We will meet Tuesday, May 12th at the Old Hickory Inn 3334 Murphy Road (FM 1092) in Missouri City. Social/Dinner at 1800 hours; meeting at 1900 hours. A few folks will be receiving this who may not know where the Inn is located. It is near the NW comer of the intersection of Hwy 6 and Murphy Road (FM 1092). It is in the Township Square Center 3.2 mi south of Hwy. 90A and .3 mi north of Hwy. 6 on the bank of Oyster Creek directly across from Moseley Park. Location GPS <N29-34-254,W95-33-874> Click Here for a MAP                                 [RETURN TO TOP]

We will present the McLemore Detachment 8th Marine Corps District Trophy to James Pace High School, Brownsville, TX. in a retirement ceremony on Tuesday May 5th at James Pace High School. The trophy is being retired after being presented 21+ times and James Pace High School has received it 10 times. The JROTC program has been removed from the 8th district command and there will be no future drill competition between these schools. James Pace High School is located at 314 W Los Ebanos Boulevard, Brownsville, TX 78520, ---(956) 548-7700.                                 [RETURN TO TOP]

This years Picnic will be on May 10yh at George Bush Park, Pavilion #3, 16756 Westheimer Pkwy. Houston, TX 77082. Time: Picnic 11:00am - 4:30pm, Meal 12:00 noon - 2:30 pm Tickets for the meal $10.00 Donation, Children under 12 free. This is an activity for the whole family. Menu: BBQ Chip Beef Sandwiches, Hot Dogs, Chips, Desert & Tea, Soft Drinks - 50 cents donation. Tickets available from Marine Corps Co-ordinating Council members and Marine Corps League meeting or may be purchased at picnic. Activities include Door Prizes, must be present to win, Second Annual Horse Shoe Tournament. Children's games, Baseball, Moonwalk's, Pinatas, Volleyball, Horseshoe, Soccer, and Kickball. Also we will have Cotton Candy, Snow Cones, Popcorn and Live music. The BAR-B-Q dinner tickets $10 will be available at our meeting and from Marine Corps Coordinating Council members or call MARY LUCARIO - 281-495-8139, SCOTT MOSELEY - 281-536-7929, JOHN BOERSTLER 979-220-4007 or STEVE WALDNER - 832-455-5612. Directions from Houston-Take Westheimer Rd. west toward Katy, park is at the intersection of Westheimer and S. Barker Cypress OR take Westpark Tollway west toward Katy, exit Alief Clodine Rd.   For further information, please contact John Boerstler at JohnBoerstler@gmail.com or Dave Lemak at 281-633-0098 (H) or 281798-4579 (cell) or by email at usmcdelta1@yahoo.com.           
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Memorial Day Honor Ceremony, May 16th, 2009 here @ Forest Park Westheimer. McLemore will provide the rifle salute and taps. The event begins at 9:30, Reagan HS will provide the Color Guard . It should be approximately one hour. The riflemen so far are Scott Moseley, John Roskosky and myself. Anyone wishing to join us , rifle positions are available. The uniform will be white shirts and dress blue trousers. We will have a short practice session , after the meeting. We will also be asking for as many red blazers to also attend. Please come to watch the Detachment's first ceremonial rifle outing.          
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Planning is Underway for the 2009 Armed Forces Day Ball
Ball Information as we have it today:
Date: 16 May 2009 Saturday
Time: 1730 reception followed by ceremonies, dinner, dancing.
Location: Hyatt Regency Houston, 1200 Louisiana St
Lead Service: United States Coast Guard
Ball Chairperson: CDR Lamar Johnson, Sector Houston-Galveston Command Center Chief, 713-678-9050, Lamar.V.Johnson@uscg.mil
Military Speaker: Rear Admiral Joel Whitehead, Commander, USCG District Eight (invited) Congressional Speaker: Congressman Ted Poe (invited)
Honored Nation: Greece (invited).
For information, contact Col. Clyde Walker, Jr. at 713-656-7112 or by email at cwjr1950@earthlink.net.                                [RETURN TO TOP]

The Tijerina Detachment is supporting, in conjunction with MOPH723, a Honor Ride to Ft. Hood on Saturday May 23rd. (Supporting the 36th Infantry Divisions Deployment to Iraq). The agenda on post will include visits to the 4th ID Museum and Warrior Transition Unit (WTU). The mission is to build awareness of the accomplishments of the Army, as well as to show support for recovering troops at Darnall Medical Center, and their families.This ride is sponsored by MOPH Chapter 723 in Katy www.moph723.org Details on the ride (Ready to copy) are at: http://www.honorride.eventbrite.com and http://www.moph723.org/Honorride.htm 
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Memorial Day Service, Monday May 25 McLemore Detachment will participate in the wreath presentation with our Color Guard and a group of members to escort the wreath. The service will be at Houston National Cemetery, 10410 Veterans Memorial Drive, Phone: (281) 447-8686 beginning at 09:30 (they asked us to be there at 08:00)                                 [RETURN TO TOP]

The Marine Corps League Department of Texas Convention will be held in Irving TX. June 4th - 6th . The convention will be held at the Radisson Hotel DFW South, 4600 W. Airport Freeway, Irving TX. For reservation information call 888-201-1718, 972-513-0800, or Fax 972-513-0106. For registration click REGISTRATION and for Activity Schedule click [ACTIVITY SCHEDULE]. Let Charles Ynman know if you will be able to attend.                            [RETURN TO TOP]

We will have a Flag Retirement Ceremony at Sagemont Church at 1500 hrs on Sunday June 14. Details will follow.                                 [RETURN TO TOP]

Lone Star Honor Flight is a Montgomery County community effort to send all WWII veterans to Washington, DC to see the WWII Memorial. Nationally, there are 3,000,000 survivors and we are losing them at the rate of 1,200 to 1,500 per day. Montgomery County is the home to 2,500 – 3,000 of these brave men and women. Time is of the essence.

The first Lone Star Honor Flight is scheduled for May. The veterans will be flown at no charge to Washington, DC where they will be taken by bus to the WWII Memorial and later to the Korean and Vietnam Memorials. In addition, with time permitting, they will attend the laying of a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Medical attention will be provided throughout the trip. The May flight is full and more flights are planned so, for more information contact them at (936) 582-6400 or visit their web site at www.misd.org/lshonorflight
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Marine Corps personnel and Navy FMF Corpsmen returning from the war on terror in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts. Since then the program has grown to include Balboa Naval Hospital , San Diego- Brooke Army Hospital, San Antonio- Walter Reed Hospital, Washington DC and the Wounded Warrior Regiment at both Camp Pendleton and Camp LeJeune.
Currently, in addition to personal comfort items, the Marine Corps League provides; financial assistance to the families who are visiting their Marines (taxi vouchers, restaurant vouchers, phone cards and limited housing funding) outings to professional baseball games for “outpatient” Marines (they are recognized by the PA announcer), C-D players, C-Ds, DVD movies, television sets and DVD players for the rooms (due to a shortage of TV’s in the hospital). Airline tickets and travel money to wounded Marines for emergency leave. We hold monthly cookouts on the hospital grounds for the walking wounded their visiting families and the hospital staff to lift their spirits and speed there recovery.See Web Page                        [RETURN TO TOP]

The Tx-2 chapter of the Women Marines Association is gathering recipes for a cookbook project to raise funds for the 2008 national convention which will be hosted here in Houston. The title of the book is "Cooking with Marines," and we're soliciting recipes from Marines (men and women)....active duty, inactive, reserves, former (or current) military cooks, etc.
Please help us out by going through your recipes, and sending us your favorites. In the submission, please be sure to include the name of the recipe, a list of ingredients (pay particular attention to the measurements as we will submit exactly as you write it), the process for mixing and cooking, and any details specific to serving (I.e., serve hot, cold, chilled, etc.). Include your name, printed as you want it to appear in the book. We'd also be interested in hearing a little about your time in the service.
Please submit recipes to BJ Huggins (WMA), P.O. Box 1821, Pasadena, Tx 77501, or Karen Beatty at kebeatty1961@yahoo.com.

We appreciate your help with this. 
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The USPS has a program for military family members and friends to supply them with packaging materials to send packages to troops overseas. If you call 1(800) 610-8734 and select option # 1, ask them for the "Military pack" they will send you boxes, tape, packaging materials and labels at no charge to you or the recipient. They will also give you an I.D. number so if your supply runs low, you just call them up and they'll send you more supplies. The materials take about four to ten days to receive. USPS web site www.usps.com/supportingourtroops/ has guidelines for packing, addressing, and shipping items to U.S. troops. The kit contains: - Three (3) each of flat rate boxes O-FRB1 and O-FRB2 - Two each of Cube boxes OBOX4 and OBOX7 - Address labels - Label # 228 10 each - One roll of Priority Mail tape - 15 customs forms with envelopes. [Source: Mike Glass msg. dtd 31 Jul 06]
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Operation Interdependence "O.I." supports all our troops by sending to them C-rats (baggies filled with personal notes, food, and various other goodies). These goodies are packaged in Platoon size boxes containing 50 individual baggies. They have packaging centers around the country and their work force is completely volunteer. The local center uses either individuals or groups to fill these boxes and they accept tax deductible contributions. If you are interested or know of someone that is interested, contact Paul Renfro at 713-941-3697 for more information. WEB PAGE                                [RETURN TO TOP]

U S A Cares exists to provide military families with financial support and other critical resources in their time of need. We provide a "Hand Up, Not a Hand Out" FOR INFIRMATION                                [RETURN TO TOP]

We are conducting radio and television-quality interviews with WWII veterans of all theaters of operations as part of the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project. Your story is more important than you may think! (European Theater Interviews and accompanying pictures and documents will be preserved for generations to come at the Library of Congress. Pacific and CBI Theater Interviews are to be preserved at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, TX.) send contact information to: The WWII Pacific Theater Project, 1823 Roanwood Dr., Houston 77090, OR call to leave message for Rick Lindsay at 713-932-0619 or E Mail PACIFICTHEATERPJ@aol.com. We need 10,000 interviews.
Veterans and veterans organizations are requested to provide names of all veterans for these important oral histories. The interviews will be conducted by historians, veterans, students, and others interested in preserving the history of our veterans.
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The site location at Interstate 45 and Scarsdale Blvd. will allow the Veterans Museum committee to move into the next phase of development to include fund raising with local, state, and federal partners along with foundations, corporations, and individuals whose interest is in preserving the memories of all veterans through an oral history project but to include collections of artifacts donated by veterans. On Monday, August 15, 2005, a historic signing ceremony was held as ExxonMobil transferred 35 acres of land to the Veterans Museum in Texas. The TEXAS House has approved $5 million for the Veteran's Museum. It will have to be approved by the Senate and will be contingent upon Federal Matching Dollars! The goal of the Veterans Museum is to commence groundbreaking within 3 years.
For more information on the Veteran's Museum, go to www.TheVeteransMuseuminTexas.org or Malcolm Browne, 2650 Fountainview, Suite 127, Houston, Tx 77057 Phone 713-962-5214
email: mbrowne@ix.netcom.com
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In November 2004, the citizens of Pflugerville honored a local Marine who gave his life in service to his country. After his funeral, grateful citizens wondered if Pflugerville had lost others in defense of freedom, but there was no public record of local soldiers lost in combat. A group of citizens met in January 2005 to plan a way to memorialize their sacrifices. Oral histories were researched, and a memorial was designed based upon this research. Thus, the Pflugerville Fallen Warrior Memorial was created. To see how you can help. visit their website by clicking here.
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The Fisher House organization uses more than a million frequent flyer miles per week in distributing free round-trip airline tickets to families of war-wounded servicemembers being treated in military and Veterans Affairs medical facilities across the country. To date, the program has distributed more than 4,000 tickets, using more than 150 million frequent flyer miles. Fisher House gets the millions of frequent flyer miles through "Operation Hero Miles." The program has been expanded to wounded servicemen and women being treated at major military and Veterans Affairs medical centers across the country. Those who have approved convalescent leave may be given a free round-trip airline ticket to visit loved ones if they're not eligible for government-funded airfare. Family members are also eligible for the free tickets. Requests for tickets have to originate from a servicemember and must be forwarded to Fisher House by a hospital social work staff member, family assistance center or service casualty office. The unused frequent flyer miles come from private and corporate donations. For more information on the program or how to donate your unused earned miles, visit http://www.heromiles.org/ and/or http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,78786,00.html.
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MISSION STATMENT

In conjunction with existing Marine Corps Support Services and other civilian support organizations, the Long Term Casualty Support Committee will provide further assistance to Marines and their families within the local area.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

• Provide follow-up support to injured Marines, their families and families of Marines killed in action.
  • Coordinate with Marine Corps units to identify those in need.
  • Make initial contact – introduce MCCC Support Services.
  • Establish those-to-be-supported database.  
    • Maintain history / issues / contact information.
    • Develop scheduled recall (ongoing contact- keeping in touch).
• Serve as a central clearinghouse to direct those Marines/family members to appropriate support services after handoff by appropriate Marine Corps unit.
• Expand MCCC web site to incorporate news and links as it relates to family support.
• Develop and produce a support manual/binder.
  • Reference tool for non-computer users.

COMMITTEE CINTACTS

Col.Paul Brennan USMCR (ret)
pbrennan@industrialinfo.com
(713) 859-8286

SgtMaj. J. R. Osborne, USMCR (ret)
jrosborne@prodigy.net

Sgt. Tony Martin, USMC
Tony.martin@M4L.usmc.mil
(713) 373-1539
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The Marine for Life program provides sponsorship for Marines that honorably leave active service and return to civilian life. In short, for Marines leaving active duty honorably, the Marine For Life Program acts as a bridge between the Corps, the community, and the workplace. Marines are trained in fields as varied as communications, electronics, law enforcement, firefighting, information technology, human resources, administration, logistics, maintenance, air traffic control, supply, and finance. Through Hometown Links located in cities across the nation, Marines find help matching their skills to civilian jobs. Additionally, the program helps transitioning Marines quickly integrate into a network of resources that can assist them with needs ranging from continuing education, housing, veterans issues, child care, and legal assistance among others. The goal is to make each Marines transition from military service as positive an experience as possible.

There is a monthly Houston Marine Networking Luncheon for employers, transitioning Marines and anyone who is part of the Marine family in Greater Houston. This event is held the 3rd Thursday of each month at Masraff's www.masraffs.com . If you are interested in participating or learning more, contact Staff Sergeant Jeffrey Wolan (281) 802-8107 or Sergeant Tony Martin (713) 373-1539 or by e-mail at Houston@M4L.usmc.mil . The Marine For Life Program also has an online job board for employers to post jobs that transitioning Marines to view. The Marine For Life web site can be found at www.M4L.usmc.mil .                          [RETURN TO TOP]

The branches of the Armed Forces, the American Red Cross, the USO, the Veterans Administration, and the Houston Military Affairs Committee, among others have organized a combined family support program to serve the needs of the Houston military community.

The purposes of the committee are to promote military family programs; coordinate activities, share ideas and resources, serve as a clearinghouse, enhance communication, and expedite the flow of information in an attempt to assist military families in the Houston area; as well as promote the military and its contributions to the city, state and country in the greater Houston area.The committee will work with the Texas InterService Family Assistance Committee.

For more information contact the Committee Chairman LCol "Dude" Hall, USMCR at Mailto:hallce@mfr.usmc.mil or the Public Affairs Officer Paxton Williams at Mailto:pegasus.pkw@att.net
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