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"Jason" Truck of the Month May 2008  |
Ok, here goes.
On my way to work on June 26, I got a call Headquarters Marine Corps relaying notice of a Marine casulty in Afghanistan. I was tasked to be the CACO, Casulty Assistance Calls Officer, for SSgt Eddie Heredia, KIA. That morning I had to perform the most difficult task of my life. I had to inform his father that his son was killed in action due to enemy actions. In the time that has passed I have gotten to know the family pretty well, and have had the distinct priveledge to assist them through this most trying of times. I never worked directly with Eddie, but he was a fellow Marine and a fellow Staff Non-Commissioned Officer, so I felt a very personal connection to the family. Today, we laid their son to rest at the Houston National Cemetery with full military honors. The Marine Special Operations Forces Commanding General, MajGen D.J. Hejlick, Commanding Officer and Sergeant Major of 2d Marine Special Operations Battalion all made the trip from North Carolina to honor their fallen brother in arms. All in all, I have held up well during this whole evolution. I was the one who wanted to, needed to be strong for the family, but I just wanted to share how my last 10 days have been.    Current mods: Exterior: 2003 RC short bed Ram. Chrome 20" Motto wheels, 275/55/20 Bridgestone Duelers, tint, functional SRT-10 Hood, Street Scene bumper cover, de-chromed and painted rear bumper, body matched grill shell, mirrors, door handles, tailgate handle and antenna mount, billet grill and bumper inserts, Bushwhacker street fender flares, polished "Ram" 3rd brake light cover. Snuglid tonneu cover with a bedrug. Engine: Flowmaster 40 series dual exhaust, 3rd Strike dual filter with throttle body spacer. Audio: Alpine 9885 with IPod, Infiniti Reference 3.5", 5.25" and 6x9's, two Kenwood DVC 12" subs with three Kenwood amps running it all through Monster Cable wiring. Optima red-top. Interior: Suede headliner, color matched A&B pillars, overhead console, and rear light surround. Proudly serving our country with the Marine Corps for over 12 years. "The secrecy of my job prevents me from knowing what I do"        |
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"Doug"  Truck of the Month April 2005  |
Man thats a tough job. Glad you could do your part to help the family through.
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"Mark" Vice President NY Chapter Truck of the Month November 2008  |
 Great job Marine -- Thank YOU!. It is not until you understand what you do not know that the learning process starts. ~ Me Mark, a.k.a. MDSBigPaPa My Car Domain garage: http://www.cardomain.com/id/MDSBigPaPa       |
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"Buster"  |
thank you for all you do.
American by birth, Southern by the grace of God, hemi powered by choice. "NO POWER IN THE VERSE CAN STOP ME." well... except maybe my wife 2006 4x4 sport QC         "Whenever anyone preaches disunity, tries to pit one of us against the other, through class warfare, race hatred or religious intolerance, you know that person seeks to rob us of our freedom and destroy our very lives...and we know what to do about it. Working together to produce an ever greater abundance of material and spiritual values for all. That is the secret of American prosperity." |
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"Dave" HTC.com Man of the Year - 2008 VP Kentucky Chapter Truck of the Month April 2006  |
'05 RCSB 1500 SLT 5.7 Hemi Ram - 4" ram air from fog light hole - Amsoil drop-in filter - AirAid MIT - Taylor shorty wires - FM 50HD SI/SO 3" Magnaflow y-pipe - General Grabber UHP 295/50 20 tires - Superchips Flashpaq 3815 - Motive 4.56 gears - Detroit Truetrac differential Lakewood traction bars - PML differential cover - Best reaction time .011 @ Bowling Green Best 1/8 mile 9.28 @ Bowling Green - Best 1/4 mile 14.51 @ Bowling Green - ETs before gears, DTT, traction bars, improved ram air, and y-pipe           |
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"George" President New York Chapter  |
Pain knows no bounds
For when we lose one of own We do our best to carry on  Summer Memories Oldies Band 2005 Hemi Off Road 4X4 QC, Mopar CAI,NGK 4306 plugs, SRT-10 A pillar,AutoMeter Quad gauge overhead console,DynoTune N2O Control Panel,AutoMeter fuel and nitrous gauges,Gibson Extreme Cat Back System,Edelbrock TES Ceramic Headers, QTP 3" electric cutout, Super Chips tuned 3.92 gears w/Anti-Spin, Lakewood traction bars, Billet "HEMI" radiator insert and Zex Nitrous Oxide Check out my truck HERE This ain't your Daddy's Quad Cab D500 the ORIGINAL HEMI PERFORMANCE OPTION FROM DODGE (1956)        |
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"Mark" Forum Manager Former Hemi truck & Hemi SUV owner  |
Prayers out for the family of SSgt Eddie Heredia
I had CACO duty once while stationed in Norfolk... it's one of the hardest jobs in the military. Thank you for helping his family  ______________________________________________________________________________ HTC.com web site HTC.com store HTC.com calendar HTC.com National map After smoking a pack a day for 30 years, I quit cold turkey. Here's how I did it...  2003 Ram 5.7 Hemi - Supercharged. 520 HP, 14 mpg... traded in for a 2006 SRT8 Grand Cherokee - bone stock 6.1 Hemi - 420 HP, 16 mpg... traded in for a 2007 BMW 335i - twin turbo. 330 HP, 33 mpg       |
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"Jay" HTC Man of the Year - 2009 President, South Carolina Chapter HTC.com Engine Specialist  |
2003, Std. SWB, SLT, 20", 4:56 gear, AFE CAI, Superchip, 6.1 cam, 6.1 heads, Manley springs, retainers, pushrods, Edelbrock Hedders, 195 T-Stat, 8.2 Taylor, AEM, Power Wire, ARC-1,Amsoil Everything, and more. Veni Vidi Vici HTC.com Titan Killer Club     |
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HTC.com Sponsor 3rdStrike Performance Truck of the Month March 2006  |
You did good Jason! I am sure their family really appreciated what you have done for them. That takes a lot of the heartache away when there is a fellow servicemember that can assist them with everything, instead of like they used to do during WWII, just show up at your door and tell you, or send a telegram....nothing after that. My prayers for his family
and a to you for you assistance. Duane Garrett Phone: 573-258-9999 Customer's Rides My Space Duane@3rdstrikeperformance.com Sales@3rdstrikeperformance.com 3rdstrike@charter.net  *******We Support Our Troops!********              So what have we learned in 2 millennia? "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero - 55 B.C. Apparently, nothing...... "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these." George Washington Carver |
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President NC Chapter Truck of the Month November 2007  |
thanks UsmcMan96! there is no better honor than to honor a fallen hero and the help his family out in there hard times!
Irish today and drunk tomorrow!!! 2007 Silver Graphite Metallic ThunderRoad QuadCab Hemi 4x4, Chrome Mopar Package Flowmaster 50-series dual catback, 3rd Strike CAI, 3rd Strike throttle body spacer, 2.5 topguncustomz leveling kit, AMSOIL, PUTCO Chrome door and tailgate covers, UWS GullWing Series Toolbox, 17x9 Xtreme Alloys Series 1079 Polished Finish, Nitto Terra Grappler All Terrain 295/70/17 NEXT MOD: Superchips Tuner 3815, Plasmaglow Fire & Ice 60" Truck Light Bar, Plasmaglow head lights and fog lights. other rides: 2008 Jeep Patriot 4 cyl.(wifes gas saver)  http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2741128 My website: http://roberx.tripod.com/ Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/07thunderroad_hemi |
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When one of our brothers falls, someone has to step up and tell the family. Great job, Marine! Hang-tough!
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I fell your pain man, that has to be the worst job I ever had to do.
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"Rob" VP Alaska Chapter  |
That sucks!!
 2008 Dodge Durango 4x4 SLT HEMI and 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 SLT Quad Cab HEMI www.lubedealer.com/99705/        |
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"Jeff" |
2007 4X4 QC SB SLT BIG HORN SILVER AND 20' WHEEL'S,TOWING PACKAGE AND IT'S GOT A HEMI. 2" DAY STAR LEVELING KIT, DUEL EXHAUST WITH FLOWMASTER SUPER 44, MAGNAFLOW EXHAUST TIPS, OVAL STEP BAR'S, LINE-X SPRAY IN BED LINER, CHROME BUG SHEILD, RAIN VENT'S AND DIAMOND PLATE RAM HEAD ON BACK GLASS. AND MORE GOODIES TO COME.    |
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