James “Styk” Stejskal, Mike Mulieri, Jeff Raker – Columbia, 2014
Ron Braughton, JT Gard -Columbia, 2014
Jeff Raker,
JT Gard and Gerry Fontanna – Columbia, 2014
JT Gard, Larry Niedringhaus, Gene Piasecki and others – Columbia, 2014
Ron Bruce and Mike Mulieri – Columbia, 2014
Gene Piasecki, Gill Turcotte and others – Columbia, 2014
The 2014 Detachment(A) function was held on Thursday, 12 June 2014 at the Knights of Columbus in Columbia, SC. It was held in conjunction with the SFA Conference in Columbia, SC, from 9-15 June 2014. Well over 120 folks attended our DET-A function, including MG Jim Guest(Ret) – our guest of honor, MG Sidney Shachnow(Ret) – guest speaker and CSM Jeffrey Raker(Ret) – guest speaker.
John Blevins put together a DET-A People and Places CD with over 200 pictures he collected from DET-A members. He packaged them and gave them out at our function. He plans on adding more pictures for our next function in 2015 with improvements.
Master Sergeant Robert A. Charest (Ret) was inducted into the Special Forces Hall of Fame on 5 April 2012 at Fort Bragg, NC, as a Distinguished Member of the Special Forces Regiment in recognition of his outstanding Special Forces career and his major contributions to the Special Forces regiment.
Our long time Detachment(A) member Joel Schenkelberger passed away on 11 September 2016 after a lengthy illness. He served in Detachment(A) during the seventies. He will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
Gil Turcotte just notified me of the passing of James E. Robinson on 1 September 2015. Jim was in Detachment(A) Team 6, from 1977-1979. More information forthcoming as it becomes available.
Tom Powell, Jim Robinson, Steve Santoyo, Bob Kuenstle, Rich Herpers, Juan Renta, Frank Clausen, Jimmy Reeves, John Liner, Gil Turcotte, Ron Braughton (seated)
Michael Anthony Akre, passed away at Mt. Carmel West on June 3, 2014. Mike was born on June 2, 1942, in San Francisco, CA. Mike retired from the U.S. Army in 1979 after serving 3 Tours of Duty in Vietnam and with Detachment”A”. He was a great magician and loved everything about magic. Mike is survived by his loving wife of 30 years, Mary Anne; his favorite niece, Laurie Krauss Burgess; brother-in-law, Robert E. (Lissie) Krauss; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
