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AMMO Chiefs Association, Mid-Atlantic Chapter 2013 Annual Report

The AMMO Chiefs Association Mid-Atlantic Chapter (ACAMC) submits the following 2013 Annual Report to the ACA for review and filing in historical records. 

2013 was another great year for our Chapter.  We held four meetings during the year followed by social events.  Additionally, some of our members participated in a fundraising event at the Richmond International Raceway (RIR) in September.  To maximize participation at meetings, we varied our meeting locations to minimize travel for our regional members.  This year we held our March meeting at Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center in Richmond, VA, our June meeting at the HQ ACC Munitions Directorate, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA, our September meeting at Captain Billy’s seafood restaurant in Newburg, MD (our best turnout with 12 Members and 1 Associate), and we finished out the year at Bill McCullough’s house in Fredericksburg, VA for our December meeting.  With the aid of proxy votes, we had a quorum and were able to conduct official business at all scheduled meetings.  After our March meeting, we visited SrA Bryce Powers and his mother at the Veterans Administration hospital.  We were able to donate funds to help Bryce’s family cope with the rigors of traveling and maintaining their vigil.  Unfortunately, Bryce passed away on April 26th.  Four of our members attended his burial service at Arlington National Cemetery and six members attended the funeral service at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. 

Olen Sheperd passed away in January.  He was a major influence on Ammo during his many years at the Pentagon.  We sent a donation to the Wounded Warriors Project in honor of Olen’s lifetime achievements.  Phil Kennedy drafted a nice tribute to Olen that was posted in the Shell and Flame newsletter.

We made amendments to our Chapter Constitution and Bylaws, and they were approved by the membership.  The main changes were eliminating dues for our Associate members and expanding our area of responsibility to include South Carolina.

Our main efforts continued to focus on supporting personnel initiatives such as the Ammo Troops in Need program during the Christmas holidays, recognition of Quarterly/Annual Award winners, recognizing Sharp Ammo Troops, taking care of our Ammo family in our area of responsibility, and Care Packages for the Ammo troops in austere locations.  This year we received donations from the ACA, other Chapters, and individual ACA members for our holiday Care Package program for our Ammo troops stationed in remote areas of Southwest Asia.  Jackie Miller put together packages comprised of over $1,525 (including postage) worth of goodies for the Ammo troops. We received “Thank You” e-mails from a couple of the recipients and they were quite pleased with the goodies.  We appreciate all of the support we received for this ACAMC program!  A special thanks goes out to Jackie Miller.

We assisted Kyla Murtha’s family with a donation to help them meet expenses associated with Kyla’s mower accident.  CMSgt Dave Nixon informs us Kyla is doing great!  Piper Wilhide suffers from neuroblastoma and Dave Nixon is monitoring her progress for us.

During the year, we maintained our membership of 19 voting members and 4 Associate members.  CMSgt Dave Nixon and Kevin Hendershot joined the Chapter but we lost Chris Arnold due to a PCS move to Camp Darby, IT.  “Shot” took Chris’ place as the lead for our fundraising committee.

Our fundraising consisted of Chapter dues, coin sales, donations from chapter members, the RIR, and a raffle of a White House Christmas ornament ($47.00 raised solely for the Ammo Troops in Need program).  Over the course of the year we disbursed over $460 for our Airman Holiday Support Program (two Joint Base Langley-Eustis recipients).  We awarded a coin, certificate, and $50.00 each to AIC Zachary Winch of Seymour-Johnson AFB and AIC Tevin Ortega of Joint Base Langley-Eustis as Quarterly Award winners, and to SMSgt Steven D. Farwell from Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC as the 2012 ACC AMMO Annual Outstanding Munitions Manager.  Our Sharp Ammo Troop program ended up with a tie this year, so we recognized AIC Chase A. Bennett of Seymour-Johnson AFB and AIC Ryan L. Wertz of Joint Base Langley-Eustis with a coin, check for $50.00, and a certificate.  SSgt Jeffrey Plumb of Andrews AFB received 100% perfect test scores during his 2W031 tech school course.  CMSgt Ricky Hamada presented a Chapter coin to him.

CMSgt Stuart Nikolas was elected as Chapter Vice President during our March meeting.  He filled the void left by Eddie Fuquay who stepped up from the Vice President position to be our Chapter President when Pat Barcus departed.

In May, Frank Waterman retired from Federal service at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.  Eddie Fuquay presented a certificate to Jackie Miller in recognition of him retiring on December 20th from his position with the JROTC unit at Charlotte, NC.  Jackie and Frank requested we send a $50.00 donation to the CMSgt Richard A. Gauvin Memorial Scholarship Fund in lieu of a gift for each of them. 

In September, we lost AIC Evan Curbeam of Andrews AFB.  CMSgt Ricky Hamada attended the service and the membership took up a donation to help out Evan’s family during this difficult time.

  Our events calendar for 2014 should keep us busy.  We look forward to the challenges that we will face, but hope we do not lose any more Ammo personnel.  We will continue to meet, socialize, and accomplish our goals. We take great pride in taking care of the troops and keeping the Ammo spirit alive!

Wilbur C. McCullough III

WILBUR C. MCCULLOUGH III, Secretary/Treasurer

AMMO Chiefs Association

 

 

Elections for the Ammo Chiefs Association

Gentlemen: The term of office of all the ACA Officers expires December 31st; elections for a four (4) year term of office will be held October 1st to October 22nd. Nominations are now open until September 27th. We encourage each of you to consider serving the ACA over the coming four years! Duties of the officers can be found in the ACA Constitution (attached).

The following positions must be filled (current incumbents noted): President (Darrell Beasley); Vice-President (Rich Pennington); Treasurer (Danny Bridges); Secretary (Fred O’Hern); Chief @ Arms (Tom Zima; Directors @ Large (Mark Gossett, John Cecere, Dwight Howard, Bart Ivy).

Please submit nominations to the Election Committee (Darrell, Rich, or Fred) not later than September 27th; individuals nominated must be annual Ammo Chief Members in good standing (i.e. dues paid for 2011) or Ammo Chief Life Members. A current Membership Roll of Ammo Chief Members in good standing is attached for your convenience.

Fred O’Hern, ACA Secretary IYA Ammo YAS

PS- If you are not on the attached list and wish to be nominated or to vote; send $25 to ACA; 6046 SW 98 Loop, Ocala, FL, 34476