PGRNY Completed Missions

Unofficial Mission

6th Annual Upstate NY Wounded Vet Run

All Military Branches

Multi-City, NY - 07/29/2023

***UPDATED - 28 July 2023 - 20:30 hrs***
Staging time has been updated.
Please see information below.

Mission applies to the following Region(s):

Region 4, Region 5

About the Mission:

The organizers of the 6th Annual Upstate NY Wounded Vet Run have once again asked Patriot Guard Riders to lead this year's ride.

This year's honoree is SPC Marissa Strock. Specialist Strock joined the Army in 2004 as a Military Police officer. After basic training, she was stationed at Fort Lewis WA, where she joined the 170th MP Co. known as the “Dragon Slayers”. Specialist Strock deployed to Baghdad to meet up with her deployed unit in 2005. Once there, Specialist Strock began working alongside Iraqi Police and Iraqi Army, pulling security at checkpoints and doing routine patrols to show a presence in Southern Baghdad. This was an area known to locals as "The Triangle of Death".

On 24 Nov 2005, while en route to a mission, an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) detonated beneath Specialist Strock's vehicle. The blast killed her team leader, her driver and the Iraqi police colonel in the back seat. Specialist Strock was med-evaced to Baghdad, then to Germany and finally to Walter Reed Hospital in Maryland. After 18 months in the hospital she returned home to Upstate NY as a Purple Heart Recipient and double amputee.

The event flyer is available for viewing/download by clicking here

Registration starts at 09:00 a.m. $20.00 per rider/passenger. All proceeds benefit the honoree. Ride begins with KSU at Brunswick Harley at 12:00 Noon, ending at VFW Post 7466, Poestenkill, NY. This is a rain or shine event.

Primary Staging Date and Staging Time:

UPDATED

07/29/2023 at 10:45am

Staging Location:

Brunswick Harley Davidson
1130 Hoosick Road
Troy, NY 12180

Lead Ride Captain and Contact Info:

Bill Schaff
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518-542-0608

Special Covid-19 Mission Guidelines:

Updated 8 March 2022

Based on the most current COVID-19 Prevention Guidelines: Protect Yourself and Your Family from COVID-19, and CDC Guidelines of 3 March 2022, going forward, the Lead Ride Captain for any mission will be responsible for determining whether PGR members will have to mask up or not. Please ensure that you have a mask with you, should the need arise, and respect the LRC’s decision in these matters.

Special Information:

Staging at Brunswick Harley under the direction of the event organizers. There will be LEO escort followed by PGR large flag bikes, then all other riders. Registration opens at 09:00 am, KSU at 12:Noon. Registration is $20.00 for the rider/passenger. Riders please ensure that that bike flags are securely fastened.

PGR members not participating in the ride may wish to stage at 12:30 pm at VFW Post 7466, 25 Veterans St, Poestenkill, NY 12140, with a flag line for the arrival of the riders.

Is there a Second Stage to this Mission?

no

Submitted by:

Ray Sestak

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