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BREVARD COUNTY Drive, Sebastian A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ABOUT VETERANS ISSUES, ORGANIZATIONS, EVENTS AND OUR MILITARY HEROES VOL. 8/ISSUE 39 THURSDAY • JULY 30, 2020 35 CENTS 100 HOURS Gulf War revisited on eve of anniversary The world’s growing optimism following the fall of communism was crushed when Iraq invaded and later forcibly annexed Kuwait in 1990. America watched with worry as service members, such as these at Volk Field, Wis., headed to Operation Desert Storm. Photo courtesy of Fort McCoy Public Affairs 2 • JULY 30, 2020 • VETERAN VOICE Making the move How to safely minimize stress for military pets (and their humans) Mary Kemper STAFF WRITER [email protected] For those being deployed in another state or another coun- Photo courtesy of Ken Childs try, making the move can be stressful enough. Kristi Koplin, bobsled driver, pushes her sled at a competition in Lake Placid, N.Y. For our furry companions, though, the experience can be downright frightening. With the help militaryone- source.mil and others Athlete heroes around the internet, there are some very helpful tips to help Photo source: dogsondeployment.org ease the transition. Before making the move crochips with a number that go on to serve matches the number on the MilitaryOne Source recom- health certificate. mends the following before Check the airline travel you even make the move: years she competed on the requirements for pet crates David Vergun Give your pet an identifi- before buying a crate. Write DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE North American and World cation tag. The tag should your name, your pet’s name Cup circuits. In 2018 and display the name of your pet, and your destination address Almost every sporting event 2019, she began training your cellphone number and on the crate. If your pet is in the United States has for the 2022 Winter Olym- the phone number of an emer- unfriendly, then put a warning been postponed due to the pics in Beijing, China. gency contact. on the crate. COVID-19 pandemic. To In early January 2020, Take a picture of your pet Ask your airline if you need help fill the void, this series Koplin crashed during her so that you can show people to reserve a space on the flight looks at sports heroes who second-to-last run of the what it looks like should it get for your pet. also served in the military. North American Cup Bob- lost during the move. Some countries may require sled and Skeleton in Lake Consider having your veter- your pet to be quarantined Kristi Koplin has an Placid, New York, suffering inarian insert an identifica- for an extended amount of impressive athletic back- head and neck injuries. tion microchip under your time before it can live with ground in track and “I was knocked uncon- pet’s skin. you. The cost associated with field. She currently holds scious and woke up with When moving to another that quarantine can be pricey. Southern Utah Universi- the bobsled smashing my state: The Department of Defense ty’s school record in the head against the ice and Visit the U.S. Department of may reimburse you for up to hammer throw, discus and crushing my neck,” she Agriculture’s Animal and Plant $550 if you are an active-duty weight throw. She was an said during a recent inter- Health Inspection Service’s member moving to a country alternate in the 2014 Olym- view with DOD News. “The website to see if there are where the quarantine period is pics and is a former mem- crash ended my season rules for bringing animals into mandatory. ber of the Army’s World early and I left for home to the state to which you have Class Athlete Program in recover. By some miracle, I been assigned. (https://www. Fostering options the bobsled. was not seriously injured.” usa.gov/federal-agencies/an- These days Koplin is imal-and-plant-health-inspec- experiencing victory as a tion-service) According to the American Reluctant retirement Humane organization (ameri- captain in the Army Nurs- There may be a limit to the ing Corps with the 328th number of pets that you can canhumane.org) there are op- Koplin announced June tions available for those facing Field Hospital at Fort 23 that she’s retiring from have on a military installation. Douglas, Utah; a nurse at Look up the regulations for deployment where pets are not the sport. allowed. Urgent Care in Heber City “I still have concerns your installation before you and Park City, Utah; and a start to pack. These include: about my brain health. I “When servicemen and graduate of U.S. Army Air- have suffered a few concus- women are called for duty, borne School. sions and I worry about the Moving overseas the first and best option in cumulative effect of these,” arranging for the care of their Olympics come calling she said. “I love bobsled- Contact the consulate or companion animals is to find ding so much, the speed embassy in the country to a family member, friend or In 2014, Koplin was se- and racing, the opportunity which you were assigned neighbor who can temporar- lected as an alternate in the to represent our nation as to learn about the rules for ily take in the animals. But Winter Olympics in Sochi, bringing in pets. Russia. For the next three Many overseas destinations See OLYMPICS page 9 require that pets have mi- See PETS page 3 VETERAN VOICE • JULY 30, 2020 • 3 PTF 3 Restoration Project hit hard by pandemic Historic boat was part of Aug. 2 Gulf of Tonkin incident Raising money has always Patrick McCallister FOR VETERAN VOICE been laborious. Now, Sch- [email protected] weitzer said, it’s impossible. “Without the cookie jar out, Al Schweitzer, president of we’re not getting any dona- the PTF 3 Restoration Project tions,” he said. in DeLand, says researchers The DeLand Naval Air Muse- know exactly where Patrol um is closed due to the SARS- Torpedo Fast 3 was on Aug 2, CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic. 1964. The Gulf of Tonkin. The Social distancing is impossible Gulf of Tonkin getting chased inside there. The PTF 3 Res- by the North Vietnamese na- toration Project usually has a vy’s torpedo boats. donation box out for admirers According to records uncov- to fill. Of course, with the mu- ered by restoration project seum closed and gates locked, researchers, the crew was folks stop their cars, take a making a run for cover by the couple pictures of PTF 3, and U.S.S. Maddox, which warned drive on. off the North Vietnamese tor- PTF 3 Restoration volunteers pedo boats with shots. What also go to events to set up ta- Photo by Patrick McCallister followed was more or less bles where people are interest- America’s official entry into ed in vintage watercraft, such Restoration of the PTF 3 Fast and Nasty PT Boat is going into its 17th year. This boat the Vietnam War — the Gulf as the Sunnyland Antique played a pivotal part of the Gulf of Tonkin incident that led to the escalation of of Tonkin Resolution Congress Boat Festival in Mount Dora. the Vietnam War. That boat is on informal display at the DeLand Naval Air Station passed on Aug. 7, 1964. “They cancelled that till next Museum in Volusia County. year,” Schweitzer said. Today PTF 3 “Fast and Nas- Association says that the PTF attacked the PTF Boats with Another big awareness and ty” is at the DeLand Naval 3 was the first in the NAS- their torpedo boats, chasing fundraiser event for the PTF Air Station Museum at the TY-class — wooden hull — pa- the PTF Boats away from the 3 restoration is the annual DeLand Municipal Airport. The trol torpedo boats. The boat coast and into the path of two Volusia County Veterans Day hope of the PTF 3 Restoration was built in Norway in 1963 U.S. Navy destroyers, the USS Parade in DeLand. See X page 3 Project is the get the 80-foot and headed straight to South- Maddox and the USS Turner “I’m worried about Veterans boat back into the Intercoastal east Asia. The association Joy,” reads the association’s Day,” Schweitzer said. “Are Waterway with a new mission says PTF-3 was a, “spook boat’ web site, www.hnsa.org. “The we going to have a Veterans — educating people. operated by the MAC V SOG, ensuing naval battle is known Day event? DeLand has a big “We’re still working on it,” Maritime Special Operations. to history as the Tonkin Gulf parade.” Schweitzer said. “It’s an ongo- The PTF 3 and five others did Incident.” Those volunteer hours — ing process.” special operations along North Folks can see the historic gone for now, too. The restoration started in Vietnamese shores. craft at 910 Biscayne Blvd., “With the virus, it’s just really 2003. The project figures it’ll “It was during a series of DeLand. slowed everything down,” Sch- take about $250,000 and lots raids from 31 July to 4 Au- weitzer said. “A lot of our vol- of volunteer time to get PTF gust 1964 on Hon Mei Island More about the PTF 3 Fast unteers — we’re all old. We’re 3 into the waters for the U.S. in North Vietnam that the and Nasty is at www.ptf3res- all in our mid-70s at least. Naval Sea Cadet Corps and North Vietnamese counter toration.org. other organizations to use for We have to be careful with the training and public education.
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