FYI….It’s been awhile since the base PA office got around to us again but here’s an opportunity to watch another one of our graduations in the schoolhouse. Just go to the http://www.sheppard.af.mil/ home page and look on the left hand side for Sheppard News. The article should have the link to get to the live-stream in it.
Sheppard TV live: 363 TRS Munitions Apprentice graduation Wed Mar 12 @ 11:00 am
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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
Here is the 2013 Midwest Chapter’s annual report.
Activities:
– Re-elected Don Myers as the Chapter Vice President
– Held several luncheons throughout the year
– Held two formal meetings during the year
– Sponsored a hole for the WP Chief Group’s Golf Tournaments
– Acknowledged the 4 AFMC’s Outstanding Munitions Performers for 2012
Members in good standing:
– Mark Gossett – President
– Don Myers – Vice President
– Gary Knighton – Secretary/Treasurer
– Harvey Ridenoure
– Billie Campbell
– Kevin Haldeman
Our ending account balance for 2013 is (available upon request)
Projected 2014 activities:
– Hold several luncheons
– Hold Two membership meetings
– Support the AFMC’s 2013 Outstanding Munitions Performers
– Support the WP AFB Chiefs Group Golf Tournament
– Hold Secretary/Treasurer Elections
Have a great New Year.
Thanks
Mark ‘Goose’ Gossett
IYA AMMO YAS
2013 Veteran’s Day Free Meals and Discounts
Two notes before jumping in:
Proof of Military Service. First, most companies require some form of military ID – including a U.S. Uniform Services ID Card (active/reserve/retired), Current Leave and Earnings Statement (LES), Photograph in uniform, be wearing uniform (if your service permits), Veterans Organization Card (e.g., American Legion and VFW), DD214, discharge paperwork, or other form of identification. Other restaurants and companies may only require a photo of you in uniform, or go by the honor system.
Participation.
Second, always call ahead to verify locations, times, and participation.
Home Depot Military Discount: The Home Depot(R) is offering all active duty personnel, reservists, retired military, veterans and their families a 10 percent discount off their purchases in honor of Veteran’s Day. The offer is valid on purchases of up to $2,000 for a maximum of $200 and is available at The Home Depot stores, The Home Depot Design Center locations, Yardbirds and EXPO Design Center(R) locations. The 10% military discount is available everyday for active duty and retirees, but not all veterans. Home Depot makes this offer available to all veterans on most military holidays. You can also find Home Depot discounts online.
Lowe’s Military Discount: Lowe’s Companies, Inc. will offer all active, reserve, honorably discharged, retired military personnel and their immediate family members a 10 percent discount on in-store U.S. purchases made during the Veterans Day holiday. The discount is available Nov. 11. The discount is available on in-stock and special order purchases up to $5,000. To qualify, individuals must present a valid military ID or other proof of service. Excluded from the discount are sales via Lowes.com, previous sales, and purchases of services or gift cards. Like Home Depot, Lowes offers this discount daily to active duty military members, but not to veterans. However, they extend the offer to military veterans on military holidays. You can also find exclusive discounts at Lowe’s.com.
Free Park Admissions for Veterans Day
Veteran’s Day Discounts – Retail Stores & More
Here are some additional Veteran’s Day Discounts. In all cases, be sure to provide proper ID or proof of service. In addition, some of these stores are franchises, so verify participation before assuming the discount is in place.
More offers available to everyone (not just military and veterans):These offers are available to anyone and require signing up for a new account.
Free Hugo® Canes for Veterans.
AMMO:
Details on services for our Ammo Brother Chief Mike “Curran’s the Name, Ammo’s the Game” Curran; CMSgt Fred O Hern will present the Ammo Chiefs Association Order of the Shell and Flame to Mike’s widow Pauline, and sons Paul, Mark, Liam, and Sean at the internment service. VFW Post 4781 Honor Guard will render full military honors at the internment service located at Florida National Cemetery which is just off I-75 (exit 309) about 45 miles south of Ocala, Florida.
Please share this information with Mike’s many friends
Viewing: Monday, Sept. 30th 2-4 PM Church Service: Queen of Peace, Tuesday, Oct 1st 08:30AM
Internment: Florida National Cemetery, Tuesday, Oct 1st 11:00 AM
Reception: Angela Santos, VFW 4781 (off SR200 SW of Ocala, FL), Tuesday, Oct 1st 1-3 PM
Funeral Home:
Hiers-Baxley Funeral Services, 9695 SW 110th Street, Ocala, FL 34481, Tel: 352-873-4114 Services and Obituary website:
Search for “curran” or “michael curran” and this will take you to a page for him where the family will be posting photos, obituary, and his many friends and Ammo Brothers can post comments. This should be up later today.
Charity: Instead of sending flowers, please make a donation in Michael’s name to the following charity.
Feeding America’s Hungry Children