Our family had the honor of attending, and I was able to speak, at the Arley Civitan Club Military Appreciation Dinner in Double Springs. I was amazed at the number of veterans in attendance, including at least one from WWII.
The Tennessee Smokies honored Mark as part of their “Salute to Heroes” night on May 28. We are grateful to friends Mick Gillispie, who is a radio broadcaster for the team, and Smokies pitcher Trey McNutt, who is from Haleyville,
Sunday May 22, 2011 we were invited to the Cornerstone Church of God Memorial Day program in Red Bay. In addition to honoring all those who have served and currently serve our country, they paid special tribute to Mark. We
Warriors on the Water Military Appreciation Bass Fishing Tournament has named this years “Big Bass” Memorial Award in honor of SrA Mark A. Forester. Walt Gulledge won the tournament with a 7.7 lb bass. We have two of Mark’s biggest
For Easter weekend, we had two special guests–CW3 Matthew Longanacre and TSgt Ted Hofknecht. Matthew is an AH-64 D Apache pilot in the Army and Ted is a Combat Controller who went through the pipeline and graduated with Mark. Both
On June 19, 2008, Mark graduated from Combat Control School at Pope AFB, NC, and finally donned the Red Beret. The picture below shows him receiving this prized possession after much training, pain, agony, and success. He looks happy to
