State of the SFMC June 2014

Marines,
First, let me apologize for the lateness of this report. As you may know, I have had some health issues that have prevented me from being as active on my computer as I would have liked. This report will be brief and also will be preceded by a short “State of the Dant” Report.

My Illness
I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who sent good thoughts, wishes, and prayers for my speedy recovery. Though not exactly speedy, my recovery is well under way and I feel confident in saying that I am, though still not 100%, well on the mend.
During my illness, the General Staff has been carrying on with the business of the Corps with the quiet efficiency for which I am duly thankful. They have, yet again, confirmed my confidence in them.
Additionally, the DepDant and the SGM have worked to keep me up to date and seek guidance by phone while I was unable to offer same by email.
Thank you both Jim and Jerry.

So, there you have it. My recovery is slow but ongoing, but the business of the Corps continues onward.

Accounts
As reported by COFINCOM, Barry Jackson, the SFMC General Account has a balance of $4602.36, and the Scholarship Account has $2728.96. The Aerospace Wings pins ran out of stock and have been replaced. Since the FINCOM report was issued, the new stock is in hand and will be available to order from the QM site shortly. This new stock replaces the old logo with the new, so these are the first pins available with the new imagery. Others will be replaced as we run out of stock and need to reorder.  Also since the FINCOM report was issued, we have approved an order of new SFMC patches and flags. They should be in stock soon and available for order through the SFMC QM site shortly thereafter.

Suggestions
The General Staff is, as always, open to suggestions of new and interesting things to do as well as ways to do things we already do. As always, you may contact any member of the General Staff for suggestions regarding their areas of responsibility or you may contact me with any
suggestion and i’ll happily route it to the appropriate GS member. Email addresses for the GS follow:

Mike McGowan, Commandant: dant@sfi-sfmc.org
Jim Monroe, Deputy Commandant: depdant@sfi-sfmc.org
Jerry Stoddard, Sergeant Major, SFMC: sgm_sfmc@sfi-sfmc.org
Barry Jackson, COFINCOM: fincom@sfi-sfmc.org
Jari James, COFORCECOM: forcecom@sfi-sfmc.org
Mark Anderson, COINFOCOM: infocom@sfi-sfmc.org
Travis Littou, COTRACOM: tracom@sfi-sfmc.org
Again, there are a few things that bear repeating, so I’ll do so.

Email Addresses
It is important to remember that Email Addresses no longer appear on the STARFLEET Database. This being the case, it is of vital importance that marines check and double check the email address entered on any form being sent to the SFMC for any reason. If your email address is entered incorrectly, servicing whatever request you are making, SFMCA Course,  award Certificate request, etc., will be *significantly* delayed.

Reporting Operations

I can not stress enough how vitally important it is to report the things you do all the way up the Chain of Command. Marines, make sure your Unit OICs know what you are doing in your community. OICs at each level, make sure those items get reported the whole way up the chain. If you don’t 1report it, we can’t reward it. Everyone likes the occasional “Thank You”, but if we don’t know what’s being done, we can’t recognize those who are doing it.

Please make sure that your marines are being properly recognized. Its good for them, and good for us all.

Well, that’s about all I can stand to write at the moment. Thank you all again for the kind wishes. Its meant an awful lot to me.
Mike
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Michael McGowan
OIC, 225th MSG
Commandant, SFMC
papabear@ussbortas.net