Members of the Bitterroot Valley Det. 937, MCL, participating in ceremonies paying tribute to the 13 Montana Smoke Jumpers who lost their lives in the Mann Gulch fire, August 8, 1949. The same aircraft that was used to fly the Smoke Jumpers to the fire sight “Miss Montana”, a WWII DC9 Dakota, participated in the Honors today by performing two flight passes with a wind drift indicator being dropped over the Darby Lone Pine Cemetery where the Honors were conducted.
Detachment Officers. 2022/23
Commandant: Chris Ferguson 406-375-5585 [email protected]
Senior Vice-Commandant: Luis M Valdez 406-702-0264 [email protected]
Junior Vice-Commandant: Brian Dingess 760-802-5599 bdingess323@department
Adjutant: Meade Phillips 520.991.6386 [email protected]
Paymaster: Marvin Parker 406.363.1458 [email protected] Adjutant – Paymaster: Rick Boyce 406-642-3104 [email protected]
Judge Advocate: Joe Rogrish 484-642-3246 [email protected]
Sergeant at Arms: Erik Hoover 406-207-8039 [email protected]
Chaplain: Christopher A. Ferguson 406-375-5585 [email protected]
Junior Past-Commandant: Wayne Mooney 406-642-3871 [email protected]