Uffda 
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Wonder Lake, IL
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| 26 Apr 2008 2:09 PM |
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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Patriot Guard Riders, we have been asked to provide an escort for a group of soldiers returning from Iraq. Please keep in mind while you read this thread that many of the details surrounding this mission will be withheld for reasons of OPSEC. The military has asked that we not post too much detailed information regarding movement of our troops here at home. With that said I am pleased to tell you that we will be escorting from a location south of Seattle to a location in Oregon. The escort will be a two state effort involving Washington and Oregon. We will have a staging for the North riders in Lacey, WA and we will have a staging for the Portland / Vancouver riders on the north side of Vancouver. This mission will take place the morning of April 30th, 2008 and will likely be over around noon. Please come join us if you are able as we escort and welcome home these fine young men and women.
Staging Location for northern leg of escort; Galloping Gertie's Restaurant @ exit 122 off of I-5. Please show up with both tanks full as this will be a long ride.
Staging time; 07:00 - 07:30 AM
Ride Briefing; 07:30 AM
Ride Captain for northern leg; Kevin Williams
Staging Location for southern leg; Chevron Station at 604 NE 179th St, Ridgefield, WA , just west of I-5 at exit # 9
Staging time; 08:00 - 08:30 AM
Ride Briefing; 08:30 AM
KSU; 08:45
Ride Captain for southern leg; Terry " Navy Mom" Carroll
Respectfully,
Kevin Williams
Patriot Guard District Captain
Southwest Washington District
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Jasper54
Posts: 6293
Columbus, Ohio
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| 27 Apr 2008 5:09 AM |
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| Welcome home from Iraq. God Bless you. |
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For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth , nor any other created thing , shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39.
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GySgt. Roger Casto, U.S.M.C. Ret. 1972-1992
Iran/Iraq War Veteran 1988 (Op Earnest Will)
Veteran of Foriegn Wars, Life Member
Double Blue Star Dad
El Shaddai Ministries Chaplain
Riding in honor of:
Sgt. Millard Archy, USA, WWI, France; Sgt. John Meyer, USA WWI, France; Sgt. Alva Pete Osborn, USA, WWII, KIA - France; Seaman Bob Schneider, USN, WWII, Purple Heart; Battle of Leyte Gulf; T/Sgt. Russell Casto, USAF Congo Revolution, Viet Nam; Sgt. Ron Casto, USMC C.A.P. Viet Nam; Sgt. Sean Casto, TennANG. Iraq War; Spc. Angela West, USA; SrA Micah Burgess, USAF, Afghanistan.
In Honor and Memory of Ten HMLA-267, MAG-39 Marines who Answered the call and made the ULTIMATE SACRAFICE while ensuring the safety and security of our nation:
Lt. Col. Knott, Capt. Dillon, Capt. Dolvin, Capt. Hurley, Capt. Cronin, Sgt. Kilkus, Sgt. Keller, Cpl. Romei, LCpl. Adams, Cpl. Monahan,
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sdoise
Posts: 3789
Kinder, La.
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| 27 Apr 2008 4:11 PM |
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| Welcome home Sldiers. Thank you for your service to preserve our way of life. |
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Schelly
Ride Captain for Lake Charles, La. and surrounding area
American Legion Post 318, Elton, La.
DEFINITION OF A VETERAN
A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life."
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Beaconkeeper
Posts: 91
Port Orchard Wa.
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| 28 Apr 2008 8:53 AM |
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| Welcome Home Thank you for what you do Standing by in Port Orchard |
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Slowhand
Posts: 3748
Northeastern, Maryland Senior Chaplain & Ride Captain
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| 28 Apr 2008 5:13 PM |
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| Welcome home , and I wish to thank you for the freedom my family and I enjoy due to the sacrifices you and your family endured for my country and myself. God Bless each and everyone of you. |
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Russ "Slowhand"
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Chonga
Posts: 952
Portland,Oregon
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| 28 Apr 2008 8:31 PM |
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| Welcome back to the world.........your arrival is a joyous event. We thank the Lord for keeping you all safe......You ARE America's finest........we pray that all those still in harm's way will also arrive back on American soil safely........ |
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Bill Seymore AKA "Chonga"
USMC Semper Fi
I Corps 68-69 4 Deuce Mortars
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Wags
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| 28 Apr 2008 9:00 PM |
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| bumped for new mission information |
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kkwwillie
Posts: 109
Battle Ground, WA
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| 28 Apr 2008 9:14 PM |
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| Welcome home soldiers. It will be a great honor to be the RC for the Northern leg of this mission. Fellow Patriot Guard Riders, this will be a great event for everyone involved. Please do what you can to join us on April 30th. |
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lynn98686
Posts: 167
westcoast / Van Wash
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| 29 Apr 2008 10:49 AM |
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Welcome home and i thank you all for your service..
God Bless you guys for all you do to keep us free...
I will be with you guys in spirit..
I will be escorting Mr Hull to WNC.
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AMERICAN BIKER
U.S. Army 1963 - 1970
Dir: American Legion Riders
Harley H. Hall Chapter
Full time Patriot Guard Rider |
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Cipher
Posts: 386
Gresham/Portland Oregon(e)
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| 29 Apr 2008 2:51 PM |
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Welcome home soldiers!!! Thank You For Your Service!!!
Are there any cages going on this with good visibility from the passenger seat?
Thanks!!
Q
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Nkinler
Posts: 465
Portland. OR
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| 29 Apr 2008 7:41 PM |
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| Welcome home troops. We're proud of you and your service to our nation. Thank you. |
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Nick Kinler (Cabbie)
US Army 67-69
Northern Oregon
District Co-Captain
Riding in memory of CPL William N. Kinler
MN National Guard
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Bikinbabe
Posts: 549
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| 29 Apr 2008 10:29 PM |
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WooHoo! You are coming home! Welcome home and thank you. I so wish we could be there tomorrow, we are hoping to be there for the next leg of your journey home. Give them a great escort - we will be there in spirit.
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davec
Posts: 383
Stevenson, WA
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| 30 Apr 2008 7:37 AM |
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| Welcome Home Heroes!!! Glad to have you back at home. It will be an honor to be there to escort you today. Thank you for your service to this great Country. |
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Dave "Dirt" Cox
Ride Captain
Stevenson, WA
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Uffda
Posts: 10371
Wonder Lake, IL
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| 30 Apr 2008 9:27 AM |
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Welcome Home - Heroes! On behalf of a grateful Nation, "Thank You" for defending our freedoms. Sending Big (((HUGS))) from N. IL.
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Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you: 1. Jesus Christ. 2. The American G.I. One died for your soul, the other for your Freedom. |
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NavyMomx2
Posts: 375
Gresham, OR
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| 01 May 2008 2:18 PM |
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************** RIDE REPORT *************
Five hearty bikes met in Ridgefield for the ride to Longview. Once in Longview we picked up a 6th. We arrived at Longview about 9:15am and had experienced some rain but not bad. Finally, the Washington group showed up followed by 4 buses of soldiers. The soldiers took the stop opportunity to buy some snacks and use the facilities while the Washington bikes fueled up. One of the soldiers handed out 234th chips to all of the bikes which was pretty cool. Then, we were off again. We had 7 bikes in front of the buses with 5 flying their big flags and 5 more behind the buses. As soon as we crossed the bridge into Oregon, we were met with a fire truck flying a flag across the road and we picked up our escort. I'm not sure all the cars/trucks that pulled over for the flashing lights, realized why they were stopping but it worked out so I'm not going to question it.
Now, with a LEO escort (thanks Dave) we were going non-stop from Longview to Camp Rilea and we experienced just about every kind of weather I think you can. We had sun, rain and even hail at times but we just kept on going. We picked up another bike on the way and he said "my brother is on the 2nd bus".
The real treat was when we reached Clatskanie. I honestly don't think there was a dry eye among us. There were people lining both sides of the street from one end of the town to the other (see Oregonian picture below). As we approached them, the fire truck started honking the horn and I'm sure the troops thought that was pretty awesome. They had signs welcoming home the 234th Engineers, flags flying and they were cheering like crazy for those troops.
We continued on to Camp Rilea where we were met by a lot of soldiers, families, other supporters and a band. Pretty awesome sight. All I can say it was well worth the trip.
WELCOME HOME 234th. It was an honor to escort you home.
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RED, WHITE and BLUE - These Colors DON’T run!
Teresa "Terry" Carroll
Oregon Assistant State Captain
Ride Captain
FCCNavyMom@gmail.com
Riding in Memory of:
Robert L Jones - (1983-2006) - Army - June 17, 2006 - Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Delinda Gagnier - (1953-2006) - Air Force Mom & my Best Friend - hit by 18 wheeler May 30, 2006
Dad - Richard L Carroll (1930-2006) - Coast Guard
Uncle - Ansel C Carroll (1921-1956) - 10th Army Division - WWII |
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kglocke
Posts: 18
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| 02 May 2008 8:29 PM |
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To all the Washington and Oregon riders who participated in the escort - THANK YOU!! Some of you probably were involvedin the trip when they were escorted to Salem last summer for deployment.
Several members of this group are local kids from Eastern Oregon, and we've all followed their tour for the last 9 months. Lots of prayers have gone up, several anxious moments - but now they are home safe. They are being met tonight with a hero's welcome in Milton Freewater.
Thank you all again for your help in making this mission happen!
Blessings,
Karen Locke
Milton Freewater
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