Greetings from your 13th Association - the official Association for the 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command (13th ESC) and its predecessor organizations. 

The Spring and early Summer of 2010 have been very busy for your Association.

We are very excited to have the Command return from their current deployment to Iraq for OIF.  We will have the Command Group home by the 4th of July weekend and look forward to their welcome.

The building of the Memorial has begun.  Please check our website to see where we stand and buy a brick to put your personal stamp on the plaza in front of the Memorial.  We are still about $50,000 short of our requirement to fully fund this monument.  Please log on to www.13cca.org to make your contribution.

The unveiling of the Memorial will be on 17 September 2010 at Guidon Field on Fort Hood.  This is the proposed agenda for the dedication, it is available at:  http://www.13cca.org/agenda.jpg

In closing, I want to remind everyone that one of the primary purposes of our organization is to honor current and former 13th soldiers who have distinguished themselves in service to the nation.  Please consider contributing to the Memorial Fund at www.13cca.org or mail donations to:

13CCA
PO Box 5490
Fort Hood, TX 76544

If you have comments, suggestions, or ideas, please share them with me. And forward this email to everyone you know who has an association with the 13th or would be interested in supporting our organization.

LTC (Ret)  Kent Marquardt, President
13th COSCOM Association