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The Association lost many records in the fiasco of the Virginia Beach office. Several recipients of the Non Sibi, Sed Patriae award have expressed an interest on forming a Non Sibi, Sed Patriae Society as a part of the Association. Unfortunately we no longer have the records of who has received the award. We ask the membership to help us out in this matter.


The e-WORD
August-September 2009
MCRA GOLF TOURNAMENT WINS THE DAY!


Perfect weather (two years in a row!), smiling faces (many faces in a row), a great course (every year), and some really good foursomes again made a winning combination at the recent MCRA Golf Tournament held at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Our sincere thanks go to Executive Director Vern Leubecker, and Board members Tom Green and Joe Vowell, our veteran MCRA Golf Tournament organization of many years, for again giving us a smooth, enjoyable and professional event.

There was a strong turn-out from the corporate sector, including winning golfers from Bell Helicopter/Textron, Sikorsky, and BBH Graphics. Other corporate sponsors included Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing Company, General Dynamics, Northrup Grumman, Toll Brothers and Megitt Training Systems. Our thanks go out to all our corporate sponsors for their continued support of MCRA.













The competition was spirited with several foursomes fighting for the trophies. The winning foursome with a score of 65 was Ken Best, Mike Forage, Sue Laver and Greg Hoffman from Sikorsky. The second place foursome was Skip Gaskill, Mel Chang, Andrew Deleyiannis and Jay Torres from Bell/Textron. Third place went to Bruce Bowen, Jim Lindsay, Carl Showers and Ed Tafoya. Matt Schatzle took the honors for the longest drive while Skip Gaskill took the honors for closest to the pin.


































Following the tournament the participants spent time relaxing and enjoying a meal.


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MEET THE CHALLENGE
Join the PFC Ryan Jerabek USMC Challenge Run on 14 August 2010

Ryan Jerabek, an 18 year old Hobart, Wisconsin, native had served our Nation in the United States Marine Corps with Honor, Courage, and Commitment. Ryan was assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, 2nd Battalion, 4th Regiment, ECHO Co. Weapons Platoon. (2/4 Second to None) He gave his life for the cause of Freedom on 6 April, 2004 in Ramadi, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ryan was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat V for extraordinary heroism. He also received the Purple Heart. This event is planned to take place on the roads that Ryan ran to prepare himself for his service in the Marine Corps.

The intention of this non-profit event is to honor and thank our veterans, all of our servicemen and women, and to Honor and Remember our Fallen Heroes.

The inspiration and driving force behind this event came from Ryan himself. In his senior year at Pulaski High School, he gave a speech about the Marine Corps. At the end of the speech, he implored his fellow students with the following:

"I'd like to ask of you to thank those who fought and are fighting in the battles to keep this country at the pinnacle of Freedom."
Ryan Jerabek 2 Dec 2002

This event is one way that we can honor Ryan's request.

For more information visit the PFC Ryan Jerabek Challenge Run Web site.
- www.jerabekchallenge.us