Active Duty & Retired Military Personnel Who Own Winnebagos & Itascas
GOD BLESS AMERICA
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS
A Members Passing in the Taps Section. 18 January 2012
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
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The MILWIT Eastern Rally will be March 28 through April 1 (5 days), 2012 at Sugar Mill Plantation RV Park in Thomasville, Georgia.
Further Information and Updates: Contact Wayne Hagler at 334-237-1085 (c) or 334-774-0326 (h) or shwagler@gmail.com.
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The MILWIT Central Region Rally will be Monday, June 18 to Thursday, June 21, 2012 at Little Farm on the River 1343 E. Belleview Ln. - Rising Sun, IN 47040
Voice: (812) 438-4500 - Fax: (812) 438-9543
Email: littlefarmrv@hotmail.com Website: www.littlefarmresort.com
Further information and Updates: Contact Central Rep., Dick (& Linda) Dillon at 404-386-9790 or rdillon18@comcast.net
PLEASE NOTE: Central Rally Information is located in the Events section.
ALSO NOTE: On 11.22.11 I sent out an announcement about the Eastern Rally this spring. I received 35 electronic rejection notices. Also 5 notices stating they don't accept emails from strangers and to apply to them to get on the "approved" list..
Soooooooo, if you DID NOT receive an email about the Eastern Rally in late March, please contact me so we can correct any email address mistakes. SMW
"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.
New MAIL CALL in the Members Only section.
UPDATED ROSTER 4 Nov 11 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