Rank and File
We are now in our second decade and we have grown by leaps and bounds over the years! When we started out we went from one to just two initial members, to 10 in our first full year, then to 25, to 45 to 50...and now 70+ members!
President
Chris Mlynarczyk
President/Commander - Chris Mlynarczyk. Chris Mlynarczyk is a University of Delaware 1993 graduate with a BAAS in History, primarily US history, philosophy, and political science. Chris also was an Air Force ROTC cadet for all four years at the University of Delaware. Chris attended Nankai University in Tianjin, China in 1992 as part of a study abroad program. Chris is a former USAF officer, having proudly served at Griffiss AFB in Rome, NY and then McGuire AFB in Wrightstown, NJ. Chris worked with regular and special munitions with B-52 bombers while at Griffiss AFB and then with C-141 cargo and KC-10 air refueling aircraft at McGuire AFB. Chris also worked with the Air Force Office of Special Investigation (OSI) while stationed at McGuire AFB. He has worked in the investment management industry since leaving the Air Force in 1996.
Chris was elected President of the 1st Delaware Regiment in January 2012 and has been reelected many times to this position. Chris has always been fascinated with colonial America and looks forward to pursuing his research on the American Revolution and Delaware. Chris is also a member of the Company of Military Historians, the George Washington Society of Delaware, and the American Legion. He is also a board member of the historic Hale-Byrnes House and of the Delaware Military Heritage Education and Association. Lastly, Chris has accumulated a small library of books, maps, etc. primarily related to Delaware in the Revolutionary War. Chris always looks forward to being at 1st Delaware Regiment events and helping to educate the public and preserve Delaware’s history.
Field Commander - Fane Wheeler. Fane Wheeler is a native Delawarean - born and raised in northern Delaware. Fane is a Delaware Tech graduate - with an Associate's Degree in Engineering Tech. Fane is currently an industrial mechanic and a gunsmith. Besides loving history, Fane is also a firearms enthusiast. Fane has been a member of the 1st Delaware Regiment since 2014. Fane is always busy working on making 18th century items. Just ask him when you see him what is he working on now. In addition - Fane likes to cook inside and over the open fire. Fane indicates "Life happens coffee helps!" Fane was elected to the Field Commander role in January 2026.
Vice President / Quartermaster - Milt Sherman.
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Treasurer - John Taylor. John Taylor is a graduate of Salesianum High School and the U.S. Naval Academy (1977) where he received his BS in General Engineering with a minor in International Security Affairs and participated as a member of the Navy track team. While there he received the Harry E. Ward award from the Director of Naval Intelligence for most proficient non-native speaking midshipman in Portuguese. He was an all-state football player and state record holder in track. He still holds the high school records in track. John joined the US Marine Corps where he flew jet fighters. He later attended the University of Southern California where he obtained an MS in Systems Engineering Mgt and a masters certification in Logistics.
After leaving the military John worked for General Electric Aerospace through mergers to Lockheed Martin for 36 years. His principal focus was as an operational systems engineer/ senior manager and ultimately as a corporate process improvement consultant and project manager.
John has been married to USAF veteran Karen for 15 years and has three children and seven grandchildren. He lives in Elkton, MD. He has a strong interest in history with a primary focus on books, medieval history and small boats. John has been a historical reenactor since 2003 covering the revolutionary era (1757-1814). He built a sailing gunboat that was part of the Age-of-Sail Maritime Alliance where he was secretary. He has also been part of two British artillery units, a redcoat unit (the 1NJV) and a militia group in Massachusetts before moving back to the Delaware area. Currently, he is secretary for his HOA and volunteers at the Delaware Military Museum. Go Navy, Beat Army!
Secretary - Chris Williams.​​
Safety Officer - Robert Allen.
Civilian Head - Stephanie Billon. Stephanie Billon – was born in Williamsburg, Virginia and lived in Bangkok, Thailand for five years as a young child, where she attended a British school that taught history as stories to be drawn with color pencils (yes, the Battle of Hastings in 1066 still sticks in her mind). After
returning to the US, she went to school in Maryland before moving to Las Vegas with her
parents when they retired. She started her second year of college at UNLV; graduated with a
BS in Biology, followed by a BS in Zoology from San Diego State University. Stephanie returned to the DC area and worked for the federal government as a weapons analyst for 10 years before staying home to
raise her daughter, Alexandra. With a love of history and dressing up, she and Alex began
reenacting in 2000 with the 1st Maryland Regiment. Stephanie was at a 1st Maryland Regiment meeting in January of 2011/12 when President Chris Mlynarczyk and founder John Foskey came to talk about
founding the 1st Delaware. Stephanie was very excited to find out there was a reenacting group
in Delaware to join as she was already planning to move to Delaware to study clothing design to
be able to make her own period clothing. Stephanie lives part time near Colonial Williamsburg and belongs to the American Friends of Lafayette (they just spent 13 months reenacting Lafayette’s 1824/25 return to the US as the “Guest of the Nation), the Friends of Adrienne in France (Lafayette’s wife), the Daughters of the
American Revolution, the Saint Andrew’s Society of Williamsburg, the Colonial Heritage Garden
Club and the Colonial Heritage Woodworker’s Club. She loves reenacting, history, travel,
colonial dancing, landscaping and woodworking.​