KILO COMPANY: The Kilo Company Reunion dates are set. Mark your calendars. 27-31 August 2008. Detailed itinerary to follow in this SITREP.

REUNION COORDINATING COMMITTEE: 1. Mark O'Reilly (Chairman... referred to as "Reunion Coordinator.")
mhoreilly@yahoo.com 781-878-3511 or 774-722-4955(cell)
2. Dennis Moriarty DWMUSMC@optonline.net 732-840-4626
3. Bill Michel bmichel@carolina.rr.com 704-947-9281
4. Chris Giordano cpgiord@yahoo.com 850-434-0686
5. Jack Stubbs jstubbs48@verizon.net 518-489-5376



Refer any reunion questions or comments to Mark directly or email me (John Regal) and I will forward to him. Since I have all the Kilo email addresses, I will be "passing the word" via KILO SITREP email.
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This is Kilo Company's third reunion. Our first was in 2002 at Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune. Our second was in 2006 at Oceanside/Camp Pendleton. Last year at the battalion reunion in Charleston, it was decided to have a company reunion this year in the Quantico, VA area. Mark has done a superb job in putting the reunion together. This reunion will be a bit more expensive than our two previous reunions but cheaper and much better than our previous "battalion" reunions.

The reunion theme this year is honoring our Corpsmen. Our reunion slogan is: CORPSMAN UP! We owe more to our Corpsmen than we could ever repay. To us they were just "Doc." To the Vietnamese peasants at the med-caps, they were affectionately called "Bac si." The very lives of many of you who are reading this email were saved by your Corpsman... your "Doc." They never, ever, ever, let us down. Our docs continuously and sometimes recklessly exposed themselves to fire in order to save a wounded brother Marine. We want each Corpsman to know that we love him and we are not ashamed to say it. Please come celebrate with us at this reunion that is in your honor.
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REUNION CONCEPT:

This reunion will be 4 nights in the hotel and 3 full days of activities. Check in on a Wednesday afternoon and check out on Sunday morning. Our memorial service and Quantico base visit will be on Thursday. We will bus to Washington, DC on Friday, first to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial where we will present a wreath in honor of our fallen Kilo Company Marines and Corpsmen... then bus over to the Marine Barracks, Washington, DC to see the Evening Parade with the Marines Silent Drill Team. Saturday is open to visit anything in the area until that evening when we will have our Reunion Banquet right in the mail entry hall at the new National Museum of the Marine Corps.

LODGING:

Hotel:
Comfort Inn (70 rooms are set aside for our reunion)
20 Salsbury Dr
Stafford, VA 22554
Phone: 540-659-8999
Group Confirmation # 6400
Reference: K-3-1 Reunion
Cost: $89 plus tax
Deluxe Continental Breakfast each morning 6-10AM.

Country Inn (our overflow hotel... same room cost...(40 rooms set aside) Phone: 540-659-4330

Check in for both hotels is 2PM. Early check in may be possible if requested in advance.

DETAILED ITINERARY:

Check-in is Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Check-out is Sunday, 31 August 2008

Thursday, 28 Aug:
0830.................... Depart Comfort Inn for Quantico Base
0900-1030........... Memorial Service @ Base Chapel
1100-1130........... Marine Corps Martial Arts Program Demonstration @ The
Basic School (TBS) (where new Lts are trained)
1130-1230........... Noon Chow @ TBS's O'Bannon Hall Dining Facility
1245-1345........... TBS Briefing (12:45PM-1:45PM)
1400-1500........... MCX (PX) Visit at mainside PX. (2PM-3PM)
1515.................... Return to Comfort Inn
1530.................... Kilo Company Hospitality Room open
We will be on our own for evening chow.

Friday, 29 Aug:
1400 (2PM)......... Depart Comfort Inn for Washington, DC
1500 (3PM)......... Arrive DC... visit Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Placement of
Memorial Wreath) and other attractions.
1700 (5PM)......... Depart for Ronald Reagan Building for dinner.... food
court... own expense.
1900 (7PM)......... Board buses to Marine Barracks, Washington, DC (known
as "8th & I" to see Evening Parade.
2000 (8PM)......... Evening Parade... Marine Band & Silent Drill Team
2200 (10PM)....... Depart DC for Comfort Inn, Stafford, VA.
2300 (11PM)....... Arrive Comfort Inn (Hospitality Room open)

Saturday, 30 Aug:
This is a free day to visit the surrounding area... Fredericksburg, Quantico,
Washington, DC, etc. See: http://www.fredericksburgva.gov/visitor_page.asp

Banquet at the National Museum of the Marine Corps (short distance from main gate, Quantico Base)

1830 (6:30PM).... Cocktail hour... cash bar.
1930 (7:30PM).... Dinner is served.
2030 (8:30PM).... Banquet Program and Guest Speaker
2130 (9:30PM).... Free time in Museum for about an hour.
2230 (10:30PM).. Secure the museum and head for the Comfort Inn (9 miles from
the museum).
* We can wander through the museum during the cocktail hour and also after the
program until midnight.
Hospitality Room will be open upon our return to the hotel for those still
rockin' and rollin'.

Sunday, 31 Aug:
Continental Breakfast in Hotel... Check out.

COST:

Hotel Reservations: Make them now. It is first come, first served. You can hold the room with a credit card and cancel at no charge 24 hours prior to reserved date. See LODGING above.

Reunion Registration Fee per adult attendee: $30.00. This covers transportation (bus) in Quantico and DC, memorial wreath, reunion gift for each attendee, gift for guest of honor (not determined yet), and any other ancillary costs. If any money is left over, it will go to the Kilo Fund. THE REGISTRATION FEE/FEES ARE DUE TO CHRIS GIORDANO BY 1 APRIL 2008. MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO "KILO 3/1 FUND" AND MAIL TO CHRIS AT 605 W. GREGORY ST., PENSACOLA, FL 32502. NOTE ON THE LOWER LEFT PART OF THE CHECK THAT IT IS FOR "REUNION."

Banquet meal/meals: $43.00 each adult. $7.00 for each child. Adult meals will consist of half Roast Beef with a Vadalia Onion Jus and half Chicken Kiev with a light Herb Sauce, Mesclun salad, coffee/tea and apple pie dessert. The children's meal will consist of chicken fingers and fries. This is not available to adults. There is only one caterer authorized to cater meals in the National Museum of the Marine Corps. The company is supposed to be among the very best in the DC, northern Virginia area. This is comparable to a very nice restaurant. THE MEAL CHECK TO CHRIS IS DUE BY 1 JULY 2008. NOTE ON THE LOWER LEFT PART OF THE CHECK THAT IT IS FOR "ADULT MEAL-1; CHILD MEAL-2" OR WHATEVER APPLIES TO YOUR SITUATION.

IT HAS BEEN ARRANGED THAT ALL OUR CORPSMEN AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WILL EAT FREE OF CHARGE AT THE BANQUET. WE ARE HOPING THAT EVERY CORPSMEN ON OUR LIST WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE WITH FAMILY. ALL WE NEED TO KNOW FROM THEM IS HOW MANY.

"CORPSMAN UP!"

SEMPER FI,

KILO 6 (67/68) FOR MARK O'REILLY, REUNION COORDINATOR