B/2/19 Christmas Party AAR. Lots of fun and the guys and wives of the unit FRG did it right. They also bought gifts for each child of a unit member. Mike Robinson posted great photos in the chapter’s Facebook page; check it out.
Columbus Veterans Day Parade
Columbus Veterans Day Parade. Good turnout and well-supported by the real men of B/2/19 as drivers of their cool vehicles.
Tom McGrath is lead this initiative. We were supported by two SF RAZRs and one LMTV. The Parade began at 1200 hrs.
Circleville Ohio Pumpkin Festival
Carl Fuller. AAR: B/2/19 did a great job of supporting this with three vehicles and motivated drivers. The parade was a huge event at this large festival, and small town America showed up in the thousands.
MAJ Jarrod Hoose receives Life Membership with SFA
MAJ Jarrod Hoose is presented SFA Life Membership as a gift from the SFA's Buckeye Chapter by chapter president BG(R) Mark Arnold during B/2/19th SFG change of command ceremony October 2016. MAJ Hoose commanded the company since 2012; the entire company recently redeployed from Afghanistan
Motorcycle Poker Run and Cookout
The Motorcycle Poker Run and Cookout was held Oct 1, 2016. There was 50/50 raffle. It was held at Circleville, Ohio AMVETS building.
The ride was about 90 to 100 miles enjoyable and safe route with stops at various VFW and American Legion halls. The OSU game was watched on television at the AMVETS site at the end of the Run. It is a huge building and loaded with amenities.
1st Annual 3 Gun Shoot - AAR
L to R: Butch Betzko, Mark Arnold, B/2/19 GB, SGM Graff and daughter. Our lead sponsors: Pickaway County Sportsmen and Ed Petkovich and Walsingham Group. (MACA Plastics donation arrived before banner could be made for the Shoot.)
The Special Forces Association Buckeye Chapter's first Annual 3 Gun Shoot was a marvelous success. Although almost none of us had ever been to one, several chapter members competed along side over 20 members of B company, 2nd BN, 19th SFG, as well as several sponsors. Many other members of B company and their families watched the shoot and enjoyed the hospitality of the great Americans of the Pickaway County Sportsmen, Inc. (PCSI).
The Shoot featured a familiarization fire and "warm up" shooting bay, and four shooting bays each with unique target arrays and obstacles for 3 guns per bay.
Chapter member Mark Scott and a team of volunteers from SFA 45 managed and worked dozens of hours to make this a success. New Honorary Chapter member Jason Conrad was PCSI's anchor man who managed the competition and set up the multiple target arrays with his volunteers from PCSI and others. Several Green Berets from B/2/19 volunteered as shooting coaches to civilian shooters.
Special Forces A Team members recently returned from Afghanistan reunited at the Pickaway County Sportsmen range with retired team member MSG Sean Clifton, whose life they saved on a previous deployment. MSG Clifton was the first guy through the door on a raid into a Taliban compound, and he took three bullets.
A Special Thank You to all our Sponsors. Without your help we could not make this happen.
SF Guys had unique opportunity to coach their wives.
Special Forces families at Pickaway County Sportsmen, Inc. 3 Gun Shoot September 2016
8th Annual Golf Outing
Golf Outing AAR: Roger Hobson did a great job of managing what resulted in a very successful event on 30 July. Jesse Boyd, Jan Hauger and Ted Mosure were the event support team. appreciation to chapter members who raised $1900 in hole sponsors, with a special recognition of Jeff Gallaher who recruited five sponsors.
Jesse also did an outstanding job of recruiting sponsors among others who worked hard and landed a large array of door prizes from local businesses. Lessons learned include: getting the word out aggressively and early to non-SF friends who are golfers, and mobilizing the chapter members to land one sponsor each (it’s easy to land one sponsor when you try one to five local people you know well.)
Monthly Meetings
Over 50 members and SF guests attended our three lunches this month. Sunday's weekend lunch was a success with 15 spouses also attending.
Some photos of the 26 June lunch in Wilmington, OH are posted in the Photo Album.
SFA Raffle for SF MOH Recipients
A SIG M400 AR15 with tactical scope is being raffled by SFA Chapter 88 to fund the travel expenses for the six living Special Forces MOH recipients (and their caregivers) invited to this year's SFA convention in Jacksonville, FL 13-18 June.
- Tickets are $10 each.
If you wish to buy one or more tickets, then send a check (payable to SFA Chapter 88) or cash to:
SFA 45
2311 Hoxton Ct.
Columbus, OH 43220
- The tickets will be mailed to your return mailing address.
- The tickets will also be available at our monthly meetings.
DOL,
Mark Arnold
SFA Ohio Chapter 45 Growing Strong
With over 129 members we continue to grow strong with continued renewals and lifetime members spanning over 10 states.