Gorilla Rilla Strikes Again (2008)
The Oakland Raider celebrity mascot Gorilla Rilla recently visited the USAG Hohenfels/Graf/Vilseck communities to spread goodwill, humor, autographs and yes, bananas. And of course he brought plenty of extra Oakland Raider type smack to the troops. The Rilla stopped by Mayer’s Kantine on Hohenfels to enjoy a great lunch with troops and onlookers before making his way to the see the Wounded Warriors in the Graf/Vilseck communities.
That was quickly followed by various appearances at the Graf PX, where the Rilla, assisted by Team USA American Football’s Dan Miles gave away all types of sports paraphernalia such as jackets, and posters, and the Rilla had a MASSIVE autograph session. He even managed to get to watch the football game with the troops.
All we can really say to Gorilla Rilla is thanks. Thanks for visiting the troops and communities, thanks for giving everyone who saw you something to smile about.
More pics in our Gallery.
Graf/Vilseck Bazaar
Join us at the next Graf Bazaar
What projects? Well, to start off, we’ll be helping out next year’s Graf Army Ten Miler team generate some funds for the event held in Washington D.C. in the Spring. Then we will be working on some smaller projects in conjunction wit Team USA American style football, to help them build up funds for next year’s football camp. Next we’ll be prepping for all of the local/footprint NCO/Soldier boards as well as many other projects we have planned to help promote First in Battle and the AUSA.
After that, we’ll be trying to put some VERY special together for our entire footprint that I think everyone will appreciate.
Stick with us, thins are just getting interesting....
AUSA Annual Raffle Coming Soon
Prizes have not been announced yet, but you can be sure they’ll be good based on past raffles, which have ranged from free Stateside trips to motorcycles and vehicles given to the winners.
More details will be coming as we get them, so be sure to check back with Firstinbattle-ausa.com for more details.
BOX RUN INFO
Don't forget to come out for this
year's BOX RUN in Hohenfels. Just check out
the BOX RUN
REGISTRATION page for easy online payments
and setup. For Larger pics of this year's poster
or BOX RUN Map, just click on the pics.
FIB-AUSA - Team USA American Football - Give Children a Chance Organization Inagural Celebrity Golf Tournament
FIB is lending a helping hand to
children and the local communities by co-sponsoring a
Celebrity Golf Tournament. We're Teaming up with Team
USA American Football and the Give Children a Chance
Organization to make this a reality.
Never heard of Give Children a Chance? Well you
should know more about this fantastic non-profit
organization. It's designed to help out the children
of different nations all over the world. It's the
creation of SFC Jarrod Gozy stationed at Hohenfels
who's been at it for quite some time now. He also
received an honorable mention
for the Army Times
2007 Soldier of the Year. For more about GCAC,
check out the website here.
The tournament will be held in Habsberg, Germany
(right next to Velburg, close to Hohenfels) on 24
June 08 @ 12:30. The list of celebs will be posted
shortly, but we are absolutely positive everyone will
be more than satisfied at the turnout.
The site for registration and all rules and
regulation info is here. Check it out, register and be
prepared to have a great time. Who knows, one of
YOU just might drive away with a new BMW if you
get a hole-in-one. Oh. didn't I mention this
before? There will be prizes galore to
boot. Check out the site to see what
I mean!
As a matter of fact, FIB is looking to sponsor a
couple of teams from Hohenfels, Graf/Vilseck for the
tournament. Interested people should
contact
us.
Team USA American
Football will also be hosting a Football
Camp the same week for kids from around the world.
They host this camp every year to teach kids about
the fundamentals, as well as the outright FUN of
American style football. Professional football
coaches from the USA always help out every year
and it's a very professional course. It's always a
great time. For more info contact
Dan Miles or check out the
TUSAAF website.
Gorilla See, Gorilla Do? The "Rilla" conquers the JMRC and 7th ATC Communities
We'd like to personally
thank
Gorilla Rilla of Oakland Raiders fame
for coming here to entertain the troops on 07 Dec. It
was a fantastic time for all. The "Rilla" met the
troops at Hohenfels at Mayer's Kantine, and also the
post Bowling Alley.
It's rumored he bowled a
couple of games himself. I hear he offered the troops
no mercy, in true Oakland Raiders style.
The "Rilla", having conquered all of Hohenfels (and
taking
every last banana from Mayer's Kantine),
then proceeded to lay siege at several off-post
businesses, as well as the Graf/Vilseck "Mall" much
to the delight of Troops and their families.
Special mention goes to
Mr. Dan Miles of
Team USA American Football Stars and
Stripes. who really made the
"Rilla" event happen. Mr. Miles is also a member of
the F.I.B. Board (Vice
President: Youth Sports). If you were able to
see Gorilla and enjoyed the experience, let us know,
so we can try to bring some more fun events your way.
Team USAAF has a pretty cool site. Check out
TeamUSAAF here. Of course this
event, as well as many others is posted in your
chapter's
Gallery. Check it out.
Special thanks also to the Mayer's of Mayer's Kantine
at Hohenfels, and the Lane 17 Bowling Alley -
Hohenfels for being such gracious hosts.
Gorilla Rilla Germany Goodwill Tour
Join us and Team USA American Style Football on Friday 07 DEC at Mayer's Kantine (Bldg 36) on Hohenfels to meet and greet Gorilla Rilla of Oakland Raiders fame, who's ben kind enough to do a stop-over goodwill tour. He will be at the kantine from 12:00 to spread the word about the Raiders and Team USA American Football. The "Rilla" will also be attending Graf and Vilseck over the weekend.
More info about the "rilla": http://video.usanetwork.com/player/?id=58795