January 2016

Commandant’s Comments

The LASHUP

the Harford County Detachment1198, MCL

Detachment Commandant - Evie Remines

Newsletter Editor - Don Benson, Sr. Detachment Officers:

Evie Remines - Commandant

Craig Reeling

Sr. Vice Commandant

Dan Narango

Jr. Vice Commandant

Ken Shrieves - Judge Advo-cate

Donald Benson

Jr. Past Commandant

Don Benson -

Ceremonial Coordinator

Jeff Beavers - Eagle Scout

Coordinator

Dick Wischhusen

Paymaster

Bill Knox - Adjutant

Leonard Stielper - Chaplain

Inside this issue: Commandant’s Comments 1

Sr. Vice Commandant and Jr. Vice

Commandant Comments.

2

Adjutant’s Comments

Events Calendar

Membership

Chaplain Corner

Fallen Marine

Adopt a Highway

Eagle Scout

License Plates, Operation Welcome

Home, Detachment Events

3

4

5

6

MODD, and VFW Lounge 7

Detachment Shirts, History Books

Detachment Events

8

Cell Phones for Soldiers, Events 9

Events: Detachment Photos 10-13

M1 Garand Raffle

This month in Marine history

14

Department News

Young Marines

Membership Annual Renewals

Events

15

Detachment Events Pictures

16

Future Events, New Letter Supporters 17

About the LASHUP 18

Happy New Year to all!

I’m hoping we have a great 2016 and are able to keep improving and expanding

the Detachment. It takes all of us to have a successful Detachment and I hope I

can count on each and every one of you.

Unfortunately, the Color/Honor Guard will be suspended for a short time until

we can get more members to participate. This is something that I don’t like to do, but it is too stressful to try to find participants for events and I don’t want to

tell someone that our Color Guard will be there when we cannot. We will con-

tinue to have Fallen Marine presentations and I encourage all members to partici-

pate in those. It is the least we can do for a fellow Marine to send him/her off to

meet the Supreme Commandant. In the meantime, we will take any suggestions

on how we can improve participation in the Color/Honor guard so we can get it

going again.

I would also like to see recruitment increase in 2016. I know there are a lot of

members that arm themselves with business cards and applications so they are

prepared in the event they meet a fellow Marine. Keep persistent and if you

have someone that is interested be sure to check in with them and encourage them to come to a meeting. Remember that National is having a contest for

recruitment. At the National Convention in Oklahoma, all the names of new

members recruited in the past year and their sponsors are going to be put into a

hat and the winners will receive a cash prize.

Let’s hope that the worst of the snow if over for the season and I look forward

to seeing you at meetings and events.

Semper Fi,

Evelyn Remines

Commandant

Harford County Det 1198

The position

for Detach-

ment Adjutant

Comments from the Jr. Vice Commandant

Greetings Marines,

I'm writing this just before the historic blizzard starts. I hope everyone

is prepared as best they can as befitting a marine. Keep you and your

families safe. I hope to see you soon at our meetings.

See you on Jan. 26th at 1900 hrs

Semper Fi,

Dan Narango

Jr. Vice Commandant

Comments from the Sr. Vice Commandant

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Happy New Year Marines! Thanks to all the members who supported our local Toys For Tots

program here in Harford County. From the feedback I received, it appears the program had another successful

year under the leadership of Local Area Coordinator Gene Wlock.

We had a great 2015. A lot was accomplished as we continued our mission. The future in 2016 looks bright.

We will continue to get out in the community and spread the word about our Marine Corps League. Our

membership continues to hover right under the 100 member mark. This is the year we get (and stay) over the

100 member mark. I challenge every member to redouble their efforts to locate a new member. Remember we

do more than just have one meeting a month. Our programs need volunteer support. That next great

volunteer is just one question away… “Hey Marine, have you heard of the Marine Corps League.” Don’t forget

to keep some of our recruiting business cards handy to pass out. Invite them to a meeting or event as your guest.

It will soon be time to nominate Officers for the 2016-2017 Year. Our current Junior Vice Commandant is not

seeking re-election. This is a great opportunity for a member to step forward and become part of our

Detachment Leadership Team. If you are wary of stepping into a leadership role, there is plenty of training and

mentoring available. The National Professional Development Program can be viewed online or

downloaded to your personal computing device. The Dept of Maryland Leadership College is scheduled for 7

May 2016. For more info on each of these programs visit the Dept website at http://deptofmdmcl.org/ProfDev/

default.htm

We have mentioned this at previous meetings, but ALL of our Members and Associates are welcome to attend

any MCL meeting. The Department of Maryland holds three Meetings a year (plus a Convention). There is a

National Convention each August which rotates around the country each year. There is also the National

Mid-Winter Conference in Falls Church, Virginia coming up 3-5 March 2016. We are geographically close to Falls

Church so it’s a great opportunity to hear from the MCL Leadership, various National Committees and numerous

USMC Leaders. If you want to attend Mid-Winter you must register yourself. See the Semper Fi Magazine for a

Pre-Registration Form. Friday & Saturday are the MCL Meeting’s and they are open to all members/associates.

Ask me, Don Benson or Commandant Evie Remines for more info.

Member input is very important to us. Do you have an idea or program you think the Detachment should get

involved with? Let us know!

Looking forward highly motivating 2016! Yut, Yut!

Semper Fi.

Craig Reeling

Sr. Vice Commandant

DETACHMENT CALENDAR January - February 2016

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

17 18

19 Bowling - PP

20 21

22

23

24 25

26

Bowling - PP

Detachment

Meeting VFW

1900

27

28

29

30 Pound 333

Growl VFW Dog

House

31 1

2

Bowling - PP

3

4 5

Bel Air Gun

show

5-9

6

Bel Air Gun

show

9-5

7

Bel Air Gun

show

9-3

8

9 Bowling - PP

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Bowling - PP

17

18

Detachment

Staff Meeting

19

20

Adjutant Notes:

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If you have a change of phone, address or email be sure to inform me as soon as you can! I can be

reached at dkareps@gmail.com or Home 410-638-9315, Cell 410-371-9677.

Bill Knox

Adjutant

21

22 23

Bowling - PP

Dettachment

Meeting

1700 VFW

24

25

26

Night at the

VFW

27

Per the Dec. 31, 2015 National roster the Detachment Strength stands at 89

members with 8 of those members unpaid.

47 are Permanent Life Members

42 are Annual Members

7 of the 89 are Associate Members

3 are Dual Members

RENEWALS: With the exception of Permanent Life Members each member must

pay a $35 annual renewal fee each year. An annual membership runs twelve

months from the month the member joined the detachment. Members who

receive a renewal notice from National Headquarters should submit renewal fees

to the detachment Paymaster, Dick Wischhusen at the next monthly meeting or

mail a check to:

MCL - Harford County Det 1198

Attn: Paymaster

P.O. Box 656

Jarrettsville, MD 21084-0656

If you have are a member in good standing and you would like to join as a Perma-

nent Life Member you can submit the Life Membership Fee to the Paymaster and

never have to deal with annually renewing your dues again! Life Membership Dues

are:

Age Fee

17-35 $500

36-50 $400

51-64 $300

This is my first report as Detachment Chaplain. On January 7th we conducted a service for an unclaimed veteran, Russell Geter. He had no family and lived at Perry Point Medical Center for twelve years. Our detachment lost a member; George Runyon passed away on January 6th. We did his service on January 13th. Several of our members did the casket duty and only two attended the funeral and burial services. We really could use more members to help with these services. Also, I am compiling a list of member’s birthdays; please send me your birth day and month. May God keep all of you in good health.

Leonard F. Stielper, Jr. Chaplain, Detachment 1189

Membership Report

Chaplain’s Corner

Old breed? New

breed? There’s not a

damn bit of

difference as long as

it’s the Marine

breed.

-LtGen Lewis B. “Chesty”

Puller

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I have sad duty to report that one of our own has reported to the

Supreme Commandant, George Runyon.

Our thoughts and prayers remain with all the Fallen Marines And their Families, especially those we have recognized since estab-lishing our Fallen Marine Program and all the Marines of the past who have reported to the Supreme Commandant; Rest in Peace Mighty Warriors. We are looking for a Chairman to perform these duties. Donald Benson

Fallen Marine Report

Adopt a Highway dates as follows:

New dates will be published Soon

We will meet at the VFW at 0900

Contact Mike Buckly

410-638-0144 mcuuckley2@verison,net

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Eagle Scout Good Citizenship Award

We have good participation in the Eagle Scout Good citizenship

Award program. We have 18 detachments in the Department

and of those, 8 are regular participants in the program, including

Harford County, we have attended two this month.

It is a very enjoyable program for receiving notoriety for the

Detachment and Community.

Home Phone No. 410-692-6971, Cell 443-506-7586

Thank You,

Jeff Beavers

Detachment Eagle Scout Chairman

Operation Welcome Home, New date will be e-mailed.

We will meet at Outback Restaurant in Perry Hall, at time to be

announced. If you can attend any OWH, let Lou Cassard know. He

can be contacted at 410-557-6358. He will need your contact

information in case there is any change in schedule.

Operation Welcome Home

Marine Corps League License Plates are available for a one time fee of $30. You continue to pay your normal

registration fee at the time it is normally due. You must be a member in good standing and either the

registered owner or co-owner of the vehicle.

Contact the Department License Plate Chairman,

Craig Reeling, at 443-477-0670 or Craig.Reeling@MarylandMarines.org

Marine Corps League License Plates

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Woof! Woof! Devil Dogs!!!!

Next Growl will be 30 January. 2016

Chow 0800

Growl 0900

Mad Dog holds muster 0830 for Pups and

Mongrels

Woof ! Woof ! Devil Dogs

PDD Donald Benson

Pound Keeper

Dog Patch Pound 333

Military Order of the Devil Dogs

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In the VFW Lounge Members of the League are welcome in the VFW lounge, but

keep in mine that if you are NOT a VFW member you MUST

sign the guest book upon entering the lounge! This goes for any

friends or relatives that may accompany you.

Lounge Hours are:

Sunday Closed

Monday Closed

Tuesday 6:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Wednesday 6:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Thursday 4:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Friday 4:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Saturday 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Keep an eye out for Shrimp nights and Friday night dinner

specials!

Thursday is Ladies night. All drinks for the Ladies are 1/2 price.

Dave Franz: Is stepping down as Historian, Dave has done an outstanding job, ensuring that the History of the

Harford County Detachment 1198 will be preserved……… Well Done Marine, Semper Fi…...

Don Benson can furnish Detachment members with golf shirts and

sweatshirts with the Harford County Detachment Logo embroidered

upon it.

The price of the golf shirts and sweatshirts start at $31.

There are several types of shirts and colors to select from.

Contact Don directly at 443-845-4439 or email him at

msgte8don@yahoo.com if interested.

Bill Knox is always looking for photos from events and activities in

which to include in the Detachment History Books. If you have any,

please share them with him. He will scan and return any photos.

Don’t forget to stop by and see the history books before any regular

Detachment business meeting.

Detachment Shirts Available

History Book

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We have supported our deployed troops by collecting 81 phones in the

past month. To date that is over 2361 cell phones. These phones are

sent to a collection point and exchanged for telephone calling cards

which are sent to troops overseas. This enables them to call family and

friends at no cost to them.

If you have collected any phone donations, please be sure to bring them

to the next business meeting.

Art Romain,

Cell Phones for Soldiers

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Detachment Events and Raffles

04 Jan 1991: Floods caused Camp Pendleton to close its gates to all but essential personnel.

15 Jan 1865: 365 Marines in naval landing forces attack Fort Fisher at Wilmington, NC,

16 Jan 1991: Operation Desert Storm begins.

17 Jan 1944: Elements of the 1st Tanks assaults Japanese on Arawe Peninsula, New Britain.

17 Jan 1951: The 1st Marine Division begins mopping-up operations in Pohang, Korea.

19 Jan 1929: Brigadier General Smedley Butler’s 3d Marine Brigade disbanded at Tiensin, China.

20 Jan 1968: North Vietnamese forces attack the 26th Marines at Khe Sanh, South Vietnam.

27 Jan 1178: Captain John Trevett Lead 26 Marines in capture of Fort Nassau, Bahamas. 27 Jan 1837: Colonel Henderson wins Battle of Hatchee-Lustee River against Seminoles.

29 Jan 1991: First major Marine ground action of Desert Storm.

31 Jan 1944: American flag first raised over Japanese soil on the Marshall Islands.

31 Jan 1968: Veit Cong seize the US Embassy in Saigon until driven-out by American troops.

This Month in Marine Corps History

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M1 Garand Rifle Cal. 30-06

Proceeds benefit the Toys for Tots

Drawing to be held July 4, 2016

Tickets: $5.00 ea. 3 for 10.00

“You do not have to be present to WIN”

For Tickets : Donald Benson 443-845-4439

Winners must be Eligible to Legally Own a Firearm

According to Federal and State Firearm Laws

Department of Maryland News Mid-Winter Conference March 3-5, 2016 Falls Church, VA.

Department Convention April 28-30, 2016 Ocean City

Mideast Conference June 24-25, 2016 Newark DE

National Convention August 7-12, 2016 Tulsa OK

Jarrettsville Young Marines

The Young Marines meet at the VFW every Thursday night at 7:00 p.m.

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Future Events

Jan. 30 Pound 333 Growl 0800

Feb. 5-7 Bel Air Gun Show

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Detachment 1198

This newsletter is published by the Harford County Detachment 1198,

Marine Corps League. LASHUP is Marine slang from the World War II

era that was used to refer to a Marine’s outfit or unit. Copies of the

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The views and opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the

Department of Defense, the U.S. Marine Corps or the Marine Corps

League.

About the LASHUP

Marine Corps League

Harford County Detachment 1198

P.O. Box 656

Jarrettsville, MD 21084-0656

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