Useful Contact Points - Get the Message Out!

"As Eric Shinseki said at yesterday's NDIA luncheon, referring to the black beret decision,

'I had no idea that retired Rangers were so computer literate.'

Obviously his e-mail must be overflowing. Keep the heat turned up Rangers!"

      - submitted by Ranger Matt Williams

Please use the following contact points to get the message out. Website Contacts on the Submit Page. Please don't waste your time preaching to the choir. Make every second count, send messages to those listed below.

Despite the issues of honor and what Rangers have earned, don't forget that these Berets would cost the American Taxpayer about $10-12 each, if, and only if, the U.S. Army had the appropriate inventory from which to purchase these berets. Read more about the economics of beret manufacturing that will have a great and negative impact on the American Taxpayer.

Send your messages each and every day. Thank you.


Consolidated E-mail addresses: Send to these for your bulk mailing needs, and to specific addresses below for targeted messages. Be professional!
Editors - All the editorial contacts listed below, consolidated into one single e-mail address. Please start your letter with "Dear Editor" editors@rangerblackberet.com
Department of the Army and Defense. Please start your letter with "Dear Sir" dod@rangerblackberet.com
House Armed Services Committee. Please start your letter with "Dear Honorable Representative" houseasc@rangerblackberet.com
Senate Armed Services Committee. Please start your letter with "Dear Honorable Senator" senateasc@rangerblackberet.com


Department of the Army and DOD Contacts: Send to all at "dod@rangerblackberet.com"
The Sergeant Major of the Army jack.tilley@hqda.army.mil
Note: The Army Chief of Staff has tasked the Command Sergeant Major of the Army with implementation of the "Army-wide Black Beret Plan".
General Shinseki, Army Chief of Staff eric.shinseki@us.army.mil or Eric.Shinseki@HQDA.Army.Mil
The CSA XO, COL Tom Bostick thomas.bostick@hqda.army.mil, Phone: (202)695-2110, Fax: (202)614-5268
The Secretary of Secretary of Defense stephanie.sherline@osd.pentagon.mil
The Secretary of the Joint Chiefs carlos.oquendo@js.pentagon.mil
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs henry.shelton@us.army.mil
Secretary of the Army,
Louis Caldera's official mailing address
Secretary of the Army
101 Army Pentagon
Washington, D.C. 20310-0101


Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee: Send to all at "senateasc@rangerblackberet.com"
Name Party/State SVC ABN RGR Combat
John Warner (R-VA) Navy     WW II
Website 225 Russell Building, Washington, D.C., 20510, Telephone: (202) 224-2023, Fax: (202) 224-6295
Strom Thurmond (R-SC) ARMY 82nd/Glider   Normandy
Website 217 Russell Senate Bldg., Washington, DC 20510, Phone: (202) 224-5972, Fax: (202) 224-1300
John McCain (R-AZ) Navy     Vietnam
Website 241 Russell Senate Office Building, United States Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510, Phone:(202) 224-2235, Fax: (202) 228-2862
Bob Smith (R-NH) Navy     Vietnam
Website 307 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, Phone: (202)224-2841, Fax: (202) 224-1353
James Inhofe (R-OK) Army      
Website 453 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510-3603, Phone: (202) 224-4721, Fax: (202) 228-0380
Rick Santorum (R-PA)        
Website 120 Russell Building, Washington, DC 20510, Phone: (202) 224-6324, Fax: (202) 228-0604
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)        
Website 250 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510-1903, Phone: (202) 224-5344, Fax: (202) 224-1946
Pat Roberts (R-KS) USMC      
Website 302 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, Phone: (202) 224-4774, Fax: (202) 224-3514
Wayne Allard (R-CO)        
Website 513 Hart Senate Office Bldg., Washington , D.C. 20510, Phone: (202) 224-5941, Fax: (202) 224-6471
Tim Hutchinson (R-AR)        
Website 239 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, Phone: (202) 224-2353, Fax:
Jeff Sessions (R-AL) USAR      
Website 493 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510-0104, Phone: (202) 224-4124, Fax: (202) 224-3149
Carl Levin (D-MI)        
Website SR-459, Russell Senate Office Building, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510, Phone: (202) 224-6221, Fax: (202) 224-1388
Edward Kennedy
Need a valid e-mail address!
D-MA        
Website 315 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510-0104, Phone: (202) 224-4543, Fax:
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) USAR      
Website 703 Hart Senate Office Bldg., United States Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510, Phone: (202) 224-5521
Robert Byrd D-WV        
Website 311 Senate Hart Office Building Washington, DC 20510, Phone: (202) 224-3954, Fax:
Charles Robb (D-VA) USMC     Vietnam
Website SR-154, Russell Senate Office Building, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510, Phone: (202) 224-4024, Fax: (202) 224-8689
Noteworthy: "34 years of active and reserve service before his retirement in 1991. He began his active duty at the Marine Corps Officers Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, where he was the class Honor Graduate, finishing first in his class in leadership and first in overall standings. He later served as a military social aide at the White House, where he met and married his wife, Lynda Johnson Robb. In what he has since called the defining experience of his life, Senator Robb then commanded an infantry company in combat in Vietnam and was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat V and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star."
Joseph Lieberman D-CT        
Website Senate Hart Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, Phone: (202) 224-4041, Fax: (202) 224-9399
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)        
Website 702 Hart Senate Building, U. S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510, Phone: (202)224-5824, Fax:(202) 224-9735
Jack Reed D-RI Army 82nd Abn Ranger  
Website United States Senate, 320 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510, Phone: (202) 224-4642
Noteworthy: "Following his graduation from West Point and receiving an active duty commission in the United States Army, Reed attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he received a Masters of Public Policy. Reed, Ranger qualified and a paratrooper, served in the 82nd Airborne Division as an Infantry Platoon leader, a Company Commander and a Battalion Staff Officer. Reed resigned from the Army as a Major in 1979 and enrolled in Harvard Law School."
Max Cleland (D-GA) Army     Vietnam
Website 702 Hart Senate Building, U. S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510, Phone: (202)224-5824, Fax:(202) 224-9735

Note: Senator Cleland has a Columbus office:

William Eggleston -- District Rep.
120 12th Street, Suite 101
Columbus, GA 31902
Ph: (706) 649-7705
Fax: (706) 649-7709

And of course, don't let the Savannah Office feel left out:

Thomas Williams -- District Rep.
Oglethorpe Office Park
440 Mall Blvd., Suite A
Savannah, GA 31406
Ph: (912) 352-8283
Fax: (912) 652-4691

Noteworthy: "In 1967, Max Cleland volunteered for duty in Vietnam, where he was promoted to the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army. After being seriously wounded in a grenade explosion where he lost both legs and his right arm on April 8, 1968, Cleland returned to the United States just one month prior to the end of his tour of duty. He has since been awarded the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service and the Silver Star for Gallantry in Action."



Members of the House Armed Services Committee Send to all at houseasc@rangerblackberet.com.
Name Party/State SVC ABN RGR Combat
Floyd D. Spence (R-SC) Navy     Korea
Website 2405 Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C. 20515-4002, Phone: (202) 225-2452
Bob Stump (R-AZ) Navy     Vietnam
Website 211 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515, Phone: (202) 225-4576, Fax: (202) 225-6328
Duncan Hunter (R-CA) Army Airborne - 173rd 75th Rangers/Co? Vietnam
Website 2265 Rayburn House Office Bldg., Washington, DC 20515, Phone: (202) 225-5672, Fax: (202) 225-0235
John Kasich (R-OH)        
Website 1111 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515, Phone: (202)225-5355
James V. Hansen (R-UT) Navy     Korea
Website 242 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515, Phone: (202)225-0453
Curt Weldon (R-PA)        
Website 2452 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515, Phone: (202) 225-2011
Jim Saxton (R-NJ)        
Website 339 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, Phone: (202) 225-4765
Steve Buyer (R-IN) Army     GULF - w/JAG
Website 227 Cannon HOB Washington, DC 20515, Phone: (202) 225-5037
Tillie Fowler (R-FL)        
Website 106 Cannon House Building Washington, DC 20515, Phone: (202) 225-2501, Fax: (202) 225-9318
John McHugh (R-NY)        
Website 2441 Rayburn House Office Bldg, Washington, DC 20515, Phone: (202)225-4611, Fax: (202)226-0621
James Talent (R-MO) Army      
Website 1022 Longworth HOB Washington, D.C., 20515-2502, Phone: (202) 225-2561
Terry Everett (R-AL) USAF      
Website 2312 Rayburn Building, Washington, DC 20515, Phone: (202) 225-2901, Fax (202) 225-8913
Roscoe Barlett (R-MO)        
Website 2412 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515, Phone: (202) 225-2721, Fax: (202) 225-2193
Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA)        
Website 2242 Rayburn HOB, Washington D.C. 20515, Phone: (202) 225-1956, Fax: (202) 226-0683
J.C. Watts, Jr. (R-OK)        
Website 1210 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515, Phone: (202) 225-6165
Mack Thornberry (R-TX)        
Website 131 Cannon Building, Washington, DC 20515, Phone: (202) 225-3706
John N. Hostettler (R-IN)        
Website 1507 Longworth House Office Bldg Washington, DC 20515, Phone: (202) 225-4636, Fax: (202) 225-3284
Saxy Chambliss (R-TX)        
Website 1019 Longworth House Office Building (LHOB), Washington, DC 20515, Phone: (202) 225-6531


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