Post 12109 History
November 2012
Post 12109, Pusan Perimeter was established at 1500hrs on 18 March at Waegwan Korea by Department of Pacific Areas Commander Barry Hirshbein. District III Commander Patrick "Doc" Higgins and PDC Larry Lyons were also in attendance. After the Institution, the Post held elections and the following members were elected
Commander: Ken Swierzewski
Sr Vice Commander: Jim Malott
Jr Vice Commander: Rick Holbrook
QM: Darin Combs
Chaplain: Chris Burks
Surgeon: Steve Dalton
Judge Advocate: John O'Connor
Trustee 1: John Behrend
Trustee 2: Luis A. Reyes-Colon
Trustee 3James N. Yingling
The members of the Post voted to have the meetings on the second Saturday of the month at 1300 hrs.
UPDATE:
The original Post Officers were reelected to serve an additional year.
June saw Post QM Darin Combs elected as Department Commander as Post Commander Ken Swierzewski appointed as Department Adjutant
June also saw QM/Adj Combs elected as Grand SVC and Commander Swierzewski elected as Grand Council Member District III.
July: Post Commander Swierzewski, Post QM/Adj Combs and Post SVC Malott all attended the National Convention in Reno as well as the Supreme Scratch also in Reno. Past Supreme Commander C. Marty Ellingwood nominated our SVC Jim Malott for the high office of Supreme JVC for the 2016 year. We wish him good luck and will be campaigning for him.
Post 12109 continued a mission originally started by Dave Teets (Post 10033) to help out our Comrades from Taiwan and purchase a box of Buddy Poppys from them.
The Post experienced our first death with the untimely demise of our Post Chaplain Chris Burks in a car accident in Korea.
New Recruits
Jesse E. Barley New Annual Mario G. Diaz New Annual
Daniel V. Nosse New Annual Jamark McCloud New Annual
Ashley C. Rainey New Annual Adam S. Vigil New Annual
Tod F. Nance New Annual Allison B. Palilla New Annual
Anil K. Pathiary New Annual Jason E. Sticha New Annual
Joseph A. Venturella New Annual Aaron M. Bruner New Annual
William L. Berryhill New Annual Noel D. Gravina New Annual
Aaron G. Schumaker New Annual Brandon C. Guy New Annual
Mark A. Warfield New Annual Romero A. Richardson New Annual
Adrian Villa New Annual Michael D. Bettencourt New Annual
David J. Webster New Annual Manuel C. Rios New Annual
Kyle A. Starr New Annual Brian K. Brunner New Annual
Joshua D. Holdos New Annual Kevin W. Short New Annual
Keith Burns New Annual Patricia J. Vegeler New Annual
Joshua Chastain New Annual Richard L. Barch New Annual
Francis J. Carr New Annual Garrett L. Crenshaw New Annual
Benjamin A. Lockman New Annual Darius J. Joshgani New Annual
John S. Miller New Annual Andrew A. Dick New Annual
David Moreno New Annual Ian P. Quinn New Annual
Howard D. McGovern New Annual Seth D. Annichiarico New Annual
Zachery D. Harkness New Annual Dwayne E. Young New Annual
William E. Jones New Annual Derrick D. Binner New Annual
Emmanuel Dominguez New Annual Wallace D. Grimsky III New Annual
Cody L. Ledbetter New Annual Julis Lagarde III New Annual
Jon T. Robinson New Annual Joseph T. Maddox New Annual
Christopher J. Manning New Annual Kenji R. Uchiyama New Annual
Jenna C. Lekki New Annual Nancy A. Zamorski New Annual
Jordan M. Brogan New Annual Scott Cole New Annual
Martin J. Jones New Annual Matthew J. Calder New Annual
Robert Sales New Annual Kristopher M. Clark New Annual
John P. Reed New Annual Thomas D. Jones New Annual
Gabino Seda New Annual William A. Weedon New Annual
Scott Cole New Annual Jerred M. Murray New Annual
Robert E. Parker New Annual Robert N. Grasse New Annual
Cody L. Zach New Annual Nicholas J. Vujnich New Annual
Michelle J. Ledbetter New Annual Allen L. Kabello New Annual
Marie Torres New Annual Aaron M. Smith New Annual
Sarah J. Lapine New Annual Randall D. Fleming New Annual
Robert L. Pineda New Annual John W. Proctor New Annual
Neuman D. Mason New Annual Darryl B. Brown New Annual
Deloy A. Shaw New Annual Roland E. Ramirez New Annual
Sandra L. Peralto New Annual Charles N. McCorkle New Annual
Submitted by Ken Swierzewski