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AAR Harvard, Mass, May 20-21, 2023 NE Regional IBC

Started by Mrs. Smith, May 25, 2023, 11:52:55 PM

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Mrs. Smith

May 25, 2023, 11:52:55 PM
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to your Harvard, Mass IBC After Action Report.  I am your host, Mrs. Smith, and will be joined soon by my co-host, Lupis42!!

HARVARD! 5-23!

Now that we have THAT out of the way  :cool2:

All, I can't tell you what a pleasure it was to spend the weekend with the fine folks from the Northeast Region.  They took this desert rat in and made her feel welcome.

Lupis42, Luigi, The Old Guide, MattNH, Round Trip, Jake1918, 300Berg, nhalan, lesky, Seangn42, medved, RifleRabbit, HamGun, Christine, and Arwyn:

You folks have to navigate some unique challenges in your region. You, and the rest of the NE Regional team, do so with persistence, patience, and determination. Each and every one of you has a profound love of Liberty, and a willingness to tackle the obstacles in your path without letting those obstacles get you down.  For that, I salute you.  The birthplace of our nation is in good hands.  That was very evident during our Battle Road tour. As residents of the area, no doubt you've all traveled Battle Road more than once. And yet, I never once got the feeling that you'd lost appreciation and awe of the sacredness of the ground on which we walked.  I'm grateful to have been a part of it.

On to business!  Over the next couple of days several of us will be posting photos with captions of our weekend's activities.  I do hope you enjoy them.

Saturday dawned cool and rainy, and stayed that way. As a desert dweller, I'm perpetually happy for every drop of rain I experience.  It was pretty great.

the participants!! (low res - berg has the good ones)


Our generous hosts, the Harvard Sportsmen's Club


Our Flag Tour, in the rain on Saturday


More to come!!!
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't." - Margaret Thatcher

You can have peace, or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - Robert A. Heinlein

"A generation which ignores history has no past, and no future." - Lazarus Long

"What we do now echoes in eternity." Marcus Aurelius

300berg

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May 27, 2023, 08:33:58 AM




300berg

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May 27, 2023, 08:36:02 AM Last Edit: May 27, 2023, 08:41:51 AM by 300berg




Arwyn reads her report on Mother Batherick.

300berg

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May 27, 2023, 08:36:23 AM Last Edit: May 27, 2023, 08:42:34 AM by 300berg





HamGun's presentation on William Diamond.

300berg

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May 27, 2023, 08:36:40 AM Last Edit: May 27, 2023, 08:55:42 AM by 300berg

TheOldGuide made the long trip from northern Maine.


300berg

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May 27, 2023, 08:36:59 AM Last Edit: May 27, 2023, 08:47:49 AM by 300berg

Lupis42 with talking targets.


Sean42 delivers IMC.


RifleRabbit with a fantastic Elizabeth Zane!


nhalan with a powerful Patrick Henry.


The Northeast's newest Orange Hat medved comes to an IBC only weeks after taking the hat.  Huzzah!

300berg

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May 27, 2023, 08:37:50 AM Last Edit: May 27, 2023, 08:52:58 AM by 300berg

Sean42

HamGun

Special guest Arwyn got to wear a BlueHat in anticipation of the future.  Her first Appleseed event will be next week, but has been listening to family tell strikes for quite some time.

RifleRabbit

nhalan

RoundTrip

medved

Luigi

Christine

Jake1918

MattNH

JustKim

#7
May 27, 2023, 09:32:24 PM
HOOZAH!!! Can't wait to see more!!!!
It's not about perfection -- it's about progress!!

I LOVE this stuff!

"Perhaps you and I have lived with this miracle too long to be properly appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again" Ronald Reagan

lupis42

#8
May 27, 2023, 10:53:25 PM
Our enormous thanks to you Mrs. Smith for coming up and instructing!  I always look forward to bootcamps, because I always come away having learned a lot, and this was no exception. 

Flags in the sun


Talking targets






Practice!





A rapt audience (which was a common sight!)
You can never be too rich, too good looking, or too well armed.

300berg

#9
May 28, 2023, 07:46:03 AM
Great pictures, Lupis!  I love the colors on the flag display.

Mrs. Smith

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May 29, 2023, 12:09:14 AM Last Edit: May 30, 2023, 05:16:17 PM by Mrs. Smith
Between 300berg and Lupis42 I don't really have any photos to add, so I'll say this:

It was absolutely incredible to conduct this IBC just a short drive away from Concord. I hope to have the chance to go there again someday.

These men and women are generous and dedicated to the Mission, with a deep love of Liberty and Servants' Hearts.  They love our country, and they love this program.  They are enthusiastic caretakers of our history in the very place where our nation was born.  Some days that's easier said than done, but they Persist, as Riflemen are wont to do. 

For two long days they absorbed and practiced. They encouraged each other and built each other up.  I want to give special recognition to EVERYBODY!

Lupis42:  Sir, you were my Right Hand, calm and steady. Thank you for helping keep the IBC on track, and being the strong leader you proved yourself to be.

The Old Guide:  Your arrival was the best surprise of the weekend. Your presence was inspiring, and your quiet wisdom invaluable.

Luigi, MattNH, Jake1918, and 300berg:  As small group leads you were the standard bearers. Even when faced with a method not entirely familiar, you plowed ahead with open minds and willing spirits.  We could not have done this without you.

Round Trip: You're a role model for our Orange Hats, whether you realize it or not. It's not easy to learn new things, and your willingness to do so sets a strong example of how to leave your ego at the door.  And you made me laugh  :)

Lesky, nhalan and Seangn42:  Our Red-hats to be, you are all up to the challenge ahead of you, and I look foward to seeing Red hats on your heads soon. Not a doubt in my mind!

Our invaluable AppleCore!  Rifle Rabbit and HamGun - The NorthEast Region is fortunate to have you both! Dedicated AppleCore are PRICELESS, and you two are doubly so, with your wonderful attitudes and gentle spirits.

medved: the Brand-newest Orange hat!  You accepted your hat just a short time ago, and this was your first event since that day.  Your first IBC can be intimidating (I know mine was!) and you don't really know what to expect.  You stepped up and did a fine job!  The NorthEast Region cadre will take good care of you, sir, and I look forward to seeing you again when you've broken that hat in a bit.

Christine: You're knocking on the door of that Rifleman score, and I'm certain you'll get it soon. When you do. there is a hat waiting for you. Work with Lupis
and the rest of the Massachusetts crew, and you'll do well.  This weekend was proof of that!

Last, but not least, miss Arwyn.  I will never forget as long as I live watching a sweet 9 year old girl step up in front of a room full of grownups (and her big brother) and tell us about Mother Batherick and Prudence Cummings Wright.  I can't wait to see the photos of your first Appleseed as a shooter this summer!

Thank you all for working so hard this weekend, for your thoughtful questions, for your willingness to try new things, and for being awesomely you.

In Liberty,
Mrs. Smith
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't." - Margaret Thatcher

You can have peace, or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - Robert A. Heinlein

"A generation which ignores history has no past, and no future." - Lazarus Long

"What we do now echoes in eternity." Marcus Aurelius

Mrs. Smith

#11
May 29, 2023, 12:23:41 AM
I Lied  **)

Lupis42 teaches Inches Minutes and Clicks


IMC Breakout Sessions


"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't." - Margaret Thatcher

You can have peace, or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - Robert A. Heinlein

"A generation which ignores history has no past, and no future." - Lazarus Long

"What we do now echoes in eternity." Marcus Aurelius

Rifle Rabbit

#12
May 29, 2023, 11:56:10 AM Last Edit: May 29, 2023, 12:00:19 PM by Rifle Rabbit
Mrs. Smith, it was WONDERFUL meeting you!! Thank you for coming to MA to conduct the IBC, and thank you for your kind words, they mean LOTS to me. I was EXCITED to learn so much/participate in the breakout groups, and I had a BALL telling the story of Elizabeth Zane!!  ;D ;D I look forward to learning more and more!!  :) :)

Hope to see you again soon!!

BTW, Lesky had taken some pics of me when Seangn42 was helping me/showing me how to hold a rifle in the standing position. I will ask him to send them to me and I'll share them.  :) :)

I also REALLY enjoyed walking with everyone in the Battle Road Pilgrimage!!  ;D ;D

Rifle Rabbit

#13
June 01, 2023, 03:26:54 PM
Hello, here are the pics I was telling about. Thank you SO much Lesky for taking the pics, and thank you SO much Seangn42 and Luigi for the help!!

Rifle Rabbit

#14
June 01, 2023, 03:30:57 PM
A few more pics:
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