NJ 206OFFICERS

2016 ~ 2017

William Freeman* Commandant

Thomas Miller*Senior Vice

Commandant

AnthonyFiorentino* Junior Vice

Commandant

Bob Stalzer* Judge Advocate

James Lozides Adjutant/Paymaster

Dan DanziChaplain

AnthonyOszmianski

Sergeant at Arms

Artie WilliamsQuartermaster

xxxxx

Recording Officer

* = DetachmentTrustees

Welcome To Your OnLine Newsletter - Jan 2017 Volume #5 Issue 1

Links: Slattery Detachment 206 ~ Marines Care Foundation ~ Legacy of a Hero ~ Dept NJ MCL ~ MCL National This newsletter is interactive while online, highlighted links work & sometimes open a new screen. You can print each page separatelyor all, the page number is at top right of page. Officers & members wishing to post in the newsletter, please send info to Pete Gallo.

Feel free to forward this newsletter & web site. Editors: Don Patterson ~ Pete Gallo

www.marinescare.org

L/CPL Robert J. Slattery Marine Corps League, Detachment #206

Marines Care Foundation, Inc.,In Memory of L/CPL Chris Cosgrove, III

Whippany, New Jersey P.O. Box 566, West Caldwell, NJ 07007-0566 www.mclslatterydet.org

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2017 ScheduleDetachment monthly meetings 1st Wednesday of the month - starts 1930 ***UPSTAIRS HALL*** at Post#155 American Legion Home 13-23 Legion Place Whippany 07981 phone# 973- 884- 2494

Jan 11th - Holiday Social - 1830, Legion home Whippany

Feb 1st - meeting - 1930, Legion home Whippany

March 1st - meeting - 1930 legion home Whippany

April 5th - meeting - 1930, Legion home Whippany

May 3rd - meeting - 1930, Legion Home Whippany

June 7th - meeting - 1930, Legion home Whippany

June 14th - at dusk - Flag retirement ceremony Legion Home (Flag day)

July 5th - meeting - 1930, Legion home Whippany

Aug 2nd - meeting - 1930, nomination of officers - Legion home Whippany

Sept 6th - meeting - 1930, election of officers - Legion home Whippany

Oct 4th - installation of officers - 1900 Legion home Whippany yes at 1900 food served

Nov 1st - meeting - 1930, Nominations for Detachment Marine of the Year - Legion home Whippany

Nov 11th - Veterans day ceremony - 1100 meet at Legion Home Whippany at 1030

Dec 6th - meeting - 1930, Legion home Whippany

Dec 7th - 2000 Pearl Harbor day ceremony, Legion Home Whippany

Chris Holleran and his wife Cristina visit the USS Arizona

November 30th 2016, member Chris Holleran and his wife Cristina visit the USS Arizona

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Commandant's Corner

Dear Fellow Marines,

Having just gotten through Thanksgiving we are now well into the Holiday Season. I knowall of you are very busy preparing for this terrific time of the year.

We at Slattery have enjoyed a good year of doing good. We have reached out to old andnew donors to build our 501.c.3 Marines Care Foundation and stood out in the heat of Julyand the cold of November collecting for another successful year of Marine Rose FundOutings. Now we are assisting the Marine Reserves at Picatinny with their Toys For Tots Program to makesure that every child in America receives a Toy or Two for Christmas and does not go forgotten.

The money we have raised has gone to assist the wounded directly in many ways as well as their familiesand have done the same for First Responders, including right here in our own community.

As we get ready to celebrate another Holiday with our families we can be proud of the good we have donein 2016 and prepare to make 2017 an even better year for doing good for our fellow man.

I look forward to seeing all of our Brother and Sister Marines at our Holiday Social on Wednesday night,January 11, 2017 at American Legion Hall in Whippany. Don't miss it!

Greetings of The Season, Peace on Earth, Semper Fidelis!

Bill Freeman

Mad Dog Mattis

James N. Mattis (born September 8, 1950) is a retired UnitedStates Marine Corps general who last served as the 11thCommander of United States Central Command from August 11,2010 to March 22, 2013.

Mattis is known for implementing the COIN strategy. BeforePresident Obama appointed him to replace General Petraeus onAugust 11, 2010, he previously commanded United States JointForces Command from November 9, 2007 to August 2010 andserved concurrently as NATO's Supreme Allied CommanderTransformation from November 9, 2007 to September 8, 2009. Priorto that, he commanded I Marine Expeditionary Force, United StatesMarine Forces Central Command, and 1st Marine Division duringthe Iraq War.

On December 1, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump announcedthat Mattis would be nominated to serve as United States Secretaryof Defense in the coming administration.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The DOJO Sweet Salute Halloween Candy Drive

TheDOJO Halloween Candy Drive is our Sweet Salute Project supporting our Military for Veterans Day, wegot in about 600 -700 lbs. We donate your extra Halloween Candy to our The Military Operation JerseyCares; a Military organization who helps our Troops!

The DOJO Sensei Dan

Slattery Detachment Member Mario, Gunny (ret), Monaco acceptsaward from the Yates House for Military Veterans, Inc.

(TYHMV) is aprivate non-profitcorporation that hasbeen formed toaddress the lack ofhousing for militaryveterans in centralNew Jersey. TheYates House wasformed for the

purpose of giving back to those veterans who risked theirlives to provide security and protection to our nation. Morespecifically, Yates House, located in the historic district ofPlainfield, NJ provides permanent housing and supportiveservices to help transition homeless and in need veteransto self-sufficiency and become productive citizens. The goalis to reintegrate homeless veterans into society, as they areoften excluded because of various emotional wounds ofpost military service.

While clients are able to experience a safe and pleasantplace to live in an urban community, they also receiveadditional supportive services such as meals,transportation, and counseling for self-enrichment training.Due engage a humanitarian spirit, social responsibility anddetermination to ensure, at the very least, that all military personnel returning from active duty and thosewho have served in the past are given a quality standard of living as well as supportive services to meettheir needs.

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Obituary Sgt. James A. Salerno

Obituary, Sgt. James A. Salerno, a member of Carlson's raiders and recipient of the Purple Heart andSilver Star, for Action at the Battle for Iwo Jima.

On November 25th, 2016 Jim passed away at his home in Cedar Knolls, NJ. James reported to his finalduty station along side St. Peter Guarding the Gates of Heaven.

View Silver Star Citation: www.mclslatterydet.org/pdffiles/salerno.pdf

A Marine Corps League Memorial service was held for one of our own Members

The "Memorial Honor Section” of the Slattery Detachment was requested to hold an memorial ceremony atthe funeral of James Salerno (98 yrs. old). It was held with great dignity at 3pm on Sunday, November 27at the Valley Memorial Funeral Home in Gillette, NJ. John Andrews and Dan Danzi co-conducted theceremony with John doing the salute duties and Dan the Chaplain duties. Also in attendance were TonyOszmianski, Monica Flaherty and Tom Miller.

Semper Fi, Tom

Santa’s Thanksgiving Turkeys Serve Up Toys For 30-40 Kids

Two generations of Monaco's join together visiting and presentingtoys to the children at Hackensack Hospital.

Santa’s Thanksgiving Turkeys Serve Up Toys For 30-40 Kids atHackensack Hospital. (L-R)Gunny Mario, Uncle Ettore & DominicMonaco)

Toys 4 Tots Holiday Tournament

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Toys 4 Tots

Busy day for the Monaco Brothers Mario & Dom along with Henry Zimmerman as they make the rounds tothe following T4T Collection locations at Hanover Township Municipal Complex, Whippany, Montclair Firehouse, Just Jakes restaurant Montclair and Cyndia's restaurant Totowa, picking up toys then delivering them to the T4T warehouse at Picatinny.

Toys 4 Tots

Over 800 toys were dropped off at the Montville Fire Department T4T collection center. Members DanDanzi, Dave Katz and Tom Miller loaded all the toys into their cars then delivered them to the T4Twarehouse at Picatinny.

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Department of Homeland Security

John Francis Kelly (born May 11, 1950) is a retired United States MarineCorps general and the former commander of United States SouthernCommand. Kelly previously served as the commanding general of theMulti-National Force—West in Iraq from February 2008 to February 2009,and as the commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine ForcesNorth in October 2009. Kelly succeeded General Douglas M. Fraser ascommander of U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) on November19, 2012. Kelly was succeeded by Navy Admiral Kurt W. Tidd on January14, 2016.

On December 7, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump announced he wouldnominate Kelly to be the fifth United States Secretary of HomelandSecurity. DHS is the third-largest Cabinet department, with more than240,000 employees who do everything from fight terrorism to protect thepresident and enforce immigration laws.

Pearl Harbor 75 Anniversary Ceremony at the American Legion Post 155 Home

Pearl Harbor 75 Anniversary Ceremony at the American Legion Post 155 Home Detachment membersjoined with 60, Legion members and guests to Remember Pearl Harbor

The following Members were present for the ceremony (L-R) Gloria Beck, Eddie Neas, Bob Beck, BobStalzer, Fr. Mike Hanly, Tony Ferentino, Bob Stalzer, Monika Flaherty, Linda Neas, Tom Miller, JimLozidies, Ed Moscariello, Bill Freeman, Dan Danzi, Ted Jemas, Alan Muzeni, Jimmy Heien. Not in Photo:photographer Keith Butler

Who's Who Answer

Subject: Whos who in December issue was Bill Freeman no one guessed name for this month.

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T4T Holiday event at Bayer Corporation

Insert: Ray Kerins of Bayer presents $10,000 check to Commandant Bill Freeman for Marines Care.

On steps: (L-R) Jimmy Heien, Tony Fiorentino, Bob Stalzer, John Andrews, To Miller, Bill Freeman, EdMoscariello.

Marines: (L-R) GySgt Clayton, I&I Staff, Picatinny and PFC Daniels, USMCR, Golf Company Photoscourtesy of Bayer Corp.

On December 7th a group of Marines from the Slattery Detachment met at the Bayer NationalHeadquarters in Whippany, NJ. There they helped pack and move the over 1500 toys donated by Bayeremployee collected from Bayer’s three locations in or near Whippany.

The gathering started with some public relations and picture taking for Bayer including Channel 12Television. Bayer representatives Mr. Steve Kadin - Business Prod Comm & Training/Senior ComplianceDatabase Analyst and Ray Kerins -SVP Communication & Corporate & Government Customers presentedthe Toys for Tots a check for $10,000 as well as our Marines Care section with a check for $10,000. Thechecks were presented on behalf of BRAVE a group the two lead within Bayer that works with the military.

The Slattery Marines along with Gunnery/Sgt. Joey D Clayton and PFC. John Daniles from Golf Company,Picatinny Arsenal in Dover and a large group of Bayer volunteers loaded and filled the truck that the twoGolf Company Marines brought. Once the truck loading was finished our hosts Lorraine Zales and MaryLou Panzano (the two who orchestrated the gathering, publicity and collection) invited all the Marines forlunch in the Bayer Cafe.

Reported by Tom Miller

Marines, Join Slattery Team Here

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Toys 4 Tots at Curtiss-Wright Composite Squadron

(L-R) Dominic Monaco, Maj Stan Rogacki, CAP, Gunny Mario Monaco, (Ret). Maj Stan Rogacki, CAP,Curtiss-Wright Composite Squadron Commander, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, Curtiss-Wright CompositeSquadron Commander donated about 50-60 toys.

Visit GoCivilAirPatrol.com on Face Book ~ www.njwg.cap.gov

Toys 4 Tots at Mission Fitness

Toys 4 Tots at BSA Troop 258, Mahwah, NJ

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Toys 4 Tots at Battello

Toys 4 Tots at Tony Fitness and Revoution in Fairfield, NJ

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Toys 4 Tots at Green Rock bar in Hoboken

Toys 4 Tots at Florham Park PD in Florham Park, NJ

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Toys 4 Tots at Kyocera

Toys 4 Tots at Pace institute of Karate in Fairfield, NJ

Marines Carewww.marinescare.org

Slattery Det206 www.mclslatterydet.org

Dept NJ www.njmcl.org

MCL National www.mclnational.org

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T4T American Legion Riders Post 227 from Totowa, NJ

T4T Fairfield, NJ Police

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Santa in the Courtyard, Passaic, NJ

"Merry Christmas to all the Kids"