Richard's Military Surplus
What a pleasure it was visiting an old friend of mine, Joe Tarbell, at Richard's Military Surplus. Joe has lived his whole life in Port Jervis and when he and his mother took over the business after his father passed, it was a great opportunity to serve his community doing what he loves to do. If you have not had the opportunity to go into what us locals refer to as Joe's Military store, you definitely need to do that. It looks small from the outside and I am sure you have driven by it a thousand times, but when you go in you will be amazed! There is so much in there that you are bound to walk out with the very special gift for someone you know that served in our military.
Joe worked for his father, Richard Tarbell, since he was seven years old. After he graduated college he came back and started his own business selling knifes and doing engraving for specialty items. He can engrave just about anything that you need or want customized. (metal, wood, plastics, ceramic, picture frames, aluminum, etc....) Joe is the person that we at the chamber use for all our engraving needs. He has done all of our special awards and plaques for years. We so appreciate having him as one of our members. He provides great personalized service and a quality product. About 20 years ago they added embroidering to their list of specialized services.
 The crew here at Militarygifts.com recognize the sacrifice and efforts of all our service men and women. We salute Cmdr. Ham, Cmdr. Kelly, and the crew of STS-124 for their brave service.
They can customize any apparel making that special gift even more special. Tom Faggione, of T-Bone Design, does all the custom embroidery for Richard's Military Post Exchange today. We had the pleasure of talking with him while we were there and he shared some amazing stories of some special embroidery jobs that he has done since working there. He was the one who created the customized hats for the astronauts that went up in the Discovery with NASA. I was so impressed with the specialty of this that I got my father one of their special wool caps, available only at Richard's Military Post Exchange, embroidered with the ship that he served on when he was in the Navy in 1966. My dad was thrilled! If you would like to order your own specialized embroidered item, you can do that at the store or online and I can tell you from experience that you will not only be happy with the gift but the service is excellent.
 
So, if you have a couple minutes as you are going through Port Jervis, take the time to stop in and meet Joe and his family along with Tom and peruse all the great items that they have in their shop. Don't hesitate to ask for a personal gift for that special person in your life. If anyone can help you with this it is the team at Richard's Military Surplus.
(Profile story by Robie Mackerley)
Richard's Military Surplus & Gifts 264 East Main Street Port Jervis, NY 12771 877-232-8416 Website | 
