Dear Friend of Any Soldier®, The families and friends of the 2nd Battalion 2nd Marines, aka "Warlords", look forward to that day when they finally get to throw their arms around your Marines and celebrate their safe return from Afghanistan! The goal of Operation Warlords Homecoming is to make it possible for every one of your Marines to return from war, walk into his barracks, and find a wonderful surprise…a basket on his bed filled with his own sheets, blanket, pillow, toiletries, snacks, and "Welcome Home" cards and letters. Of course, the USMC provides the necessities for our troops, but as families and grateful Americans, we want our Warlords to have fresh new sheets, blankets, and pillows. For 7 months, your men have lived in the most primitive surroundings, sleeping in a sleeping bag on 2 inch plywood without a pillow, fully clothed, and often wearing hats and gloves to try to stay warm. After this long and strenuous deployment, we believe they deserve to come home to a bed with all of the comforts which we take for granted every day and which they have gone without while defending our freedom. This project will take the help, talent, and support of many as we need supplies for approximately 900 Marines to make Operation Warlords Homecoming successful. Monetary donations of any amount would be greatly appreciated. If you have a heart and the means to support our project, please make out your check to Operation Warlords Homecoming and mail to:
For further information regarding our homecoming project, please contact me. Semper Fidelis, Daryl Breda Project Coordinator, Operation Warlords Homecoming darylbreda@verizon.net
p.s. Many of you know that Major Gary Bourland, is a Board Member of Any Soldier Inc., a contact with AnyMarine.com AND is a member of the above unit, 2/2. We invite you to check out his updates on the Where to Send page.
Ithaca Fairgrounds, Michigan This ride is 125 miles which includes a covered bridge, rolling hillsides and beautiful scenery in Mid-Michigan. Ride fee ($25 for pre-registration, $30 day of ride) includes donuts and coffee before and dinner afterwards. Ride ends with music, prize drawings, an auction and raffle for a motorcycle trailer! NOTE: You do NOT have to ride a bike to join us! Cars (AKA: 'cages') welcome too!! (Michigan requires ALL riders to wear a helmet.) Print and mail this Registration Form or Pre-register online option: HERE. Pins for the first 250 registrations! RAFFLE FOR A MOTORCYCLE TRAILER!!! The trailer is locally manufactured by Shaw's Sales. Measures 77" wide x 10' long. Has split 4' mesh ramp gate, set back 5,000 lb flip up crank jack, 15" tires, 2" ball, comes in black (not red as shown), approx $1,500 value!!! Tickets can be purchased by ANYBODY, not just riders!! Raffle tickets available HERE.
Pins for the first 250 registrations!
Check out "EagleRider" in Lansing!
Contact Steve Elliottand ask about the 10% discountfor participation in this rally!
In Mt. Pleasant the hotels are a bit more pricey, offer more things like swim pools etc. Here are a few of those: Chippewa Motel (28mi) 989-772-1751 Best Western (27.9mi) 989-772-1101 Fairfield Inn (25.6mi) 989-775-5000
Would love to have you join or just watch this amazing event in Washington D.C. In the very early stages of planning, but riders will include Major Gary Bourland, Sergeant Svetlana Horn and Marty, Fr. Joe Horn, hopefully LtCol. Scott Remington and his wife Martina, 400,000 other bikes, and the list is growing...
We will post updates here as we can.
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