Special Forces Association - Vernon L. Ramey Memorial Chapter 68

In support of the United States Armed Forces Day parade and the official declaration of Gene Vance Day in Morgantown, WV I am asking for participation from every Full Time Solider of 2nd BN on Saturday, 19 May.

WHO: Soldiers of 2/19, WVARNG, WV ANG and possible attendance by members of the SF Association Chapter 68
WHAT: Military Band performance, Honor Guard and Firing Detail, Speeches by elected officials, military fly over concluded by mounted and dismounted parade
WHERE: Morgantown amphitheater, West Virginia

The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall is coming to South Charleston, West
Virginia for the Memorial Day weekend. The Patriot Guard Riders have been
asked to escort the Wall from Huntington to South Charleston on 23 May; the
Patriot Guard Riders have escorted this Wall for the last several years
through West Virginia and we are honored to do it again this year. Last year,
we had close to 200 bikes and a Blackhawk helicopter participating in the
escort, with many different clubs and groups represented...there are "no

FORT BRAGG, NC - The past and present of the green beret were celebrated during a Special Forces Regimental Day ceremony April 5 on Fort Bragg, N.C.

Statue to Honor 'Father' of Green Berets
By John Chappell

Fort Bragg tomorrow will dedicate a statue commemorating an historic 1961 meeting between then-Brig. Gen. William P. Yarborough and President John F. Kennedy.

Yarborough spent his last years in Southern Pines until his death at age 93.

The statue shows him appearing before the president with his men, all wearing what was, at the time, a forbidden green beret.

Your Spring Drop is on its way!
As a courtesy, we wanted to let you know that your 2012 Spring Edition of The Drop has been mailed and should arrive within the next few days.