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Central AMMO Bowl Thank You to ACA
SE AMMO Bowl Pics
Here is a link to the SE Ammo Bowl Pictures, enjoy.
2016 AMMO Chiefs Association Reunion: 26 to 30 October 2016 on the Riverwalk in San Antonio TX
Fellow Chiefs, ACA Members and Spouses,
This email is being directed to you as someone who previously indicated that you’re planning to attend this year’s reunion!
Your San Antonio Reunion Planning Team has developed an exciting and fun-filled reunion schedule for your enjoyment. The activities our team has planned are intended to ensure everyone would find something of interest to participate in during your short, but festive stay in the Alamo City.
I have attached two documents (in PDF format). The first is our Schedule of Events that also contains a description of the activities you and your significant other can sign-up for and the second is your reunion sign-up sheet. Please note that some activities have a minimum or a maximum number of participants that is normally dictated by the transportation requirement.
For those activities with a maximum number of participants we will do everything in our power to accommodate all that sign up for the event. For those with a minimum number, if we don’t get enough people to sign-up for an event we will notify you of that condition and refund all fees paid for that event after the final sign-up cut-off date.
BOTTOM LINE: Return your sign-up sheets early to ensure you have reserved a spot in the activities that you want to attend.
Here’s what to do:
1. Review the schedule of events, pick those events you want to
participate in and sign-up for them on a PRINTED COPY OF THE SIGN-UP SHEET.
2. Fill out the top portion of the sign-up sheet (name, address, etc.). Be sure to indicate the banquet entree and number selection for everyone attending.
3. Calculate the amount owed for the individual events you selected as well as a total amount.
4. Write a check made out to “Ammo Chiefs Association” for the total amount due, place your check and sign-up sheet in an envelope and mail it to me at the address shown on the sign-up sheet.
5. Click on the link at the bottom of the sign-up sheet, it will open a
web page where you can make your hotel reservation (the link pre-fills in the group code to ensure you get the discounted room rate).
Deadlines:
1. Sign-up to attend the reunion and the planned events of your choice – NLT 1 Sept 2016
2. Make your hotel reservation – NLT 25 Sept 2016
3. Cancel a hotel reservation – NLT Midnight, 24 Oct 2016
Information about the Holiday Inn Riverwalk San Antonio and what is available in the hotel and each guest room can be found on their website (view this information after you’ve made your room reservation using the link provided on the sign-up sheet). Here’s some additional information specific to our ACA Reunion agreement with the hotel:
1. Discounted room rate is $134 per room per night (+ 16.25% taxes). This room rate is guaranteed for a period of time extending 3 days before until three days after our reunion dates (23 Oct to 2 Nov 2016). We initially have 50 rooms blocked under this group code. If we need more, I’m fairly sure the hotel will accommodate us.
2. Parking fees in the hotel’s garage are normally $25/night, for our reunion this was discounted to $15/night.
3. The hotel has a great restaurant (Windows on the River) on premise that offers our group a discounted full American breakfast for $12/person daily.
4. We will have full use of a ballroom (The Fiesta Ballroom) located on the second floor of the hotel as our hospitality suite between the hours of 6:30 AM till 11:30 PM daily during our reunion dates. This room will be setup with tables and chairs, a refrigerator and a wet bar/kitchenette. We will stock it with various beverages (beer, wine, alcohol, sodas, bottled water, etc.) and snacks. One of our volunteers will normally be there to assist as needed.
5. Other discounts applied to our reunion activities include: waived bartender fees for the reception and banquet, waived room fees for all ACA Reunion activities held at the hotel, discounted menu prices on the banquet dinners, and a complimentary hospitality room.
I will send out other pertinent information helpful in planning your travel (car rental agencies, transportation to/from the airport and hotel, etc.) by email, individually, after I receive your sign-up sheets.
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to email them to me.
On behalf of the SATX Reunion Planning Team consisting of Fred Schoettler, Fred Lee, Steve West, James Biggerstaff, John Rivard and myself, we hope that all of you can attend and we look forward to seeing you in the Alamo City this October!
IYAAYAS!
Joe Dominguez
2016 ACA Reunion Boss
ACA Reunion 2016 Video
Mike had his creative juices flowing and created a fantastic video that I think could entice folks to attend this year’s reunion if they haven’t already fully committed themselves. Here’s the link to the video that Mike posted on U-Tube.
Check out this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/S1PZ0i5P9vw
Mr Clayton “Gary” Byrd Retires from the schoolhouse!
On behalf of the ACA’s Board of Directors as well as our entire Membership, please accept the accompanying Certificate of Appreciation and AMMO Support coin as a small measure of our gratitude for all you have done for our newest AMMO Troops. Your efforts contributed significantly towards ensuring these folks were adequately trained for their Munitions Support duties where and when called for, world-wide.
AMMO Troops have always been known for their ability to produce and deliver the correctly configured ordnance in the quantities required, on time, every time, in support of whatever the combat aircraft sortie rates happen to be during wartime under the most arduous conditions imaginable. They have performed these toughest jobs in the USAF’s maintenance world willingly and consistently without fail. No Fragmentary (FRAG) order has ever been considered too difficult – – these guys and gals get the job done.
Those of us who rose through the ranks doing this work throughout our careers take great pride in our heritage. We make no apologies for considering AMMO troops to be a “cut above” the average USAF war fighter. Our achievements speak for themselves through years of hands on experience in Korea, Vietnam, and nearly continuous combat operations throughout the Middle East and around the world before and since 9/11. AMMO Troops continue today doing what needs to be done and they will always be there to ensure our combat aircraft have the bombs, bullets and PGM’s to do the mission.
We hope you won’t forget your association with AMMO and we wish you all the best as you continue to serve the USAF and this great country of ours. Thank you again Gary for all you have done at the AMMO Schoolhouse. Stay well, be safe and please keep in touch.