SR Day 2 – Casa Grande, AZ to Las Cruces, NM

Thu, May 14, 2026

Casa Grande, AZ

Elks Lodge #1957

Breakfast was provided by the members of  Elks Lodge #1957.

Interview with Jake “Hot Stuff” Marshall – Road Guard

Jake is the grandson of Doug “Sergeant Major” Lyvere, a Vietnam veteran.  Jake has completed his Sophomore year at the Citadel and is in the ROTC program for the Marine Corps.  Jake was a Participant in the Run For The Wall (RFTW) Southern Route (SR) in 2008 when he was two years old.  He rode on the back of a motorcycle for at least one leg of the route.  As you can imagine, he does not remember that ride.  He has gone All The Way on RFTW SR two times in the past and is planning to go All The Way on the run for the third time this year.

Marana, AZ

R & R Pizza Express

We had a program which included the singing of the National Anthem by a lady who has  performed  it for ten years in a row.

Among the commendations today were: James Jolly with the Marana Police Department, CVMA 32-2 from Tucson, AZ and CVMA 32-6 from Casa Grande, NM.

Route Coordinator James “Buzz” Mullen read the bio for Lt Col James Milton Jefferson.

Willcox, AZ

Elks Lodge #2131

We shook hands or fist bumped school children from 1st thru 8th grade. Some of us had small gifts to give them and some of them had Thank You cards to give us.

Las Cruces, NM

Elks Lodge #1119

The Marine Corp League Honor Guard were standing tall and looking good as we arrived. The Elks arranged to display a huge flag for us. The helicopter escorted us from about 30 miles out. Unfortunately, we were at a complete stop when we first saw him because of an overturned tractor trailer.

Commendations

Commendations were given to the Fire Department, the Police Department,  the Army Reserves and the Marine Corps League Honor Guard.

This SitRep is a work in progress.