Congratulations to the 16 Members having a birthday during July:
William (Skip) Barnes, Louis Baste, Jason Calhoun, Kelley Carson, Roger Dahl, Robert (Bob) Dean, Samuel (Sam) Grooms, Michael Howard, Ben Laughlin, Don Meisenbach, Jim Moeller, Jason Olivet, Lee Phillips, Kim Rich, Charles Rinesmith, Carl Robertson

Recently, our website has been used to contact the membership for commercial purposes. While I am an unashamed free market capitalist, I also feel that there is a time and place for everything, and the use of our website for personal commercial purposes is not one of those. I would ask that each of you take a moment, next time you use the website and ask yourself is this an appropriate use of this tool.

And now for a completely different subject:

I want to thank each of the members who have stepped forward to stand watch at the fireworks booth. At the same time I would like to ask, “What did I do wrong”. Mike comes forward with a much needed fund raiser, the Detachment shows its support, but when the rubber meets the road I can’t get fourteen of our members to step forward and sign up. I know that one of the oldest maxims in our beloved Corps is, “Don’t volunteer for anything”. There is also the first law of the salt mine, “If you have a buddy tried and true, screw him before he screws you.” I guess I should have known better. If any of you have a suggestion as to how I should have handled this I would appreciate the input.

And now for a completely different subject:

I want to welcome two new members to our Detachment:

Welcome Aboard to our newest Members Jerry Merrill and Stoney Stonich! We are glad to welcome you back into the Marine Corps family and look forward to many new shared times and even more shared stories!

Jerome "Jerry" H. Merrill
Vancouver, WA 98661
Sponsored by: Roger Rueckert

Leonard "Stoney" Phillip
Brush Prairie, WA 98606
Sponsored by: Bill Bailey

Semper Fi

Jim