{"id":60501,"date":"2015-06-22T09:41:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T13:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60501"},"modified":"2015-06-22T09:41:44","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T13:41:44","slug":"ever-wanted-to-play-golf-with-a-medal-of-honor-recipient-heres-your-chance-to-play-with-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60501","title":{"rendered":"Ever wanted to play golf with a Medal of Honor Recipient? Here&#8217;s your chance to play with three."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"font: 12.85px\/17.99px 'Trebuchet MS1', Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #545454; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; word-spacing: 0px; display: block; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" title=\"Ever wanted to play golf with a Medal of Honor Recipient?  Here's your chance to play with three.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.burnpit.us\/sites\/burnpit\/files\/blog-image\/173rd.jpg\" alt=\"Ever wanted to play golf with a Medal of Honor Recipient?  Here's your chance to play with three.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"postBody\" style=\"font: 12.85px\/17.99px 'Trebuchet MS1', Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #545454; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">\n<p>I&#8217;ve been really lucky to have met all three of these Medal of Honor recipients, Sal Giuna, Ryan Pitts and Kyle White. \u00a0I spent a week riding on horseback and camping with Ryan, have been drinking with Sal on more occasions than I can remember (in fact, most the nights ended with me remembering little) and hung out with Kyle at last years convention. \u00a0Finer men you will never meet. \u00a0Sal is one of the best dudes to go drinking with you&#8217;ll ever meet, and Ryan is just a great guy all around. \u00a0Ryan was kind enough to invite me to his award ceremony, but I was at the other two as a journalist as well.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the 173rd Association is having a golf tournament featuring all three. \u00a0I&#8217;m hoping to lock down my travel for it today. \u00a0As Parachute Cutie tells us:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The 173rd Airborne Brigade Association Foundation is sponsoring a fund raising golf on Monday August 3, 2015 at the Manchester Country Club in Bedford, NH.\u00a0 Medal of Honor Recipients SSG (r) Sal Giunta, SGT (r) Kyle White and SSG (r) Ryan Pitts are guest hosts for the event and will all be golfing.<\/p>\n<p>Event opportunities:<\/p>\n<p>Cocktail reception with Sal, Kyle and Ryan on Sunday August 2, 2015.\u00a0 Beer, wine and food provided. \u00a0$100 per person.\u00a0 Limited number of tickets available<\/p>\n<p>Golf outing on Monday August 3, 2015 &#8211; $200 per golfer includes 18 holes, cart, lunch and awards dinner.\u00a0 Can register as a single golfer, 2, 3 or 4.<\/p>\n<p>Awards dinner on Monday August 3, 2015 after golf is complete. \u00a0$75.00 per person.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got some really cool auction and raffle items lines up, too.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook page link &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/173D-Airborne-Brigade-Foundation-Golf-Outing-2015\/1431316233840034?fref=ts\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/173D-Airborne-Brigade-Foundation-Golf-Outing-2015\/1431316233840034?fref=ts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Registration link (for cocktail reception, golf or awards dinner after golf) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysoldier.net\/event-1947110\">https:\/\/www.skysoldier.net\/event-1947110<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Registration link for sponsorships that range from $125 up to $15,000 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysoldier.net\/page-18139\">https:\/\/www.skysoldier.net\/page-18139<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, if you want to golf with them, or be a sponsor, you should sign up soon. \u00a0If you are going to go, let me know so I can see if we can get in a foursome for the tournament. \u00a0I warn you now, I suck. \u00a0I&#8217;ll probably hit right under 100, but I also guarantee you that I do it while consuming at least 12 beers. \u00a0So, you can drive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been really lucky to have met all three of these Medal of Honor recipients, Sal &hellip; <a title=\"Ever wanted to play golf with a Medal of Honor Recipient? 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