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Home My WebLink AboutItem 4.07 Adopt A Military Unit CITY OF DUBLIN AGENDA STATEMENT 4@1 CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: August 12, 1991 SUBJECT: America Supporting Americans Adopt-A-Military Unit Program (Report prepared by: Lou Ann Riera-Texeira, Assistant to the City Manager) EXHIBITS: A - Letter dated July 4, 1991, from Gerald W. LeMay, Captain, U.S. Army Commanding Officer, Company A, 4th Battalion, 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division B - Company Roster C - List of Dublin Residents who participated in Operation Desert Storm RECOMMENDATION: irect staff to issue a press release informing residents of the City' s action to support and promote the Adopt-A-Military Unit program and encouraging local residents to correspond with Unit members. Also direct staff to send a symbolic gift from the City to each member of the adopted unit and to the Dublin residents who participated in Operation Desert Storm (e.g. , City pin, City newsletter, etc. ) . FINANCIAL Minimal costs associated with mailing a symbolic gift STATEMENT: to each member of the Unit. DESCRIPTION: On May 13 , 1991, the Dublin City Council adopted Company A, 4th Battalion, 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, Department of the Army in conjunction with the America Supporting Americans Adopt-A-Military Unit Program. Accordingly, the City approved a Resolution officially adopting the unit and agreed to assist the citizen committee in supporting and promoting the program. The citizen committee coordinating the City' s program has received confirmation from the Unit, accepting the City' s adoption offer. In addition, the Unit has forwarded a copy of the company roster which includes the names of approximately 70 Unit members. Currently, the Unit is stationed in Germany and is scheduled to deactivate on November 1, 1991. In accordance with the "America Supporting American" adoption program, the City is asked to support and promote program. Promotional activities might include the following: • Correspondence with members of the adopted Unit • Issue a press release informing residents of the City' s action and encouraging local residents to correspond with Unit members • Donate a symbolic gift from the City to each member of the adopted unit and to the Dublin residents who participated in Operation Desert Storm (e.g. , City pin, City newsletter, etc. ) It is recommended that the City Council consider the above activities and direct staff accordingly. L DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY JUL 2 5 1991 Company A, 4th Battalion, 32d Armored Regiment 3d Armored Division (Spearhead) CITE' OF DUBLIN APO New York 09045 4 July 1991 Richard Lee/ Shelly Bergbower City of Dublin Citizens Comittee 7737 Crossridge Rd Dublin, CA 94568 Dear Mr. Lee/ Ms . Bergbower, On behalf of Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 32d Armored Regiment, we gratefully accept to be adopted by your fine city through the organization America Supporting Americans . It is indeed an honor for us to be considered to participate in such a program. Attached is a company roster listing everyone in the company. I hope it will be useful since we have a short amount of time remaining. To recount my Executive Officer's previous letter to you, our Battalion has been selected to deactivate on 1 November 1991 . Nevertheless, we are proud of our selection and will do everything possible in the short amount of time to make the program a success. If there is anything we can do or anything you need, please feel free to contact us. I am assigning my Executive Officer, 1LT Herting, as project officer since he will be remaining throughout the drawdown. Please adress all correspondence to him. To expedite matters, his home phone number is: 06085/3252 Please be advised, we are back in Germany and there is an eight hour time difference. Time for postal correspondence usually takes about 7-10 days . Once again, I would like to extend my deepest thanks on behalf of the company. Sincerely, Gerald W. LeMay Captain, U.S. Army Commanding Officer DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Company A, 4th Battalion, 32d Armored Regiment 3d Armored Division (Spearhead) APO New York 09045 COMPANY ROSTER: NAME RANK NAME RANK Barr, Allen B. PFC Oatman, Thomas A. SPC Barton, Nathan E. CPL Overbey, Daniel R. SGT Battle, Donald L. SSG Perry, Scott H. CPL Bell, Calvin H. 1SG Polite, Wayne SSG Boone, Derek E. PFC Reynolds , Robert 2-LT Bransdorf, Micheal J. SPC Rivera, Bernardo SSG Brundage, Jeffrey S. PFC Romanescalera, Carlos SFC Bunch, Reginald J. PFC Shariff-Bey, Edward W. SPC Burnett, Bill W. III SPC Shore, Craig A. SPC Caldwell, Tonnie L. PFC Smart, Lonniell 0. SGT Carter, Scott A. SPC Smith, Daniel D. SPC Cofsky, Richard P. III SGT Smith, Harry W. SSG Coplan, Ronald A. SFC Smith, Larry M. Jr. PFC Crosslin, Stephen L. PFC Sorenson, Robert L. SPC Cruz, Hector A. SFC Sparks, Richard E. SSG Damewood, Timothy P. PFC Stapleton, Carson D. PFC Davey, Micheal D. SPC Stokes, Shawn L. SGT Deason, Terry L. PFC Stokley, Kenneth A. PFC Flaherty, Paul SPC Stout, Clifford A. SPC Fritts, Robert A. SGT Strader, Robert W. SGT Godbold, Jason J. SPC Tull, Charles G. Jr. SGT Green, William M. SGT Valdez, Frankie M. SGT Hedrick, Philip A. CPL Ware, Alvin K. Jr. SGT Henriksen, Gary A. SGT Weatherby, Jonathan E. SGT Herting, H. Peter 1LT Whitehead, James M. SGT Holmes, Thomas J. PFC Wilhelm, Richard SPC Hudson, Daniel L. SGT Williams, Kevin W. !LT Hughes, Ronnie E. PFC Zachry, Brandon J. SPC Hunter, Alonzo D. PFC Zemp, Sidney C. IV 2LT Jackson, Bennie E. PFC Johnson, Christopher L. SGT Joseph, Simeon J.N. SSG Kee, Dennis E. SGT Laitinen, Jerry A. SSG LeMay, Gerald W. CPT Lenhart, Christian W. PFC Lunagarcia, David SGT Manning, Micheal E. . PFC McGill, Travis SPC McNutt, Ricky L. SGT Meyer, Steven L. SFC F1 ?N- DSRSD 415 462 0658 7. 22. 1991 11: 50 P. 3 July 22, 1991 LIST OF DUBLIN RESIDENTS, OPERATION DESERT STORM AIRMAN 1ST CLASS BRADLEY BIEHL r MAC ALCE-MA 7124 AKADOR VALLEY BLVD DUBLIN SGT CHARLES W VEITH OPERATION DESERT STORM 62ND S.P.S. Apo NEW YORK, NY 09603 MARK GLUSHENKO OPERATION DESERT STORM 43RD ENG. CO 2/3 ACR 2ND PLT. APO NEW YORK, NY 09680-1120 L. CPL. RODERICK 0. MENDOZA OPERAION DESERT STORM D. CO. TK BN FPO SAN FRANCISCO, CA 96602-9465 LT JOE DUTRA OPERATION DESERT STORM VA -185 FPO SAN FRANCISCO, CA 96601-6240 :+::4,END**:«