Heart of Texas
Young Marines
3310 N 15A St.
Waco, Texas
Commanding Officer
Henry Gonzales III MSgt USMC Retired
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January 2012 From the Top As was previously announced by email, we would like to congratulate Young Marine Sergeant Major Victoria Perez for her selection as Division 4 Young Marine of the Year. She had been selected as the 1st Texas Regiment Young Marine of the Year earlier in November. Our unit should be very proud of the fact that we have had the 1st Texas Regiment Young Marine of the Year for three consecutive years and now the Division Young Marine of the Year for two straight years. We wish YM Sergeant Major Perez the very best in her competition for National Young Marine of the Year this coming May. Hope everyone had an enjoyable and safe Christmas and are prepared for the New Year. We begin preparations for the upcoming Recruit Training Company (boot Camp) which will begin in February. We are looking for Young Marine volunteers to help work. The qualification required to be a Young Marine Recruit Instructor is having attended a Leadership School. The qualification required to be a Young Marine Recruit Assistant is to be a Corporal. If you are interested in being a part of the recruit training let a staff member know by January 4, 2012. The first meeting to prepare for recruit training will be January 7, 2012. We will continue to recruit interested boys and girls through January 21st. We currently have 26 recruits signed up at this time. Our commitments for January begin with basketball parking on the 2nd at 4:00 PM and on the 4th at 5:00 PM. On the 10th, we will have our Staff meeting at 6:00 PM at the Young Marine headquarters. On the 14th, we will have basketball parking at 12:00 PM. The VA Social will be at 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM at the VA Medical Center at Building 6 in Uniform B. On the 21st, we will have Young Marine drill beginning at 8:00 AM. We do not know at this time how long drill will be due to basketball parking commitments that day beginning at 11:00 AM and again at 5:00 PM. On the 27th, we will have parking for the Harlem Globetrotters beginning at 5:00 PM. On the 28th, we will have basketball parking at 10:00 AM and again at 5:00 PM. I would like to thank Gracie Martinez and Sally Norlie for their work in arranging the Christmas lunch with prizes. They always continue to work to provide good things for our Young Marines. The only thing I was really upset about was upon our return from Baylor graduation parking they were the people cleaning up afterwards. I cannot believe this is the way we thank them especially since drill was not to end until 4:00 PM. There were many prizes that had been set aside for drawings that were not given away due to Young Marines being taken away early. I had only received information on one Young Marine that would be leaving earlier than 4:00 PM that day. We try to make the Young Marines set a good example, but if they are not present to help. I guess I can’t blame them. On January 28th, there will be an ALL PARENTS meeting at Parkview Baptist Church beginning at 8:00 AM. We will go over information on the coming year and provide information to parents who have children starting boot camp the following weekend. Many units have monthly meetings and maybe we need to start that trend also. We went over Summer Programs of Adventures, Camps and Schools (SACES) with the Young Marines at last drill. We asked that they let us know what they may be interested in attending. We will be competing with units across the country to get our Young Marines entered into these programs the morning of January 2nd. That morning everyone is sitting before their computers to enter their Young Marines into the database. We have done well in the pass to get our Young Marines what they’ve requested. At this month’s drill, we should also be distributing car wash tickets for our one and only major fund raiser. We will have the car wash on March 10thand will begin selling prepaid tickets prior to that time. The Young Marine and Recruit who sell the most tickets qualify for an Outstanding Salesmanship ribbon and an additional prize. From this point forward through the graduation of our next recruit training class, we will have our weekends busy. We will need help in meeting parking commitments during some of the weekends. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. I am sorry to say that we will be losing YM PFC Wyatt Valles. His family will be moving to Odessa, Texas at the end of January. We enjoyed having you as a member of our unit YM PFC Valles and hope you will be able to stay in the program if possible. We wish you and your family well. Semper Fi, Top
January Schedule 02nd – Baylor Basketball parking 4:00 PM 04th – Baylor Basketball parking 5:00 PM 07th – Recruit Training meeting 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM 10th – Young Marine Staff meeting 6:00 PM 11th – Baylor Basketball parking 5:00 PM 14th – Baylor Basketball parking 12:00 PM 14th – VA Social at VA Medical Center at Building 6 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Uniform B 21st – Young Marine drill 8:00 AM – TBD Uniform A 21st – Baylor Basketball parking 11:00 AM 21st – Baylor Basketball parking 5:00 PM 24th – Promotion testing/Color Guard Training 6:00 PM 27th – Harlem Globetrotters parking 5:00 PM 28th – Parents Meeting 8:00 AM at Parkview Baptist Church 28th – Baylor basketball parking 10:00 AM 28th – Baylor Basketball parking 5:00 PM
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