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1 MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ALAMO CHAPTER THE LARIAT Volume 36, Number 4 Five Star Chapter April 2016 President s Message Many things are happening this month, but April is always busy! We had a successful Scholarship luncheon during our March luncheon. Special thanks to Colonel Peter Hunt for making sure that we executed a new program of helping ROTC cadets who are in particular need of money in their junior years. Thanks to our membership who have faithfully contributed to our scholarship fund we are able to continue helping high school seniors in JROTC and our cadets in the seven colleges and universities that we serve. Over the past several years we have had more contributed than we anticipated which has allowed us to help more students. MOAA National will be Storming the Hill to educate our US Representatives and Senators as to our priorities for the year. High on the list of things to be talked about are proposals from DoD regarding TRICARE. The DoD budget proposal that is being looked at in the HASC right now proposes many additional fees and deductibles, which seem to be designed to force more families to utilizing MTFs and military doctors, however, it does not address the fact that these MTFs have limited capacity and doctors to see those seeking treatment. This has the effect of forcing them to seek treatment in the civilian medical arena, thus causing greater cost to DoD and the individual covered under TRICARE. In testimony before the HASC panel, Colonel Steve Strobridge testified: Particularly for retirees, we believe the proposed fee increases - in the range of $500 to $1,200 a year - are disproportional, Strobridge said. Further, the incentives structured as different-sized sticks, with the biggest sticks proposed for the TRICARE Standard group that, ironically, costs DoD the least money. Retirees in TRICARE Prime who use military facilities, as DoD wants, (Continued on Page 6) President s Message (Continued From Page 1) 2016 MOAA Scholarship Winners and Instructors The Lariat April 2016

2 Cookie Angels Grateful thanks to those who either baked and or took items to the wounded soldiers at Ft Sam Houston s Warrior and Family Support Center. If you were able to give this month on behalf of the Alamo Chapter please call Susie at (210) , so we may add your name to our list. Thank you. Maryada Artiglia Irene Collier Nita Felder Susan Filipini Joe & Adele Genualdi John Gibbs Sue McCarthy Mac and Lori McDonald Goldie Monroe Lolly Orlowski Phyllis Smith Lou Strong Brenda Tobey Susie Tolman Dot Wise Tom & Evelyn Woods Chapter News & Notices Thank You! To each of our members listed below who have donated a little (or a lot) to either the Scholarship Fund, Chapter Operations, or both! LTC Wesley Anderson USA Aina Blake Col Jack Bujalski USAF (Ret) LtCol Elizabeth Goetz USAF (Ret) MAJ Frank Gudat USA (Ret) LTC Susan Halavin USA (Ret) BG Jeffrey Kendall USAF (Ret) Capt John Kimmel USAF (Ret) Jacqualine Purvis Col Upendrakumar Kharod USAF (Ret) NEVER STOP SERVING! Save The Date Cruising Into Summer Dinner Dance Friday June 24 ** 9th Annual Golf Tournament Friday September 9 ** Christmas Dinner Dance Friday December 9 TAPS We have received information that the following member has passed away and we wish to convey our sincere condolences and best wishes to their family and loved ones: LTC Betty Jo Canter 3/4/2016 The Retired Officers' Wives and Widows Club This month s luncheon will be held on Monday, April 25, at 11:00am at the Ft Sam Houston Golf Club. Albert Flores Chief Meteorologist, WOAI News Guests are welcome. Rsvp by Apr 21 to (210) WE NEED YOU TO PLEASE VOLUNTEER Posi ons Available on Chapter Staff Spouses of Members Welcomed! Contact: (210) moaa ac@sbcglobal.net Inside This Edition: Pg 2 Chapter News & Notices Pg Scholarship Winners Pg 4 Membership Stats Pg 5 Transitioning Tips Pg 8 Cruising Dinner Dance Pg 10 Health, Benefits & Welfare Pg 15 Calendar of Events The Lariat April

3 Community Service Scholarship $2,500 Col Clarence T. Torrey Scholarship 2016 Scholarship Winners Attends Brandeis High School and plans to study pre-med at UT Dallas Chapter Scholarship $500 Lorenzo Garcia TAMU Corpus Samuel Sandell Attends Texas Military Institute and plans to go to Texas A&M. JROTC Scholarships $ The BG Robert Herring JROTC Scholarship Eva Marie Rodriguez (no pic) Attends Somerset High School and plans to study Business & Aviation at TAMU Corpus Christi Rob- ert Bray Attends Brandeis High School and plans to study Electrical Engineering at Texas Tech. Robert s father, Col James Bray is a chapter member. College ROTC Award $1,000 Stormie Coach UTSA Army David Gillenwaters TAMU Corpus David Molina UT RGV 2. The Col Edmond McCarthy JROTC Scholarship Kristyn Higgins UTSA Army Lauren Smith UT RGV Max Laguna St Mary s 11) Scholarship Winners (Continued on Page (Continued from Page 3) South- Alexis well St Mary s Jessica Luna Kristofer Saenz UTSA Air Force (The Edward L. & Ruby Marvin ROTC Scholarship) 3 The Lariat April 2016

4 BG Jeffrey Kendall USAF (Ret) BG Thomas Smith USA (Ret) BrigGen David Young III USAF (Ret) COL Scott Bleichwehl USA (Ret) Col Derwin Bohne USAF (Ret) COL Olin Brewster USA (Ret) CAPT Thomas Cahill USN (Ret) COL Frank Chance USA (Ret) Col James Chevallier USA Col Brian Davis USAF (Ret) CAPT Vincent DeInnocentiis USN (Ret) Col Jack Downey USAF (Ret) Col John Gerhart USAF (Ret) Col Ron Hannan USAF (Ret) Col Donald Hessenflow USAF (Ret) COL Lyle Jackson USA (Ret) Col Bill Jurczyn USAF (Ret) Col Frank Kapp USAF (Ret) Col Preston Kleineman USAF (Ret) Col Albert Litzler USAF (Ret) Col Joseph Milner USAF COL James Peterson USA (Ret) COL Michael Rogers USA (Ret) Col Edward Sheeran USAF (Ret) Col Robert Shipman USAF (Ret) Col Patrick Shope USAF (Ret) Col Dennis Shumaker USAF (Ret) Col Andrew Stanley USAF (Ret) Col Rex Tallent USAF (Ret) Col Dale Vande Hey USAF (Ret) Col Joseph Ware USAF (Ret) Col Mark Widmer USA (Ret) COL Steve Woods USA (Ret) LTC Wesley Anderson USA CDR Steve Bergeron USCG (Ret) LTC Robert Conrad USA (Ret) LTC John Corby USA (Ret) LTC Ronald Damrill USA (Ret) THANK YOU! Renewing Members: LTC Joseph Dinkins USA (Ret) LTC John Gibbs USA (Ret) LtCol Robert Guerra USAF (Ret) LtCol Richard Hall USA (Ret) LTC Jon Hampton USA (Ret) LtCol Scott Hanson USAF (Ret) CDR Thomas Hoskins USN (Ret) LTC Raymond Isaia USAF (Ret) LtCol Adolph Jacobson USAF (Ret) LTC John Kepler USA (Ret) LtCol Leonard Lenertz USAF (Ret) LtCol Dean Murphy USAF (Ret) LTC Enrique Rodriguez USA (Ret) LtCol Stephen Rohrbough USAF (Ret) LtCol Glenn Warrick USMC (Ret) MAJ Richard Brogan USA (Ret) Maj Lee Burner USAF (Ret) Maj Fernando Carreon USAF (Ret) MAJ Lynn Carter USA (Ret) MAJ Robert Corbo USA (Ret) Maj Eric Fenton USAF (Ret) MAJ Joel Gage USA (Frmr) MAJ Frank Gudat USA (Ret) MAJ Michael Pagel USA LCDR Gilbert Rodriguez USN (Ret) Maj James Rosskopf USAF (Ret) CPT Michael Clemens USA Capt Juan Gonzalez USAF (Frmr) CPT Wesley Greer NG 1LT Alesha Heineman USA Pannee Beckley Carol Anne Cain Genie Edgar Eleanor Egger Gail Greene Constance Oliver Yolanda Ozuna Eileen Parker Jacqualine Purvis Janet Rund The Lariat April

5 WELCOME! New Members COL Jeff Regland USA (Ret) LTC Lisa Cramer USA (Ret) LTC Todd Speer USA Maj Joseph Cleary USMC (Ret) MAJ Joseph Gallegos USA (Ret) CPT Charles Jones USA (Ret) Capt Martin Lindig USMC 1LT Bruce Stanfill USN (Frmr) 2LT Darian Cervantes ANG Dwayne Cornelias WANTED! All Active Duty or Retired Job Seekers If you would like to be added to the regular blast that lists job opportunities in San Antonio and Texas please contact David Patrick, the Career Transition Coordinator - Texas dwpatrick01@gmail.com If you are an area employer who is interested in hiring career transitioning officers or their spouses.. or if you are a MOAA member who is interested in helping a career transitioning officer or spouse as a San Antonio Networker, or if you are a MOAA-AC member Job Seeker, please contact Kitty Meyers LtCol USAFR (Ret) Chapter Transition Liaison Officer at meyers.kathryn@yahoo.com Is Leadership a Key Skill? I have had the marvelous opportunity to meet fantastic folks transitioning to the civilian world. One of the key sticking points in our discussion is the development of the key skills that a identified on the resume. As a director of Human Resources, I would receive a hundred, sometimes hundreds, of resumes and applications for a position, depending upon the position. My challenge was to reduce this number to the 15 to 20 applicants who I would contact for phone interviews. These phone interviews would average 30 minutes each. Imagine the time spent on this process while juggling my other duties. I scanned a resume or application in 10 to 15 seconds and could determine if it went into that yes pile for the phone interview. How did I scan and determine to pass the resume to the next step? First, let s define key skills. These are the tactical skills that have been learned and developed throughout not just the career, but life. These are not the broad punch words that platitudinize the resume. These should be the nuts and bolts skills. I wasn t looking for a 50K level of generalities. I focused on the hard skills that matched with the skills needed to successfully perform in the prospective job. The first priority for the job seeker is to create that list of key skills. There is a wealth of information for this. Review all of the past performance evaluations and list the accomplishments, including results. Take a skills assessment available through school careers offices, books, websites, etc. Look to extracurricular activities that have provided skills learning that may be a tangent off of a career path or may be something that has been accomplished that is unrelated. BRAINSTORM THE OPPORTUNI- TIES! Transitioning Tips Now the task is to match the skills of the job seeker with those required of the desired position. The best source to find those key words is the job description or the job posting for that job. A job description should be available for every posted position. If not, be wary if one is not available. I once joined a company and was told that the job description was being re-written as I was completing the new-hire paperwork. Knowing the hiring manager, I didn t doubt that everything was going to work out ok. Wrong! I lasted four months in that position. There was so much turmoil in that organization. I couldn t accomplish that goals of the position. I was not happy. So, let s get back to the point raised in the first paragraph. The most favorite key word identified in a resume of a transitioning military member is leadership. Now that s a 50K word. Why? The Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus defines a leader as a person followed by others. This definition is followed by a list of job titles chief, head, director, chair, etc. In other words, these words really don t define what skills the job seeker is bringing to the table. To be tactical, the focus must be realigned to think of the words that make up leadership. These are skills that the transitioning member has in abundance. Look for words like critical thinking, problem solving, project management, process development, staff development, training, mentoring, team processes, we can go on. Again, a great source for identifying key words is from job descriptions. Google similar job descriptions and look for the (Continued on Page 6) Transitioning Tips (Continued from Page 5) key words highlighted for that position. Pull out the words that match your skills and abilities. Use these in your resume. 5 The Lariat April 2016

6 would see a 24 percent enrollment fee increase plus other increases in costshares and pharmacy copays. Families who elect to stay with TRICARE Standard - which costs DoD less than Prime - would incur a new $900 annual enrollment fee, plus a $600 deductible for using out-of-network care, in addition to their existing 25 percent cost share for all services. If a military family has a choice, a higher deductible for using out-ofnetwork care might make sense. But DoD acknowledges the network system will only cover 85 percent of the population. MOAA believes the 15 percent of beneficiaries who have no choice other than using out-of-network providers shouldn't be charged an extra $1,200 in enrollment fees and extra deductible for having no other option, Strobridge told the panel. MOAA believes there should be no enrollment fee for TRICARE Standard or TFL, as neither plan guarantees access to a network of providers, as TRI- CARE Prime does. Another proposal in the DoD budget is to means test TRICARE for Life members to adjust their fees. This, even though costs to DoD for TFL have been steadily going down over the years. This is not done in any other Federal medical program, and we do not see that our TRICARE for Life members should be subjected to such. Other issues that will be discussed is yet another year of sub-standard pay caps for military members. DoD is touting a 1.6% pay increase as being great, however, this is below the 2.1% pay increase that civilians are experiencing and makes a cumulative loss of over 3.1% over the past 4 years. Senator Lindsay Graham, chair of the Personnel sub-committee for the Senate, has really blasted this proposal. He is also concerned about proposed changes from DoD relative to the new retirement plan that the Congress just approved, which would make the time at which DoD would start contributions to the plan farther into an enlistment than was previously put into law. Other benefits, such as Commissary, housing allowances, licensure and certifications will be discussed. On the State level, there have been some preliminary hearings in the House and Senate to address interim charges that the Speaker of the House and the Lt. Governor asked the two military committees to look into. The biggest issue discussed thus far is the distribution of funds for the 44-million -dollar mental health bill that was passed this past session and the fact that it is taking longer than expected to get the funding out. Alamo MOAA will be having its monthly dinner on April 28 at the Ft. Sam Houston Golf Club. Please join us. As part of Fiesta this year, the Navy will be having Navy Week activities during the second week of Fiesta. One of those activities will be a joint Navy League/MOAA dinner on April 21 st at The Lariat April the Ft. Sam Houston Golf Club. RADML Dell Bull, the Chief of Naval Aviation Training, will be the speaker. You will see an message about it soon. We would love for you to attend. (See info below). Have a great month, enjoy Fiesta and get those taxes in! Maj Jim Cunningham (Ret) NAVY WEEK DINNER Ft Sam Houston Golf Club Thurs April 21, pm to 8pm $25pp Please join us for a dinner hosted by the Alamo Council of the Navy League and the MOAA Alamo Chapter. Guest speaker is RADML Dell Bull, Chief of Naval Training (You do not need to be a member of either organization to attend, and please indicate your choice of a beef or chicken entree) RSVP to Carolynn Snyder Program Chair, NLUS (210) or snydercm@hotmail.com Or mail check to Alamo Council, NLUS, P.O. Box San Antonio, TX

7 Medical Minute Beau Lines on Fingernails Beau lines are grooves that run horizontally across the nail plate. They usually develop when nail plate growth which begins in the matrix located under the cuticle is temporarily disrupted. This can occur with direct injury to the nail matrix; an inflammatory condition such as psoriasis; infection around the nail plate; repetitive picking at the nails or cuticles, or even a manicure. Systemic causes include nutritional deficiencies, illnesses accompanied by high fever, metabolic conditions, certain drugs (especially chemotherapy agents) and diminished blood flow to the fingers (from Raynaud s phenomenon for example). Since nails grow slowly about three millimeters per month for fingernails a condition affecting the nail matrix won t register in the nail matrix for weeks or months. You can measure when the injury to the nail matrix took place by measuring the distance from the cuticle to the groove. Unless the matrix is injured, Beau lines grow out with the nail and eventually disappear. Complete replacement of the fingernail takes about six months. You can t do much about Beau lines. Another little mentioned feature of Beau lines is in diagnosis. Physicians look at your fingernails for Beau lines which often indicate heart disease. When these are associated with red palms, they usually start testing for cardiac disease. Source: Harvard Women s Health Watch, April 2009, Dr. Celeste Robb-Nicholson Col Irene Collier (Ret) Hospital Stays and Delirium Ten to fifty percent of hospital patients experience post-operative delirium. The percentage is higher with frail patients or those who undergo complex procedures: i.e. heart surgery. There are many stressors that lead to temporary delirium in hospitals. This could lead to a wrong diagnosis, discharge to nursing homes, cognitive decline and even pre-mature death. Hospital acquired delirium can be caused by medications, dehydration, infection, uncontrolled pain, lingering effects of anesthesia, urine retention and constipation, withdrawal from medications, lack of sleep, preexisting cognitive phenomenon, or unfamiliar environment. Causes are multiple. The faster delirium is treated the better the recovery. But sometime it can be hard to spot, particularly in people with pre-existing memory problems or introverted personalities. The following are some central characteristics of delirium to look out for: Disorientation or delirium Disorganized thinking Difficulty paying attention Becomes withdrawn or depressed Has difficulty recognizing family members Slurred or garbled speech Jumpy, edgy or fidgety Anxious or afraid Perception becomes distorted, inaccurate with visual misconceptions Hears imaginary voices or sounds Unable to do simple math Caretakers can manage hospital acquired delirium by taking the following steps: Create a comforting environment; keep essential items nearby like glasses, cosmetics or shaving equipment, family photos, hearing aids, Solitaires comb, mirror, tooth brush, etc. Communicate what day is it? play cards, bring a calendar, stay close by, have a family member there 24/7 during the acute phase. Keep them moving, walk even short distances. Be sure your loved one stays hydrated have water where they can reach it. Bring a small tape recorder with familiar songs or a small radio. Source: Mass General-Scientific American March Col Irene Collier (Ret) If you are single, like to eat, chat, make new friends, experience or provide brief impromptu or scheduled interesting demonstrations, talks, or discussions, whether you are: visiting the area; active duty or retired; widowed or divorced; the SOLITAIRES is the group for you. This is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy camaraderie with other single men and ladies whose backgrounds and experiences are with the military. Make that resolution to get out and about and come have some fun!! The group meets for lunch at the Ft Sam Golf Club each 1st Tuesday of the month and for Brunch at The RAFB Parr Club the 4th Sunday of the month. Other activities are planned through out the year. Call the office (210) to be put into contact with the group s coordinator. 7 The Lariat April 2016

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10 Ending Veteran Homelessness in San Antonio: In January San Antonio Mayor Ivy R. Taylor and USAA Chief Executive Officer Stuart Parker announced USAA s $2.1 million pledge to end veteran homelessness in San Antonio by March 31, USAA s pledge was inspired by the White House Administration s Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness, which was announced by First Lady Michelle Obama in 2014 as part of the First Lady and Dr. Jill Biden s Joining Forces initiative. Beneficiaries of the $2.1 million will be the American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program (NVOP), Family Endeavors, and the South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless (SARAH). These service providers will use the funds to deliver the services necessary to ensure that veterans are provided with housing for themselves and their families. We are so grateful to USAA for this incredible support. Their tremendous generosity and longstanding commitment to veterans are helping our heroes live out their dreams for the future. Over the past 43 years, my team and I have seen too many veterans face homelessness on a regular basis. NVOP has worked tirelessly to find these men, women, and their families the sustainable housing, meaningful employment, and support services to help them get back on their feet. This work is critically important, and we are honored to join with USAA, Family Endeavors, and SA- RAH to continue to get San Antonio s veterans into the homes they deserve, said Carlos Martinez, President and Health, Benefits & Welfare CEO of the American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program. NVOP has been working hard over the last two months to meet this goal by placing homeless veterans in housing, providing them with personalized case management, and delivering follow-up services to ensure there is ongoing monitoring of the veteran s housing situation. You too can help! The Big Give SA is a 24-hour day of giving on Tuesday May 3, 2016 from 12:00 a.m. until midnight. It is a day when everyone in our region is asked to make a donation and show support for the local nonprofit organizations that help transform lives every day. Every dollar that NVOP raises on May 3 goes directly to help veterans and their families who are in need. **** Retiree Appreciation Day JBSA Randolph: On Saturday, April 23, 2016, JBSA Randolph Retiree Activities Office, with the assistance of the 12th FTW, will once again be presenting the Retiree Appreciation Day, honoring our military retirees of all services and their families. The event will be held at the Kendrick E Club, across from the BXtra. The opening ceremony will begin promptly at 9:00 A.M. An information fair will follow at approximately 9:30 A.M. and continue until noon. During this period, retirees will have an opportunity to pursue a variety of government and commercial services and products available in this area. **** DoD Windows 10 Deployment Department Wide by Jan 2017: The Department of Defense (DoD) will deploy Windows 10 department wide by January 2017 to strengthen cybersecurity and streamline the information technology operating environment. However Federal News Radio reporter Scott Maucione reported the Army thinks the transition will take The Lariat April much longer than the Pentagon s oneyear mandate. The DOD-wide shift to a single operating system is unprecedented and offers several benefits including improving the cybersecurity posture by establishing a common baseline. Windows 10 also will help lower the cost of DoD information technology. New security features in Windows 10 will help the department enable faster software patching and counter a major cyber-intrusion technique called pass the hash. DoD will transition more than 3 million Windows-based desktops, laptops and tablets to Windows 10, a crossplatform release that does not include mobile phones. Source: NAUS Weekly Update March 25, 2016 Help us shape and drive our chapter! Alamo Chapter Join us at our monthly business meetings, 1st Thursday of the month from 10am to noon at the chapter office. Call for more info.

11 The main speaker for the event was LTC Walter Llamas, Professor of Military Science at UT Rio Grand Valley. Isabella Zammaron UTSA Air Force Kudos to Col Peter Hunt and his scholarship committee (consisting of Kerry Green, Jim Webb, Peter Hunt & Jim Cunningham for their selection of this year s winners. The ROTC nominees were submitted by their unit instructors. (No pic) Cesar Cantu, Jr TAMU Kingsville The selected winners were recognized at the Chapter Scholarship luncheon on March 31, 2016 at the Ft Sam Golf Club. Lunch was provided by the chapter for each winner and one guest. Monies available for these scholarships is provided by 70% of the The Chapter s Annual Golf Tournament held in September and from the generosity of our chapter members. All donations made to the Scholarship fund are used in their entirety, no admin fees are or chapter expenses are deducted. 11 The Lariat April 2016

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14 Chapter Events Calendar APRIL 1 Volunteer Hours Due 5 Solitaire s Luncheon 7 Staff Meeting 10am Chapter Office 13 MOAA Storming The Hill, Washington DC 13 JBSA Volunteer of the Year Award ceremony 1pm Fiesta San Antonio! 23 Retiree Appreciation Day Kendrick Club JBSA Randolph 28 Chapter Luncheon 11am 24 Solitaire s Sunday Brunch 11 am Randolph Parr Club TCC Q2 Meeting Waco MAY 1 Volunteer Hours Due 2 Solitaire s Luncheon 11am Ft Sam Golf Club 4 Health & Benefits Fair Army Residence Community 9-Noon 5 Staff Meeting 10am Chapter Office 8 Mother s Day 9 Victory Day in Europe 11 Board Meeting Chapter Office 1pm 17 Volunteer of The Year United Way Awards Dinner IMAX Palladium 21 Armed Forces Day 22 Solitaire s Sunday Brunch 11 am Randolph Parr Club 26 Chapter Luncheon 11am Blue Skies of Texas Ongoing Events: Cookie Angels deliver cookies, snacks and personal care items to the Warrior & Family Support Center. Call Susie Tolman for details (210) Events pertaining to general membership are bolded and italicized for the volunteer leadership team, though regular Members are always welcome! Please call the office for details (210) JUNE 1 Volunteer Hours Due 2 Staff Meeting 10am Chapter Office 2 VA Volunteers Mtg 1pm VA Hospital 7 Solitaire s Luncheon 11am Ft Sam Golf Club 14 Flag Day & US Army Birthday 21 Father s Day 24 Summer Celebration Dinner Dance 6:30pm Petroleum Club 26 Solitaire s Sunday Brunch 11 am Randolph Parr Club The Lariat April

15 Remember the 10 second window. Choose the key words that match you with the job desired. Focus on how you will be able to meet the needs of the hiring manager. The resume is a marketing tool. It must portray you as THE one to hire. Best of luck! Kitty Meyers Kathryn "Kitty" Meyers, LtCol USAFR (Ret), SPHR, SHRM-SCP Chapter Transition Liaison Officer DO YOU WANT TO RECEIVE THE LARIAT FASTER AND IN FULL COLOR ON- LINE? Just send an to moaaac@sbcglobal.net with the subject line OLLO. We ll gladly remove you from this printed version mailing list and notify you each month by when the new issue is available for viewing. Saves the chapter paper and postage and you get to see it sooner! Corporate Partners Abby Consulting Air Force Federal Credit Union Army Residence Community Beldon Roofing Company Blue Skies of Texas Caring Transitions Medical Services International Mortgage of Texas & Financial LLC Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union Security Service Federal Credit Union Silverbridge Realty See links to these companies on our website at We encourage each of you to remember our Corporate Partners in your business and daily activities because we truly appreciate their support. ALAMO CHAPTER VOLUNTEER STAFF: PRESIDENT MAJ James R. Cunningham jimbob48@sbcglobal.net EXEC VP OPERATIONS LTC Bill Goforth bagoforth@yahoo.com VP ADMINISTRATION LtCol Jim Webb beaubien43@gmail.com VP PROGRAMS Col Bruce Willett bwwillett63@yahoo.com VP MEMBERSHIP LTC Randy Hoff randyhoff106@hotmail.com SECRETARY Col David Patrick dwpatrick01@gmail.com TREASURER Col Vaughn Caudill vaughn.caudill@us.army.mil SCHOLARSHIP Col Peter Hunt peterhunt2012@gmail.com VP PERSONAL AFFAIRS Col Stuart Myers DEPUTY PA (Open) VP LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS LTC Bob Blake VP PUBLIC RELATIONS LTC Charles Poole VP LOGISTICS (Open) LEGAL COUNSEL Jacobson Law Firm SOLITAIRES Pat Shecter CONSULTANT Maj Len Mull CONSULTANT Lt George Frecsko EDITOR Col Kerry Green CHAPLAIN LTC James Taylor CHAPLAIN Alt LtCol David Leas PX/VAV/VAC Rep Susie Tolman ASST JROTC Coord. Col Peter Hunt TRANSITION LIAISON LtCol Kitty Meyers WEB MASTER Col Bill Hudson HISTORIAN LTC Kerry Reyna VOLUNTEER COORD (Open) ADVERTISING COORD. Maj Fernando Carreon BSTW LIAISON LtCol Jim Conner BSTE LIAISON (Open) ARC LIAISON MG Charles Honore CONTRACTOR: Admin Support Trish Meserve DIRECTORS: Chairman: MAJ Jim Cunningham LTC John Gibbs LTC Jim Finch Mrs. Susie Tolman BG James Doty Col Mac McDonald LtCol Ed Marvin Col Frank Rohrbough DIRECTORS EMERITUS HONORARY DIRECTORS BG Robert Herring Gen William McBride Statement of Publication The Lariat is the newsletter of the Military Officers Association of America Alamo Chapter. It is published once each month to inform the membership of issues and activities of interest to all. MOAA-AC is a non-profit organization 501c 4 within the state of Texas organized to represent the membership and to support the activities of the Texas Council of Chapters and MOAA National. Advertising contained in the newsletter is not endorsed by the Chapter and does not represent any recommendation to the membership. Opinions expressed in articles contained herein are not necessarily those of the membership as a whole or the Chapter. Questions should be directed to the Editor at the Chapter office. MOAA-AC P.O. Box San Antonio, TX (210) moaa-ac@sbcglobal.net 15 The Lariat April 2016

16 THE LARIAT National Award Winning Newsletter U.S. Postage Paid San Antonio, Texas Permit No MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ALAMO CHAPTER F OR INFORMATION REGARDING OUR BY-LAWS, STRATEGIC PLAN, EVENTS CALENDAR AND PAST ISSUES OF THE LARIAT PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW. ALAMOMOAA. ORG P.O. Box Ft Sam Houston, TX Phone: moaa-ac@sbcglobal.net Stanley Rd, Bldg 140 Ft Sam Houston, TX Postmaster please deliver by April 14th Time Sensitive Material Thursday, April 28, 2016 Chapter Luncheon Speaker: Queta L. Marquez County Veterans Service Officer Ft Sam Golf Club Meet & Greet begins 11am - Lunch served approx 11:45am Menu A) Chicken Fried Steak B) Chicken Alfredo With mashed potatoes With pasta Fresh Garden Salad, California Blend Vegetables Dinner Rolls Apple Cobbler Coffee, tea or water, honor wine bar Cost per person $20 Enclosed: $ RSVP by Noon Monday 25 Apr Reservations not cancelled by noon Tuesday 26th will be billed Non member Officers & guests are welcome with paid reservations Name Guest(s): Call (210) to make your reservation or send check made payable to MOAA-AC to P.O. Box , Ft Sam Houston, TX Or contact us by moaa-ac@sbcglobal.net to hold a reservation or reserve and pay on-line at Thursday May 26, 2016 Chapter Luncheon Spkr: TBD Blues Skies of Texas Sky Lounge 4917 Ravenswood Dr, San Antonio TX Meet & Greet begins 11am - Lunch served approx 11:45am Menu TBD Cost per person $20 Enclosed: $ RSVP by Noon Monday 23 May Reservations not cancelled by noon Tuesday 24th will be billed Non member Officers & guests are welcome with paid reservations Name Guest(s): Call (210) to make your reservation or send check made payable to MOAA-AC to P.O. Box , Ft Sam Houston, TX Or contact us by moaa-ac@sbcglobal.net to hold a reservation or reserve and pay on-line at The Lariat April