The AIG, Reunion Registration and events, Update 8/5/21

Published: Thu, 08/05/21

PJ Association.com

"Once a PJ, Always a PJ"

REGISTRATION is here for the 2021 PJ Reunion

GET it done now, we will have to cut it off soon, don't miss out.

Make the Ice Breaker Opening October 27th

Better get in the Painting with Friends or Mama is going to be mad.

Reunion dates are Oct 27th-30th, 2021

Register for the event today before its to late...

https://cvent.me/5x5aeg

As always, there are many things to do during the week, some free time so you dont have to here the same stories more than once, HA

Reach out to the Hotel for things to do in the area as there are so many...

JW Marriott

Our Marriott property has sold out all of rooms at our rate.

Historic hotel Congress, 14 miles away

USE THIS LINK TO RESERVE YOUR ROOM, some may come open

Best to do online

https://book.passkey.com/go/Pararescue2021

If you have to call, use Pararescue 2021 when calling 520-792-3500, #1

So Many things to do in the area and the Hotel, lots of Relaxing time...

Still a few slots open for a Tandem jump - For information, please contact John Lange at 951-294-0719 or joltinjohn@aol.com

Painting with Friends - An AZ and Rescue theme, a fun night for all...

Poker night, you can sign up on the registration website, just select Modify Registration

MITAKUYE OYASIN (MEE-TAH-KAY AWE-SIN)

The Pima Air & Space Museum

Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum

Join us each morning on the
Salud Terrace to participate in a traditional Native American ceremony and unique Sonoran Desert experience. Welcoming a higher perspective into your life should be on everyone's list of important things to do.

The Pima Air and Space Museum is one of the largest aviation Museums in the world..

The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a 98-acre zoo, aquarium, botanical garden, natural history museum, publisher, and art gallery founded in 1952.

TEQUILA TOAST

Every evening at sunset we welcome you to gather on the Salud Terrace to watch the sunset and experience our nightly tradition - the Tequila toast. Join us for this unique experience where we feature one of our more than 150 artisan tequilas and a complimentary toast: "Arriba, Abajo, al Centro, al Dentro, Salud!" (Up, down, out and in).

"Please share with your network so everyone is signed up for the AIG, we are stronger in numbers"

https://cvent.me/5x5aeg

PJ Reunion and Banquet is a Pararescue Association Sanction Event

If the page says "Already Registered" and you know you haven't, then register, it's a play on words, the website we use has a data base of names, that call that Registered, because you have been registered in their system in the past......

Steps to Complete registration, start the primary person first, then add your guest if one is attending.

If you are attending the Reunion and any other events, then Please register, as a PJ / CRO / Friends of or a Sponsor and support your Organization, we are Stronger in numbers...

If not a member, do the same, it makes us all stronger.

Once you add your information, select Add a guest first before picking your guests shirts size, it will bring you back to that again.

If your adding more than one guest, log out and start a new Registration, with any website, DO NOT use the same email address for guest, it doesn't work... leave blank if needed...

Add a guest - before you pick their shirt size

Then you can select your guests shirt size

email : kenhowk2021pjreunion@gmail.com if you have any issues

Don't miss out on one of the most attended events at a reunion, the Painting with friends is a limited event, sign up, if you missed it the first time, Log back in and Modify your Registration. This event is a blast. Same with the Poker Night, get in while you can...

We are out of rooms at Our rate, and some nights are completely sold out.

There may be some cancelations, we are asking anyone with a room not able to attend to please let us know so we can put them back into the tool Box.

October 27th-30th, 2021

31st being a Travel day home

Get there before the show starts at 1700 on Wednesday

Sponsors can e-mail us now to reserve your spot.

bill.watson@pjassociation.com

USE THIS LINK TO RESERVE YOUR ROOM NOW

https://book.passkey.com/go/Pararescue2021

If you have to call, use Pararescue 2021 when calling in 520-792-3500, #8

Oct 27th / Wednesday

Everyone Registers, Activities and Social Events
… Dues Must be Current

1200 - 1600 Open Registration, VA Assistance Table, others TBD, Memorabilia Room/Raffle,

Sales
1700 - 2100 Opening Ceremony Icebreaker/CSAR Demonstration, Meecha / Plunge
1730 Tequila Toast on the Deck nightly
2130 - 2400 PJA Hospitality Social Rm

Oct 28th/ Thursday

Registration, Activities and Social Events

0800 - 1400 Golf at Catalina
0830 - 1000 Dr’s Galloway – Group Hike,
1000 - 1200 Health and Wealth Seminar
1200 - 1300 Dr Rush, PJ medical Updates 1200-1500 Reunion Registration, Memorabilia

Room/ Raffle Sales
1200 - 1300    VA Assistance Table / Briefings
1300 - 1600    Open for briefings and Lectures
1700 - 1900    Sponsors Social Event, SLWG*
1900 - 2400   Hospitality Suite,
2000 - 2230   Art Mixer, Painting with a Friend

Oct 29th / Friday

Registration, Activities and Social Events

0830 -1100 Mystery Games Final Competition Competitors / PJA Members - 1 per

Competitor Team / SLWGroup Discussion -TBD

0900 - 1600 Discussions TBA
0800 - 1100 STAR Vendor Set-up
1100 - 1300 Reunion Registration
1100 - 1600 STAR Vendor Tread Show for Registered Vendors, JW Marriott, Unit Static

Display / Recruiting / VA Assistance

1600 - 1700 Competitor rehearsals
1700 - 1800 SLWGroup and VIP Sponsors /Photos
1800 - 2000 Rodeo Award Ceremony - Guest Speakers / Sponsor Recognition / Open to all

Visitors / Cash Bar / reserved seating Pararescue Association Members

2100 – Poker Night

Oct 30th / Saturday –
General Membership Meeting, The PJA Heritage Reunion Banquet

0830 – 1100 PJA Business Meeting - PJA Officers/Board of Directors Meeting

                        (Dues must be current to attend)
0900 – 1030     Zumba Ladies Event
1030 – 1500   Motorcycle ride/Tom Beranek
1700 – 1830   Reunion Photos - (Groups/Couples), Cocktail Hour
1730 – 2200   The PJ Heritage Banquet,
1830 – 1900   Call to Seating
2230 – 2400     Hospitality Suite

Oct 31st – / Sunday –
Another Spectacular PJA Reunion and PJ Rodeo Event Comes to a Close…

Check Out/Travel

Oct 31st, Travel day home

Who's Coming so far...

Aillet, Michael

Alne, Carol

Alne, Rod

Andrada, Cori

Andrada, Joshua

Antonio, Heather

Antonio, Ishmael

Armstrong, Eugene

Armstrong, Margaret "Peggy"

Arnold, Dr. Kristen

Arnold, Matthew

Arvidson, Leif

Arvidson, Shirley

Austin, Kathleen

AUSTIN, LARRY

Baird-Howk, Billie

Baker, Dennis

Baker, Donna

Baker, Glenice

Baker, Gregory

Baldwin, Robert

Baldwin, Sue

Barth, Leona

Beach, Dana

Beasley, Don

Beasley, Mitzi

Beckmann, Ryan

Beckmann, Susan

Bedard, Thomas

Belle, Mike

Beranek Jr, Tom

Beranek, Gloria

Bernard, Chris

Black, Arthur

Black, Victoria

Blankenship, Stephen "Brock"

Bogart, Nicole

Borland, Angela

Bowers, Steve

Bracamonte, Jordan

Bracken, Harold

Bradshaw, Elaine

Brady, Carissa

Brady, Shaun

Breen, Shawna

Brown, Michael

Buergin, Mary

Buergin, Stephen

Burch, Brent

Burch, Britney

Burns, Donald

C-Perez, Rose

Canfield, Andrew

Canfield, Krista

Carrick, Kevin

Chapman, Donovan

Chapman, Kathryn

Ciesielski, Radek

Clark, James

Clarkson, Tara

Cogswell, David

Cogswell, Miriam

cormier, arthur

Cox, Nathan

Cresong, Margaret

Crowder, William

Cuoco, Daniel

Cuoco, Penelope

Curry, Ember

CUSIC, Jim

CUSIC, Terri

Dailey, Dan

Dailey, Debbie

Dalmo, Dennis

Dalmo, Jaunetta

DAVIS, JOHN

Erslev, Brian

Faber, Donald

Fischer, Rob

Fish, Mike

Fish, Sue

Fisk, Wayne & Angie

Froyd, Kathy

Gabourel, Robert

Galloway, James

Galloway, Lisa

Garrow, Michelle

Gearen, Scott

Gelves, Gabriel

Gelves, Norma

Gerdin, Frank

Gerdin, Tami

Gorsline, Michael

Gregory, Eric

Gregory, Linda

Haley, Ron

Handley, Colleen

Hardin, Hillbilly

Harmon, Genean

Harmon, Jonathan

Hart, Charlene

Hart, Charles

Hayes, Brian

henderson, Monica

Henderson, Tom

Herdliska, Kenneth

Herrin, Carolyn

Herrin, Curtis

Hewson, Michael

Hicks, Brian

Higgins, David

Higgins, Jill

Hoell, Charlie

Holmes, Bruce

Hooven, Beth

Hooven, Edmund

Hopkins, John

Horka, Douglas

Horton, Daniel

Howk, Kenneth

Hughes, Linda

Hughes, William

Iltis, Alissa

Iltis, Shawn

Inch, Daniel

Jeffries, Kelly

Jeffries, Lochland

Johnson, Craig

Kelly, Barbara

Kelly, Byron

Kelly, Kathryn

KESTRANEK, DOUGLAS

KESTRANEK, LORI ANN

Klaftenegger, Chris

Knight, TK

Know yet, Dont

Koester, Paul

Kraft, Dennis

Kraft, Mary

Kunde, Clifford

Kunde, Janet

Lange, Candace

Lange, John

Lantow, Pin

Lantow, Sam

Lawrence, Josh

Lawson, Missy

Lemelin, Ronald

LENNIS, RACHAEL

LENNIS, RON

Lerdall, Laura

Lerdall, Mark

Light, Scott

Lombard, Diana

Lombard, J

LUKE, DOMINIC

LUKE, JOELLEN

Lundberg, Edward

Lundberg, Rhonda

Mahoney, Jennifer

Mahoney, Mark

Malloy, Tim

Manion, Daniel

Martin, Steve

McCall, Brent

McCall, Tara

McCallan, Dave

McCullough, Robert

McManus, Michael

Medley, Janet

Medley, Raymond

Medrano, ana

Merrill-Wilson, D.O., Patricia

Miles, Carol

Miles, Tommy

Milsten, Darrel

Milsten, David

Milsten, Louise

Mize, James

Mize, Kathy

Molesky, Dan

Montgomery, Jermy

Morales, Laura

Moser, Andrew

Murphy, Jeff

Murphy, Laura

Naughton, Luke

Naughton, Stacy

Negron, Toney

Nelson, Diane

Padilla, Edward (Eddie)

Palmer, Deb

Palmer, Larry

Panning, Cindi

Panning, Cole

Perez, Raymond

PIGHINI, JOHN

Pighini, Sue

Plotz, Curtis

Plotz, Mary Kay

Pope, Adam

Pope, Tish

Popovic, Robbin

Popovic, Todd

Powell, Jackie

Powell, Jeffrey

Prescott, Kelly

Prescott, Sam

Preston, Matthew

Regan, Glenn

Reynolds, Beverly

Reynolds, Timothy

Richardson, Eric

Richardson, Stacie

Richmond, Al

Richmond, Rich

Robinson, Nicole

Rodman, Steven

Root, Teri

Rose, Alice

Rose, Donovan

Ross, Joe

Ruiz, Ivan

rush, stephen

Samuelson, Nancy

Samuelson, Wynne

Sanchez, James

Sanchez, Veronica

Sanders, Janet

Sanders, Stan

Savino, Vincent

Schumacher, Scott

Scott, Rich

Shepard, Scott

Sherman, Michael J

Shoemaker, John

shorten, james

Silva, Michael

Silverstein, Kurt

Sims, Edward

Sims, Terri

Sine, Debra

Sine, William

Smith Stahl, Marianne

Smith, Nate

Stahl, Robert

Stone, Tom

Sumerlin, Greg

Swanson, Harry

Taylor, Janet

Taylor, Roy

Taylor, Sandy

Tellsworth, Chris

Tellsworth, Victoria

Thomas, Cathy

Thomas, Jerome

Thompson, Dori

Thompson, Ron

Tosetti, Stacey

Trubee, Brian

Trubee, Robert Trubee

Turpin, Charles

Van Houten, Chris

Van Houtin, Penny

Van Houtin, Tom

Varon, Victoria

Vassar, Linda

Vassar, Steve

Vogele, Colleen

Vogele, Michael

Ward, Robert J

Ward, Ruth

Warner, Steve

Warner, Susan

Washington, Hugh

Watson, Bill

Wellington, Larry

West, Lisa

West, Steve

Westmoreland, Patrick Henry

Williams, Amy

Williams, Jim

Wilson, Lillian (Ann)

Wilson, Shelby

Witzig, Lucy

Witzig, Ryan

Woehrle, Heather

Woehrle, Judd

Wofford, Lori

Wofford, Steven

Wolfe, Les

Wolfe, Sheree

Woods, Tara

Worthy, Lex

Zaioun, Hassan

Zaioun, Martha

Zaioun, Yolanda

ZARNOWSKI, Kim

ZARNOWSKI, TIMOTHY

Donovan Chapman

Donovan Chapman brings singer/songwriter experience with having charted four singles in the Top 60 Country Music Billboard Charts with his “House Like That” peaking at forty-two. Donovan also recorded studio albums with Curb Records and Category 5 Records.

He is releasing a few more new songs this year and wrote his most recent song about friend and brother Scott Gearen. Donovan will perform 2 songs on Wednesday and 2 more on Saturday evening Reunion Banquet.

https://www.freedomsingsusa.org

The Teams and Units are hard at work,,,

there is lots to do in the area so search on the hotels website for ideas. Thursday will be the most free evening during the week.

PJ Rodeo Dates

October 24th - 29th, 2021

Some of the guys who made it to TJ Bruce Service this week.

A note for Pete Harding

I was an ART PJ in the 302nd ARRS at Luke AFB, AZ. My NCOIC was MSgt Raleigh D. Curtis, one of the first ten WWII Army Paratroopers to become PJs.

We had a PT run every noon for 45-60 minutes around the Base. Each day our run took us past the Base Hospital. The first part of the hospital was the Flight Surgeon's Office. As we passed we saw the same enlisted guy in whites sitting on the steps with a sack lunch and he just stared at us for five minutes every day.

After watching us for about five weeks, he jumped up one day and streaked out to the road and stopped us. He had black hair, appeared to be about 5' 10", and 175. He said,"WHO are you guys?? You run past here every day! R.D. told him we were PJs from the Air Rescue Unit down the street. TJ said, "Man, I wish I could get into that outfit but it would never happen." When we asked why, he said because he was in TAC and they would turn him down. R.D. told him we would test him on the run and the swim at the Base Pool. And so we did. He was not far off from the minimums, so R.D. called Walther at HQS and told him we have a great acquisition ready for the pipeline if you can get him out of TAC.

It took about six weeks for that to happen. TJ was ecstatic over the opportunity to

become a PJ. He not only passed everything but was superior. One day, this lean, mean young PJ showed up in our office. He kept saying it all started when he wondered about these two guys who ran past him every day.

About three years later R.D. and I were at Eglin for something to do with Doc Buckley's area, I think it was Advanced Medical Course. Late one afternoon, we were sitting on the steps of the BAQ having a brewski. All of a sudden this Air Force bus came across the parking lot and we could see that there were about 20 PJs on the bus. The first one off was TJ and he sprinted over to us and we had a great reunion.

Pete Long

Next Graduation Date August 12th, 2021

Its back on after to long, PJ / CRO graduation. Join us in making this one of the biggest and best for them after Covid lock down for more than a year. We will be putting on the Family, Student and Staff Barbecue day again.

Special thanks to our sponsor and members that help make the PJ / CRO Graduations and the Family day a great success. Without them, we could not pull this off. The families, Staff and Graduates proudly share their thanks.

See the link below to donate...

Special Thanks to our Corporate Level Donors as well as our

Individual donors;

Brian Hicks

Janet and Ray “CZ” Colon-Lopez

Wayne and Angie Fisk

Adam Pope

Allen Stanek

Rod Alne and The PEAK

Make a donation here!

Some are here... and some Coming Soon,

Keep your eyes on the Pararescue Association Store, the only place that really supports your Organization, we don't have to say we make a donation to... we are the Pararescue Association !!!