Barracks Bulletin. March From the Commandant Marines, Auxiliary and Associate Members,

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1 Barracks Bulletin March 2018 Samuel F. Gearhart Detachment 4925 Business 50 West Jefferson City, MO USMC (8762) Sarah Jorgenson, Editor Detachment Officers Greg Craig, Commandant Bill Koonce, Sr. Vice Commandant Bill Plate, Jr. Vice Commandant Bill Schmutz, Judge Advocate Geraldine Brooks-Walton, Adjutant Harold Faughn, Paymaster Stan Scott, Chaplain Steve Baskette, Sergeant-at-Arms Matt Jorgenson, Jr. Past Commandant Jim Williams, Auditor 3 year Jim Claus, Auditor 2 year Zachary Spencer, Auditor 1 year From the Commandant Marines, Auxiliary and Associate Members, Hello again! How exciting to be working to serve our community in In this month s edition, I want all members to keep motivated and participate in as many of the volunteer opportunities available to serve our beloved Marine Corps League. After all, we are a strong collaboration of those currently serving and those honorably discharged. We assist active Marines, FMF Corpsmen, and associate members, as well as their respective family members, in many ways. We have provided support to community crisis centers, replaced a young Marine s uniforms that were stolen, and supported families by augmenting travel costs to attend the funeral of our fallen comrade. Many more examples are sure to present themselves in To support these efforts, we need our members to volunteer. Please come out and serve. You can review SFG Detachment 656 Activities online at sfgmcl.org/calendar or additional information can be found on our online newsletter at sfgmcl.org/newsletters. I look forward to serving side-by-side with you at the next event! Semper Fi Greg Craig, Commandant SFG Detachment #656 From the Chaplain Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. --2 Corinthians 3:17 Support your Marine Corps League. We are stronger together. Semper Fi and God Bless, Stanley Scott Chaplain Auxiliary Rita Schulte, President ritaschulte@socket.net

2 From the Auxiliary Ladies, Last month I said "Spring is just around the corner. Well, the Groundhog had his way instead! This month we ll be voting on the slate of officer s, please come and support your Auxiliary. I d like to see all of past and present officers at this meeting. Our Unit needs you! Thanks to all who helped make the Pancake Breakfast a success! Hope to see you at the meeting! Semper Fi, Rita Schulte President, Central Missouri Unit Activities Report Apparently, there were some detachment members ready to shake off cabin fever in February based on turn out for the Dining Out at Colton s. Then for our Summer in February we had the Bunker full with 40 on deck. Looking around the room I saw a bunch of folks playing various games while others sat and visited with friends. Thanks to all that help with our different events and to those who make it out to participate, all of you make these fun to attend. Speaking of success, congratulations to the Auxiliary, as it looked like they stayed busy all morning with their All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast. Sat. March 3rd - A Night at the Races (Video Horse Racing): This was originally scheduled for Feb 10 th ; however, the weather didn't cooperate so, it has been rescheduled to Saturday, March 3rd. Please share the info from the flyer and help make this a successful inaugural event for the detachment. For questions or additional info contact Jr. Vice Commandant Bill Plate. Sat. March 17 th Trivia Night: Doors, Bar, & Kitchen open at 1800 with Trivia at 1900, $60 per team, with a max of 6 people per team. Only paid players 17 & older allowed at the table. Cash prize to the winning team, we also have door prizes, side games and a Pre-register by 3/13/2018 to guarantee your spot & all team members will receive bonus door prize tickets. sfgactivities@gmail.com or call and leave your name and number, we ll sign you up and contact you to confirm your registration. Please pass this on to family, friends and post or share trivia flyers to help spread the word this is open to the public. Sun. March 25 th Special Sunday Afternoon Dining Out: We re changing things up a bit and heading out of town for an early dinner, (1600 vice our normal 1830), at the Barnyard Smokehouse, 5009 Pendergras Rd, Fulton, MO. Head counts are needed by end of day, Thursday March 22 nd to sfgactivities@gmail.com or leave a message at For those interested in carpooling we ll leave at 1530 from the parking lot at the Truman Office building. The parking lot entrance is across W McCarty St from the entrance to Capitol Plaza Hotel. For those driving themselves, take US-54 E towards Fulton, take the Missouri F exit in Fulton & go left on MO F and cross over the highway & take the on ramp back onto US-54W towards Jefferson City for about 1.6 miles then take a right on Pendegras Rd and drive to the group of big red buildings and you are there. They butcher & package in one of the buildings on site and you may purchase many of their fresh and frozen products from the store located in the restaurant if you like. If you have suggestions for League activities, see Alan at the meeting, sfgactivities@gmail.com or call Join us as Marines to be Honored by St. Louis Cardinals at Cards vs Cincinnati Reds Game: March 7 th Deadline for reservations and check or M.O. to be to detachment paymaster. Include your name, address and phone number along with number of tickets needed and make checks out to S.F. Gearhart Det. at $31 x number of tickets you want. (These seats normally $61+) Indicate on request if Handicapped, Wheelchair or Limited Step Seats are required. April 10 th Our block of tickets will be mailed to the paymaster & available upon receipt. April 21 st 12:30pm Special pre-game ceremony honoring Marines 1:15pm game time. Special Ceremony at 12:30pm MCL National Commandant Wendell Webb to throw Ceremonial Pitch Military Order of the Devil Dogs to be represented on field MCL Det. 183 South St. Louis Honor Guard Female Marine Representative (100 th Anniversary of Women in the Corps) Several detachment members have attended Marine Day games in the past and report that it is a great price for these seats with a good ceremony for the Marines and a lot of fun. We can talk at the March and April meeting about carpooling or other transportation options. If you have questions contact Alan Sanning or Commandant Greg Craig.

3 Central Missouri Pound# 77 Woof, woof, Dogs, We have a Department staff meeting on March 10, and we will need all culinary dogs on deck at The Pack Growl will follow at Please attend if you can. It s always good to hear what s going on at the Pack level. LIFE MEMBERSHIP FEE CHART AGE FROM AGE TO FEE 0 35 $ $ $ Over $200 Our next Pound Growl will be on April 7. We will be finalizing details on the golf tournament. I look forward to seeing you all there. Woof woof, Matt Jorgenson Poundkeeper BBQ Schedule for 2018 March 24 April 28 May 12 September 22 October 13 National VA Bingo Columbia 4 th Sat Team #1 Team #2 Team #3 Team #4 27 Jan 24 Feb 24 Mar 28 Apr 26 May 23 Jun 28 Jul 25 Aug 22 Sep 27 Oct 24 Nov 22 Dec VA Bingo St. James 5 th Thurs Mar 31 May 30 Aug 29 Nov March 1-3, 2018 Mid-Winter Conference Fredericksburg, VA August 12-18, 2018 National Convention Buffalo, N.Y. Midwest Division April 13-15, 2018 October 12-14, 2018 Department of Missouri March 10, 2018 June 8-10, 2018 Spring Conference Omaha, NE Fall Conference Bismarck, ND Quarterly Meeting Jefferson City, MO Department Convention Cape Girardeau, MO The meeting meal will be provided by the Auxiliary with the League providing the desserts. Come out and enjoy a meal and friendship. Do you have any articles, pictures, events, birthdays, etc. that you would like to see included in the Newsletter? them to Sarah Jorgenson, Newsletter Editor, at sbjorgenson@gmail.com.

4 Marine Corps History Selected March Dates of Marine Corps Historical Significance 2 March 1867: Jacob Zeilin, Colonel Commandant of the Marine Corps from 30 June 1864, was this date promoted to the rank of Brigadier General Commandant, the first time Congress authorized this rank for the Marine Corps. The statute, however, was repealed in June 1874 so that the rank of Commandant would again revert to colonel upon Zeilin's retirement. 8 March 1965: The 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade landed at DaNang, Republic of Vietnam as the first U.S. ground combat troops to be committed to that conflict. The 3,500 men arrived both across the beach with Battalion Landing Team 3/9, and at DaNang Airfield with Battalion Landing Team 1/3. 11 March 1778: Marines participated the action when the Continental Navy frigate Boston, enroute to France, sighted, engaged, and captured the British merchant ship Martha. As the drum of the Boston beat to arms, John Adams seized a musket and joined the Marines on deck until the frigate's captain, Samuel Tucker, sent him below for safety. 13 March 1943: The first group of 71 Women Marine officer candidates arrived at the U.S. Midshipmen School (Women's Reserve) at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. The Navy's willingness to share training facilities enabled the Marine Corps to begin training Marine Corps Women's Reserve officers just one month after the creation of the MCWR was announced. 17 March 1967: The first woman Marine to report to Vietnam for duty, Master Sergeant Barbara J. Dulinsky, began her 18-hour flight to Bien Hoa, 30 miles north of Saigon. MSgt Dulinsky and the other officer and enlisted Women Marines that followed were assigned to the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) based in Saigon. Most worked with the Marine Corps Personnel Section providing administrative support to Marines assigned as far north as the DMZ, but two Lieutenant Colonels, Ruth Reinholz and Ruth O'Holleran, served as historians with the Military History Branch, Secretary Joint Staff, MACV. 25 March 1945: After 35 days of bitter fighting, the amphibious assault on the rocky fortress of Iwo Jima finally appeared over. On the night of 25 March, however, a 300-man Japanese force launched a vicious final counterattack in the vicinity of Airfield Number 2. Army pilots, Seabees and Marines of the 5th Pioneer Battalion and 28th Marines fought the fanatical Japanese force till morning but suffered heavy casualties --more than l00 killed and another 200 American wounded. Nearly all of the Japanese force was killed in the battle. 27 March 1953: The 5th Marines, supported by the 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, in the first full day of fighting after the Chinese assault the previous evening of Outpost Vegas on Korea's western front, counterattacked to regain enemy-held positions. Companies E and F of 2/7, down to only three platoons between them, managed to regain partial control of Outpost Vegas that day. 31 March 1801: On this date, LtCol Commandant William W. Burrows rode with president Thomas Jefferson to look for "a proper place to fix the Marine Barracks on." President Jefferson was a personal friend of the Commandant, and deeply interested in the welfare of the Corps and accompanied Burrows on horseback on the morning of 31 March. They chose a square in Southeast Washington, at 8th and I streets, because it lay near the Navy Yard and was within easy marching distance of the Capitol Information from Marine Corps University:

5 MARCH 2018 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Midwinter Conference, Fredericksburg, Va. A Night at the Races League & Auxiliary Dinner, 1800 Meeting, Department Staff Meeting Trivia Night Doors open at Staff meeting Dining Out Headcount due BBQ 25 Dining Out Barnyard Smokehouse, Fulton Newsletter articles and pictures due

6 A NIGHT AT THE RACES ** $2.00 WAGERS CASH PRIZES EVERY RACE!!** 12 RACES WILL BE HELD Saturday, March 3, 2018 Doors open at 6:00 pm, Races start at 7:00 pm ENTRANCE IS FREE CASH ONLY BAR Samuel F. Gearhart Detachment Marine Corps League 4925 Business 50 West Jefferson City, MO (Parking and entrance in rear of building.)

7 TRIVIA NIGHT Saturday March 17th Open to the Public (17 and Older) 6 Person Teams $60 Doors and Bar Open 6:00 pm CASH PRIZES Kitchen Open at 6:00 pm Trivia starts at 7:00 pm Pre-register your team to guarantee a table - by 03/13/2018 & all team members will receive an extra door prize ticket! To register or for info, sfgactivities@gmail.com or call (573) (Lv Msg) DOOR PRIZES/RAFFLE Proceeds support projects of Samuel F. Gearhart Detachment Marine Corps League 4925 Business Hwy 50 West Jefferson City (Apache Flats Exit - Parking in Rear)