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Susan Sturgis 
Posts: 7069
Bear, DE
In Memory of Ed "Old Iron" Barrett
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| 03 Jul 2009 11:05 AM |
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The Units Command has invited the PGR to form two rows of motorcycles wherein the returning troops will deplane and walk about 300 feet between us into a hangar where they will be reunited with their families.
Staging Information up-Date
Address: 3280 Airflite Way, Long Beach, CA 90807-5312. Click here for Map!
Staging: We will stage on the side of Wardlow Road just past the Boeing C-17 building (pointing east)
Time: 0630 - 0645. (we would like to be lined up and ready by 0700).
KSU: About 0700
1st A/C scheduled in at 0730 and the 2nd at 0925).
R/C: Hooter
We will only ride about 1/4 of a mile from the staging area onto the tarmac, where we will park two rows of bikes to form a "gauntlet" that the troops will walk through from the plane into the hangar. As the US Army seems to constantly change things, once staged on Wardlow Road, we will await our Airport Operations and Airport Police escort onto the tarmac.
Here are the driving directions:
405 Southbound
<script></script>
- From the 405 Southbound, take the Cherry/Spring St exit.
- Merge right onto E. Spring St
- Turn right on Cherry Ave
- Follow Cherry Ave to Wardlow (approx 1.2 miles from 405)
- Turn Right on Wardlow Road to the staging area just past the Boeing C-17 hangar.
405 Northbound
- From the 405 Northbound, take the Cherry exit.
- Turn right onto Cherry and head North approximate .7 mile
- At Wardlow, turn right
This mission involves an aircraft arrival. Arrival times can change at the last minute so please check this thread for the staging time.
You do not have to be a Veteran or a motorcycle rider to attend this mission. Everyone is welcome. We encourage those who do not ride to attend in your car. If this will be your first mission go to the staging area and you will be briefed there. Dress for motorcycle riding or dress casually if you are driving a cage (car).
Please monitor this thread by checking the "Email me when someone replies to this thread." bug and you will receive an email if there are any updates. Please ride/drive safely.
Ride Safe!!!
Semper Fi,
John
(AKA: Hooter)
Patriot Guard Rider/Ride Captain
<script></script>
The Units Command has invited the PGR to form two rows of motorcycles wherein the returning troops will deplane and walk about 300 feet between us into a hangar where they will be reunited with their families.
We will stage in the parking lot at 3280 Airflite Way - Long Beach, CA 90807-5312
A full itinerary will follow.
R/C Borg & Hooter
This mission involves an aircraft arrival. Arrival times can change at the last minute so please check this thread for the staging time.
You do not have to be a Veteran or a motorcycle rider to attend this mission. Everyone is welcome. We encourage those who do not ride to attend in your car. If this will be your first mission go to the staging area and you will be briefed there. Dress for motorcycle riding or dress casually if you are driving a cage (car).
Please monitor this thread by checking the "Email me when someone replies to this thread." bug and you will receive an email if there are any updates. Please ride/drive safely.
Craig H Donor
GySgt USMC (ret)
Cell 909 208 7703
pgrgunny-001@yahoo.com
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BootLady
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TOU Enforcement Agent
"In God We Still Trust" Diamond Rio - Diamond Rio's Greatest Hits II
"You may die with nothing, but if you have brought a rainbow into somebody else's life, your mission is complete." |
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mailman
Posts: 21723
West Branch, MI - Michigan Regional Ride Captain Zephyrhills, FL - Florida Senior Ride Captain
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| 03 Jul 2009 12:11 PM |
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| Welcome Home Soldiers!! Thank you for your service to our Nation. God Bless You!! |
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"Eyes on the olive branch, but arrows at the ready."
Jim
"mailman"
US Army 1970 - 1972 |
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jnanney
Posts: 850
Riverside, CA. R/C
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| 03 Jul 2009 7:13 PM |
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| Nettie and I are standing by. See you there. |
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Semper-fi!
John (AKA: Hooter) and Nettie
Both of us USMC 1979 - 1986
In honor of Armand R. Pigeon, Msgt, USMC (Ret) WWII, Korea, Pearl Harbor Survivor. (Father)
In honor of Roy Bailey, PVT, Army, WWII, France, Purple Heart & Bronze Star. (Step-Father)
In honor of Ivan Ellis Nanney, PVT, Army, WWI European Theater. (Grand-Father).
In honor of our Son Warren A. Nanney, Former US Navy Silent Service, (4th Gen. Warrior). |
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hbiker
Posts: 1270
huntington beach
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| 04 Jul 2009 8:27 AM |
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Welcome Home Warriors !! It will be an honor to personally welcome you home.
hbiker
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borg
Posts: 47
Murrieta, Riverside, CA
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| 04 Jul 2009 11:08 AM |
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| Borg ready and standing by.
Remember all. this is a flight in....subject to change...keep checking here for details.
Thanks
Nanny and Borg R/C's for this event.
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hdpgsusnavyvet
Posts: 257
Southern California
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| 04 Jul 2009 1:42 PM |
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| Let's start thinking about meeting places to ride to this event; like the Corona Park N Ride, etc . . . |
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Philip 'Buz' Sawyer
Proud UCLA Bruin alum
Proud US Navy CTI Russian linguist / 'airdale' VietNam era vet
Proud son of a WWII Army Air Corp vet / Pacific theater B-17 plane captain
Proud grandson of a WWI Army Infantry vet
Proud father of a US Army soldier just back from his 2nd tour of duty in Iraq
Proud uncle of a US Navy sailor serving aboard the USS Nimitz
Proud SoCal PGR rider since Nov 2007 / ID # 124062 meaning there are AT LEAST 124,062 of us |
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sdoise
Posts: 8050
Kinder, La.
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| 04 Jul 2009 5:58 PM |
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| Welcome home Soldiers. Thank you for your service to preserve our freedom and way of life. |
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Schelly "Toro"
Ride Captain for Lake Charles, La. and surrounding area
American Legion Post 318, Elton, La.
DEFINITION OF A VETERAN
A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life."
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YellowWinger
Posts: 29
San Clemente CA
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| 05 Jul 2009 8:57 AM |
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| I will have a contingent of riders comming from OC and will watch for the details as they crop up... Keep us informed for this mission...Yellowwinger. |
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monmixr
Posts: 1723
Bartlett, Illinois
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| 08 Jul 2009 2:07 PM |
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| Welcome Home Soldiers! Thank you for your Service! |
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Proud member of the often imitated never duplicated Illinois Patriot Guard Riders.
Eric C. Kuhn
Road Captain
Illinois Patriot Guard Riders
In memory of CPT Steven M. Strickland B/3 AVN BN 15 SEP 1980
In memory of CW3 Donald G. Cicuzza Jr.
In memory of Carl W. Kuhn WWII Vet. 1927-2009 |
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BaggerJohn
Posts: 14
So-Cal
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| 08 Jul 2009 7:54 PM |
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| Will there be anyone leaving from the Orange area in and around the Block of Orange for this mission? If so, please give a shout out and time frame. Thanks |
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Riding in honor of my dad, Gene A. Cruz, Navy, Korea and my little brother Ronald G. Cruz USMC 69-72 Their missions are complete. |
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55griff55
Posts: 11
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| 10 Jul 2009 8:08 AM |
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| what time ? |
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patnpath
Posts: 129
Hinton, West Virginia
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| 10 Jul 2009 5:23 PM |
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| Welcome Home to the Deployed Army Unit of Long Beach, Ca, and thank you for your service to the USA in the GWOT. Your contribution to our safety and freedom from terror reflects on your strength of character as Americans. May God grant you each an extra measure of his grace. God bless you all. |
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Pat Hanifin, Sr.
WVPGR District 10 Ride Captain
USAF Veteran 70-74
Vietnam Veteran 72-73
Riding in honor of my parents: 1st LT Robert W. Hanifin and 2nd LT Elizabeth L. Hanifin
and uncle: 2nd LT C. Steve Hanifin, US Army Air Corps
Riding with my brothers:
Bob Hanifin USAF 68-72 and CA PGR member
Terry Hanifin, Florida PGR Ride Captain, mentor, medic, and FNC RC |
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Bravo3/75
Posts: 0
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| 13 Jul 2009 5:04 PM |
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| What time? Is anyone riding out of Los Alamitos or surrounding area's? |
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dldimick
Posts: 1
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| 13 Jul 2009 11:43 PM |
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Paul,
There is a 50-50 chance I will be riding out from Westminster. I'll know more as time gets closer.
Lynn Dimick |
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In honor of my brother, Denis G Dimick, USMC and my brother in law, Matthew J Singleton, USMC, USN
Lynn Dimick |
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simigene
Posts: 58
Simi Valley, Ca
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| 17 Jul 2009 9:18 AM |
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| Will there be a time posted for this???????? |
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Gene L
USAF 1966-1970
4453 OMS TAC
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jnanney
Posts: 850
Riverside, CA. R/C
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| 17 Jul 2009 10:42 AM |
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Staging Information up-Date
Address: 3280 Airflite Way, Long Beach, CA 90807-5312. Click here for Map!
Staging: We will stage on the side of Wardlow Road just past the Boeing C-17 building (pointing east)
Time: 0630 - 0645. (we would like to be lined up and ready by 0700).
KSU: About 0700
1st A/C scheduled in at 0730 and the 2nd at 0925).
We will only ride about 1/4 of a mile from the staging area onto the tarmac, where we will park two rows of bikes to form a "gauntlet" that the troops will walk through from the plane into the hangar. As the US Army seems to constantly change things, once staged on Wardlow Road, we will await our Airport Operations and Airport Police escort onto the tarmac.
Here are the driving directions:
405 Southbound
- From the 405 Southbound, take the Cherry/Spring St exit.
- Merge right onto E. Spring St
- Turn right on Cherry Ave
- Follow Cherry Ave to Wardlow (approx 1.2 miles from 405)
- Turn Right on Wardlow Road to the staging area just past the Boeing C-17 hangar.
405 Northbound
- From the 405 Northbound, take the Cherry exit.
- Turn right onto Cherry and head North approximate .7 mile
- At Wardlow, turn right
Ride Safe!!! |
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Semper-fi!
John (AKA: Hooter) and Nettie
Both of us USMC 1979 - 1986
In honor of Armand R. Pigeon, Msgt, USMC (Ret) WWII, Korea, Pearl Harbor Survivor. (Father)
In honor of Roy Bailey, PVT, Army, WWII, France, Purple Heart & Bronze Star. (Step-Father)
In honor of Ivan Ellis Nanney, PVT, Army, WWI European Theater. (Grand-Father).
In honor of our Son Warren A. Nanney, Former US Navy Silent Service, (4th Gen. Warrior). |
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towman95
Posts: 2407
Bullhead City Az. Forum Moderator
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| 17 Jul 2009 11:15 AM |
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| update posted for staging |
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USMC 1979 - 1983
FREEDOM ISNT FREE.
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM IS WRITTEN ON THE WALL!!! |
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jnanney
Posts: 850
Riverside, CA. R/C
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| 17 Jul 2009 9:43 PM |
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Up-date
It appears that there will be media and quite a few dignitaries at this event. Members of the returning unit will be receiving some awards, during a ceremony at the Hangar. Some of which will be a Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and an Army Achievement Medal. All of which say quite abot about the great job, hard work and heroism that these men and women performed!
This will be quite a welcome home! |
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Semper-fi!
John (AKA: Hooter) and Nettie
Both of us USMC 1979 - 1986
In honor of Armand R. Pigeon, Msgt, USMC (Ret) WWII, Korea, Pearl Harbor Survivor. (Father)
In honor of Roy Bailey, PVT, Army, WWII, France, Purple Heart & Bronze Star. (Step-Father)
In honor of Ivan Ellis Nanney, PVT, Army, WWI European Theater. (Grand-Father).
In honor of our Son Warren A. Nanney, Former US Navy Silent Service, (4th Gen. Warrior). |
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jnanney
Posts: 850
Riverside, CA. R/C
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| 19 Jul 2009 10:40 AM |
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Post Mission Update
We had about 12 PGR bikes/members and about 14 Blue Knights show up. We proceeded onto the Tarmac where the PGR lined up on the left and the Blue Knights limed up on the right forming two rows of bikes for the soldiers to walk through.
The first aircraft arrived at 0730 and the men and women disembarked to the waiting arms of their loved ones.
After this about 6 PGR members had to leave to make the KIA mission in Glendale. We reformed our line making a single file line with our bikes for the second aircraft arrival. At 1015 the second aircraft arrived, and all where there to greet them as the deplaned.
This was a great mission, and hart warming in the midst of the knowledge that the PGR was actively and simultaneously dealing with Three Fallen Soldiers in Southern California.
Well done PGR and Thank You!!! |
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Semper-fi!
John (AKA: Hooter) and Nettie
Both of us USMC 1979 - 1986
In honor of Armand R. Pigeon, Msgt, USMC (Ret) WWII, Korea, Pearl Harbor Survivor. (Father)
In honor of Roy Bailey, PVT, Army, WWII, France, Purple Heart & Bronze Star. (Step-Father)
In honor of Ivan Ellis Nanney, PVT, Army, WWI European Theater. (Grand-Father).
In honor of our Son Warren A. Nanney, Former US Navy Silent Service, (4th Gen. Warrior). |
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Launcher
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| 07 Aug 2009 11:49 AM |
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Any photos available?
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