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P. O. BOX 82Clayton, NC 27520-0082

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MAY -STANDING SCHEDULES

Meeting Tuesday 12 MAY 2015 @ 1900-2000All Hands are encouraged to attend!

Good of the LeaguePDD Devell Bull Durham Jr. was awarded Pack Dogof the Year 2015 @ the Marine Corps LeagueDepartment of North Carolina Convention and GrandGrowl held in Cherry Point on 12 June 2015.Congratulations Devil Dog!

Carry-On Detachment's2 newest members!

(L to R) Marines Tracey Swannand Joseph Womack.

Welcome to the Johnston County Marine Corps League.

JULY BIRTHDAYSJames S. Willie Williams (07/25/54) 61 years young!

Linwood G. Johnson (07/31/36) 79 years young!

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Carry-On Detachment #1236 will be hosting the next Military Order ofthe Devil Dogs Jesse O. Price Pound #210 Growl on 11 July 2015 from

1100-1400 hrs. @ the American Legion Post #71 in Clayton All Dogs plan on attending!

Happy Independence Day Marines!

Commandants Notes:The new fiscal year started off with the Department Annual Convention. Carry-OnDetachment had several members in attendance, more than a lot of other Detachments, whichsay a lot of our membership. Well Done.

We have several Eagle Scout Good Citizenship Awards pending, and lets not forget ourGood Business Awards as well. Its really impressive when several of our members show upfor the presentation. The business owners and employees are impressed by our presence innumbers, and it is obvious to me that they are truly honored with our recognition of theirPatriotism. Its not just that Veterans are doing this award, but Marines! We are the onlyorganization in the area doing anything like this, and you should all be proud of what this isdoing for our business community.

Let me end this with a reminder to promote our fundraiser and sell those raffle tickets!September will be here before you know it, so lets get those raffle tickets sold and preparefor the Harvest Festival drawing. Semper Fi!Timothy Daniel

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Public Relations Committee (Lewis W. Rice III - Chair) The JoCo Marine Newsletter will now be posted to our Detachments

Facebook page on a monthly basis as well as being mailed out and emailed,please let Lewis know if you need an electronic copy of the Detachment Flyer. This is different than the Newsletter (to hand out to prospective new members).

Flap Jack Fundraiser Committee (Lewis W. Rice III - Chair) (Chairperson needed to take over this committee for the next event, submit

your name at the next meeting for nomination, or to Ken Parker via email.)

Good Business Award Committee (Lewis W. Rice III - Chair) Sona BLW Precision Forge, Inc., 500 Oak Tree Dr. Selma, NC

27576 - 17 July @ 1400 hrs. Kids R Kids, 307 Tew Ct. Clayton, NC 27520 - 14 August @ 1400 hrs.

Eagle Scout Good Citizenship Award Committee (Lewis W. Rice III Chair) Troop #23 of Princeton on 28 June @ 1500 hrs. Rains Crossroads OFWB

Church, 5430 Princeton Kenly Rd. Kenly, NC 27542 Troop #23 of Princeton on 26 July @ 1500 hrs. Princeton Baptist Church, 211 S.

Pearl St. Princeton, NC 27569

Rosebuds Committee (Ken Parker - Chair) Ken Parker reported we have some funds turned in from the

Clock and Jewelry shop.

VA Hospital Visit Committee (Ken Parker Chair) Next scheduled VA Hospital visit is 30 June, meet-up time is 1800 hrs.

@ McDonalds parking lot US Bus 70 in Clayton.

Adopt-A-Highway Clean-up Committee (Ken Parker Chair) To be determined at a later date.

Raffle Committee (Willie Williams Chair) Raffle Chairman Willie Williams has

secured a Savage Arms 30/06 rifle with ascope. Tickets are now available. Drawingwill be held at the Clayton Harvest & MusicFestival 2015.

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04 July 1801: President Thomas Jefferson reviewed the Marines, led by the Commandant of theMarine Corps, Lt. Col. William W. Burrows and the Marine Band, on the White House grounds.The smartly uniformed Marines performed drills and fired various salutes in observance of thenew nation's 25th anniversary.

06 July 1990: One of the oldest and most versatile attack aircraft in Marine Corps history, the A-4 Skyhawk, retired from the Corps' active aviation structure after over 30 years of service. Thelast two Skyhawks from MAG-32 flew their initial flight from Cherry Point to NAS PatuxentRiver on this date.

07 July 1941: The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing was activated at Quantico, Virginia. Within a year ofactivation, the Wing would participate in the Marine Corps offensive at Guadalcanal. That bittercampaign would be the first in a series of legendary battles in which the Wing would add luster toits reputation. The 1stMAW would earn five Presidential Unit Citations for gallantry incampaigns spanning World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

11 July 1798: President John Adams approved "An Act for Establishing and Organizing a MarineCorps", and it became law. The following day, the President appointed William Ward Burrowsthe Major Commandant of the new Corps. In August, Major Burrows opened his headquarters inPhiladelphia, at that time still the capital of the new nation.

14 July 1993: The USS IWO JIMA was decommissioned after over 30 years of service in aceremony at Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia. The ship was named for the World War II battleduring which three Marine divisions ousted 20,000 entrenched Japanese troops. The Iwo Jimawas commissioned 26 August 1961, and it was the first ship specifically designed as anamphibious assault ship from the keel up.

18 July 1918: The 4th Brigade of Marines began an attack near Soissons, France, as part of athree-division counterattack against the Germans. In the first two days of battle, the brigadesustained 1,972 casualties.

24 July 1944: The V Amphibious Corps, commanded by Major General Harry Schmidt, landedon Tinian, in the Mariana Islands. The following morning, the 2d and 4th Marine Divisionsbegan a shoulder-to-shoulder southward sweep of the island. Organized enemy resistance fadedwithin a week, and on 1 August, Maj. Gen. Schmidt declared the island secure.

26 July 1947: The National Security Act of 1947 became effective, reaffirming the status of theMarine Corps as a separate military service within the Department of the Navy. The ActProvided for Fleet Marine Forces, and confirmed the Corps' mission of seizing and defendingadvanced bases, as well as land operation incident to naval campaigns.

28 July 1918: Brigadier General John A. Lejeune assumed command of the 2d Division, U.S.Army in France, and remained in that capacity until August 1919 when the unit was demobilized.He was the first Marine officer to hold an Army divisional command, and following theArmistice, he led his division in the march into Germany.

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Sick Call

We have no recent word on Doc Trowbridge. Alfred Peavys wife is still havingproblems. Marine Perry Champion is having a procedure tomorrow. Commandants

Mother-in-Law is having continuing back pain.

IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN MARINE BROTHERSAND SISTERS, FMF CORPSMEN AND CHAPLAINS

Tom Barrie, John Bullock, George Gillespie, Robert Moore, Willard Pleasants, andGordon Young.

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