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Boudreaux, Hangtown Branch 275 staff and others about his son’s recent Nat’l Vice President Donald Mucheck, Charleston Branch 50 deployment. We thought all members Nat’l Executive Dir. Joseph L. Barnes, Navy Dept. Branch 181 would be interested in reading…and Finance Officer Paul Rigby FEBRUARY 2008 FEBRUARY Jerry L. Sweeney, Navy Dept. Branch 181 Junior PNP Y A would join the headquarters staff in wishing Michael Davis, and all who REGIONAL PRESIDENTS FRA TOD are serving, safe return. New England William J. Waite, Pinetree Branch 156 Northeast James E. Brown, Staten Island Branch 226 East Coast Claire Haynes Purdy, Annapolis Branch 24 Michael John Davis’ Deployment Southeast Roger E. Mitchell, Gasparilla Branch 188 My son, Shipmate Michael Davis, along with 150 members of Delta North Central Marty J. Posekany, Wolverine Branch 298 Company of the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th South Central Melvin R. Harper, Mountain Home Branch 251 Marine Division deployed yesterday to go to Iraq. The reserve unit is Southwest Harry N. Lyons, Green Valley Branch 77 based at Camp Upshur on Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia. West Coast Lee M. Hollowell, Jr., Lake Shasta Branch 281 Most of its members live within 100 miles of the base, but several are Northwest Robert E. Gilmore, Whidbey Island Branch 97 from New York City, and one is as far away as Arkansas. Three-fourths Nat’l. Parliamentarian PNP J.C. Jim Eblen, San Diego Branch 9 of Delta Company members were heading into a war zone for the first Nat’l Chaplain Patrick H. LeClaire, Silver Dollar Branch 192 time, said Maj. Alex Remily, Reserve commander. The reservists will train in California (29 Palms) and North Carolina (Camp Lejeune), ACTIVE DUTY ADVISORY COUNCIL then head to the Al Anbar province in March. They’ll stay in central Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Joe Campa Iraq at least through October. Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlton Kent Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Charles Bowen Shipmate Michael is included in the “first-timers” and was promoted to the rank of corporal (E-4) on deployment day. I asked Michael to be RESERVE ADVISORY COUNCIL the first one in our neighborhood to “bag a bad guy” and to “win one Force Master Chief of the Naval Reserve David Pennington for the Gipper.” I found out that day that Michael is not the only one USMC Reserve Force Sergeant Major Jimmy D. Cummings from our neighborhood to be deployed. Robert Theodorson, just a few Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Reserve Force blocks away will also be going to Iraq. Some Delta Company members Jeffrey Smith will carry patches from the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) with them. They’re courtesy of Tom Patsos, a former firefighter in the Big Apple. FRA TODAY MAGAZINE My wife Kathy Davis, is one of a few who will serve as “Key Publisher FRA Volunteers” (KV) that will obtain information from the Battalion and Managing Editor Eileen Murphy Company Commanders and distribute to Marine families and will as- Contributing Editor Lauren Armstrong sist families in obtaining available resources if needed. Design and Art Direction FIREBRAND, Alexandria, VA www.firebrandstudios.com MISSION: Marine Reservists with the 4th Light Armored Design Director Scott Rodgerson Reconnaissance Battalion are “grunts with vehicles” Production Manager Sandy Jones They’re infantry members — all men — who operate light vehicles with weapons systems. FRA TODAY (ISSN 0028-1409) IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY FRA, 125 N. WEST ST., IN IRAQ: The Company will be attached to an active-duty Marine AleXandria, VA 22314-2754. A member’S SUbscripTION is COvered BY The member’S annUal DUes. PeriOdicals POSTage paid AT AleXandria, VA and addiTIOnal unit, the 2nd LAR. OFFICES. PUBLICATION OF NON-SPONSORED ADVERTISING IN FRA TODAY DOES NOT CALL SIGN: “The Dragons” last deployment was in 2003. CONSTITUTE AN ENDORSEMENT BY THE FRA OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES. POSTMASTER: SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO: MEMBER SERVICES, FRA, 125 N. WEST ST., ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314-2754. FRA TODAY IS PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF ALL CURRENT AND FORMER ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE U.S. NavY, MARINE CORPS, AND COAST GUARD. ELIGIBLE NON-MEMBERS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ESTABLISHED 1 NOVEMBER 1923. TITLE REGISTERED WITH U.S. PATENT OFFICE. FRA ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS: 125 N. WEST ST., ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314-2754 PHONE: 703-683-1400, 800-FRA-1924 • FAX: 703-549-6610 • E-MAIL: [email protected] FRA COMMUNITIES WWW.FRA.ORG Read Michael’s entries on FRA’s online in the VOLUME 87 NUMBER 2 Communities section of www.fra.org. He will be posting throughout his deployment and answering questions as he is able. 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