Incoming President Vito Pezzillo(L) receives the guidon from the outgoing President Vinny Andreozzi R)
Promotion of Mark Simon to CW4.
Another first for the RI SF Community
Winner of the SFA 2017 Rifle Raffle.
CSM Mike Wong - Another Happy Trooper
CSM John Nolan Retirement Celebration
22 December 2017
They say a picture is worth a 1000 words. In this case, maybe 100,000 words!
SHOOTOUT
17 JUNE 2016
We have
been hearing about the new shooting range being built by
our good friend and supporter, John Haxton, for quite
awhile.The
Pine Ridge Indoor Range was finished
in time for our June meeting, the time we would
customarily meet at the Fogarty Range, which is
presently closed for repair. So John invited us to visit
his place and throw a few rounds downrange. The range is
fabulous, 3 rooms with 5 lanes each, state-of-the-art
ventilation system and ballistic panels all around. One
room is equipped for SWAT teams training with dark/light
capabilities and targets that move up and back at
variable speeds and with shooter/civilian presentations
that show at the last second. There is a fully
stocked sales room with shotguns, rifles and pistols as
well as ammo and all the accessories one could want.
After the shoot John gave us a presentation and we
learned that John, the owner (who's name has escaped)
and one other guy did the lions share of the build-out
including installing all of the ballistic panels which
are large and very heavy and cover most of the building.
We recommend it to anyone who is looking for a range.
They have hourly rates as well as yearly memberships. BTW,
John thoughtfully mounted UBL targets for our shooting
satisfaction.
MEMORIAL DAY
30 MAY 2016
For the first time in a very long time our Memorial Day
formation took place in the rain. Luckily Jim Wheeler
remembered the giant tent set up by the WWII monument for
the Governor's Memorial Day Ceremony. As theirs was
scheduled for the afternoon we could infil/exfil before
anyone was the wiser. Some of us might be forgiven for
thinking that we were playing a hip-hop version of the Star
Spangled Banner as part of the formation's other changes but
it was merely operator error. After the formation we moved down the road to the Homestead
Restaurant for a fabulous breakfast and a chance to
socialize.
New State Sergeant Major
March 2016
CSM Moises Moniz is pinned by his wife Patti as the TAG looks on.
Another well deserved promotion, SGM Eric Blue.
5 MARCH 2016
Quietly,
so as not to step on the Change of Responsibility ceremony
taking place the following day, Mo's replacement as
Operations SGM at 56 Troop Command, Eric Blue, was pinned
at a ceremony so low key that not even Mo knew about it.
He and we found out the next day when we saw the shiny,
new Sergeant Major at the COR. Congratulations, Bac Si!
In other astronomical news.
Rich
Keene observed that there was an almost unheard of
constellation of SF SGMs at the COR. 10, both
retired and still serving, Sergeants Major led by
their Dean, CSM Bill MacNaughton, were finally
corralled for a group shot by the President.
