Brian Cichon

Cichon Family Foundation

It is the intent of the CICHON FOUNDATION to help provide a better life for Veterans and their families. I myself am a Viet Nam combat veteran and have witnessed the pain and hardships veterans and their families endure. In 1968 at the age 19, I was drafted into the U.S. Army. I completed my basic training at Fort Knox, KY. after which, I received orders to attend aircraft maintenance and crew chief training at Ft. Knox, KY. In April of 1969, I was ordered to report to D Troop 3rd Squadron of the Fourth Cavalry assigned to provide air support to the 25th Infantry Division in CuChi, Viet Nam. It was here that I was assigned my aircraft and crew chief duties. In March of 1970 my pilot nominated me to receive The Bronze Star for my meritorious achievement in ground operations against hostile forces. 

I thank God to consider me one of the fortunate soldiers who returned safely home to a loving and supportive family with little physical or emotional scars. The dedicated men and women who have served our great country deserve more than the government provides. I have been fortunate enough in life to be able to show, share, and try to effect possible change to those deserving of help. Therefore, my wife, Carlia and I established THE CICHON FAMILY FOUNDATION to help fill the gap between benefits and need. Our goal is to provide assistance with physical and emotional rehabilitation for veterans and their families. We hope that other individuals and businesses will join us with our quest to provide necessary resources to improve the quality of life for those who have given so much to preserve our freedoms.

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Trason Willemin grew up in Port Arthur, Texas poor as hell! He joined the US Marine Corps to change his future.

Trason the Marine Sniper 1994 - 1998 – Was a designated STA (Surveillance and Target Acquisition) In the Marine Corps, he served with the 3rdBattalion, 8th Marines Weapons Company STA Platoon, 2ndMarine Division. He served in Puerto Rico with the Naval Security Group. He participated in Operation Assured Response and Quick Response. He deployed to Korea and Okinawa. 

While serving on the USS Ponce, his ship was awarded the humanitarian service medal for rescuing a sinking African fishing vessel off the coast of Liberia. Sgt Willemin was part of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Force Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC) and was re-tasked in Liberia with the Special Purpose Task Force 8 during a period of civil war in that country. He was part of a sniper Platoon that was stationed on the roof of the US Embassy Administration Building to protect the US Embassy. During this assignment he nearly fired on an unannounced APC carrying dignitaries from the Liberian Government as they crossed unannounced into their free fire line, as he dropped his safety and lined up on the vehicle, his radio called out the cease fire. Command forgot to tell the sniper platoon on the roof that friendlies were coming to dinner….

Trason the US Army Blackhawk Pilot 1998 – 2010 

Trason joined the US Army Reserves in 1998 in Puerto Rico as an Infantry Observer/Coach. HE WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB MORE TRANSFERABBLE TO THE CIVILLIAN WORLD. HE REALIZED THERE WERENT REALLY MANY JOBS AT HOME THAT REQUIRED SKILLS LIKE HIDING IN BUSHES AND DESTRYING TARGETS AT LONG DISTANCES.  So instead, he went to jump school, became a Helicopter airframe mechanic. He decided he wanted to fly them rather than fix them and attended Warrant Officer Candidate School at Ft. Rucker, AL. After graduating flight school in 2005, he was assigned to B Company, 2-2 Aviation, 2ndInfantry Division in Seoul Korea as an Air Assault UH-60 A/L Pilot. In 2007, he was assigned to C. Company, 3-82, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82ndAirborne. He deployed twice to Afghanistan as an Aeromedical Evac  or Medivac, dust-off pilot. Warrant Officer Willemin received several medals, including the Combat Action Badge for direct engagement with enemy forces. He flew 118 combat sorties, rescuing over 140 International Assistance Force (ISAF) personnel from the battlefield. In 2008, he was stationed in FOB Fenty Jalalabad, Afghanistan, and saw time in Bagram, Salerno and Kandahar. In 2009 He was attached to Special Forces FOB Ripley where he flew 70 combat medivac missions rescuing 82 personnel. 

In 2010, he returned home to Ft. Hood Texas, before transitioning to the US Army Reserves. In 2008, while he was stationed at Ft. Bragg he met his Wife Allison, who was a teacher in Fayetteville, NC. They have a beautiful daughter Adeline, and moved to Michigan where his wife Dr. Allison Willemin serves as the director of security for Oxford Community Schools. 

Tray went back to school and earned his Master’s Degree as a Recreational Therapist to work with wounded warrior. Since 2018 he specializes treatment specifically for veterans.