Ride Report posted for Lisa Moran This mission was pretty short notice. Nate returned home several days ago after being injured. We couldn’t let this hero go without a thank you so we coordinated stopping by his house with his family. Though we were small in numbers on this mission, we made up for it […]

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Ride Report posted for Cheryl Riley Another success story. No matter how the story starts, it always ends the same, with smiles all around. The staging was scheduled for 3:45 since the flight bringing Sgt Ostrander home was due in at 3:45 that would leave everyone time to get to their staging area while the […]

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Ride Report posted for Lisa Moran Our Marines flight landed 20 minutes early, so his mom delayed him slightly at the airport.  They pulled into the Oasis and into a flag line of about 20 WWR members, including one new member. Jimmy seemed surprised!  His mom Noreen was in tears. We escorted Jimmy to a […]

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Ride Report posted for OOpsie Ensign Keven Haggerty arrived back in the states on March 7th  after serving a 1 year tour in Africa. Before he could come home he had debriefing, reports, medical and who knows what else to file.  I was notified on the 9th  his welcome home was a go. He was […]

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Ride Report posted for Glen DeVries It was another brisk March evening, but we had 4 bikers that braved the cold weather.  I must say that it is a good feeling when all the flags are used that we carry in our truck.  You then know that there are atleast 25 flags flying.  We had […]

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Ride Report posted for Glen DeVries The weather on Tuesday March 10th was not co-operating with us, so we thought. As the time came closer for our Hero to arrive at the staging area, we still had our rain suits on and umbrellas out. We had even made arrangements with the Home Depot to Welcome […]

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Report posted for RC Cheryl Riley The weather was co-operative for a March day in northern Illinois. We had a possible new recuit come to see what it is we do. Dorothy had seen a little something on a facebook page on line and made a contact. We also had “Butch” (a wounded retired marine) […]

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Report Posted for Mark Welcome Home SSGT Nicholas Chrabot This was a last minute mission that was made possible because of the dedication of many people. We met our hero at the Des Plaines Oasis with American flags made possible by JonD and Oscar. Thank you to the WWR members that braved the weather to […]

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Report posted for Matter Weather Forecast: A few flurries early in the morning. Highs in the mid 20s.. WWR Forecast: 1 Soldier coming home + 20 Riders + 50 Cagers = Sunny and Warm! The plan sounded simple. Escort limo for the family to the airport, greet Michael as he arrives, escort to family home, […]

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Report posted for Joe Alger There is something about the excitement that school kids bring to a welcome home for a homecoming hero and never was it more apparent than at the welcome home for PFC Matthew Peterman on Tuesday. We staged for Matthew at a local business and waited with the Marengo PD the […]

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Ride Report posted for Pops It was an Honor to stand for Robert after hearing how proud he was to serve his country. The story he told the most was when he and a driver where returning to there area, they disagreed on which way to turn. the driver wanted to go left and Robert […]

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Ride Report posted for   ‘POPS’ Katie came home Jan. 26 on leave from the Army Reserves, where she is a 68S Preventive Medicine Specialist Katie carried her M4 every day for nine months while serving in Iraq. This mission started out with much confussion, Katies return date was not set until the night before she […]

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