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Special Mission – Welcome Home Mackenzie, 11Sept Moodus, CT

September 5, 2012 by

*** Special Mission – Welcome Home*** 

LCpl Jake Mackenzie, USMC, OEF Afghanistan

Moodus, CT

TUESDAY  11SEPTEMBER AT 1730hrs

Patriot Guard and associates,

We are pleased to have been asked to participate in a hero’s welcome home for LCpl Jake Mackenzie who is returning from serving in Afghanistan during OEF.

We will provide a short escort with Full Flag Vehicles and a Flag Line at the Moodus Town Green.

Flag Captain Don Camden will be RCIC and have flags on site.

Escort Stage- Full Flag Vehicles Only

1630hrs (staging)

Tuesday, 11Sept

 East Haddam Transfer Station at Rt.149 and Mott Lane

Moodus, Connecticut


Final Staging

1630hrs (staging)

Tuesday,  11Sept at 1730 hours

Moodus Town Green (corner of Rt. 149 and Rt. 151)

Moodus, Connecticut

God Bless America, Our Troops and 1st Responders!


Regards,

Gregg Barratt

Patriot Guard Riders

Connecticut State Captain

www.ctpatriotguard.org

greggbarratt@gmail.com

203-921-8255

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Special Mission 18 September 2012

September 5, 2012 by

For more information contact Ride Captain Jack Casey at leprecondo@aol.com or 860-514-2332.

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Special Mission Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall, Danbury, CT. SEP 18th

September 5, 2012 by

**Special Mission***

Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall

Danbury, Connecticut

TUESDAY – 18 SEPT, 1200hrs

Patriot Guard and associates,

Note: This is one of two missions on the same day and time with this one in Danbury and the other in Hartford. Please choose which is best for you to attend

We are very excited to have been asked to participate by the organizers of the traveling wall to have a Flag Line at the arrival location in CT.

This traveling Wall is a three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, and just as the original Wall, it is inscribed with the names of more than 58,000 Americans who died or are missing in Vietnam.

 We will have a Flag Line at the end of this escort.

This is a rain or shine event.

RC Dan Reagan will be RCIC and flags will be on site.

Final Staging

1100hrs

TUE September 18th

Danbury War Memorial

Memorial Drive (intersection of Main and South)

Danbury, Connecticut


God Bless America, Our Troops and 1st Responders!

Gregg Barratt

Patriot Guard Riders

Connecticut State Captain

www.ctpatriotguard.org

greggbarratt@gmail.com

203-921-8255

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Special Mission – Homes for the Brave, 12 Sept

September 5, 2012 by

*** Special Mission***

Homes for the Brave 10th Year Anniversary

Bridgeport, Connecticut

WED 12 Sept 1700hrs

 

Patriot Guard and associates,

We are very pleased to have been invited by Homes for the Brave, to participate in their 10 year anniversary celebration.

Since opening its doors in 2002, ABRI/Homes for the Brave has provided safe housing, vocational training and job placement, mental health and addiction services, and life skills coaching to help individuals, especially Veterans, leave homelessness behind. To date, the organization has worked with more than 700 individuals

We will stand a flag line at this ceremony .

Sr. RC Bob Stone will be RCIC and flags will be on site.

Final Staging

1615hrs (staging)

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

655 Park Avenue

Bridgeport, Connecticut

God Bless America, Our Troops and 1st Responders!

Regards,

Gregg Barratt

Patriot Guard Riders

Connecticut State Captain

www.ctpatriotguard.org

greggbarratt@gmail.com

203-921-8255

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Special Mission – CT State Firefighters Convention Parade, North Haven, CT. 16 SEP

September 5, 2012 by

***Special Mission***

Connecticut State Firefighters Convention Parade

North Haven, Connecticut

16 SEPT, 1200hrs

Patriot Guard and associates,

We are very excited to have been asked to participate by the organizers of the CT State Firefighters Convention parade to participate in this terrific event.

We will have a Flag Line at the end of this parade under a garrison flag.

Note: This is a Flag Line only and we are not participants in the parade. The parade is estimated to be about 3 hours long.

This is a rain or shine event and area roads will begin to close around 1130hrs.

Parade officially steps off at 12 noon. 
At the end of the parade route there will be a large garrison flag suspended between 2 ladder trucks and PGR will line both sides of the road after the Garrison flag.  Parking for PGR members (bikes & cages) will be avail at the fairgrounds with PGR attire requested for identification. Cages carrying flags will be able to stage close to were we are standing for easy access. Approx duration of the parade is 3 hrs. PGR members are invited to the fairgrounds following the parade for food & refreshments.

RC Skip Petras will be RCIC and flags will be on site.

Final Staging

1100hrs

SUN Sep 16th

North Haven Fairgrounds

Washington Avenue/Rt 5 (off exit 12 of 91 and 63 of Wilbur Cross)

North Haven, CT

God Bless America, Our Troops and 1st Responders!

Gregg “Flag 7” Barratt

Patriot Guard Riders

ConnecticutState Captain

www.ctpatriotguard.org

greggbarratt@gmail.com

203-921-8255

 

 
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Honor Mission – Beck, Sept 5, 2012

September 5, 2012 by

Short Notice
*** Honor Mission***
Albert Beck, USAF/Air National Guard
Milford, CT
WED SEP 5th 17000hrs

Patriot Guard and associates,

Note: This short Honor Mission occurs as the same time as a Special Mission in Ellington. While our priority is always Honor Missions, please choose which is best for you to attend.

Sadly we are called to stand for Albert Beck who served our country honorably in the U.S. Air Force and CT Air National Guard, may he rest in peace.

Albert J. Beck III, age 56, of Milford passed away on Sunday, September 2, 2012 at Birmingham Health Care Center in Derby, after a long fight with multiple sclerosis. Albert served with pride and honor in the United States Air Force and was a mechanic with the Air Force National Guard.

We will provide a Flag Line at the memorial service portion (approximately 20 minutes), inside the funeral home for this hero.

ASC Mac McArthur will be RCIC and flags will be on site courtesy of Kaitlin Cardello.

Final Staging

1615hrs (staging)

Wednesday Sep 5th

Cody White Funeral Home (On the Green)

107 Broad Street

Milford, CT

God Bless America, Our Troops and 1st Responders!!

Regards,

Gregg

Gregg “Flag 7” Barratt

Patriot Guard Riders

Connecticut State Captain

www.ctpatriotguard.org

greggbarratt@gmail.com

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Special Mission Ground Breaking Ceremony, Greg Caron, 09/05/12

August 29, 2012 by

***Special Mission***
Ground Breaking Ceremony, Greg Caron, USMC
Ellington, CT.
WED SEP 5th 1530hrs

Patriot Guard and associates,

We are very pleased to have been invited by the Greg Caron Family, to participate in the celebration of a new home for disabled Veteran Greg Caron, sponsored by Building Homes for Heroes.

On November 12, 2011, USMC Corporal Greg Caron was on patrol in the Southern Marjah area of Afghanistan searching known Taliban compounds. Corporal Caron was severely wounded when an IED exploded. He lost both legs immediately, and received a critical wound to the brachial artery of his right arm.

We will stand a flag line at this opening ceremony for this hero.

RC Mad Mike Freedman will be RCIC and flags will be on site.

Final Staging
1430hrs (staging)
Wednesday September 5th
188 Abbott Road
Ellington, CT

God Bless America, Our Troops and 1st Responders!

Regards,
Gregg “Flag 7” Barratt
Patriot Guard Riders
Connecticut State Captain
www.ctpatriotguard.org
greggbarratt@gmail.com
203-921-8255

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Honor Mission – Falk, AUG 29th 1100hrs

August 28, 2012 by

*** Honor Mission***

John “Joe” William Falk Lt. Col.

USAF, WWII/Korea/Vietnam,

New Milford, CT.

AUG 29th 1100hrs

Patriot Guard and associates,

Sadly we are called to stand for Lt Col. John “Joe” William Falk , who served our country honorably in the US Air Force in WWII, Korea and Vietnam, may he rest in peace.

He graduated from Niagara University and spent most of his professional career as a member of the U.S. Air Force, attaining the rank of Lt. Col. by the time of his retirement in 1969. During his military career he served in WW II, where he flew B-17s; the Korean War; and the Vietnam War, where he was awarded numerous commendations including the Legion of Merit.

Sr. RC Jack Casey will be RCIC and have flags on site.

Staging

1000hrs (staging)

Wednesday August 29th

St. Francis Xavier Church

26 Chestnut Land Road

New Milford, CT

Interment

St Francis Cemetery

Fort Hill Road (Behind the Big Y Supermarket)

New Milford, CT

God Bless America, Our Troops and 1st Responders!

Gregg

 Gregg “Flag 7” Barratt

Patriot Guard Riders

ConnecticutState Captain

www.ctpatriotguard.org

greggbarratt@gmail.com

203-921-8255

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Statewide from CT PGR State Captain

August 23, 2012 by

Patriot Guard and Associates:

I hope this note finds you all doing well, riding safely and enjoying the warm weather.

We have quite a lot coming up so I wanted to provide you with some advanced notice.  As always, you can find all this information on our website calendar at www.ctpatriotguard.org

  • Special Mission: Greg Caron, injured USMC, ground breaking ceremony for new house, September 5th, time TBD, Ellington  Madmike  Freedman  RCIC
  • Special Mission: Homes for the Brave 10 year anniversary celebration, September 12th, Bridgeport 1600hrs,  Bob Stone RCIC
  • Special Mission: State Fire Convention Parade and Flag Line, September 16th, 1100hrs stage ( note- the parade is about 3hrs long), North Haven, Skip Petras RCIC
  • Special Mission: Traveling Wall: CT Flag Line, Tuesday September 18th, 1100hrs location TBD, Danbury,      Dan Regan RCIC
  • GIOS Brick Oven Pizza Bike Run with all proceeds going to PGR of CT, looking for raffle items, September 30th, East Granby, 1000hrs

Attend on your own event:  This Saturday the 25th, 1300hrs, 119 Strawberry Street, Lisbon, CT

  • Many of you know our PGR Brother Christian Porter who is a very active in both PGR and Honor and Remember.  Christian lost his mother this past week and has invited folks to stop by and share friendship and refreshments.

From PGR member Greg York– we did a mission for his Father in law in Cheshire where the widow unfortunately tripped and fell while entering the funeral home:

  • “ I want to thank-you for all you and the P.G.R. did for our family that day. The procession was something to see, and I couldn’t get over the size of the flag line. Everyone is still talking about it!  As soon as I have further details, I will contact you, as the family, and the Fire Dept want to finish Ed’s last call. It will be a ride from the station straight to the cemetery, with probably just the family in attendance.”

Thank-you again for all that you did. Please pass the Thank-you’s to all involved.”

A few reminders:

  • If you have Full Flags (3×5) on your bike or vehicle and have not already let me know, please drop me an email so I can include you on Full Flag escorts notifications. 
  • As we’ve heard, some of our membership is having issues receiving email from us, to help rectify that situation we’ve explored different avenues to deliver the mission messages. One we’ve successfully tested is via TXT to phones. If you would like to receive texts to your phone you must send a txt message to StateCaptain@CTPatriotGuard.org from your mobile device. To cut down on the amount you would receive via the text you will Only receive the Subject, and the information for the Staging.
  • Our own Jay “covered bridge “ Koonz writes the monthly CT PGR article for the “Connecticut Cruise News” newspaper, and he’s always looking for mission pictures. So if you take any, please friend him on facebook or email him (jaykoonz@comcast.net)
  • Many of you know our own PGR store leader Joanne “Dimples” Fuller.  Dimples will be heading off for some rest and retirement to Maine shortly and she has asked if anyone has an interest in taking over the store.  Should you have an interest and want more information, please contact her directly at Dimples5166@aol.com or 207-939-9196.

Again, thank you for all that you do and be sure to send your friends , family and potential  members to our website for information about PGR of CT.

Gregg “Flag 7” Barratt

Patriot Guard Riders

Connecticut State Captain

greggbarratt@gmail.com

203-921-8255

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Behind The Scenes Update

August 14, 2012 by

The goals for these posts: Behind the Scenes

You may have noticed that of recent the postings of our missions on this site have been running a little behind or even delinquent. This glitch and delinquency is directly related to my professional time commitments I am in the knee deep right now.

The time for things to be back on track is tentatively August 19, 2012.

What is important to note is everything here on the site has not changed. Our site has a strong foundation and more than adequate information to the public and members. As long as the members are on the state email distribution for mission announcements we are covered. I apologize for this glitch at this time. I am confident the situation will be resolved by the tentative projected time.

Remember….if you have questions or ideas, please feel free to contact me.

Thanks,
Carol Casey
ConnecticutPatriotGuard@gmail.com
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