b'The Ordnance Bomb MaintenanceSergeantPiercereportedtoFieldC o m e d y F i s h i n g i nThe Ordnance BombMGySgt. Pierce Continued WELCOME ABOARD TO OUR servedastheTOWtoOrdnanceSupplyandMaintenanceAnalysiso The rain was pouring andsimplyt h e R a i n NEWEST GOMA MEMBERS!Office, East, where he served as an Chief,andBattalionOrdnance Maintenance Analyst and Chief.HedeployedKuwaitinTeam Chief.On April 1st, 2015, her there was a big puddle in frontNavysaid. \'Poor old fool,\' theIt is always a January of 2003, and participated inwas promoted to his present rank ofofficer thought and he in- pleasure to recognize of the pub just outside the Navyvited the ragged old Marine into numerouscombatoperationswithMaster Gunnery Sergeant. Sergeantn Base.AraggedoldMarinethe pub for a drink.heshouldour newest members!AT/TOW Platoon in support of Op- MasterGunneryAshefeltSemper Fidelis!eration Iraqi Freedom.Piercereportedto1stMarineLo-In January of 2005, Staff Ser- gistics Group in July of 2015, wheree Gunnery Sgt. was standing nearstartsomeconversationwhileMatthew Pickelsimer(Lifetime) geant Pierce reported to Ordnancehe served as the G4 Ordnance Chiefthe edge with a fishing rod, histheyweresippingtheirwhis-lineinthepuddle.Acuriouskey,thesmart-assfighterpilot Maintenance Company,3rdMain- and G4 Logistics Chief. Sergeantr youngNavyfighterpilotcameasked, "And how many have youJake Mettam (Lifetime)tenance Battalion, Okinawa, Japan,MasterGunnery whereheservedastheFireCon- Pierce reported to 2nd Marine Divi- over to him and asked what hecaught?\'\'You\'retheeighth,\'the trolPlatoonCommander,Compa- sion in April of 2018, where he cur- was doing. \'Fishing,\' the old guyold Marine Gunny answered. Aaron Sitka (Lifetime) ny Gunnery Sergeant, and Mainte- rentlyservesastheDivisionOrd-nance Management Chief. nance Chief. Spotlight Continued In 2016, he was selected forMichael DahlkampGunnerySergeantPiercePierce MasterGunnerySergeantLieutenantColonelandreportedto(Renewal Annual 3-year) reported to the Okinawa Staff Non- Pierce\'s personal awards include theWeapons Systems Maintenance Offi- Marine Forces Reserve G4 as the MFR commissioned Officer Academy ontion within Ordnance MaintenanceMeritoriousServiceMedal,Navycer. During this time, he was assignedMaintenanceOfficer.MajorBurgessJohn DeeringDecember 1st, 2008, and served as aCompany. and Marine Corps Commendationas the Team Leader for crew servedwas promoted to his current rank of(Renewal Annual 2-year)faculty advisor and SNCOIC for theInMarchof2013,MasterMedal with two gold stars, Navy andweaponsystemswherehewasre- Lieutenant Colonel on March 1, 2016.Career Course.He was selected asSergeantPiercereportedtoCom- Marine Corps Achievement MedalsponsiblefortheacquisitionofandLieutenantColonelBurgessJeffrey Glowackythe Instructor of the Year for calen- bat Logistics Battalion 6, where hewith four gold stars, Combat Actionfielding of multiple systems such asawardsinclude:MeritoriousService(Renewal Annual) dar year 2010. served as the Maintenance Opera- Ribbon,andDrillInstructorRib- the Dial bore gauge for the 60mm andMedalx2,NavyandMarineCorps InAugustof2011,Mas- tions Chief and Logistics Readinessbon, and numerous campaign and81mm mortars, the video bore scopeCommendation Medal x3, the NavyScott Siembab (Renewal Annual) ter Sergeant Pierce reported to 2DOfficerforCombatLogisticsReg- unit level decorations.Master Gun- and both light weight Inconel mortarandMarineCorpsAchievement MaintenanceBattalion,whereheiment2(FWD)duringOperationnery Sergeant Pierce is married tosystems. Medalx4w/combatV,thecombatJoshua Cordovaserved as a platoon commander andEnduring Freedom 13.2. the former Melissa Miller and theyIn 2008, Capt Burgess was as- action ribbon and the Marine Corps(Renewal Annual)SNCOIC for the Fire Control sec- InMayof2014,Masterhave two children. signedto2dMaintenanceBattalion,Good Conduct Medal x2.2dMLGastheMaintenanceOper- LieutenantColonelBurgessChristopher Ramos (Honorary)ationsOfficer.Herehewaspromot- has been married for over 31 years to Innovation Continued edtoMajoranddeployedwiththewife Tammy Burgess, and is a fatherStaying In Touch With benefitsofthissystemincludeabattalion in support of OIF-9.2 as theof a 29 year old son, Sergeant MasonBrothers:Retired LtCol failsafe that prevents a single weap- Current Operations Officer. In 2010,Burgess (USMC), a 26 year old son,Luzbetak and MGySgt Bushnell on rack number from being issuedMajor Burgess was assigned to the 2dSteven Burgess and 24 year old son,share a few stories over some tomorethanoneMarine.LCplMarine Division Headquarters as theAustin Burgess. cold brews in Yuma, AZKillian continues to improve uponDivision Ordnance Officer. In 2011, heUpon retirement, having been the existing system and is currentlywas attached to II MEF Headquartersstationed in New Orleans at Marine creating a new product that showsGroup as the II MEF(FWD) MMO/ ForcesReserve,LieutenantColonel greatpromisetobesuperiorandOrdnance Officer while they deployedBurgess had to learn to cook indoors to Afghanistan in support of OEF 11.1- because of the heat. Thats where he even more user friendly.11.2. Upon return Major Burgess wasfellinlovewithcookingandupon These innovations and proj- reassigned to Division again as the Di- retiremententeredculinaryschool ects would not be possible withoutvision Ordnance Officer. Culinary Institute of Virginia, where an outstanding staff and Marines.In2013,MajorBurgesswashe has a few weeks left to complete. Wearecertainlyblessedwithin- assignedtoMarineCorpsLogisticsBeing the old guy in school and hav-dividualsthatworktogetherasaCommand,Albany,Georgiaastheing the disciplinefrom our Marine team toward the common goal ofLOGCOMMaintenanceOfficer.Corps, enabled him to excel beyond supporting the mission and keep- There he was reassigned as the Direc- the 20 year olds that make up the ma-ing Marines safe.LCpl Killian working on the armory issue database tor of Current Operations. jority of the labs and classes.12 Custodis Pro Ferrum Volume 3, Issue 4 1336 Military Appreciation Resource Magazine HOctober 2021H Thank You For Your Service'