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USV-JSC
P.O. Box 15368
Long Beach CA 90815
Email:
National.HQ@usv-jsc.org
 

USV-JSC National Headquarters
Long Beach VA Medical Center
 

MISSION: To serve as a force multiplier for the Department of Defense by providing Final  Military Honors (Boots on Graves) to United States Armed Forces Veterans in a "seamless" uniformed solemn ceremony.  And to provide a trained, experienced, uniformed and disciplined manpower pool for the needs of each Service as determined by the Secretary of Defense.

 

MASTER SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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Pre-Briefing
First Saturday of the Month at 9:00 a.m.
Long Beach VA Medical Center,
Department of Veterans Affairs
5901 East 7th Street
Long Beach, CA 90822

MHD Training  (0900Hrs)
Every 1st Saturday of the month
 
 
MHD Training  (0900Hrs)

Long Beach VA Medical Center,
Department of Veterans Affairs
5901 East 7th Street
Long Beach, CA 90822

Contact:

CSM Aguilar
National Trainer

Email:
ismael.Aguilar@usv-jsc.org

 

 
 
 
The MHD training takes place at
Long Beach VA Medical Center regularly on the first Saturday
of the month.

  Members will learn how to fold the flag, how to shoot M1 rifle, and drill in a Military Honors Detail.  Plus, you'll get the inside scoop on what it takes to master the advanced techniques in  MHD performance and leadership.

USV Offers Leadership and Management Training

 
For complete information about
Veterans Affairs, click on the above image.

MHD Mission (0900Hrs)
 
 

Riverside National Cemetery
22495 Van Buren Blvd
Riverside, CA 92518-2740
 
 
The USV-JSC's Op Teams perform Military Honors at Riverside National Cemetery every 2nd Thursday, rain or shine.
 


 
ARCHIVED ARTICLES

Saturday, 15 December 2007, Chaplain Mike and Adelle McKinney, and 1LT Robert Harris coordinated the 2nd Wreaths Across America Ceremony at Riverside National Cemetery.  Ch (BG) Stephen Kirtley represented USV-JSC with the invocation.  (Pictures)  
Saturday, 11OCTOBER2007, USV-JSC selected as the Military Honor Group to participate in the Memorial Service for Capt. Warren Robert Orr, Jr. whose remains were returned to the United States from Vietnam.  The Memorial service was held at the Vietnam War Memorial in Westminster with an attendance of about 200 people including (read more)  (Pictures)  
Veterans Day 11NOV2006 in Georgia The Op Teams of the 4th Regional Command hold banner and flags while leading the  parade in Atlanta, GA. 
Read more.

YORBA LINDA, CA.  11Mar2006 - - The Op Teams 1,2 and 3 of 91st BCT, 9th Regional Command, conducted a FMH ceremony to a deceased Special Forces soldier, SFC Chacon, who died in the line of duty in Iraq.  The service was performed at Pope John Paul Center, Yorba Linda, California.
Read more.

RIVERSIDE, CA.  11Nov2005 - - The Veterans Day Observance at the Riverside National Cemetery. Click here to read the abstract from Los Angeles Times Archives, "For the Dignity of Vets and the Love of Country" by Susannah Rosenblatt, Times Staff Writer.



PHOENIX, AZ.  23Sep2005 -- Ms. Janet Napolitano, Governor of Arizooonaa expresses her warmest regards  to the  members of the Group 1, 92nd Brigade Coordinating Team in Arizona and guests attending the "Unit Presentation Ceremony".  


BOSSIER CITY, LA.   June 30, 2005 -- Mr. Goerge Dement, Mayor of Bossier City isues a Certificate of Proclamation to Major General John Shaw, Commanding General, 6th Regional Command and Lt. Colonel Randy Harper, 61st Brigade Group Commander and his members of the USV-JSC.  


     NEWS  RELEASE

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From MG John W. Shaw, Region 6t -  RC Awards

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During Thanksgiving weekend, MAJ Son Ngo (R/R Officer)
organized a recruiting and food-for-the-homeless
activity at a church in SanJose.  This has created a
tremendous wave of USV-JSC influence to the residents
of SanJose and nearby communities.
 
Well done!
        
FR. FIRMO MANTOVANI C.S, PASTOR.
FR. LEONANDO ROCHA  VICA.
MRS.MARIA NG. MACIALEK
       
HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH
580 E. JACKSON ST
SAN JOSE-CA 95112
 

Chaplain Stephen Kirtley
has just been named
Chief of Chaplains
USV -JSC

We thank Chaplain (Cmdr)  Lynn Anderson for the great work he did in organizing the Chaplain Service and providing training for new Chaplains.  Chaplain Anderson will serve as Chaplain Emeritus

Chaplains Training I
Feb. 16 CPR & First Aid
March 8 - Leadership & Management
March 15 - Critical Issues in Chaplaincy
To Register
Contact
Ch. (Col) S. Kirtley
stephen.kirtley@usv-jsc.org





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