4th Fort Hood Mounted Warfare Vehicle Rally
NEXT RALLY: Memorial Day Weekend (Thurs, 24 May - Sat, 26 May)
Come for one day, or all three days. You'll be welcome at any time! See the home page for Rally details!!!
17 Feb 2012
Greetings,
Staffing of the Rally packet with III Corps continues with 5 of the 8 directorate already concurring. Reservations have been made to hold the camping site for us, but with a slight change. We'll be staying at the BLORA mountain bike camping site instead of the Ranch. Same location, just on the opposite side of the road. It is a busy weekend for BLORA, so we'll be isolated and out of the way. We've got a good reputation with the entire staff, and this site has primitive showers on site, porta-john and RV hook-ups and water. Access to the lake is now available to our group, even to the non-DoD civilians. So, you'll be able to go down to the lakefront and use the BLORA facilities over the weekend. The manager is also providing us a large portable grill, so maybe one evening we can have a dinner get together for everyone.
I'll continue to update as we go along. Mr. Matt Nethercutt is tracking everything I am doing to keep the Rally alive when I depart Fort Hood. Still don't know where to, but fingers crossed to stay in Texas. The Rally is a big reason for me to reside in the Lone Star State (along with the friends I've met here).
Contact Matt or I with any concerns.
Dan
Staffing of the Rally packet with III Corps continues with 5 of the 8 directorate already concurring. Reservations have been made to hold the camping site for us, but with a slight change. We'll be staying at the BLORA mountain bike camping site instead of the Ranch. Same location, just on the opposite side of the road. It is a busy weekend for BLORA, so we'll be isolated and out of the way. We've got a good reputation with the entire staff, and this site has primitive showers on site, porta-john and RV hook-ups and water. Access to the lake is now available to our group, even to the non-DoD civilians. So, you'll be able to go down to the lakefront and use the BLORA facilities over the weekend. The manager is also providing us a large portable grill, so maybe one evening we can have a dinner get together for everyone.
I'll continue to update as we go along. Mr. Matt Nethercutt is tracking everything I am doing to keep the Rally alive when I depart Fort Hood. Still don't know where to, but fingers crossed to stay in Texas. The Rally is a big reason for me to reside in the Lone Star State (along with the friends I've met here).
Contact Matt or I with any concerns.
Dan
03 Feb 2012:
Hello everyone,
Interest is growing for the anticipated May Rally. We've had to settle upon Memorial Day weekend for the event due to teh restrictive training calendar at Fort Hood this spring. Hopefully y'all will be able to work the trip into your priorities and preferences. This Rally, we will be supporting III Corps "Phantom Warrior" week and we've been given a great display location in the central intersection on post where we'll get a lot of attention. In addition, we've been asked to support the Corps "pass in review" with our vehicles (more details as I get them). I'm hoping that this will give folks the incentive to join us on Thursday, 24 May. The Rally officially ends on Saturday, 26 May so that participants can make it back home for Memorial Day events on Monday.
I will be traveling for military business over the coming month, so any questions you send my way may be delayed in response. I'll get to any questions you may have, promise. Don't hesitate to send in your registration form (FH 210-9-1). This is the updated form and is located on the Registration Page on this site. If you have your Area Access Pass from the Fall, please go ahead and send in a registration form with a copy of your AAP. You won't need to pay the fee since you'll be covered from the last event.
I hope to fit in several recons over the coming months and am working with possible contacts to fit in visits to some motorpools on Friday and/or Saturday. So, the planning continues.
Finally...the Army will be moving me this coming summer and I will be passing the reins on to a new organizer to keep the Rally going. The support is there from the museums and the Corps, so hopefully the Rally will continue into the future.
Look forward to seeing everyone again and meeting new participants in May.
Cheers!
--Dan Martin
Interest is growing for the anticipated May Rally. We've had to settle upon Memorial Day weekend for the event due to teh restrictive training calendar at Fort Hood this spring. Hopefully y'all will be able to work the trip into your priorities and preferences. This Rally, we will be supporting III Corps "Phantom Warrior" week and we've been given a great display location in the central intersection on post where we'll get a lot of attention. In addition, we've been asked to support the Corps "pass in review" with our vehicles (more details as I get them). I'm hoping that this will give folks the incentive to join us on Thursday, 24 May. The Rally officially ends on Saturday, 26 May so that participants can make it back home for Memorial Day events on Monday.
I will be traveling for military business over the coming month, so any questions you send my way may be delayed in response. I'll get to any questions you may have, promise. Don't hesitate to send in your registration form (FH 210-9-1). This is the updated form and is located on the Registration Page on this site. If you have your Area Access Pass from the Fall, please go ahead and send in a registration form with a copy of your AAP. You won't need to pay the fee since you'll be covered from the last event.
I hope to fit in several recons over the coming months and am working with possible contacts to fit in visits to some motorpools on Friday and/or Saturday. So, the planning continues.
Finally...the Army will be moving me this coming summer and I will be passing the reins on to a new organizer to keep the Rally going. The support is there from the museums and the Corps, so hopefully the Rally will continue into the future.
Look forward to seeing everyone again and meeting new participants in May.
Cheers!
--Dan Martin
