1st RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION

ASSOCIATION

May 28th, 2023

I approved your membership in the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion Association today.

I am pleased to have the opportunity to welcome you aboard.

I hope that you find membership in the association rewarding and that it fulfills your expectations.

I hope that you make contact with members that knew you.

I will posted your name on our website today by 8am. Please check your information to see if it's correct, your phone number is in question so I didn't actually post it on your information at this time.

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Our 2023 reunion this year is in Las Vegas, Nevada


It is at the Orleans Casino and Hotel and runs from Wednesday August 16 through Saturday the 19th. However, we'll be done Friday night so Saturday can also be a travel day. Please note that the division reunion runs from August 14-20. At this time, we do not know what excursions they might be planning. For this reason, Charlie wants to plan ours now in such a way as to enable our people to just sign up for the minimum. Vegas is very expensive. When division comes out with their excursions, there may be something you're interested in and want to come earlier.


Thursday will be the Leatherneck Lounge and American Shooters gun range across the street. For those Marines, Corpsmen and spouses, here's your chance for some trigger time. They have most everything known to man available to shoot. Friday will be our business meeting during the day and our Dinner and fund-raising Auction, Friday evening at the Orleans. Saturday, for those that are interested, the division will have their business meeting and normally their banquet that evening. Their banquet is a dress up affair and is quite impressive if you've never been to one. 

Hope to see you at one our up-and-coming reunions maybe this year or in 2024 (God Willing).

Check out our website from time to time for new updates. at: https://1streconbn.org/

I will update the "Taps" section when notified of a fallen brother or other urgent matters.

We do not charge annual dues but raise funds at our annual reunion auction.

Over the years our members have brought their ‘treasures’ and auctioned them off with the funds going to the general fund.

However, Members and Associate Members are encouraged to make donations annually, to help defray the Association's operating expenses. An annual donation of $10.00 is suggested.

Donations can be sent to the Association Treasurer:

Creg Howland, 43761 Churchill Glen Drive, Chantilly, VA 20152

Make donations payable to the 1st Recon Association.

Please keep your contact INFORMATION Up-To-Date. This allows the Association to contact you occasionally

with urgent information or updates.

Again, welcome to our association. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me by email.

I will make every effort to get in touch with you as soon as possible.

Or, you can reach me by phone. My cell number is (612) 810-4196 and you can call me 24/7.

I am looking forward to seeing you at one of our reunions.

You can send me or post on the 1st Recon Battalion Association Facebook page photos or anything you might want me to post on our website. I am currently working on a large project with over 150 patrol reports and 0ver 400 1st Recon Battalion Marines involved in this story. The story is a work in progress over the several years. If you have a story that you would like me to add send it to me and I'll try to add the Patrol report to it if I can.

This is a work in progress on our website. You can follow along with it over the course of the next several years. It's called Some Give It All, The Jim Southall Story, it will include most of the companies in the battalion over a period between 1967 through 1971. But I do add stories from members outside of this time frame from time-to-time so feel free to send me a story. This is the link to the the web page to the story.

Click Here for the web page: https://1streconbn.org/sgt-jim-southall-story.html

Semper Fi,

Floyd Ruggles

Membership Director & Webmaster

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