Active Duty & Retired Military Personnel Who Own Winnebagos & Itascas
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2012 MILWIT National Rally Registration Form Click Here
2012 GNR Registration Form Click Here!
MILWIT Members we need your old flags!
For many years WIT members have approached us and asked if we could help them dispose of their old tired American flags. Last week I asked Bill Speer to develop an American Flag Retirement and Tribute Ceremony for the GNR. Bill has written a good 10 minute program to properly honor the flag in accordance with US Code 4 “The Flag Code” and Doug Formanek would like to make the ceremony part of the Monday 16 July evening program. An announcement requesting flags from WIT members will be printed in the WIT News.
So, if you have a flag that is so worn, faded, or tattered that it is no longer fitting for display? Bring it to the 2012 GNR and turn it over to Bill. He will accept your flag and it will be honored in the flag tribute ceremony during the rally. We will honor your flag in accordance with US Code 4, section 8k and dispose of it with respect according the Flag Code.
We will select a flag from those given to us to represent all the flags. As you know, most Flags today are often made of synthetic materials and when they are burned they would give off acrid or unsafe fumes. Therefore, the flag chosen for burning will be one made of natural fibers of cotton or wool. The remaining flags will be taken to Ft. Riley, Kansas where they will be honorably disposed in an EPA approved incinerator.
For questions, call Bill Speer 785-210-7141. To mail in a flag send it to Bill at 6908 Old Milford Rd. Milford, KS 66514
If you can’t make it to the MILWIT Rally or the GNR at Forest City, you can bring your flags to one of the MILWIT regional rallies. I have listed the rallies below and I would like you to post them in your 2012 travel schedule. I hope we will see you at one of these rallies.
Cheers,
Steve
2012 MILWIT CENTRAL RALLY
2012 MILWIT Central Rally will start late Monday afternoon, June 18 and end Thursday morning, June 21, 2012 at Little Farm on the River in Rising Sun, Indiana, located about a half hour west of Cincinnati in lovely Southern Indiana along the Ohio River. Owner Richard Elsen has committed to help us with a great rally and appointed Rachel to be our Point of Contact. Richard is giving us free use of their enclosed nearby recreation center/clubhouse for breakfasts, dinners and other evening social events.
The Rising Star Casino (formerly Grand Victoria) has a free shuttle and is a couple minutes away. Numerous wineries, golf courses, the Creation Museum, historic small towns, other casinos and points of interest are within a short 30-45 minute drive along with the Cincinnati area attractions.
Campground Information: Little Farm on the River is located at 1343 E. Bellview Lane, Rising Sun, In 47040. E-mail attention Rachel: littlefarmrv@hotmail.com ; website is www.littlefarmresort.com . The campground website is an excellent source for more information.
Reservations must be made by calling our Point of Contact, Rachel, at the campground at (812) 438-4500. Let Rachel know you are with MILWIT and attending the rally. She will ask for a credit card to hold the site; you can cancel without charge up to day of check-in should emergency preclude coming. Sites are full hookup and site fees plus sales tax are payable on arrival. The CampUSA or Passport America member site rate is $16.50 per night for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday only with no other discounts.. The military rate after 10% discount for Sunday to Thursday nights is $29.70 and the Friday or Saturday night rate is $36. Although there are sites down by the river, we chose our sites on top of the hill for easy access to the enclosed recreation center.
Directions to Little Farm on the River: You can use GPS but recommend for the least hassle to go to the I 275 loop (Connects with I71, I74, and I75) around Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Southern Indiana and take the I 275 Exit 16 to US 50 West Lawrenceburg/Greendale, Aurora Indiana. (This is just North of Indiana/Kentucky bridge over the Ohio River.) Go about 1 mile to US 50 W and travel about 6 miles on US 50 W to IN 56. Turn left on 3rd Street/IN 56 and follow it along the river west about 6.5 miles to Bellview Lane on your left toward the river. Turn left on Bellview and go about .1 mile to Little Farm on the River office for check-in.
Rally Fee: $25.00 per person ($50 per couple) Make checks payable to Richard Dillon and mail to 2641 Oneida Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46217.
The fee includes two dinners and three breakfasts prepared by your hosts or catered. Please send in all fees by June 1, 2012. With your check, enclose a piece of paper with any of the following information that is not already imprinted on your check: name, address, telephone number (home/cell) and significant others cell number. Also include the name, address, telephone numbers (home and cell) of a family or friend, someone who is not traveling with you, to be notified in case of an emergency.
For planning purposes, please send us an email (rdillon18@comcast.net) as soon as possible, if you plan to attend or call Dick’s cell phone (404) 386-9790 if you don’t have e-mail.
Dick plans to bring Little Farm on the River brochures and campground maps to the MILWIT Eastern Rally in March.
Further Information and Updates: Check the MILWIT website www.milwit.org or contact Dick Dillon at 404-386-9790(cell)) or e-mail rdillon18@comcast.net .
Please holler if any questions.
Essayons!
Dick Dillon
The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy over the National Government, and will for ever preclude the possibility of federal encroachments. That their liberties, indeed, can be subverted by the federal head, is repugnant to every rule of political calculation. --Alexander Hamilton, speech to the New York Ratifying Convention, 1788
State Rally Update: Click here - 
http://www.winnebagoind.com/html/wit/StateRallyUpdate.pdf
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States." - Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, 1787
The Foundation
"Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions." --James Madison
New Address for NPRC: The National Personnel Records Center has a new address: National Personnel Records Center, 1 Archives Drive, St Louis, MO 63138-1002
As a reminder, all retirees and Honorably Discharged veterans should ensure their family knows the location of their military Separation Document (DD Form 214). Separation Documents issued after 1969 may contain a Social Security Number which could be used for identity theft. Storing the Separation Document in a safe deposit box may make it difficult to retrieve immediately upon the death of the retiree or honorably discharged veteran. The better storage locations are:
1-Fire safe in a secure location of the house. Be sure loved ones know the location and have a key or combination.
2-In a watertight food container (Glad, Tupperware) in the refrigerator. Most refrigerators are fire resistant. (As a bonus, everyone has a refrigerator, not everyone has a fire resistant storage box.) Be sure to inform your spouse and relatives where to locate your Separation Document - and any other important papers.
As a reminder, the preferred method of submitting a request to the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) is via the Internet. Please note that in some cases using a browser other than Internet Explorer may create problems with data entry. As you know, the NPRC provides copies of documents from military personnel records to authorized requesters. Our web-based application will provide better service on these requests by eliminating our mailroom processing time. Also, since the requester will be prompted to supply all information essential for us to process the request, delays that occur when we must go back for more information will be minimized. You may access this application here.
This improved on-line request process should be used INSTEAD OF Standard Form 180 for requests from the veteran or the veteran’s next of kin, if possible. Your assistance with this initiative will allow us, and you, to better serve the needs of our veterans. If you do not wish to use the Internet, you should use Standard Form 180. To get a copy of the form click here.
UPDATED ROSTER 29 March 2012 IN THE MEMBERS ONLY SECTION
THE BENCH:At the MILWIT National Rally this year, the members approved the purchase of a commemorative bench for placement on the grounds during MILWIT and GNR. Our new bench has arrived and will be stored until next years MILWIT and GNR.
" The doorway to freedom is framed in muskets" Charleton Heston
"[A] wise and frugal government ... shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government." --Thomas Jefferson
Joining MILWIT:
We are always looking for people interested in joining our organization. Th easiest way to join is to fill out our membership application and mail it to our Treasurer:
George Gallagher
2105 Cardinal Drive
San Diego, CA 92123-3704.
If you have questions or need further clarification, send an email to George from our link below.
GEORGE GALLAGHER, TreasurerChanges in information such as address, telephone number and email should be sent to the Treasurer.
Lifetime Membership is $75 (and probably the best life membership deal around) and yearly dues are $10 and should be sent to the Treasurer..
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION