2014 Weekend to Remember
March 7-8, 2014
HALO's "Grand Weekend" was a huge success despite the weather. The exceptional community of Hamilton, Texas welcomed 17 Wounded Warriors along with HALO staff and volunteers into their community family. The local high school band played the National Anthem despite the downpour as everyone enjoyed a wonderful fish fry. The Marriott Champion Circle was home base for this weekend and hosted the golf scramble the next day.
The Weekend to Remember hosted wounded veterans and special guest with activities that included:
A Western Themed Gala Madison Rising Concert Tandem Skydiving with Team Fastrax NASCAR Driving Experience
NASCAR Ride-Along Exotic Machine Gun Shooting Indy Car Driving Experience Helicopter Rides
Golf Scramble Fishing Tournament Night Bow-Fishing with Team Full Scale Assault Target Shooting from a Helicopter
B-25 Flight Experience
A Western Themed Gala Madison Rising Concert Tandem Skydiving with Team Fastrax NASCAR Driving Experience
NASCAR Ride-Along Exotic Machine Gun Shooting Indy Car Driving Experience Helicopter Rides
Golf Scramble Fishing Tournament Night Bow-Fishing with Team Full Scale Assault Target Shooting from a Helicopter
B-25 Flight Experience
MOH Army SFC Leroy Petry
USMC LT Clebe McClary USMC SSgt John Jones ARMY Col Tim Karcher ARMY SFC Issac "Ike" Camacho Army SGM Billy Waugh Army SGT Shilo Harris Navy SEAL Jason Redman Army CPL Michael Vasquez Army CPL Mathew Rodriquez USMC SSgt James Sides Army SFC Jonathan Langford USMC SSgt Tommy Trotter USMC GySgt Eric Olson USAF TSgt Darryl Dutton Navy EOD1 Dave Hawxhurst USAF TSgt Adam Popp USMC GySgt Matt Fulling USMC SSgt Dominc Chavez USMC GySgt Chris Wellman USMC Cpl Tyler Hallock USAF SSgt Kiel Vickers USAF Msgt Reese Hines Army SFC Cedric King USAF SSgt Jason Morgan Army SPC Chris Tucker Army - Jorge Deleon USMC - Donny Daughenbaugh Army SFC Dillon Behr Army SFC Cory Remsburg Army SSG Joel Tavera |
GALA Co-MCs -
Scott Murray and Tex McDorman |
Medal of Honor, LT Mike Thornton
Medal of Honor, LT Tommy Norris Medal of Honor, Col Donald Ballard Navy Seal CMC, Herschel Davis Army Air Corps, Calvin J. Spann - Tuskegee Airman USAF Col Joe Kittinger Army SF, Rick Iannucci - Horses for Heroes Army SF, Ranger John Hart - Team Fastrax Army SF, Ranger Gene Newsome - Team Fastrax Navy EOD, Ken Falke - Boulder Crest USMC Force Recon, Jeff Kyle Navy SEAL, Ryan "Birdman" Parrott USAF Astronaut, Col Fred Gregory Army Ranger, Randy Kremer Navy SEAL, MC David Brayden Army SSgt Charles Scott Army Maj - Ernest Banasau Jr. Marc Fucarile - Boston Bombing Survivor Tim "TK" Klund - Military Justice League Dr. Timothy Novelli - Patriot Project Dr. Mark Pustaver - Patriot Project Dick Lynch - Impact a Hero David Walker - Coalition to Salute American Heroes Jonathan Foxman - Cellular One Patriotic Band - Madison Rising C&W Singer - Rachel Holder Singers - Russ Murphy & David Spears |
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