Ride Report for Ride Captain Bob “RJ” U.S. Army National Guardsman MSgt Chris Winling got a homecoming he will never forget, and neither will his neighbors. Winling, a 16-year veteran returned from his 3rd deployment with his elite, 18-man Bilateral Embedded Staff Team to a reception ceremony in Bloomington, IL.  After the ceremony, Winling was […]

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Ride Report for Ride Captain Fuzzy It was a short notice mission and I was a little worried about the turn-out. We had 2 missions planned for the same time Friday evening and I thought we might be stretched a little thin. I should have known that after reading the bio of this Hero it […]

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Ride Report for Ride Captain Doug Askren On a bright sunny autum Saturday afternoon 45 bikes and several four wheeers showed up to welcome home an Army Ranger.  Cpl. Mike Diakomis has ended his term of service and is home to enroll in college.  We met at the staging area and rode over to our […]

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Ride Report for Ride Captain Dee Pollace Thursday October 27 was a rainy day in Philadelphia but smiles and hugs lit up the arrival gate of Philadelphia Airport Terminal B.  Marine Sgt. Brett Flavin was welcomed  home by his mother Dee Pollace, his father Bill Flavin, Bills fiancé Karen Meranti,  Brett’s grandfather Harvey Pennell and a […]

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Ride Report for Ride Captain  SR Smith The Open House was scheduled from 1600 to 2000 on 10/21/2011 and the mission “plan” was simple, a flag line out in front of the newly opened center as guests, veterans and their families, and the newly appointed Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs arrived.  I have been a WWR […]

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Ride Report posted by Lutz Chief Warrant Officer Bill Mowers spent a tour in Iraq with the Flying Tigers. He was (is) an Apache helicopter pilot and his job was to provide air support for ground operations, convoys, etc. A very dangerous job. We were contacted by Bill’s dad, also Bill. The family are members […]

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Ride Report posted by Lutz We greeted Ryan some five miles from his home for a Warriors’ Watch, AHW – style greeting, mounted up and escorted him to his home with a lot of bikes,  local police and fire vehicles. The escort was loud, long, and proud! Ryan’s mom tells us that to become a […]

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Ride Report for Ride Captain Pat (Tamale) Two seperate chapters of the Warriors Watch Riders came together to Mug-n-Hug Lcpl Matt Hubner.  The ECPA and SEPA met for the first of a 2fer on a beautiful, fall PA morning.  We were unable to procure local fire and police support for our mission, so we made use […]

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Ride Report from Karen Ackely (Techgirl) Spc. Tyler Gall’s mom has been following our escorts and welcome home’s in the Doylestown, PA area since her son was deployed and has always dreamed of having one for him. Well, we made sure her dream came true this past Sunday. We rallied at a local supermarket, and […]

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Ride Report for Ride Captain Fuzzy It was a very windy day with only 2 bikes and 3 cages waiting at our rally point when Tug said those magic words, “I don’t think we’re gonna have a very good turn-out today.” As the last word drifted away with the wind we heard the rumble of […]

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Ride Report for Ride Captain Joe Malandro “Joemfitter” 40 bikes, 3 cages along with Maple Shade P.D. and Maple Shade Fire & Rescue rallied at Macey’s Furniture Gallery route 38.  At Approx 12:55pm all were called in for our ride brief on our Hero Specialist Jason “JT” Maahs.  We were also joined at the rally […]

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Ride Report for Ride Captain Doug Askren The WWR participated in a huge welcome home for seven soldiers returning from Afghanistan and a memorial for two of their fallen comrades. OWYH and the Joliet VFW did the planning for this multi organizational, community event. Our motorcade was led by two Joliet PD motorcycles and road […]

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