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Marines of the 38th OCC and Basic Class 3-66,
10 November 2011 marks the 236th Birthday of our beloved Corps. I want to wish all members of our Class and their families - a very happy Marine Corps Birthday. I hope many of you will be attending some form of Birthday Celebration in your communities this year. Interesting side notes: 2011 markes the 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation and 2012 is the 100th Anniversary of Marine Air.
This is my last Newsletter as President of your organization. Thanks to a dedicated Board and a hardworking Reunion Committee, we have had two years of success. Thanks to Jack Sheehan we now have two guidons, one for the 38th OCC and one for Basic Class 3-66. The guidons have been passed to your new President, Mike St. Clair and we know he will do an outstanding job leading our organization. Mike was at the top of the Class in both OCS and TBS. With Mike as President and Andy Blenkle as Reunion Chair for 2013, I am sure our next gathering will be as successful as the 2011 edition. A final sincere thank you to all who supported the 2011 Reunion.
Semper Fidelis,
Sam
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2011 Reunion, MCAS Cherry Point, 5-9 Oct
We had a great Reunion at Cherry Point. As most of you know, we lost our host hotel, the New Bern Hilton Riverfront, on 9 Sep, due to extensive damage from Hurricane Irene. Our Aviator friends at Cherry Point stepped up, big time, and provided 76 BOQ rooms, so that 95% of our Classmates could be billeted on Base.
81 Classmates and 60 spouses and guests attended the event. We visited MarSOC, the Marine Special Operations Command at Camp Lejeune; the MV-22 Osprey facilities at MCAS, New River and toured MAG 14 at MCAS Cherry Point with their AV-8B Harriers, EA-6B Prowlers and C-130 Hercules aircraft.
Friday afternoon, 28 Reunion attendees played golf, while 90 others enjoyed a boat cruise on the Crystal Coast Lady out of Beaufort, NC. We had the Biennial "All Hands" Business Meeting on Saturday morning and a wonderful banquet at the new Cherry Point Miller's Landing Club on Saturday evening. I believe everyone had a great time and enjoyed the camaraderie with their Classmates and significant others, thanks to our outstanding Cherry Point hosts.
We had three Marines retire from the Board of Directors of our Corporation this year: Terry Cox, Terry Lewis and Darrell Wells. Those elected to succeed them were: Jim Herak, Steve McComb and Greg Stockstill.
Your elected Officers the next two years are:
- President - Mike St. Clair
- Vice President - Pete Clay
- Secretary - Steve Snyder
- Treasurer - Chuck Sooter (transitioning to Steve McComb)
- Sergeant-at-Arms - Tom Howe
The eight (8) additional Member of the Board are:
- Andy Blenkle (2013 Reunion Chair)
- Larry Edwards
- Jim Herak
- Sam McClinchie
- Steve McComb
- Dave Mellon
- Jack Sheehan
- Greg Stockstill
The minutes from the Board of Directors meetings on October 5th and 9th as well as those from the General Membership Meeting on October 8th will be reviewed and approved by the Board shortly and then posted on the Class Website (www.usmc-thebasicschool-1966.com )
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Missing Classmates
As those who attended the Reunion know, Ron Mikat recently became active in our organization and immediately volunteered to assist in locating "Missing Classmates". Ron has requested that the membership help him in locating the following:
- Bell, Ben H. (Pensacola)
- Brahe II, Bruce K. (TBS)
- Greene, Garrett W. (Pensacola)
- Gresston, Ronald L. (Pensacola)
- Hoffman, Howard M. (Former Enlisted - Pensacola)
- Jones, William D. (TBS)
- Klatte, E.D. (TBS B-3)
- Munk, Marcus G. (Pensacola)
- Ortrowski, Edmund J. (Pensacola)
If you have any information on these 9 Marines (hometown, college, other friends, etc.), please contact Ron Mikat at 518-463-3612 or email him at romeow@nycap.rr.com .
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Bereavement Notice
I am saddened to report the passing of one of our Classmates, Wayne "Rex" Bryan, on July 4, 2011. Rex completed OCS with us and went on to Pensacola to become a helicopter pilot. Pat Sirmon notified the Association of Rex's passing at the Reunion. The Bereavement Committee sent a letter to Diane, Rex's wife of 42 years, expressing the sympathy of the class and notifying her that a Memorial Contribution was being made to the "Semper Fi Fund". If you wish to send your condolences on to Diane, she can be reached at the following address:
Diane Bryan
1602 Waters Edge Circle
Shreveport, LA 71106
Additionally, if you learn of a Classmates's death, please notify me at (724)625-8100 or email me at Alex McClinchie ammjm@consolidated.net
If I receive the information promptly enough, I will mobilize some of our Classmates to attend the funeral or memorial service.
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2013 Reunion
Work is beginning on the 2013 Reunion. Andy Blenkle has agreed to be the Chair of the 2013 Reunion Committee. In the next couple of months, the balance of the Committee will be formed, the site for the 2013 Reunion will be selected and the Committee will begin the work of putting together the entire program.
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2011 Voluntary Dues
As I have mentioned before, the Marine Corps Birthday serves as our kickoff for our annual voluntary dues campaign. These voluntary contributions help fund the organization and provide the funds for our annual Charities Contributions. This year I may not have done an effective job of communicating the importance of this campaign because we find ourselves behind our prior years' collections. If you have not contributed this year and would like to help, we would greatly appreciate it. The various levels of support remain the same:
Nominal - $25
Incentive: Anchor - $50
Globe - $100
Eagle - $150
Again, dues are strictly voluntary and contributions will be recognized on our website. The check should be made out to "38th OCC/BC 3-66 Alumni". Dues payments should be sent to our Treasurer, Chuck Sooter, at:
Chuck Sooter
11932 Yearling Street
Cerritos, CA 90703 |
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Lost Item
The BOQ at Cherry Point located an iPod type device in one of the BOQ rooms on the second deck on the wing closest to the River. If you lost such a device, please contact the BOQ Front Desk at (252)466-5169.
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