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Greetings fellow Marines, One of the greatest pleasures a Brigade OIC can bestow on the Marines of his or her brigade is the presentation of the annual Valor Awards. These awards go to those who have gone above and beyond the call of duty, not just for their unit, but for the brigade, the Corps and STARFLEET as a whole. It is with great honor, with today being the start of IC 2003, that I announce the 4th Brigade Valor Award recipients. Would the following Marines please stand and be recognized.
Cross of Valor (Brigade Marine of the Year) For exeplempary services to his MSG and for services above and beyond to the 4th Brigade. BGEN Sommer sets the standard for the Marines in the 4th Brigade. His conduct, motivation and esprit de corps make the 4th Brigade what it is, a smoothly running brigade.
Sword of Valor (Brigade Leader of the Year) For exeplempary leadership for his unit, of which he is the OIC. BDR Truman Temple has proven his value to the brigade, and his MSG. His actions and deeds set a standard to which the Marines in the 4th strive.
Shield of Valor (Brigade Volunteer of the Year) For her tireless effort to help the members of our military through her hard work with the Overseas Coupon Project. Her untiring volunteer efforts have made her a valuable assest to her ship and the 14th MSG. She has made a personal impact on her community.
Star of Valor (Brigade NCO of the Year) For going way beyond just being our Brigade Sergeant Major, Paul took the initiative, after seeing that other brigades had patches, he felt that his brigade deserved the same. He placed an order and then made them available to members of the brigade. Paul is an exceptional NCO and is a vital part of this brigade.
Legion of Valor (Brigade Unit of the Year) The 1st MSG is the most active and most decorated unit in the 4th Brigade. This unit exemplifies the activity level, image, attitude and standard of the Brigade. In service
to the Corps, - July 24th, 2003 Greetings Members of Starfleet, Region 4 and the 4th Brigade. As 4th Brigade Officer in Charge one of the great things to do is hand out awards and that is just what I am doing today. ATTENTION!! Would the following Marines please step forward. For their outstanding services to their community I Herby award the Community Service Citation to the following Marines:
Carolyn Henderson For participating well with other groups I Herby award the Joint Service to the following Marines:
Eileen Duckett And for outstanding services to the 4th Brigade through his work on the TDD I am very pleased to announce the Brigade Achievement Award goes to this fine Marine: Robert Kitson I congratulate these fine men and women for their dedication and hard work. In service - March 23rd, 2003 Greetings, I have a few announcements to make and now is as good as time as any to make them. As you all know Colonel Chris Esquibel was at one time the OIC for the Mighty 4th, then due to a very hectic life he sadly had to step down. But I am so glad he stayed on staff as my aide, and as webmaster. But once again he got even more busy. As many of you many know he is the Datawarfare Officer of Tracom and belive me when I say Tracom will keep you busy. He is the one man who handles all those E-Certs that go out to the students. So sadly he was not able to keep up with our great website. He designed one of the best looking brigade websites I have ever seen as all of you know. But as I said he got very busy with Tracom so with that in mind I had to think of something fast. So with that said let me announce that my Deputy Officer In Charge Brigadier Bruce Sommer is now pulling double duty. First off as my Deputy and Second as the new Webmaster for the Mighty 4th. He is not changing the site at all simply because like me he knows what a great job Chris did on the site so it will remain as you see it with only very minor changes. The only change you folks won't see, but is there none the less, is that the site is being hosted by Bruce himself. On the main index page you will see honor paid to Chris for his work as our past webmaster. Chris, from the bottom of my heart I want to thank you for all the hard work you have done for the 4th Brigade and the members of it. The website you created for us is amazing. Chris please extend the thanks of all of us to Reece for allowing the site to be hosted by him. I will be writing him myself but if you should talk to him before I do please thank him for all of us. Look for a few new things added to the website as well. A few little things will be added here and there, but the overall style of it will remain just as is. I need something from all of you members of the Mighty 4th Brigade. Its something very easy and simple to do. I know that all of you fine folks do a lot of great activities within your MSG, BN and Ships. I want to hear about all of them. I want to know what activities you folks are taking part in. Charity events, fund raisers, you name it. And if there is a link to your event please send that along as well. I know that this brigade does a lot to help those in need and I want to hear about it from all of you. It does not have to be just SFI related, it can be any event that you are trying to promote to help others. I know that the USS CENTURION and IKA NIGHTBLOOD are very involved with our annual Feast to raise money for Santa Claus, Inc of Greater San Bernardino. But I want to hear from all of you. So here is what all of you are being asked. Please send your event to my DOIC and myself. Send all the information you have on it including any links that give more info. Again let me thank Chris from the bottom of my heart for his dedication to the best brigade in all of Starfleet. And let me thank Bruce for taking on the added role as the new webmaster for the 4th. Check out http://www.4thbde.org I remain in YOUR service - December 31st, 2002 (Happy New Years) Greetings Members of the Mighty 4th Brigade and Region 4 and of course the members of the SFMC and SFI. Heres wishing all of you a VERY Happy New Year, please be safe tonight. To the members of the outgoing Administration I say THANK YOU for all you have done and for the incoming I want to wish you all the best and good luck to all of you. To Les, Dee and of course Lil Zac Thank you for all you have done for SFI. To Mike and his staff I look forward to working with all of you. The members of the 4th Brigade are here when you need us. We are at your service. To Ed, I hope the members of the Region 4 Staff have a great New Year. And to the members of the Mighty 4th Brigade I say a very warm Happy New Years, as of 3pm pacific time you all have the day off until Jan 2 2003. I want you all to have fun tonight but be safe. HAPPY NEW YEARS to all the members of the greatest group of people around the members of Starfleet International and the SFMC. You guys are the best there ever was or ever will be. Brigadier Cyndi Temple - December 30th, 2002 (Attention 4th Brigade) Attention All Members of the Mighty 4th Brigade Sadly as
you may have noticed I have not been posting as much as I would have like
to or should be and for that I am sorry, but as you all know I have had
to deal with some personal problems within my family these last few months
and as I have always told people One of the
main reasons I have not been on as much besides from personal family matters
is one that we all have had to deal with at some point that being computer
problems and internet problems. Both of those should be fixed this week
I hope. The computer I hope to make the year 2003 a great one for the Mighty 4th and will be announcing what I would like to see within the next 2 weeks. Until that time I thank you for your underderstanding and I hope all of you have a safe and Happy New Years please remember not to drink and drive. Brigadier Cyndi Temple - December 13th, 2002 (Fertig Commissioning Party Cancelled) Greetings all! Due to lack of RSVP-ed attendees, the Fertig Commissioning Party has been cancelled. We may do something later on, but it looks like this weekend just didn't work for most people. Thanks for all of the congratulatory notes we've received. I will still see many of you Sunday at the USS Peacekeeper's Nemesis Premiere Weekend Party in Visalia, Lt. Colonel Adam J. Bernay, SFMC - December 9th, 2002 (SFMC Award) Greetings all, Due to persoanl and family reasons, LT Michael Fruggiero has resigned (and I have reluctantly accepted his resignation) as Leadership School Director. I am now searching for a replacement. The new LD Doirector should meet the following qualifications: Have completed PD-10 (PD-20 is preferred, but not absolutely necessary) Must have completed LD-10 and-20 and agree to complete LD-27 and LD-30 within 60 days of appointment. If you are interested in this post, or have questions, please contact me by email. Applications, including Fleet Resume and a brief statement of goals for the School if you were selected should be sent to me at that address no later than December 30, 2002. Colonel John Roberts - December 9th, 2002 (SFMC Award) To all who see these presents, welcome. Let it be known that James Monroe Is hereby presented this Gold Nebula for the selfless
act of putting his own life at risk to save another from potentially fatal
harm. Major General Wade Olson - December 7th, 2002 (Colonel John Nelson's Wedding In Phoenix) For Fleet Wide Distribution! As of this stardate (7 December 2002 in real time) Colonel John Nelson (CO USS Angelfire NCC-75025) will be married to his Aide-de-camp and Operations officer, the former Lt JG Cherry Webb. The wedding will take place in Phoenix, AZ The XO, Commander Jonathan Foertsch will assume command of USS Angelfire until the Nelson's return from Las Vegas and a trip to RISA! ;-) Congrats to the Happy Couple can be sent to Colonel Nelson and his bride by email Thank You - December 6th, 2002 (Brigade Announcements from 4thbde OIC) Greetings and Salutations, Members of the 4th Brigade. As you may recall; the positions of 2nd Battalion OIC and DOIC of the brigade were both open. I took applications to fill both slots. I wish to thank those that did apply. Now the time has come to announce those Marines who will fill these slots. I would first like to thank Marine Captain Jason Braaten for his service as the DOIC and interim OIC. He did a great job for the 2nd Battalion. The applicant
that has been chosen for the 2nd Battalion spot is the current OIC of
the largest and most decorated unit within the second battalion, the 1st
MSG, based off of the USS CENTURION. His leadership of the 1st MSG for
the past 4 years has shown his willingness to work within the brigade
and battalion. His unit has won the Legion of Valor for the past three
years running. His unit has also captured the Shield and Sword of Honor,
several times Attention to Orders; Brigadier Truman Temple, please step forward. Effective this date, 06 December 2002, you are hereby placed in command of the 4th Brigade's Second Battalion. Good luck, Marine. The applicant that has been chosen for the Brigade DOIC spot is the current OIC of the 29th MSG, based off of the USS TIKOPAI, Brigadier Bruce Sommer. Brigadier Bruce Sommer has been in Starfleet since 1988. He is a graduate of a lot of the classes that Starfleet Academy has to offer, more recently, the College of Law and College of Religious Studies. He, Truman and Admiral Jack Fields have all worked together before. Bruce has previously been the OIC for the 2nd Battalion. Bruce brings a certain amount of experience and a unique perspective on the Corps, and the brigade, that will help me do my job better. Attention to Orders; Brigadier Bruce Sommer, please step forward. Effective this date, 06 December 2002, you are hereby designated as the Deputy Officer In Charge for the 4th Brigade. Good Luck, Marine. Please join me in welcoming these two men to their respective new positions. Please send
all congratulations to: Would both men please get in touch with me so we can get you both going in your new duties. Brigadier Cyndi Temple - December 5th, 2002 (SFMC NCO Reports) In
the absence of a SGM/SFMC for the moment all NCO reports should be sent
up the chain to the COForceCom. He will be compiling the NCO report for
me until such time as we decide Thank you, Major General Wade Olson - December 5th, 2002 (SFMC STATE OF TRACOM) I know it's a few days early, but here is the current State of TRACOM for December, 2002: Personnel changes: Due to the promotion of MGEN Wade Hoover to head InfoCom, I have merged both the Chief of Datawarfare and the Ecerts Coordinator into one post, the new Datawarfare Chief/Ecerts Coordinator is COL Chris Esquibel, Chris will be taking over the duties on December 16 as he is currently tending to some personal matters that will be complete by that date. Chris can be reached by email. Our new SGM/TRACOM and NCOA Director is Clayton Hobbs. Clayton will be assuming these duties as soon as he gets things set up on his end to meet these responsibilities. Clayton can be reached by email. I want to thank everyone who applied for these posts and encourage them (and any other interested parties) to apply for the following vacancy: Due to school and family commitments, MCAPT Jason Braaten has tendered (and I have regretfully accepted) his resignation as Support Branch Director. If you are interested in this post, you must have completed at least SU-10, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 and be willing to complete SU-30 within 60 days of appointment. Applications will be accepted until December 20, 2002. New Courses: We are nearing completion of the first of the new Xeno-studies schools. The Klingon should be up and running in the very near future and we are still looking for people who are interested in developing Xeno-Studies courses for other races/threats. If you are interested, please contact me by email. Other News: We are currently working on a comprehensive MOS Manual for all Branches of the SFMC complete with descriptions. If you have an idea for this manual or any other ideas you would like to see come out of TRACOM, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will see what we can do to help bring that idea to fruition, assuming it can be done. Please rememeber, we are here to serve you and meet your needs in the SFMC. Let us know what you want or need. Colonel John Roberts - December 5th, 2002 (SFMC Financial Report) We
started the month of November with $487.22. There were no deposits made
during the month. There were no checks cashed on the account. The service
charge on the account The Corps still owes the Commandant $345.87. The Corps is still holding funds earmarked for the Red Cross in the amount of $69.00. It is also holding funds of which the benifactor is still undetermind in the amount of $25.25. So presently the Corps has $390.85 free for expenses and $94.25 earmarked for various donations. We started the month with $34.58 Petty Cash. The Corps had no expenses paid out of this during the month. This makes the total amount of Corps funds $519.68. Major General Wade Olson - December 2nd, 2002 (Updated Corps Mailing List FAQ) Here's the updated ListFAQ... covering the frequently asked questions about CORPS-L. Please take the time to read it. If you have any questions or comments, please send them to me privately. CORPS-L: The Official
Mailing List of the SFMC The CORPS-L mailing list is an official mailing list that allows members of STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association and more specifically the members of the Marine Branch to more easily exchange ideas and information about issues affecting STARFLEET, the STARFLEET Marine Corps and STARFLEET members. CORP-L operates under the authority of the STARFLEET Marine Corps, and of the list owner and moderators. CORPS-L is owned and operated by the SFMC Information Command (INFOCOM), and is administered by COINFOCOM and his designees. A. Subscription instructions A. Subscription instructions Enter your
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in my announcement sent out by Aaron Murphy last Wednesday night, Joost
had stated to me that since things had slowed down a bit he wouldn't mind
retiring early from I want to
express my deepest gratitude to Joost for the outstanding job he did as
COForceCom. He is going to be a very hard act to follow. But our new COForceCom
comes with a lot of enthusiasm and experience and I"m sure with a
little help from Joost he'll be up and running very quickly and we'll
see a very smooth transition. He has worked on almost Please welcome our new Commanding Officer, Forces Command, Lieutenant Colonel Mark West. Mr. West will be taking office officially as of 00:00 hours, 7 December, 2002. For the time being he can be reached by email. Please send any letters of congratulations privately to him. Welcome aboard, LTC West. Major
General Wade Olson - December 2nd, 2002 (Greetings from the NEW SFMC InfoCom) Greetings to the members of the SFMC, First, I would like to thank Wade Olsen for this opportunity to serve the Corps in the capacity of COInfoCom. I would also like to apologize for the delay in this post, but I was out of town for Thanksgiving, and returned home late last night. I'm sure
your wondering, what is InfoCom? Well, in simplest terms, InfoCom is in
charge of all Electronic Presence for the SFMC, including the Corps Website,
the Corps Mailing list, and the Corps IRC channel. My office will work
closely with the commands to make sure that their area on the Corps website
is correct, and to fix any problems as they creep up. I am also I have an open door policy. If you have questions, ideas, or comments, please feel free to contact me. I'm reachable via E-mail at infocom@osprey.net, infocom@sfi-sfmc.org, or wade@ussnomad.org. I'm also on MSN (wade_hoover@hotmail.com) and on ICQ (14524633). Most of the time, you can expect a 24 hour turnaround time for responses from me. If you get longer than that, please E-mail me again, as occasionally my ISP screws up, and I don't get all my mail. It doesn't happen often, but it has happened. I look forward to working with you. Like all members of the General Staff, were here to help you. Please let us know what we can do for you. Major General Wade Hoover - December 2nd, 2002 (Last Night's IRC Meeting) Greetings Memembers of the Mighty 4th I want to thank all of you who showed up last night to the first meeting under my command. It was nice to see so many friendly faces. We had a great time and lots of ideas were brought up. It was nice for me to hear what you folks had to say. For those of you who were not there first off I'm very sorry that you missed it, but that don't mean that you don't have a voice in this brigade. If you have a idea please send it to me as I want to hear from all members. Remember that the issue of TDD still needs items for it so if you have something holiday related please send it to LTC Adam Bernay or to myself. I hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving and didn't stuff yourselfs to full. I myself enjoyed the time with my family and my dad. Hard on the entire family this first holiday without my mother but we got through it. Just a lil FYI for all of you our very own John Nelson is getting married this weekend and I want to say on behalf of the entire 4th Brigade CONGRATULATIONS to you. Thats all for today, look for a announcement later this week from me about our two open positions. I remain
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