Chapter President Paul Zauner and Maj General Ken Merchant Present Jason Canavan the Paul Revere AFA CSAF Scholarship

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1 Summer Volume Air Force Association Meet our CSAF Scholarship Winners!..AND OUR SPONSORS.. May 21, we celebrated 5 scholarship winners with Government and Industry leaders who ve taken their time and effort to give back to the Air Force c o m m u n i t y. M a j o r G e n e r a l K e n n e t h Merc h a n t gave a n impressionable and candid t a k e o n m i l i t a r y a c q u i s i t i o n s b e f o r e handing out checks to welldeserving award winners with the Paul Revere Chapter President, Paul Zauner. Jason Canavan impressed us with his 5.0 GPA and a PERFECT score of 800 on his Math SAT. He was awarded the Abbie Boyd Memorial Scholarship, which is a four year scholarship to attend his high school, Phillips Academy. He has traveled to Ireland with his Chamber Orchestra as a French horn player. He also is a National Merit Commended Scholar. He stays active with his Chapter President Paul Zauner and Maj General Ken Merchant Present Jason Canavan the Paul Revere AFA CSAF Scholarship school s Economics Society, Political Union & Republic Society. Not to mention he is an outstanding Soccer player. Mr. Canavan graced the Hanscom Spouses Club with many volunteer hours over the past five years. He also shares his time volunteering through his Catholic Student Fellowship, tutoring French and working with disabled members in his community. He gets his success the old -fashioned way, he EARNS it. And he is well on his way. Jason will be attending Boston College, majoring in both Finance and Mathematics. The Paul Revere Chapter is proud to give this earnest, bright, insightful, hardworking young man our most prestigious scholarship the Chief of Staff Scholarship amount of $4,000. What are we up to? CSAF SCHILARSHIP DINNER & GOLF TOURNAMENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS FALL GOLF TOURNAMENT SUMMPER PICNIC FOR VETS CYBER PATRIOT AWARDS GET IN THE KNOW People you know! GENERAL MERCHANT 1 PAUL ZAUNER 1 ELLEN ROUSSEL 2 ALEXANDER KNOEDLER 3 IRENE BIDDY 4-6 COMMUNITY PARTNERS 4-6 JENNY HOPEWELL 8 August 30, 2014

2 Summer Volume CSAF Scholarship Dinner May The International Alexander Knoedler s teacher shares with us that this student ranks #1 in his 36-year teaching career. Alexander purposely and effectively examines his strengths and weaknesses, implementing a plan to improve. His efforts resulted in an enviable perfect 800 SAT score in Math. He was also a National Merit Scholarship Finalist, Oddfellows United Nations Ambassador and National Forensic League Academic All American. All the while, this young man received his Eagle Scout with both a Bronze and Gold Palm, Varsity letter for cross county as well as track and field, and even stayed active on the Speech & Debate Team, with his Church Youth Group, and as a member of the National Honor Society and JROTC. Mr. Knoedler wants to explore, to push the envelope as far as it can go. He wants to be an astronaut but more than a fleeting image; rather, a person that many can connect with so that he can share his passions with countless others. MIT is lucky to have this fine young man amongst their ranks studying Aero/Astronautical Engineering and commissioning into our great Air Force. Since our scholar was finishing up school in Colorado, we are proud to have awarded the Colonel Chuck Jones Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $4,000 to a family friend, Mrs. Barb Hiltz. Congratulations! As she transitioned from a challenging freshman year in another state, this young lady took the bull by the horns and excelled greatly in all her advanced placement and honor classes at her all-girl Catholic High School. As a member of the National Honor Society, boasting a 2090 SAT total, a stellar athlete lettering in cross country, track and soccer, there s no slowing down Ellen Roussel. Giving back as a volunteer tutor for younger students are among her list of extracurricular activities. She also volunteers at Lahey Clinic, Emerson Umbrella, Gaining Ground, and Friends for Tomorrow Horse farm. She exemplifies the true example of giving back to her community. Last summer she traveled to the University of Dallas to participate in a program called Arete, where she tapped into the great texts of the past to enable an examination of how one lived and approached life. Ellen tells us, Now, I know it is up to me to make my presence known and we have no doubts that she will live up to her own expectations for herself. Ms. Roussel attended Ursuline Academy in Dedham, an independent college preparatory school for girls. Planning to attend Loyola University in Baltimore, MD, majoring in Biology with a minor in English, it is our pleasure to award Ellen the Brian D. Sweeney Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $3,000. Congratulations! Thank you to our loyal sponsors!

3 Air Force Association Louis A. Emond Memorial Scholarships TSgt Jaclyn N. Duclos is an outstanding NCO who is currently attending Florida State University for her Master of Social Work (MSW) degree. She is in her last semester of the 3-year, 61 credit program while maintaining a 3.92 GPA. This semester she is taking a 12-credit internship along with a 3-credit senior seminar to complete her degree. After finishing her MSW, TSgt Duclos is considering continuing her education by pursuing an MBA. Her dream is to continue her military career as a social worker in the Air Force. TSgt Duclos has found a passion in serving her country as well as helping others that she is serving alongside. She has been using her Air Force Tuition Assistance benefits to complete her Bachelors degree and now Masters degree, but Tuition Assistance does not cover the internship required. She is extremely deserving of this award due to the steadfast determination she has shown in achieving her educational goals while excelling in her primary duties as an Airman over the last 7 years. The scholarship will enable her to continue giving back to the Air Force and her fellow Airmen. SrA Francisco G. Trejo is far and away the unit s most committed junior enlisted member in terms of formal education and he is well-deserving of consideration for this great scholarship. He earned his CCAF Degree in Criminal Justice in 2010 and is three classes away from his Associates Degree in Engineering, maintaining a remarkable 4.0 GPA at Middlesex Community College in Bedford, Mass. If that were not impressive enough, SrA Trejo has completed all these classes during the day, in spite of working 14-plus hour midnight shifts as a Desk Sergeant with the base police. After he completes his Associates Degree, he plans to transfer to UMass Lowell and pursue a Bachelor s Degree in Electrical, Plastics or Bio-medical Engineering. SrA Trejo always rises to the top, as evidenced by his 2013 Team Hanscom Airman of the 2nd Quarter Award and his recent capture of the John L. Levitow Award at Airman Leadership School, which is presented to the student that demonstrates the most outstanding leadership and scholastic qualities. Thank you to our loyal sponsors!

4 Summer Volume More from our Community Partners Appreciation Event on April 17th BROCADE Brocade networking solutions help federal agencies achieve their critical initiatives as they transition to a world where applications and information reside anywhere. Today, Brocade is extending its proven data center expertise across the entire network with open, virtual, and efficient solutions built for consolidation, virtualization, and cloud computing. ( *Photos by Jamie Thurber, Chapter Treasurer Jeff Katz, Irene Biddy, Ronald 'Kent' White & Kevin Stevenson *Note: Irene Biddy from Oasis Systems is our Community Partners Vice President. Oasis is also a dedicated CP. MERRILL LYNCH (THE LELAND GROUP) Our team focuses on meeting the wealth management needs of families, businesses and non-profits. Our mission is to build long-term relationships and to be trusted advisors who positively impact and influence the future of organizations and families we serve. Members of our team come from various educational and professional backgrounds. Our diversity brings perspective, skills and experience to the way we manage, protect and enhance our clients wealth. ( thelelandgroup) Jeff Katz, Irene Biddy & Darin Byrne Jeff Katz, Irene Biddy & Matthew Heideman IBM For over 100 years IBM has been applying the "THINK" principle and has provided the world with society changing innovations, from the bar code to Watson IBM's mission is to provide our customers with innovation, solutions and partnership to allow their businesses to move to the next level or significantly enhance their business. Specifically in regard to the USAF, IBM is applying our time tested and proven capabilities to enhance, sustain and modernized our nations most critical mission capabilities. We are making smarter systems and providing innovation to better sustain those systems. industries/public sector/us/en/ federal

5 Summer Volume More shout outs to our Community Partners! ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Alion Science and Technology delivers advanced engineering, IT and operational solutions to strengthen national security and drive business results. For customers in defense, civilian government and commercial industries, Alion s engineered solutions support smarter decision-making and enhanced readiness in rapidly-changing environments. Building on over 75 years of innovation, Alion turns obstacles into opportunities to help customers achieve their missions. alionscience.com HOPEWELL Companies LLC HOPEWELL provides skilled representation of test and technical services to FFRDC's, government program offices, Prime contractors and industry leaders in Space, Avionics, Aerospace & Defense in support of advanced manufacturing, materials and testing. We have provided engineering support, test and scientific analysis on such high profile programs as the International Space Station (ISS), GPS- III, Space Shuttle Cockpit Avionics Upgrade (CAU), F-35, F-22, C-130H, USS Virginia, Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS), MRAP-ATV (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected ATV), Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS), as well as countless C4ISR programs. Irene Biddy, Jenny Hopewell & Paul Zauner When material performance is critical, New England manufacturers trust HOPEWELL and Principals for independent, unbiased, and experienced test and analysis of electronic microcircuits and components, printed circuit board (PCB) and assemblies, material analysis and advanced analytical testing. Our services are highly valued throughout all stages of the product life cycle, and are as critical to the reliability and sustainability of legacy defense systems as they are to the development and performance of today's advanced technology weapons systems. The services, expertise, and data we provide empowers our clients to design and manufacturer more reliability products, and ultimately improve profitability. MISSION STATEMENT: To act as an extension of our client's engineering team to ensure the quality and reliability of electronic microcircuits and components, printed circuit boards (PCB) and assemblies through test expertise, analytical testing and counterfeit material analysis. SOSSEC, Inc. SOSSEC, Inc. is chartered as the single point of contact activity for the System of Systems Security (SOSSEC) Consortium, and offers the unique ability to integrate and harness the power of a diverse consortium of organizations. The Consortium was specifically formed to address the needs of the Department of Defense (DoD). It is founded on a simple concept: that collaboration, innovation, and cooperation among a broad spectrum of industry, academia and non-profits vastly improves the products and services delivered to its clients. This concept, combined with a competitive environment among Consortium membership, supported by quality oversight by SOSSEC, Inc., ensures low-risk, lowest-cost, and the best-of-breed delivery of prototype solutions to our clients. Most traditional companies do not provide the breadth of capabilities that we do. (sossecconsortium.com) Homeland Defense/Homeland Security Innovation Collaboration: (603) Page 5 Jeff Katz, Irene Biddy & John Nunziato

6 Summer Volume Copper River Information Technology, LLC Copper River Information Technology, LLC was established in 2006 as an economically disadvantaged, federally recognized Alaskan Tribal 8(a) certified entity. Copper River maintains headquarters in Eagle River, Alaska, a Washington Metropolitan Area office in Chantilly, Virginia, and offices strategically located near our Federal customers. Our core competencies range from hardware and software procurement to network and system engineering, maintenance and warranty services, help desk support, enterprise support services, and advanced network training. Many of our employees maintain federal security clearances to meet the requirements of the DoD, Intelligence Community, or classified Civilian Agency services related to typical procurements. We have deep domain expertise across Federal, Civilian, Service Providers, and Commercial Enterprises where we leverage best practices and operational expertise. As revenue and profitability have grown, Copper River has invested in engineering and sales certifications, infrastructure, program management, and facilities. The result of this investment is tangible Copper River has achieved the highest level Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partner certifications with many of the industry leading technology manufacturers including Juniper Elite Portfolio, Cisco Gold, Brocade Elite, ForeScout Gold, and Palo Alto Networks Platinum. Because of this investment, Copper River is able to offer the Government a truly technology-agnostic, best- value approach. As an Alaskan Tribal 8(a), Copper River provides full lifecycle IT support to a broad spectrum of customers and the Irene Biddy, Aram Smith & Paul Zauner customer-service focused responsiveness of a small firm with the bench strength and financial stability of a more diversified company. AFA, Paul Revere Chapter FALL GOLF TOURNAMENT Join us for a 0900 Shotgun Butter Brook Golf Club on Wednesday, 8 October 2014! Format for Golf is 4 man scramble The Fall Golf Outing will be a shotgun format starting at 9:00 a.m. at the Butter Brook Golf Club, Westford, MA. Registration will begin at 8:00 a.m. ONLINE REGISTRATION IS Feel free to register by to Shansberry@pesystems.com Payments can be made to Air Force Association, Paul Revere Chapter using the address below; Mail to: PESystems, Inc. 119 Russell Road Individual Tickets / Sponsorship Packages Industry $125 each (includes Golf, Prizes and Lunch) Government $75 each (includes Golf, Prizes and Lunch) Lunch Only $25 each Cart sponsor/2 $250 each Practice Range sponsor/1 $200 Breakfast sponsor/1 $250 Lunch sponsor/2 $250 Tournament Hole $200 Donate a raffle prize - Contact Shansberry@pesystems.com

7 Air Force Association 2014 Annual Summer Picnic for Vets Cyber Patriot Awards SOSSEC, Inc. is chartered as the single point of contact activity for the System of Systems Security (SOSSEC) Consortium, and offers the unique ability to integrate and harness the power of a diverse consortium of organizations. The Consortium was specifically formed to address the needs of the Department of Defense (DoD). It is founded on a simple concept: that collaboration, innovation, and cooperation among a broad spectrum of industry, academia and non-profits vastly improves the products and services delivered to its clients. This concept, combined with a competitive environment among Consortium membership, supported by quality oversight by SOSSEC, Inc., ensures low-risk, lowestcost, and the best-of-breed delivery of prototype solutions to our clients. Most traditional companies do not provide the breadth of capabilities that we do. This year s annual Veteran Community Care Center (VCCC) Summer Picnic was held once again in Lowell, July 11th. More than 100 local veterans, many of whom are homeless or live in group homes, were honored for their military service with great food cooked up by the Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA) and AFA members. We extend our sincerest thanks to AFSA s TSgt John Twomey, TSgt Schon Teicheira and all who showed in force to cook and serve hot dogs, hamburgers, and sausages and clean up! Thanks to members of the local Paul Revere Chapter who set up the event, especially John Fairbanks. Mark calendars for December 17th s Holiday Party for Vets!! Paul Zauner presenting the 1st Place Cyber Patriot Award in the All Services Division for the State of Massachusetts to the Hanscom Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol to Coach Marc Vaccarello. Paul Zauner presenting 2nd Place Cyber Patriot Award in the All Services Division for the State of Massachusetts to Tom Smith CWO3 USMC (Ret) JROTC Senior Marine Instructor Beverly High School Page 7

8 Air Force Association MEMBERSHIP REPORT! - Jenny Hopewell, VP of Membership Having grown up in California, I can honestly say that I never fully understood the meaning behind the term spring fever until I moved to New England in But now I get it, and as summer drew near New England families began the annual tradition of packing every possible waking moment of summer with memory-making activities. And so has the Paul Revere chapter! The summer months have been jam-packed with several much-beloved annual events that give back to our veterans, as well as our enlisted and their families, and local youth through ROTC and STEM program support. The Paul Revere chapter loves to re-invest the monies raised throughout the year back into our community in ways that uphold the AFA pledge to EDUCATE ADVOCATE SUP- PORT. But membership numbers have declined in recent months as some renewals have been delayed. Is your membership current? Here s an easy way to tell. Are you receiving the Air Force magazine? SUMMER LUNCH AND LEARN! If you answered yes congratulations, your membership is current! You now qualify for the opportunity to volunteer in service alongside other AFA members in local events. Of course, volunteering is not a requirement but it sure is fun! Come on you know you want to! If you answered no please call or me so we can either update your contact info, or renew your membership! Phone: Hopewell@HopewellCom panies.com Jenny Hopewell, VP of Membership WONDERING WHY YOU HAVEN T GOTTEN THE AIR FORCE MAGAZINE, GET WITH JENNY HOPEWELL AND UPDATE YOUR MEMBERSHIP TODAY We added... On June 19, AFA s Paul Revere Chapter held another lunch and learn at MITRE. This is a great opportunity to spread the word to your fellow Airmen. If interested, please contact our very own VP of Membership, Jenny Hopewell for details! Jenny Hopewell Phone: Hopewell@HopewellCompanies.com

9 Air Force Association Get to know us on Facebook and Twitter August 27 MA State Convention September 5 Session with Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (D-MA) September AFA National Convention September Air and Space Symposium September 28 Vettes to Vets October 8 Paul Revere Golf Butterbrook Golf Club November 8 AFA Fun Run December 5 Chapter Holiday Party December 17 Veterans Holiday Party Lowell We re on the Web PaulRevereAFA.org

10 Air Force Association Summer Volume Mission of the AFA Educate the public on the critical need for unmatched aerospace power and a technically superior workforce to ensure US national security. Advocate for aerospace power and STEM education. Support the total Air Force family, and promote aerospace education. How you can get in the KNOW! Stay current with our events by checking out our website and Facebook page! We even post directions to events. Also, make sure you have your correct address on file with AFA national. We routinely send out updates to keep you informed, but we can only do it if we have you address! The Air Force Association (AFA) is a non-profit, independent, professional military and aerospace education association promoting public understanding of aerospace power and the pivotal role it plays in the security of the nation. AFA publishes Air Force Magazine, conducts national symposia and disseminates information through outreach programs. It sponsors professional development seminars and recognizes excellence in the education and aerospace fields through national wards programs. AFA presents scholarships and grants to Air Force active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members and their dependents; and awards educator grants to promote science and math education at the elementary and secondary school level. We re on the Web PaulRevereAFA.org 2014 Outstanding Extra Large Chapter 2013 Donald W. Steele Sr. Memorial Award Unit of the Year 2014 NEW ENGLAND REGION AWARD WINNERS Medals of Merit Emily Shay Devon Messecar Jamie Thurber Exceptional Service Awards Joe Moynihan Jenny Hopewell Emerging Leaders Emily Shay Jamie Thurber