WOOF, WOOF, to all Dogs of the Order,

What a SUPREME Supreme Growl we had in Scottsdale, AZ! Junior Past Chief Devil Dog Die-trich had a great year as Lead Dog on the front porch, culmi-nating with her delivery of 31,000 Big Bones to the Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Me-sa. Woof, Woof to all of the members of the Packs and Pounds who sent the required bones collected for Passport stamps to the Kennel Dog Rob-ber. Please continue to do so following each growl. On your behalf, it will be my distinct privilege to present a check to a children’s hospital in Tulsa dur-ing next year’s National Conven-tion.

I am honored and humbled to become your 57th Chief Devil Dog! My goals are to continue to serve the Order in a manner that promotes FUN and HON-OR, to continue with our “TEAM” concept (Together Eve-ryone Achieves More), and to attend as many growls and other MODD and League activities as my schedule allows. I want to encourage all Dogs to support, not only your Pounds and Packs, but your MCL Detachments and Departments as well. Without the League, there would be no Military Order of the Devil Dogs!

There are a couple of house-keeping items that I need to ad-dress. Annual dues must be sub-mitted to the Kennel Dog Rob-

ber no later than 01 Septem-ber; therefore, if your dues have not been paid, you are now a delinquent dog! In addi-tion, the annual Growl of the Pound must be held within the three months following the Kennel Supreme Growl. Offic-ers must be elected at this time, and Installation Reports must be forwarded to the Ken-nel Dog Robber by the end of the month following the annual Growl. If you don’t have an EIN, get one now! Remember to file 990s annually.

My schedule is already getting busy. Next Sunday I will be elevating a Korean War Marine to Pedigreed Devil Dog at my own pound and then will imme-diately leave for the Modern Day Marine Expo at Quantico, VA. I have also been invited to attend the Midwest Division Conference and Mini-Growl to be held in Lincoln, NE in Octo-ber. Anyone wishing my pres-

A WHISTLING FROM THE 57TH CHIEF DEVIL DOG

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ence at an event needs to mail or email the request. I will at-tend as my schedule allows. Please include the event, time, place, and other pertinent in-formation with your query. I would also appreciate knowing what expenses will be required of me so that I can plan accord-ingly.

The 2016 Mid-Winter Confer-ence is scheduled for 03-05 March with the MODD Mini-Growl on 04 March at 2000. The location is the Marriott Fairview Park, 3111 Fairview Park Dr., Falls Church, VA 22042 with a room rate of 103 Big Bones. For reservations call (703) 849-9400 and mention the Marine Corps League. The Conference Registration form and Ad Book Request form have been posted to the NEW Ma-rine Corps League website: www.mclnational.com. Please make your reservations ASAP and ask your Pounds and Packs to support the League with an ad in the program book.

Thank you for giving me the op-portunity to serve as your Chief. It is truly an HONOR to be a DEVIL DOG!

Semper Woof,

CDD C.O. Smith

57th Chief Devil Dog

carolnco@mchsi.com

217-245-8919 (home)

217-473-1160 (cell)

Woof Greetings to all Dogs. It is a pleasure to write my first article for the WOG as your Jr. Vice Chief Devil Dog. It was a pleasure to serve you as your Smart Dog and I am anx-ious to continue to serve you as your Jr. Vice Chief. I am already in preparation of our upcoming Mid-Winter Growl; we have moved the Conference to March so hopefully the weather will be a bit more kind to us and allow more of the Order to attend. My annual raffle will soon be in print and I am looking for a unique gift to raffle off at the Growl. If you have any suggestions please let me know. Remember, many of us fly into the area so whatever the gift is, if the winner is flying, the item should be able to fit into standard luggage. I had wanted to give away Past Chief English’s Bike but that would be a bit large to carry on board a flight plus, I have not yet asked him for his permission to raffle it let alone the title for it. It seems as though we were just in Scottsdale, in Growl assembly, it is hard to believe that we are now entering the later part of September. Remember to turn in your instal-lation reports and your dues transmittals. Hopefully the Senior Vice won’t mind the reminders pertaining to membership but I know from experience that many things slip through the cracks and then suddenly spring out at us. Also, remember there are tools to help us all become better members of the Order; Obedience School is still a great place to look up information and to re-familiarize yourself using the plethora of infor-mation available. (Cont. pg 3)

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BARKS INSIDE:

Sr. Vice CDD & Jr. Vice CDD 2

Jr. Past CDD 3

Mad Dog & Smart Dog 4

Police Dog & Honorary CDD 5

Executive Director 6

New England 7

Southern & North West 8

Barking Dog 9

Mid West & Watch Dog 10

North East, Central & Rocky MT 11

South East & Lucky Dog 12

Dog Trainer & South West 13

Mid East 14

Dog Robber 14/15

Kennel Merchandise List 16-18

Photos & Miscellaneous Bones 19-23

The Devil Dog’s Creed 24

A special interest item

***FBI’s Most Wanted***

A Blast from the Past

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Jr. Vice CDD has some bones to raise...

Woof Woof Dogs of the Order, My first order of business is to share my appreciation for your faith and support. Our focus is the same, TEAM, Together Everyone Achieves More. In order to follow our focus we must change our mindset. We can no longer wait on someone else or the other Marine to do it. All Devil Dogs out there knows a Marine in the League or their Detachment that is worthy to be a Devil Dog. Bring that Marine over to the Dog Side. I would like the Order to grow by leaps and bounds. A Marine may want to join but no Dog has asked them. Now that our mindset has changed and we are no longer waiting, let’s work the Honorable Kennel Dog Robber, PDD Joppa, by getting the new paperwork into him quickly, often and accurately. We must build our ranks. Also, 990’s are a necessary evil that must be done, please submit them time-ly. Again, I thank you for what you do and look forward to see the great things you are about to accomplish. I will see some of you at the Division Conference. If you need to contact me I can be reached at: (573)450-6125, by mail: 247 South Union Ave, Jackson, MO 63755 or email: spicer3@prodigy.net. Woof Woof PDD Leonard C. Spicer Sr. Vice Chief Devil Dog

Our Jr. Past Chief did a Wonderful Job...

Woof Woof Dogs of the Order,

What a great year we had!!! You made my tour as Chief Devil Dog exciting and fun. I learned a lot from all of you,

THANK YOU!

We worked together, overcame some obstacles and completed all our task in true "dog" style. We proved we are

the "FUN and HONOR" Society through our commitment and support of the Marine Corps League, our Order and

our communities. Let's keep our paws and noses on the same path, you are AWESOME.

Now I have some mighty big paws prints to fill in my new office, Jr. Past Chief Devil Dog. I will be calling on the

54th Chief Devil Dog for guidance since I am still trying to figure out exactly how he managed to do it the past two years. Otter can you put a paw print or smiley face here?

I stand ready to assist the new officers and support the 57th Chief Devil Dog with the same enthusiasm and sup-port I received during my tour.

Have a great fall romping around your dog yards in the leaves as we prepare for

the holiday season and all the programs we as Marines support during this time,

Woof Woof

PCDD Leanna L. Dietrich

The 56th Chief Devil Dog

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Old Dogs can learn so use it as an education tool for your Pounds and Packs. I urge you all to keep your Growls fun, plan them so the membership looks forward to them and encour-ages them to seek out good candidates for membership into the Order. Again I look forward to working with you and serving you as your Jr. Vice Chief. Please remember the men and women in uniform who serve our great Nation. Especially keep in mind those that are still in Harm’s way and pray for their safe return. Don’t forget to shake the hand of a fellow Veteran; especially our World War II and Korean Vets; we owe them all so much and a handshake and a thank you means so much to them. Remember, if you keep it fun, they will come! Thomas W. Hazlett

Jr. Vice Chief Devil Dog

Woof Woof Devil Dogs, First of all I would like to say THANK YOU for believing in me enough to elect me as your Kennel Smart Dog. It is truly an Honor. I will do my best to answer any questions asked of me as quickly as possible. I look forward to working with Chief Smith, PDD Spicer and PDD Hazlett, and the rest of the Kennel staff. I believe we will keep the M.O.D.D. heading in the right direction. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me @ JDJones0311@aol.com or on my cell (252) 205-6506. Per the Kennel bylaws Article II – Pounds; Section 205 – Growls, Annual, Special and Staff; B. ANNUAL – Each Pound shall hold one annual assembly to be held during the three months following the month of the Supreme Growl of the Kennel. This assembly may be one of the regular assemblies specified in Paragraph A. above, and shall be designated a Growl of the Pound. At this annual Growl of the Pound the full order of business shall be called and acted upon, including the nomination, election and installation of Officers, and at which Growl the outgoing officers shall make full and proper reports and accounting to the Pound. The Installation Report for the new officers shall be submitted to the Honorable Kennel Dog Robber no later than the end of the month immediate-ly following the Growl. The Installation Report shall be submitted via the Worthy Pack Dog Robber, if there is such, and a copy shall be sent to the respective Division Vice Chief Devil Dog. It is an Honor to be a Devil Dog. Semper Fi, PDD J.D. Jones Honorable Kennel Smart Dog JDJones0311@aol.com (252) 205-6506

“YeeHaw! Get along little Doggies!” Wow, how many times did I hear those words barked out by our posse of Dog Handler’s; paired up, of course, with the sound of red hot branding irons finding their mark during initiation while out in the “West’s Most Western Town”? Dog Handlers did a great job of driving a motivated herd of Devil Dog’s on to their advancement this year! We had 92 DD’s advance to PDD and one brave Pup joined them as he moved up to DD, barkatulations to all of you! Special barks go out to 3d Platoon who, under the guidance of Dog Handlers PDD’s Jeff Jones and Brenda Baker, managed to secure the title of Honor Platoon! All platoons were subjected to the intense scrutiny of the Honorable Past Chief Devil Dogs on deck in Scottsdale and 3d Platoon managed to come out on top. Additional barks are in order for the Platoon Honor Dogs: 1st Plt PDD Richard Wegner AZ 2nd Plt PDD Mike Kirk OH 3rd Plt PDD Leo Nieves NC 4th Plt PDD Tony Fuller OK 5th Plt PDD Libby Davis AL 6th Plt PDD Funderewitz AZ 7th Plt PDD T.J. Morgan WA 8th Plt PDD Aaron Bazan CA 9th Plt PDD William Olson NV Final K-9 kudos go to 8th Platoon for winning the Platoon Cowdog Rodeo competition! Cujo’d on by their Dog Handler’s, PDD’s Russ Vermillion and Ghost Smith, the Dogs of 8th Platoon showed their prowess in the ways that won the old West! Things like ropin’, handgun fightin’, rodeo clownin’, cow patty tossin’, and old west singin’ just like they was out on the Chisolm trail. Way to go 8th, my ears will never be the same again! I can’t close without throwing out barks to the station monitors who did a fantastic job herding the Dogs through their stations and the Deputy Mad Dogs who pawed their duties expertly. Plans are already being made for Initiation - Tulsa 2016 and it’s never too early for you DD’s out there to start putting those bones aside and making your plans for the trip. Any PDD’s out there that would like to get in on the action in Tulsa, “Oil Capital of the World”, as a Dog Handler, Assistant Dog Han-dler, or Station Monitor go ahead and send me an email at GunnySanning@gmail.com, or call 573-659-5069 and I will add you to the list. I look forward to seeing everyone there next year! As always, it is an Honor to be a Devil Dog! Semper Latratus! PDD Alan Sanning Kennel Mad Dog

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Mad Dog stands tall and makes it happen...

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Smart Dog will be Da Judge of that...

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As your newly elected Kennel Police Dog, I am well aware of the large paws that I am charged with filling. Although I will be seeking advice and guidance from our legendary, former Kennel Police Dog (also known as Jack Severn), there is a new Chief of Police in Dog Town. Since the Devil Dogs are the “Fun and Honor Society” of the Marine Corps League, be prepared to HON-OR ALL DOG LAWS. My Deputies and I look forward to taking large quantities of bones from all disobedient dogs.

Now, as to the “fun” side of our society, I would like to thank all dogs involved in the inva-sion of JD’s Lounge in Scottsdale, AZ. Even though we suffered mass casualties, due to the tenacity of several hard-charging Devil Dogs and one past Madame Big Flea, we successfully “Stormed the Beach” (pool). This resulted in several more casualties; most notably a large, Tulsa, Bulldog who was miraculously revived after rolling off a lounge chair and into the pool, I mean the chlorinated, non-salted, beach water. Be sure to attend Mid-Winter where there will be several Bones of Honor awarded.

Kennel Police Dog

PDD Rodney Hoffman

There’s a New Sheriff in the Kennel...

Woof Woof all you Karniverous Kanines; Congratulations to the 56th Chief Devil Dog Leanna Dietrich and the 2014-2015 Staff for an outstanding year and term of Office. This has been a challenging time for us all and their leadership and steadfast purpose have served the Order AND the League as well with great distinction. Congratulations to the newly elected 57th Chief Devil Dog C. O. Smith and all the returning and new Staff members. C.O. has served the Order for many years in several positions and has done an outstanding job in each one. He will be another great leader and Chief as we recover from past League issues. With the new team in place I am confident that the Order is in good hands. Last but certainly not least a hearty congratulations to PDD Jack Severn for being selected to join only 3 other Pedigreed Devil Dogs as the 4th Honorary Chief Devil Dog. Jack has served the Order with distinction through several Offices. He is active in his Pound, Pack and in the Kennel. I call him the “Rembrandt of the Order” for his outstanding work as the Kennel Staff Artist. He has done the artwork for many years, you can see his results in many patches, coins and ad book pages. He has been providing the incumbent Chief Devil Dog with their caricature likeness on Kennel Staff Shirts, the individual Chief’s stamp, and many oth-er items. This presentation is very well deserved. For those Officers who are new to the Kennel Staff please review the budget. If you have a line item for expenses please pro-vide me with receipts. The fiscal year is from July 1 to June 30 annually. All expense reimbursement requests need to be in my hands by the end of June so we keep the expenses in the correct fiscal year. The Kennel finances continue to remain healthy and strong. Last year at the 56th Chief’s request we added a new donation line to benefit the U. S. Marines Youth Physical Fitness. We are now donating $1,250.00 annually to that organization. This years’ donation to the Cardon Children's Medical Center was $31,000.00 (a Kennel record). The source of these funds for this dona-tion are from every Devil Dog’s passport stamping, Past Chief Devil Dog passport stamping, the profits from the sales of Pass-ports (sales price minus cost), and any donations to the Passport Account made by Packs and Pounds during the fiscal year. Thanks to all of you who supported this program via donations, purchases and attendance at growls. I am convinced that this donation is one of the very few in the country where the donated funds are 100% used for the charity. None of these funds are used for any other purpose and are strictly accounted for during the year. Our other donations come from the General Fund. We are now presenting checks totaling $10,000.00 to various entities on an annual basis. The source of these funds is from all the other income the Kennel takes in at the National Convention, Supreme Growl, and other items such as dues as well as other sundry income lines. Also, the next time you go to the Marine Corps Museum, if you happen to walk up around the Chesty Puller statue, keep in the back of your mind that the Order donated a total of $20,000.00 to the project. The 75th anniversary year came to a close at the start of the 2015 Supreme Growl. I hope you had a chance to get the anniver-sary booklet featuring “An Old Mutts Tail”, the recollections and musings of Past Chief Devil Dog Paul Sutton, as well as procure a 75th pin. As stated before, we are not going to order any more of these items. The Quartermaster will sell the inventory we have and then the project will be retired. So, if you have not gotten the items by now, be aware the time will be running out! S/W 49th CDD Doug Fisk Kennel Executive Director

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Kennel Executive Director has a new Title...Suits him well

Barking Dog’s Mistake in Summer WOG...Here’s the true photo. (L-R) PDD Roger Ware, WV Pack Dog Robber, PDD Rick Shank, Commandant Dept of WV, PDD Mike McLain, WV Pack Leader holding the 'dog' recaptured from the NC Pack during the Mideast Division Growl in Fredericksburg, VA

On 28 June the snow had finally melted and I traveled north to Concord NH where I attended a growl of Chinook Pound 159. Sir Pound Keeper Mark Lindsley tried to keep the dogs under control by fining for even the smallest of infractions of the DD rules or what he thought was an infraction. Some rules were even developed by DD Lindsley as the growl progressed. PDD Shea kept harassing PDD Monnell See Photos) until she finally paid him off to go away. During the growl the dogs paid attention to DD Lindsley as shown in the photo. MCL member Cody Dumont was initiated into the Devil Dogs as a pup. Welcome, Cody. On 12 July I traveled to Portsmouth NH and attended a growl of Pound 349. It was a beautiful New England day being in the 90’s and the NH beaches were crowded. Sir Pound Keeper Brad Howe was late because he stated that the traffic was very heavy but his fur was still wet when he arrived. He was fined because he said he forgot his hat and had to be reminded that it ’s called a cover. He was also fined for not having a DD collar. Even after traveling the vast distance from Bedford NH to Portsmouth NH I was abused by the Pound Keeper and fined just for the hell of it. The Dog Robber stated how many bones the Pound had and was questioned if any of the bones were spent on brown water. During the good of the league I pointed out that the Pound Keeper failed to congratulate me for winning the ax throwing contest at one of the finer dog houses in NH. I presented the Pound’s status report and congratulated the Pound for having all of their reports up to date and 100% of the dues paid. The Dog Robber presented the proposed DD Bylaw changes to be voted on at this year’s Supreme Growl I participated in the audit of NH Pack and also Pound 159 financial records on 14 July. The records were up to date and it was determined that no bones were used to purchase doggie treats or brown water. I represented the New England Division Devil Dogs at the funeral for the spouse of PDD Deptula in RI. Mickey will be missed by all who knew him. PDD Deptula strongly supported the RI Pound and was involved in many DD and MCL activities having served in numerous positions. She is also the New England Division Chaplain. Representing the Devil Dogs, I continue to visit veterans at the VAMC in Manchester, NH in addition to serving on the board of the Building Dreams for Marines organization whose mission is to improve the lives of disabled Marines by improving their homes to make them more accessible for their disabilities. The Building Dreams for Marines conducted their major fundraising effort during August which is a golf tournament. Devil Dogs from NH manned the money hole raising over $1,000 In early August I traveled to Arizona to attend the MCL National Convention and the Devil Dogs Supreme growl. During the time I was there, it was 117 degrees making me wonder how any dog could live there. Obviously they need to drink a lot of the brown water so they don’t dehydrate. During the time I was at the convention I convened the budget committee for a review of the proposed DD budget for 2015-2016. Thanks to the efforts of our Executive Secretary, PCDD Fisk compiling the financial infor-mation needed and presenting it, a budget proposal was developed and presented to the dogs at the Supreme Growl for review and comment. The budget as presented was approved by the dogs in attendance. During the Supreme Growl I was once again picked on and fined for a bunch of made up rule infractions. I was fined 4 bones just because I forgot my name. A number of Dogs throughout New England continue to recognize Scouts who obtain the rank of Eagle Scout by participating in the awards ceremonies and making presentation on behalf of the MCL/MODD. At the end of August I attended a picnic of the VT detachment held in the northeast Kingdom. Had I driven just a few miles more north I would have been in Canada. Great picnic, and as always it was a great time to associate with fellow Marines. All Packs/Pounds were continually reminded of the im-portance of getting the dues into the paws of the Kennel Dog Robber by 1 September and they were also reminded of the importance of filing their 990 forms Frank A. Diekmann VCDD – New England

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Never believe those dogs in the New England Division…

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North West Division…12th Dog in the Kennel

Woof Woof:

I just returned from the National Convention in August in which the NW Division took 1st Place for Member-

ship in the Kennel. This is because of all the work your Dog Robber's have done in keeping up the membership

and reports. We have started a new year and we need to keep up the good work.

Only picture I have received this quarter is from the Robert Bush Jr MOH Pound 353 of the picnic held in Cen-

tralia WA on August 22, 2015.

Our Montana Dogs are busy holding their growls and many functions such as: Anniversary Dinner, Nelson’s High

Mountian BBQ, Nilson’s Pound Puppy Prime Rib Party, Pound Puppy Pot-luck Party, Pound Puppy Pool Party, Road

clean-up, Relay for Life, Parades and more.

The NW Division Meeting is on September 26, 2015 and hope to see as many Worthy Pack Leaders as can at-

tend in Post Falls Id.

Semper Barking

PDD Bonnie Holden

NWD VCDD

nwdvcdd@gmail.com

T.E.A.M.

Together Everyone Achieves More.

This was our 56th Past Chief’s motto for her term in office. IT WORKS! This Dog is standing tall on his hind legs, barking very loudly of how proud he is of our Dogs in the Southern Division. For the first time in this Division, a Pound received 1st Place in membership. Great Job to River Valley Pound #346 in Arkansas! Southern Division also was awarded 3rd Place. Thanks to all the Dogs for, not only adding new wor-thy Dogs, but in rounding up all those strays. This year our Division raised about 845 Big Bones toward the record breaking 31,000 Big Bones for the Mesa Children’s Hospital. Remember, every time you hold a growl you pay a Big Bone as a Passport fee. These Bones go to Kennel towards this project. So, if you have some extra Bones you don’t know what to do with, send them in with your Passport Fees. As a reminder: all Dog Robbers should keep a current copy of our Bylaws, Ritual, and Dog Robber Manual. They can be purchased from our Kennel Quartermaster or downloaded from our website. At every Supreme Growl changes to our Bylaws are voted on. Any Dog who wants to submit a change can do so.. They just have to submit the change per the procedure found in the bylaws manual. Wrapping up---I want to remind the Dogs, especially the Dogs in our Division, that the 2016 Supreme Growl will be in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Make your hotel reserva-tions now. All Dog Robbers: make sure that all Dogs that are qualified for advance-ment get their paper-work in ASAP. This will be the closest location for a Supreme Growl for quite a while. Again, thank you and a Big Pat on the heads of our Southern Division Dogs for a job well done! WOOF! WOOF! PDD Ron Tomonelli Southern Division Vice Chief Devil Dog

Southern Division Dogs are up next in TULSA, OK...

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Please put the following dates in your calendar as the WOG deadlines:

Sep 15 Dec 15 Mar 15 Jun 15

Woofingly,

Do you want to receive the mailed version of the WOG? If so, you must con-

tact your Pound Dog Robber and request to be added to the Kennel’s mailing

list. Otherwise, you will only receive the Spring Edition, which is mailed to

all “DOGS OF THE ORDER”. All WOGs are available online at the Kennel’s Web

Site under “BARKS” , then WOOF O GRAM. There’s also a link to help you sub-

mit an article/photos for upcoming WOGs.

PDD Otter

kbdmodd@gmail.com

Never believe those dogs in the New England Division…?

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Da Barking Dog needs your input & assistance...

Some rules were even developed by DD Lindsley as the growl progressed. PDD Shea kept harassing PDD Monnell See Photos) until she finally paid him off to go away. During the growl the dogs paid attention to DD Lindsley as shown in the photo.

Mid-West Division still barking and howling after all these bones...

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The Watch Dog is busy, so his Deputy share this...

Woof, Woof, the New Jersey Pack has started its Pack Growls and I have sworn in Pound 326 on Tuesday September 1st, Pound 96 will soon follow, our Pack growl is scheduled for September . We will soon schedule our Chapel program's for the upcoming year. I have been notified by my North Jersey counterpart that they will have their ceremony at our Department Convention in June. I will ask South Jersey, at our Pack growl this month, if any South Jersey Pounds will be interested in hosting the South Jersey Chapel of Four Chaplains Ceremony. The Pounds that usually are involved are, Pounds 1, 96 and 326. We also get great participation from our Detachments , who get involved and soon want to join the Dogs. Twice a year, pounds 96 and 326, go to the Vineland Veterans Memorial Home to feed and play Bingo with the Veterans. The Vineland Veterans Home is where PDD George Williams was the last time we had a chance to talk to him. Arizona was HOT, they said it was a dry heat, but PDD Mo Loveland's wife put it best by saying " a oven is dry heat" Congratulations Chief Smith, the Watch Dogs are looking forward to serving you. Woof Woof. PDD Charles D. Fields Sr. Kennel Watch Dog PSPL-11-13 PDOTY-2015 cdfields49@verizon.net 609-705-0311

Woof woof dogs of the Order; The National convention and the Supreme Growl are finished. All Packs and Pounds should remember to elect and install your new officers then submit your ROI's. We have ninety days from the end of the Supreme Growl to get this done. We had a good time in Scottsdale, 92 Devil Dogs were advanced to PDD and 1 PUP was advanced to DD. We all had fun and howls with the "cowdog rodeo" thanks to a great job by Mad Dog PDD Sanning. The Midwest Division is going strong, and not just in odor. Iowa, Kansas and Missouri reported holding their Grand Growls this past June. Pound 122 Iowa Pack was involved in the placement of a new marble monument to the Marine Corps at the Iowa Veter-ans Cemetery at VanMeter. More than 140 attended the dedication ceremony. Funds for the monument were raised by Marines across Iowa. I'm happy to report Southwest Missouri is forming a new Pound, Ozark Mountain Dogs, and should be operational this month. We are getting set for our Midwest division Fall Con-ference to be held this October in Lincoln, Nebraska. Here's woofing at you. PDD Steve Michalski VCDD Midwest Division PS. This is a notice for any and all PUPs wanting to advance to DD at the Midwest Division 2015 Fall Conference to make sure their forms are complete and forwarded to their Worthy Dog Robber.

Pictured at right: DD Lyle McFarlin (left) being award-ed Missouri Pound 66 Pound Dog of the Year by Pound Keeper DD Ed Biermann (right).

As summer winds down, we look back at a great Convention in Scottsdale. Thank you to the Arizona Dogs and other Marines for a great job. Congratulations to our new Chief, My hero C.O. Smith. Past Chief Dietrich, thank you for guiding us for the last year. I would like to congratulate all the new PDDs. A special thank you and congratulations to Platoon #5 for making my job as Dog Han-dler a breeze. I've enjoyed the job for the past 5 years and hope to continue in Tulsa. Things are a little slow in the Central division right now, but will be picking up as the Pound Growls and elections begin. I've heard there are possible PDD upgrades under the WII and Korean War exemption in the future. I look forward to seeing these dogs re-ceive their Gold Collar. Central Division Dogs if you need any help or have any news for me, my e-mail is: USMCVET72@aol.com I look forward to another year of serving as your Division Vice Chief. Semper Woof VCDD Dale Central Division

Woof, Woof; Devil Dogs let start by saying I honored to announce that in the last 6 months the Division has been award two new Pound charters. I like to also announce that the Kennel did outstanding on Pass Port Fees last Year, the Kennel presented the Children's Hospital with a check for $31,000.00. Thank You to all the Devil Dogs of the Rocky MTN Division. With that said, and the Supreme Growl over its time for each Pound to hold their annual elections. I also like to ask each Pound Dog to check their rosters to ensure each Devil Dog is up to date on their Dues. Well doing so also check your EIN status, 990, and Incorporation. Make you

are turning your Pass Port Fees in after each and every Growl. Remember to find all stray Dogs and those that have not been seen at a Growl in a while. Lets see if we can help that donation to a Children's Hospital gets bigger. Woof, Woof. PDD Tom Krueger VCDD RMD 303-915-1602 tekusmc@aol.com

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Rocky Mountain Division…Let the games begin...

North East Dogs are very busy ...

Central Division…Trying to stay cool & dry...

As of September 14,2015 all is quite in the N.E.D. Dog House. I was in Scottsdale Arizona it was a little hot for some of the dogs! Just attended a funeral of one of my own Dog from Pound 366. Checking the Pounds to make sure their 990's are in. Will be attending New Jersey Staff Meeting and Growl on September 27,2015. Then will attend Pennsylvania October 16 and 17 Staff Meeting and Growl. This is my scratching for now!

Its a honor to be a devil dog!

PDD Bernie Scott

North East Division Devil Dog

Woof Woof !! After a Grand visit to the National Convention where we had a few, but not nearly as many mem-bers from the SE as usual advancing. Those that attended and advanced to PDD had a Hot time in Scottsdale. Having achieved the 2nd Place Membership (PDD James F Powell) Award the Southeast is embark-ing on a mission to find more from the cream of the crop of Leaguers. We will improve on those numbers and bring more of those members to the Order. After returning I have had the opportunity to advance a couple of medically exempt members to PDD in Florida. While they miss their initiation their Pounds and Pack officers turned out to wel-come them to the ranks of PDD.

As we prepare for the SE Division Growl in March in Augusta GA, we expect much sniffing and barking throughout the pounds and packs of the southeast. Woof Woof!!

South East Division can’t wait to see you in Tulsa 2016...

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Kennel Lucky Dog wants you to buy tickets and WIN!!!

Woof! Woof!

I hope all you dogs that attended the National convention in Scottsdale, AZ had a good time. Congratulations to all our new PDDs who moved up in the heat of the desert! The weather in AZ wasn’t too bad; remember it’s a dry heat – just like an oven!!

I will once again be hanging around the dog house at the Midwinter National Conference in Falls Church, VA. Although I am hoping winter will actually be in our rearview mirror by March 3-5th. I will be helping the Jr. Vice Chief Devil Dog sell raffles to support the Kennel. Bring bones and come looking to have a good time!

I would be remiss if I didn’t congratulate both our PCDD Leanna Dietrich for being awarded National Marine of the Year and Jack Severn for being endowed with the title Honorable Chief. Well-deserved for both of them!!

If you have any questions for me, you can contact me at mclchick@hotmail.com

Semper Barking,

PDD Evie Remines

Kennel Lucky Dog

This old cur has been busier than that famous proverbial multi-endowed sailor in Shanghai! Since the Last Woof-O-Gram I’ve been to3 Pound Growls, 2 Grand Growls, 1 Supreme Growl, 2 County Fairs, 1 Rodeo and a hog-calling contest. The Growls were, without a doubt, the most fun (the hog-calling was a close one, however!). Those of you that were in attendance at the National Convention & Supreme Growl in Scottsdale may be able to relate. That was an outstanding Convention & Growl-- a great venue and wonderful hospitality, both of which far outweighed the hot weather and any glitches that may have occurred. Makes the Southwest Division proud! I know most of the Dogs out there don’t want to hear any more whining from this part of the country, but we are literally burning to the ground out here. With the drought everything is drier tan unbuttered popcorn & is liter-ally exploding, with very little relief in sight. We are begging for some rain, so if some of you can spare any, we’ll take it. On a different note, we have lost some good Devil Dogs in the last year. Some, of course, have left this earth. Others, however, have just stopped participating and became strays. This is not satisfactory, and we have to find an answer. Recruitment isn’t the answer because we don’t take every one who applies. They must be recommended and accept-ed. Once accepted, we must get them involved. Let’s come up with some innovative ide-as and present them up the ladder. ‘Nuff said! PDD Bob Villalobos 00-228 SWDVCDD

TAKING ACTION

Congratulations to the Marine Corps League for taking the recent action it took at the 92nd National Con-vention held in Scottsdale, AZ in August. Because there was a concern for the welfare of our Marine Corps League (MCL), members of the National Board of Trustees saw to it the future of our organization remain fostered for future success. There were concerns that had to be addressed at the Convention and they were. Kudos to our leadership and membership who attended this year’s National Convention for con-ducting themselves in a proper manner that allowed for the discussion of our future to prevail.

Sometimes we must simply stop ourselves to ask “Are we following all business activities that are prudent.” It must be realized that the current situation at the National Headquarters is not completed. There are some details that need to be adjudicated that have not yet come to light, but it is comforting that our mem-bership is onboard to see it through.

We, as Dogs of the Order, must see to it that our actions support the Marine Corps League, because with-out the MCL there is no Military Order of the Devil Dogs.

Woof, woof!

PDD Tom Minchin, Kennel Dog Trainer

tomminchin52@gmail.com

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Our Dog Trainer takes a moment to think...

SOUTHWEST DIVISION HIT A HOME RUN FOR THE 76th SUPREME GROWL...

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Dog Justice at the Mideast Division Conference Growl, June 27, 2015 in Fredericksburg, VA. Mideast Division VCDD Craig Reeling opened up the Growl with a welcome to all members of the division. Several members of the North Carolina Pack, which included PDD Jeff Jones, PDD Charles Minton, PDD Ken Parker, PDD Terry Hightower and PDD Richard Rust, brought their NC Pack “Mascot” with them and were bragging about how they had obtained their new “Dog.” They mentioned that while they traveled in convoy on the way home from the National Convention in Charleston, West Virginia, last August, they stopped off at a petting zoo in southern West Virginia. They noted some small farm animals in a nearby field so they climbed over a fence and commenced to mingle among the animals. A farmer came out and told them he wanted them out of his field immediately. One of the members, who was very short and stocky, grabbed one of the animals, jumped over the fence and ran off down the highway heading south toward North Carolina. The other members climbed over the fence, got into their cars and drove away in the same direction, trying to catch up to the member running toward the border. This inci-dent was brought to the attention of the West Virginia Pack who dispatched some MODD members to go speak with the farmer. The farmer stated all those cars had North Carolina license plates so he had to assume they were all “Tar Heels” as they had taken one of his animals. The WV Pack has been on the look out for this farmer ’s animal and when the NC Pack showed up at the Growl, it was noted that this animal was the missing farm animal. Members of the WV Pack including Pack Leader PDD Mike McLain, PDD Rick Shank, PDD Harvey Gum and PDD Roger Ware, using their stealth skills and recon training they developed in the Marine Corps, surrounded the members of the NC Pack and repatriated the “mountaineer” mule. Some might say it looked like a sheep but that was debatable. Members of the NC Pack voiced their concerns that they did not know it was considered a sheep. VCDD Reeling fined them for illegal trespassing, obtaining an animal under false circumstances, lack of knowledge in animal recognition and for being from NC. The contingent of the NC Pack tried to come up with a reasonable defense but they didn’t have enough “dog sense” between all of them to put forth a favorable explanation on their behalf, so Reeling fine them additional fees for not having a Smart Dog with them. Member of the MD Pack, most notably PDD Jim Brady, PDD Bud Raines, PDD Guy Hall, PDD Evie Remines, PDD Don Benson, PDD Jack Severn and others, came to the defense of the NC Pack members and they were also fined for potential larceny and trying to incite a riot due to their howling and weird barks. They tried to steal the animal from the WV Pack. Cont. pg 20.

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Mid-East Dogs are busy chasing cars up and down the Expressway...

MILITARY ORDER of the DEVIL DOGS

KENNEL DOG ROBBER

8617 Knob Hill Ct, New Port Richey, FL 34653 sjoppa1@gmail.com (727) 372-9358

The growl was opened at 1300 by Chief Dietrich with the usual ceremony. Dignitaries in attendance included Past Chiefs: Williams, Taylor, Lent, Fisk, Garland, Hull, and English. Kennel Dogs of the Year PDD Terry, PCDD Lent, PDD Bigwood, PCDD Williams, PDD Severn, PDD C. O. Smith and PDD Hazlett. MCL National Officers: PDD Kovalcik, PDD Gore, PDD Webb, PDD Tobin, PDD Daily, PDD Mclain, PDD Hunter, PDD Harrington, PDD Modzelewski, PDD Moysiuk, PDD Davies, PDD Clark, PDD Rigg and PDD Rivers. PDD Hazlett the Executive Director was also on board. MCL Foundation President PCDD Hull was present. Past National Commandants recognized were HPNC Georgopolus, HPNC Macintyre . Scratchings from the 2015 Mid Winter Mini Growl were approved as published in the Woof O Gram. Dedication The Growl was dedicated to PDD George Williams by PCDD Taylor. The Chief added all who have been lost in the last year. A list of those in Sickness or Distress was compiled by the Dog Trainer. Reports: Dog Robber gave a report of membership and charters presented. Executive Director gave a budget report with a bottom line of $35,416 to the good. The Mad Dog reported that 1 PUP was elevated to DD and 92 DD’s were elevated to PDD. The platoon award went to 3rd platoon. The Dog Trainer reported that PDD Brownrigg was just reported to have passed and that PDD Aune needs our prayers. Smart Dog: Packs and Pounds must file the IRS 990! Jr Vice: He had asked that each pound hold a Christmas in July event to raise bones. He did not get very much response to his re-quest. (cont. pg 15)

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Chief: The passport presentation to the Cardon Childrens’s Medical Center was $31,000 bones. The AZ Dogs have raised $140,000 for the Northern AZ VA in Prescott. Historian: He has orders for 84 photo CD’s at this point. Budget: Income proposed $137,660, Expenses $135,400 with $2,260 in reserve. PCDD Garland moved to accept, seconded by PDD Condy. Passed. Membership awards: Pound: 3rd MD 344, 2nd FL 298, 1st AR 346. Pack: 3rd KS, 2nd ID, 1st AR. Division: 3rd SOU, 2nd SE, 1st NW. Quartermaster reported sales of $13,052 so far at this convention. Past Chief Society: Said to send out notices for dues in June and get them in by the September 1 deadline. Commemorative Committee: 2018 will be the 100th anniversary of the battle of Belleau Wood. A motion was made by PDD Ott to accept all reports. 2nd ay PDD Hackbarth and passed. Officer reports as submitted are attached at the end. New Business: Bylaws An amendment to recognize and establish Dual Members was presented. A motion to approve was made by PDD Hackbarth, 2nd by PDD Hightower, passed. An amendment to change the title of Executive Secretary to Executive Director. Motion to accept PDD Condy, 2nd PCDD Taylor, passed. Awards: Appreciation awards were made to the hotel staff. Passport awards: Pound was MD 204 with 1,437. Pack MD with 1,456. Pound Dog Robber of the Year was awarded to PDD Dressler of Pound 185 WA Pack. Pack Dog Robber of the Year went to PDD Ware of WV Pack. Charter: New charters were handed out by the Chief to Pounds in NC and CO. Honorary Past Chief was awarded to PDD Jack Severn of MD. Chief Commendation awards were presented to: PDD Gore, PDD Webb, PDD Tobin, PDD Herrmann, PDD Hazlett, PDD Ferguson, PDD Diekmann, PDD CO Smith, PDD Sanning, PDD Joppa, PDD Severn, PDD Reeling, PDD Carrier, PDD Minton, PDD Jones, PDD Hightower, PDD Hoffman, PDD Watts, PDD Howe and PDD Wendy Zamora. (cont. pg. 18)

KENNEL DOG ROBBER...

Nominations and Elections were conducted with the following results: Chief PDD C. O. Smith Sr Vice Chief PDD Spicer Jr Vice Chief PDD Hazlett Smart Dog PDD Jeff Jones Police Dog PDD Rod Hoffman Mad Dog PDD Sanning Dog Trainer PDD Minchin Installation was conducted when elections were complete. The growl was closed with the usual ceremony. On Thursday at the Past Chief lunch awards were made to PDD Leo McCann, PDD Marc Dunne, PDD Terry Hightower and PDD Tom Minchin. At the Grand Banquet the Kennel Dog of the Year was revealed to be PDD Mike McLain. WOOF WOOF Respectfully submitted

Stephen C. Joppa

Stephen C. Joppa Kennel Dog Robber

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Photo Left: The dogs of the Robert E. Bush (MOH) Pound 363 of the NWD, at a gathering. L-R: PDD John Britcher, DD Eric Rathke with Treasure, his service dog, DD Dick Calvert Jr., DD Bob Broostrum & his flea, and DD Mike Hamilton & his flea.

Photo Right: Our Jr. Past Chief Devil Dog had to take a seat after the shock of being awarded the National Marine of the Year for 2015. Moti-vated and dedicated to the greater good of the Order as well as the League. OHHRAH!!!

Photo Left: PDD Mike McClain was as shocked as the Jr. Past for being recognized as the 2015 Kennel Dog of the Year by PCDD Bob Lent.

Photo Right: Only our 4th Honorary Chief Devil Dog, HCDD Jack Severn, aka. Police Dog, Kennel Artist. He was speechless which nobody thought could ever happen..

Photo Left: PCDD Lent with Smoky and his PDD enjoying the final stage of earning that gold collar. Smoky was the hit of the week.

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I’m pleased to advise that this year’s photo CD is finished and sent to all those who purchased one

during Convention week. We were able to get these out in record time thanks in part to all submit-

ted photos being forwarded immediately after the Convention and the Kennel’s purchase of a high

speed multi disc CD burner. Burning of all the discs took less than forty five minutes to complete ver-

sus two to three days as it has taken in past years. The mailing went to the Post Office and complet-

ed on Friday September 4th.

Of greatest interest to the members who were in attendance at the closing banquet was the 94

year old Navajo Code talker who sang the Marines’ Hymn in the Navajo language. It received a

standing ovation and I’m pleased to announce that the MP3 video of this event is the last item on

the CD. It really was an inspiring moment! Also on the CD is a short video of the Tuesday night trip to

Organ Stop Pizza in Mesa. The “dancing cats” is something to be seen!

Anyone who desires a copy of this year’s CD can send a check made out to MODD Kennel and ad-

dressed to me at:

281 Chinquapin Drive

Lyndhurst VA 22952.

I will get a copy out to you right away. Rest assured this video is worth the price of the entire CD.

Woof Woof

PCDD Bob Lent

Kennel Historian has completed the CD Showcase for 2015

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Photos from the 76th Supreme Growl in Scottsdale, AZ will be available online soon...

(Cont from pg 14) Mid East Dogs...Members of the Virginia Pack including PDD Lee Taylor, PDD Bill Watson, PDD Don Coons and others set speechless as they learned the Tar Hells had passed through their area and they failed to charge them an import fee. VCDD Reeling fined them for failing to act responsibly and not securing their bor-ders. The members of the WV Pack demonstrated they were suave and debonair by maintaining a low profile. They mentioned they were only trying to help a poor retired farmer who just happened to be an Air Force veter-an. They were fined for taking so long to find the farmer’s animal. One has to truly wonder what those Tar Hells wanted their new mascot for anyway. It’s pretty obvious that members of the NC Pack were living large in the hills of NC and didn’t get out very much and didn’t have appreciation for any animal. And then, all Dogs need to wonder if this is a common thing the NC Pack does in foreign territory. The enclosed picture (Pg 6.) proves the facts of the story. In the photo are members of the WV Pack including, from left, PDD Roger Ware, Pound Keeper Mountain Hounds Pound 358; Rick Shank, Pound Keeper Minutemen Pound 215; WV Pack Leader Mike McLain. Note this is the photo that was included in the last WOG but was la-beled wrong. Submitted by: PDD Roger Ware Deputy Kennel Veterinarian

Photo Left: The Grand Banquet was hon-ored to have the local Recruiters to be our Color Guard.

Photo Right: Searching for his PDD is Bill Heyob from the ID Pack. Their guide-on was looking shabby til the final inspection. Plus he rocked the hulu skirt. Photo Below: Will the real 51st PCDD Don Garland stand up? Talk about shenanigans and tom foolery, the 76th Supreme Growl was one for the record books.

Photo Right: 56th CDD Dietrich presenting the $31,000 check to the Cardon Childrens Hospital. Nice job Kennel!

Photo Left: It was an honor to listen to Navajo Code Talker, Joe Kellwood (gold shirt) sing the Marines Hymn in Navajo. Then the banquet erupted in singing Happy Birthday to Joe for turning 94 years young. OHHRAH!!!

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A Blast from the Past: WOG December 1985

WHAY-S HAPPENIN! A few, darned few, Pounds are letting us know what's happenin' in their backyards. For instance, DD Scott VanGrol, Dog Robber of "Weinie" Pound 37(NY) puts out a great Pound Newsletter- Their next GROWL will be Friday, 24 January 1986. In the Newsletter I found this, well worth repeating to EVERY Pound in our Kennel: PROMOTE: Sell the Devil Dogs to qualified Leaguers you know are worthy to be Dogs. pROVIDE: Pay your dues on tlme, sell tlckets when needed or screw up at a GROWL so the Poundkeeper can flne you. (RIGHT ON!!) PARTICIpATE: Attend the GROwLS and plcnlCS, have fun, enJoy the company of your fellow MARINES. WORDS FOR ALL OF US TO LIVE BY! Pound 96(NJ) reports that Honorary Devil Dog, PDD Stanley Jekonski passed away, after a short illness. He was 88 years young, and attended every GROWL right up to his death. He was a veteran of several crucial battles in France during World War I. The Dogs of his home Detachment, Semper Marine Det., of Vineland, NJ provided the honor guard and the appro-priate ceremony at his funeral and intermment. WELL DONE! Pound 136(NJ) has also been very busy under the direction of their new POUNDKEEPER, PDD Jim Powell. They recently held their annuel Christmas party at Elizabeth Bener Medical Center, Elizabeth, NJ, and installed the new officers at the annual Christmas par-ty. Past Chief Ed Gallagher officiated, as he has done for the past several years. This is PDD Mae Krasss' home Pound, so you know things run right!! Pound 136 is also running a unique raffle that will benefit the PDD Don Gast Memorial Fund. One of their Dogs gav.e the Pound the ability to have a ceramic figurine made in the winner's IMAGE, wearing the uniform of the winner's choice. That's right, if you win, you'll get a ceramic statue with YOUR FACE on it, dressed in the uniform of the era that you served in the CORPS, whether it be World War II, Korea, or Vietnam. It can be Blues, Greens, or Utilities. The chances are $5.00 each (1,000 chances ONLY will be sold) and the drawing will be held 20 March 1986. Call or write to me, at the above ad-dress if you want a chance. Just think, your own statue, for $5.00!!

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Photo Left: The Kennel and The MCL was given a tour of the Veterans Sports Courts, which was made possible by the Marine Corps League of Arizona.

Photo Right: (R) 45th Chief Devil Dog Bill Taylor presents the Past Chief’s Society Award to PDD Tom “Sky 6” Minchin. Broken wing and all, he did a wonderful job as Dog Trainer.

Photo Left: PDD Terry Hightower was also recog-nized by the Past Chiefs for his work. On a side note, the Kennel is now looking for a Deputy Konci-erge due to the election results and PDD Huffman becoming the new Kennel Police Dog. Call PDD High-tower if you are interested.

Photo Right: PDDs Evie Remines and Don Benson posing at the Lucky Dog Sta-tion with some really cool prizes. Photo Left: Mad Dog Sanning and the initiation team did a FANTASTIC job with the DDs who were present to elevate to PDD. Welcome Aboard PDDs.

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Good night, Chesty, wherever you are!

Military Order of the Devil Dogs, Inc.

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C/O: PDD Randy Ott, aka: “Otter”

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DEVIL DOG’S CREED By PDD George E. Williams

I am an American, I was born in France. I hold the title

of United States Marine, and understand the commit-

ment of holding the title, Devil Dog. It is a tradition

born at Belleau Wood in the year 1918, of a force in

readiness and the “First to Fight.” As a Devil Dog, I ask

no quarter and give no quarter. I will do everything in

my power to uphold the objectives of the Military

Order of Devil Dogs and to carry out my duties to a

swift and satisfactory completion.