The Fallen 15's Honor.Celebrate.Inspire. accomplishments in loving memory of our fallen warriors and continued support of their loved ones who continue to hold down the homefront.
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2014 Year-to-date (YTD) accomplishments and contributions
in remembrance of America’s fallen warriors, continued
support of their families and serving as a support multiplier to
those who answered America’s call to duty.
• Fallen 15 Academic Scholarship program underwritten by Battelle Memorial Institute Federal Credit Union (BMI FCU) has awarded
$ 127,000 to veterans and their family members. Streaming media interview with BMI FCU’s Director Business and Community
Development Sara Boreland.
• Annual Fallen 15 Memorial Dinner Gala
• City of Columbus Annual Veterans Day Parade
• City of Columbus, Central Ohio Annual Homeless Veterans Standdown
• National Veterans Memorial and Museum Project (opening 2018)
• Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew SC
• Columbus Clippers (AAA Farm Club of Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians)
• Operation Let’s Roll (military combatives and submission grappling)
• Central Ohio Purple Heart Run
• Women Veterans 5K (Ohio)
• Annual Run, Ruck and Remember (in remembrance of 9/11)
• Honor.Celebrate.Inspire Week (City of Columbus and City of Dublin, Proclamations)
• City of Columbus Flag Day and Army Birthday ceremonies.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger Annual Sports Festival (Operation Let’s Roll)
• Medal of Honor Recipient (Korean War) Ron Rosser
• Annual Fallen 15K run
• Operation Holiday Cheer
• Fallen 15 shoot in cooperation with the Cleveland FBI
• Launch of National Honor.Celebrate.Inspire.™ Campaign
The Ohio State University Championship
QB, and current LA Charger’s QB Cardale
Jones supports the Fallen 15 as part of
the NFL’s My Cleats, My Cause Campaign
(2017, Week 13).
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No direct or implied endorsements from the Dept. of
Defense, Toys for Tots, World Wrestling Entertainment
(WWE) and Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs)
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Ambassador, U.S. Wrestling
Champion Eric Smalls, The Half
Pint Punk ™ supporting the City
of Columbus Annual (2017),
nationally recognized by Dept. of
Defense and Dept. of Veterans
Affairs, Veterans Day Parade.
www.thehalfpintpunk.com www.coffee4vets.com
3. Columbus Clippers Fantasy Baseball Camp
(left to right) Fallen 15 board
member Rick Isbell accepts a
pledge of continued support from
Major League Baseball (MLB) Hall
of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins
via the Ferguson Jenkins
Foundation.
6. Medal of Honor Recipient (Korean War) receives the
Arnold Sports Festival Lifetime Achievement Award as
part of Operation Let’s Roll. Photo by Al Burzynski, APR
Photo and story courtesy of the Columbus Dispatch
8. Al Burzynski, APR and
UFC President Dana White
http://www.ong.ohio.gov/stories/2013/March/030113-
OperationLetsRoll.html (Ops Let’s Roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXTRZHGaN58
(UFC, Operation Tribute to Heroes, Randy Couture – UFC 68)
www.operationletsroll.com
http://www.milvets.org/news/future-soldiers-learn-masters-brazilian-
jiu-jitsu
http://www.milvets.org/news/submission-grappling-tourney-honors-
americas-warriors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6014dhUvSaM
(OHIOCARES, PTSD Suicide Awareness)
Middle, UFC President Dana White
Red, Legendary Master
Carlson Gracie Jr. Family
founded BJJ. Photo by Al
Burzynski, APR
16. Sgt. Jesse M. Balthaser, U.S. Marine Corps.
1st Sgt. Russell Bell, U.S. Army
Lance Cpl. Eric J. Bernholtz, U.S. Marine Corps.
Staff Sgt. L. Brown, U.S. Army
Master Sgt. Shawn T. Hannon, Ohio Army National
Guard
Cpl. Jason A. Lucas, U.S. Army
Pvt. Jonathan R. Pfender, U.S. Army
Sgt. Titus Reynolds, U.S. Army
Master Sgt. Jeff J. Rieck, Ohio Army National Guard
Capt. Nicholas J. Rozanski, Ohio Army National Guard
Pfc. Jacob D. Spann, U.S. Marine Corps.
L. Wilkins III, Ohio Army National Guard
Lt. Cpl. Jacob A. Tate, U.S. Marine Corps.
1st Lt. Charles Miroslav S. Zilberman, U.S. Navy
Pfc. Nicholaus E. Zimmer, U.S. Army
In honor of our fallen warriors
from Ohio 2014
Our debt to the heroic men and
valiant women in the service of
our country can never be repaid.
They have earned our undying
gratitude. America will never
forget their sacrifices. – President
Harry S. Truman
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Fallen 15K (2017)
17. PROFILE: Burzynski and his team
• Al Burzynski, APR
https://www.linkedin.com/in/al-burzynski-apr-43a33a8/ (Over 12,000 connections)
• International soccer icon, former U.S. National Team Captain and Coach, current Philippine National Football Team
Coach/Manager Thomas Dooley https://www.ussoccer.com/players/d/thomas-dooley#tab-1
• Air Force combat veteran, graphic illustrator/author Rick Isbell https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-isbell-6774b0/
• Army combat veteran, Global War on Terrorism Marshall Jackson https://www.linkedin.com/in/marshall-jackson-
54327570/
(left to right) Al Burzynski, APR,
Medal of Honor Recipient
(Korean War) Ron Rosser and
Rick Isbell.
POINT OF CONTACT INFORMATION
Al Burzynski, APR
chairman@honorcelebrateinspire.com