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SKY SOLDIER Football JERSEY Cost is $70 each shirt plus shipping cost $ 8.70 each shipment Shirts are due out in time for Football season (Sept.) Double Sewn Dazzle Fabric Shoulders, 100% Heavyweight Polyester Tricot Mesh Body, Breathable Contrasting Color Spandex Side Inserts, High Quality Tackle Twill Appliqué Numbers & Nameplate, Custom Embroidered Insignia on Front Chest & Sleeves, Officially Licensed Product of the United States Army, Sizes are: 46/M, 48-50/L, 52-54/XL, 56 XXL All profits go to the 173d Airborne Brigade Foundation that provides us with a Scholarship fund, Bereavement fund and Support fund for our wounded warrior projects. This year’s edition – “Afghanistan” Please send your pre-orders payable to 173dABF Sky Soldier Store, 5640 Wellfield Road, New Port Richey, FL, 34655 Please allow two weeks for delivery Name ____________________________________________ Address/ CMR #-Box # _______________________________ City/APO_________________State/AE _______Zip _______ 2011 Calendar - Cost: 12.95 + S &H 1- $ 15.50, 2- $ 30.75, 3- $ 43.75, 4- $ 56.75, 5- $72.25 Make Checks Payable to; 173d ABA Calendar c/o 5640 Wellfield Road, New Port Richey, FL 34655 16
CHAPTER NEWS CHAPTER 1- WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA- SIGNHOLTZ CHAPTER Terry Modglin – Terry.Modglin@Gmail.com 202-270-3083 Arlington Marker Dedication Set - With all the authorizations completed, the Brigade Arlington National Cemetery Marker that was dedicated in 1999 can now be replaced with one that reflects the service and sacrifice of those who have served since 2000 as well as our Vietnam-era Sky Soldiers. The Sigholtz Capital Chapter is pleased to announce that the Dedication of the new Marker will take place on Saturday, May 7 th at 1100 hours, in conjunction with the Chapter’s Annual “Reading of the Names.” Those planning to attend this ceremony should gather outside the Arlington Cemetery Visitors Center no later than 1030 hours. We will move as a group from the Visitor’s Center to the Marker site where the Dedication ceremony will be held. If you need to drive to the Marker site, you can obtain a pass from the Visitors Center. We anticipate a good number of Sky Soldiers from the new Brigade as well as Vietnam and Iraq-Afghanistan vets from around the country. This year, in a departure from our normal sequence of remembering the fallen from a specific year in Vietnam, we will read the names of those warriors who fell in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Australian and New Zealand fallen to continue to honor our bonds with those nations. We have extended an invitation to our Australian and New Zealand friends and hope that they will be able to attend. The ceremony will be followed by a picnic brunch at Spates Hall on Fort Myer at the cost of $14.50 per person. If you are interested in being at the picnic, please send check or money order to Picnic, Sigholtz Capital Chapter 1, 173d Airborne Brigade Association, P.O. Box 15133, Arlington, VA 22215-0133. We need to receive your funds by May 1. If you are coming to the Dedication but not the Picnic, it would be great to know that as well for planning purposes. If you need lodging for the event, Virginian Suites Hotel next to Fort Myer is available at 703-522-9600. Please call Terry Modglin at 202-270-3083 or email him at terry.modglin@gmail.com for more information or to check in. Further information regarding plans for the Dedication will be posted after March 15 at www.173dabnchap1.org. Thanks to the generosity of a number of Sky Soldiers, including three Association Chapters, our Australian comrades in arms and some very generous Chapter 1 members, for their contributions to replace the old marker. New Chapter Secretary is Afghanistan Vet – In line with the goal to begin to transition to the next generation of Association leadership, Chapter 1 is proud to announce that Dave Fultz, who served with the Brigade for two tours in Afghanistan, is the new Chapter Secretary. One of the initiatives Dave will lead is the recruitment of more 21 st Century Sky Soldiers to the Chapter. Facebook Page - One of Dave’s other initiatives is to grow participation in the Chapter’s new Facebook page, found at http://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Capital-Region-Chapter-173d-Airborne-Brigade- Association/15907410781194. Outreach Officer – The Chapter is also reaching out to its Vietnam-era Members, especially those unable to make it to our periodic gatherings. Former Chapter President Roy Sparks will lead that initiative. Roy is available at elite173d@yahoo.com. CHAPTER 2 – NEW YORK – LOZADA-WATERS CHAPTER Pres. Tommy McMahon POC - David Glick Pointman173@optonline.net 516-431-8311 17
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Page 3 and 4: NEWS FROM THE TOP PRESIDENT’S REP
Page 5 and 6: As we enter a new year it would do
Page 7 and 8: Giunta says farewell to Army By KEN
Page 9 and 10: Sky Soldier inducted into Army Rang
Page 11 and 12: Mayville graduated from West Point
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Page 15: Sky Soldier receives Soldier's Meda
Page 19 and 20: Once a Sky Soldier, Always a Sky So
Page 21 and 22: from the State Senator Ed Hernandez
Page 23 and 24: CHAPTER 23 - QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
Page 25 and 26: TIME TO GO GREEN In 2011, the Assoc
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