Kiwaniscope 05 05 2015

Club Officers (2014—2015)

President President Elect Secretary Treasurer Immediate-Past President

Victoria E Davidson Anna Wu David Wallach Izzeldin Osman Mahmood Bashir

Board of Directors (2014—2016)

Robert Barba Charlie Huff

Charles Karsch

Tina Banes Grace Chan

Ray Jan

Board of Directors (2013—2015)

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

by Kiwanis Club of Hacienda Heights, a Registered 501(C)(3) Non-Profit Organization

May 5 , 2015

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Page 12-13 Ribfest 2015 Page 14 Committee Report—Eliminate Page 15 Senior Pathfinder Breakfast Page 16 New Member Bio Page 17-19 An American Hero In Our Midst Page 20 Mother’s Day Sponsorship Fundraiser Page 21 Special Olympic World Games Page 22 Duarte Service Group Olympics Page 23 Summer concerts under the starts Page 24 Kiwanis Day at Petco Park Page 25-26 Member Roster

Page 1 President’s Message Page 2 Club Projects and Chairs Page 3 Upcoming Events & Speakers Page 4 Club Meeting Page 5 Happy & Sad Dollar Page 6 Service Leadership Programs Page 7 2014-15 Slate of Officers Page 8-9 Speaker Page 10 SLP Ltg Introductions Page 11 Monrovia Interclub

Kiwanis Hacienda Heights

P.O. Box 5825 Hacienda Hts, CA 91745

(626) 336-0524 KiwanisHH.org

Meetings: 2nd, 4th Wednesdays 7 AM IHOP, 18261 Gale Ave City of Industry

1st Wednesday, 6 PM Casa Blanca 15822 Gale Ave, Hacienda Heights

Serving the Children of the World www.kiwanis.org

Winner of Newsletter

Award 2013-14

100th Annual Kiwanis International Convention

Amendments and resolutions update

First, convention is less than 60 days away, so this week my message is short and sweet. Please visit www.kiwanis.org/amendments to review the current copy of the amendments and resolutions update. Anna and I will be serving as the club delegates for convention, with Nancy Bashir as our alternate. It is highly important that we hear from all members regarding their thoughts on these amend-ments so that we can vote on behalf of the club as a whole. Have a safe week… ~V~

The President’s Message | By Victoria Davidson

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To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life.

To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.

To promote the adoption and the application of higher social, business and professional standards.

To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive and serviceable citizenship.

To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service and to build better communities.

To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill.

Club Projects and Chairs

PROJECT COORDINATOR 4th of July Kathy Young Adopt-A-Hwy Lon Salgren Fireworks Robert Barba Interclub Kathy Young Kiwaniscope Anna Wu Membership Growth Dave Wallach Kiwanis One Day Anna Wu Pancake Breakfast Lon Salgren Pro Rodeo Dave Wallach Shoes that Fit David Malkin Spiritual Aims Victoria Davison- Castillo Stuff the Bus Dave Wallach Webmaster Anna Wu Weekly Programs Charlie Huff

COMMITTEE CHAIRS Citizen/ Community Mahmood Bashir Service Finance Grace Chan Policies & Procedures David Malkin Project Eliminate Anna Wu Scholarships Dave Wallach Sponsored Youth Dave Wallach Social & Hospitality Susan Jacklin Ribfest Mahmood Bashir Relay For Life Lon Salgren Youth Services Charlie Huff

K I W A N I S I N T E R N A T I O N A L | O B J E C T I V E S

Kiwaniscope Editorial Staff Anna Wu Editor in Chief Lon Salgren Assistant Editor David Malkin Features Editor Mahmood Bashir Contributing Editor Dave Wallach Contributing Editor Kathy Young Contributing Editor

The Kiwanis Club of Hacienda Heights meets 7:00 am on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of every month at IHOP, 18261 Gale Ave, City of Industry. And 1st Wednesday, 6 pm, at Casa Blanca, 15922 Gale Ave, Hacienda Heights.

Dedicated to Changing the World, One Child and One Community at a Time.

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OUR UPCOMING PROGRAMS

5/6/2015 (Evening Mtg) ROP Progress Report/ Tami Pearson 5/13/2015 (Morning Mtg) Teen Parents Excelling Through Adversity/ Gloria Mitchell 5/27/2015 (Morning Mtg) Scholarship Breakfast 6/03/2015 (Evening Mtg) Friends of the Heart/ Sylvia Padilla 6/10/2015 (Morning Mtg) Boys & Girls Club progress report/ Charles Karsch 6/24/2015 (Morning Mtg) San Gabriel Valley YMCA progress report 7/1/2015 (Evening Mtg) Meeting at Wal-Mart parking lot in preparation for 4th of July 7/8/2015 (Morning Mtg) Del Haven progress report/ Tim Seal 7/22/2015 (Morning Mtg) Children's' Literacy/ Vern Moyer 8/5/2015 (Evening Mtg) Creative college funding/ Trevor Ramos

UPCOMING CLUB ACTIVITIES

Fri, May 8th– Mesa Robles 8th Grade Grad Night from 11am-1pm at Mesa Robles Fri, May 8th– Los Altos Senior Honor’s Night from 7pm-9pm at Los Altos High Sat, May 9th – Watershed Restoration, 7am Pickup and drop off at Hacienda Heights Community Center Mon, May 11th – Wilson High Senior Honors Night from 6pm-8pm at Glen A. Wilson Thurs, May 14th – May Division 35 DCM, at Covina Bowl 5:30pm Mon, June 1st – Rowland Height School Senior Honor’s Night from 7pm-9pm at Rowland Height Thurs, June 11th – June Division 35 DCM, at Covina Bowl 5:30pm June 24th –27th – Kiwanis International Convention, Indianapolis, IN July 1st – Club Meeting at Walmart parking lot in preparation of the 4th of July stand July 4th – Hacienda Heights 4th of July Parade

UPCOMING SLP ACTIVITIES

May 4th—May 8th – Eliminate Week—A week to raise awareness and funds for Eliminate Campaign Fri. May 22nd – Key Club Glen A. Wilson Banquet from 1pm-3pm at Bucca de Pepo in Brea Sat. May 30th – Key Club 35 East Bowling Fundraiser 11am-2pm Covina Bowl Sat. May 30th – Key Club 35 West Banquet from 5pm-9pm at Monrovia Community Center

UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS

Wed, May 6th – Hacienda Heights Library Baby Bounce from 10am –10:30am Thurs, May 7th – Hacienda Heights Library Toddler Dance Party from 10am –10:45am Sat, May 9th – Delhaven Community Neighborhood Family Fastival 11am-4pm Sat, May 9th – Mother’s Day Fashion Show and Tea, Rudy Chavarria Scholarship Foundation at Hacienda Heights Community Center at 11:30am $30—benefit HLPUSD students Thurs, May 14th – Friends of the Hacienda Heights Library Used Book Sale 9am-8pm Wed, May 13th – Taste of Heights at Hacienda Heights Community Center at 5pm-8pm Thurs, May 21st – Walnut Valley Rotary Induction Dinner at Diamond Bar Golf Course, 5:30pm—7:30pm Sat, June 27th - Jim David Beautification Day—8:30am contact HHIA for more details



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May 5 , 2015


Madame President Victo-

ria Davidson called the

meeting to order promptly

at 7:00 AM. Charlie Huff

led us in the pledge of

allegiance, followed by

Victoira offering the invo-

cation. Dave Wallach led

us in the singing of our

patriotic song. We wel-

comed our guests,

Officer Rodrigo

Jimenez from CHP, our

guest speaker for the

morning, Andy Chen a

friend of Anna Wu's who

is interested in joining

Kiwanis, Nicole Muller

from Servpro who joined

us to present us with a

generous check for $230,

to go towards project

ELIMINATE, and our First

Son, Robert Castillo. Mad-

ame president led us in

the singing of our

"Welcome Song". We

acknowledged Arlene

Cooper's birthday (04/26)

Jennifer LeBrun’s birthday

(04/27), and Jim & Jean

Stewart's anniversary

(04/29). All in attendance

enthusiastically joined in

and sang the combined

"Happy Birthday & Happy

Anniversary" song. Before

Officer Rodrigo was invit-

ed to speak to us, we

spent some time dotting

the "i's" and crossing the

"t's" finalizing our plan-

ning for the Senior Path-

finder's pancake break-

fast, and Relay for Life. A

Ribfest update was

offered, and all in attend-

ance were requested to

double up their efforts,

selling tickets, and secur-

ing sponsorships and busi-

ness card ad's. Our Region

-13 Trustee Lon Salgren

sold the "Split the Pot"

tickets, our guest Nicole

Muller was requested to

draw the winning tick-

et. Lon was declared the

lucky winner of a whop-

ping $9 Kiwanis dollars.

Our donation cans for RFL,

ELIMINATE, and Children's

hospital were circulated

by Dave Wallach. Our

Madame President Victo-

ria collected food cans for

Del Haven, and performed

the pin and name badge

checks. Our members in

attendance were, Charlie

Huff, Grace Chan, Izzeldin

Osman, David Malkin, Lon

Salgren, Anna Wu,

Mahmood Bashir, Dave

Wallach, and last but not

least Madame President

Victoria Davidson. Yeah!

the usual suspects. Our

meeting was productive,

fun, and informative.

Please join us at our next

meeting and add to the

fun and excitement.


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The Kiwanis Club of Hacienda Heights meets 7:00 am on the 1st, 2nd & 4th Wednesday of every month at IHOP, 18261 Gale Ave, City of Industry. And 3rd Wednesday, 6 pm, at Casa Blanca, 15922 Gale Ave, Hacienda Heights.


Happy & Sad Dollars

April 22nd, 2015

Lon-$1 happy-Filed his Income Tax on time

Mahmood-$ 5 happy for our program, ServPro

generosity, KIWIN'S DCON, No Mustache?

Dave W-$5 happy, KIWIN'S, Wilson High School

success, CHP, Ribfest, Eliminate Program

David M-$3happy his Son turned 37, Rowland Key

Club, Nicole from ServPro

Grace-$1 happy to have a lot of checks and cash

to deposit

Anna-$2 happy for 2 possible new members, KI-

WIN'S DCON, and Kiwaniscope

Charlie-$1 happy 30 yrs a Kiwanian

Kathy-$2 happy Applebees open and gave us a

gift card for Ribfest, Cassie-server from Red Lob-

ster is also a server at Applebees

Rodrigo from CHP gave a happy $1 for no speed-

ing

Victoria-$5 happy-Bob graduated High School,

Camporee for Boy Scouts, New Applebees, Relay

for Life, we are a Model Club for ELIMINATE, Ni-

cole from ServPro $1 sad teeth are breaking



May 5 , 2015

May Birthday’s

Nancy Strinz 5/9 Mahmood Bashir 5/11 Martha Lacomba 5/13

May Anniversarie’s

Richard & Anna 5/23

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Orange Grove Builder’s Club Advisor Ms. Strinz Meeting Time Thrus. 2:45 PM Room 2

Newton Builder’s Club Advisor Meeting Time Thurs. Room Wilson Key Club President (2014-2015) Crystal Espinosa President Elect Crystal Espinosa Advisor Mrs. Delavigne Meeting Time Thrus. 12:30 PM Room B5

Los Altos Key Club President (2014-2015) Sam Liu President Elect Jessica Chang Advisor Mr. Buccholz Meeting Time Thurs. 12:30 PM Room S1

Rowland Key Club President (2014-2015) Sabrina Bodine President Elect Jackie Advisor Mr. Recinos Meeting Time Thurs. 12:30 PM Room Hideout

Wilson KIWIN’S Club President (2014-2015) Lili Anne Labaco President Elect Olivia Tang Advisor Mr. Recinos Meeting Time Wed. 12:30PM Room D6

Los Altos KIWIN’S Club President (2014-2015) Victoria Mezack President Elect Jessica Chang Advisor Mrs. Montgonmery Meeting Time Wed 12:30 PM Room G5

Akton Club at Delhaven Kiwanis Advisor: Ray Jan Location: 1680 Clay Hill Ave, Hacienda Heights,

Akton Club at FFDY Kiwanis Advisor: Izzeldin Osman Location: 15135 Fairgrove Ave, La Puente, For more information on any of the clubs please feel free to contact our SLP Chair: Dave Wallach

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H a c i e n d a H e i g h t s K i w a n i s C l u b

Slate of Club Officers for 2015-2016

President Anna Wu President– Elect Nancy Bashir Vice President Robert Barba Secretary Dave Wallach Treasurer Izzeldin Osman Immediate Past President Victoria Davidson

Directors for 2014-2016 Directors for 2015-2017

Charlie Huff Grace Chan Robert Barba Gino Kwok David Malkin Irma Saucedo Charles Karsch Tina Banes

New slate for 2015-2016 have been determine. We are asking for your vote of confidences for the slate. Club vote will take place next week. For those who will not be in attendance we will take email. Please send responses to Dave Wallach.

Weekly Inspirational Alms

“Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing

the impossible.”

- Francis of Assisi

Upcoming

Cal–Nev–Ha District Event

2015 District Convention

August 13-15, 2015 Sacramento, CA

At the Sacramento Convention Center

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May 5, 2015


Story by David Malkin

Once again Public Information Officer Rodrigo Jimenez provided us with driving safety infor-mation using humor and laughter. Officer Jimenez was our guest speaker again this week. He pre-sented a variety of topics using a mixture of humor and facts. It made his presentation very entertain-ing and at the same time informative. He never looses anyone’s attention. Officer Jimenez again, like he did last year, made it very clear that they do not have a quota for tickets. In fact, he made it very clear it is illegal to have a quota. Tickets are given out when someone breaks the law and it is hoped that the ticket will modify the behavior for compliance. Fines collected go to the community where the activity oc-curred, not the CHP. Drunk driving was first covered, DUI. We learned that it is illegal to drive with a blood alcohol level greater than .08%. One 12oz can of beer equals .02% and takes one hour to pass out of the body. Therefore, 4 beers will get you to the legal limit, regardless if it is light or regular beer and take 4 hours to pass through your system. When you mix alcohol with non-alcoholic beverage, Long Island Tea, you may get over the limit even faster. If you are stopped for possible DUE, there is no pass or

fail; it is how well you perform in a series of tests. The average DUI costs approximately $12,000.00. He demon-strated, with the help of our LTG Mahmood Bashir and guest Andy, using DUI goggles, the effects of alcohol on coordination and balance. Seat belts are critical for saving lives. If you are wearing your seat belt under your armpit or behind you, you will receive a ticket. The belt must be worn over the shoulder from hip to hip. The only driver permitted not to wear a seat belt is a police or CHP officer. This is for safety rea-

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SPEAKER OF THE WEEK RODRIGO JIMENEZ, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL


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sons in case the officer needs to react in an emergency and move quickly to help someone or to protect them-selves from suspects. Speeding is a main cause of accidents and fatalities. If you are in a rush you are usually not paying attention. Add detracted driving, texting, eating, or drinking coffee, you have a potential for a serious incident to occur. Comb you hair, shave and put your make up on prior to leaving the house, not while driving. Sounds basic, but at one time or another we have all done the-se things behind the wheel while driving, not to mention talking on the phone.

DRIVE DEFENSIVELY and DRIVE SMART

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SPEAKER OF THE WEEK RODRIGO JIMENEZ, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL

Perfect Attendance is still within reach!!

These members currently have Perfect Attendance

You can still have prefect Attendance. By attending an Inter-Club or Division Council Meeting you can make up missed meeting!!

Mahmood Bashir

Grace Chan

Victoria Davidson

Charlie Huff

David Malkin

Izzey Osman

Lon Salgren

Dave Wallach

Anna Wu

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Service Leadership Programs

My name is Sophia Uemura, a student of Glen A. Wilson High School and the Lieutenant Governor Elect of the KIWIN’s Gold-stone Division. My vision is to charter more schools and to have more service projects with other branches of our organization. What I dream to accomplish best, however, is to inspire other members of KIWIN’s. There is an abundance of unlocked poten-tial within my division, and I sincerely hope to use the best of my abilities to inspire others around me to reach their goals whether it is getting 100 volunteer service hours, becoming president, decorating their cheer supplies for spirit events, etc. Serving in the KIWIN’s events over the past years has built up my passion for this organization andI look forward to creating these events. They hopefully will help other members have their KIWIN'S moment and realize their passion for service and spirit. I am looking forward to working with the wonderful Kiwanians from Division 35, and have their support of my efforts. Kiwanis Division 35 has always supported KIWIN’S Goldstone Division, and I am excited to get to know all of you, and would like to ex-tend an open invitation for all to join us at our DCM’S, service events and fundraisers. Yours in service, Sophia Uemura —

Greeting from In-coming SLP Lt. Governors

Sophia Uemura KIWIN’S Goldstone Lt. Governor

Stephanie Trinh Circle-K Foothill Division Lt. Governor

Dear Division 35 Kiwanis, Hello! My name is Stephanie Trinh and I go to Cal Poly Pomona as an Environmental Biology major. I will be serving as Foothill Division Lt G for the 2015-2016 year. I am super excited to be serving alongside you guys because Division 35 is filled with such amazing people!! I have grown and learned a lot, following in the footsteps of Alfredo and I am ready to make it on my own. I have a lot of ideas for my division and I hope you guys will support me through thick and thin. I am really looking forward to working together with D35 to soar into greater heights. I love you all! Love, Stephanie.

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Monrovia Interclub

By Anna Wu On Thursday, April 30th we had an interclub with Kiwanis club Monrovia. They had very special speaker, Judy Kramer from the Palo Alto Kiwanis Club. Judy is the Region 5 Coordi-nator for The Eliminate Project. She came all the way down from Palo Alto to talk to two clubs in Division 35. The Glendora club that morning and the Monrovia club during lunch. In attendance from our club (Hacienda Heights) was Lt. Governor Mahmood Bashir, President Victoria Davidson, Division 35 Elimi-nate Chair Anna Wu, and Susan Jacklin. Judy share with us some valuable Eliminate facts as well as some of her personal experi-ence on an Eliminate trip aboard to see wom-en's get vaccinated. The presentations was moving and informative. At the end we were excited to hear that Mon-rovia wants to make the commitment to be-come a Model Club. Monrovia is waiting until their board meeting to make it final, but we are all excited for them nonetheless.

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Ribfest 2015

May 3rd, 2015

15th annual scholarship fundraiser & Miss 4th of July pageant

By Nancy Bashir The barn doors have closed on Ribfest 2015, our 15th annual scholarship fundraiser & Miss 4th of July pageant. The event was held on May 3rd at the Industry Hills Expo Center Pavil-ion, with the festivities beginning with a 5:00 p.m. social hour, and the main event getting un-derway at 6:00 p.m. with a howdy from our very own LTG, Mahmood Bashir, and then a very warm welcome from Madam President, Victoria Davidson. West Covina Kiwanian Brad Man-ning took the helm as emcee & the evening was underway! There were some awesome items on the Silent Auction & Live Auction tables, and the attendees had lots of fun with the bidding. The other half of the Magnificent Mannings, West Covina President Ken Manning, served as auctioneer. The KIWIN’S, Key-Club, and Circle K were on hand to serve the crowd lots of yummy ribs & chicken, salad, potatoes, bread, and cake. Congressman Ed Royce took the stage to acknowledge the hard work & dedication of the KIWIN’S & Key Club Presidents of Los Altos & Wilson High Schools. After the entire crowd voted, Nicole Beltran was chosen Miss 4th of July. She & her court, Jade Wong & Stephanie Liu, were given scholarships, and will reign over the Hacienda Heights “I Love America” 4th of July parade. We were honored with two very special guests, Cal-Nev-Ha Governor “WooHoo” Alan Guire & First Lady “Mrs. WooHoo” Melissa Guire. With happy smiles & full tummies, the evening came to a close around 9:00 p.m. Until next year…..!

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Ribfest 2015

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Committee Report

It’s Eliminate Week!! Our sponsor youth programs are really getting the word out about Eliminate and excited to raise funds and save lives!! I see Eliminate all over social media, all over the schools, and it’s exciting to see the youth so com-mitted to such a worthy cause.. Below are just some of the photos of Elimi-nate Week.

International Project

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HACIENDA HEIGHTS KIWANIS CLUB SERVES PANCAKE BREAKFAST TO

ROWLAND HEIGHTS SENIOR PATHFINDERS

Story by David Malkin The Hacienda Heights Kiwanis Club held their annual “Thank You” pancake breakfast for the Rowland Heights Senior Pathfinders. About 50 seniors en-joyed a breakfast of special Kiwanis pancakes, eggs, sausage, coffee and or-ange juice. For the past several years our Kiwanis club has served this break-fast to express our gratitude to the seniors for their support of our Kiwanis activities, especially for their donations to the Shoes That Fit Program and Pull Tabs for Ronald McDonald House. The Rowland Heights Senor Pathfind-ers surprised us with a check for $141.00 for our Shoes That Fit fund. Dave Wallach was on the pancake grill with Victoria Davidson-Castillo as-sisting, Charles Huff was on the sausage grill with David Malkin assisting, Mahmood was on the scrambled eggs grill, while Grace Chan made the eggs Lon Salgren made the pancake batter and brought the trailer to the park and kept the equipment working. It was truly a team effort. It was an enjoyable pancake breakfast for all and we will be back next year to repeat it.

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New Member Bio

Irma Saucedo

One of our newest members comes to our club from the La Puente Industry club. Irma Saucedo!! Now many of us already know Irma because of her sister Blanca of Casa Blance, but for those who hasn’t had a chance to get to know Irma, here is a little bio on our new member. Anna: Hi Irma, thank you so much for agreeing to do this little bio/ intro. And of course wel-come to our club! First questions, when did you first join Kiwanis? And which club? Irma: I first joined Kiwanis in September of 2011 and it was the La Puente Industry club. Anna: How did you hear about Kiwanis? Irma: My sister Blanc was apart of Kiwanis and I was helping her with a lot of her projects and events. Anna: What motivated you to join? Irma: Well, I really enjoyed volunteering and helping out with the events and help out the chil-dren. Anna: Since you been a member what do you like most about Kiwanis? Irma: I like helping out with the events and I especially like it when the events are successful. I also really like the Rose Float delectating and helping feed the volunteers. Anna: Tell us about your family. Irma: I’m married, have 2 daughters, and 1 grand-daughter. Anna: Do you have any hobbies? Irma: I like playing cards Anna: Tell us about what it is you do for a living? Irma: I work for the City of Industry Senior center and have been for the last 38 years. It’s the only job I had and I really like it. Anna: Lastly, anything else you would like to share? Irma: I think Hacienda Heights is a really good club and am excited to be apart of it. Anna: Thank you so much and we look forward to serving with you.

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AN AMERICAN HERO IN OUR MIDST Gunnery Sergeant Brian C. Jacklin Acceptance Speech

AN AMERICAN HERO IN OUR MIDST

By Susan M Jacklin United States Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton:;April 9, 2015, 10 am: I had the profound honor to witness my son Gunnery Sergeant Brian C. Jacklin of MARSOC Division Ma-rine Raiders, receive the Navy Cross Medal, our country’s 2nd highest military decoration awarded for valor for ex-traordinary heroism in combat. I could go on and on about the pride a mother feels for her son to witness such an epic even like this, a once in a lifetime honor to say the least, but, what I’d like to do instead, is to share the essence of my son’s feelings in his own words about that particular mission and the ensuing 2 days of battle it took to gain victory over the enemy. I honor the other men involved for their heroic deeds, and I hope you will be touched by the selfless acts and love these men have for country and themselves in a way you’ve never known or felt before. I love my son dearly, and love and respect all those he serves with, in past battles, this battle, and I pray that there won’t be a next. I can tell you that the brotherhood they share is unique and solid to the core within them all. I have been privileged to meet these men, the sons of other very proud mom’s….we are a united force, a fam-ily within, together for our sons of whom we are so incredibly proud to call “our hero”.

Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you all for taking the time to be part of such tremendous occasion. I would like to start by saying how proud and humbled I am to receive such a prestigious award. This is an honor that will remain with me throughout the rest of my life, and I thank you for the opportunity to represent both MARSOC and the Marine Corps in accepting it. However, the power and merits of this organization can never be measured in one’s actions alone. It is in the collec-tive bond we share throughout the course of our service together that enables the great acts of heroism and sacri-fice that have become the standard amongst the operators of our unit. Truly, this ceremony is a testament to the courage and devotion exhibited on a regular basis by rough men, ready to do whatever is necessary to make good on the faith that our brothers and command put in us. These are men who would rather die than live with the shame that they didn’t offer their last breath in service to the man to their left and right in battle. These men you see before you today, along with HM1 Walker and SSgt Pass, who cannot be here to due to opera-tional commitments, embody the very best that the Marine Corps and MARSOC have to offer. East man was shaped through immense trials of personal fortitude and dedication, giving all he had to offer at times when only the great pride of walking the path least traveled was there to keep him company. Through consistent discipline, drive and sacrifice, they have risen to the top of their trade and embody the ethos of the Marine Raider—a man who displays the very pinnacle of soldierly virture and unwavering loyalty; a man who will never quit or surrender, and will at all times stand ready to sacrifice whatever is needed to accomplish the mission. The men who swell the ranks surround-ing you today are these men, and stand as shining examples of what our nation entrusts its freedoms and respect to.

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There has never been a prouder experience in my military career than June 14th and 15th of 2012; not because of any-thing I did, but because of what I saw done by others. There is no way to express the magnitude of heroism AND destruction that is possible when men of extraordinary skill and tenacity lay everything on the line for each other. Nothing is more awe inspiring than the look of fellow operators’ faces as they are surrounded by death. The casual smile of confidence as they acknowledge that things will be as they will be, and if this is the way we die, then let’s do it right and honor our legacy. When surrounded on all sides by 7-8 times our numbers, we faced what seemed the inevitability of death as we attempted a daytime CASEVAC of our grievously wounded. Not a man before you here skipped a beat in their com-mitment to seeing their injured brothers home. All or nothing, death or glory, these men before you charged out into the heaviest barrage of fire I’ve seen in over 10 years of combat to get the job done. Their resolute determina-tion and violence of action, coupled with divine intervention secured the lives of Captain Herrera and Sgt Briere. I have no doubt that had we not been forged in the severest of training and God did not have a purpose for us in this life, we would not be standing here today. I would also like to acknowledge the other key players who kept us alive throughout the fight. To LtCol Brooks, and MGySgt Kelly, thank you for your tireless efforts to ensure we had every authority and resource necessary to turn the tide of momentum in our favor. You never questioned our actions on the ground, only what we needed to win. This trust in small unit leadership speaks volumes for what MARSOC has become, and its promise for future endeav-ors. To the brave aircrews of the close air support and CASEVAC platforms who routinely flew through hails of gunfire to kill our enemy and rescue our wounded, you are and always will be the guardian angels of the man on the ground, and deserve every praise we can offer. To our brave brethren of SEAL Team Three, who came out to reinforce and fight with us throughout the second day of carnage, your efforts and professionalism are not forgotten. These SEALs fought with us side by side, and at a cost of casualties of their own. As we move towards a future of integrated operations, I will always remember the steadfast valor exhibited by these men, and hold only the highest of esteem for their capabilities. Most importantly, I would like to thank our wives and families, who stand by us through our trials and successes, and who take a back seat to the teams at home so that we can go “live the dream” around the world; who often wait in vain for the men they love to come home, only to find that we are no longer as they remembered, but hard-ened and calloused to family life. Your struggles are infinitely harder than ours, and your payoff all too often falls short of that deserved. For the families of those loved and lost in service, most recently in the tragic helicopter crash off the coast of Florida, our thoughts and prayers are with you. You are, and always will be, family to us, hold-ing a sacred place in our hearts and by our sides. Finally, I have known no greater honor or satisfaction in this life than to have been afforded the opportunity to serve with the men who fill our ranks here today. I am eternally grateful to be accepted amongst them, and that I may hold my head high in their presence. The wisdom of our old breed, combined with the vigor of our new, inspires me daily to earn my place among these warriors. There can be no resting on our laurels here, for every day brings new challenges and triumphs, and we will always stand ready to meet them head on, with smiles on our faces and deter-mination in our hearts. Brothers, never above you, never below you, always beside you! Semper Fidelis.

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