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GREETINGS FROM THE DESK OF: REED F. (CADILLAC) JOHNSON
Every month I start out by telling all of you that the 46TH SFCA has been very busy. Well August was very busy
both here in Thailand visiting our Remote School and also in the USA with our members raising donations for our
WIA at car shows in NJ where Edie English raised more funds for the 2 cabins she donated in her late husbands
name.
Ed & Erma Booth were at car shows in WA raising funds for our WIA.
Billy & Claire Cason with support from Edie English and Mark Little put on the 2nd
annual softball tournament in
Virginia Beach VA.
At the end of the month we joined together with VFW Post 9876 Pattaya Thailand to attend a Town Hall meeting
with CONGRESSWOMAN DUCKWORTH from Illinois (D) at the JUSMAG compound in BKK.
During the month of September we will be having a fund raiser for our Wounded Warrior Cruise IV at SAM’S in
Virginia Beach on the 8th
hosted by Billy & Claire Cason.
Here in Thailand we will be visiting Buri Ram Province and presenting NEW BIKES to 18 very poor children
bringing the total to 320 bikes given to the poor children.
On the 19th
of September we will celebrate LTC(R) MIKE JOHNSON'S BIRTHDAY, he is a big support of both
our projects and we look forward to his visit every year.
September is a BIG Birthday Month over here with Jim Easley co-owner of the PS Apartments, and the Family Bar
& Restaurant on Soi Diana. Jim and her husband Ken are big supporters of our Remote School Programs. Later in
the month is my birthday.
On the 2nd
of October I will return to Seattle and after a check up at the VA I will head across the USA visiting
many friends.
The cruise is 10-20 November but I will spend a couple of weeks beforehand in Key West.
I would like to remind everybody that the 46TH SFCA put 100% of all donations toward the project you, our
supporters tell us to. Unlike the other wounded warrior projects where 58% goes to staff.
ALL our members are VOLUNTEERS and pay our own way
Without your support we could not touch as many lives as we do.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH
Yours In Comradeship
Reed F. (Cadillac) Johnson D2550L CEO 46TH SFCA
USA SF MSG(R)
Life MEMBER VFW POST 9430 SKYWAY WA
LIFE MEMBER SFA CH 3 BANGKOK THAILAND
PAST VFW DPT CDR PANAMA CANAL 80-81
WWW.46THSFCA.ORG
46th Special Forces Company (Airborne) Association
Thailand.
Newsletter September 2013.
To all our Members and Friends around the World. Click on Facebook to find us.
August 4
Long time supporter, friend and Member of the 46th Alan Raymond from Australia arrived in Thailand again. We had a
welcome dinner with him at the Thai BBQ restaurant (Alan is front right in the picture).
Later in the week we visited our Elephant Family with him and the 130 Meter high gold Buddha (Khao Cheejan) near Wat
Yansangwararam
Alan donated the money to buy 3 bikes for the poor children of Buri Ram Province. This money will be added to the funds
already donated for more bikes for these children. On Alan's last trip he donated to our shoes and socks program and helped
give out the shoes to the children. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
August 5 Fairfax, Virginia
From: Mark Little (Head of WIA Recruitment Program) [email protected] Subject: Fundraiser
A local bar/restaurant who's manager is a former Ranger agreed to let me host a fundraiser there. They made several
exceptions for us.
1) They only do fundraisers Monday-Thursday (ours was on Saturday)
2) They only do a few hours (ours was 10 hours long)
3) They give 20% of the food bill to the charity when people SHOW UP with a flyer. (At about 2300, they decided they were
going to donate 20% of the ENTIRE DAY'S FOOD SALES!!!)
So, after partying, eating, drinking (we did a lot of that), selling about 400 raffle tickets, selling about 20 shirts (because we
ran out), and walking around the bar with a prosthetic leg to use as a donations bucket.....We brought in just under $2,000. I
cannot believe that Alicia and I, with nothing other than some Facebook invitations, got $2k and filled the place up with
almost 70 people!!! As if that isn't cool enough, the bar management called me this morning to say that: "Our staff, waitresses,
and managers had so much fun last night, we want to make this a quarterly event!" _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
August 14
We set of early in the morning to drive to Chiang Mai. Over the next two days we visited 4 schools. First, Pangterm School,
then Wat Ban Noi School, Partan School and Meung Khon Schools.
We drove a total of 1402 miles and spent $167.20 on fuel. The school supplies and treats for 347 children cost $549.19.
August 15 Pangterm School
The class of 80 children and 9 pre schoolchildren.
All the teachers with Pranee and Reed.
Reed passing out berets to the girls
The childrens wish list for our next visit in January is Back Packs for their books and their favorite snack, Lays Potato Chips.
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August 16 Wat Ban Noi School
The school has a total of 117 students and 12 pre schoolchildren.
Principle Mr. Threerapit Faepa, Reed and Student teacher
Miss Daranee Natawichiarn.
Student Wanwalee Kruekamma sings for us. She came
in second in the province school’s competition
Pranee and Reed passing out school supplies and treats.
All the students and teachers.
The children’s wish list for our next visit in January is Badminton Sets, Colored Pencils, tooth brushes and tooth paste and a
basket ball hoop. Their favorit snack is also Lays Potato chips. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
August 16 Partan School
Because of the poverty in the area most families have moved away and there are now only 30 children at this school.
Pranee and Reed with Principle Junys Pongmeungmak. One of the girls in school uniform receiving her gifts
Principle Mr. Athichok Prasobchokwatthana, introducing
us to the students.
Student Miss Thanyarat Sarnmun thanking us and the
46TH SFCA for all their treats.
The children with us and their teachers.
Their wish list for our next visit in January is drawing note
books, charcoal and crayons for drawing. Their favorit snack is
ham sandwiches!!
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August 16 Meung Khon School
This School has 82 students.
We arrived at this school at lunchtime again!! Lunch was served first and then the children had to wait for their treats to be
handed out before they could get down to eating!!
The children’s wish list for our next visit in January is soccer and volley balls, colored pencils, crayons and white out. Their
favorit snacks are also Lays potato chips. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Aug 18 Brian’s (our newsletter editors Birthday)
Brian is currently in the UK, but in traditional 46TH
style we celebrated his birthday at Charlie’s Place/Subway, Soi Diana,
Pattaya.
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Aug 20 GARY TIDSWELL arrives from Sydney Australia.
Frequent visitor and friend of the 46SFCA Gary Tidswell visits the elephants and the gold Buddha mountain with us.
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Aug 24 2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Softball Tournament
Our 2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Softball Tournament at Northside Park, Tidewater Drive,
Norfolk, Virginia was a great success and when all the recipes are in we hope to have raised up to
$2000 for our WIA.
We will have pictures on our web site soon.
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Aug 30
We joined together with VFW Post 9876 Pattaya Thailand to attend a Town Hall meeting with Congresswoman Tammy
Duckworth from Illinois (D) at the JUSMAG compound in BKK.
Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth was visiting
Thailand had requested an informal BBQ to meet
with veterans and retirees. She was born in Thailand
and is a member of the Illinois Army National
Guard.
She is herself a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom
when her helicopter was shot down and she lost her
legs, was awarded the Purple Heart.
She is a new voice in Congress for Veterans Affairs.
The town hall meeting was hosted by the
Commander of JUSMAG. The Ambassador to
Thailand was also present.
My wife Pranee presented her with 2 of our NEVER
ACCEPT DEFEAT t-shirts.
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Members News
Jerry Nelson 46th
Member & Supporter invites you to follow his blog. Jerry is a resident of the northern city of Chiang
Mai in Thailand. www.jerrynelsonjournal.blogspot.com www.jerrynelsonphoto.com
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TAPS, LOST SOULS and SICK & DISTRESSED CALLS this month. (More info on our Web Site) and via Rev. Roy
F. Hill [email protected]
TAPS
From: Leamon Ratterree [email protected] Sent: July 31, 2013: Subject: [Special Forces
Memorial Wall]
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt.
Stephen M. New, 29, of Bartlett, Tenn., died July 28, in Bagram, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked
by small arms fire in the Sarobi District of Kabul Province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special
Forces Group (Airborne), Jackson, Miss.
Defense.gov News Release: DOD Identifies Army Casualty _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
From: United States Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office [email protected] Sent:
August 22, 2013: Subject: Press Release from United States Army Special Operations Command
PRESS RELEASE: SF Soldier succumbs to combat wounds
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Aug. 21, 2013) - Master Sgt. George A. Bannar Jr., 37, of
Orange, Va., died Aug. 20 of wounds received from small-arms fire in Wardak Province, Afghanistan.
He was assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg,
N.C., and was deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. This was Bannar's fifth
deployment to Afghanistan. More details here _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LOST SOULS
From: Michael Williams [email protected] Sent: August 19, 2013: Subject: [SF Brothers]
I ran into an older brother today. He's not on FB. Does anyone remember a Roy Chandler from 46th Co. 1966-67? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
OTHER NEWS, REQUESTS and INFORMATION
From: Jedburgh [email protected] Sent: August 1, 2013: Subject: Looking For Historical 10th SFG(A) Items -
Assistance Requested - for Group Foyer
If you can assist please contact the listed POCs below and pass along to any previous 10th Groupers you may know. We are
looking for any historical items and photos that will cover the following areas. I attached the history outline that we will be
following.
These items will be used in the HHC foyer and we are trying to tell the 10th SFG(A) story.
1952- Activation of 10th SFG (A)
1953- Bad Tolz
1954-1955 Authorization of the wear of the Green Beret
1962- CPT Roger Pezzelle Trojan Horse Unit Insignia
SF Soldiers operating in; western and eastern Europe, clandestine organizations in England, France, Norway, Germany,
Greece, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Pakistan, Iran, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.
Fort Devens
Panzer Kaserne
Operation Desert Storm
JOINT ENDEAVOR and PROVIDE COMFORT
Task Force Viking
POCs: SSG Ryan Sabin, Public Affairs NCOIC 10th SFG (A), [email protected] OR Andy Tyler [email protected] _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
From: [email protected] Forward From: Gerry Moore [email protected] Date: Jul 30,
2013: Subject: Monument
Attention ALL SFer's from the 2nd BN. This is what we have in the works. Florida's monument is beautiful. We are getting
the ball rolling on having a similar monument erected at Camp Shelby Museum by fall of 2014.
The SF Association is heading this up at present. Anyone who would like to help, just let us know. The next SFA meeting will
be 7 Dec 2013 at Western Sizzlin at the intersection of Hwys 49 & 80 in Brandon. We are thinking of having all the
deployments listed on the back of the monument.
Your support would be appreciated.
Front and back of Florida's Monument.
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From: Leslie Murphy [email protected] Sent: August 16, 2013: Subject:
Heart Attacks and Water
How many folks do you know who say they don't want to drink anything before going to
bed because they'll have to get up during the night? Heart Attack and Water - I never
knew all of this! Interesting.......Something else I didn't know ... I asked my Doctor why
people need to urinate so much at night time. Answer from my Cardiac Doctor - Gravity
holds water in the lower part of your body when you are upright (legs swell). When you
lie down and the lower body (legs and etc.) seeks level with the kidneys, it is then that the
kidneys remove the water because it is easier. This then ties in with the last statement!
I knew you need your minimum water to help flush the toxins out of your body, but this
was news to me. Correct time to drink water...Very Important. From A Cardiac
Specialist!
Drinking water at a certain time maximizes its effectiveness on the body
2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs
1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion
1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure
1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack
I can also add to this... My Physician told me that water at bed time will also help prevent night time leg cramps. Your leg
muscles are seeking hydration when they cramp and wake you up with a Charlie Horse.
Dr. Virend Somers, is a Cardiologist from the Mayo Clinic, who is lead author of the report in the July 29, 2008 issue of the
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Most heart attacks occur in the day, generally between 6 A.M. and noon. Having one during the night, when the heart should
be most at rest, means that something unusual happened. Somers and his colleagues have been working for a decade to show
that sleep apnea is to blame.
1. If you take an aspirin or a baby aspirin once a day, take it at night.
The reason: Aspirin has a 24-hour "half-life"; therefore, if most heart attacks happen in the wee hours of the morning, the
Aspirin would be strongest in your system.
2. FYI, Aspirin lasts a really long time in your medicine chest, for years, (when it gets old, it smells like vinegar).
Bayer is making crystal aspirin to dissolve instantly on the tongue. They work much faster than the tablets.
Why keep Aspirin by your bedside? It's about Heart Attacks.
There are other symptoms of a heart attack, besides the pain on the left arm. One must also be aware of an intense pain on the
chin, as well as nausea and lots of sweating; however, these symptoms may also occur less frequently.
Note: There may be NO pain in the chest during a heart attack. The majority of people (about 60%) who had a heart attack
during their sleep did not wake up. However, if it occurs, the chest pain may wake you up from your deep sleep.
If that happens, immediately dissolve two aspirins in your mouth and swallow them with a bit of water. Afterwards: - Call
911. - Phone a neighbor or a family member who lives very close by. - Say "heart attack!" - Say that you have taken 2
Aspirins. Take a seat on a chair or sofa near the front door, and wait for their arrival and ...DO NOT LIE DOWN!
A Cardiologist has stated that if each person after receiving this e-mail, sends it to 10 people, probably one life could be
saved! Don't forget to share. It may save lives! Life is a one-time gift. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
MEMORY LANE.
From: Ron Carrufo7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
One of many over the horizon swims. Antigua 1987
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From: William Snider [email protected] Sent: August 3, 2013: Subject: Doolittle Raiders: A Cup of Brandy
Is America today, what she has become, worthy of men such as these?
On Tuesday, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, the surviving Doolittle Raiders gathered publicly for the last time.
They once were among the most universally admired and revered men in the United States. There were 80 of the Raiders in
April 1942, when they carried out one of the most courageous and heart-stirring military operations in this nation's history.
The mere mention of their unit's name, in those years, would bring tears to the eyes of grateful Americans.
Now only four survive.
After Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, with the United States reeling and
wounded, something dramatic was needed to turn the war effort around.
Even though there were no friendly airfields close enough to Japan for the United
States to launch a retaliation, a daring plan was devised. Sixteen B-25s were modified
so that they could take off from the deck of an aircraft carrier. This had never before
been tried -- sending such big, heavy bombers from a carrier.
The 16 five-man crews, under the command of Lt. Col. James Doolittle, who himself
flew the lead plane off the USS Hornet, knew that they would not be able to return to
the carrier. They would have to hit Japan and then hope to make it to China for a safe landing.
But on the day of the raid, the Japanese military caught wind of the plan. The Raiders were told that they would have to take
off from much farther out in the Pacific Ocean than they had counted on. They were told that because of this they would not
have enough fuel to make it to safety. And those men went anyway.
They bombed Tokyo, and then flew as far as they could. Four planes crash-landed; 11 more crews bailed out, and three of the
Raiders died. Eight more were captured; three were executed. Another died of starvation in a Japanese prison camp. One crew
made it to Russia.
The Doolittle Raid sent a message from the United States to its enemies, and to the rest of the world: We will fight. And, no
matter what it takes, we will win.
Of the 80 Raiders, 62 survived the war. They were celebrated as national heroes, models of bravery. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
produced a motion picture based on the raid; "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo," starring Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson, was a
patriotic and emotional box-office hit, and the phrase became part of the national lexicon. In the movie-theater previews for
the film, MGM proclaimed that it was presenting the story "with supreme pride."
Beginning in 1946, the surviving Raiders have held a reunion each April, to commemorate the mission. The reunion is in a
different city each year. In 1959, the city of Tucson, Arizona, as a gesture of respect and gratitude, presented the Doolittle
Raiders with a set of 80 silver goblets. Each goblet was engraved with the name of a Raider.
Every year, a wooden display case bearing all 80 goblets is transported to the reunion city. Each time a Raider passes away his
goblet is turned upside down in the case at the next reunion, as his old friends bear solemn witness.
Also in the wooden case is a bottle of 1896 Hennessy Very Special cognac. The year is not happenstance: 1896 was when
Jimmy Doolittle was born.
There has always been a plan: When there are only two surviving Raiders, they
would open the bottle, at last drink from it, and toast their comrades who
preceded them in death.
As 2013 began, there were five living Raiders; then, in February, Tom Griffin
passed away at age 96.
What a man he was. After bailing out of his plane over a mountainous Chinese
forest after the Tokyo raid, he became ill with malaria, and almost died. When he
recovered, he was sent to Europe to fly more combat missions. He was shot
down, captured, and spent 22 months in a German prisoner of war camp.
The selflessness of these men, the sheer guts . . . there was a passage in the
Cincinnati Enquirer obituary for Mr. Griffin that, on the surface, had nothing to
do with the war, but that emblematizes the depth of his sense of duty and devotion: "When his wife became ill and needed to
go into a nursing home, he visited her every day. He walked from his house to the nursing home, fed his wife and at the end of
the day brought home her clothes. At night, he washed and ironed her clothes. Then he walked them up to her room the next
morning. He did that for three years until her death in 2005."
So now, out of the original 80, only four Raiders remain: Dick Cole (Doolittle's co-pilot on the Tokyo raid), Robert Hite,
Edward Saylor and David Thatcher. All are in their 90s. They have decided that there are too few of them for the public
reunions to continue.
The events in Fort Walton Beach this week will mark the end. It has come full circle; Florida’s nearby Eglin Field was where
the Raiders trained in secrecy for the Tokyo mission. The town is planning to do all it can to honor the men: a six-day
celebration of their valor, including luncheons, a dinner and a parade.
Do the men ever wonder if those of us for whom they helped save the country have tended to it in a way that is worthy of their
sacrifice? They don't talk about that, at least not around other people. But if you find yourself near Fort Walton Beach this
week, and if you should encounter any of the Raiders, you might want to offer them a word of thanks. I can tell you from first
hand observation that they appreciate hearing that they are remembered.
The men have decided that after this final public reunion they will wait until a later date -- some time this year -- to get
together once more, informally and in absolute privacy. That is when they will open the bottle of brandy. The years are
flowing by too swiftly now; they are not going to wait until there are only two of them.
They will fill the four remaining upturned goblets. And raise them in a toast to those who are gone. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
From: Adrian Law [email protected] Subject: SeeSeeChed Date: 4 Aug 2013:
Some old pics from the SeeSeeChed 447 I think I have the names right. I hope to find a couple more.
These were really just to jog Reeds These are to jog memories of a period where we stayed at the 447 Guest House in Sathorn
Road.
46TH SFCA New Member Application
We welcome new members. Membership benefits include the issue of our “Walk-on-Water” style membership/ID card and the invaluable
assistance of our resident team of members during your trips to Thailand. If you wish to apply, please go to our web site and download an
application form. Fill in the details and send it to us at the Virginia Beach address below. Please enclose your check for $50.00, payable to
“46th SFCA” for life membership.
E-mail a photo of yourself and your mailing address for your membership card to the Editor; [email protected]. If you require a
card for your spouse/partner please send their photo and name also, (no extra charge).
If you have input for this section please contact us at [email protected] we will be pleased to include your
photos, memories, stories and past recollections of your time in Thailand. We will also help you contact old or lost
friends, comrades and brothers through our “Lost Souls Section”
We had a good deal down there and the food was excellent. A very convivial spot run also as a clinic for wealthy Thai's by the
lady we all called 'Sister'..........in the medical sense. She owned a huge slice of that end of Sathorn and would undoubtedly be
very wealthy and was high up in the Thai social order. I'll send the other pics sorted as I can scan them and put names on each
where possible.
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Forward From: James Handlin [email protected] Original Message From: watts12345 [email protected]
Sent: Aug 4, 2013: Subject: Fwd: THE SECRET WAR IN LAOS by NBC, Ted Yates
If you are interested in looking at scenes of Laos during the War, you might find this of interest.
Former USAID officer Mac Thompson, who is retired in Thailand, sent in this link to an old, half hour NBC program. Mac
asked, out of curiosity, if I knew the identity of the alleged Agency C/O in Long Tieng who appears with his back to the
camera during an interview. I don't. Does anyone else? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdROxwo_2NM ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Other SF links and Newsletters
SFA Chapter 60 SFA Chapter 78 SFA Chapter 90 SFC Chapter 55 SFA Chapter IX ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Forward from: Johnnie [email protected] Sent: August 5, 2013: Subject: 2013 VA Benefits book
Click on the link below for all the latest information; Federal Benefits for Veterans Dependents and Survivors 2013 Edition
http://www.va.gov/opa/publications/benefits_book/2013_Federal_Benefits_for_Veterans_English.pdf ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sept 7 Chapter IX Golf Tournament at Underwood Golf Club Fort Bliss TX (see below)
Sept 8 Fundraiser for WOUNDED WARRIOR CRUISE IV, Sam's Club 3345 Virginia Beach Blvd. VA 23452
Sept 11 Visit to BURI RAM Schools
Sept 19 MIKE JOHNSON'S Birthday Party in Pattaya
Sept 21 OASIS Group Wine/Cigar tasting and fundraising auction (see below)
Oct 2 Reed heads of to the USA Arriving in Seattle
Oct 5 HALO Reunion at Bragg (see below)
Oct 25 SF get together in BEAU BRIDGE LA at BUCK & JOHNNY'S PIZZERIA
Oct 31-Nov 10 Reed will be in Key West FL
Nov 10-20 46THSFCA ED MORAN (USMC) MEMORIAL CRUISE, Southern Caribbean (see below)
June 2014 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF SF (Both USA & Thai). 2 week trip to Thailand, (in the planning stage)
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From: John Armezzani [email protected] Sent: August 28, 2013: Subject: OASIS Group, Sep 21st Wine/Cigar tasting
and fundraising auction
Below is the invitation and flyer for our fundraising event on Sep 21st, 5 pm at the Medicine Creek Winery. Also here is the link
to the auction catalogue http://gcashman.uberflip.com/i/158694.
The catalogue is a living document and will be updated as we
process donations to be auctioned. Additional information about
the auction can be found on our facebook page at
www.facebook.com/sofvet. Please attend or donate to this worthy
cause. John Armezzani, CEO. OASIS Group
http://www.oasisgrp.org/ www.facebook.com/sofvet
ODA-08 1/10th SFGA HALO REUNION, Holiday Inn Bordeaux
Fayetteville NC Friday 4 October-Sunday 6 October 2013. For
more info: [email protected] use HALO in subject line
Friday 4 October 2013:
THE 10TH SPECIAL FORCES “FIRST” HALO (HIGH ALTITUDE LOW OPENING)
GRADUATING CLASS AND INSTRUCTORS . JULY 8-25, ZARAGOZA, SPAIN.
BACK ROW: MACFADDEN, HOE, KEATING, CANAVAN, TROUT AND BLAKESLEE.
CENTER ROW: VILLARREAL, JOYCE, THURIN JUDD, MAVRIS AND NORBURY.
FRONT ROW: MCCORREKEY, HENSLEY, DEVERS, ADAMS, SUNGY AND FULLER.
EACH INDIVIDUAL MADE A TOTAL OF TWENTY FREEFALLS, PROGRESSING FROM AN ALTITUDE OF 4,000 FEET TO 26,000
FEET. FREEFALL TIME OR DELAY BEFORE CANOPY (PARARUTE) OPENING 5 SECONDS TO 115 SECONDS.
TOTAL DISTANCE OF FREEFALL FOR 20 JUMPS 47 MILES (DOWN).
TOTAL TIME IN FREEFALL FOR 20 JUMPS 17 MINUTES.
UNOFFICIAL HIGH ALTITUDE PARACHUTE RECORD FOR SPAIN 26,000 FEET.
FIRST HALO MASS EXIT OVER SPAIN, 15 MEN FROM A C-130 EXITED FROM 26,000 FEET FOR A DELAY IN SECONDS OF 115
BEFORE CANOPY OPENING. ALL LANDING WITHIN 75 METERS OF CENTER MAN AND WITHIN 150 METERS OF DESIRED
IMPACT POINT.
FIRST HALO CLASS “EVER” TO EXECUTE 3 HIGH ALTITUDE JUMPS IN ONE DAY.
FIRST, 21,000 FEET, SECOND, 25,000 FEET, THIRD, 26,000 FEET
TOTAL DISTANCE IN FREEFALL 12 MILES. TOTAL TIME IN FREEFALL 5 MINUTES AND 15 SECONDS.
1200-2200 Hospitality Room opens to welcome arriving guests and fellowship
1600-1800 Dinner at Golden Corral (ODA 08 and students) $14.00 all you can eat
1900-???? Banquet Room Welcoming address, introductions and presentations- Open to everybody, BYOB.
Saturday 5 October 2013
0700-1200 Breakfast Buffet (free with room key) and fellowship
0800-1200 Hospitality Room opens for fellowship and HALO training simulators
1000-1300 Briefs: HALO School, Current HALO ops, English Channel HAHO, Combat HALO infils.
1300-???? Oktoberfest picnic at SFA HQ Clubhouse maps provided at check-in
1800-???? Hospitality Room open for fellowship
Sunday 6 October 2013
0800-1200 Breakfast Buffet (free with room key) and fellowship
1200-1400 Tour of the new Airborne and Special Operations Museum (downtown Fayetteville)
1500 Room Checkout (tentative)
Holiday Inn webpage: http://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/fayetteville/fayow/hoteldetail
We have a block of rooms on reserve to keep everyone close. When reserving rooms use code: SFG
Room price is $109 total (I know it’s steep but it’s the best we could do)
Two each Breakfast Buffets each day are included in room price (normal $10.00 per head)
Free pickup and delivery to Fayetteville Airport upon request
Free shuttle service within a five mile radius upon request
Free under cover parking. Free internet connection.
Dress is casual for the entire weekend. Team Shirts provided for Friday night
This is a BYOB team party. There are plenty of package stores and grocery stores close to the hotel.
Oktoberfest (SFA Chapter 18 at the SFA HQ Clubhouse) approx cost is $15 all you can eat
Sunday’s Museum visit will include a special movie viewing and tour for the group (No Cost)
We are encouraging all OLD HALO GUYS to join us on Friday evening at the Hotel and again on Saturday in the Hospitality
Suite and at the Oktoberfest. Blue Skies!
For more info: [email protected] use HALO in subject line
Fellow HALO Soldiers,
Just to keep you updated on our activities, some exciting developments have taken place regarding our Old Timers’ HALO
Reunion. LTC Steve Basilici: Commander of 2nd Bn 1st SWTG(A) and B CO SGM Bill Montrose (HALO School at Yuma) are
We need to raise more funds for our schools programs. The children want to learn and the teachers want to teach. But these schools
have to get by on so little money. We can help them. The teachers make about $150 a month and the state funding for each child is
about $10 a year!!
Playtime for some of the Remote school children is working in the school market gardens, so come lunchtime they get something to
eat. If the crops are good the surplus gets sold at the local market. The little money made goes to buy fish and meat for their
lunches.
State school funding does not include feeding the kids!!
now involved. They will bring in the Chief Instructor from the HALO School in Yuma, Mr. Jose Reyes, to brief us on the
current training techniques, programs, wind tunnel construction and advanced training as well as provide a full complement of
the current HALO equipment being used by the ODA for you to touch and feel and maybe even put on for a picture or two.
Bob Walters: 22nd British SAS, will give us a short presentation on how he and his team conducted the first crossing of the
English Channel using HAHO techniques.
We are also inviting the guys who conducted Combat HALO infils Cliff Newman (Laos), Bob Castillo (Vietnam), Billy Waugh
(Vietnam), to brief us on how those missions went down and the lessons they learned. Cliff Newman and Billy Waugh have
confirmed. I’m waiting on Bob Castillo’s response but can’t imagine he would bow out.
Mark King (retired 1st and 5th group) who works Military Freefall projects for Wiser Company is providing their new hands on,
interactive HALO canopy control simulators for all of us, including our wives, to experience throughout the day Friday and
Saturday. He will brief us on the state of HALO today and be presenting HALO coins to the original team & MTT members in
recognition of their accomplishments.
Dr. Ken Finlayson: Historian for the United States Army Special Operations Command at Bragg is excited about our gathering
and wants to document it. He is contacting LTC Dave Conley, USASOC PAO, to coordinate the proper personnel and
equipment to document the events. Please be prepared to have photos and video taken throughout the weekend. Haircuts,
uniforms and boots will be inspected at the 0600 formation each day…..I’m just kidding!
10th Special Forces Group CSM Jason M. Krider and Maj Aram M. Donigian !0th Group PAO at Fort Carson have been
contacted and invited to participate. I’ll post updates through Dale Sungy.
CSM Joe Dennison (retired 5th Group CSM) is the Oktoberfest POC. It will be held at the Special Forces Association
Headquarters Team House just up the road from the hotel. The Oktoberfest is always a very popular picnic for the ‘Fort Bragg
SF crowd’ and our reunion participation will have a special draw. I’ve personally spoken with a dozen old HALO instructors
from outside the Bragg area who say they will attend and I have been contacted by over 20 additional old HALO guys who all
want to attend both the Friday night presentations and party and Saturday briefs as well as the Oktoberfest.
CSM Jake Jakovenko, Son Tay Raider has confirmed that he will also attend to see his old 10th Group Buddies, so as you can
see it’s going to be one heck of a gathering of SF Legends.
Sunday’s 12:00 tour of the Airborne and Special Operations Museum is locked in with a special viewing of the movie they have
for visitors. There will be subject matter experts on hand to insure a super visit.
We are attempting to get late check outs at the hotel to accommodate the Museum visit. Confirmation to follow when approved
by the hotel staff. I look forward to seeing everyone at the Reunion! Sincerely, Jimbo Blakeslee Jr. [email protected] ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
46TH SFCA ED MORAN (USMC) MEMORIAL CRUISE NOV 10-20 2013
We still have space on our cruise November 10-20, 2013 for both WIA and supporters if you cannot go on the cruise PLEASE
support by making a donation toward our Wounded.
A tip of the Green Beret to Special Forces Association Chapter 79 in Water Valley MS for donating the funds to transport a
wounded member of the 7TH SFG and his wife to the cruise and return.
Here are the winners of our WOUNDED WARRIOR CRUISE IV RAFFLE DRAWN ON AUG 10
1st: Ticket # 3160 Ed Booth, CAT 8 Balcony Cabin
2nd
: Ticket # 3101 Prachumkhwan, CAT 4 Ocean View Cabin
3rd
: Ticket # 4247 Leslie Murphy, Cat 4 Inside Cabin
4th
: Ticket # sold by Reed Johnson, $500.00
5th
: Ticket # 4019 Jim Hooker, Alexandria, Virginia, $300.00
6th
: Ticket # 2464 Diane Frisch, sold by Judy Bond, Cammy tux from Jacquard Bespoke Tailoring
For reservations contact LYNN DYE at 1-800-568-7477 or by e-mail at [email protected]
PARKING at the cruise ships.
If you have a handicap permit you park for FREE while you are on the cruise. Check this out at;
http://www.miamidade.gov/portofmiami/directions_parking.asp
SCHOOLS FUND RAISING DRIVES
BLANKETS
If you want to buy your child one of our blankets we will ship it to
you for a donation of $50.00. 9 Remote School Children will also
receive a blanket. Visit our web site to order or if you just want to
donate for any one of our Programs.
WWW.46THSFCA.ORG
BIKES
The bikes cost just $40.00 each. Children who
demonstrate commitment to their School work
are first in line. Visit our web site to donate for
any one of our Programs.
WWW.46THSFCA.ORG
School Lunch Programs
We provide funds and supplies for fish and frog farms and School market gardens. Got green fingers? Want to help? With the combination of
sun, rain and elephant dung, stuff really GROWS.
Our new project in Buri Ram Province is to test a new fertilizer provided by JAMES HANDLIN for growing rice and my father in-law has
donated a 1/2 an acre to test the new product. The rice will be given to the schools we support in the province.
WWW.46THSFCA.ORG
Our Warm Blanket and later Shoes & Socks and Jacket Programs started
with this little boy who died in the winter of 2004. His name was Moc
(which means fog in English). He attended Kun Sab School in the Hills
near Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand.
Most visitors to Thailand find the Northern Hills refreshingly cool after the
tropical southern beaches but the people who live there especially small
children find the winter nights are COLD. He died from caching a CHILL
because he got too cold in the night.
News of his death kicked off our WARM BLANKET PROGRAM.
Since 2004 we have donated 4,380 BLANKETS to the poor and remote
school children in Thailand. When we have enough donations we buy
100’s of Blankets at a time. They cost just $5 each!!
We started our BIKES FOR TYKES PROGRAM when we met this 12 year old 0rphan
boy who was making a living as a pro kick boxer to support his grandmother & himself.
His Teacher told us he had good grades but had a problem getting to and from School
because his home was a long way and he had no money for the bus.
Since 2004 we have donated over 300 Bikes to deserving children.
When we have enough donations we buy the BIKES by the truckload. They cost just $40
each!!
Visit our web site and donate to our School Programs.
WWW.46THSFCA.ORG
If you want to support a particular program please tell us. All donations are Tax
Deductable.
With your Support and Donations we are changing forever thousands of children’s lives.
When they grow up they will never forget how the American People helped them.
ON LINE STORE
We have a range of quality Thai silver items, hand made at
factory prices plus; Hats, Polo shirts, T shirts, Lighters, Bumper
stickers, Coasters, Aprons, Para bags and more.
New “Never Accept Defeat"
long sleeve shirts at $25
each;
NEW PROGRAM; Shoes, socks and winter clothes for the children in the Northern Mountain Schools
This is a new Program in addition to our Blanket Program, School Supplies Program, Bikes for Tykes Program and Field Trips Program.
You all know that 100% of what EVER you donate goes to what YOU tell us you want it to go for. All the money donated or we make from the
sales in our store goes to our Programs. We have no Admin costs because all our Officers are Volunteers.
WITH ANY DONATION WE WILL SEND YOU A FREE BUMPER STICKER. SEND A CHECK TO;
46TH SFCA, 2838 CROIX COURT VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23451-1365
E-MAIL; [email protected]
You can also order from our WEB SITE using PAYPAL but remember they charge us for the service. (Please add $1.00)
Quality canvas traveler’s back packs. $25.00 each includes postage.
Online shop at WWW.46THSFCA.ORG you can use PAYPAL for donations and purchases.
100% of the $25.00 will go to the REMOTE SCHOOLS PROGRAM or the WOUNDED WARRIOR CRUISE IV PROGRAM
All money raised from the sales will go toward helping our Wounded Warrior
and Remote Schools Programs.
Recommended Place to stay in Pattaya; Family Bar Restaurant and PS
Apartments; Soi Diana 33/48 Moo 10 Soi 13, (Buakhao), Pattaya, Bang
Lamung, Chonburi, 20150. Mention the 46th for special discounts.
We support those who support our projects
Ken & Roblynn Pierce from Hawaii have a Macadamia nut farm there. They gave us a large bag of nuts and
they are really great. My wife and daughter had never had them before but are now big fans. We can highly
recommend them.
They are $2.75 for the 4oz bags, plus mailing costs.
Please e-mail Ken & Roblynn at [email protected] for further information and orders, mention the
46thSFCA.
Pearl Nuts, 13-640 Pohoiki Road, Pahoa, HI 96778.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT.
YOURS IN COMRADESHIP, REED F. JOHNSON, D2550L, CEO, 46TH SFCA.
46th Special Forces Company (ABN) Association.
2838 Croix Court, Virginia Beach, VA 23451-1365. USA.
P/O Box 105, Banglamung, Chonburi 20150, Thailand.
46th SFCA Association is a Non-Profit 501 (C) (3) Corporation. Federal EIN 98-0440496.
Billy Cason (Chief Financial Officer) [email protected]
Edie English (Chief Fundraiser) [email protected]
John Tuohey (Fundraiser) [email protected]
John (Jack) Murphy (Legal advisor) [email protected]
Leslie Murphy (Medical advisor) [email protected]
BG. (Ret) Remo Buttler (Military Liaison) [email protected]
Steve & Fran Craig (Australian Coordinators) [email protected]
Brian H. Philipp (Newsletter Editor) [email protected]
Cpt (R) Mark Little (Head of WIA Recruitment Program) [email protected]
Rob Chancey English III (Web Master) [email protected]
You may also make a donation by Pay-Pal and Credit Card. See more on our Web Site.
WWW.46THSFCA.ORG