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Joseph Schmittou Detachment #1083 Department of Georgia

Posted by: adjutant on 03/09/2007 07:10 PM (Read: 912)

Who was Joseph Schmittou?

According to the roster of those serving on Peleliu the short of it is:

SCHMITTOU, Joseph, M. 1SGT, Co K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division. Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart. Cited in "Coral Comes High" by George P. Hunt. He spent 28 years in The Corps and retired as a M/SGT.

But The story goes further if you care to look.

Click on "Read More" to find out more about M/Sgt Joseph Schmittou

"Operation: Support-A-Hero"

Posted by: adjutant on 02/23/2007 04:24 PM (Read: 713)

Operation: Support-A-Hero" Was begun by Ron Dillon a Past Commandant of our detachment and is currently operated by by Ken Borders and his wife, with the support and endorsement of all the Marines of the Joseph Schmittou Detachment. It is our detachments way of supporting our troops who are engaged in combat operations in OIF and OEF. We send "Care Packages" to them as often as we can. To date we have sent in excess of 461 Packages.

As one Marine said while home on R&R, "it is nice seeing all the We support our Troops stickers and ribbons on the cars and trucks, but the real supporters are the ones who send packages and letters."

Commandant's Call

Posted by: adjutant on 05/24/2006 01:52 AM (Read: 960)

Roll Call Of Fallen Marines

The following Members of Detachment have transferred their membership to "Heaven's Scenes". The transfer dates are given if known.

Thomas Poulnott 1700 11 Dec 2007

CPL James Steven Holloway 0600 26 Apr 2009

Louis Carter Trousdale Jr. 16 June 2009

All detachment meetings take place at Buffalo's Cafe,
in the Beechwood Shopping Center, located at Alps Road and Baxter Street, Athens GA. on the 3rd Monday of each month at 1900
Click Text Here to view map

NOTE !! The January 2010 Meeting will be Monday the 18th at 1900. Come early for a social time and dinner.

While you are here I urge you to check out our Photo Albums

Sound Adjutant's Call!

Our Adjutant has informed us that Sign-A-Rama located at 240 Old Epps Bridge Road, in Athens, Ga. will produce a customized "Welcome Home Banner" for any returning serviceman or woman at no cost, If it is ordered in a timely manner and picked up at his business location it will be totally free. If the banner needs to be produced and shipped, the family or group requesting the banner need only pay the shipping charges. The owner feels this is the least he can do for our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines.

To contact them call the store at (706) 546-5771 or email them at SignOrders@bellsouth.net

Adjutant's Veteran's Day Tribute

Posted by: adjutant on 11/14/2007 02:00 AM (Read: 920)

Our detachment Adjutant was asked to speak and participate in several Veteran's Day celebration ceremonies this year. To read a transcript of one of his messages click on read more to the right.

Is Leadership Destined For Extinction?

Posted by: adjutant on 02/23/2007 07:09 PM (Read: 652)

Leadership is the greatest gift you can pass along to another generation. So why then is it so rare to find quality leaders in our current self-centered society? Some of us who have accepted, or in some cases had thrust upon us, the mantle of leadership are not living up to our responsibilities

I have been around either the military or law enforcement my whole life. I was born into a Marine Corps family and raised in JROTC and Scouting, until I was old enough to enlist in the Marines myself in 1963 at 17 years of age. Even my entry into God's all volunteer army (the church) was via a para-military youth group called Christian Service Brigade.

Throughout my six plus decades, I have observed and worked for and with many great military and law enforcement leaders. I have also had the opportunity to suffer under the tutelage of many self-proclaimed leaders who displayed a total lack of character and whose "moral compass" had obviously never been boxed. The leaders I found most effective were the ones who wore the cloak of leadership humbly and often somewhat warily, if not even reluctantly.

If you want to learn something about folks trying to teach what they have not learned, then click on "Read More" to the right and find out why you cannot give what you do not have.

Leadership is Fragile

Posted by: adjutant on 05/17/2006 11:35 PM (Read: 579)

Leadership is not easy, if it was then everyone would be a leader. But, unless you are a hermit you already know that. All you have to do is look around and observe the lack of "Honor, Courage and Commitment" that is exhibited in the lives of many So-called leaders in our society today. Take a quick look at page two to get one perspective of the importance of good leadership.

"10 Second" Leadership Lessons I Learned in the Marines

Posted by: adjutant on 05/17/2006 11:08 PM (Read: 597)

Feel free to adopt and/or adapt any of these leadership lessons and pass them along by applying them in your own lives. They don't take very long to read, but internalizing them may require some sacrifice. But, as my DI use to remind me, "No sacrifice is too great for your Marines." Click Read More to Access the Lessons