| 2009 April Newsletter |
Greetings 15th Med Members,
2009 Reunion - It was a great reunion at Myrtle Beach, SC. The dates were Apr 2-5,
2009. Our Reunion Coordinator Pete Mulford arranged 3 hospitality rooms on the 1st level all
connected together. Each room had some displays in them. One room had a map where
members put a little name tag on to show where there live. Another room had all the recent
documents retrived from the archives. The hospitality rooms opened up early in the morning
and usually closed about 11pm or midnight. We had a lot of members attending and there
were also new members who attended their first Reunion.
Our annual meeting was head in the conference room Saturday morning at 9 pm Apr 4th,
2009. We discussion the old business then went on to new business. We elected and
appointed or re-appointed officers. The meeting was a big turn out with wives also attending
the annual meeting. The picture below is all the 15th Med Association Members who attended
the annual meeting.
Our Saturday Evening Banquet was in another conference room next to our Annual
meeting room. It was a great buffet. You could have 2nds or even 3rds if you so desired. We
had our Ladies Aux Coordinator give out rewards to our members, member wives and
Honorary Guests (members of the Lance family). Holly Calibro was our outgoing Ladies Aux
Coordinator and Velma Smith is taking he place. Velma assisted Holly during this awards
ceremony.
Next we had Richard "Tiny" Mellon be the auctioneer. One of the conveted items
auctioned off was a Aircraft Armor Vest with backplate. Nick name for this is item while we
were in Vietnam was "Chicken Plate." Art Jacobs had the highest bid on the Chicken Plate.
Our highest bid item was a hand made Belt Buckle with a 1st Cav Patch and a Huey helicotper
on it.
During the Reunion Treasuer Bob Mc Kinley ask me about the map I had made with the
Reuion locations on it a couple years ago. I found it and added 2008 and 2009.
Member Bobby Brooks wife, Linda brought he laptop and scanner equipment to the 2009
Reunion. She make memorial pictures of members who brought a picture of them in Vietnam. I
appreciate the Memorial Picture she made of me. I hung it over my computer as soon as I got
home. You can view her Digital Beauty Designs by clicking on the Icon in 2nd index page of
this website. There you will find information to contact her.
The picture to the right is
our 15th Med Association
Status Report as of 4/24/2009.
There is one item that will be
need to change soon. It is the
MSN Website Members. It will
be changed to Main Website
FORUMS. We lost the MSN
website in FEB. I don't know
if I will be able to create another
one, but I am working on that
possibility. When you look at
the Status Report you will notice
how incomplete we are when it
comes to email address and
next are phone numbers. The
members are divided into 4 area
of the US. You can see how
many are in each state. It is a
big challenge to update this
ongoing information. Hopefully
we will be able to get a few members to help update our database by regions. This is currently
being work on.
One of the important objective that I wanted to come from the Reunion was to mentor one
of two members to be Assistant Webmasters. I believe we should have a few who know what
to do with the Database, Website and Forums. We don't need to loose our website/s again.
Member David Huser with be visiting me next week and I will be setting up his laptop with all the
information I have with our Main Website. I will teach him all the things I do in a more easier
manner than I learned them. Being self taught does have its drawback, which is trial and error
along with time. I will be able to show him the best methods I use. There are seveal different
computer programs I will teach him to that I use. Soon he will be also setting up the Voice over
Internet Provider that I spoke about at the Reunion. We will use that to communicate with over
the internet. It is called GSC and you can download it by clicking the bottom of the GSC
banner below or on the front page of the Website. Once installed and having the proper
equipment one will be able to talk to other members across the US and it is FREE.
The GSC Banner to the shows who is online in our
GSC server. You can see it on the front page of the
website to see who is online. If you feel like voice
chatting with another member you can boot the GSC
program. All you have to do is download it and install
the program. You will need to search for the "15th Med
Assocaition" channel to enter it. You if you have questions
about it please feel free to contact me.
Best Wishes to all of you. Please keep in touch.
Webmaster/Database Operator
15th Med Association
Murray Gibbs
Medevac 67-68
SO THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE
gunnermadmur@neo.rr.com
2009 Reunion - It was a great reunion at Myrtle Beach, SC. The dates were Apr 2-5,
2009. Our Reunion Coordinator Pete Mulford arranged 3 hospitality rooms on the 1st level all
connected together. Each room had some displays in them. One room had a map where
members put a little name tag on to show where there live. Another room had all the recent
documents retrived from the archives. The hospitality rooms opened up early in the morning
and usually closed about 11pm or midnight. We had a lot of members attending and there
were also new members who attended their first Reunion.
Our annual meeting was head in the conference room Saturday morning at 9 pm Apr 4th,
2009. We discussion the old business then went on to new business. We elected and
appointed or re-appointed officers. The meeting was a big turn out with wives also attending
the annual meeting. The picture below is all the 15th Med Association Members who attended
the annual meeting.
Our Saturday Evening Banquet was in another conference room next to our Annual
meeting room. It was a great buffet. You could have 2nds or even 3rds if you so desired. We
had our Ladies Aux Coordinator give out rewards to our members, member wives and
Honorary Guests (members of the Lance family). Holly Calibro was our outgoing Ladies Aux
Coordinator and Velma Smith is taking he place. Velma assisted Holly during this awards
ceremony.
Next we had Richard "Tiny" Mellon be the auctioneer. One of the conveted items
auctioned off was a Aircraft Armor Vest with backplate. Nick name for this is item while we
were in Vietnam was "Chicken Plate." Art Jacobs had the highest bid on the Chicken Plate.
Our highest bid item was a hand made Belt Buckle with a 1st Cav Patch and a Huey helicotper
on it.
During the Reunion Treasuer Bob Mc Kinley ask me about the map I had made with the
Reuion locations on it a couple years ago. I found it and added 2008 and 2009.
Member Bobby Brooks wife, Linda brought he laptop and scanner equipment to the 2009
Reunion. She make memorial pictures of members who brought a picture of them in Vietnam. I
appreciate the Memorial Picture she made of me. I hung it over my computer as soon as I got
home. You can view her Digital Beauty Designs by clicking on the Icon in 2nd index page of
this website. There you will find information to contact her.
The picture to the right is
our 15th Med Association
Status Report as of 4/24/2009.
There is one item that will be
need to change soon. It is the
MSN Website Members. It will
be changed to Main Website
FORUMS. We lost the MSN
website in FEB. I don't know
if I will be able to create another
one, but I am working on that
possibility. When you look at
the Status Report you will notice
how incomplete we are when it
comes to email address and
next are phone numbers. The
members are divided into 4 area
of the US. You can see how
many are in each state. It is a
big challenge to update this
ongoing information. Hopefully
we will be able to get a few members to help update our database by regions. This is currently
being work on.
One of the important objective that I wanted to come from the Reunion was to mentor one
of two members to be Assistant Webmasters. I believe we should have a few who know what
to do with the Database, Website and Forums. We don't need to loose our website/s again.
Member David Huser with be visiting me next week and I will be setting up his laptop with all the
information I have with our Main Website. I will teach him all the things I do in a more easier
manner than I learned them. Being self taught does have its drawback, which is trial and error
along with time. I will be able to show him the best methods I use. There are seveal different
computer programs I will teach him to that I use. Soon he will be also setting up the Voice over
Internet Provider that I spoke about at the Reunion. We will use that to communicate with over
the internet. It is called GSC and you can download it by clicking the bottom of the GSC
banner below or on the front page of the Website. Once installed and having the proper
equipment one will be able to talk to other members across the US and it is FREE.
The GSC Banner to the shows who is online in our
GSC server. You can see it on the front page of the
website to see who is online. If you feel like voice
chatting with another member you can boot the GSC
program. All you have to do is download it and install
the program. You will need to search for the "15th Med
Assocaition" channel to enter it. You if you have questions
about it please feel free to contact me.
Best Wishes to all of you. Please keep in touch.
Webmaster/Database Operator
15th Med Association
Murray Gibbs
Medevac 67-68
SO THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE
gunnermadmur@neo.rr.com
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