Nov 11 2008 : Today is Veterans Day.  For all those who served, for the families who supported their sacrifice, Thank you.  We are forever grateful, and in your debt.

“No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.”

-- General Douglas MacArthur

"It is the Soldier, not...

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Nov 10 2008 : Click Here for the Commandant's Birthday Message: 2008.  You can even watch the video!

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Click Here for full article Sep 13 2008 : The French Quarter Chateau LeMoyne has group rates especially for the 9th Engineers, $84 per nite, valid for booking from 9/11/2008 to 5/27/2009. Just click...

Click Here for full article Sep 13 2008 : After a long period of time we have decided to change the "look and feel" of our 9th Engineer Battalion Website. We have done this in order to make it easier on our less computer literate members and to allow better access to the search engines to better expose the site to the world. With the old site we have been getting approximately six thousand people a month looking around at our mission statements,...

Click Here for full article Sep 2 2008 : Our 3rd annual Florida picnic gathering has been decided upon. This years get together will be on Saturday, January 10th at Noon. The event will be located at Ft. Desoto on the south side of St. Petersburg, Fl. Contact Eric at elk9theg@mchsi.com or call him @ 217-254-4070 or 217-728-7409 home. Directions and suggestions for covered dishes or beverages to bring can be had by contacting Eric or just...

Click Here for full article Jun 14 2008 : May 14, 2008 Day 2: Run For The Wall Participating in Run For The Wall (RFTW) can provide unique experiences for anyone who decides to go on this noble mission, and the opportunity to travel our great nation on a motorcycle will exceed the wildest expectations that you would get from any travel agency. But anyone can travel beautiful America whether you participate with RFTW or decide to go it...

Click Here for full article Feb 8 2008 : click here to read an off-site article. Sep 8 2007 : click here to read an off-site article. Dec 31 2006 : click here to read an off-site article. Dec 17 2006 : Native American Indian's made Prayer Ties by wrapping sacred herbs into a cloth while they prayed to the Great Spirit. Once the Prayer Ties were completed they were burned in a respectful and reverent ceremony, assuring that the prayers the tribe made would be sent up to the heavens and carried to the Creator in the smoke. Each year in the tradition of our Native Americans, Ed "Fingers" Goen...

Click Here for full article Dec 12 2006 : 9th Engineer Bn. Association San Diego, Ca Reunion June 27 - July1, 2007 2007 Reunion Reservation Form _____Number of Banquet Tickets (June 30th) @ $50.00 each ______Number of Bus tickets to Camp Pendelton on June 28th @ $20.00 each ______Number of Bus tickets to MCRD San Diego June 29th @ $20.00 each ______________ Total Amount Enclosed for reservations and dues...

Click Here for full article Nov 9 2006 : click here to read an off-site article. Nov 2 2006 : click here to read an off-site article. Sep 9 2006 : click here to read an off-site article. Apr 13 2006 : Run for the Wall VVA785 2006 Website by Mustang, Thu April 13, 2006 Orange County, California - April 13, 2006 - Vietnam veteran and former 9th Engineer, Mike Cummins, came up with a great idea - Develop an internet web site to chronicle the stories, experiences, and pictures of the 9th Engineer Battalion Vietnam veterans and members of Orange County, California Chapter 785 of the Vietnam Veterans...

Click Here for full article Nov 17 2005 : The long and lonely road By Harry P. Parmer "Each face will lose his name, and time will not defer, but there will always be the bond between what we are, and where we were. ~ Ned Broderick~ The deck slowly leaned to port as I walked to the galley. We had been at sea for fourteen days since leaving the Marine base at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, but we were now getting close to our final destination....

Click Here for full article Jul 28 2005 : Ghosts - they exist By Harry P. Parmer Ghosts ... do they really exist? In our childhood most of us had our own thoughts about things that go bump in the night. As a boy growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania I remember the Saturday afternoon matinees that showed scary movies like Dracula and The Werewolf. But after graduating from high school in 1964 I gave little thought about ghosts and...

Click Here for full article Jul 28 2005 : If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? (I Corinthians 14:8) LETTERS FROM HOME By Harry P. Parmer The 120-degree heat hit us in the face as we disembarked from the Air Force C-141 at Bahrain's Sheik Isa air base. Fourteen days had passed since Saddam Husseian ordered his army into Kuwait and as his soldiers now massed along Kuwait's southern borderthey...

Click Here for full article Apr 24 2005 : click here to read an off-site article. Feb 27 2005 : click here to read an off-site article. Feb 5 2005 : In times of warfare, often during retreat, individual American Indian warriors of many tribes would "stake" themselves to the ground with a lance or arrow by piercing a vein and then sticking the lance or arrow into a red "sash" of blood on the ground, so they could not move. They would remain "staked" to the ground and would fight until death or capture to give time for their comrades to escape....

Click Here for full article Jan 13 2005 : Engineer units helping to rebuild South Asia's infrastructure By Fred Zimmerman, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Thursday, January 13, 2005 UTAPAO, Thailand - While providing relief to those in need after the tsunami that struck South Asia on Dec. 26 is critical, so too is creating better access to remote areas and beginning to clean up. Various engineer units are helping to improveland...

Click Here for full article Jun 10 2004 : For those of you who missed it, it was a fantastic time. It was my first reunion, so it was very special to me. We got to make new friends and renew old aquaintences, peolple I hadn't see in 36 years, but had thought of often. If you can make the next one, 2006, it will be held in Savannah Ga. Check back for the next newsletter for all the details of 2004, and information on 2006. Semper Fi to...

Click Here for full article Jun 1 2004 : CHU LAI - "One of the primary reasons for the United States being in Vietnam is to help rebuild the nation," commented LtCol. WE. Perea (Clif¬ton, Ariz.). To help fulfill this mission, Col. Perea directs a task force of over 1,000 highly trained 9th Engineer Bn. Marines operating more than $10 million worth of equipment. Highway engineers maintaining 47 miles of road anywhere in the States wouldhave...

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Click Here for full article May 2 2004 : Coming shortly to our site will be the addition of new tools accesable to the members only. Very shortly you will be able to post your own photograhs and edit and credit them accordingly. My son, Michael, has been working on programing this ability for several months now, and it is all coming together. Stay tuned and check back often, as the site will be undergoing radical changes prior to ourreunion...

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