
2/16th INFANTRY 500,000th R & R SERVICE MEMBER AT DFW
On June 12th, 2007, Joe Chapman and Rick Muniz, former platoon leaders in Bravo
and Charlie Company helped welcome the 500,000th service member to come through
the Dallas-Fort Worth airport on two weeks of R&R.
Joe Chapman was selected as the representative veteran for the veteran’s
welcoming committee and received a certificate signed by the Secretary of the
Army, Pete Geren and the Army Chief of Staff George W. Casey Jr.
Joe Chapman, Rick Muniz and their wives have been welcoming troops at DFW
airport since November 2004.