| Roger, Excellent news on all fronts! As it happens, KB rogered up (no name pun intended; well maybe intended) just today to ask for meeting date recommendations. You know I'm pretty available so can you come up with some possible dates over the next few weeks? We'll include a meeting with Eric Montalvo to discuss your discharge upgrade case when you visit. I'll try to make sure calendars are de-conflicted. Neal Neal A. Puckett, Esq LtCol, USMC (Ret) Puckett & Faraj, PC 1800 Diagonal Rd, Suite 210 Alexandria, VA 22314 703.706.9566 The information contained in this electronic message is confidential, and is intended for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are hereby notified that any use, distribution, copying of disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this communication in error, please notify Puckett & Faraj, P.C. at 703-706-9566 or via a return the e-mail to sender. You are required to purge this E-mail immediately without reading or making any copy or distribution. On Aug 8, 2011, at 12:40 PM, <Roger.Hill@gtri.gatech.edu> <Roger.Hill@gtri.gatech.edu> wrote: Mac just sent me the 5013c paperwork. As I understand it, we are now officially a not-for-profit. Can’t explain the quick turnaround other than to say that there was probably someone at the filing office with an eye out for military related organizations and they happened to catch ours for quick action. I’m settling with Mac for his services. He’s now on leave, taking care of himself and gearing up for treatment. I may change the name of USA DF to USA JF (justice fund). Still toying with that idea b/c of the broadness of our scope, but the important thing is that we have one in place. The Brigade is just getting back from its most recent trip to AFG. I’m having a reunion w/ several members of D Co this coming weekend. You and Marcy are welcome to join us (Campbell, KY) if you happen to be in the area. May be a good opportunity to meet with some potential clients and face to face w/ L. Vincent. Lynn will be there with me to get to know the guys and do some one on one interviews for the book. We could go shake hands with Pete Johnson again if you like : ) Which brings me to my biggest news - we got a strong offer from Hachette publishing! Verbal at the moment, still need to work out the details – very positive nonetheless. I’ll be on a telecom with the imprint we’ll be working with sometime this or next week. On the appeal: I did submit my application for appeal to ARBA. I have an official case # and am awaiting response from them for a hearing date. I put your name on my memo making the request. I’ll get your office the packet I forwarded to ARBA so your guy can see where I may have holes and we can start the process of sending more documentation to build our file in preparation for the hearing. I did not include the findings in what I have sent so far. Byrd’s letter is enough at this point – I think we should sit on the findings for a bit and think about how and when we want to introduce them. Less is better if that less is strong, as is the case w/ Byrd’s letter. I’m gathering info from the guys who want to participate in the appeal. I’ve got about 70% of their info and all of mine ready to forward to you for our first round of edits. I think we can realistically have to Allen in two – four weeks from now. This of course depends on participation from the men. I did get COL Byrd to accept that last edit with the language about the 96 hour rule. The letter is very solid now and we may want to go ahead and give that to Allen so that he can start using it to build a petition amongst his peers. If you want to suggest that, I’ll forward you what is now the final version (version 6) of the memo. I like the idea that he is calling for a review of the case all together. I think that is the right idea. Also, as soon as you get a time w/ KB – let’s make that a dual purpose week/end. USA DF is one issue, but this would also be the best time for me to meet your appeals guy and dump all the case files we need then. You can go ahead and get me in touch with him if you like so that we make that face to face more of a finalization rather than a start to this process. Dog Company’s old stomping ground is where that latest SEAL Team 6 Chinook tragedy took place? Remember where I talked about those National Guard guys having their limbs hacked off when I was in Wardak? Well, that’s the place – Tangi Valley, Wardak, AFG. Boils my blood yet again to think about how much our command took our presence in that area for granted. So, so sad for those families. Those guys (ST6) were responsible for the biggest single victory/event of the war. I think we’ll memorialize our chapter on Tangi Valley in honor of ST6 and their families. Roger From: Puckett Neal [mailto:neal@puckettfaraj.com] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 12:01 PM To: Kimberly Bellissimo Cc: Roger Hill; Hill, Roger Subject: Meeting KB, Howdy! I'd like to get on your schedule sometime this month to introduce you to Roger Hill, the "CEO" of USA Defense Fund. I have briefed him on Base Connect Operations but since I'm neither a member nor a director of USA DF, I'd like for him to establish a relationship with you so that he can better make decisions for its fundraising apparatus. Roger lives and works near Atlanta, but can travel up here when you (and your staff) are available to lay it all out for him. Aside from that, we need to get together again soon! Neal Neal A. Puckett, Esq LtCol, USMC (Ret) Puckett & Faraj, PC 1800 Diagonal Rd, Suite 210 Alexandria, VA 22314 703.706.9566 The information contained in this electronic message is confidential, and is intended for the use of the individual or entity named above. 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