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Volume 1, Issue 7, August 2003
"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 7 August 2003 Page 1 FROM THE PRESIDENT
Volume 1, Issue 7 August 2003 Page 2 SECRETARY / TREASURERS REPORT
FINANCIAL REPORT June 30, 2003
Note: Detailed report available on request. REUNION UPDATE The Reunion in New Orleans was an unqualified success with 40 Members and guests attending the three day event on July 21-24, 2003. Headquarters Marine Corps representatives CWO-3 (Captain select) Tim Evans and Gunnery Sergeant Aaron Barthelmas made presentations covering a wide range of topics from the current state of the “Regional Garrison Food Service Contracts” to “Future Initiatives” including “Automated DOD Food Management Systems” currently under development. ASSOCIATION 2003 ELECTION RESULTS With five candidates running for four open Directors positions we had a close race but when the air finally cleared the four candidates elected were: Captain Richard D. Bedford USMC - elected Director for a four year term. Major Edwin T. Gray USMC Retired - re-elected Director for a four year term. Major Jacques B. Loraine Jr USMC Retired - elected Director for a four year term. Captain Charles A. Sullivan USMC Retired - re-elected Director for a four year term. Congratulations to each of the successful candidates. We wish them each smooth sailing in the years ahead. NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS Following the Business Meeting and Election of Directors on July 23, the Board of Directors met in closed session to elect Officers for the next two years. Here is your new Board of Directors: * President - CWO-5 Rodger Macias USMC Retired * Vice President - Major Donald F. Ritenour USMC Retired Secretary/Treasurer - Major Edwin T. Gray USMC Retired * Director - Major Vernon J. Perz USMC Retired Director - Major Jacques B. Loraine Jr. USMC Retired Director - Captain Richard D. Bedford USMC Director - Captain Charles A. Sullivan USMC Retired * These Board Members have two years remaining on their original four year term.
Volume 1, Issue 7 August 2003 Page 3 SECRETARY / TREASURERS REPORT (CONT'D)
SCHOLARSHIP DEDICATION During dedication ceremonies conducted on July 23 in New Orleans, LA the Associations Scholarship Program was officially dedicated in honor of Colonel William R. “Bill” Lucius USMC Retired who served as the first Director of Marine Corps Food Service from 1951 to 1955 under Major General W.P.T. Hill, Quartermaster General of the Marine Corps. Colonel Lucius directed reorganization of the Marine Corps Food Service Program and established the framework for development of the program well into the twenty-first century. Praised by Commandant of the Marine Corps General Lemuel C. Shepherd for his many contributions to the Marine Corps Food Service Program, he is considered to be the father of Marine Corps Food Service and is revered by all who know him. Colonel Lucius was with us in New Orleans for the dedication and was presented a Certificate of Appreciation which read: “This Certificate of Appreciation is presented to Colonel William R. “Bill” Lucius USMC Retired in recognition of your many contributions to our beloved Corps and the Marine Corps Food Service Program, the legacy of opportunity created for your Marines who for more than half a century have followed in your footprints, and as recognition of your unwavering support of our organization, having so graciously permitted us to memorialize our Scholarship program in your honor as the US Marine Corps Food Service Association Colonel William R. “Bill” Lucius Scholarship Program, we the benefactors of your legacy offer our profound respect and appreciation.” Complete text of the Scholarship Dedication presented by Association Secretary Ed Gray may be found on our website under “Scholarship Dedication.” FSA SCHOLARSHIP AWARD The first Colonel William R. “Bill” Lucius Scholarship Award was presented to William Shane Thurston by Colonel Lucius immediately following the Scholarship Dedication. Shane’s application has been accepted at Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia. He was awarded a grant of $2,000 per year for four years by our Association Scholarship Committee chaired by Dr. Howard J Christenson. Congratulations Shane. We will watch your progress in school with great interest. We wish you God’s speed and smooth sailing. “NEWMAN’S OWN AWARD“ In ceremonies conducted at the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes on July 22, 2003 Major E.V. Cox USMC Retired and Mrs. Ozela Cox both members of the association received the coveted Newman’s Own Award for Military Community Excellence” awarded to the US Marine Corps Food Service Association in recognition of the Colonel William R. “Bill” Lucius Scholarship Program. The award was presented by Mr. Kenneth Fisher, Chairman, Fisher House Foundation; Tom Indoe, Chief Operating Officer of Newman’s Own; Elaine Howard, President, Military Times Media Group were assisted by the Honorable Charles S. Abell, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness). The award includes a $2,000 grant to the Colonel William R. “Bill” Lucius Scholarship Fund and a Certificate of Recognition signed by Paul Newman. The certificate may be viewed on our website under “Scholarship Information/ Newman’s Own Award”
We are honored to have been the only US Marine Corps Organization to receive the award for 2003. As one of fourteen selected from 100 competing organizations, the award is a direct reflection of the care and diligence applied to the development of our Scholarship Program by Dr. Howard Christenson and his Scholarship Committee and testimonial to the potential value of our Scholarship Program to our community of Marine Corps Food Service Professionals.
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“SSgt JAYNE BURGESS LORAINE PILLOW” As is often the case good things have a way of sneaking up on us. Such was certainly the case when former SSgt. Jayne Burgess USMC decided to get out her needle and thread and make a beautiful pillow which features a giant Marine Corps Seal on the front and rows of smaller seals on the reverse. Jayne, who for the past fifty years has been married to our Editor and newly elected Director Major Jacques B. Loraine Jr. USMC Retired, made the pillow to be raffled as a fundraiser for our Scholarship Fund. What a raffle we had! Selling the tickets for an unspecified amount (which ranged from three dollars to three hundred dollars each) in less than twenty minutes we had collected $1,060 for the pillow. And if that wasn’t enough the lucky winner, GySgt Terry Hohn USMC Retired ( Crystal, MN) immediately returned the pillow to Jayne on condition the pillow would to be carried to our next reunion and raffled again and so on at each reunion until the pillow had generated at least $10, 000 for the Scholarship Fund. Jayne agreed and a new USMCFSA tradition was born. Jayne now has the pillow back in Sun City, AZ where it is being modified to include Terry Horns name followed by FSA REUNION, the date and amount paid for the pillow in the upper left front corner and the inscription “Made by SSgt. Jayne B. Loraine 2003” will be added to the lower right front corner.
NEW MEMBERS:
Forty-four must be our lucky number because for the second consecutive quarter we have enrolled that number of new members in our association. As of July 31, 2003 total membership was 231. How many new members have you recruited this year?
Welcome aboard: LCPL. TERRY ELLIS JR. USMC PFC. DESMOND A. WADE USMCR PFC. GUANGDI LIU USMCR LCPL. JASON J. JAMIESON USMCR PFC. COREY J. SCOTT USMC PFC. JAMMEL R. BOOTHE USMC PFC. ANTHONY W. LEUNG USMCR LCPL. TERRY D. BREKKE USMC PFC. YAMIL S. MARTINEZ USMC LCPL. MICHAEL FINNEGAN USMCR LCPL. JOSHUA A. SMITH USMCR PFC. DANIELLE L. HAY USMC PFC. WILLIAM PENA USMC LCPL. JOSE M. RODRIGUEZ USMC LCPL. GERMAINE T. WRIGHT USMC LCPL. ANDREW C. DICK USMC PFC. JATORIE R. ROBINSON USMC PFC. RYAN P. TELLEZ USMC PFC. MICHAEL M. JONES USMCR LCPL. CLAIRE F. CALDWELL-YOUNG USMCR LCPL. LATRICE M. FIELDS USMC MSGT. RODNEY B. O'BANNON USMC MSGT JAMES J. TRAVER USMC WO JAMES P. STOCKWELL USMC PVT. BENJAMIN M. SWESEY USMC PFC. VILIAMI E. RAASS USMC LCPL. JEREMIAH W. VANZILE USMC PFC. NOBERTO GONZALEZ USMC PVT. NATHANIEL WHITE USMC PFC. RYAN P. BEHAN USMC LCPL. MICHAEL L. LEVALLEY USMC LCPL. PHILLIP K. BURRUS USMC PFC. ANTHONY J. MINDEN USMC SGT. LARRY T. NEWSON USMC MSGT. CLEO H. WILLIAMS USMC (RET) MSGT. RAYMOND P. MIDDLETON USMC (RET) SGT. GORDON W. DOUGLAS USMC FMR) MSGT. MICHAEL J. LEEPER USMC (RET) GYSGT. MILTON A. DAVIS USMC (RET) CAPT PATRICK F. GIBBARD USMC (RET) GYSGT. PETER C. DRUMMOND USMC (RET) SSGT. HENRY I. MILLS USMC (RET) LCPL. JOSEPH J. GALLO USMC FMR) GYSGT. MELVYN G. CHILTON USMC (RET)
Volume 1, Issue 7 August 2003 Page 5 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS The USMCFSC and USMCFSA partnership continues to exceed expectation. During the three months since our last report we have added 34 new 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: LCPL. TERRY ELLIS JR. USMC 8TH COMM BN, II MHG, PFC. DESMOND A. WADE USMCR CO, RATION CO, 4TH SUPBN, PFC. GUANGDI LIU USMCR 23D MAR, 4TH MARDIV, LCPL. JASON J. JAMIESON USMCR H&S CO, 6TH ENGRSPTBN, 4TH FSSG, PFC. COREY J. SCOTT USMC 1ST BN, 5TH MAR, PFC. JAMMEL R. BOOTHE USMC 1ST BN, 1ST MAR DIV, PFC. ANTHONY W. LEUNG USMCR H&S CO, 2D BN, 25TH MAR, 4TH MAR DIV, LCPL. TERRY D. BREKKE USMC 1ST BN, 1ST MAR DIV, PFC. YAMIL S. MARTINEZ USMC, MACG-18 1ST MAW, LCPL. MICHAEL FINNEGAN USMCR HQ BTRY, 3D BN, 14TH MAR, 4TH MAR DIV LCPL. JOSHUA A. SMITH USMCR, MWSS 471, DET A, PFC. DANIELLE L. HAY USMC 3DBN, 10THMAR, PFC. WILLIAM PENA USMC ST FSSG, LCPL. JOSE M. RODRIGUEZ USMC 5THBN, 10THMAR, LCPL. GERMAINE T. WRIGHT USMC CG, 2DMAW, LCPL. ANDREW C. DICK USMC H&SCO, 4TH LAR BN, PFC. JATORIE R. ROBINSON USMC MWSS-372, PFC. RYAN P. TELLEZ USMC 3RDMARDIV, 2DBN, 3D MAR, PFC. MICHAEL M. JONES USMCR H&SCO, SUPBN, 4THFSSG LCPL. CLAIRE F. CALDWELL-YOUNG USMCR DET A, MWSS-473, LCPL. LATRICE M. FIELDS USMC MAG-18, 2ND MAW, UNIT 37175, MSGT. RODNEY B. O'BANNON USMC WPFMT, WO JAMES P. STOCKWELL USMC PVT. BENJAMIN M. SWESEY USMC PFC. VILIAMI E. RAASS USMC LCPL. JEREMIAH W. VANZILE USMC PFC. NOBERTO GONZALEZ USMC PVT. NATHANIEL WHITE USMC PFC. RYAN P. BEHAN USMC LCPL. MICHAEL L. LEVALLEY USMC LCPL. PHILLIP K. BURRUS USMC PFC. ANTHONY J. MINDEN USMC SGT. LARRY T. NEWSON USMC MSGT JAMES J. TRAVER USMC MWSS 472, Congratulations Marines for your academic achievements.
Volume 1, Issue 7 August 2003 Page 6 HELP HINTS -FROM THE ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN DR. Howard J. CHRISTENSON Recent Marine retirees and active duty personnel planning to return to civilian life who are interested in VA Education Benefits can obtain ample info on the following websites: VA education benefits: <http://www.gibill.va.gov/education/News/InterimUpdate.htm> Application forms: (Info updated 15 July 2003) <http://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/educationforms.htm> Site related data (instructions for filling out applications) Note: The VA website for this info is temperamental. It works most of the time. Other related data <http://vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp/instructions.asp> "vonapp" is an acronym for (V)eterans (On)line (App)lications . COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE We can all take pride and be proud of the growth in the FSA since its' founding in November 2000. However, there is still much more that can be accomplished to make the FSA an organization that is a major force in helping our own membership and the Marine Corps in general. Current members must get very active in the recruitment effort, seeking out friends and other Marine Corps Food Service personnel and encouraging them to join us. The first rule of contact should be "Don't give up on a "NO" reply" . Instead keep up the effort until you win the individual(s) over and the individual becomes a FSA member. Each member should have as a goal "Recruit one or two new members per year" . If, you establish in your mind and set your goals to obtain at least one new member a year the FSA will become a major force both inside and outside the Marine Corps. The Association should have as its' goal -"Double the membership each Year. " The membership committee would also like to pick up a couple of individuals who would be willing to work on this committee. Don't be afraid to step up and volunteer to help the committee develop a solid membership recruitment program that will help us to double our membership each and every year. This is one time to many cooks will not spoil the item. REUNION PLANNING COMMITTEE :PLANNING FOR THE NEXT REUNION HAS STARTED -YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED. PLEASE RESPOND ASAP!! The Reunion Planning Committee headed up by Patrick Gibbard wants and needs your input now for planning purposes. As you may or may not know, Reunion planning takes both time and coordination to select and obtain a site and facility that can handle a Reunion group. The enclosed survey seeks your input regarding our next reunion and the Reunion committee needs your input so they can make a recommendation to the Board as to potential Reunion Location. Please complete this survey as soon as possible but not later than 10/1/03 and get in the mail ASAP to: Patrick Gibbard, 148 Westgate Circle Santa Rosa, CA. 95401, PH: (707) 578-6115, FAX: 707-578-532, E-mail: pfgibbard@aol.com. Form and envelope are attached.
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ITEMS FROM THE FIELD AND ELSEWHERE
Due to the normal activities of the summer, transfer, leave, vacations, etc. a few of our contributors have been unavailable to provide input to our newsletter. Thus, below are a few items to give you either time to think or maybe a laugh or two. SOME COMMON AND UNCOMMON SENSE (Source Unknown) I believe that:
We are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel-
Sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.
MY RIFLE : THE CREED OF A U.S. MARINE This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master life. My rifle, without me, is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will.... My rifle and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit... My rifle is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will ever guard it against the ravages of weather and damages as I will ever guard ... my legs, my arms, my eyes and my heart against damage. I will keep my rifle clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will... Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and myself are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy, but peace! EDITOR'S FINAL NOTE: For those of you who missed the 2003 reunion - you were missed. We truly hope to see you at the next reunion. The 2003 reunion was a great event - with representation from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and the Cold War Era, & current Active duty Marines. Thus, demonstrating fully this is an organization for all USMC Food Service to be a part of and participating in growth of the USMC FOOD SERVICE ASSOCIATION.
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