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President's Page Hal Moore and the Randall Knife in Memoriam Army NEWSLETTER OF THE QUIET PROFESSIONALS VOLUME 8, ISSUE 9 • SEPTEMBER 2017 President’s Page Hal Moore and the Randall Knife In Memoriam Army Staff Sgt. Aaron R. Butler From the Editor VOLUME 8, ISSUE 9 • SEPTEMBER 2017 As mentioned in the President’s Page, SFA C-78 Chapter Elections were held at the IN THIS ISSUE: August meeting and for the rst time in four years there will be a few changes in the board President’s Page ..............................................................1 of directors. John Stryker (Tilt) Meyer was Hal Moore and the Randall Knife.....................................2 elected president for a term of two years along with the core board members from the past In Memoriam Lonny Holmes four years. The notable other change will be Army Staff Sgt. Aaron R. Butler .......................................6 Sentinel Editor the addition of second vice president, a new position which will be held by Brad Welker. President Elect Tilt Meyer COVER: General William Westmoreland shaking hands with consulted with Brad since Don Deathridge is absent from the Chapter Colonel Hal Moore area about half of the year and board activities and decisions are bet- ter handled will a full complement of oicers which will be satised by have a dual vice president position. The oicers for the 2018 & 2019 years will be sworn in at the Annual Chapter 78 Christmas Dinner at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club on Please visit us at Saturday, December 16. They will oicially take over duties beginning specialforces78.com on January 1, 2017. and sfa78cup.com Since being voted in as the forthcoming president, Tilt Meyer has been on the phone and frequent email circuit to your editor with his ideas CHAPTER OFFICERS: for furthering chapter endeavors. One of his goals is to continue to President Coordinator of ROTC Program Bruce Long Ed Barrett expand the Sentinel with several “new” columns and feature articles. D-7464 M-11188 During Bruce Long’s tenure as chapter president he cemented our Chaplain Vice President relationship with A Company, 19th SFG(A) and we supported mul- Don Deatherage Richard Simonian M-13962 D-7920 tiple combined events with their Green Beret members. Tilt has had Secretary Sentinel Editor discussions with Richard Simonian about locating outside journalists Louis (Lonny) Holmes Gary Macnamara and news media individuals who may become contributing writers M-12789 D-6067 for the Sentinel which may include stories from the Current War on Treasurer Immediate Past President Richard Simonian Louis (Lonny) Holmes Terrorism (both Afghanistan and Iraq). He is also looking to establish D-6067 D-7920 a closer relationship with local law enforcement communities, like we Sergeant At Arms/ Quartermaster did for the “Green Beret Shooters Cup” since a large percentage of Mark Miller D-8296 our membership is currently or has retired from the law enforcement community. So look for a series of stories and a continuing column on our community guardians! Sounds exciting! Tilt has also spoken with member Tom Turney about continu- ing to provide the chapter (via the Sentinel) with information on the 888-923-VETS (8387) • VeteransAordableHousing.org Montagnards. Today I spoke with Tom and he has a number of topics The Sentinel is published monthly by Special Forces Association Chapter on the Montagnards that will interest us. Look for his rst column in the 78, Southern California. The views, opinions and articles printed in this October 2017 Sentinel. v issue do not necessarily reect the views of the United States Army or the United States Special Operations Command the Special Forces Lonny Holmes Association or Special Forces Association Chapter 78. Please address any comments to the editor, “Sentinel” to [email protected]. Sentinel Editor The President’s Page | September 2017 Call to order for our August 2017 Chapter Tilt Meyer briefed the membership on the cover picture of the meeting was at 1003 hrs. Our invocation August SENTINEL issue which shows MG Jack Singlaub and was given by Richard Simonian followed Mike Rose. Mike who was a medic on “Operation Tailwind” will be by a remembrance of SSG Aaron Butler receiving his MOH within the next two months. 19th SFG KIA. Fund raising: The Chapter membership discussed the possibility Our pledge of allegiance was given by our of donating rearms and holding a ra§e. I mentioned that ra§es in SGT of ARMS Mark Miller. CA are limited and with current gun laws in CA it could be diicult. Bruce Long Richard gave the Treasurer’s report and Mike Pierson, who is the current VFW Commander, and Dan President SFA 78 after expenditures we have a balance of Prentice, an Oicer with the VFW in Indio, advised that you can get $103.67. We collected $240 at the Chapter special permission through the Attorney General’s Oice to hold meeting to cover our breakfast, with a little left over. a ra§e for rearms, and all transfers would have to go through a There were twenty Chapter members present for our August licensed re arms dealer. Mike went on to say that the VFW and Chapter meeting, along with three guests. the American Legion have done this before. New member: Mark Rhodes M7377 is a transfer from the Arizona A committee of Mike Pierson and Don Deathridge will look into this Chapter. Mark served with the 5th SFG from 1978-80 and with the 20th matter and will report back during our September meeting. SFG from 1993-2003. However, Mark was unable to attend August’s Our guest speaker for our August meeting was Steve Owens, an meeting due to an illness, but promised he will attend in September. Advance Planning Consultant who explained in some detail on Range Day Update: We were unable to secure any Range time the Veterans burial program. This was very informative, to say at Prado Dam due to prior bookings. However, Richard did speak the least. If anyone has questions for Steve, you can reach him with Artemis, and we will conduct our September meeting at their by email at [email protected]. I might also add that Steve location. Richard will sponsor the event, and we will also have made a presentation to Veterans Aordable Housing Program, breakfast at their facility. This will also include range time after the and was well received. Chapter meeting. Please mark your calendars for the October 21st Chapter Jim Duy was present for this month’s meeting and is feeling a meeting. This meeting will be very special, as Billy Waugh (SGM, whole lot better. Welcome back Jim! SF Ret) will be our guest speaker. The event will be held at the Elections were held for the new Chapter President, and it was Marie Calendars located across the street from Richard’s oice, as unanimous by all Chapter members present that Tilt Meyer will they can accommodate a large turnout. be the next Chapter President for 2018-19. Don Deathridge will remain VP along with Gary Macnamara as Secretary and For some of you who don’t know about Billy, he co-authored the Richard Simonian as Treasurer. Tom Turney and Brad Welker book Hunting the Jackal published in 1985, and was a contractor are considering the position of 2nd VP as Don Deathridge travels for the CIA, and deployed to Afghanistan right after 911. Google his about six months out of the year. name if you want to know more about this retired SGM. Billy also speaks at the Oicers SFQ course once a month at Camp Mackall. The rst annual Veterans shooting match that was held at the Field Time Indoor Range in Stanton was a big success, according to the Latest update on A Company and SOD (N): A Company will be at manager on duty who I spoke with. However, due to unforeseen Los Alamitos October 30th through November 5th. SOD (N) will be circumstances our four-man team was unable to attend. This event having a change of Command on or about October 21 – 24 after an will be held again next year. Hopefully the Chapter can eld a team. Airborne Operation at Anderson DZ. More to follow as it develops. The Chapter membership discussed and voted on changing our SFA Conference will be held in El Paso, TX on June 12-17, 2018. Chapter meetings back to the 2nd Saturday of every month. This September 16, 2017 will go into eect January 2018. NEXT CHAPTER MEETING: 0830 Breakfast/Meeting – 1000 Chapter Meeting With regards to Chapter Challenge Coins, it was agreed and voted Artemis Defense Institute on that there would be no cost to a Chapter member for giving 11 Spectrum North Pointe Dr., Lake Forest, CA 92630 out coins at special presentations. A good example, the 10th (949) 305-6586 v SFG reunion and the 1st Special Service Force reunion that was attended by James Light and Cli Armas. Bruce D Long President, SFA Chapter 78 James Light will be making a presentation on the 1st Special SGM, SF (Ret) Service Force reunion that was recently held in Sacramento. September 2017 | Sentinel 1 Hal Moore and the Randall Knife By Jack Williams It is a perplexing question. What is the connection between these: • Colonel Hal Moore; • Colonel Louis Compton; • General William Westmoreland; • General “Slim” James Gavin; • General John Singlaub; • Special Forces - personal equipment? Now … add a personal friendship dating to pre-WWII; a torpedoed troop transport in WWII; experimental parachute testing gone wrong; airmobile doctrine development and application; a wed- ding; battles in Vietnam; DSC presentation; and much more. What could possibly weave all these elements into a story about a piece of history worthy of research and preservation? Lt.
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