MISSION REPORT:
FOR: USAF MSGT RETIRED GERALD G. SMITH
ON: SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1011
FOR : VISITATION AT THE FUNERAL HOME
UPON ARRIVAL AT THE FUNERAL HOME WE PUT FLAGS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE FUNERAL HOME.
WE WERE INVITED BY THE FUNERAL HOME TO STAND OUR FLAG LINE INSIDE BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER.  WE HAD 28 PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS IN ATTENDANCE.  WE LINED BOTH SIDES OF THE HALLWAY ENTRANCE WITH THE FLAGS.
WE PRESENTED THE DAUGHTER, LESLIE McGRAIN  WITH THE PATRIOT GUARD RIDER  PLAQUE..  SHE WAS VERY MUCH SURPRISED AND APPRECIATED THAT VERY MUCH.
WE HAD 8 BIKE RIDERS THAT EVENING THAT BRAVED THE COLD WEATHER.
THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THIS VISITATION FOR THIS VETERAN.
 
MISSION REPORT:  MONDAY, JANUARY 3,2011
WE ARRIVED AT THE FUNERAL HOME TO STAND A FLAG LINE FOR THIS VETERAN.
WE PUT FLAGS AROUND THE FUNERAL HOME AGAIN AND AGAIN WE WERE INVITED TO STAND OUR FLAG LINE INSIDE THE FUNERAL HOME BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER PRIOR TO THE SERVICES.  AFTER THE SERVICE BEGAN WE MOVED OUR FLAG LINE TO CRESTVIEW CEMETARY, LEAVING 3 BIG FLAG BIKES BEHIND FOR THE ESCORT OF THIS VETERAN AND HIS FAMILY.  WE HAD ABOUT 20 PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS ATTEND THIS PART OF THE MISSION.  
WE HAD 8 BIKES AND 7 CAGES FOR THIS PART OF THE MISSION.
I,TED "FROSTY" FOSTER, WOULD LIKE TO THANK JOHN "SNAPSHOT" BAILEY  ,RIDE CAPTAIN IN TRAINING, RAY "TEX" CALVERT, MIKE AND BARBARA JOHNSON FOR BRINGING THE FLAG AND WATER TRUCK.
THANKS TO JIMMY MURPHY, GARY TEDFORD AND GARY FORTNER FOR BEING IN ATTENDANCE WITH THE BIG FLAG BIKES.
THE MISSION WAS A  SUCCESS DUE  TO THE DEDICATED PATRIOT GUARD MEMBERS HERE IN NORTH TEXAS.   THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED AND MADE THIS MISSION ONE THAT THIS FAMILY CAN  REMEMBER AS THEY SAID GOODBYE TO A PATRIOT AND A VETERAN.\
