FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | DECEMBER 2016 11
By Len Tavernetti, Board President
Your Association needs you, your training and your experience!
You veterans answered the call once before and now you need to do
it again. This time you won't have to dig foxholes, paint rocks, spit
shine your sandals, or scrape barnacles. You can still have three hots
and a cot. There will be a monthly formation to get-out-the-word,
but no long marches, rope climbs or STD movies.
In the service you learned to take care of your buddy. That's what
we want you to do. Here, your buddy is your neighbor. But, you need
some refresher training and in-theater situational awareness. Learn
where the aid station will be, where to get supplies and how to call
for backup.
When we have an emergency (earthquake or fire), coolness and
experience will keep our casualties to a minimum. You have those
traits. They may be a bit rusty but in a crisis, they will come through.
Our small cadre at the Emergency Planning Committee is
recruiting, training and organizing our residents to help each other
until the relief forces arrive. We need to identify to them the most
seriously injured for immediate aid, account for all our residents and
distribute food, water and supplies as we recover. You know how to
do this.
Our mobility may be diminished but we can man radios, answer
questions, give directions and offer comfort. So, head for the
recruiting office at the Lodge and sign up. You won't need your
parents' permission this time. Ask EPC member Al Blair what you
can do for him. Uncle Al Wants You!
Observations from the Board
VETERANS: IT'S TIME TO RE-UP!
THE EPC NEEDS YOU
