Just a reminder that the 7TH RAF WELFORD REUNION is in SAN ANTONIO TX the 19th thru 23rd OCTOBER 2010. Reservations have to be made at the hotel by SEPTEMBER 19th 2010 to receive the group rate. I also need to get some idea of the numbers as to the folks interested in the bus trip to Fredricksburg to see if it is a viable option. I will be out of the loop for a few weeks as I am scheduled for surgery the 2nd July and will in hospital for 7-10 days. You can contact me on my other email of [email protected] as my earthlink box gets full rather quickly. You can also contact me either on my cellphone#707-484-2813 or 503-458-6001 after the 15th July 2010. Please don’t hesitate to call me if you have any questions.

Take care, Tina Speer

To apply for a scholarship with the Chief Master Sergeant Gauvin Ammo Troop Memorial Fund please request an application from AFCOMAC. The application is due back to AFCOMAC no later than 1 June 2011 for the 2011/12 school year. Point of Contact is CMSgt Kevin B. Hryniewiecki at [email protected] or DSN: 368-3685/2400 Comm: 530-634-3685/2400

From our Vice President, Rich Pennington:

To ACA membership: Talked with retired MSgt Dave Crute over the weekend about his recovery from cancer surgery and chemo treatments. He’s in very good spirits and thinks in a few more weeks he’ll be back ready for action. Dave retired out of Langley some years ago and stayed in the Hampton Roads area where he has a auto repair shop that him and his son run to serve the local community.

He has a daughter that’s serving aboard the USN George Bush aircraft carrier. The Navy had a family day aboard the carrier and sailed out to open waters for the day a few weeks ago and Dave was able to go out and enjoyed the day.

Dave is a veteran of Vietnam and I had the pleasure of serving with him in the 80’s at Davis Monthan and Langley. Dave always did his best to take care of the troops.

I’m sure he would appreciate a card from old friends and the Ammo community.

Dave Crute, 8 Evelyn Drive, Newport News VA 23602

To:      ACAMC Membership                                                                                                        23 February 2010

Subj:  ACAMC Meeting Agenda

1. Date, Time, Location:  March 13, 2010 1300 hours, 1FW Munitions Flight Admin Facility, Langley AFB, VA.

2. Purpose:  To announce meeting of the general membership and solicit agenda topics.  Send additional topics to:

Email Mike GavinWilbur or McCullough

3.         Standard Agenda Items:

a.  Review and approval of minutes from December 12, 2009 meeting.

b.  Financial Status:  Our beginning balance was $865.45.  Since the last meeting, the chapter collected $450.00 in members’ dues and $72.00 in coins sales.  We dispersed $150.00 in awards and donated $650.00 to worthy causes (Rich Gauvin Scholarship Fund and Holiday Airmen-in-Need programs).  Our current balance is $737.45 as of 23 Feb 10.  The actual breakdown and most recent accounting is under separate cover.

4.         Old Business:

a. Awards Committee:  OPR: Mike Gavin, Bill McCullough.  Seymour-Johnson AFB’s MSgt Lindsey and SSgt Taylor won the 4^th Quarter ACC-level awards.  Packages generated and sent to Chief Munro.

b.  Membership Status:  Sixteen Chiefs and three Associate Members.

c.   Fundraising:

• Status: Coin, pen, and shirt sales.  Coins seem to be going well.  Shirts can be sold at a discounted rate to close out our inventory.
• 2010 Chapter dues are due! You may pay at the meeting or send them to:  AMMO Chiefs Association Mid-Atlantic Chapter, P.O. Box 65944, Hampton, VA  23665-5499.
• Yard sale to be held before 19 Jun meeting.

d.  Sunset Committee:  No news on Gen Marquez as of late.

e.  ACAMC participation and membership at meetings.

f.  Update on Langley AFB December 11dinner in honor of the 50^thAnniversary of the CMSgt rank.

g.  Update on USAF license plates in Virginia (Phil).

h.  Update on marble bench at Wright-Patterson Air Force Museum marble bench (via ACA).

i.  ACA reunion update.

j.  For annual submitters, ACA dues are due.  You may pay the Chapter or forward a check/money order to:  Ammo Chiefs Association (Attn: Treasurer), 6046 SW 98 Loop, Ocala, FL 34476.

k.  Etching of old ACAVC coins to reflect current chapter membership number.

5.  New Business:

a.  Fund-raising proposal.

b.  CAF conference.

c.  Open floor for  new business.

6.         Next Meeting: June 19, 2010 (location TBD).

//SIGNED//

Wilbur C. McCullough III

ACAMC Secretary-Treasurer