Robert Buerlein

Robert A. Buerlein (Com ’68 L/M) has been elected president of the U.S. Marine Raider Foundation, which keeps alive the history of the U.S.’s first elite-force unit, formed in 1942 along the lines of the British Commandos. Swift, hard-hitting surprise raids were their forte, and the 1943 movie, Gung Ho!, told part of their colorful story. In 2014, the Marine Corps revived this unit name and mission objective for their new, Marine Raider Regiment, which is part of the U.S. Special Operations Command; the Raiders are to the Marine Corps what the S.E.A.L.’s are to the Navy. Very little is ever known by the public of their successes, which include sensitive reconnaissance and direct-action missions against high-value targets, far within enemy-controlled territory. Bob and Judy live in Richmond; their youngest son is an MD at the University of Virginia Hospital.

Robert Buerlein (Com ’68 CM) was elected to serve another term on the board of the U.S. Marine Raider Foundation. A co-founder of the U.S. Marine Raider Museum, located in Raider Hall at Quantico Marine Corps Base, Mr. Buerlein also serves on the museum’s historical preservation committee. He continues to serve on the executive committee of the board of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Va.

Robert Buerlein (Com ’68 CM) will serve another term on the board of the U.S. Marine Raider Foundation, a national nonprofit that preserves and perpetuates the history of America’s first military elite force unit, established February 1942. He is a co-founder of the U.S. Marine Raider Museum, located at Raider Hall at Quantico Marine Corps Base, and serves on the Historic Preservation Committee that advises the museum. Mr. Buerlein has also been elected to serve another term on the executive committee of the board of trustees of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Va.