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Date: May, 2016
Next Scheduled Meeting
Thursday May 12 at 7:00 pm
VFW Post #4364
5773 62nd Street N, Pinellas Park
If you need a ride to the meeting, arrangements can be made by contacting Phil Calhoun at (727) 744-9345 a couple of hours or
more before the meeting and we’ll get you
there.
On This day in Marine Corps History
10 May 1945: The 22d Marines, 6th Marine
Division, executed a pre-dawn attack south
across the Asa River Estuary and seized a
bridgehead from which to continue the attack
toward Naha, the capital of Okinawa.
May 24
Detachment 57, Officers for 2016
Commandant
Sr. Vice
Commandant
Jr. Vice
Commandant
Judge Advocate
Adjutant
Penny Weston
[email protected]
George Cooper
[email protected]
Don Bostrom
[email protected]
Bob Morris
[email protected]
Michael Robinson [email protected]
Sgt at Arms
Mike Garafalo
[email protected]
Chaplain
Phil Calhoun
[email protected]
Paymaster
Bob Decker
[email protected]
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In this month’s issue of The Scuttlebutt
Rose Sale Report
Bay Pines National Cemetery
Monthly Service To Honor The Fallen
Tim Bulu Honored by Scouts
Active Committees
Stand Down For Homeless Vets
Am. Legion Post 273 Elections
D Co. 4th Amphibious Assault Bn
Monthly Community Relations Lunch
Marine Killed in Iraq ‘Made Sure
Everyone Got In The Bunker
Vietnam Remembered
Veteran’s Appreciation Bar B Que
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April 10th , Publix, 3700 4th St N – - $1,011 (1-day
only)
April 23th, St. Petersburg Farmers’ Market – - $XXX
Well Done Marines!
Jan 30th, St. Petersburg Farmers’ Market – - $420
Feb 27th , Publix, 3700 4th St N – - $1,060 (1-day
only)
Many Thanks and Well Done go to those Marines
who were able show up and help out at our last 2
Rose Sales. They are:
Sunday, April 10, Publix
Saturday, April 23,
Walt Smyth
Walt Smyth
Don Gillis
Don Bostrom
Tim Bulu
Eddie Pringle
Eddie Pringle
Phil Calhoun
Phil Calhoun
Bob Decker
Bob Decker
George Cooper
George Cooper
The Rose Sale of April 10 at Publix went well. It
was a long day. Marines were on hand all day (until
20:00) and we were rewarded with $1011 in donations from generous Publix customers.
The April 23rd sale at the Saturday Market also did
well in spite of the shorter hours from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm . Some of the vendors were very generous to our Marines. One vendor gave free coffee to
our Marines. Southern Slush gave us slushes, lemonade and other fruit drinks at no charge just because we're Marines. And finally Ricky P’s Restaurant served us some truly outstanding Jambalaya.
YOUR HELP IS VERY MUCH NEEDED FOR
THESE UPCOMING EVENTS:
October 29h (Saturday) – Farmers’ Market in St.
Petersburg – 9:00 to 2:00
December 17th (Saturday) – Farmers’ Market in St.
Petersburg – 9:00 to 2:00
To Volunteer to help out Contact:
Bob Decker
(727) 470-4405
[email protected]
And let him know the dates and times you can
serve.
Earlier Sales
The 2 previous Rose Sales have gotten us off to a
great start for 2016.
That’s Tim Bulu on the left and Eddie Pringle on the
right manning Post #1 (the EXIT door) .
Post #1 All Secure.
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Bay Pines National Cemetery
Monthly Service To Honor The Fallen
Tim Bulu Receives Honors From The
Scouts
The next service will be held on:
We are pleased and honored to pass the word
that our Venture Crew Scout Liaison Tim Bulu,
will soon become a recipient of The Silver Beaver
Award from The West Coast Florida Council of
The Boy Scouts
Recipients of this award are registered adult leaders who have made an impact on the lives of
youth through service given to the council. The
Silver Beaver is an award given to those who implement the Scouting program and perform
community service through hard work, selfsacrifice, dedication, and many years of service. It
is given to those who do not actively seek it.
Tuesday, May 3 at 15:00
at Bay Pines National Cemetery
As always the uniform red cap and detachment
red shirt and black trousers.
The April service saw a fine turnout by Detachment 57 Marines who formed two fine looking
ranks.
We are proud to have Marines like Tim in our
detachment. Well Done, Tim!
The Detachment 57 Detail
Left to Right, Back Row Walt Smyth, J.D. Pate,
CJ Oudendyk, George Cooper, Bob Archer
Front Row, Don Bostrom, Phil Calhoun, Don Gillis,
Penny Weston, Top Flick
Tim Bulu
Venture Crew Scout Liaison
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Active Committees
American Legion 273
Elections Conducted by Detachment 57 Marines
Rose Sale Fundraisers
Don Gillis (Saturday Market)
Bob Decker (Saturday Market)
Veterans Salute Car and Truck Show
CJ Oudendyk, Bob Decker, George Cooper
Marine of the Year Committee
CJ Oudendyk , Phil Calhoun,
George Cooper
Scout Committee
Tim Bulu , Dave Speegle
Birthday Ball
George Cooper, Don Gillis, Doc Errico
Newsletter Editor
George Cooper
Firing Range Contact
John Gluck
Marines of Detachment 57 conducted and supervised the 2016 election for American Legion Post
273.
Our Marines were there from 10:30 until 19;30
when the vote count was made and verified.
Post 273 showed their appreciation by feeding us
from the menu and afterwards providing adult
beverages.
At our last Detachment meeting, CJ Oudendyk
relayed a message from Post 273 Commander,
Jim White of his appreciation for our help and he
extended a “Well Done” to the Detachment.
The Marines who served on this volunteer detail
were:
If your are inclined to volunteer to help out
with any of these efforts feel free to contact
the Marines listed.
CJ Oudendyk
Phil Calhoun
Bob Decker
Don Gillis
J.D. Pate
Don Bostrom
Penny Weston
George Cooper
Stand Down for Homeless Vets
A Stand Down for Homeless Veterans was held at The C.W. Bill Young Medical Center on Saturday April 2. Commandant Penny
Weston delivered 3 cases of water and 20 all day
bus passes as our contribution. Thanks Penny.
Well Done!
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November as usual.
Purpose of this event is to bring in outside support organizations to mentor our Reserve Marines
on life skills to include employment, taxes, Tricare,
voting, military one source, local community programs, veteran affairs, scholarships, etc. Your
presence and support alone says a lot so we would
like to see all of our support organizations come
out.
Please pass the word to the appropriate organizations only - we just attended the MCL meeting in
St. Pete this last week and were a little disappointed to hear that a lot of them know nothing of this
event.
Employers with employment opportunities should
contact the H2H reps and/or ESGR reps with
those opportunities so they can pass the word onto the most qualified Marines.
This will be my last community relations event - I
retire on Thursday 19 May
D Co. 4th Amphibious
Assault Bn Holds Monthly
Community Relations Lunch
We had 2 visitors at our Detachment meeting of
April 14. They were active duty Marines currently
serving with D Co., 4th Amphibious Assault Bn.
One of those Marines was MSgt Tim Allison who
told us the purpose of the visit was establish contact with local groups such as our detachment.
The goal being to engage our support to mentor
young Marines.
District Sr. Vice Top Flick forwarded an email from
MSgt Allison to The Scuttlebutt Staff.
In an effort to maintain the very highest in journalistic standards The Scuttlebutt is passing it
along. The email follows.
2016 at 1330. You are all welcome to attend that
event as well. If I don't see you at either - I would
like to personally thank you for everything you
have done for our Marines.
Your best POC for future events will be 1stSgt
Donald Garrison (I&I Staff)
<[email protected]> and 1stSgt John
Heatherly (SMCR) <[email protected]>
From: Allison MSgt Timothy S
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 2:22 PM
Cc: Garrison 1stSgt Donald L; 1st Sergeant
Heatherly
Subject: Company D, 4th AA BN - Community Relations Lunch Event on Sunday 08 May 2016 from
1100 to 1300
To our outstanding support organizations,
Our next community relations lunch event for
Company D, 4th AA Battalion is on Sunday, 08
May 2016 at the Marine Corps Reserve Center 5121
W Gandy Blvd. Tampa FL 33611.
Rick's from the MCL Riverview Detachment will
be serving the food.
The following event will be in Aug after the Reserve Summer Annual Training in CLNC. Exact
date to be determined but we are looking at Sunday 07 Aug 2016. Family Day will be in Mid-
Thanks again for the outstanding support and we
hope to see you at our next event.
s/f
MSgt Allison
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He was leading his Marines in combat," Neller said.
"They were in indirect fire and he made sure everybody got in the bunker, and he just didn't make it
in time. Is that sad? That's sad. But if you're going
to go, you want to go in the fight."
Marine Killed in Iraq 'Made Sure Everybody Got in the Bunker'
Mar 26, 2016 | by Hope Hodge Seck
During a briefing to reporters at the Pentagon on
Friday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen.
Joseph Dunford said the circumstances of Cardin's
death, the second combat death since the coalition
fight against Islamic State militants began, does
not change the nature of the operation or indicate
an increase in the Marines' ground combat role.
"This is not a fundamental shift in our approach to
support the Iraqi forces," he said. "This happens to
be what was the most appropriate tool that the
commander assessed needed to be in that particular location."
The remains of Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Louis F. Cardin
of Temecula, Calif., arrive at Dover Air Force Base, Del.,
on March 21. (Air Force/Zachary Cacicia)
The Commandant of the Marine Corps paid tribute to a staff sergeant killed by Islamic State rocket
fire in Iraq last week, shedding new light on the
circumstances surrounding the loss.
In his talk, Neller encouraged Marines to remain
sharp, reminding them that the Corps was forward
deployed all over the world to remain ready and
train for future fights.
Staff Sgt. Louis Cardin, 27, a member of Battalion
Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary
Unit, was killed by indirect fire March 19 at a new
artillery outpost near Makhmour, Iraq, shortly after he and a small element of Marines had detached from the MEU in order to support the
small post.
"[Cardin's] death, and the things we see every day,
from the attacks in Brussels by those murderous
cowards that we're fighting, that's part of our
world today," he said. "So whether [The Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant] continues to use terror to intimidate us and kill innocents, at the same
time other adversaries, as they have since we've
been engaged in the Middle East, are developing
their capabilities to challenge us on future battlefields."
Speaking at a Marine Corps Association awards
dinner near Washington, D.C. Thursday night, Gen.
Robert Neller said three other Marines wounded in
that same rocket attack were due to arrive back in
the United States that evening, headed for Walter
Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda,
Md.
Continued on the next page
Reflecting on Cardin's loss, Neller did not prevaricate about a fight that US officials still refuse to
describe as a combat operation.
"The loss of a Marine is sad, but I thought about it:
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Continued from previous page
Neller also fired a shot across the bow at another
geopolitical threat, hinting that Marine Corps leaders were eager to answer the saber-rattling of Russian president Vladimir Putin with a show of force.
About 1,800 Marines, he said, had recently
wrapped up a massive cold-weather exercise in
Norway, Operation Cold Response.
"It's the biggest exercise we've done in Norway in
some time," he said. We were working to repopulate our [pre-positioning equipment] in the caves,
and the Norwegians were happy to see us and I'm
sure our Russian friends were paying attention. Mr.
Putin has done us a great favor."
--Hope Hodge Seck can be reached at
[email protected]. Follow her on Twitter at
@HopeSeck.
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Veteran’s Appreciation Bar B Que
This email and flyer were sent to the Scuttlebutt by Eddie Pringle.
To: Bay Area Regional Veterans Network <[email protected]>
Cc: Bay Area Regional Veterans Network <[email protected]>, Imam Askia Muhammad Aquil
<[email protected]>
Subject: Fwd: Veterans Appreciation Barbecue 14MAY16
Dear BARVN, Connecting Points Ministry and ALL ABOUT VETERANS.org hope that you and your organizations will join us at Pinellas Hope for this Pre Memorial Day Event.
Please see attached flyer.
Live music and free food for all. We expect 300 to 400 participants experiencing homelessness. Please
contribute whatever you can to help continue our efforts to connect our community of support with the
resources available.
Sincerely,
Kevin Scott Edwards CRPS-V
Veteran Peer Representative
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Murphy’s Laws of Combat
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There 140 recorded Murphy’s Laws Of Combat.
Here are the first ten
Friendly fire - isn't.
Recoilless rifles - aren't.
Suppressive fires - won't.
You are not Superman; Marines and fighter pilots
take note.
A sucking chest wound is Nature's way of telling you
to slow down.
If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.
Try to look unimportant; the enemy may be low on
ammo and not want to waste a bullet on you.
If at first you don't succeed, call in an air strike.
If you are forward of your position, your artillery
will fall short.
Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself.
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shared. We thought this was one such picture.
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