Loveland Scuttlebutt
Marine Corps League, Loveland Colorado Detachment #1250
Tom Buchanan, Editor
March, 2012
910 W 8th, Loveland, CO 80537
970-667-6269 five_toes@msn.com
Website: mcl-loveland-1250.com
Next Meeting March 8, 2012
Officers
Commandant
Sr. Vice Commandant
Jr. Vice Commandant
Judge Advocate
Paymaster
Adjutant
Sergeant-at-Arms
Chaplain
Jr Past Commandant
Color Guard Commander
Solomon Martinez
Chris Wynne
Steve Olson
Mike Schoonover
Doyle Biggs
Jack Ashley
Abel Herrera
Joe Novak
Tom Buchanan
Chris Wynne
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970-593-1747
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970-622-8871
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970-412-5864
Commandant’s Message
The newly elected officers
will do a great job in the year
ahead in maintaining our
esprit de corps and level of
accomplishments that we have
achieved by working together
as a detachment.
We started out with December 2010 we had
32 members, today we have 57 members. We
held five fund raisers; three at Jensen Arm's,
one at Hooters and one at Applebee's. Held a
BBQ at the Veterans Plaza for our Veterans.
Honor Guard for the 10th Anniversary of 911. Hosted the Marine Corps Ball which was
a big success. Out at 0400 on Veterans Day
ringing the bell and then participated in the
Veterans parade. Honor Guard for the 70th
Anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Sold and
installed four flag poles. Helped three families
that needed some assistance. I am sure that I
am forgetting some other events that we were
involved in.
What is in store for us this new year? I feel
that our detachment will grow by at least 30
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new members. We will be involved in a lot
more Parades. We will find other community
functions that we can be involved in. Let's
look at having 7 fund raisers in the upcoming
year. Work closer with our Auxiliary to
ensure that we send out more packages to our
troops overseas. Host the Loveland Marine
Corps Ball. These are just a few things that
we can accomplish this next year.
If you have an idea about how we can
accomplish some of these future events, let
me know. Better yet, show up at our next
meeting scheduled March 8th 1930 at the
Associated Vets Club. Please get on board
and help our officers make 2012 another
success story for the Loveland Marine Corps
League
Mission Statement
Members of the Marine Corps League join
together in camaraderie and fellowship for the
purpose of preserving the traditions and promoting
the interests of the United States Marine Corps,
banding together those who are now serving in
the United States Marine Corps and those who
have been honorably discharged from that service
that they may effectively promote the ideals of
American freedom and democracy, voluntarily
aiding and rendering assistance to all
Marines and former Marines and to their widows
and orphans; and to perpetuate the history of the
United States Marine Corps and by fitting acts to
observe the anniversaries of historical occasions
of particular interest to Marines.
Installation of Officers
The installation of our officers took place at our
February meeting.
Meetings
The next meeting is March 8, 2012.
Regular Meetings are at the Associated
Veterans Club in Loveland at 305 N. Cleveland
Ave. on the second Thursday of every month at
1930 hours.
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Website
The address of the website is http://mclloveland-1250.com/ . You can go there to get
the latest information about the Loveland
Detachment.
Life Membership
Have you considered becoming a Life Member?
Make 2010 the year you become a Life Member!
To become a Life Member, you must already be a
"Member in Good Standing". That means
becoming a member and paying your initial dues
first. Yes, according to the Bylaws, you could join
the League, pay your dues and then pay your Life
Membership Dues all in the same day.
If you would like to become a life member, please
contact Doyle Biggs.
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New Sponsor
Please welcome Blocky’s eatery as our newest
sponsor. Blocky’s is located right next to Jensen
Arms. Now you can feed your belly and your
Second Amendment rights in one stop.
The new Loveland Marine Corps officers for 2012
From left to right Judge Advocate Mike Schoonover, Jr. Past
Commandant Tom Buchanan, Commandant Solomon
Martinez, Jr. Vice Commandant Steve Olson, Sr. Vice
Commandant Chris Wynne, Sgt. at Arms Abel Herrera,
Chaplain Joe Novak.
Flag Pole Fund Raiser
Our flag poles are selling very well and we have
to order more for our spring time installations We
are offering them at $200.00. The suggested retail
price is $219.00. We can install them for an
additional $30.00 Order yours today and have it
installed before Veteran’s Day!
Last year we sold and installed many flag poles.
We have been busy installing flagpoles. Can we
install one in front of your house in 2012?
New Members
Please welcome our newest members to the
Detachment.
Clyde A. Bullar, Keith Winslow, David L.
Cornish, Craig A. Thomas, David Medina,
Sabrina Hoyt and Charles LoPresto.
Let’s give them a big Ohh Rah!
BBQ at Jensen Arms
Our next fundraising BBQ at Jensen Arms will be
on May 12, 2012. These are so much fun you will
not want to miss out. Mark this date on your
calendar and help out. You will not be
disappointed!
Applebees Breakfast
Our next Applebees fundraiser will be on June 23,
2012. Come help out with this pancake breakfast.
Professional Development Program
The Marine Corps League has a Professional
Development Program on the
national website that is an
outstanding resource for every
member of the Marine Corps
League, whether you are an
officer or not.
It covers everything from the duties of officers, to
uniforms, public relations, recruiting and so much
more. They are eight individual lesson plans that
you can view online at
http://www.mcleague.com/mdp/index.php?modul
e=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=76
Or you can download them all in one document at
http://www.mcleague.com/mdp/pdf/ProDevProgra
m/BW/PDP_BW_Complete.pdf
Check out this program and make our detachment
shine!
Flag Disposal Bin
Marines, we need an assistant to help with our
flag disposal bin. This is something that you can
do once every two weeks. It involves going to our
two bins and emptying them and delivering the
worn flags to Fire Station 3, 900 South Wilson
Avenue.
If you have time to do this, please let us
know.
This Date in History
MARCH
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 of71 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, bounded by 8th and
9th streets, and a & I streets, because it lay near the
Navy Yard and was within easy marching distance of
the Capitol.
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