgAuk0d2FbNQIvWogDs8e9mfv0aAcznAOv/w323-h400/Screenshot%202023-06-27%2008.35.44.png" width="323" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Good night, Chesty Puller, wherever you are!</span></b></span></span><p></p><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Said each night at bedtime in the rack at Boot Camp at Parris Island 1967.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesty_Puller">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesty_Puller</a></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/People/Whos-Who-in-Marine-Corps-History/Paige-Russell/Lieutenant-General-Lewis-Chesty-B-Puller/">https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/People/Whos-Who-in-Marine-Corps-History/Paige-Russell/Lieutenant-General-Lewis-Chesty-B-Puller/</a></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="goog_762267579"><br /></a></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.military.com/marine-corps/5-reasons-why-chesty-puller-marine-corps-legend.html">https://www.military.com/marine-corps/5-reasons-why-chesty-puller-marine-corps-legend.html</a></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZV3YdHc6W6KKBPrYLaxOQc2p7HH0Z0D0xPKGfd2zK4_Hy7lXfvDMhVehXUKycXPF6pzRjinO-L5WqWLU83xUIDEN038sqRfj7Tj1_HPgZd62wYlLlVOv9Eojyib_Qi1GcFD-hb5R9wn_HnZ7OCBz61Wo0K8cfb7gSKS9f4_IMt09HqSbEoxPi/s682/Screenshot%202023-06-27%2010.10.05.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="547" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZV3YdHc6W6KKBPrYLaxOQc2p7HH0Z0D0xPKGfd2zK4_Hy7lXfvDMhVehXUKycXPF6pzRjinO-L5WqWLU83xUIDEN038sqRfj7Tj1_HPgZd62wYlLlVOv9Eojyib_Qi1GcFD-hb5R9wn_HnZ7OCBz61Wo0K8cfb7gSKS9f4_IMt09HqSbEoxPi/s16000/Screenshot%202023-06-27%2010.10.05.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Chesty was a 2nd Lieutenant in 1918, reverted to Corporal after the war, Commissioned again in 1924 after heroic service in Haiti. He later served in Nicaragua, China, World War II, and Korea. Awarded five Navy Crosses and One Distinguished Service Cross (Army).</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKH3hxlvFsKpKzqmSoBteom_lgpsgAoFagYoiCHYmQGo2cqkMNnZbYdPkm9oTtxHoyy31JDkamZ6mWCF5mz1XD0KBpmp2ZPtp2HCrPtPjkf93s0HRd0Kph7PDM0pHeBmlTxjXVz9jchfIfysbmdIRANYhdZ4hgi3yaA2Zj6e6D0sK_lYg0ydvG/s611/Screenshot%202023-06-27%2010.13.22.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="611" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKH3hxlvFsKpKzqmSoBteom_lgpsgAoFagYoiCHYmQGo2cqkMNnZbYdPkm9oTtxHoyy31JDkamZ6mWCF5mz1XD0KBpmp2ZPtp2HCrPtPjkf93s0HRd0Kph7PDM0pHeBmlTxjXVz9jchfIfysbmdIRANYhdZ4hgi3yaA2Zj6e6D0sK_lYg0ydvG/w640-h416/Screenshot%202023-06-27%2010.13.22.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="873" data-original-width="1234" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKNdVY2tZ0UTHyPmfzTcxcgFs58mebJwjTyDmQxQj7vB2PdxJzKP-pCrRMp9GijW2PonJkiO7zsIXTCAdnmrP_DKs0KoDfkMy5Asl9HPC-6jcAsCyKEE10MISmdQ5kyc3vG8j9fel_RE-iP2ewIIhArPOldoA30q8XQmWsKnwVjpq1SgDX9k9/w640-h452/Screenshot%202023-06-27%2010.14.39.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Semper Fi, Chesty!</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><br /></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-63698959633105702742023-06-21T14:12:00.002-07:002023-06-21T14:23:03.193-07:00See the President?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2YS3R8SIYteiN7O9mYJ3F9UhagnTbvGl7fxuc_Rhf36MJ58YiLfrVG3UIEE0pEab4VLkzfT2-G8TgQTaVyCKoUsQxULGcxe9uOpIEXbNbkgIsyI7utEWwk0yv4EufC6lR6wmPvapLpvZw7u7rAx2PIFY2Ly6qgZ5Nd6K62Uxx9MC7ls90BBg/s4080/PXL_20230621_193752897.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2YS3R8SIYteiN7O9mYJ3F9UhagnTbvGl7fxuc_Rhf36MJ58YiLfrVG3UIEE0pEab4VLkzfT2-G8TgQTaVyCKoUsQxULGcxe9uOpIEXbNbkgIsyI7utEWwk0yv4EufC6lR6wmPvapLpvZw7u7rAx2PIFY2Ly6qgZ5Nd6K62Uxx9MC7ls90BBg/w640-h482/PXL_20230621_193752897.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi314MmtaoZ7kCRbDOMlx8N5fzEyiT0T5FbvQ0v8vn37wVPi3a2IMLp0HZvUX1TERr86QFIabbSNI1H7HL6hnVb67G959En4MT1TX_qvsMNvk7EVrZVz9q6xtpFzMK-NxqkE7C5oKPiefaXr1Zv9wveXAEY-iYaqcALUoHQehT-5kldxguhKP4W/s4080/PXL_20230621_193754144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi314MmtaoZ7kCRbDOMlx8N5fzEyiT0T5FbvQ0v8vn37wVPi3a2IMLp0HZvUX1TERr86QFIabbSNI1H7HL6hnVb67G959En4MT1TX_qvsMNvk7EVrZVz9q6xtpFzMK-NxqkE7C5oKPiefaXr1Zv9wveXAEY-iYaqcALUoHQehT-5kldxguhKP4W/w640-h482/PXL_20230621_193754144.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So we are at Andrews Air Force Base in DC waiting to catch a flight. We saw Secret Service everywhere outside the base in their SUV's The President must be coming in. </span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Then I saw Marine 1, the President's helicopter - photos above. I searched for where President Biden is and the internet showed his location. He is flying in from San Francisco, and should be here at Andrews in 30 minutes. Will see him coming off the plane, I think. Then I suppose he will get on the Marine helicopter and fly to the White House.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Very tight security. The just went through the terminal with bomb sniffing dogs. I asked a young Secret Service guy if I could take photos of the plane when he came in. He said no.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Later this evening we will board a C-17 to Travis Air Force Base in California. We were going to Germany or England yesterday but the planes were too full. Going Space A to Europe is tough in the summer when all the kids of the active duty are traveling. They fly first before retirees. So we will try to go to California, then Alaska, then see our daughter in Washington State.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Photos of our earlier flights on a C-17.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;"><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="clear: both; 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Thanks to the Army and Air Force for bringing us home. Nice trip. My wife noticed that the Helo was in very poor condition. She asked the Army NCO if they were going to junk it? "No, he replied. We will fix it up and fly it for 25 more years."</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IPVrH02qUY0/WsfUbR4KzMI/AAAAAAADLNQ/N2FN985Qz1kdZuMZOgF5dSMrqWgLTj5cgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B2018-04-06%2Bat%2B16.11.12.png" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="505" height="462" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IPVrH02qUY0/WsfUbR4KzMI/AAAAAAADLNQ/N2FN985Qz1kdZuMZOgF5dSMrqWgLTj5cgCLcBGAs/s640/Screenshot%2B2018-04-06%2Bat%2B16.11.12.png" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; 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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Now would be a good time to write your history of </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">and put it online. S</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ome of you other guys are not getting any younger. Your stories can be short and sweet, or the great American novel.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I will post them to </span><a href="https://det4.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://det4.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and on </span><a href="https://www.militarystories.us/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://militaryveteranstories.blogspot.com/</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;">We are collecting stories by and about military personnel. The stories will be posted on: </span><a href="https://militaryveteranstories.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://militaryveteranstories.blogspot.com/</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If you would like to have your story published email your story to Craig Hullinger <a href="mailto:craighullinger@gmail.com">craighullinger@gmail.com</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Your story can be long or short. The story can cover an interesting event or your entire life. You can write about yourself or a friend or relative that you would like to honor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Pictures are worth a thousand words. You can write the story for a relative, friend, or ancestor. You can add to your story. We look forward to publishing your story on the blog.</span></span></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We can also post videos to our blog. If you want to make a video do so and email it to me and I will post it on the blog.</span><br />
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Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-68050088471492435072023-05-25T16:01:00.025-07:002023-05-26T09:01:09.673-07:00Vietnam Was My War - Jim Homan<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hjmmYRsAvdw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-1862636923492104392023-04-11T07:17:00.000-07:002023-04-11T07:17:13.435-07:00Recall to Active Duty, Retired Officers<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #292b2c;">"When an officer retires, their commission normally remains in force and effect forever. In return for the privilege of being legally entitled to being addressed by their military rank and getting all their retirement benefits, they basically remain an "officer of the United States" until death."</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292b2c; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"That means that, if there is a recall, the officers can be brought back without an act of Congress or presidential recall"</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292b2c; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="color: #292b2c; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.military.com/join-military/eligibility-requirements/can-you-really-be-recalled-active-duty-any-time.html">https://www.military.com/join-military/eligibility-requirements/can-you-really-be-recalled-active-duty-any-time.html</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="color: #292b2c; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292b2c; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">You signed on forever. And most of us would willingly go back in if needed. Of course, at our age, if the nation needs, we are all in deep trouble.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292b2c; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292b2c; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-26674140309068750612023-03-29T03:58:00.002-07:002023-03-29T03:58:44.540-07:00Duel Between the Army SNCO and Marine Colonel <p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We have been playing around with Artificial Intelligence generated poems. Here is a great one by AI and my friend Albert the Army Staff NCO. He and I frequently duel online about foreign wars, the military and politics. I liked the poem a lot, but as you will see it is a rich fantasy with the Army beating Marines.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The sergeant stood tall in his blue uniform,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">His eyes were fierce and his face severe</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As he faced the grim-faced marine colonel</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">An epic duel they would soon endure</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The colonel was proud in his green fatigues</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">His stance was firm and his stance was proud</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">He had seen much in his years of service</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And he was ready for this duel to be allowed</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Their guns were drawn, the rules were set</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For a battle of wills to be fought</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">But this was no ordinary duel</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For a great offense had been brought</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In a clash of steel and a flurry of shots</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The two men fought for hours long</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Until at last the sergeant stood victorious</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The colonel’s honor was gone</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The sergeant was hailed for his courage and skill</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Though a heavy price was paid</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For in the end, one man had won</span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">But the other’s life had been betrayed</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="yj6qo"></div>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-12589789893231417592023-02-14T08:01:00.013-08:002023-02-14T08:58:18.806-08:00Next Reunion Options - Volunteers to Plan It Needed<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We need volunteers to plan our next reunion. Possible locations that we discussed (but no volunteers emerged to plan it) last week included.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Chicago - Great Lakes or Downtown or Suburban,</b> with a one afternoon/evening join us at the bar get together with all the Marines we would like to see again who served with 2/24, MACG-48, or Joliet Arty, or any Marines that we would like to see that we track down.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #555555;"><b>Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, Navy Gateway Inn </b>offers newly renovated rooms in the historic Del Monte Hotel. Lovely building, great location. </span><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://nps.edu/70-years-in-monterey"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://nps.edu/70-years-in-monterey</span></a><span style="color: #555555;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/navy-gateway-inns-and-suites-monterey-2"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://www.yelp.com/biz/navy-gateway-inns-and-suites-monterey-2</span></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtlwbZkPGEJcdiTAs5PPCOP_DDcdTkeEjj2KxFwZBcInn9GWYSHMdI6jTVB_WEhgI0Fp89-YO-oXsGC8vCD_USTPxZCKe6p0g7OOMsrsDND5Bw7TsdJtZKYpkLh4yLtcLwP4Zl6WdbhHgl9TDp8k6NpO1ttgSwNPiUImvpe8udIOdfcuCpw/s616/Screenshot%202023-02-14%2010.56.48.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="616" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtlwbZkPGEJcdiTAs5PPCOP_DDcdTkeEjj2KxFwZBcInn9GWYSHMdI6jTVB_WEhgI0Fp89-YO-oXsGC8vCD_USTPxZCKe6p0g7OOMsrsDND5Bw7TsdJtZKYpkLh4yLtcLwP4Zl6WdbhHgl9TDp8k6NpO1ttgSwNPiUImvpe8udIOdfcuCpw/w640-h394/Screenshot%202023-02-14%2010.56.48.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Boston. The Mariners House - <a href="http://marinershouse.org/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">http://marinershouse.org/</span></a><span style="color: #2b00fe;">.</span></b> Very good prices for retired Marines. </span></p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="color: black; height: 1276px; width: 900px;"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="15"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" width="437"><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="header" face=""Gill Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Affordable Luxury When You’re Anchored In Boston</span><br /><span class="bodytext" face=""Gill Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">Mariners House is a mission reserved exclusively for the men and women who work at sea, including but not limited to merchant mariners, afloat military personnel, maritime institution affiliates, and other professional seafarers and their families. Adjacent to Paul Revere's Home </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">- many, many Italian Restaurants. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="bodytext" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Mariners House offers a variety of rooms, including full and queen rooms and suites. Group rates are also available - please contact the Inn for details. (617) 227-3979</span></p><p><span class="bodytext" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">• In the heart of Boston's famous North End<br />• Private air-conditioned rooms with private baths<br />• Custom furnishings, large work desks<br />• In-room telephones, work desk, flat screen TV, complimentary WiFi<br />• Comfortable library with a business centerwith internet access<br />• Garden courtyard<br />• Complimentary breakfast, with lunch and dinner available in our galley<br />• Elevator to all floors<br />• Smoke-free environment <br />• Conference room and packages available</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJS4LJQG-SIYKGArTgqrMNxCwQRfNjy2Y-GoJVuUzb0y5A6TRfRP2aNdfxu5fHcZFqWQwzmeARzli9bITL0EFkdR08CXW5bihpGGEzPawFwvujIGlnsqskAO_H4l7C3UvH1jSQPLpeWtf8a69dhancfgvCB-SCM5iEjsj6MZtoYVVlqFHuQ/s401/Screenshot%202023-02-14%2010.59.52.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">4 or 5 day Cruise</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some examples of cruises below:</span></p><p class="header" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white; font-weight: 400;" /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; 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font-size: large;"><b>Indianapolis </b>- So we could see Doug Barney.</span></div><p class="header" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Quantico, VA - They do a nice simple two nights of receptions at the Museum.</span></p><p class="header" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Or? Whoever plans it, decides. Volunteers needed</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10761431.post-20060028882419106792023-02-11T17:12:00.003-08:002023-02-11T17:12:29.786-08:00Tun Tavern<p> </p><div class="article-header" style="display: table; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 750px;"><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #333333; display: table-cell; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 670px;"><a data-id="4748715759846896475" data-item-type="post" href="https://marines10.blogspot.com/2023/02/tun-tavern-birthplace-of-us-marine-corps.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark" style="color: #333333; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the US Marine Corps</a></h1></div><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisr9zzQgb8_pqCYfV_v27F4s0jZZmIYSqdFog5e-r2etqLvYREL_eI5gEzjK2LFZXphKUuKRIfSiVbO4htr74H-BeQTUvAL3TC8E2UsmrHsuQiUmZg91oJJg2taHeD2HZlbdkngXo7F6CRJJ7TtRtWqzQA-AmOICWOkDReGIXX1f59ss1m-1a-sr8iKw/s1181/Screenshot%202023-02-11%2020.05.01.png" imageanchor="1" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; 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transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, which was a founding or early meeting place for a number of notable groups. It is traditionally regarded as the site where what became the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> held its first recruitment drive during the American Revolution.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TThistory_1-0" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tun_Tavern#cite_note-TThistory-1" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[1]</a></sup> It is also regarded as one of the "birthplaces of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Freemasonry">Masonic</a> teachings in America".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Tun_2-0" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tun_Tavern#cite_note-Tun-2" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[2]</a></sup></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><h2 style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">History</span></h2><h3 style="background-color: white; font-weight: bolder; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Founding</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The tavern was erected in 1686 at the intersection of King (later called Water) Street and Tun Alley by settler Joshua Carpenter, brother of Samuel Carpenter, a Quaker merchant who made a fortune trading in Barbados. Joshua Carpenter built the Tun on the carriageway that led to Carpenter's Wharf.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tun_Tavern#cite_note-3" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[3]</a></sup> Tun Tavern was named for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Old English">Old English</a> word "tun", meaning a barrel or keg of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Beer">beer</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tun_Tavern#cite_note-4" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[4]</a></sup> In the 1740s, a restaurant appellation, "Peggy Mullan's Red Hot Beef Steak Club" was added to the name of the tavern.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tun_Tavern#cite_note-5" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[5]</a></sup></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; font-weight: bolder; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Organizations founded in the tavern</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Tun Tavern hosted the first meetings of a number of organizations. In 1720, the first meetings of the St. George's Society (a charitable organization founded to assist needy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="England">Englishmen</a> arriving in the new colony—predecessor of today's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George_Society_of_Philadelphia" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="St. George Society of Philadelphia">Sons of the Society of St. George</a>) were held there.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tun_Tavern#cite_note-6" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[6]</a></sup> In 1732, the tavern hosted the first meetings of St. John's Lodge No. 1 of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Pennsylvania" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania">Grand Lodge of the Masonic Temple</a>. The Masonic Temple of Philadelphia recognizes Tun Tavern as the birthplace of Masonic teachings in America. In 1747, Tun Tavern became the founding place of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_Society" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="St. Andrew's Society">St. Andrew's Society</a>, which like the St. George's Society, helped newly arrived <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_people" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Scottish people">Scots</a>.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Tun Tavern was a significant meeting place for other groups and individuals. In 1756, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> used the inn as a recruitment gathering point for the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_militia" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Pennsylvania militia">Pennsylvania militia</a> as it prepared to fight <a class="new" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_in_the_United_States&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background: none; color: #dd3333; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Indian in the United States (page does not exist)">Indian</a> uprisings. The tavern later hosted a meeting of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Congress" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a>. In October 1775 a seven man <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Navy" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Continental Navy">Naval Committee</a> including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="John Adams">John Adams</a> appointed by Congress crafted articles of war to build America's first naval fleet.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">According to tradition, Tun Tavern was where the United States Marines held their first recruitment drive. On November 10, 1775, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Second Continental Congress">Second Continental Congress</a> commissioned the innkeeper and former <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Quaker">Quaker</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Nicholas" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Samuel Nicholas">Samuel Nicholas</a> to raise two battalions of Marines in Philadelphia. The tavern’s manager, Robert Mullan, was the "chief Marine Recruiter". Though legend places its first recruiting post at Tun Tavern, the historian Edwin Simmons surmises that it was more likely the Conestoga Waggon [<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Sic">sic</a></i>], a tavern owned by the Nicholas family. The first Continental Marine company was composed of one hundred Rhode Islanders commanded by Captain Nicholas. Each year on November 10, U.S. Marines worldwide toast the memory of this colonial inn as the officially-acknowledged birthplace of their service branch. The earliest Marines were deployed aboard Continental Congress Navy vessels as sharpshooters because they were typically recruited as outstanding marksmen.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Tun_2-1" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tun_Tavern#cite_note-Tun-2" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[2]</a></sup></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; font-weight: bolder; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Present day</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In 1781, near the end of the American Revolution, Tun Tavern burned down. Its former structure stood at a location now occupied by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_95_in_Pennsylvania" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania">Interstate 95</a>, where it passes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn%27s_Landing" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Penn's Landing">Penn's Landing</a>. Tun Alley once existed between Walnut and Chestnut Streets east of Front Street. A commemorative marker on the east side of Front Street indicates the site, across from Sansom Walk.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TTmarker_7-0" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tun_Tavern#cite_note-TTmarker-7" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">[7]</a></sup></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In homage to the likely 1775 Tun Tavern menu, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_Marine_Corps" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="National Museum of the Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps National Museum</a> located in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantico,_Virginia" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Quantico, Virginia">Quantico, Virginia</a>, contains a Tun Tavern-themed restaurant, whose lunch menu features beer and other fermented (alcoholic) beverages, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_soup" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Peanut soup">peanut soup</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_pudding" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" title="Bread pudding">bread pudding</a>, the non-alcoholic recipe of which remains a traditional staple among some U.S. Marine food services to this day.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">________</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; 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font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday 6 February</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Arrive and Check-in at SOG after 1500.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1700-1830 Meet & Greet at SOG </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Evergreen’s Sport Bar</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.shadesofgreen.org/dining-drinks" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.shadesofgreen.org/dining-drinks</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This warm, family-friendly sports bar is right next to our active Mill Pond Pool area. With gastropub classics, cold beers on tap, and a spirited atmosphere, Evergreen’s is a favorite dining destination at Shades of Green.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hours:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">00</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2300</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Takeout Available</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1830-2000 Dinner at SOG </span><span face=""Source Sans Pro", sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MANGINO'S</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> full-service restaurant aims to please with a combination of classic steaks and old-world Italian dishes.</span></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2000-Muster at </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Evergreen’s Sports Bar </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for those inclined to extend their evening. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">_______</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tuesday 7 February</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">0700-1100 Breakfast </span><span face=""Source Sans Pro", sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">GARDEN GALLERY* </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Enjoy your Breakfast Buffet in the morning that includes pancake, waffle & omelet stations, and 13 hot items daily! Return at night to build your own Pizza, Pasta Dish, or Fried Rice on our Garden Gallery Marketplace Takeout. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hours: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Breakfast 0700 - 1100 Daily/Takeout 1700-2300 Daily.</span></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DAY ON YOUR OWN</span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Golf</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Magnolia Golf Course </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">adjacent to SOG. You can walk out of your SOG room to 1</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">st</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> tee. They are the longest course on Disney property and hold PGA events.</span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">407-939-4653. Currently retired military $116 includes cart subject to change. You can request tee times online at: Golfwdw.com.</span></h1><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h1 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Or visit Theme Park(s), hang out by one of two SOG pools, visit/shop/dine at Disney Springs </span><a href="https://www.disneysprings.com/" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.disneysprings.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or just relax.</span></h1><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SOG </span><span style="color: #253b56; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">has complimentary golf cart transportation to end of property which is across the road from the Polynesian Village Resort or if you prefer it is within walking distance.</span></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h1 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1700-1800</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Happy Hour: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trader Sam's Grog Grotto in </span><a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/polynesian-resort/" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Disney's Polynesian Village Resort</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tropical tiki bar that captures the romance of the South Seas.</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TIME: TBD</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #253b56; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Luau at Polynesian Village Resort</span><span style="color: #253b56; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/polynesian-resort/dining/" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/polynesian-resort/dining/</span></a></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2100-Muster at </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Evergreen’s Sports Bar </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for those inclined to extend their evening.</span><span style="color: #253b56; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h1 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday 8 February:</span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">0700-1100</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Breakfast</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> SOG </span><span face=""Source Sans Pro", sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">GARDEN GALLERY*</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DAY ON YOUR OWN</span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Golf, Theme Park(s), hang out by the pool, visit/shop/dine at Disney Springs, relax.</span></h1><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h1 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Time TBD: Board the SOG bus to Disney’s Animal Kingdom unless you are already at the Animal Kingdom.</span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1830-2000</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Boma - Flavors of Africa </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Temporarily not open due to COVID restrictions)</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dining</span><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">located in </span><a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/animal-kingdom-lodge/" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The Lodge itself is a site to behold.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #253b56; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Resembling a lively African marketplace, this restaurant features all-you-care-to-enjoy buffets at breakfast and dinner. </span><a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/animal-kingdom-lodge/boma-flavors-of-africa" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/animal-kingdom-lodge/boma-flavors-of-africa</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #253b56; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2000-??? You may want to take advantage of the night life on the African Savannah via complimentary night vision goggles and/or hang out at one of their lounges.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #253b56; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take SOG bus back to SOG.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2100-Muster at </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Evergreen’s Sports Bar </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for those inclined to extend their evening.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday 9 February:</span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">0700-1100</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Breakfast</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> SOG </span><span face=""Source Sans Pro", sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">GARDEN GALLERY*</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #253b56; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1100 Check-out or continue your stay.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*SOG </span><span face=""Source Sans Pro", sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">GARDEN GALLERY </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was a suggestion for </span><span style="color: #253b56; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">breakfast every day to make it easy to get up whenever and start your day wherever you want. Of course, you may want to not have breakfast or choose another venue. There is always room service. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #253b56; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our after hour gatherings do not have to always be at the SOG Evergreen’s Sports Bar. So, the venue is always subject to change. We just wanted to make the last event of the day close to where we will be laying our head.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do not delay. Make your reservations now.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let us know what events you wish to participate in. We realize that if you are going to spend the day at one of the Disney Theme Parks you may not want to break for dinner but after all that walking you just may. Talk amongst yourselves to see if others have similar interests for activities. Linda and I think we will spend our free daytime relaxing and enjoying your company at the beautiful SOG Resort outside if weather permits. No snow in the forecast.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Looking forward to seeing you all there!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Semper Fi,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Woz</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">941-779-5448</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="mailto:RonWozniak13@gmail.com" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RonWozniak13@gmail.com</span></a></p>Craig Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023899563795271215noreply@blogger.com0