The Ball Was a Blast! for the First Time As the Barker Detachment, the Membership Gathered Together to Celebrate the 241St Year of Our Beloved Corps
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Preserving and Promoting the Time Honored Traditions Of Our Beloved Marine Corps Now and Forever! Semper Fidelis dec The Ball Was a Blast! For the first time as the Barker Detachment, the membership gathered together to celebrate the 241st year of our beloved Corps. The evening started out with a great cocktail hour where everyone mingled and had a great time. At the sound of the bugle, the ceremonies began. The Detachment membership along with guests from West Hudson and other organizations as well as two active warriors from the Corps and the Navy marched in! Commandant Poole then escorted the Guest of Honor Col. Bill Murray forward and the Honor Guard presented the LCPL Burns and PFC (Then Pvt) Colors. Following the National Anthem the Colors were Gavin Escort the cake posted and the cake was brought forward. Col. Murray 2016 received the first piece of cake. Bobby Re then received the second piece as the oldest Marine present. He then passed to Warriors the youngest Marine LCpl John Burns. The Commandants’ messages were read and the Missing Man Table was contributing to presented. We all enjoyed some great chow, fine music and Scoopthis issue dancing. The Commandant then presented the annual awards and the Marine of the Year Committee then bestowed the title Tim Daudelin of Marine of the Year on Ed Ebel. Carlos Poole Video presentations, more music and great times continued Dan Hoffmann on until the end of the evening. A great evening of camaraderie and fun, and we cant wait until 8 November 2017 Commandant Poole with Albert Paul GOH Col. Bill Murray Ed Ebel when we do it again. Ooh Rah!!!! Dominic Jenga Vince Montagna Special Photo Credit Joanne Brendel Many Thanks for your Contribution SEMPER FI Those Who Could Attend And For Those Who Could Not The Warrior Committee Contact-Tim [email protected] Detachment Leadership Commandant Carlos Poole Officer Contact Officer Contact Commandant Carlos Poole 551-486-7757 Adjutant Dennis Vera 917-494-3179 Senior Vice Commandant Albert Paul 201-218-2327 Paymaster Michael Apricena 201-996-1613 Junior Vice Commandant Ed Ebel 201-314-2814 Chaplain Vince Montagna 201-290-4174 Judge Advocate Dan Hoffmann 201-741-5242 Sgt at Arms Pete Arvidson 973-794-6439 LCpl. Jedh C. Barker Detachment PO Box 8441 Saddle Brook, NJ 07663 Web site –TBA [email protected] Ed Ebel Awarded Marine of the Year The Past Marines of the Year Apricena, Hoffmann, Daudelin, and Paul stood at the podium at the Ball to welcome the newest member to their ranks. The 2016 Marine of the Year came as no surprise to anyone but the recipient himself. Ed Ebel, since the day he took the oath as a member of this Detachment, has been a dynamic force of positivity. His constant stream of ideas and energetic effort to make the Barker Detachment a better organization are seemingly Paul, Ebel, Daudelin, Hoffmann, Apricena endless. Whether it being fund raising, public relations or where he has shown the greatest ability; recruitment, Ed has been nothing short of incredible. In in the opinion of the Marine of the Year Committee, he was the obvious choice to be this year’s award recipient. Congratulations Marine of the Year Ed Ebel! You are so deserving of this honor! Barker’s Warriors Receive Honors Commandant Poole as is traditional honored who he deemed worthy with Marine League Decorations at this years Ball. Many of these were decided upon not just by the Commandant himself, but through the memberships nomination process. Officers and Detachment members were give the opportunity to make award recommendations to the Commandant of which many were accepted and signed off by Commandant Poole. The following Marines received awards at this year’s Ball. Al Paul Vince Montagna Michael Apricena Dan Hoffmann Ed Ebel Pete Arvidson Tim Daudelin Individual Meritorious Distinguished Distinguished Distinguished Recruiters Recruiters Distinguished Citizen’s Commendation Citizen’s Medal Citizen’s Medal Citizen’s Medal Medal Medal Medal and Distinguished Service Medal Not pictured is Dennis Vera (unable to attend the Ball) was honored with the Distinguished Service Medal. Congratulations to all! Great Program to Help Our Fellow Vets Do you know someone that needs help. Vets 4 Warriors has the resourses to help. Use this info provided here to get a fellow Warrior the help they needs. Four New Eagles Take Flight On 6 November Scouting Coordinator Tim Daudelin traveled to St Thomas the Apostle Church in Bloomfield, NJ to attend the Eagle Court of Honor for four outstanding young men who were elevated to the pinnacle of Scouting, Eagle Scout. Dignitaries from many organizations came to shower honors on the new Eagles. Most notably was SSgt Edward Cerracchio, a combat veteran of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division, serving several tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Now serving in the National Guard, he was representing the Army. The Scouts, Joseph Cisneros, Julian Londono, Kyle Richards, and Zachary Sebek stood at the front of the auditorium and took in their big day with extreme pride. Each earned more than 22 Merit Badges, held many leadership positions and of course performed an extensive service project helping the community. Cisneros helped restore the landscaping around Bloomfield Middle School. Londono and Richards both did projects revitalizing the historical Morris Canal Landmark, and Sebek created a music program performing concerts and other programs to benefit the senior community in Nutley. PC Daudelin took the podium and presented each of these Eagle Scouts the Mitchell Paige Award for Scouting Achievement, and the Paige Award certificate and Eagle Scout Medal of Honor trading cards. Then placed the Gold Medallion of the award around the necks of these fine young Scouts and future leaders of America. It was an outstanding event and Barker’s Warriors were proud to take part. Congratulations to the New Eagle Scouts, Semper Fidelis! Daudelin Appointed to Lead Dept. of N.J. Eagle Scout Program Detachment Scouting Coordinator Tim Daudelin has been appointed by Dept. Commandant Harry Prince to take over the Dept. of NJ Scouting Program. Daudelin will be replacing Ray Skarzynski who has been at the program’s helm for many years. He will be responsible to keep all the stats for the Dept and report to the National Committee. Daudelin assumed the duties of the post right after the Dept meeting on 20 Nov. Commandant Carlos Poole Brotherhood This is a term that, we as Marines use a whole lot in our everyday conversations. Sometimes it get said in a very off-handed, and sometimes quite flippant manner. Used in a such a manner, it can very easily lose its meaning and gravitas. Not to nitpick, friends say “Hey Bro” in informal settings and such situations of a casual nature so as to loosen defenses and make people feel welcome. But in my defense, this is not my intent nor my desire to negate such ideals. No, I strive for a different connotation. Brotherhood (in my understanding) is a feeling of unity and connection of shared experiences, not of an exact nature by an unwritten, and mostly unspoken, understanding between Brother (and Sister) Marines and FMF Corpsmen. I try to limit my usage of this terminology as of lately, one , for respect of all my fellow Marines, but also secondly, there have been few and far in-between civilians that I choose to consider a “Brother”, in the truest sense. Sometimes you must suffer adversity in order to REALLY experience the feeling of Brotherhood. Recent events have led to me acknowledge who are the ones to be trusted and who are those who are nothing more than dead weight in life. My Brothers have come through for both me and my family, and for such, I will ever be grateful beyond words. Civilians can copy us, misappropriate our lingo and think that by acting like us that they have access to our inner sanctum. But when put to the test, they fail miserably because they have no concept of what loyalty and Brotherhood really entails. Not when all is sunshine and unicorns, but that moment when all is dark and the feeling of the walls closing in around you. It is at that moment when a helping hand reaches into depths and pull you into daylight, when Esprit de Corps is real, a living breathing attitude and way of thinking and being. Life is too short to be wasted on false friends and acquaintances. In the last few years, Brothers have arisen and lifted me higher than I had ever anticipated. It was done with love, respect, and a heaping slab of “SUCK IT UP, MARINE!”. No to be callous, but more of the reassurance that “You are NOT alone, WE will get through this together,” Semper Fidelis, Carlos A. Poole It’s been quite a month. I hope everybody had a good time at the Ball and ate too much turkey on Thanksgiving. There is still a lot for us to do before 2016 comes to a close. Toys for Tots are still collecting up until Christmas, so keep collecting. Waldwick’s American Legion Post is having a pancake breakfast on 6 December from 0830 to 1200. The Applebee’s Toys for Tots Breakfast with Santa will be happening on 10 December. The start time 0800. If you would like to help out please let me know. The Mahwah Marine Moms will be hosting Wreaths Across America in Ramsey at 17 December at 1200 in Veteran’s Park. I will be attending and anyone is welcomed to join me. The more Marines that take part in these events, the better public relations we will achieve.