"It's the numbers - touching hearts and changing the culture. "
In North Carolina, the Warriors' Watch Riders have, in less than one year, welcomed home more than 1,500 American Warriors. Drawing from returning and deploying troops at Fort Bragg, the riders of the South, under WWR State Coordinator Bruce "BC" Koehler, USAF (retired), are making an impact on the moral of our troops and the psyche of our civilian population. They like to take 'em in groups - between returning Marines landing at Cherry Point and soldiers returning to Fort Brag, the motorcycles put on the miles, all year long.
The rest of the country is just as busy - California, especially Northern California, does more welcome homes in a week than some other, similar
organizations
do in a year. When you love our troops like we do, when your entire focus is to honor and respect the fighting men and women of America, it shows in your actions every day.
Southern California is primed to catch up soon. We have new leadership there now, recently returned from the sands of Afghanistan, new State Coordinator
Jim "Gunny" Dietz is in the saddle and biting at the bit to get underway down where "it never rains."
Wyoming. Florida, South, North, Northwest. Georgia. North Carolina. Texas. Maryland. Delaware. New Jersey. New York. Illinois. And of course Pennsylvania, where it all started not so long ago.

303 members of the 392 Signal Btn return from Afghanistan to the cheers and hugs of Warriors' Watch Riders and A Hero's Welcome in Philadelphia.
It's been a few months since I sent the last "Weekly" Newsletter, "The Weekly Ride." As the days grow once again shorter and the cold sets in to NorthEast USA, I will attempt to once again settle into a weekly Ride.
We've been through a lot in those few months. We've lost friends to untimely deaths (Rest in Peace, Al "Bluesman" Philo,") and made new friends - many new friends. WWR has gained supporters, and continues to gain an average of 15 new members EVERY DAY. National membership currently stands at just under four thousand and is growing steadily.
Why does it grow like that? Because once we hook you on the line, you remain hooked. The experience of riding to welcome home our troops is one that stays with you. Once you've done it, you want to do it again - and soon.
We've done group rides, we've supported rides done by our partners and those we support (police and fire rides), we've thrown our support behind 9/11 memorials and special units and special flags. And we have a lot more coming, even just this year, as we seek to bring honor to those places where our veterans find their final and eternal rest.
Until I return with the stories of that, please continue to get out and ride. We don't shut down for the winter, the WWR doesn't hook the bike to a battery tender and store it until March. We RIDE. We ride for honor, for truth, for respect, and to bring joy to the families of those we support - our American Warriors.
GOD BLESS the American Warrior, his/her family, and all of you who support them through your words and deeds, every day. Most of all, God Bless this great nation, STILL the greatest nation the world has ever known.