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This page will present news of a general nature Commandants Message
Marines! Time marches on and so should we at Detachment 680. 2011 is about to exit and 2012 is knocking on the door. When we hear that "knocking", that is a call to get our butt in gear for the new year. There is plenty of opportunity for each of us to serve our fellow Marines, Corpsmen, and returning Warriors. The new leadership at Detachment 680 is scratching at the deck to get moving....do not sit back and eat the dust, get moving to the front of the pack.
Thank you again for the opportunity to serve as your Commandant of Detachment 680 during 2011. Pat and I want to extend to all of you a Blessed Christmas greeting and a Healthy, Happy New Year in 2012. Bob Prophet, Commandant
LANCE CORPORAL CHARLES MILLER
By Tonya Strickland | tstrickland@thetribunenews.com (article in The Tribune, July 1, 2011) Lance Cpl. Charles “Dillon” Miller doesn’t like being in the spotlight. The 21-year-old wounded Marine said it seems out of place for him to receive honors when so many others are still fighting overseas. “I just want to be back with my platoon again. (We) will do anything for each other.” Miller, a 2007 graduate of Paso Robles High School, was forced to leave his platoon May 15 when he was shot in the chest in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He had been serving on his first deployment there since early April. On Thursday, Miller found himself surrounded by several hundred cheering people in Paso Robles Downtown City Park at a ceremony honoring him during his two-week leave in his hometown. The son of Cal Fire equipment operator Charlie Miller Sr. was celebrated under the shade of an oversized Stars and Stripes that hung from the towering ladder of a fire truck. The Marine spent the past month recovering at Naval Medical Center in San Diego. He returned home to Paso Robles last week. On May 15, his unit — from the “Thundering Third,” or the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, out of Twentynine Palms — had stopped to rest near the Helmand River near the city of Sangin when a firefight broke out. “As he was firing his weapon, he looked down at his right side and saw the fabric of his uniform and armor was torn,” Cal Fire Chief Robert Lewin said in his speech. Miller saw the blood. His arm went numb. He crawled to safety with the help of his team leader. “A deafening RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) round exploded near them,” Lewin said as his story of Miller’s experience stilled the crowd. He was rushed to an aid station as his unit continued fighting, Lewin said. Miller was the only one injured that day. Since he left his unit, there has been one death and numerous injuries. “Today we are one people united together to say thank you,” Lewin said to the crowd. Charlie Miller Sr. received the call that his son was hurt at 7 a.m. on a Sunday morning. About an hour later, his son called. “It was a flood of relief to hear his voice,” the father said, pausing to clear tears from his eyes. “He said, ‘Dad, I’m good to go. I need to be back out there.’ It’s clear he misses them immensely.” After his leave, Dillon Miller will head back to the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms to await another deployment. This weekend, he looks forward to family, Lake San Antonio and “lots of ice” — a luxury his dad said his son missed while trudging through the hot, dry deserts of Afghanistan. ----------------------------------------------------- The Eligibility Requirements are Awarded in the name of the President of the United States to units of the Armed Forces of the United States and cobelligerent nations for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy. The unit must have displayed such gallantry, determination and esprit de corps in accomplishing its mission under extremely difficult and hazardous conditions to have set it apart from and above other units participating in the same campaign.
The MCL in conjunction with the Purple Heart Trail fund recently made a $165
donation to Cathy's group.
Vets had a free lunch....others paid a modest fee with all proceeds going to the
Purple Heart fund.
News Release:
The City Council of the City of Grover Beach has presented Marine Corps League Detachment 680 a proclamation honoring and thanking its 147 members for actively working in the community since 1999 providing assistance to one another and the community through their worthy acts and deeds, as well as supporting troops overseas, away from their homes and loved ones. The group was specifically honored for participating in the Marine Corps Scholarship Fund and the Central Coast Veterans Memorial Museum, and for operating Toys for Tots which provided more than 18,000 toys for children in 2007. Other actions sited included in the proclamation: assisting with the erection and maintenance of the flag pole on the hill at KSBY, providing the flag pole for the U.S. Marine Corps flag at the Atascadero Veterans Memorial and for the Honor Guard which has provided military honors at the burials of more than 575 area veterans. The award also thanked the detachment for conducting Memorial and Veterans Day services at Los Osos Valley Cemetery and Memorial Park for 10 years. The detachment was formed in 1999 and is one of the largest in the state. It has been named State Detachment of the Year on several occasions.
California
Legislature Resolution from the California Legislature Assembly presented to Detachment 680 in recognition of our distinguished service to; Country,Community,and Compatriots Presented by Assemblyman
Sam Blakeslee
May 2008: Resolution from San Luis Obispo
County Board of Supervisors honoring the Detachment for all their good works
over the years.
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