Marine Corps League – Victory Valley Detachment #1383
Next meeting: Thursday 25 April 18:30 hours.
Spring Valley Lake Country Club
| Tidbits from your Chaplain |
| Will Holy Week Be Holy? “Morning after morning He opens my ear that I may hear; and I have not rebelled, have not turned back.” Isaiah 50: 4-5 We can only become Holy by God’s grace. To conduct ourselves with a noted holiness is a pure gift, and comes upon acceptance. It is easy to accept gifts from our friends, but not so easy to bear the cross of others or those who have betrayed us. In doing so a wonderful form of grace follows. In some respects this is the Marine way, to carry the burden of those who cannot. Remember that Christ did not intervene in history he entered history full out. I have completed one quarter of the National Veterans Legal Service Program for Service Officers. It is a fine course and very professionally delivered. |
| Detachment Officers: | |||
| Commandant | Darryl Evey | djevey@earthlink.net | |
| Sr Vice Commandant | Mark Dennis | mark@dennis.net | |
| Jr Vice Commandant | Mike Brewer | MicBrewerUSMC@aol.com | |
| Judge Advocate | John Hogan | jhogan001@verizon.net |
Have you been to the Food Lab in Riverside? It is like a food court, only with a wide range of awesome food from small private vendors. They even have a “BeerFarm” with beers from about 20 craft breweries on tap. The guy who runs the BeerFarm is a Marine (isn’t owning a brewpub the dream of every Marine?).
I stopped in one day for lunch and we were talking about this and that and he said something that sounded like a Marine so I asked. He served in Iraq with 3/1. We had a great conversation about our time in the Corps and how that shaped who we are today. He has been volunteering for a couple of veteran programs. We spoke about brothers who have died and those who have killed themselves. We discussed how we are all brothers and need to look out for each other. As I finished my beer and headed back to work, we both told each other to stay strong.
Semper Fi. It is more than a saying. It is how we live our lives. It is who we are. It is why I am proud to me a United States Marine.
Darryl
Meeting Minutes from March 2019 not yet available