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Greetings Marines, Corpsmen and Associates:

I hope this month’s edition finds you all well and warm. To begin, the Bel Air

Gun Show earlier this month was a successful event for the detachment; and I

want to thank all the members who worked the gun show.

At the last meeting I presented Marine Kris

Scarborough with the MCL Distinguished Service

Medal upon completion of his combat tour in

support of Operation Enduring Freedom. I wish

to thank him again for a job well done!

We are coming to that time of year when we will

choose our officers for the next year. As such, we

formed a nomination committee at the January

meeting. If you are interested in running for an officer position, or if there is

someone you’d like to see as an officer, come to the meeting and submit their

name. The only requirement for nomination is that he or she be a member in

good standing and current on dues. The positions up for election are the

Commandant, Sr. Vice Commandant, Jr. Vice Commandant and Judge

Advocate.

Your support is what makes this detachment work so well. I look forward to

seeing you all this month at our next meeting.

Semper Fidelis,

Don Benson

Commandant’s Comments

February 2012

Detachment Officers:

Donald Benson, Commandant

Pete Arnold, Sr. Vice Commandant

Gene Wlock, Jr. Vice Commandant

Evie Remines, Judge Advocate

Charles Warns, Jr. Past Commandant/

Fallen Marine/Ceremonial Unit

Coordinator

Craig Reeling, Adjutant/ Scouting

Coordinator

Dick Wischhusen, Paymaster

Bill Yarbrough, Chaplain

Warren McNicholas, Sergeant–at-Arms

VACANT— Public Information

Bud Reick, Quartermaster

Dave Franz, Historian

Larry Dietrich, Harford County

Veterans Commission Representative

James F. Ports, Legislative Officer

Commandant’s Comments, From the Sr. Vice Commandant

1

Detachment Calendar, Jr. Vice Commandant’s Corner

2

Detachment Business and Activities 3-6

A Marine Corps Icon, Marine Corps History

7

VFW Lounge, Det Shirts, Det History, and Cell Phones for Soldiers

8

Detachment Rifle Raffle Fund Raiser 9

LashUp Supporters Ads 10-11

About The LashUp, Submissions 10

Inside this issue:

NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS LEAGUE

Donald J. Benson, Sr., Commandant

Raymond F. Ayres, Newsletter Editor

THE LASHUP

From the Sr. Vice Commandant

The Bel Air Gun Show we participated in was a big success for us in two ways.

We were awarded a trophy for best overall display at the show. The trophy is

now in our display cabinet at the VFW. The second success was we sold $1300

worth of Mauser rifle raffle tickets. Thanks to Marines Benson, Wlock, Beavers,

Kaufman, Dietrich, Franz, Romain, Reeling and Ken Phillips for working the

show.

It is time to mark your calendar. The detachment has set Saturday, 12 May as

our next Bull Roast/Shrimp Feast. Start now and get a group together and plan

to attend this fund raiser.

If you are interested in helping to plan for our detachment’s 10th anniversary

celebration contact Marine Warns at 410-804-6955.

Semper Fi,

Pete Arnold

Semper Fi Fellow Marines, Corpsmen, and Associates,

First, I would like to take this opportunity to

welcome Marine Owen A. McNiff, Associate Brian

Ticha, and Associate Bob Schaffer our newest

members. Owen entered the Marine Corps in

1977 and was released from active duty in 1981.

Owen’s MOS was 6124, Helicopter Power Plants

Mechanic, T-63. Brian and Bob were recruited by

Marine Jeff Beavers. Welcome aboard Owen,

Brian and Bob.

Our Toys for Tots program had an audit done this year by the foundation

and we did very well. The audit team counted every toy in the warehouse

and came up with a total of 6,452 toys left over from this years collection.

This is not a bad thing as the toys we have left over gives us a jump on the

school and church request for next year. As you know, the schools need to

be completed before they close for the Christmas holidays.

This year I am planning to catch up on some detachment activities I sort of

put on the back burner such as getting our sales tax exemption approved

and working on some trips to the National Museum of the Marine Corps and

Wounded Warrior Battalion at Camp Lejeune. We will also be working on

our annual picnic and the trailer for the parades. All in all it looks like a

very busy year shaping.

We will also be helping out at the Bel Air First Fridays and the Barbecue

Bash. Hopefully we will be able to set up one of our tents this year to

showcase the detachment’s community involvement. All we need is help

manning them. Thanks to all that helped with making last year such a

great success.

Semper Fi,

Gene Wlock

Detachment Calendar

February

28 Detachment Meeting at

VFW Post, 7:00 p.m.

March

10 Department Spring Staff

Meeting and Maryland Pack

Growl hosted by the Carroll

Co. Detachment, American

Legion, 2 Sycamore Street,

Westminster, MD

24 MODD Pound 333 Growl

at VFW Post, 9:00 a.m.


VFW Post, 7:00 p.m.

April

7 Detachment Bake Sale,

Wal-Mart in Abingdon, 10:00

a.m. to 3:00 p.m.


VFW Post, 7:00 p.m.

26-28 Department of Maryland

MCL Convention and Maryland

Pack Grand Growl, Princess

Royale Hotel, Ocean City, MD

May

12 Detachment Bull Roast/

Shrimp Feast at VFW Post,

6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

19 Armed Forces Day


VFW Post, 7:00 p.m.

28 Memorial Day (Observed)

30 Memorial Day

PAGE 2 NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS

Jr. Vice Commandant’s Corner

Marine Corps Women’s Reserve

On 13 February 1943, Women Marines

were reestablished as Marine Corps

Women’s Reserve. Colonel Ruth Cheney

Streeter was the first Director of the

United States

Marine Corps

Women's

Reserve and

served until 7

December

1945.

Colonel Ruth Cheney Streeter,

USMCWR, First Director of the

United States Marine Corps

Woman’s Reserve.

Detachment Business and Activities

Chaplain’s Home

Wild Bill Collins continues to recover

at Manor Care Rossville, 6600 Ridge

Rd., Rosedale, MD 21237. Bill

improves everyday, but still needs

more surgeries to get him off sick call.

Bill can receive visitors, so if you get

a chance stop by and pay him a visit.

Marines Dick Lowe is still on sick call and

continues to recover. Currently Dick is staying

with family.

Bob Lund continues his recovery from surgery

and is almost 100% now.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to all our

members and member’s family who’ s names I

have reported on these past few months.

Please remember to give me a call at 410-879-

1637 or email me at [email protected]

to notify me of any illness or passing of a

member or family members.

For God, Country, Corps and League,

Bill Yarbrough

Chaplain

Fallen Marine Report

I am happy to state we

have not receive any

notification of any Fallen

Marine this past month.

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 the Marines of the past who

have reported to the Supreme Commandant;

Rest in Peace Mighty Warriors.

Respectfully Submitted,

Charlie Warns

Detachment Membership Report

The detachment strength

according to the December general

meeting has the detachment at 89

members of which 83 are paid and

6 in arrears. Of the 89 members

44 are paid life members.

RENEWALS: With the exception of life members

each member must pay a $35.00 annual renewal

each year. This is due during the anniversary of

the month that the member joined the

detachment. Members who receive a renewal due

notice in the mail from National Headquarters

should submit their payment to the detachment

adjutant/paymaster at the next monthly meeting

or by mailing your check to:

Marine Corps League

Harford County Detachment

Attn: Paymaster

P.O. Box 656

Jarrettsville, MD 21084-0656

If you don’t want to deal with annual renewal of

your membership think about life membership.

Life Membership Dues are as follows:

EFFECTIVE 1/1/2009

AGE

17-35 $500

36-50 $400

51-60 $300

61 and over $150

NEW MEMBERS: Marine Owen McNiff, and two

new associate members Bob Schaffer and Brian

Ticha this past month.

Don’t forget, every Marine Corps League

member is a Marine Corps League recruiter.

Semper Fidelis,

Dick Wischhusen

Paymaster


Detachment Business and Activities—Continued


Operation Welcome Home

Our next trip to BWI to

welcome home the

troops is Thursday, 23

February. We need to

be at the airport at 5

pm. We will meet at

the Outback Restaurant

in Perry Hall at 4 pm.

PLEASE MARK YOU CALENDARS AND LET

ME KNOW IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND. I can

be reached by phone at 410-258-8733 or e-mail:

[email protected].

Pete Arnold

Sr. Vice Commandant

Marine Corps League License Plates

Any members who is in

good standing in the

Marine Corps League

may purchase Marine

Corps League license

plate (auto and motorcycle).

In this interim period while Marine Bill Collins,

our MCL license plates coordinator, is out for

recovery from his auto accident, Past

Department Commandant Jack Colleran of the

Baltimore Detachment is the state chairman for

the Marine Corps League License Program. If

interested in obtaining these organizational

plates, please contact Jack at (410) 647-3877 or

at 44 Benfield Rd, Severna Park, MD 21146.

Semper Fidelis,

Ray Ayres

Newsletter Editor

Detachment’s 10th Anniversary

Committee

The detachment was

chartered in March 2005 and

as such, the Board of

Trustees would like to begin

planning for our 10th

anniversary celebration and

is looking for volunteers to

serve on the anniversary

committee.

If you are interested in helping to plan our

celebration please contact Jr. Past Commandant

Charlie Warns to volunteer.

Ray Ayres

Newsletter Editor

Marine Corps League Convention

2012 Department of Maryland

Marine Corps League Convention

April 26th , 27th & 28th, 2012

PRINCESS ROYALE OCEANFRONT HOTEL

& CONFERENCE CENTER

9100 COASTAL HIGHWAY OCEAN CITY,

MARYLAND 21842

410-524-7777

NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS


Bel Air Gun Show

The detachment was awarded a trophy for having the “Best Overall Display” at this years gun show.

Nomination and Election of Detachment

Officers

In accordance with Article 2, section 225 of the

Detachment By-laws the commandant has

appointed Marines Charlie Warns and Craig

Reeling to handle the nominations of officers for

this coming year. As a result of the January

meeting the following individuals have been

nominated for the position indicated:

for commandant—Pete Arnold,

for sr. vice commandant—Gene Wlock,

for jr. vice commandant—Evie Remines,

and for judge advocate—Jeff Beavers.

This slate of nominated members for office will be

present during the February meeting. Additional

nominations may be made from the floor at this

meeting. Election of officers shall be held during

the March meetings and newly elected officers

will be installed during the April meeting. If you

are interested in a detachment elected or

appointed post please contact Charlie at 410-804-

6955, email [email protected] or Craig at 443-

477-0670, email [email protected].

Detachment Marine of the Year

I am soliciting your nomination

for the Detachment Marine of

the Year. Any Marine Corps

League member in good standing

can be nominated for this

recognition. I have set a

suspense date for nominations no

later than 29 February 2012.

Nominations can be mailed to

our P.O. Box, emailed back to

me, or hand delivered to the Sr. Vice Arnold or me

at the February detachment meeting. Here are

some things to consider in making your

nomination:

- Activities within the Marine Corps League

which demonstrate devotion to the principle

and purpose of the Marine Corps and the

Marine Corps League, and/or

- Achievements and activities in the Marine

Corps League and other Veterans

organizations, and/or

- Achievements and activities in community,

civic, and social organizations which would

enhance the posture of the Marine Corps and

the Marine Corps League, and/or

- Hold any elected or appointed detachment,

department or national office.

Don Benson

Commandant



Military Order of the Devil

Dogs Pound 333

Woof woof,

On 28 January 2012 at our

last Pound Growl PDD

Dick Wischhusen was

selected as our Dog of the

Year. Congratulations to

Dick and thanks for all

your contributions to

Pound 333.

Don’t forget the Maryland Pack Growl on 10 March

2012 in Carroll County. Pack growl will follow the

Department Staff Meeting. Our next Pound growl

will be held on 24 March 2012, at the Jarrettsville

VFW Dog House. The growl will start at 0900.

Breakfast will be served beginning at 0800 for a cost

of 5 bones. The Mad Dog will be expecting Pups and

Mongrels at 0830.

Woof woof,

Charlie Warns

Pound Keeper

VA Maryland Health Care

System News

The Veterans Affairs (VA) Maryland Health Care

System is hosting an Open House & Information Fair on

Thursday, March 8, 2012, any time from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

in the Gymnasium, Building 314, at the Perry Point VA

Medical Center. If you served in the armed forces and

received an honorable discharge, you may qualify for

health care benefits from the Department of Veterans

Affairs. VA staff will be available to answer questions,

accept enrollment applications, or guide Veterans in

completing their application paperwork. Veterans and

their family members can also visit information tables to

learn more about VA compensation benefits and

available health care services. Presentations on VA

primary care, prescription and social work programs,

services offered to returning Veterans from Iraq and

Afghanistan, and the MyHealtheVet online service will

occur at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 7 p.m., each lasting

approximately 50 minutes.

All Veterans are encouraged to enroll for care with the

VA Maryland Health Care System. It costs nothing to

enroll, and it may be one of the most important things a

Veteran can do to assure their continued health and well

-being. Veterans interested in enrolling for VA health

care during the Open House & Information Fair should

bring a copy of their discharge paperwork (Form DD

214), a photo ID and financial information from the

previous calendar year. Veterans may complete the

application paperwork at the Open House or they can

expedite the enrollment process by accessing the

application for health benefits (VA Form 10-10EZ) on the

VA Maryland Health Care System webpage at

www.maryland.va.gov. Just click on “Become a Patient”

to begin completing the enrollment application, and

bring a printed copy of the form to the Open House &

Information Fair.

For more information about this free event for Veterans,

please call the Community Outreach Office for the VA

Maryland Health Care System at 1-800-949-1003,

extension 6071.

If you know a Veteran who is not receiving VA health

care services, is experiencing a financial hardship or is

returning from military service, then Tell-A-Vet about

this important VA Open House & Information Fair.

For more information, please email the VA at

[email protected].

Unit Commander John Knopp reported that the Jar-

rettsville Young Marines recently graduated eight

Young Marine recruits and retired two Young Ma-

rines, SSgt Logan Walsh and GySgt Jacob Knopp.

The Young Marines are getting ready to hold their

winter encampment February 24th through the 26th

at the Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation in

Whiteford, MD. Commander Knopp extends an invi-

tation to all detachment members to visit with the

Young Marines during their encampment.

Commander Knopp will be stepping down as the Jar-

rettsville Young Marines unit commander in March.

Congratulations to John for a job well done!

Semper Fidelis,

Don Benson

Detachment Commandant

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2 February 1944: The 4th Marine Division, as part of

the first assault on islands controlled by the Japanese

before the start of World War II, captured Namur and

eight other islands in the Kwajalein Atoll.

6 February 1968: Two reduced Marine battalions, the

1st Battalion, 1st Marines with two companies, and 2d

Battalion, 5th Marines with three, recaptured Hue's

hospital, jail, and provincial headquarters. It would

take three more weeks of intense house to house

fighting, and nearly a thousand Marines killed and

wounded, before the imperial city was secured.

11 February 1922: BGen John H. Russell was

appointed U.S. High Commissioner and personal

representative of the President to the government of

Haiti. This nine-year assignment placed this future

Commandant in supreme command of both the

occupying American force and the Haitian

Gendarmerie.

15 February 1998: One hundred years ago this date,

28 Marines and 232 seamen lost their lives when the

battleship Maine was mysteriously sunk by an

explosion in the harbor of Havana, Cuba. Though no

definitive evidence linked the Spanish with the sinking,

the cry went up, "Remember the Maine!", and by late

April the U.S. and Spain were at war.

23 February 1945: Four days after the initial

landings on Iwo Jima, 1stLt Harold G. Schrier led 40

men from Company E, 2d Battalion, 28th Marines, up

Mt. Suribachi to secure the crest and raise the small

American flag that battalion commander LtCol

Chandler Johnson had given Schrier. Within an hour,

the patrol reached the rim of the crater. After a short

fire-fight with Japanese defenders emerging from

several caves, the small American flag was attached to

an iron pipe and raised over the island.

24 February 1991: The I Marine Expeditionary Force

and coalition forces began a ground assault on Iraqi

defenses in the final chapter of Operation Desert Storm.

The 1st and 2d Marine Divisions stormed into the teeth

of Iraqi defenses while heavily armored allied forces

attacked the Iraqi defenses in Iraq from behind. In 100

hours, U.S. and allied forces defeated the Iraqi Army.

28 February 1991: Operation Desert Storm ended

when the cease- fire declared by President George Bush

went into effect. I Marine Expeditionary Force has a

strength of more than 92,000 making Operation Desert

Storm the largest Marine Corps operation in history .A

total of 24 Marines were killed in action during the Gulf

War.

This Month in Marine Corps

History

“To the shores of Tripoli” - a lyric from “The

Marines’ Hymn” - and the use of the Mameluke

sword by Marines both stem from the incredible

exploits of Lieutenant Presley Neville O’Bannon

in the War of the Barbary Pirates in North

Africa. In late 1804 William Eaton, U.S. Navy

Agent for the Barbary Regencies under President

Thomas Jefferson, selected O’Bannon to lead a

special Navy-Marine expedition from Egypt to

capture Derna, Tripoli; return exiled ruler

Hamet Karamanli to the throne; and liberate the

captured crew of the USS Philadelphia, which

had run aground in the harbor. In March 1805

O’Bannon and his handful of Marines—plus a

motley group of 300 tribesmen and 100 camels—

traveled from Alexandria to Derna across 600

miles of coastal desert. Upon reaching the

target, they took the city in a coordinated land

and sea attack, ended the war, and freed the

imprisoned U.S. Navy crew. In gratitude, Pasha

Hamet presented O’Bannon with a Mameluke

scimitar, upon which the present-day Marine

officer’s sword is modeled.

A Marine Icon — 1stLt Presley

N. O’Bannon

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Detachment Shirts Available

Don Benson can furnished

detachment members with some

very nice detachment golf shirts

and sweatshirts with the name

Harford County Detachment,

Marine Corps League, and the

Eagle, Goble and Anchor on the

shirts.

The price of the golf shirts are approximately

$31.00. There are several types of shirts and

colors to select from and I would suggest that you

check directly with Don at a detachment meetings,

call him at 443-845-4439 or email

[email protected] to inquire or order a shirt.

The “Cell Phones for Soldiers” program is a viable

way for us to show our support to the deployed

troops. We collected 245 phones this past month.

To date and since June 2005, the detachment has

collected over 11,935 cell phones. These phones

are sent to a collection point and exchanged for

“Telephone Calling Cards” which are then sent

overseas to our deployed troops. 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 our next meeting.

Pete Arnold, CPS Coordinator

I am always looking for articles, items and

photographs from any of our detachment activities

to include in our Detachment History Book. If you

have any of these items please share them with

me. Any original photographs will be copied and

returned.

Don’t forget to stop by and look through our

history book before or after any of our monthly

meetings.

Dave Franz, Historian

Detachment History Book

We welcome the Marine Corps League members to

the Lounge, we always need your support. Please

keep in mind if you are not a VFW member you

MUST sign our guest book upon entering the

lounge. If you bring a friend be sure that they sign

the guest book as well. Harford County is watching

all private clubs, we do not want to make the

newspaper for any reason.

Come on out the 3rd Tuesday at 6:30 for shrimp

night, and bring some friends. We have 1/2 lb.

shrimp, fries, and cole slaw for $10.00. We have a

signup sheet in the lounge, you can sign up when

you come in or call between 6:60 and 9:30 Tuesday-

Saturday 410-692-5414 and to be put on the signup

sheet. Cut off is the Saturday night before the

shrimp night. Every Thursday night is ladies night

and all drinks for ladies are 1/2 price. Perfect for a

ladies night out.

In the Lounge at the VFW

Sunday CLOSED

Monday CLOSED

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

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

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

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

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


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Detachment Fund Raiser


NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS PAGE 10


LASHUP” SUPPORTER CLUB

Help support our newsletter by getting some area

businesses to place an advertisement in the

newsletter. A full page advertisement cost $40.00,

half a page $25.00, and a business card

advertisement cost $15.00. All advertisements will

run for one year. The advertisements help offset

the cost of publication and postage for the

newsletter. Detachment members who own a

business advertise for free.

We wish to thank our local business supporters.

With their assistance, we are able to publish the

newsletter!

Thanks!

Ray Ayres

Marine Corps League Harford County Detachment #1198

P.O. Box 656 Jarrettsville, MD 21084-0656

About the Lashup

This newsletter is published monthly by the Harford County Detach-

ment #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 newsletters will be distributed to all detachment

members and selected Marine Corps League organizations. 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.

Submissions

Deadline for articles to be published in the detachment newsletter

is by the first of each month. All detachment officers are encour-

aged to put an article in each issue of the newsletter. E-mail your

articles and stories to [email protected] or submit

article by mail to:

MARINE CORPS LEAGUE

HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT

ATTN: NEWSLETTER EDITOR

P.O. BOX 656

JARRETTSVILLE, MD 21084-0656

Marine Corps League

Harford County Detachment #1198

P.O. Box 656

Jarrettsville, MD 21084-0656

THE LASHUP

Phone: 443-557-9537

Once a Marine, Always a Marine

Website

www.HarfordCountyMarines.org

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