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Chapter Supports Youth Leadership Conference
The Redstone-Huntsville Chapter supported
the Huntsville Chapter of the Military Order of
the World Wars (MOWW), 7th annual Youth
Leadership Conference (YLC) from 4-7 November at the US Space and Rocket Center,
Huntsville. The conference theme was “Building Leadership Now for the Future”. More than
100 students, many from military families and
attending JROTC at a variety of schools, focused
on an interactive program of leadership, patriotism, and free enterprise helping to build a more
solid foundation of citizenship for the future.
The Chapter was happy to provide support for
this program benefitting Military Families from
the local area. The attached photo is of conference
attendees planning for a leadership activity.
Chapter hosts families at Santa’s Village
On Friday night December
11, the Redstone-Huntsville
Chapter was pleased to provide free refreshments to Soldiers and their Families on
Military Appreciation Night
at Santa’s Village located at
Alabama Constitution Village
in downtown Huntsville.
Each year, the Chapter makes
a donation to sponsor
“Santa’s
Patriotic
Post
Office” and AUSA members
provide refreshments to Military & DA Civilian Families
in the party room above the
village craft shop.
Santa’s Village is a holiday
attraction created especially for families to enjoy
the excitement and wonder of the holiday season. Adults and children can visit the Claus’
house and see live reindeer, North Pole elves and
Santa himself. Snow shows, craft projects,
Santa’s blacksmith shop and live musical entertainment all add to the fun.
Thanks to the AUSA volunteers who faithfully kept the hot chocolate flowing on a chilly
Huntsville night. HOOAH …and HO-HO-HO.
Chapter contributes cheer to
Operation Christmas Bear
Santa arrived at the Cahaba Shrine Temple by fire truck at 1:00 on Saturday, December 12th to the sounds of cheering children from our military
families. This was the sixth year for this event where the Huntsville community shows there support for the families of our deployed soldiers, Military
families and families of our DoD civilians
who are deployed to support our Soldiers,
Marines, Sailors and Airmen.
The event was first suggested by Dave
Carney to the then leadership of the North
Alabama Veterans and Fraternal Organization Coalition. The Coalition liked the idea
of showing our support to the families of our
deployed young men and women in the military just after 9/11. Since then, Operation
Christmas Bear (OCB) has grown in size to
meet the increased attendance by our families.
The children who arrive at OCB are treated to a fantasy land of Christmas
fun to include a private moment with Santa. After every child’s visit, Santa
gives that child a Christmas Bear that has a camouflaged scarf and a pin that
say “My Mom (or Dad) is a Hero”. In addition to a visit with Santa, there is
quiet moment with Mrs. Claus. There’s a multitude of fun things for the children to immerse themselves in. There is a magician, a huge electric train set
for them to play with and the famous Shriner’s Clowns are there to entertain
the children. There is face painting, t-shirt painting, arts and crafts, robots
and a live band playing Christmas music. Each child has his/her name drawn
for a handmade wooden toy. Outside the children have an opportunity to have
fun on the huge blow-up slides, a rock climbing wall as well as a chance to
see inside a real HEMSI ambulance or a fire truck.
The volunteers who dedicate their time are predominately veterans,
spouses of veterans and volunteers from local defense contractors. AUSA is
a proud sponsor of this event for six years. AUSA volunteers have supported the Santa area since the OCB began. AUSA has generously donated to the
expenses of OCB and continue to contribute to the success and growth of
Operation Christmas Bear. We are blessed to have our great AUSA volunteers and generous donations. See more pictures on page 15.
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A&M ROTC Program commissioned
5 new Second Lieutenants on 3 Dec
(article). We shared a lunch meeting
with COL Glenn Richie, Brigade
Commander, U.S. Army 2d Recruiting
Brigade to discuss AUSA support for
the critical recruiting mission. We
hosted our annual Holiday Reception
on 10 Dec. which many of you attended. We honored the Army National
Guard on 11 Dec with an early birthday breakfast and excellent program.
We hosted military Families for
refreshments on 11 Dec at Santa’s Village, and followed that up the next
day with our support for Operation
Christmas Bear activities. And finally,
on 19 Dec Huntsville’s Botanical Gardens relied on AUSA volunteers to run
all aspects of the Galaxy of Lights
exhibit. (Now excuse me for a second
to catch my breath.)
Looking ahead, in addition to a
Breakfast with the Boss event in late
January, we hope to place renewed
emphasis on recruiting for the Army.
I feel strongly that this must be a community-wide effort if it is to succeed.
We will work closely with the 2d
Brigade, as well as the Medical
Recruiting Battalion at Redstone to
get the word out on how we can all
contribute to their important mission.
Another area we will work vigor-
Steve Taylor
ously is on more active association
with our ROTC and JROTC programs.
We have some really active links to
the Alabama A&M ROTC “Bulldog
Battalion” which we will build upon
to establish an AUSA ROTC Company
at that school. Learning as we grow,
we hope to build similar programs at
some of the other area colleges to
grow our membership.
We will also look for additional
opportunities to host membership
functions – perhaps using the highly
successful Holiday Reception as our
Steve
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reetings and Happy New Year!
Time flies, doesn’t it. If time
really does fly when you are
busiest, your Redstone-Huntsville
Chapter’s clock is running at “warp
speed.” So many events this past
quarter … and so many initiatives for
the New Year. First, to wrap up 2009 .
The Veterans Day – actually Veterans Week activities in November were
perhaps the best organized I have
seen. As you can imagine, your
AUSA Chapter leadership shared with
many others in the community in key
roles in the planning and execution of
the many events and activities. The
Veterans Dinner, Breakfast and Parade
were all wonderful events honoring
our Veterans. Thanks to AUSA volunteers who helped us distribute flags
and candy to all along the parade
route. Several AUSA volunteers took
part in the Salute to the Military Dinner on 22 Nov by helping to serve
some 1,000 Soldiers and Family members a really tasty Thanksgiving meal
(see separate article). Dr. William
“Bill” McCorkle, a serving RedstoneHuntsville Chapter Board Member,
received a nice AUSA certificate at his
retirement dinner on 1 Dec (separate
article). We participated in the 441st
Ordnance Battalion (EOD) departure
ceremony on 2 Dec (article). Alabama
pattern. And for those with contacts
in the Birmingham and Montgomery
areas, we still seek the right group of
leaders to help us get off the ground
with memberships and perhaps satellite chapter growth in those areas.
Obviously, with all these activities
going on and plans for the future, I am
thankful to have such an active and
responsive group of volunteers surrounding me on the Chapter Board. I
cannot begin to thank them for the
many hours of effort they contribute to
ensuring the Redstone-Huntsville
Chapter remains on focus to support
the goals and objectives of AUSA.
Rest assured, they all do what they do
for the right reasons, and as I stated at
our June induction ceremony, we will
remain on target.
By the time you read this, some
months will have passed since the
tragic loss of life suffered by our
friends in the Ft Hood community.
The Redstone-Huntsville Chapter
leadership approved a contribution to
the fund to support the Families of
those who lost loved ones. As part of
the extended Army Family, I express
our sincere sympathy to the Ft Hood
community during these difficult
times.
Thanks for your continuing support
to our Chapter, to AUSA, and to our
Soldiers, Civilians and their Families.
Be safe.
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Department of the Army Civilian
of the Year Award Dinner
sen as the AUSA national DA Civilian
of the Year for 2009. Other past winners have included Mr. Tim Owings,
Deputy Project Manager, Unmanned
Aerial Systems, Mr. Troy Hester, Electronics Engineer, United States Army
Missile Research, Development and
Engineering Center, Mr. John Chapman, formerly Executive Director of
the Integrated Materiel Management
Center, Mr. Dale More, Ground-Based
Midcourse Defense Joint Program
Office, Mr. Paul Bogosian, Program
Executive Officer for Aviation, Mr.
Steve Pierce, Chief, Studies and Analysis Division, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command Future Warfare
Center, Dr. Steven Messervy, General
Manager NATO Medium Extended Air
Defense System Management Agency,
and Mr. Troy Hester, Electronics Engineer, United States Army Missile
Research, Development and Engineering Center.
Plan to support these outstanding
civilian nominees by attending the
award dinner. Individual ticket cost
is $34; corporate tables of eight are
$272. Make your reservations by
contacting the AUSA event coordinator, Jerry Hamilton at 771-1345 or
AJH72USMA@mchsi.com .
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On April 6th the RedstoneHuntsville Chapter of the Association
of the United States Army (AUSA) will
sponsor the Department of the Army
Civilian of the Year Award Dinner at 7
p.m., at the Von Braun Center, North
Hall. This award and dinner recognizes
local Department of the Army Civilians
who have demonstrated exceptional
performance as members of the Army
team. We will recognize nominees
from three groups: Management/Executive Award, Professional / Technical
Award, and Supporting Staff Award.
These outstanding civilians will be
nominated by their commands or agencies in February.
The Chapter nominee selected from
among all of the local nominees will be
announced at the dinner and go on to
compete for the AUSA Third Region
(Southeast) competition later in the
summer. The Region winners are recognized nationally at the AUSA Annual Meeting in Washington DC in October. The winner in 2009 was Mr.
Richard Turner, Executive Director of
the US Army TMDE Activity, nominated by Mr. Ronald Chronister, Deputy
Commander US Army Aviation and
Missile Command. Mr. Turner went on
to win the Region award and was cho-
On November 19th,
Marshall Space Flight
Center hosted a meet
and greet to honor its
Veterans and present
American Legion Blue
Star Banners, Commanding General coins
and AUSA Blue Star
Banner coins to 12
family members of
deployed service members. Hosting the ceremony, Center Director
Robert Lightfoot commented that roughly 5%
of the Center civil servants are veterans and
thanked them for their
critical contribution to
the success of the Center. Guest speaker and
Redstone Commander, Robert Lightfoot, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center, Rita
MG Myles applauded Brock, mother of a deployed soldier, MG Jim Myles, Commanthe many ties and close der, Redstone Arsenal and Bob Devlin, Deputy Director for Cenpartnership
between ter Operations
Marshall and the Redstone community and asked that everyone remember our deployed service members and family members during the holiday season. Organizer Allan Day, Vietnam veteran, noted that the
blue star banner tradition goes back to the first World War when banners were displayed in
windows of houses to show a family’s pride in the service of their loved ones. He also noted
that he was appreciative that senior leadership took the time to show their pride in our service
members and their family members.
Redstone Chapter Presents
Awards to 2009 Guard Soldier
and NCO of the Year
Anniston Satellite Chapter President Ken Reynolds presented special
awards to Alabama Army National
Guard’s 2009 Soldier and NCO of the
Year, Spc. Michael Blake Orso (left),
Citronelle, Ala., and Sgt. Kevin Tarpley (right), Enterprise, Ala.. They are
pictured with State Command Sgt.
Maj. Danny Ashley (center) during
the AL ARNG’s 2009 Soldier of the
Year awards ceremony held at Fort
McClellan, Ala., on December 5th.
Orso of the 1165th Military Police
Company out of Fairhope and Tarpley
of Company C, Long Range Surveillance, 1st Squadron, 131st Cavalry
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January 6, 2010 AUSA The Salute
Marshall Space Flight Center honors
Veterans and Family Members
Every December as its last official activity of the year, your
Redstone-Huntsville Chapter volunteers to oversee the operation of the Huntsville Botanical Garden’s “Galaxy of Lights”
holiday light extravaganza. The event is perfect for cool night,
as the Gardens are transformed into a “drive-thru” event where
attendees are literally surrounded by thousands of bright and
colorful holiday lights. Companies, organizations and individuals sponsor lighted displays which come to life at dusk to
depict a wide range of scenes - from leaping frogs to butterflies
in flight to a Soldier firing a bursting cannonball (the latter
sponsored by AUSA, of course).
This year, the Chapter signed up for Saturday, 19 December as its night to dress warmly and “run” the event. Bob
Whiteford expertly directed some 25 AUSA officers, board
members and volunteers who showed up, armed with snacks
and other refreshments to sustain them when not on duty.
One of the traditional favorites is Loretta Spencer’s hot cider
– perfect for a chilly night. The main functions performed
were direction of traffic and collection of the entrance fees.
However, our Chapter’s involvement also qualified as a
HUGE membership drive, since each car received an AUSA
membership application along with its change. We placed
some 1,000 applications into the hands of potential members
that night.
All proceeds from the event go to the operation of the
Botanical Gardens as this month-long event is the major source
of its annual funding. AUSA is happy to support this community activity while spreading the good word about AUSA membership. Thanks again to our faithful and energetic volunteers.
You are the greatest!
Support Needed for Madison County Veterans Memorial
where you and I travel.
For details on how you can help,
visit: www.madisoncountyveteransmemorial.org. Then click on “Store”,
then “License Plate” for the commitment/order form.
Time is running short, as we must
achieve 1,000 commitment-to-purchase
forms by April 2010 or this opportunity
expires. Won’t you please help support
this important initiative? Thanks in
advance for your serious consideration
of this request.”
emotion, pride and patriotism of the
entire community and our many visitors.
Many of you have already contributed, but our goal has not been
attained. One way we are raising
awareness and money is through our
own Distinctive License Plate. I believe
the Veterans Memorial License Plate
will not only be a great source of funding for the Memorial, but also a source
of pride and patriotism, because it recognizes the service and sacrifice of all
Veterans, and will be seen daily - every-
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The following request is made by the
Veterans Memorial Committee:
“Dear Patriots, Friends, Veterans
alike,
As you know, there is a major effort
on-going to build a suitable memorial in
Madison County for all Veterans-all
wars, including 3 Medal of Honor recipients, and to recognize by name all who
died during all major U. S.
conflicts/wars. The Memorial will be
located in Veterans Park, downtown
Huntsville, and will surely capture the
Chapter supports
“Salute to the
Military” dinner
for Soldiers
The Redstone Family, Morale, Welfare & Recreation (FMWR) hosted
their annual “Salute to the Military”
Thanksgiving Dinner for the Soldiers
and their Families at the Redstone
Arsenal Officers and Civilians Club
on Sunday, November 22, 2009. The
Redstone-Huntsville Chapter donated
$500 to help sponsor the after dinner
activities, games and door prizes. In
addition to the donation, 13 AUSA
volunteers joined with other community organizations to cheerfully serve
dinner and extend Thanksgiving greetings to over 1,000 guests.
Dinner included a wonderful selection of turkey, BBQ pork, and all the
trimmings prepared by a team of professional cooks who volunteered their
time. After dinner, the Soldiers were
offered free phone calls home provided by Verizon Wireless, movies,
games and even calendars signed by
the Hooters waitresses/models. A
great time was had by all bringing a
touch of “home” to our Soldiers and
their Families.
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Chapter volunteers at Galaxy of Lights
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January 6, 2010 AUSA The Salute
Chapter contributes to deployment ceremony
It has been a yearlong
process preparing the 441st
Ordnance Battalion (EOD)
for their January 2010
deployment. On 2 December
2009, 45 Soldiers of the 441st
departed for additional training at Camp Shelby, MS
before deploying to Iraq. The
441st deployment ceremony
took place before a large and
spirited audience comprised
of Family members, civic
leaders, friends and supporters at the Jaycees Building in
John Hunt Park, Huntsville,
AL. The Soldiers were honored with remarks by MG Steve Taylor presents Redstone-Huntsville Chapter coins to the
A.C. Blalock, MG Joe deploying 441st Ordnance Battalion (EOD) Solidiers.
Harkey, COL Jose R. Atencio, III, and Huntsville Mayor ny Chapter President Steve Tay- Soldiers from Camp Shelby to
Tommy Battle. The casing of the lor presented each deploying Sol- Huntsville to spend Christmas
colors was accomplished by LTC dier an AUSA Chapter coin. LTC with their families. In response,
Roger D. Yearwood, Battalion Yearwood, in turn, presented a the Chapter approved a $500
Commander, and MSG James T. plaque to the AUSA Redstone- contribution to Mt Zion Baptist
Huntsville Chapter “in apprecia- Church who provided their
Hayes.
Members of the AUSA Red- tion of your support with our church bus to bring the Soldiers
stone-Huntsville Chapter Board upcoming deployment for Opera- home and return them to Camp
Shelby after their Christmas
were significantly involved with tion Iraqi Freedom 2010.”
As a follow-on action related visit.
the planning and execution of the
Best wishes for total mission
ceremony. Dave Carney, Laura to the unit’s training and deployAyers, and John Perry con- ment, the Redstone-Huntsville success and safety to the Soldiers
tributed several days supporting Chapter was contacted regard- and Families of the 441st. AUSA
the 441st in the coordination for ing an opportunity to help pro- salutes you for your courageous
the ceremony. After the ceremo- vide bus transportation for the service to our Nation.
Chapter donation
L to R: Loraine Arbo, Gen Manager, Redstone Arsenal PX;
Steve Taylor, President, Redstone-Huntsville Chapter,
AUSA; Jim Rountree, Vice President for Army Family Programs, AUSA. The local Redstone-Huntsville Chapter, Association of the U. S. Army (AUSA), recently donated $500.00 to
the Redstone Welcome Volunteers to provide PX gift cards
for incoming permanent party Soldiers E-5 and below. These
cards will be included in the “Welcome to Redstone Welcome
Packets” assembled by the Volunteer group, as AUSA’s way
of welcoming these Soldiers and their Families to Redstone
Arsenal. The PX also graciously donated additional gift cards
for this project at no cost.
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On December 11, the RedstoneHuntsville Chapter of AUSA celebrated the 373rd birthday of the
National Guard. Local Guard and
civic leaders were invited to attend
the breakfast birthday party and
cake cutting. Huntsville Mayor
Tommy Battle presented a proclamation marking the day as National
Guard day.
MG Joe Harkey, Commanding
General, 167th Theater Sustainment
Command (TSC) gave the history of
the Guard and explained how the
Guard, in tracing its heritage to
December 13, 1636, is the fourth oldest Army organization in the world,
behind only two British organizations
and the Swiss Guard. There was a lot
of humor and good fun with BG (Ret)
Bob Drolet, AUSA State President
and native of Boston. Drolet claimed
to remember that day was a cold winter day when he and fellow Minutemen were called out to defend against
the British.
Major Ken Arnold, who recently
returned from Afghanistan, told of
his experiences while deployed.
State Command Sgt Major Danny
Ashley, who will be retiring in January, exclaimed how appreciative
all the Guard leadership in Montgomery is to the RedstoneHuntsville Chapter for support of
the troops and families. Ashley also
stated he wants to help with National Guard programs beginning immediately after his retirement.
COL(Ret) Steve Taylor, Chapter
President, presented a 50th Anniversary coin to Ashley in appreciation
of his many years of service.
The traditional birthday cake was
presented by local National Guard
recruiters SSG Thompson, SSG
Vance, and SFC Henshaw who
brought the cake forward and saluted as everybody stood at attention.
Sharon Hancock, who has the voice
of an angel, led everybody in
singing Happy Birthday.
The cake was sliced using the
traditional sword by the oldest and
the youngest Guard members present, 1SG Johnny Whisenant and
PFC Stone of the 115th Signal Battalion, located in Huntsville.
Several
Redstone-Huntsville
AUSA board members were present
for the event. In addition, five
Guardsmen submitted AUSA membership forms during the breakfast
at the Heritage Club. Thanks to all
who made this such a fitting birthday tribute to our National Guard
and its Soldiers.
AUSA Supports 375th
Engineer Company
The 375th Engineer Company Christmas Party was
held on Saturday, December 5, at the Jaycee’s Building
in John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Alabama. There were
140 soldiers, family members and friends in attendance.
The 375th Army Reserve Unit is currently mobilized and
serving in Iraq. The Rear Detachment Commander for
the 375th Engineer Company (USAR) is Lieutenant
Terry Spangler. The Company received some donations
from the local community but still needed additional
funds to be able to have the Christmas Party. AUSA
Redstone-Huntsville was able to support Lt. Spangler’s
request with a $500 donation to enable this important
event to take place. The Christmas Party was for those
soldiers who did not deploy with the unit, but more
importantly for the Families of the deployed Soldiers.
Spangler thanked AUSA for the support noting the
chapter, “has put forth great efforts in seeing that our
Family’s are taken care of.”
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Ms Cathy Dickens was promoted to the
Senior Executive Service position at the
Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command
(SMDC/ARSTRAT) and is the principal
assistant responsible for contracting. Dickens came from AMCOM and has been an
Army civilian since 1977.
Major General Richard Formica has
been nominated for appointment to the
rank of lieutenant general and assignment
as commander of the Space and Missile
Defense / Army Forces Strategic Command. Formica currently serves as the
Commander, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, US Central
Command, Operation Enduring Freedom.
Command Sergeant Major Angel
Clark-Davis, 59th Ordnance Brigade,
was presented the Legion of Merit by MG
Jim Myles, AMCOM Commander. She
was recognized for outstanding service
during her 5-1/2 year tour in Germany
where she served as CSM of the 129th
Ordnance Battalion, the 29th Support
Group, and finally as CSM of Joint Task
Force East.
OMEMS Instructors of the Year: CW3
Everett Stevens, a course manager for the
Warrant Officer Basic Course at OMEMS,
was named 2009 Officer Instructor of the
Year. The NCO Instructor of the Year is
SFC Kevin Sanders, senior instructor at
Munitions Training Department, and the
Civilian Instructor of the Year is Mr.
Brian Witherspoon, also at the Munitions Training Department.
The Ernest A. Young Logistics Achievement Award was presented to Darlene
Pate, winner of the Professional/Technical Award, and Bill Andrews, winner of
the Management/Executive Award. They
both work in the AMCOM Materiel Management Center where Andrews is the
deputy director and Pate serves as staff
chief for the Associate Director for Aviation.
Other
nominees
for
the
professional/technical award were Donald Boudah, Steven Drysdale, James
Holloway, Anthony Jones, Gerald
During this year’s annual Women of Color
Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics Conference, two AMRDEC
employees were recognized for their
accomplishments and contributions.
Sharon Boclair, AMRDEC Security and
Intelligence manager; and Dr. Yolanda
Powell-Friend, Supervisory Aerospace
Engineer in the Aviation Engineering
Directorate, each received a Technology
All-Stars Award given by the Career Communications Group.
LTC Diane Richie has been named as
Chief of Transportation, Operations, Plans
and Security Division for the Logistics
Support Activity. She brings 23+ years of
military experience to her new position. In
addition to her TOPS duties, she also leads
the Army Airlift Clearance Authority
which grants air clearance for sustainment
cargo leaving the US to support warfighters in all corners of the world.
The Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, in
June recognized eight employees for their
service during its annual Engineer Day
celebration. Mary ‘Liz” Hayes, Chemical
Demilitarization Directorate , Administrative Support Employee of the Year; Greg
Havo, Chemical Demilitarization Directorate, Commander’s Leadership Award;
Michael Duffy, Contracting Directorate,
Contracting Professional of the Year;
Anita Norton, Resource Management,
Resource Management Professional of the
Year; Roy Wright, Engineering Directorate, Engineer of the Year; Alicia Allen,
Installation Support and Programs Management Directorate, Program Manager of
the Year; Cyndee Oleyte, Ordnance and
Explosives Directorate, Volunteer of the
Year; James Clark, Engineering Directorate, Employee of the Year.
COL Glenn Richie became the Commander, 2nd Recruiting Brigade, Redstone
Arsenal.
Thomas ‘Dick’ Wilbanks was named
manager for Quantum Research International’s newly formed Missile Defense
and Fire support Group which focuses on
integrating the company’s MDA, SMDC,
PEO M&S, and USAADASCH business
bases in eight locations. Wilbanks, a
retired air defense officer, was previously
director of Huntsville operations for BAE
Systems.
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Government/military
Scott Kowerduck was named director of
Huntsville operations for BAE Systems.
He joined BAE Systems in 2004 and manages programs in support of SMDC, MDA
and other customers.
Mary Ottman, former Strategic Development Office Director and Homeland Security Liaison for the Aviation and Missile
Research, Development and Engineering
Center, has accepted a Senior Service College Fellowship at the Defense Acquisition University, Huntsville campus.
DRS Test and Energy Management has
promoted Richard Spears and Michael
Crockett; Spears to Program Manager
responsible for vehicle health management and diagnostic initiatives, and
Crockett to Senior Program Manager for
vehicle health management and embedded
diagnostic initiatives for the Army and
Marines on M1A1 tank variants.
Chester ‘Chet” Schickling has joined
Westwind Technologies as Vice President
of Business Development for both
Domestic and International Programs.
Schickling has 35+ years of marketing
Ben Goode has been promoted to Director, Power & Energy Solutions at DRS
Test & Energy Management, and will lead
an organization with emphasis in highpower R&D, on-board vehicle power and
renewable energy. He joined DRS TEM
eight years ago as a mechanical engineer
working on hybrid electric High Mobility
Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (or
Humvees) for the Army.
Lanson Quan joined Cobham Analytic
Solutions and will be the Lead Systems
Engineering and Technical Assistant
BMD Systems Ground Testing as part of
the MDA test and evaluation effort.
Candis Kennard joined Cobham as a
senior subcontract administrator. Craig
Grabowsky has joined Cobham as a
lead systems engineer and will be supporting the MDA Tactical Targets program.
Dr. Joe Sims, Analytical Service’s Director of the Stone Engineering Division, was
named an associate fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Theresa Lynn Sanderfer-Brown joined
LogiCore as a logistics analyst. Amy Estado joined LogiCore as manager of
Human resources. Brandi Battles is the
latest winner of LogiCore’s quarterly
President’s Award.
Two senior systems analysts at Intuitive
Research and Technology, Jason Smith
and Michael Yohe, are now Certified
Information Systems Security Personnel.
Smith and Yohe have completed the
CISSP examination, which covers 10
CISSP information systems security test
domains.
Steve Olney has joined Stanley’s Applied
Engineering and Technology Division in
Huntsville, and will focus on business
opportunities and future company growth.
Olney has 38 years of experience with the
Army, Department of Defense and NASA,
supporting maintenance, logistics, supply
management, program management and
business development activities.
Teledyne Brown Engineering has inducted
Dr. James E. Cato and Gene R. Ezell
into its Engineering Fellows Program for
their lifetime contributions in the fields of
engineering and science. Cato is the test
and verification lead on the Single Stimulation Framework. He is a 37-year Teledyne Brown veteran and was Chief Integration Engineer of the Ground-based
Midcourse Defense Test Laboratories for
10 years. Ezell, a senior systems analyst at
Teledyne Solutions, is a pioneer of the
Ballistic Missile Defense industry in the
development of optical sensor component
technology. For 15 years, he was Principal
Technical Editor of the Sensor Hardening
Handbook, a definitive reference for the
Army.
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and sales management with experience at
Beech, Raytheon, Sino Swearingen, M-7
Aerospace and AAI Acquisition.
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Koepke, Katherine Markow, Leon
McInelly, Julia McKay, Ronald Parks,
Masao Williams and Danny Wright.
Nominees for the management/executive
award were Deborah Daniel, CW4
Willie Dunning, LTC Trey Elder, John
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Huntsville’s Still Serving Veterans
(SSV), a Redstone-Huntsville AUSA Chapter member and partner, had another year of
excellent service for wounded warriors and
their families. To date, this grass roots
service organization has helped over 1200
wounded warriors and Veterans reintegrate
into the workforce and communities, securing for them over $15.57 million in additional salaries and benefits since 2007.
On October 27th, SSV earned national
recognition as the Army’s annual Spirit of
Hope Award winner at a formal awards
ceremony in the Hall of Heroes in the Pentagon. The Spirit of Hope Award is presented annually to one recipient per military branch “for outstanding service to the
United States of America, for patriotism
and service that epitomize the values of
Bob Hope (courage, honor, duty, commitment, integrity, and selfless dedication),
and for significantly enhancing the quality
of life of service members and their families.” COL(R) William Webb, SSV president and founding chairman, accepted the
Spirit of Hope Award on SSV’s behalf.
Receiving the award with Will Webb were
Dr. Werner Baker, executive director of
Still Serving Veterans, and LTC(R) Grant
Rosensteel, SSV senior soldier advocate.
Honored guests included Congressman
Parker Griffith and his wife, Virginia, who
is an SSV board member; Becky Pillsbury,
SSV founding board vice chairman; LTG
Jim Pillsbury, deputy commander of the
Army Materiel Command; SSV board
members Joe Collazo and Jeff Wishik;
Redstone Arsenal Garrison Commander
COL Bob Pastorelli; and Ronnie Chronister, deputy commander of the Aviation and
Missile Command.
SSV, a community supported effort, is
making a significant difference in the lives
of wounded warriors and their families,
primarily focusing on wounded warrior
reintegration into new careers and new
communities through work transition,
workforce development, job placement,
career counseling and training, securing
Veterans benefits, and PTSD/TBI counseling. SSV provides one-on-one case management, advocacy, career services and
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Becky Pillsbury.
Alabama A&M ROTC commissions
five Second Lieutenants
The Alabama A&M University ROTC
Bulldog Battalion conducted a Commissioning Ceremony on December 3, 2009
for five Cadets. This event signifies the
completion of all academic and ROTC
training requirements to earn a commission as a Second Lieutenant. The academic portion consists of completing all
requirements to obtain a Bachelors
Degree from one of the three universities
that support the Bulldog Battalion ROTC
Program: Alabama A&M University,
Athens State University and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The
ROTC requirements consist of meeting
physical fitness and medical standards,
completing all training requirements to
include the Leadership Development
Assessment Course (ROTC Summer
Camp) at Fort Lewis, Washington and
demonstrated leadership ability to serve
as an Officer in the United States Army.
The cadets receiving their commissions
are listed below:
2LT Lesley-Ann Hanson is a native
of Madison, AL and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the
University of Alabama in Huntsville.
2LT Hanson was branched into the Military Police Corps and will attend the
Officer Basic Course at Fort Leonard
Wood, MO.
2LT Londarius Jackson is a native
of Birmingham, AL and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from Alabama A&M University. 2LT Jackson was
branched into the Transportation Corps
and will attend the Officer Basic Course
at Fort Eustis, VA.
2LT Takishy Myers is a native of
Franklin, LA and received her Bachelor’s
Degree in Justice Studies from Athens
State University.
2LT Myers was
branched into the Quartermaster Corps
and will attend the Officer Basic Course
at Fort Lee, VA.
2LT John C. Waller is a native of
Chattanooga, TN and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from
Alabama A&M University. 2LT Waller
was branched into the Signal Corps and
will attend the Officer Basic Course at
Fort Gordon, GA.
2LT Quenton D. Watkins is a native
of Huntsville, AL and received a Masters
Degree in Urban and Regional Planning
from Alabama A&M University. 2LT
Watkins was branched into the Adjutant
General’s Corps and will attend the Officer Basic Course at Fort Jackson, SC.
The event was conducted by the Professor of Military Science, LTC Louis L.
Harris and was attended by over 100
family members and friends. The attendees included the Honorable Mr. Roderick Royal, the Interim Mayor of Birmingham, Dr. Andrew Hugine, President of
Alabama A&M University, Dr. Denver
Betts, Vice President for Academic
Affairs, Athens State University, COL
(Ret) Stephen C. Taylor, President
Huntsville-Redstone Chapter of The
Association of the United Sates Army
(AUSA), and the Guest Speaker COL
(Ret) Edric Kirkman, Director, Information Assurance Products for Dynetics,
Inc. A reception was held immediately
following the Commissioning Ceremony
to celebrate the start of a journey as
Army officers for the five new lieutenants.
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Dr. William C. (“Bill”) McCorkle, Director, Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC),
was honored following his retirement from
Government Service at a gala dinner on Dec
1, 2009. Dr. McCorkle personally “touched”
many weapons systems developed and
deployed to Soldiers during his 52-plus years
of service. At the retirement dinner, many
from Government and civilian organizations
spoke in tribute to his long and honorable
service, including the mayors of both
Huntsville and Madison, the Chairman,
Madison County Commission, other elected
officials and military commanders and civilian directors.
Redstone-Huntsville Chapter President
Steve Taylor presented an AUSA Certificate
of Appreciation signed by the Association
President, GEN (USA-Ret) Gordon Sullivan,
expressing AUSA’s deep appreciation for the
many significant contributions made by Dr.
McCorkle with a special emphasis on his
valuable support to the Soldier. Perhaps no
other individual has contributed so much to
the battlefield effectiveness of the individual
Soldier as a result of his keen insight and
managerial capability. Dr. McCorkle also
served for several years on the RedstoneHuntsville Chapter Board of Directors, and
we hope that his retirement from Government service will not result in a similar retirement from this position. Congratulations,
Bill, on an outstanding career! HOOAH
Redstone-Huntsville honors
soldier and NCO of Quarter
The Redstone-Huntsville Chapter congratulated the winners of the Team Redstone NCO and Soldier of the Quarter
competition at a luncheon held on Dec. 10
at the Redstone Officers and Civilians
Club. Chapter Board Member CW5 (Ret)
John Blackmon represented the Chapter
and presented several items to both Soldiers. The NCO of the Quarter was Staff
Sergeant Jay Wilson, HHC, 59th Ordnance Brigade, and the Soldier of the
Quarter was Specialist Fatih Aksu,
assigned to Fox Army Health Center.
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at retirement ceremony
Chapter hosts holiday reception
Both Soldiers received several items from
representatives from the Huntsville and
Madison communities in recognition of
their achievement.
AUSA presentations included a set of
leadership and professional development
texts and programs, $100 cash, a 1-year
free AUSA membership and a beautiful
Chapter challenge coin. These soldiers
will await the annual competition to select
the NCO and Soldier of the Year in the
summer of 2010. Best wishes to both of
these fine Soldiers.
On 10 December the Chapter hosted its
annual Holiday Reception at (how appropriate) the Holiday Inn – Downtown,
Huntsville. In years past, this event was
specifically for our Corporate Members
and their guests to express appreciation
for their support of the Chapter. However, in the interest of thanking all Redstone-Huntsville Chapter members, this
year’s invitation went to all active members – that’s right, nearly 3,000 invitations! Needless to say, this was an interesting development, given the physical
limitations of the selected venue.
Some 250 members and guests braved
the somewhat nasty weather that night to
join us in celebration of the upcoming holidays. The Holiday Inn staff really provided excellent service and quality food for
those assembled, and the lively presentation of door prizes by master of ceremonies
Mike Barefield (VP for Corporate Membership) (pictured) demanded everyone’s
careful attention to their ticket numbers.
With the wider distribution of invitations,
the event evolved into a General Membership Meeting with an opportunity to share
many thoughts about current and upcoming Chapter programs and activities.
Your Chapter appreciates the opportunity to provide membership events like
this for your benefit, and we will continue
to plan opportunities to meet with you on
an informal basis in the future. A special
thanks goes to Angie Wooten who volunteered to take care of reservations and
other event details. Thanks, Angie, for all
you do to support the Chapter and its
activities, and thanks to Mike for an
excellent function.
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and other provider locations.
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AUSA offers its members discounts on selected
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more details.
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membership card and save at:
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• AVIS
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• Budget
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• Hertz
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• AUSA NEWS every month.
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Briefs, NCO Update & Notes. For more information
on professional education items call (800)336-4570
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The Redstone-Huntsville Chapter recognized the Ordnance Munitions and Electronic Maintenance School’s (OMEMS)
top instructors as Instructors of the Year at
an awards luncheon on 20 November
2009. The following awardees were selected for their excellence in teaching Army
Advanced Individual Training (AIT) Soldiers, NCOs and officers:
Warrant Officer Awardee - CW3
Everett Stevens of the Warrant Officer
Training Division
NCO Awardee - SFC Kevin Sanders of
the Munitions Training Division
Civilian Awardee - Mr. Brian Witherspoon of the Munitions Training Division.
The winners completed with other quarterly winners to earn this top annual recognition. The Redstone-Huntsville Chapter
was represented by COL(Ret)Steve Taylor,
Chapter President and CW5(Ret) John
Blackmon, Board Member. Each awardee
received an engraved AUSA plaque, Chapter coin, $100 cash, and a one-year free
AUSA membership. AUSA is honored to
salute these instructor leaders who serve a
valuable role in the education and training of
tomorrow’s America’s warriors and leaders.
AUSA Legislative Update
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AUSA has been hard at work on Capitol Hill and has helped get the following
legislation passed:
• Getting a 3.4% pay increase for Active, Guard and Reserve;
• Authorizing $2.2 Billion to support and expand high quality housing for all
servicemembers and their families;
• Barring DoD from increasing any TRICARE Standard inpatient copays
through 30 September 2010;
• Extending TRICARE eligibility to the Reserve Component so they can
receive full coverage 180 days before they go on active duty;
• Fully funding the Defense Health Program;
• Allowing employees covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System
to receive credit for unused sick leave toward their retirement annuity; and
• Getting an increase in full-time manning authorizations.
AUSA will build on these accomplishments, while continuing to urge the
Administration and Congress to address such issues as:
• Increasing funded active Army end strength by an additional 150,000;
• Supporting additional legislation to reduce Reserve Component Soldiers’
retirement compensation age from 60 to 55;
• Providing retiring federal employees receiving annuities and no Social Security, the same tax exemptions allowed for Social Security payments;
• Full concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans’ disability compensation for all disability levels; and
• Providing adequate funding to ensure continued access to quality health care
for all beneficiaries and to preclude the imposition of user fees.
How does your local AUSA membership support these activities? Your individual and corporate memberships, when combined with the other 100,000 active
members worldwide, helps our National AUSA staff to be viewed as a powerful
body of voters to be reckoned with by our elected officials in Washington. Thanks
for your continuing support. For more on AUSA legislative initiatives, go to
www.ausa.org.
Festive appreciation
Operation Christmas Bear, an annual Christmas party for military
members and their families, allows us to show our support and
appreciation.
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With gratitude and pride, we salute the valor and the sacrifice of those who so gallantly serve.
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