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Last updated Aug 14, 2008 |
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"A TASTE OF THE CORPS" Newsletter of the U.S. Marine Corps Food Service Association, Inc. EDITOR and PUBLISHER Jacques B. Loraine. Jr. Phone; 623-875-0426 email editor-usmc£sa@usmcfsa..com Volume 1, Issue 6 April 2003 Page 1 FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear Members: "New Orleans" There's a Special Event that we all should be a part of in this wonderful city, New Orleans, As you all know, this is our second association meeting, and we all need to be a part of it. A very special recognition will be made of "The Colonel William R. "Bill" Lucius, United States Marine Corps Food Service Association Scholarship Program" at this meeting. It is an event you should not miss.
"Reunion - 2003" Marriott Hotel, July 21 - 24, 2003 Be There!
I would like for each Member of the USMC FSA to attend this very special reunion. The fellowship will be great, the City is great, and it will certainly be great to see each of you there. If your schedule will not permit you to make it to New Orleans, we will miss you. But we thank you for becoming a member of USMCFSA, and I encourage you to keep your membership active in the years to come.
I give "Special Thanks" to the members of the Board of Directors, The Vice President, and the Editor of the Newsletter of the USMCFSA, for their support of the FSA. And a "Very Special Thanks" to our Secretary/Treasurer, Major Ed Gray for all his hard work in making things happen.
Please call all of your friends who are members of the USMCFSA and encourage them to attend the New Orleans Reunion - 2003. If you know of someone who is eligible for membership and has not joined us as yet, give him or her a call. We would like to have them also with us at New Orleans and as members of the USMCFSA.
God Bless America and the United States Marine Corps.
Semper Fi!
Mendle "Ray" Hester, Major, USMC (Ret) President, USMCFSA
Volume 1, Issue 6 April 2003 Page 2 SECRETARY/ TREASURERS REPORT
Volume 1, Issue 6 April 2003 Page 3 SECRETARY / TREASURERS REPORT (CONT'D)
SCHOLARSHIP FUND DONORS: In our last issue we reported the names of over seventy five individuals who had contributed to the Colonel William R. “Bill” Lucius Scholarship Program. Sixty three of that number was contributions made to the Rosalie Bonner Ritenour Memorial Scholarship Fund. We gratefully acknowledge the following additional individuals and organizations who made generous contributions to Rosalie’s Memorial Fund: ARAMARK CORPORATION / Ms. Angela Thurston Judy G. Burl Colonel &. Mrs. Thomas B. Cullen Major &. Mrs. Edward V. Cox Charlotte Davis Lieutenant Camillo & Pearl Dimuzio David & Elizabeth Hammond Dwight & Cormelia Hawkins Harry & Hazel Howard John & Adeline Mesner / Class of 1953 Raymond & Donna K. Pollard
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS The USMCFSC and USMCFSA partnership continues to exceed expectation. During the three months since our last report we have added 31new Academic Members to our rolls. Marines receiving these much deserved Academic Excellence Awards are spreading the word about our association and we have a steady stream of requests for information coming from active and reserve personnel. These new young Marines are truly the future of the Marine Corps Food Service Association. New Academic Members are:
PFC. DUSTIN R. REED USMCR H & S CO, 8th TKBN, 4th MarDiv, – 3 Year Award PFC. BRYAN D. DAVIS USMCR Ration Co, 4th SupBn, - 2 Year Award PFC. BROCK J. VANQUAETHEM USMCR 2d FSSG – 2 Year Award LCPL DAVID J. WASHINGTON Jr. USMC 3d Bn 3d Mar – 2 Year Award PFC. MICHAEL L. ARNE USMC L BTRY. 3d Bn 12th Mar – 1 Year Award LCPL MATTHEW F. WHITAKER USMC 8th COMM BN, II MHG, - 3 Year Award PFC. DANIEL C. MAIER USMCR H&S Co, 1st Bn, 24th Mar, 4th MarDiv. – 2 Tear Award PFC. NEIL A. NORDHAUS USMCR H&S Co,1stBn,24th Mar,4th MarDiv, - 2 Year Award PFC. ALEXANDER J. MORENO-LAPIERRE USMC 2d RADIO BN II MHG, - 1 Year Award LCPL. FRANCO NUNEZ USMC 5th Bn, 10th Mar, 2d MarDiv, - 3 Year Award PFC. TRISTON M. HOWARD USMCR H&S Co, SupBn, 4th FSSG, - 2 Year Award PFC. JAMES MURPHY USMC 5thBn, 10th Mar, 2d MarDiv, - 1 Year Award LCPL. JUSTIN K. HARRIS USMC 2d Bn, 4th Mar, 4th MarDiv, - 3 Year Award PFC. VICTOR G. ASTUA USMCR HQCO, 23rd Mar, 4th MarDiv, - 2 Year Award PFC. HERBY JENTRY USMC 2dBn, 4th Mar, 1st MarDiv, - 1 Year Award LCPL. JAMES M. HODGE USMC HQ Bn, Camp Fuji Japan, - 3 Year Award PFC. SPENCER C. CABRAL USMCR H&S Co, SupBn, 4th FSSG – 2 Year Award PFC. MARQUITA V. DESSAW USMC HQ Bn, Camp Fuji Japan, - 1 Year Award LCPL. JOSHUA A. RODRIGUEZ USMCR H & S CO, 3rd Bn, 23rd Mar, 4th MarDiv. – 3 Year award PFC. JOSE G. MOLINA USMCR MARFORRES, - 2 Year award PFC. BRANDON J. DEVOLD USMCR HQ, 4th MarDiv – 1Year Award LCPL. GARY W. BABCOCK USMCR H&S Co 4th CbtEngrBn 4th MarDiv. – 3 Year award PFC. ANDREW M. KUSTER USMC Fort Lee, – 3 Year award PFC. WILLIAM R. HARRIS USMC 3d Bn 6th Mar, CLNC- 2 Year award PFC. KORY W. BASTIAN USMC Hq Bn, Camp Fuji Japan - 1Year Award LCPL. DERRICK L. NESHAM USMCR 4th FSSG. – 3 Year award PFC. DELWAYNE W. CENTER USMC Battery I, 1stBn 12TH Mar,- 2 Year award PFC. ADAM C. DUVANICH USMC 1st Bn 7th Mar. 1st MarDiv - 1Year Award GYSGT. LOUIE G. JUAREZ USMC WPFMT. – 3 Year award GYSGT. AARON L. BARTHELMAS USMC ECFMT. - 2 Year award SSGT. CHRISTOPHER I. McVICKER USMC Supt Bn, RTR, San Diego - 1Year Award
Volume 1, Issue 6 April 2003 Page 4 ED GRAYS MARINE SEARCH: Few things are so rewarding as finding an old friend after loosing contact for many years. I spend a lot of time searching for Marines from my past and once in awhile I get lucky, push the right buttons and up pop’s a familiar face. It happened to me last month so I am really feeling good and want to share my good fortune with our members. Actually I didn’t find this Marine, he contacted me after seeing my name in the article about our Scholarship Program and our upcoming Reunion in the Marine Times and Semper Fi Newsletter. I had been looking for him for over thirty years and had almost given up when I received his call. I could hardly believe it when I realized the still familiar voice was my dear friend Raymond Gray. I had worked for Ray for almost five years at Marine Corps Supply Center, Barstow, CA from 1953 to 1958. He had been my NCOIC during those early years and guided me from PFC. to Sergeant during those early critical years of my time in the Corps, providing much guidance and one on one leadership (I required a lot of both) so essential to the development of a young Marine. I had last seen Ray in 1966 while traveling with the West Coast Food Management Team while he was again stationed at Barstow. But he retired in 1968 and dropped off the face of the earth. When he resurfaced last month he was only 130 miles from where I now live, so I drove down to spend the day with him and tell tales about each other and many of you out there reading this article. What a great time we had visiting and reliving old times and exchanging “scuttlebutt”. My drive back to Little Rock provided ample time to reflect on how fortunate we are to belong to this elite brotherhood of Marines and what a worthwhile project we have undertaken to establish the Marine Corps Food Service Association as a rallying point for our peers. I plan to visit Ray as often as I can. I also I know he would love to hear from those of you who had the pleasure of serving with him. He may be reached at: GYSgt. Raymond Gray USMC (Retired) 1504 E. Hempstead Street Hope, AR 71801 Phone: 870-777-2834 E-mail: Brenda@arkansas.net
MAILING LABEL UPDATE: Beginning with this issue of A TASTE OF THE CORPS, please note that we have printed your USMCFSA membership number and membership expiration date above your name on the address label as a handy reminder.
Volume 1, Issue 6 April 2003 Page 5
ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVE NEWS
Operational Rations – The MRE –Provided by: Capt. Rick Bedford, USMCFSA Active Duty Liaison If your most recent memory of individual field rations involve the use of a little can opener called a “John Wayne” or a “P-38”, then you may find this article interesting. Operational rations have gone through significant changes over the last 20 years or so. As you know, in the early 1980s, the meal, ready-to-eat (MRE) was developed to replace the Meal, Combat, Individual (MCI), commonly known as the C-Ration. Its packaging is lighter, yet more durable, and it has far less sodium and fat than the MCI. Three MREs provide an average of 3,750 calories per day, 4,350 when supplemented with shelf stable bread. The MRE has a shelf life of three years at 80 degrees F, but the shelf life can be extended through the use of cold storage facilities prior to distribution. Studies have concluded that individuals can subsist solely on MREs for up to 21 days; however, in my experience, morale generally began to suffer after 2 or 3 days, so we try to introduce other rations as quickly as possible.
Except for the beverages, the entire MRE is “ready to eat”. The entree can be eaten cold when necessary, and it can also be heated in a variety of ways, including submersion in hot water while still sealed in its individual entree package. Since the early 1990’s, a flameless ration heater has been packed into each meal bag to heat the entree. Today’s MRE has twenty-four different menus, reviewed annually to not only ensure troop acceptance, but also quality and nutritional value. Some of the newest menus include Mexican and white rice, fruits, bakery items, crackers, spreads, beverages, snacks, candy, hot sauce, and chow mien noodles for the pork chow mien entrée. The fruits may be applesauce, pears, peaches, pineapple, or strawberries. The bakery items include a fudge brownie, cookies, fruit bars, a toaster pastry, and pound cake in flavors of lemon, vanilla, orange, pineapple, and chocolate mint. Without a doubt, American forces have the best operational rations in the world. Our rations have truly come a long way since the days of “hardtack” and coffee, and they continue to get better. Next newsletter; The Unitized B-Ration. Source: www.dscp.dla.mil/subs/oprats.htm For those who don’t remember what the old MCI package looked, like here is a small view of this old friend of ours.
Editors note: For the few of us that go back beyond 1980, you might well remember the Assault and K Rations of WWII that carried themselves forward to Korea. Also, well remembered are the days in the late 1940’s when C-Rations were served, every third day or so, in the mess halls in lieu of a master menu item – talk about extended shelf life. See page 7, for more on the C-Ration. |
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