Archive for January, 2010
Posted in January 29th, 2010
Ride Report posted for James Bailey Jr. On a blustery winter afternoon we met at McDonald’s in Woodbury Heights! 9 Vehicle packed with patriotic citizens ready to show our American hero a welcome home escort he would not forget! Wtih help from the amazing Woodbury Police we made our way to out Heros home. We crept down his […]
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Posted in January 26th, 2010
Ride report posted for Oopsie The Warriors Watch Riders received a request from the wife of, E4 SPC Isaias Alanis, for a deployment party Jan. 9, 2010. This is SPC Alanis’s first deployment and leaving for Iraq the following week. The Alanis’s have a 2 1/2 year old daughter, Victoria. SPC. Alanis joined the service […]
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Posted in January 26th, 2010
Ride Report posted for Matter It was a sunny but cold January 9th morning when members of Warriors Watch, family and friends gathered at the Frisbie Senior Center in Mt. Prospect IL. for a surprise welcome home for LT. James P Keith. James actually came home a day earlier than expected but with some creative […]
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Posted in January 25th, 2010
Ride Report posted for Pebblez This mission was special for me, it was my niece returning home from a very long year in Korea. There was a special surprise for her as well on this mission, her cousin Michael Weinstein, who just returned home from his second tour of Iraq, was to join us in […]
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Posted in January 25th, 2010
RIDE REPORT posted for Country Mike On Jan 10 2010 Warriors Watch had the pleasure of escorting Lt. Shane Eynon to the Phila Airport from his home. We met at our Rally Point, Duncan Dounuts on Cottman Ave. We were ready to pickup our package when one of Phillys Finest stopped by to see what […]
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Posted in January 18th, 2010
This mission came about when one of our R/C’s met a lady at his Chiropractor’s office. Dano met her and told her what we do as far as escorting our troops. Between the dad, Bruce and Dan, they decided the family would go out to dinner at a local Danville restaurant. The dad is also […]
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Posted in January 18th, 2010
When Wendy from Callaghan Mortuary emailed me about this mission, she advised me that the family had specifically requested myself and the WWR to handle this mission. I couldn’t remember who the family members were by name but they knew me. We met at staging in the morning to receive the Lieutenant for his final […]
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Posted in January 18th, 2010
This mission had a few twists and turns in it. It was first scheduled for 12/23 and was supposed to arrive at SFO at 5 o’clock in the morning. That was changed to the 22nd, scheduled to arrive at 2100 hrs. The twists in this mission were that the friend (Rocko) who requested the escort […]
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Posted in January 18th, 2010
This mission started out with a couple of quirks – the first was his welcome home was planned for that evening at about 7pm. We then found out that SPC Keating couldn’t get off the base in order to catch the morning flight. The flight he could catch brought him into SFO at midnight, so […]
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Posted in January 18th, 2010
The escort for PFC Block is one of four missions today, with Bennie being the first. We staged early at Callaghan’s Mortuary with our final destination being San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, which is approx. 80 miles away in one direction. This mission started at 11am with services starting at 1300 hrs. There weren’t very […]
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Posted in January 18th, 2010
This is the second mission of four on this day, one of which we did early this morning for Bennie Block. One hour prior to us staging for Jared, Rick (Texas) and Chromeghost picked up Ssgt. Rachelle Renaud and escorted her to Tracy, CA (Texas Rick wrote & submitted the ride report, already posted). Now, […]
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Posted in January 18th, 2010
This is our fourth mission for the day and going on at the same time as Jared Miller. Myself and Tim staged at Bob Dron’s H-D and waited for Luisa, Marco’s Mom. Luisa is a Blue Star Mom at Chapter 101 out of Danville, CA and also lives in Lafayette. The night before as you […]
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