U.S. Army Columbia Recruiting Battalion Launches HOOP STARS Campaign in North Carolina

Official Swearing-In of Army Recruits to Take Place at International Steeplechase Race Day

42^nd Annual Marion du Pont Scott

COLONIAL CUP

International Steeplechase Race Day

and special

“Saluting Our Military”

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Schedule of Events

 9:00 am          Gates Open at Springdale Race Course

                        Registration begins for Terrier Races (Infield)

 9:30 am          Practice races begin for Terrier Races (Infield)

11:00 am         Pre-Race Show begins – Second year at the Colonial Cup

                        “America the Beautiful”, “America”, and “You Raise Me Up” (Winner’s Circle in

                        front of Grandstand) 

Color Guard – Lugoff-Elgin Colonial Color Guard (on race course in front of

                        Grandstand)

11:10am          Official Renaming of Springdale Race Course to Camp Springdale in honor of our

                        Military (on race course in front of Grandstand)

11:15am          Official Swearing-In Ceremony of US Army Recruits (on race course in front of Grandstand), conducting ceremony is Major General James M. Milano, Commanding General, United States Army Training Center and Fort Jackson

                        Special Guest Master Sgt John Baker, Medal of Honor Recipient

11:25 am         Announcement of inaugural annual Major General Baron de Kalb Service Award

                        winner (in Winner’s Circle in front of Grandstand)

11:40 am         Carolina Skydiving Team jumps the course in front of Grandstand with

                        three American flags – two 500 sq ft flags and one gigantic 1,500 sq ft flag

11:45 am         Renaissance Vocal Group performs a Medley of Patriotic Songs, including

                        Armed Forces Medley – Renaissance Vocal Group (Winner’s Circle in front of

                        Grandstand)

11:55 am         The National Anthem sung by TBA (Winner’s Circle in front of Grandstand)

12:00 pm         Horses arrive in the Saddling Paddock for the First Race

12:30 pm         Post time for the 1^st Race; there will be 6 races, which will be run approx.

                        35 - 40 minutes apart. The Colonial Cup is the fourth race on the card; post time

                        will be approximately 2:15 pm

Infield Activities: 

Jack Russell Terrier races, Carousel, Mule Wagon Rides, Pony Rides, American Flag

Coloring mural where adults and children alike can leave their thank yous to our troops (after the

Colonial Cup the mural will be sent to our military), Blue Star Moms volunteers staffing the

mural tent, Buffalo Soldiers, face painting, military equipment display including Dale Earnhardt

Jr. Race show car and Humvees provided by SC National Guard, Half-Track from the WWII

Normandy D-Day Invasion provided by Celebrate Freedom, Concessions

Grandstand:  Paddock Shoppes retail village, Concessions (behind Grandstand and

beside Paddock)

Myrtle Beach Recruiter Named the United States Army Command's Recruiter of the Year

Sgt. 1^st Class Tilton Washington, a detailed recruiter in the Myrtle Beach Recruiting Station in S.C., is the United States Army Recruiting Command’s Recruiter of the Year. 

Washington has been in the Army for 14 years serving as an ammunition supply sergeant and for the last three years as an Army recruiter.  He was first chosen to represent his company and went on to win the Columbia Recruiting Battalion Recruiter of the Year title and then advanced to represent the entire 2^nd Recruiting Brigade.  After that selection, he won the final competition. He has now been chosen the USAREC Recruiter of the Year, representing the entire command which is not a feat usually accomplished by a recruiter who has only been with USAREC for three years.

 Washington spent countless hours preparing for the competition  and winning the award was something he wanted to achieve very badly.  While this award is essentially given to the individual recruiter, he attributes his success to his team and his commanding officers and non-commissioned officers who embraced him with open arms and supported him on every step of his journey. “Winning these types of awards is a team thing. Having a strong team helps you to succeed in these types of situations.  I attribute all of my success to my team and (Columbia Recruiting Battalion) Command Sgt. MaJ. Stephen Bowens for believing in me and knowing that I was capable of winning this award for our brigade.”  His family, spouse Berin and daughter Alicia, also played a major role in his success with their unwavering support.  “Not only the time I set aside to prepar for the board but also as I was completing 15 semester hours at Columbia Southern University,” he said.

Washington’s time as a recruiter will  soon be coming to an end as he returns to the main stream army to lead soldiers in the Second Infantry, Third Brigade at Fort Lewis, Washington.  “My time as a recruiter has been outstanding.  There is no feeling greater than giving qualified applicants the opportunity of a lifetime.  I feel that I have fully maximized my time as a United States Army Recruiter and could not ask for more from this experience.” He will not only take this award with him from his time with USAREC but Washington says he will take the amazing work ethic he learned in recruiting and the leadership traits he learned from the outstanding leaders he was privileged to work under in his time here.

Washington’s amazing story should send that message that the soldiers of USAREC can accomplish great things and that spending time as a recruiter can truly be the beginning of an exciting  journey.

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