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September 2015

Commandant’s Comments

The LASHUP

the Harford County Detachment1198, MCL

Detachment Commandant - Evie Remines

Newsletter Editor - Don Benson, Sr.

Detachment Officers:

Evie Remines - Commandant

Craig Reelimg - Sr. Vice

Commandant

Dan Narango - Jr. Vice

Commandant

Ken Shrieves - Judge

Advocate

Donald Benson - Jr. Past

Commandant

Don Benson - Ceremonial Coordinator

Charlie Warns - Eagle Scout

Coordinator

Dick Wischhusen -

Paymaster

Bill Knox - Adjutant

Greg Seltzer- Chaplain

Inside this issue: Commandant’s Comments 1

Sr. Vice Comments,

Jr. Vice Comments

2

Adjutant’s Comments

Events Calendar

Membership

Chaplain Corner

Fallen Marine

Adopt a Highway

Eagle Scout

License Plates

Operation Welcome Home

3

4

5

6

MODD 7

Detachment Shirts

Fund Raiser

8

Cell Phones for Soldiers 9

Detachment Photos 10-11

M1 Garand Raffle

This month in Marine history

12

Department News

Young Marines

New Detachment Shirt

13

Pound 333 Growl and Picnic 2015

Parade Pictures

14

Future Events, 15

About the LASHUP 16

Now that summer is over, we’ll be slowing down on the activities. As you can

see from the calendars, we only had five items on September’s versus the 12 in

August and 11 in July. But we do have a couple of important items coming up in

the next couple of months, especially November. In October, we have the gun show at the Bel Air American Legion. I will need

some of you to volunteer to man the table and sell raffle tickets for the M1. We

also have bingo again on the 23rd of October. Don Benson has volunteered to

provide the special this time.

In November, we will be performing a cake cutting ceremony at Oak Crest

retirement center on the 11th. We have done this several times over the years and after not having us last year, they realized that their Marine veterans and

staff missed having it and invited us back. We will also be raising the Marine

Corps flag at the Harford County government building on the Marine Corps

birthday as we always do. Another thing we are going to add this year is a

simple cake cutting ceremony for the detachment on the Marine Corps birthday.

Please join us in the VFW lounge at 1830 (6:30 pm) on the 10th of November.

We will read the Commandant’s birthday message, cut the cake and just have

some fun sitting and sharing stories. I encourage everyone to come and bring

friends and family. Hopefully, we can start our own Birthday tradition.

November 8th is the Toys for Tots benefit concert featuring Great Train Robbery.

I hope to get full support from the detachment by either helping out with the

logistics or purchasing tickets to attend. This is a great way to raise toys and

funds for the Harford County campaign. If you would like to volunteer to help out, please contact Art Shellhouse at [email protected] or

410-692-0426. There is a lot to do, so every volunteer will help make it easier

on all of us.

I want to thank everyone who has given their time to get us through this busy

summer. We cannot succeed as a detachment

without everyone pitching in.

Semper Fi Evie Remines

Commandant

Harford County Det. 1198

mailto:[email protected]

The position

for Detach-

ment Adjutant

The Detachment has had a busy two months since our last newsletter. We participated in the

Maryland State BBQ Bash, the Havre de Grace Seafood Festival, Kitchen duty for the VFW Bingo and

2 Bel Air First Friday’s just to mention a few of our events. A few of our members, including me,

attended the Marine Corps League 92nd National Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona. It is great

opportunity reconnect with old Marine buddies and learn how our MCL functions. I drove to Arizona

with my two youngest children. We made a few cool stops along the way including Graceland, the

National Scouting Museum (outside Dallas, TX), the Grand Canyon and The Alamo. I had the

opportunity to travel as a child and I enjoy passing similar experiences along to the next generation.

We live in a great Country with lots of interesting people! Everyone should get out there and see it.

The Department of Maryland held their Fall Meeting in Mt Airy hosted by the LCpl Robert Deane

Detachment on 12 September. The Department Meetings are open to ALL Members and Associate

Members. I hope to see more of us attending. The Winter Meeting will be held in Westminster

hosted by the Carroll County Det. There are still a few open Dept Committee Chairman spots

available if anyone is interested.

Two of our Detachment members were awarded the Distinguished Citizen Medal – Silver. It is the

highest award a Department Commandant can bestow. I’ll put their names in the next newsletter

once they have been personally presented their award.

The Annual APG Marine Corps Birthday Luncheon will be held this year on Friday – 6 November.

This is a great opportunity to invite that Marine buddy who you have been after to join the League.

All Marines are invited, not just MCL members.

We will be supporting the Harford County Wine Festival being

held at Rockfield Manor on 26 Sept. Volunteers are needed from

1130-1500 & 1500-1830 or all day if you’re motivated. Bring your

own chair.

New email address [email protected]. Please

update your email contact list.

Semper Fi.

Craig Reeling

Sr. Vice Commandant

Comments from the Sr. Vice Commandant

The LASHUP

Comments from the Jr. Vice Commandant Hello Marines

We are halfway into September. The nights are cool and the days are

balmy. This is an ideal time to come to our MCL meeting on Sept 22nd. Most

Vacations are over, for now, and we need your input for the future.

See you on Sept. 22nd at 1900 hrs Semper Fi,

Dan Narango

Jr. Vice Commandant

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DETACHMENT CALENDAR September - October 2015

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

15

Bowling - PP

16 17

National

POW/MIA

Recognition

Day

18

19 Pound 333 Growl

at 0800 and Picnic

1000

20 21

22

Bowling - PP

Detachment

Meeting 1700 at

VFW

23

Modern Day

Marine Expo.

Quantico

24

Modern Day

Marine Expo.

Quantico, VA

25

National

Museum of the

Marine Corps

Trip. Muster at

the VFW at 0600

26 Bel Air Wine

Festival

27

28

29

Bowling - PP

30

Color Guard

Practice

1700

1 2

First

Fridays Bel

Air, Last

3

Young Marines

Bull Roast & Crab

Feast

VFW 7-11pm.

4

4th CEB Fanily

day

5

6

Bowling - PP

7

8

9

10

American

Legion Gun Show

Oct. 10-11, 2015

9am to 5pn

11

American

Legion Gun

Show

Oct. 10-11,

2015

12

13

Bowling - PP

VFW meeting

1900

14

15

Road Clean up,

Meet at VFW

0900

16

17

Adjutant Notes:

Detachment 1198

If you have a change of phone, address or email be sure to inform me as soon as you can! I can be

reached at [email protected] or Home 410-638-9315, Cell 410-371-9677.

Bill Knox

Adjutant

Per the June 30, 2015 National roster the Detachment Strength stands at 85

members with 7 of those members unpaid.

46 are Permanent Life Members

4 of the 85 are Associate Members

3 are Dual Members

RENEWALS: With the exception of Permanent Life Members each member must

pay a $35 annual renewal fee each year. An annual membership runs twelve

months from the month the member joined the detachment. Members who

receive a renewal notice from National Headquarters should submit renewal fees

to the detachment Paymaster, Dick Wischhusen at the next monthly meeting or

mail a check to:

MCL - Harford County Det 1198

Attn: Paymaster

P.O. Box 656

Jarrettsville, MD 21084-0656

If you have are a member in good standing and you would like to join as a Perma-

nent Life Member you can submit the Life Membership Fee to the Paymaster and

never have to deal with annually renewing your dues again! Life Membership Dues

are:

Age Fee

17-35 $500

36-50 $400

51-64 $300

65 & over $200

John Knopp’s Mom Had surgery to remove cancer and is Currently Undergoing Treatment. If there any who are ill or injured, please notify me- Greg Seltzer at: [email protected] or cell-410-459-5842, or at the church during the day, 410-426-1444. I am available for home, hospital, assisted living visits and any pastoral care as needed. "I am assembling birthday information for the Detachment. Please see me at the monthly Detachment meeting or email you birth month & day, NOT YEAR" Thank you.

Greg Seltzer

Chaplian

Membership Report

Chaplain’s Corner

Old breed? New

breed? There’s not

a damn bit of

difference as long

as it’s the Marine

breed.

-LtGen Lewis B.

“Chesty” Puller

The LASHUP


I am happy to report that I have received any death notices on Harford County Marines this past month to report.

Our thoughts and prayers remain with all the Fallen Marines And their Families, especially those we have recognized since establishing our Fallen Marine Program and all yhe Marines of the past who have reported to the Supreme Commandant; Rest inPeace Mighty Warriors. Greg Seltzer [email protected] or cell: 410-459-5842, or at

the church during the day, 410-426-1444

Fallen Marine Report

Adopt a Highway dates as follows:

Oct 15, 2015

We will meet at the VFW at 0900

Contact Mike Buckly

410-638-0144

[email protected]

Detachment 1198

Eagle Scout Good Citizenship Award

We have good participation in the Eagle Scout Good citizenship

Award program. We have 18 detachments in the Department

and of those, 8 are regular participants in the program, including

Harford County.

It is a very enjoyable program for receiving notoriety for the

Detachment and Community.

Home Phone No. 410-692-6971, Cell 443-506-7586

Thank You,

Jeff Beavers

Department Eagle Scout Chairman


Marine Corps League License Plates are available for a one time fee of $30. You continue to pay your normal

registration fee at the time it is normally due. You must be a member in good standing and either the

registered owner or co-owner of the vehicle.

Contact the Department License Plate Chairman,

Craig Reeling, at 443-477-0670 or [email protected]

Operation Welcome Home, New date will be e-mailed.

We will meet at Outback Restaurant in Perry Hall, at 1PM. If you can

attend any OWH, let Lou Cassard know. He can be contacted at

410-557-6358. He will need your contact information in case there

is any change in schedule.

Marine Corps League License Plates

The LASHUP



Operation Welcome Home

Detachment Members at this month First Fridays Bel Air, Sept 4th.

Larry, Art, Lou Leonard, Bouncer, Tim

Craig, Dave, Evie

Woof! Woof! Devil Dogs!!!!

Next Growl will be 23 January. 2016

Chow 0800

Growl 0900

Mad Dog holds muster 0830 for Pups and

Mongrels

Woof ! Woof ! Devil Dogs

PDD Donald Benson

Pound Keeper

Military Order of the Devil Dogs

Detachment 1198

In the VFW Lounge Members of the League are welcome in the VFW lounge, but

keep in mine that if you are NOT a VFW member you MUST

sign the guest book upon entering the lounge! This goes for any

friends or relatives that may accompany you.

Lounge Hours are:

Sunday Closed

Monday Closed

Tuesday 6:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Wednesday 6:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Thursday 4:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Friday 4:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Saturday 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Keep an eye out for Shrimp nights and Friday night dinner

specials!

Thursday is Ladies night. All drinks for the Ladies are 1/2 price.

Don Benson can furnish Detachment members with golf shirts and sweat-

shirts with the Harford County Detachment Logo embroidered upon it.

The price of the golf shirts and sweatshirts start at $31. There are several

types of shirts and colors to select from.

Contact Don directly at 443-845-4439 or email him at

[email protected] if interested.

Dave is always looking for photos from events and activities in which

to include in the Detachment History Books. If you have any, please

share them with him. He will scan and return any photos.

Don’t forget to stop by and see the history books before any regular

Detachment business meeting.

Detachment Shirts Available

History Book

The LASHUP

We have supported our deployed troops by collecting 154

phones in the past month. To date that is over 2220 cell phones.

These phones are sent to a collection point and exchanged for tele-

phone calling cards which are sent to troops overseas. This enables

them to call family and friends at no cost to them.

If you have collected any phone donations, please be sure to bring them to the next business meeting.

Art Romain,

Cell Phones for Soldiers

Detachment 1198

Bingo kitchen duty at VFW Sept. 11th.

Leonard Stielper

Dave Narango

Bill Knox

Evie Remines

Art Romain

Donald Benson

World WarII Honor Flight BWI Sept. 13th

The LASHUP

Fire trucks form an

arch with their Water Cannon as

the Honor Flight

Taxies in.

Crowds of

grateful Americans

there to

greet the

Honor Flight

of 123 Vets.

Detachment 1198

Honor Flight

Page 11 Detachment 1198 Page 11

MCL member in attendance

Don Bensin

Evie Remines

Rick Remines

Bill Knox

Detachment Events and Raffles

13 Sept 1847: Marines help seize the fortress of Chapultepec in Mexico City.

13 Sept 1942: Marines turn back Japanese attack in Battle of Edson’s Ridge on

Guadalcanal.

15 Sept 1950: 1st Marine Division landed

at Inchon, Korea and moved on to

capture Seoul.

20 Sept 1994: 1900 Marines land in Haiti.

28 Sept 1906: Marine Brigade of 2,800

men lands at Havana.

This Month in Marine Corps History

The LASHUP

The LASHUP

M1 Garand Rifle Cal. 30-06

Proceeds benefit the Toys for Tots

Drawing to be held July 4, 2016

Tickets: $5.00 ea. 3 for 10.00

“You do not have to be present to WIN”

For Tickets : Donald Benson 443-845-4439

Winners must be Eligible to Legally Own a Firearm

According to Federal and State Firearm Laws

Department of Maryland News

Modern Day Marine Expo. Sept. 23-24, 2015 Quantico, VA.

Department Meting January 16, 2016 Carroll County

Mid-Winter Conference March 3-5, 2016 Falls Church, VA.

Department Convention April 29-30, 2016 Ocean City

Department meeting hosted by the Carroll County Detachment on J

an. 16, 2016

Jarrettsville Young Marines

The Young Marines meet at the VFW every Thursday night at 7:00 p.m.

Detachment 1198

This is what the New Detachment Shirt

design will look like

Detachment 1198 Annual Membership Renewals Due: September

Jon Danicker

Robert Deal

Cody Lafferty

Tom Myers

Leon Plourde

Kris Scarborough

Greg Seltzer

October

Rob Burns

November

Anthony Brocato

December

John Conrad

Mark Kresel

Harry Langrehr

Patrick Riley

The Lashup

Pound Growl and PicNic, Sept 19, 2015.

Good Friends Good Friends Food….

We had Lots of food so we invited The Boy Scouts.

Future Events

Jarrettsville Young Marine Bull and Crab feast Oct. 3, 2015

Modern Day Marine Expo at Quantico Sept. 22-24, 2015

National Museum of the Marine Corps Buss Trip Sept. 25, 2015

First Friday in Bel Air Oct. 2, 2015

VFW Bingo Kitchen on Oct. 23, 2015

Local Detachment Supports

Help Support our newsletter by getting some area businesses to place an

advertisement in the newsletter. A full page ad costs $40, half page $25 and a

business card ad is only $15. All ads will run for one year.

The ads help offset the cost of publication and postage for the newsletter.

Detachment 1198

This newsletter is published by the Harford County Detachment 1198,

Marine Corps League. LASHUP is Marine slang from the World War II

era that was used to refer to a Marine’s outfit or unit. Copies of the

newsletter are distributed electronically to all Detachment members

and by USPS upon request. Non-members may request to be included

on the distribution list by emailing the detachment adjutant.

The views and opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the

Department of Defense, the U.S. Marine Corps or the Marine Corps

League.

About the LASHUP

Marine Corps League

Harford County Detachment 1198

P.O. Box 656

Jarrettsville, MD 21084-0656

www.facebook.com/MarineCorpsLeague.Detachment1198

Phone: 443-557-9537

THE LASHUP

Marine Corps

League

Harford County

Detachment 1198

P.O. Box 656

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