Updated 08 May 08 0931 Cst by Sandra
LAST MINUTE TIME CHANGE
STAGE AT 1715 - 1730 HRS (5:15PM - 530PM)
FOR EARLIER ARRIVAL OF TROOPS' PLANE.
ALL ELSE THE SAME!
Ride Safe, Ride Together . . . Let's Roll! . . . Freedom is NOT Free!!
Riding for Brad Winchester, Vet, PGR Sr Ride Captain
Dave
David "SilverBack" Slone
Patriot Guard Riders - Ride Captain, Sr. Ride Captain Arlington National Cemetery
www.patriotguard.org
Cell: 301-758-5608 Home: (434) 990-1799
david.slone@pobox.com 163 Hickory Lane, Barboursville, VA 22923
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Updated 7 May 08 1716 edt S Sturgis
This is the Final Mission Plan - Date & Time Confirmed!
We will escort the troops from Dulles (IAD) airport to the Winchester VA Armory, with police escort, and form an Honor Flag Line as the troops file into the Armory for dismissal ceremonies.
CHECK BACK HERE BEFORE YOU RIDE AS THESE PLANS ARE VOLATILE AND
WE MAY NOT HAVE TIME TO SEND EMAILS TO ANNOUNCE CHANGES.
05/08/08 Plan - Escort from Staging to Winchester Va Armory, Flag Line
Stage: 1800-1845 hours Near Cell Phone Parking Lot, Dulles Airport / IAD (below)
Iron Horses preferred, cages welcome, as always.
Large mounted flags desired for Escort (must be capable of highway speeds!)
Large hand held flags desired for Flag Line.
Ride Captain: Dave "SilverBack" Slone 301-758-5608 cell
Will stage at the large empty parking lot off the entrance to the Cell Phone Lot.
Follow the airport signs for the Cell Phone Lot.
The last sign will direct you to make a left across the opposing lane,
into a fenced corridor the makes you go left again into the Cell Lot.
Our staging area is straight ahead after you enter the chain corridor
- you do not make that last left.
If the special lot/gate is not open, go into the Cell Lot and wait.
As the convoy of buses and LEO escort leaves the loading area,
riders will move to the entrance of the Staging Lot, and will insert
between the LEOs and the buses, for the escort to the armory.
Upon arrival at the armory, PGR will move through the greeting
crowd, to set up a Flag Line for the entry of the troops into the
armory - once they have had their short (30 min.) meet - greet.
CHECK BACK HERE BEFORE YOU RIDE AS THESE PLANS ARE VOLATILE AND
WE MAY NOT HAVE TIME TO SEND EMAILS TO ANNOUNCE CHANGES.
Ride Safe, Ride Together . . .. Let's Roll! . . . Freedom is NOT Free!!
Riding for Brad Winchester, Vet, PGR Sr Ride Captain
Dave
David "SilverBack" Slone
Patriot Guard Riders - Ride Captain, Sr. Ride Captain Arlington National Cemetery
www.patriotguard.org
Cell: 301-758-5608 Home: (434) 990-1799
david.slone@pobox.com 163 Hickory Lane, Barboursville, VA 22923
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Updated 07 May 08 0830 Cst by Sandra
This is the Preliminary Mission Plan
Mission Date is 08 May, 2008 - Time TBD - Staging
Preliminary information is that the troops will be flown into Dulles (IAD) airport,
and then escorted by police, PGR and other associated riders to the Armory.
The designation airport and timing is still not available.
It is still possible they may arrive by bus - direct from their current US location
or from another airport. Alternate plans (below) are being made to cover those
eventualities.
CHECK BACK HERE BEFORE YOU RIDE AS THESE PLANS ARE VOLATILE AND
WE MAY NOT HAVE TIME TO SEND EMAILS TO ANNOUNCE CHANGES.
Plan - Escort from Staging to Winchester Va Armory, Flag Line
Stage: TBD hours Near Cell Phone Parking Lot, Dulles Airport / IAD (below)
Iron Horses preferred, cages welcome, as always.
Large mounted flags desired for Escort (must be capable of highway speeds!)
Large hand held flags desired for Flag Line.
Ride Captain: Dave "SilverBack" Slone 301-758-5608 cell
Will stage at the large empty parking lot off the entrance to the Cell Phone Lot.
Follow the airport signs for the Cell Phone Lot.
The last sign will direct you to make a left across the opposing lane,
into a fenced corridor the makes you go left again into the Cell Lot.
Our staging area is straight ahead after you enter the chain corridor
- you do not make that last left.
If the special lot/gate is not open, go into the Cell Lot and wait.
As the convoy of buses and LEO escort leaves the loading area,
riders will move to the entrance of the Staging Lot, and will insert
between the LEOs and the buses, for the escort to the armory.
Upon arrival at the armory, PGR will move through the greeting
crowd, to set up a Flag Line for the entry of the troops into the
armory - once they have had their short (30 min.) meet - greet.
Alternate Plan:
In the event that the all or part of the troops' trip home is to be by bus,
alternate plans are being made to meet the buses enroute and escort
them from the meet point to the Winchester armory.
If needed, those plans will be published here, at the last minute, so:
CHECK BACK HERE BEFORE YOU RIDE AS THESE PLANS ARE VOLATILE AND
WE MAY NOT HAVE TIME TO SEND EMAILS TO ANNOUNCE CHANGES.
Ride Safe, Ride Together . . . Let's Roll! . . . Freedom is NOT Free!!
Riding for Brad Winchester, Vet, PGR Sr Ride Captain
Dave
David "SilverBack" Slone
Patriot Guard Riders - Ride Captain, Sr. Ride Captain Arlington National Cemetery
www.patriotguard.org
Cell: 301-758-5608 Home: (434) 990-1799
david.slone@pobox.com 163 Hickory Lane, Barboursville, VA 22923
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Welcome Home Mission - VaNG, 116th Infantry, Winchester VA, Date: 08 May 08
The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to help welcome home the Virginia National Guard (VaNG) Troops returning to the National Guard Armory in Winchester, VA. All of the contacts have been made, and we are moving forward.
The Troops will be arriving back in the US over the next few days, will under go equipment check-in and debriefing, and then will be returning HOME! Exact arrival dates and times will be developed over the next several days, and then things will move - fast.
Current plans are to meet the buses with the returning troops somewhere in transit, join the LEO escort and surround them with iron horses and flags and to lead them to their Armory and their waiting friends, families, and comrades-in-arms. We will set an Honor flag Line to greet them with the flags they have been so valiantly defending.
PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR MISSION PLANS - AS THEY ARE WILL BE UNFOLDING SOON.
STATE WIDE BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED, BUT TRACK HERE FOR THE LATE BREAKING CHANGES - CHECK BEFORE YOU RIDE, PLEASE.
Ride Safe, Ride Together . . .. Let's Roll! . . . Freedom is NOT Free!!
Riding for Brad Winchester, Vet, PGR Sr Ride Captain
Dave
David "SilverBack" Slone
Patriot Guard Riders - Ride Captain, Sr. Ride Captain Arlington National Cemetery
www.patriotguard.org
Cell: 301-758-5608 Home: (434) 990-1799
david.slone@pobox.com 163 Hickory Lane, Barboursville, VA 22923
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