Quarterly Newsletter – Q1 2024
Greetings, and thanks for reading the January 2024 Radio Reconnaissance Project quarterly newsletter! In hopes of spreading the word to more of the community, we would like to share what the non-profit has been doing for the past few months as well as what we have planned.
Past events and activities
In Q4 2023, we ran our platoon-themed poster fundraiser featuring the art of the Radio Reconnaissance Project’s VP of Social Media, Sean Otwell. Many thanks to everyone that supported that drive and to Sean for the fantastic artwork. We have received a lot of interest in doing a special edition of 1st RRP in Hawaii, so look forward to that coming in 2024.
During that time, we also opened applications to our second annual RRProject Scholarship Program. This year we, again, gave 3x scholarships (1x active duty, 1x veteran, and 1x family member), but we increased the grants to $1,500. This year’s active duty recipient is Josh Williamson at 2nd RRP. He is studying Computer Science at Norwich University. Our Veteran recipient is Kevin Sparkowich, formerly of RRT Bandit at 2nd RRP. He’s studying fine art at Parsons School of Design. Our family recipient is Savannah Lite, wife of Brett Lite at 3rd RRP. She is studying Nursing and currently working on her thesis including a case study report on Parkinson’s Disease. Many thanks to everyone that applied and congratulations to the winners. Good luck in your studies! We will open the application for the 2024-25 scholarships on the Marine Corps Birthday.
2024 RRProject Scholarship Recipients
Present and Future endeavors
In the coming months, we will once again support the training of the next generation of RRP Marines at the Radio Reconnaissance Operators Course (RROC). We provide financial support to cover the costs of RROC that platoon members have covered out-of-pocket for years. At the RROC, we will also award the 2nd annual RRP Marine of the Year Award. We will coordinate with current platoon leadership to finalize a winner from candidates nominated by their peers and leaders. We look forward to recognizing whoever is selected as the 2024 RRP Marine of the Year.
We are still planning our 2024 RRP reunion. If anyone in the community has any leads on a location that can accommodate the RRP community, please contact the RRProject. We look forward to having this event in California sometime in the summer or fall. More to follow.
Additionally, we would like to try something new: If you have any updates, announcements, or news that you want included in the next RRP newsletter to share with the community, send us an email with the details. These can be personal or professional updates.
Closing Remarks
Thanks again for being involved and reading our quarterly newsletter. We intend to have one of these sent out to our mailing list at the beginning of every quarter to keep you all up to date on what is happening in our community. In efforts to spread the word, please feel free to forward this newsletter to other members of the community. Feel free to reach out to us or fill in this form to be added to the mailing list for these and other announcements.
We would like to extend our sincerest and continued gratitude to everyone that has supported us financially through either personal or corporate donations; we would not be here without you. We appreciate your continued support as we provide various services to the Radio Reconnaissance community. As we look to continue and grow, please consider supporting our fundraising drives and/or donating to the non-profit in the future.
As always, feel free to reach out to us about anything RRP related. Also, follow us on social media to stay up to date on what we are doing. If you have any photos that you are willing to share, please reach out to our VP of Social Media so that we can continue to post and engage with our community.
Thanks again for reading and take care.
Semper Fidelis,
Radio Reconnaissance Project
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