PGR/WWR - Raymond Brewer , USMC / Pearl Harbor Survivor

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The mission post:  

The Warriors’ Watch Riders would like to announce the following 
upcoming mission:

Was not able to get much intel on Raymond, other than he is a Marine and 
a Pearl Harbor Survivor. Our mission is SOP as normal. We will stand the 
line for this Marine As he is placed into his Coach.We then will Escort our 
Hero and his Family to SJVNC,  Santa Nella. There we will stand the Final 
Line as Honors are Rendered.



I met the service at SJVNC Santa Nella, Ca  due to location and time.  Dick,our RC (Ride Captain)  did a great job and got all there safely.  Joined the rest and waited for services

 Lined up and waiting, lead escort bikes and hearse.

 Think there were 5 of us taking up the rear.

 From the front.

 Rest of the group.

 At the committal  shelter.  I like to say "all services are different"  there is no "here is how it is supposed to be..."   We made the escort to the shelter and as usual the scoots pulled ahead of the hearse.

Normally, they all wait for a flag line to the shelter.   The military escort, immediately took the ashes and flag to the shelter, did their salute and waited for us to follow.  Go with the flow, we all just followed along and on with the service.  

It was a nice service and thank you for your service Raymond Brewer!  God Bless and Comfort those left behind.

I've been to SJVNC many times.  For a mid day service I always take a lunch as there are no breaks.  For once I walked around the welcome center and looked out the rear overlook.  VERY nice!  The grass looked like artificial turf, did not go down and test it!  Nice pool at the rear.  It was a very peaceful setting and was nice to just visit!

Also a pool on the far side behind the trees.  Never saw this before.   

PGR - Welcome Home UNIT 1113TC National Guard

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PGR was asked to honor returning soldiers and an honor it was.  There were four groups arriving and we met the first group arriving at 1230 SJC.

We had a nice group of scoots, IIRC our RC Craig M. counted 10 and one dog,  9er!  He was a service dog in a Ural trike!

 

My Sweet Ruby and some guys on a lift washing the garage we stage at...

More scoots around the corner, the dark green one was the Ural trike that carried 9er.

Folks chatting before the briefing, Ernie H with his back to us - center.  We had a good showing of Dist 13 ALR!  Slickjohn, Juice myself, and I think one more.  Glenn W. arrived in his nice new Spyder!

We had a camera crew and they interviewed Craig M.

Got a shot of our line during a quiet time!   9er has taken the place of Hercules as our mascot!  GBG  Miss Ya JD!!!!!

PGR - PGR - Albert Munoz 111 US ARMY and LEO

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Thanks to Ken F. for stepping up to do the RC honors!   The mission post:

The Patriot Guard Riders have been requested to Escort Albert Munoz 
to his final resting place.   Please bring your Flags and lets Honor this 
Hero and LEO. Albert was an ARMY Airborne Ranger and served 8yrs 
in the ARMY. He served in Afghanistan and Iraq in the war on terror. 
He then became a Correctional Officer with Salinas Valley State Prison. 

The mission was well attended by family, friends and fellow co-workers.  

This is just after I arrived and many were already there.

 

A pic of the Old San Juan Bautista Mission and it is a large structure.

The service was at the  far end.

Some of the nice old buildings around the Old San Juan Bautista Mission.

More....

At the front.

Pic of PGR waiting and our line of scoots, I counted 26 with all groups.   

PGR - US NAVY Veteran Carmen Mastroieni - SJVNC     

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 The family of our hero asked PGR to honor their fallen, and an honor it was!  The day started out a bit cool and turned out very nice.   An uneventful run over 152 and little wait for the service.

We had 8 scoots and our RG's did a fine job of shepherding us along the route.  We got into a little traffic going over the pass from slow trucks but all worked out fine.  I was tailgunner and after the pass a van came up behind me with blinkers on, they must've gotten hung up during passing, and I'm ashamed to say I did not see them when passing.  I moved over and waved them in and on for the rest of the trip.

  
When I arrived at the beginning of the service, we had an unusual request, please park on the sidewalk, why not?!

Sgtmaj stationed in front to be flag bike leader.

Another shot, in front of the church.

The group visiting while waiting for the service to conclude.

Nice uneventful trip and we had very little wait for the service to begin.  View of the procession from my vantage point.  The van in front of Ruby was the one that joined us after the pass.

This struck me as picture worthy,  dead sock flag.  Very few cemetery's are not with a good wind.  ... OK, almost never.  I have seen it a few times, and a picture was needed!

View from the front.....  

Thanks to Sgtmaj and Buzz for taking leadership, and one other that I can't remember the name that helped Buzz with RG duties.  

PGR - USA Korean War Veteran, Gary Macleod

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PGR was asked to honor a fallen Korean War Vet, and an Honor it was!

We met at GGNC - Golden Gate National Cemetery for the service.  When I arrived the riders were wrapping up from a mission,  I asked Doug/Sgtmaj if I was late?  He said there were two services and the first one was wrapping up, I did not hear about this one.

So we had a break pause and I ate my lunch while folks were getting ready.  Cliff/Flagman did an outstanding job!  For both services!!!  Flags everywhere!

Just before Doug gave us our instructions, I took a pic of some of Flagman's flags and the ever 1/2 staff flag on the hill.  I have see it full staff, but rarely.

Doug giving us his say-once, how we should do it.   Most folks were to go up to the top of the hill by the flag where the service was to be.   It was windy down here, up there was much worse!   I'm talking push you out of your stance!

Doug selected four flag bikes to escort the family up to the service site, Sweet Ruby and I were one of them.

A great turn out and I think the family appreciated our show of respect.  He was a true hero and decorated many times.  God Bless family and friends during this time of passing.

PGR - POW MIA SFC Joseph Steinberg US ARMY

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PGR and all riders were invited to pay respects to a fallen MIA/POW, 
and it was an honor to be there.  Comforting Prayers for family and 
friends.

Mission Part II information:

We will Escort SFC Steinberg from the Mortuary in Los Gatos to 
Golden  Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno Ca. Here is a little 
bio on SFC Steinberg

•Sgt. 1st Class Joseph D. Steinberg, U.S. Army, Battery C, 15th 
Field Artillery Battalion, was lost on Feb. 13, 1951, near Hoengsong, 
South Korea.  He was accounted for on May 30, 2013. He will be 
buried with full military honors in the summer of 2013, in San 
Bruno, Calif.

I am very proud of the fact that we have the technology to identify the 
remains of our Missing in Action. As they return home to their Families, 
We the Patriot Guard Riders will be there to show this Family that their 
loved one is an  American Hero and has NOT been FORGOTTEN no 
matter how much time has passed. At Golden Gate National he will 
be buried next to his brothers who died never knowing what happened 
to him.

Please bring your Flags and lets show his Family and the rest of our
Community and Nation that our Hero's are never forgotten. 

It was an outstanding service, many attended and great news coverage.
Channel 2 

A footnote,   SFC Joseph Steinberg passed 62 years ago, at that time 
I was only 8.     He also served in WW II.  Thank you for your service.

One of the mission options was to go directly to GGNC, which I prefer to do.  The front entrance gates always gets a main focus.  We had police from many departments, Fire, Boy Scouts and others in attendance. 

Views of the parking area inside the gates.

You can see Cliff's flag handiwork and he did a great job in having flags all through the service.  Thank you for what you do!

We all lined up for a welcome, the mission just needed us to walk a little to the mission location.

Dianne L in foreground taking some pics with Raider/Lynn T, John P and Tim/Sloopdog in the background.

The plan was to line the pathway from the scoots to the service location with flags, and a good one it was.   Thanks again to ARC  John P for a great job and very happy to see him on his scoot, looking great!  To my left.....

My right, leading to the service site.

The escort scoots that arrived from San Jose.

 The service was surrounded by many flags and they were flying quite nice in the 45mph wind gusts!   Typical for this time of year, wind and fog.  

All four brothers are now rejoined!  God Bless them and May they be Resting in God's Loving Arms!

 

PGR - Purple Heart Ceremony US ARMY Spc Alex Hussey

VAPAHCS

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PGR was asked to stand in honor for one of our finest and an honor it was!  Thanks to the VAPAHCS for asking us to attend.

Mission Post:  The Patriot Guard Riders have been requested to
participate in a Purple Heart Ceremony for US ARMY Spc Alex
Hussey. Alex was wounded on 8-12-2012 and is a triple amputee.
His recovery is going well and it is time to recognize this Hero.
Major General Hillhouse US ARMY will be presenting the Purple
Heart to this Hero. There will be a BBQ after the Ceremony where
there will be food and a Cake Cutting Ceremony in Honor of the
Army Birthday which is on June 14th. 

It was a fine ceremony and our hero seemed to be in good spirits.

I arrived late, as usual and joined the folks inside.   Nice line of scoots, 8 here...

.... 3 over on the other side.

Going into the  ceremony area..

Taking some shots before the service starts.  Cliff did a great job with his flags, as always!  Thank you for what you do!

Off to my left...

... right and podium area....

And straight across.   Nice area set aside for special presentations.

Just before the ceremony, filling up quite nice!

This is the cake cutting for US Army Birthday.  Our hero just to the right.  

A fine day for a fine young man!  God Bless and Thank You for Your Service!