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From the Helm Gary D. Nasby- Commandant

Hiram I. Bearss Det. #089

“Standing on the Side Lines” Once again I sit here at my computer wondering what to write about. And them I realize that we are doing so much that I haven’t had time to put it into words for this column. And when I say we, I mean the 20% of the membership rolls that contribute their time to the Detachment. I am not speaking to those who are out of state, sick,

aged , working or for whatever reason can’t contribute, I am speaking to those of you who just sit home when we have a function and say “Let someone else do it. I am too busy.” WE NEED YOU TO BE AN ACTIVE CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE DETACHMENT FOR US TO SURVIVE AND GROW! Starting on October 31st, 2014, we are partnering with the Marine Foun-dation of Indiana to start hosting BINGO every Friday night. The Grand Opening will be 10-31-2014. Doors open @5pm, early bird games @6pm, and regular BINGO @ 7pm. The plan is to make this a successful venture and save enough money to pay off the Mortgage on Marine Barracks Indy. This is a lofty goal but we can achieve it with your help. We are looking for workers to help in the kitchen, sell raffles and pull tabs and to work the floor during the BINGO games. If you have been looking for a way to contribute to the Detachment, here is your chance to do something new. If you just want to play then you are more than welcome to come and enjoy in your house. Tell your family, friends and neighbors! Friday nights at Marine Barracks Indy will be the place to be. Page 10 0f this issue lists upcoming events for the Detachment. Your pres-ence at them is requested if your time and circumstances permit. Are you displaying the Marine Foundation License Plate on your vehi-cles. The money the Foundation receives from that goes to aid Marines, FMF Corpsman and FMF Chaplains in need in the State of Indiana. Our two most recent grants were given to a Marine Veteran to purchase a PTSD Therapy dog to aid him in his struggles with PTSD. Another was to The Speedway Young Marines to help them fund the upcoming Veterans Remembrance Day on the 27th. Good things are being done with this money. Get your plate and be part of knowing that you too are helping. Don’t Stand on the Sidelines and let the 20% of the membership get all of the satisfaction of knowing they are doing good in this world for our Ma-rine brothers. Become part of us again. Reconnect with the Detachment. We need you! **In this issue you will find the new 2014 version of the membership ap-plication. This new one includes FMF Corpsman as eligible for member-ship.**

I am available at for your comments and discussion: Semper Fidelis- Gary D. Nasby Phone- (317) 855-8798

E-Mail– hibcommandant@indymarines.org

SCUTTLEBUTTSCUTTLEBUTTSCUTTLEBUTT MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE

HIRAM I. BEARSS MARINE CORPS LEAGUE –DET #089

Indianapolis, Indiana EDITOR: GARY D. NASBY

Volume 2014 - Issue 9 September 2014 www.IndyMarines.org

2014 Detachment Officers

______________________________ “A Marine is a Marine. I set that policy two weeks ago - there's no such thing as a former Marine. You're a Ma-rine, just in a different uniform and you're in a different phase of your life. But you'll always be a Marine because you went to Parris Island, San Diego or the hills of Quan-tico. There's no such thing as a former Marine.” General James F. Amos, 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps

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If you know of someone sick, recovering from surgery or illness, or in distress please notify me so a card from the members of the Detachment can be sent to them, or a phone call made to check up on them.

COMMANDANT GARY NASBY

SR. VICE TIM HUTCHISON

JR. VICE JOHN LUND

ADJUTANT/PAYMASTER MIKE WUKITSCH

JUDGE ADVOCATE ORAN LAKIN

CHAPLAIN JESUS QUINTANA

SGT-AT-ARMS MIKE REAGAN

Jr. PAST COMMANDANT BUD ALBRIGHT

Chaplains Corner: Jesus Quintana

hibchaplain@indymarines.org

317-445-9509

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STOP IN ANY 2nd or 4th THURSDAY OF THE MONTH @ 18:00, MEET SOME MARINES, TAKE A TOUR, AND SEE WHAT WE ARE ABOUT

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Commentary by Jim Wade– MCL Department of Indiana Commandant 2014-2015

August 20, 2014

I am hoping that all of you are in good spirits and great health. One of my close Marine friends said last winter, make sure you look in on the elderly during these cold

days. They may need our help. And I write back to him, “We are the elderly”. One of my main goals was to keep our membership up. I had asked all Commandants to have their Senior and Junior Vices take the latest membership roster, divide all the UNPAID members between the two of them, and call every one of these Marines to get them back into paid status. As yet I have not heard from any Detachments. The Marines and associates we already have as members are easy to keep. Please do not let them become lost from the rolls of membership. They are easier to keep then to go out to find new members. Recruitment is very important, but so is keeping good members. In my report to National, I wrote about the Mentoring Program. If you haven’t read it, look it up on line and study it. Most members leave because they don’t feel welcome. My own take is to be friendly, courteous and respectful. Study the basic traits of leadership and use them in all of your work with members. If you have trouble remembering names, carry a small card and write it down. As each of us was sworn in as officers, we were reminded in the Ritual Manual: Exercise a kindly attitude in all you say and do. Be quick to praise and cautious to admonish. Our fail-ure to follow this guide has caused some to walk away. Without the red cover member, they is no League. On the up coming Fall Conference, Commandants, please write a report to be placed on the back table, but I do want to hear what your Detachment is doing. Parades and Toys for Tots is very important as our image is out in front of the public, but if your Detachment is doing spe-cial care of homeless Vets, or collecting food for the homeless, or care packages for our troops, I want everyone to hear what you are doing. I already have a agenda, but I have asked Senior and Junior Vice to write one as well for their own experience. We will look at it together, but I want to plan for the future of the De-partment. Please remember this. A new member must want to belong and feel welcome if he or she stays at your Detachment. Team them up with an older member, it will create a bond. I know it did for me. A Detachment must be healthy and active to grow new members. Plan activities that mem-bers are happy to be a part of. Our Detachment does a annual rifle & pistol shoot which has grown each year. Most of all, treat every member as someone special and be respectful in all you say and do. Semper Fidelis Commandant Jim Wade Department of Indiana, Marine Corps League

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Life membership dues (Sect. 645-646) structure has changed as of last years 2013 Convention. National By-Laws reprinted 2/2014: Sect. 645 Life Member dues: 0-35 $500 36-50 $400 51-64 $300 65-over $200 These fees are paid directly to National. They keep $50 for administrative fees, and the rest is deposited into the Life Member fund. Starting on the second anniversary of the membership proceeds from this membership are split into 1/3 payments and sent to Detachment, Department, and National. Sect. 646 covers this.

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September 11 (Thur) HIB Membership Meeting 1900- (PitchIn dinner 1800)- @MBI 13 (Sat) 6th Annual Leatherneck Open Golf Tournament– Morningstar Golf Course 20 (Sat) Marine Barracks Indy Family Fun Day @ MBI 1100-1500 25 (Thur) Staff Meeting-1800 @ MBI– Annual Growl 1900– Election of Officers 27 (Sat) Annual Jim Wade Farm Gun Shoot for HIB Members and family-0900 27 (Sat) Young Marine Veterans Remembrance Day– 1900– Military Park downtown Indy October 24 (Fri) Bingo hall opening for HIB Members and guests 31 (Fri) Bingo Hall Grand Opening to the public November 11 (Tues) Downtown Vet Day Parade– HIB Marches

Mark Your Calendar!

HIB MCL OFFICER ROSTER Commandant Gary Nasby Sr. Vice Commandant Tim Hutchison Jr. Vice Commandant John Lund Adj/PayMaster Mike Wukitsch Judge Advocate Oran Lakin

Chaplain Jesus Quintana, Jr Sergeant at Arms Mike Regan Jr. Past Commandant Bud Albright

HIB MCL COMMITTEE ROSTER VAVS Representative Jesus Quintana, Jr. VAVS Deputy Diana Ward Raffles Tony Mungovan Stars and Stripes Jim Wade Scuttlebutt / WebSgt Gary Nasby Awards Oran Lakin Christmas Banquet Tony Mungovan Historian- Joe Lohman Boy Scout Eagle Awards Joe Lohman Toys For Tots Bud Albright Parades/Gaming Tony Mungovan MCL Svc. Officer Diane Ward Young Marines Liaison Dave Hulett Quartermaster Bud Albright Training Officer Tim Hutchison MFI Grant Officer Mike Wukitsch Honor Guard Jesus Quintana

Central Indiana Marine Points of Contact

MCL DEPT of IN Cmdt– Jim Wade– (765) 720-4745 Marine Corps League H.I. Bearss Det: Office 317-546-7228 HIB Commandant Gary Nasby 317-855-8798 HIB Chaplain Jesus Quintana 317-445-9509 Nat Mar Cor Museum, St IN Liaison: Russ Eaglin 317-201-7066 1st Marine Division Association: Guy Miller 317-293-7594 3rd Marine Division Association: Russ Eaglin 317-201-7066 Montford Point Association: Robert D. Smith 317-924-9790 Woman Marine Association: Connie Hamm 317-345-0070 Marine Inspector Instructor: 1st Sgt Wooten 317-923-1584 Marine Recruiting Service: Maj. Geoff Hollopeter 317-549-6127 Marine For Life Program: Vacant Central Indiana Young Marines: Robert Lee -317-358-7457 Speedway Young Marines: Dave Hulett 317-508-2763 Editor, Scuttlebutt & HIB WebSgt: Gary Nasby 317 855-8798 MarCorScholarship Found: Capt Edward Smid 317-690-9369 USMC TSO INDY– SARAH WASSON- (317) 200-3452 Marine Foundation of Indiana- Charles Haislip— 317-440-2516 Marine Corps CoOrdinating Council– WO2 Chris King– 317-902-4355

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This Month in History

Selected September Dates of Marine Corps Historical Significance

2 September 1945: The Japanese officially surrendered to the Allies on board the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. With General Holland

8 September 1942: On Guadalcanal, the 1st Raider Battalion and the 1st Parachute Battalion, supported by planes of MAG-23 and two destroyer transports, landed east of Tasimboko, advanced west into the rear of Japanese positions, and carried out a successful raid on a Japanese supply base.

11 September 1992: Hurricane Iniki devastated the island of Kauai in Hawaii in one of the worst storms the islands had seen in over a century. Marines of the 1st Marine Brigade based at Kaneohe Bay, spearheaded Operation Garden Sweep, the massive cleanup effort.

11 September 2001: At 9:38a.m. a commercial airliner, piloted by terrorists, slammed into the Pentagon, the headquar-ters of the Department of Defense, located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The Marines Corps was for-tunate in that no Marines were killed or seriously injured in this attack. The weekend before, most of the Department of Marine Aviation, located directly above the site of impact, had been relocated to another area of the Pentagon, during building renovation. Immediately following the attack, Marines set up a “command center” under an overpass of Interstate 395, which runs beside the Pentagon. Working alongside fellow servicemen and civilians for hours, days, and weeks after the tragedy, Marines played a large role in the rescue and recovery effort. Including those aboard the hijacked Boeing 757, 189 men, women, and children were killed in the terrorist attack on the Pentagon.

15 September 1950: The 3d Battalion, 5th Marines landed on Wolmi-do Island in Inchon Harbor and secured it prior to the main landing. The 1st Marine Division under the command of Major General Oliver P. Smith landed at Inchon and be-gan the Inchon-Seoul campaign.

16 September 1814: A detachment of Marines under Major Daniel Carmick from the Naval Station at New Orleans, to-gether with an Army detachment, destroyed a pirate stronghold at Barataria, on the Island of Grande Terre, near New Or-leans.

18 September 1990: A new 40-acre training facility for Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) was dedicated at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, by General Alfred M. Gray, Commandant of the Marine Corps.

20 September 1950: Marines of the 1st Marine Division crossed the Han River along a six-mile beachhead, eight miles northwest of Seoul, Korea. Five days later, the 1st and 5th Marines would attack Seoul and the city would be captured by 27 September.

24 September 1873: One hundred and ninety Marines and seamen from the USS Pensacola and Benicia landed at the Bay of Panama, Columbia, to protect the railroad and American lives and property during the revolution.

30 September 1945: Marines of III Amphibious Corps, commanded by Major General Keller E. Rockey, began landing in North China to assist the Chinese Nationalist government in accepting the surrender of Japanese forces and repatriating Japanese soldiers and civilians.

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September 25, 2014 is the Annual Growl and election of Officers

Times: Approx 1900 (After HIB Staff Meetings)

Semper Woof Woof!

Congrats to newly advanced PDD’s: Charlie Haislip, John Lund, Oran Lakin, Tim Hutchison, Steve McCrory,

and Lloyd Louks at the 75th Supreme Growl in Charleston, WV! Woof-Woof!

POUND 111 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

PACK OF INDIANA

Office Name/Contact Detachment Pound Keeper PDD Gary Nasby Hiram I. Bears- Det. #089

Senior Vice Pound Keeper PDD Tim Hutchison Hiram I. Bears- Det. #089

Jr. Vice Pound Keeper PDD Oran Lakin Hiram I. Bears- Det. #089

Dog Robber PDD Lloyd Louks Hiram I. Bears- Det. #089

Smart Dog PDD Mike Wukitsch Hiram I. Bears- Det. #089

Mad Dog PDD Bud Albright Hiram I. Bears- Det. #089

Dog trainer PDD Jesus Quintana Hiram I. Bears- Det. #089

Police Dog PDD John Lund Hiram I. Bears- Det. #089

Watch Dog PDD Steve McCrory Hiram I. Bears- Det. #089

Jr. Past Pound Keeper PDD Bud Albright Hiram I. Bears- Det. #089

Pooper Scooper PUP Harry Snyder Hiram I. Bears- Det. #089

Dog Scratcher PDD Mike Wukitsch Hiram I. Bears- Det. #089

Barking Dog PDD Gary Nasby Hiram I. Bears- Det. #089

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The Marine Barracks "Online" Ships Store is now has the Marine Corps League, Hiram I. Bearss Detachment 089 logo available for Apparel, Accessories, Fleece, hats and visors. The De-tachment ships store makes a small profit that will be reinvested into ships store merchandise.

Start shopping now, go to: http://marinebarracksindy.qbstores.com/

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2015 Dates

January 16th-17th-18th South Pavilion

March 13th-14th-15th South Pavilion

May 29th-30th-31st Exposition Hall

August 28th-29th-30th Exposition Hall

October 16th-17th-18th South Pavilion

Send money and completed ticket to– “Commandant-Marine Corps League, 550 S Audubon Road, Indianapolis, IN 46219”

******You just need to fill in this one form above with the info requested. We will copy and fill in the info to approved Indiana Gaming Commission roll raffle tickets, photocopy them and send a copy to your supplied email address. Then send this page via email or USPS to the address above******

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Next Gun Show– August 29-31- ’14 @ State Fair Grounds– Exposition Hall

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As a FREE service to our membership & their families, we will be publishing our members business cards in the electronic version of the “SCUTTLEBUTT”. Any member who has a business or service, please send me your busi-ness card, either by email or US Postal Service, and I will post it in all upcoming monthly Newsletters. As always. Feel free to make donations to the Detachment to help us carry out our mission in the support of Marines and their families, and other worthy causes we support.

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