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LOCAL HERO | WAYNE CASEBEEROriginal publish date:March-April 2020www.yumpu.com/user/thegoodlifeWhereis he now?United States Marine CorpsVeteran Wayne Casebeer’sstory was recentlypublished in the March/April2020 issue of The GoodLife.In the past few months,Casebeer has sought todevelop a greater leadershiprole within the community.He was reelected as JuniorOfficer Surgeon of the WestFargo VFW Post 7564 andofficially became active asColor Guard Commanderfor the organization.Casebeer has also beenheavily involved with TheCooties Pack Rat 8, anassociation of the WF VFWthat raised over $70,000in 2019 to support cancerresearch. He was electedas Junior Officer Surgeonfor the organization.Additionally, Casebeer wasreelected as Senior Vice forRed River Raiders.His dog, Dan Daly, is nowfully grown. Dan can oftenbe seen outside walkingwith his family and has wonthe hearts of his neighbors.WAYNECASEBEERLeading Quietly,Responsibly, andSincerelyWRITTEN BY: ALEXIS SWENSONThirty-one-year-old Wayne Casebeerfirst joined the United States MarineCorps in part to honor the familylegacy of serving his country and inpart due to his competitive nature."I come from a Navy family. My sisterand I are very competitive. She wentinto the Army and I wanted to dosomething a bit more to compete withthat, so I went into the Marine Corps.Ultimately, neither of us went into theNavy," said Casebeer.After graduating from high school inAlexandria, MN, Casebeer enlistedwith the US Marine Corps wherehe completed 5 years of active dutyfollowed by a couple of years in theMarine Forces Reserves. He servedin Twentynine Palms, CA, Al AmbarProvince Iraq, the reserve station inNew Orleans, LA, and the reservestation in Minneapolis, MN. Duringactive duty, Casebeer's role was inCommunications and he was attachedto an artillery battalion.PHOTO SUBMITTED BY: WAYNE CASEBEER"They were using radios to docommunications between differentunits in the Marine Corps which isextremely inefficient. Our goal was tobring the internet to artillery becausewe needed a way to coordinate fire.My five years were spent modernizingartillery. I went from high school toleading men in combat and that waspretty cool," said Casebeer.Aside from the sheer excitement offiring guns, Casebeer appreciated theincredible amount of things he learnedin a small amount of time. "It wasn'tjust working on computers. You haveto know how to fire machine guns, fireartillery, haul artillery, drive vehicles,how to load things on vehicles, howto eat, how to feed people, and more,"said Casebeer.Above all else, the people were themost memorable for Casebeer. "I madea whole family. There were 15 of usthat stuck together the whole time.When my battalion deployed, they split48 / THE GOOD LIFE
MARINE CORPS VETERANus into mini 15 man teams and sent us out. We drovearound Iraq for 9 months, just 15 of us, it was great. Theywere from all walks of life and we're still close today,"said Casebeer.Red River RaidersRoughly three years ago Casebeer helped to establishRed River Raiders, a nonprofit organization andcharter for the Marine Corps League, a congressionallyrecognized organization to serve Marines. In a similarvein, Red River Raiders has a mission of providingassistance to fellow Marines or disabled veterans.Red River Raiders supports people in a number of waysincluding fundraising for Toys for Tots, providing a smalldetachment for a Color Guard hosted by Casebeer, andassisting with fabric and sewing blankets for ProjectHART. Project HART is a transitional housing programthat provides basic needs, case management, andemployment services to homeless veterans to assistthem in overcoming their barriers to permanenthousing so they can live the life that theydeserve.Additionally, Red River Raiders is heavilyinvolved in assisting with the HomewardVets program. Homeward Vets is primarilyadministered by the West Fargo VFWwhile the Marine Corps League providesthe manual labor for the program.Typically, the Fargo Veteran AffairsHealth Care System identifies aMarine that needs an apartment,provides funding, and sets theindividual up with keys for the space.The Red River Raiders' goal is that theday the veteran receives the key, theorganization brings a bed, couch, andother furnishings into the apartment."Essentially, a person goes from beinga disabled homeless veteran to beinga veteran with a home that is fullyfurnished - in the same day. We've beennailing it. We've done very, very well andhelped about 60 veterans last year," saidCasebeer.Red River Raiders also hosts the MarineCorps Ball to celebrate their November 10thbirthday. "This year we're hosting the event onNovember 7th in Fargo. It's going to be a formalevent so we'll get dressed up in our tuxedos andget the gals nice dresses. It's just going to be reallyfun," said Casebeer.PHOTO BY: URBAN TOAD MEDIAurbantoadmedia.com / THE GOOD LIFE / 49
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