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Volume XV Issue 10The Bulletin Oct 2018 OCTOBER LUNCHEON SPEAKER illiam Hogarth died in London in Luncheon WOctober 1764 and his friend, actor 18 Oct 2018 David Garrick, composed the following inscription for his tombstone:
Farewell Great Painter of Mankind Who reach'd the noblest point of Art Whose pictur'd Morals charm the Mind And through the Eye correct the Heart. If Genius fire thee, Reader, stay, If Nature touch thee, drop a Tear: If neither move thee, turn away, For Hogarth's honour'd dust lies here.
The chapter’s October luncheon speaker will be Tim Farrell, a distinguished educator who taught English for 48 years at Gunn High School and Foothill College. He will Tim Farrell make an illustrated presentation on the Social Hour: 11:00 AM English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist Luncheon: 11:45 AM William Hogarth, entitled Gin, Sin, Sex in the City. In 1999 Mr. Farrell was the first Luncheon is $26.00 recipient of the Gunn Principal’s Cup for See Back Page for Reservations Excellence in Teaching. Form and Directions CALENDAR OF EVENTS 4 Oct Board Meeting 10:30 AM 18 Oct Luncheon with Mr. Tim Farrell presentation about William Hogarth 1 Nov Board Meeting 10:30 AM 15 Nov Luncheon with Maj General Kent Hillhouse USA (ret) Vietnam War and Los Gatos Memorial 20 Dec Luncheon with Col Keith Giles tour of Germany and Poland PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE Hi All, We had our Board of Directors meeting in the Moffett Field Museum for the first time on September 6. It took me about 30 minutes to walk from the front door to our meeting area down the hall. I had to stop every few feet to admire the incredible military equipment on display. And don’t worry, I won’t dwell on weapons of destruction. I’m fairly certain my “Perspective” guidelines won’t allow me to scare anyone. I’ve always appreciated museums. I just got back from Paris OFFICERS, BOARD, AND CHAIRS where I spent some time in the Louvre. (I was surprised at how small the PRESIDENT:Cpt Charles McDougald USA Mona Lisa painting was.) But I LOVE military museums. I stand in awe 415-722-1009 1st VP: LDCR J.C. Burns USN of all the weapons, uniforms, and tools of war on display. My dad was a 650-637-7742 th 2nd VP:CAPT John Hassenplug, USN gunner in the 20 Machine Gun Battalion in France in 1918. He was 650-224-7638 Secretary: COL Warren Enos AUS wounded and gassed but he survived. He was sixteen. I honestly never 408-245-2217 Treasurer: CAPT Keith Ott USN thought about the uniform he wore or the weapon he carried. Perhaps it’s 530-219-2404 Past President: CAPT Gil Borgardt USN karma. It doesn’t matter. Now I’m hooked. From now on, I’m going to 650-342-1270 arrive early for our meetings so I can spend some time inspecting and DIRECTORS & COMMITTEE CHAIRS CALMOAA studying. CAPT Gil Borgardt USN 650-342-1270 The equipment the doughboys had back then looks ancient. Then I Chaplain Col Don Bradley USAF 650-592-0915 laugh when I think about what the equipment we used in Vietnam must Chapter Outreach CWO5 Robert Landgraf USMC 408-323-8838 look like to the soldiers of today’s army. We had no computers back then. Commissary/Exchange Advisory CDR Ralph Hunt USN 650-967-8467 None. Now everybody has an iPhone that has more memory than the Friends-in-Need (FIN) Program CDR Al Mouns USN 408-257-5629 computer that put the first man on the moon. Drones can see what’s over Navy League Liaison LCDR Tom Winant USN 650-678-7120 the next hill and robotic aircraft can kill an enemy in Iraq, operated by Membership/Recruitment CAPT John Hassenplug, USN 650-224-7638 someone in air-conditioned comfort in Virginia. Personal Affairs What about the next generation? Will machines replace our CAPT Robert French USN 650-549-8896 Programs fighting men and women? I don’t think so. The presence of our soldiers in CDR Ralph Hunt USN 650-967-8467 ROTC a war zone gives much comfort to the downtrodden and oppressed. I CWO4 Patrick Clark USA 831-402-8548 Surviving Spouse Liason never saw a kid in Vietnam that could turn down a Hershey’s chocolate LtCol Charlene Lee USA 510-427-7145 Scholarship bar. We are killers, yes. But never forget, we are ambassadors that LtCol Charles Curran USAF 415-706-2353 Capt Gio Picazo USAF 669-258-5057 represent America in the worst of times as well as the best of times. CAPT Paul Barrish USN 408-356-7531 Travel (Space-A Advisory) vacant NEVER STOP SERVING Veteran Affairs LtCol Neil Miles USAF 408-929-1142 CHUCK Web Master LtCol Mike Sampognaro USAF 408-779-7389 Sergeant at Arms Capt Chris Kachulis USAF 408-395-2853 Strategic Planning WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Capt David Down ARNG 408-202-9360 Legislation LTC CHRIS CAPOZZI, USA (RET) LtCol Neil Miles USAF 408-929-1142
The Chapter Board meets at the Moffett Field Museum, LTC JACK WELLS, USMC (RET) Moffett Federal Airfield, the first Thursday of the month at 10:30am.
DIRECTORS EMERITUS LtCol. Jesse Craddock USAF 650-968-0446 CAPT Lloyd McBeth USN 408-241-3514 In Memorium RETIREE ACTIVITIES OFFICE (RAO) LtCol Arthur N. Fried, USAF, died March 2018 650-603-8047
Bulletin Editor Lt. Commander Walter Charles Capella LtCol. Mike Sampognaro, USAF [email protected] 408-779-7389 July 3rd 1921 - July 10th 2018 see pg 22
- 2 - OCTOBER LUNCHEON cont'd In 1743–1745, Hogarth painted the six pictures Hogarth was born in London to a lower middle- of Marriage à-la-mode, a pointed skewering of class family, and in his youth he took up an upper-class 18th-century society. This moralistic apprenticeship where he specialized in engraving. warning shows the miserable tragedy of an ill- Over time his work ranged from realistic portraiture considered marriage for money. This is regarded to modern graphic novel-like series called “modern by many as his finest project and may be among moral subjects,” perhaps best known being his moral his best-planned story serials. Marital ethics were series A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress and the topic of much debate in 18th-century Britain. Marriage A-la-Mode. Knowledge of his work is so The many marriages of convenience and their pervasive that satirical political illustrations in this attendant unhappiness came in for particular style are often referred to as "Hogarthian". criticism, with a variety of authors taking the view Influenced by French and Italian painting and that love was a much sounder basis for marriage. engraving, Hogarth's works are mostly satirical caricatures, sometimes bawdily sexual, mostly of the first rank of realistic portraiture. They became widely popular and mass-produced via prints in his lifetime, and he was by far the most significant English artist of his generation. In 1731 Hogarth completed the earliest of his series of moral works, a body of work that led to significant recognition. The collection of six scenes was entitled A Harlot's Progress and appeared first as paintings before being published as engravings. A Harlot's Progress depicts the fate of a country girl who begins prostituting – the six scenes are chronological, starting with a meeting with a bawd Marriage a-la-mode and ending with a funeral ceremony that follows the Later prints of significance include his pictorial character's death from venereal disease. warning of the consequences of alcoholism in The inaugural series was an immediate success Beer Street and Gin Lane (1751). Hogarth and was followed in 1733–1735 by the sequel A engraved Beer Street to show a happy city drinking Rake's Progress. The second installment consisted of the 'good' beverage, English beer, in contrast to eight pictures that depicted the reckless life of Tom Gin Lane, in which the effects of drinking gin are Rakewell, the son of a rich merchant, who spends all shown – as a more potent liquor, gin caused more of his money on luxurious living, services from problems for society. prostitutes, and gambling – the character's life ultimately ends in Bethlem Royal Hospital.
A Rake’s Progress Beer Street and Gin Lane… cont'd pg 4 - 3 - Tim attended Stanford University (B.A., 1963, SEPTEMBER LUNCHEON REPORT M.A., 1964). He has been active in the community uch is going on in the surface navy these since retirement, volunteering, as a docent at the M days - growth in ship and personnel numbers, Filoli Estate in Woodside for 15 years, and in operational demands (if it floats, it fights), in currently serving as program chair for the Morning training needs, in maintenance needs - and as recent Forum of Los Altos. He has also been involved in events show, almost the most important is the community theatre, most notably as Willy Loman need to get “back to the basics” - seamanship and in Palo Alto Players’ 2016 production of Death of leadership. Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) fills a Salesman. He and his wife Lynne have lived in an important role in this regard. Our speaker was Los Altos since 1963. Captain Chuck Good, USN, the Chair of Surface Mr. Farrell likely will be telling the stories Warfare at NPS. behind the images and that could prove to be enlightening, great fun, perhaps a lot of humor/a few laughs, and overall an entertaining time. ______SOURCE: Luncheon Speaker ELECTION 2019 According to the bylaws Article IX, Section 1, Election of Officers and Directors for the ensuing calendar year will be held at the annual meeting of the membership in November. Installation ceremonies will be at the membership meeting in December. In the event these dates prove to be impracticable, the Board of Directors may vary the He told of the vision of senior Navy dates by not more than six weeks. leadership: to create and maintain a surface force The following is a tentative election slate for second to none that controls the seas and provides 2019: the Nation with combat naval power when and President where needed. He then emphasized that the Navy’s CPT Chuck McDougald, USA (RET) mission was to man, train and equip our forces so 1st Vice President/Deputy, Membership that we can control the sea and project power ashore LCDR J.C. Burns, USN (RET) in a 2 + 3 manner ... (in a Multi-Axis/Multi- 2nd Vice President/Membership Dimensional environment) putting China and Russia CAPT John Hassenplug, USN (RET) at the center of a new national defense strategy Treasurer announced by Secretary Mattis while continuing to No Candidate maintain credible military capabilities vis-a-vis Secretary North Korea, Iran, and the global war on terror. No Candidate Captain Good put up a slide showing how the Immediate Past President fleet has changed over the past 50 years. That change CAPT Gil Borgardt, USN (RET) has been characterized by a decrease in naval forces, Director/Programs ships and aircraft, and in declining ship material No Candidate conditions and worsening trends in readiness as a Note: With the exception of Director/Programs, there is result of shortened training periods, increased expected to be no change with current/incumbent Directors deployment lengths, and reduced or deferred and Committee Chairs. maintenance for meeting high-operational demands. Volunteers are needed for key roles helping to He then went on to describe the near-term/mid- manage the chapter’s business into 2019. If range/long-term investment plan to support the interested, contact any member of the Board of Directors without delay. cont'd pg 5 ______SOURCE: Nominating/Search Committee - 4 - national strategy described by Secretary Mattis and I MET HIM how the Navy intends to support that strategy (by The article “DIY Ice Cream in Wartime” (Sept good stewardship, professional development, and 2018 SVC Bulletin) contains a photo of an safety-mindedness of our people and equipment). aviator scooping ice cream from a box. The He emphasized that the 2017 collisions of Fitzgerald aviator was “Jumpin’ Joe Clifton” who later and McCain show that we can’t neglect these tenets. reached flag rank, retiring as a vice admiral. I He described the circadian watch standing policy had the pleasure of meeting him when he was now in effect in the fleet which reduces fatigue and Chief of Naval Air Advanced Training. A young increases watch standing awareness. He further LCDR, I was on my last east coast training cruise described SWO training was now incorporating what on board the training carrier USS Antietam Merchant Marine cadets get at the Maritime before moving from North Carolina to Academies, less cargo specifics. California, when he came on board for an Captain Good noted the contribution of inspection of the crew just before Memorial Day Reservists to national defense. 1959. He impressed me and everyone else with Captain Good went on to describe how the his emphatic actions (banging his fist on the surface warfare community is being helped by NPS wardroom table) to emphasize a point and in the Man-Train-Equip issues currently challenging eagerness to address whatever issues arose in the our fleet readiness by providing business process conversation. Hence the name “Jumpin’ Joe.” An analysis of depot-level maintenance and crew work account of parts of his career is provided by one load studies and the balancing of planned and of his flag lieutenants, VADM Robert F. Dunn, unplanned manning reductions to achieve balanced USN-Ret. (former president of the Naval workloads; just some of many NPS study efforts. Historical Foundation) in the Oct. 2018 issue of The luncheon had one of our best turnouts Naval History. including a large number of friends from the Santa /Robert C. Whitten, CDR, USNR-Ret. Clara Council of the Navy League. After the Hon. Life Member, SVC MOAA presentation it was standing room only around the speaker as many wanted to learn more. He offered to put us in contact with the naval air warfare chair at NPS for a similar briefing in the future. BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU PUT THE PRICE TAG
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- 5 - The Monthly Trivia Contest New Member Each month I will print a picutre ot a LTC CHRIS CAPOZZI, USA (RET) cockpit. You must name the vehicle it controls. We are delighted to welcome new chapter Winners names will be published in the member LTC Chris Capozzi, USA (RET), who next month's issue with a photo of the vehicle and recently retired from active duty after a 21-year the prize a Ghirardelli Chocolate treat at our military career. He was initially commissioned luncheon. through OCS in 1993 and served 15 years as an September Trivia Cockpit active duty infantry officer. Later in his career he had an opportunity to attend law school and serve as a Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer, a military lawyer, with the California Army National Guard. He re-entered active duty in 2014. Chris had stateside assignments at Fort Drum, NY; Fort Irwin, CA; and the United States Military Academy, NY. His overseas assignments included tours in the Republic of Korea; the Sinai, Egypt; Afghanistan; and Kuwait. Among his assignments, he served as Bradley Platoon Leader, Mortar No one got last month's Trivia Platoon Leader, Rifle Company Commander, and Here is the answer: Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Life Science (USMA). As a JAG officer his assignments included Operational Law Attorney, Brigade Judge Advocate (commander’s counsel), and Chief of Military Justice. He served in the 2nd Infantry Division, 10th Mountain Division, the Special Operations Joint Task Force for Afghanistan, and on the National Training Center Staff. A native of Geneva, New York, Chris holds a BA from Ithaca College, an MS from the University of Wisconsin/Madison, and a JD from Fordham, University. He currently serves as an attorney in the Santa Clara County Counsel’s AV-8B Harrier II Office and lives in Santa Clara with his wife, Here is the October cockpit clue: Melinda, and their two girls, Sarah and Caroline. ______SOURCE: Biography
Name the vehicle and send an email to me: [email protected]
- 6 - Member’s Corner Forces past and present. THE CHAPTER’S NEWSLETTER Current and past issues of The Bulletin are ome years ago a U.S. Army colonel stood available at the chapter’s website here http://www. Sup and addressed a number of California svcmoaa.org/ and more specifically http://www. MOAA chapter leaders and in a firm voice told svcmoaa.org/Bulletin/Current.htm and even more them “If you people don’t start communicating specifically here http://www.svcmoaa. with your members, you’re going to fail.” And org/Bulletin/MBulletinList.html. Published that was quite a “heads-up,” an important lesson. articles/items are directly related to the chapter’s Since that incident some two decades ago Silicon purposes such as how the members support national Valley Chapter leaders have been making MOAA; the scheduling of events/activities offering publication and distribution of a constantly opportunities for camaraderie with others with improved and expanded newsletter, The Bulletin, military backgrounds; federal and California a very high priority. legislation which might impact members and This is the third of an occasional article in families; and, how the chapter works to influence a series, What Does MOAA Do for Its Members? an appropriate national security policy and protect The purpose is to provide detailed information earned entitlements. Perhaps a quick review of about offerings and benefits provided by national back issues will give an indication of the extent of MOAA and Silicon Valley Chapter. The Bulletin resources available. is a cost-effective medium for building Some articles available provide information relationships and maintaining contact with about Space-A military travel and commercial chapter members and prospective members. It’s travel discounts; how members can take advantage an effort to provide useful information and other of discounts and special offers at the military resources on topics of real value. Due to the exchanges and commissaries; how to obtain physical location of many members located TRICARE and related health care coverage; how to throughout the greater Bay Area, San Benito obtain special personal affairs assistance, including County, San Mateo County, the Central Valley, late in life and end-of-life issues and arrangements and beyond, the newsletter is often the only such as reporting a member death and securing contact a member has with the chapter, so its earned entitlements, and even use of the Moffett importance is clear. chapel; legislative actions, with a focus on For many years Col Keith Giles, USAF-Ret Sacramento and the state legislature, which have was the newsletter’s editor and consistently positive and negative impacts on members; staying produced and distributed an eight (8) page informed, keeping up to date, on military affairs; publication; today the current editor/publisher Lt. and very important—how the chapter supports Col. Mike Sampognaro, USAF-Ret, mails a Surviving Spouses (SSs); and, information about twenty four (24) page full-color, illustrated the San Jose Veterans Services Office, Palo Alto Bulletin monthly. In general, content includes Veterans Medical Center, and other community news/updates about the chapter and its members; organizations designed to support those with upcoming events; event/activity/speaker reports; military backgrounds. items designed to build relationships in order to Chapter leaders consider both internal and better meet interests and needs; human interest external communications extremely important and stories about new members and member make the chapter’s newsletter, The Bulletin, a high volunteers serving above and beyond the call of priority. It’s a rich resource for both chapter duty; stories of impact describing the chapter’s members and prospective members. work in the local military and general ______communities; local, state, national and SOURCE: Membership Committee international stories which likely have an impact 100 years ago everyone owned a horse on the chapter, and even stories and historical and only the rich had cars. accounts of incidents about the U.S. Armed Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses. - 7 - World War I: talents. Graves in the north of France and Belgium The War That Changed Everything and war memorials across the U.S. bear witness to Vet-2-Farm the 53,000 American soldiers who died. Thousands of civilians died, too, during the war A raiding party from the Scottish Rifles waits for itself, whether of hunger, disease or violence. And the order to attack, near Arras, France, March 24, then, as the guns were falling silent, a new 1917. pestilence struck humanity in the shape of a virulent influenza. As troops returned home, they unwittingly helped carry the disease around the world. It has been estimated that 50 million died. In World War I, for the first time, some officers and soldiers brought small, hand-held cameras to the battlefields. Images taken by the troops themselves provide insights into their daily lives, generally outside of the battle zones. Lucien Charpeine/europeana1914-18 Many of the now-familiar political One captain said, "The waiting was always the boundaries in Europe and the Middle East still hardest part of all." National Library of Scotland reflect the peace settlements that followed the war. These resulted in a smaller Russia and Germany ver a hundred years ago, in the small and wound up the great multinational empires of Balkan city of Sarajevo, Serbian O Austria-Hungary and the Ottomans. New nationalists murdered the heir to the throne of countries appeared on our maps, with names such Austria-Hungary and his wife. People were as Yugoslavia and Iraq. shocked but not particularly worried. Sadly, there What is harder to pin down and assess are had been many political assassinations in the war's long-term consequences—political, previous years—the king of Italy, two Spanish social and moral. The conflict changed all the prime ministers, the Russian czar, President countries that took part in it. Governments William McKinley. None had led to a major assumed greater control over society and have crisis. Yet just as a pebble can start a landslide, never entirely relinquished it. Old regimes this killing set off a series of events that, in five collapsed, to be replaced by new political orders. weeks, led Europe into a general war. In Russia, czarist autocracy was succeeded by a The U.S. under President Woodrow communist one, with huge consequences for the Wilson intended to stay out of the conflict, rest of the century. which, in the eyes of many Americans, had The scale and destructiveness of the war nothing to do with them. But in 1917, German also raised issues—many of which we still grapple submarine attacks on U.S. shipping and attempts with today—and spread new political ideas. by the German government to encourage Mexico President Wilson talked about national self- to invade the U.S. enraged public opinion, and determination and making the world safe for Wilson sorrowfully asked Congress to declare democracy. He wanted a League of Nations as the war. American resources and manpower tipped basis for international cooperation. From Russia, the balance against the Central Powers of Lenin and his Bolsheviks offered a stark Germany and Austria-Hungary, and on Nov. 11, alternative: a world without borders or classes. 1918, what everyone then called the Great War The competing visions helped fuel the Cold War, finally came to an end. which ended less than 30 years ago. The cold numbers capture much of the Before 1914, Russia was a backward war's horror: more than 9 million men dead and autocracy but was changing fast. Its growth rate twice as many again wounded—a loss of sons, was as high as any of the Asian tigers in the 1960s husbands and fathers but also of skills and cont'd pg 9
- 8 - and 1970s; it was Europe's major exporter of on the extremes of both the right and the left—of food grains and, as it industrialized, was fascism and communism—were sown in the years importing machinery on a massive scale. Russia before 1914, but it took World War I to fertilize also was developing the institutions of civil them. society, including the rule of law and The war aided the rise of extremism by representative government. Without the war, it weakening Europe's confidence in the existing order. might have evolved into a modern democratic Many Europeans no longer trusted the state; instead, it got the sudden collapse of the establishments that had got them into the old order and a coup d'état by the Bolsheviks. catastrophe. The German and Austrian monarchies Soviet communism exacted a dreadful toll on the were also overthrown, to be succeeded by shaky Russian people and indeed the world—and its republics. The new orders might have succeeded in remnants are still painfully visible in the corrupt, gaining legitimacy in time, but that was the one thing authoritarian regime of Vladimir Putin. that Europe and the world didn't have. The Great The war also destroyed other options for Depression at the end of the 1920s swept the new Europe's political development. The old regimes away and undermined even the strongest multinational empires had their faults, to be sure, democracies. but they enabled the diverse peoples within their The war had made many Europeans simply boundaries to live in relative harmony. Both give up on their own societies. Before 1914, they Austria-Hungary and the Ottomans were trying could take pride in Europe's power and prosperity, in to work out ways of encompassing the demands the knowledge that it dominated the world through of different groups for greater autonomy. Might its economic and military strength. They could boast they have succeeded if the war had not exhausted that European civilization was superior to all others. them to the point of collapse? We will never Now they were left with a shattered continent that know, but since then, the world has suffered the had spent down its wealth and weakened itself, violence and horrors of ethnic nationalism. perhaps mortally. As the great French thinker and The armistice of 1918 ended one gigantic poet Paul Valery said in 1922, "something deeper conflict, but it left the door open for a whole host has been worn away than the renewable parts of the of smaller ones—the "wars of the pygmies," as machine." Winston Churchill once described them. Church attendance plummeted, but night Competing national groups tried to establish their clubs were jammed by those who could afford them. own independence and to push their borders out Cocaine stopped being a medicine and became a at the expense of their neighbors. Poles fought recreational drug along with alcohol. Before the war, Russians, Lithuanians and Czechs, while a new generation of writers and artists had already Romania invaded Hungary. And within their been mocking the old classical traditions and borders, Europeans fought each other. Thirty- inventing their own. Now, in the 1920s, the jumbled seven thousand Finns (out of some 3 million) perspectives of the cubists, the atonal compositions died in a civil war in the first months of 1918, of new composers such as Arnold Schoenberg or the while in Russia, as many as a million soldiers experimental poetry and prose of writers such as and many more civilians may have died by the Ezra Pound or Marcel Proust seemed prescient— time the Bolsheviks finally defeated their many new forms that captured the reality of a fractured opponents. world. The war had brutalized European society, While the Europeans were coming to grips which had grown accustomed during the largely with what they had done to themselves, the rest of peaceful 19th century to think that peace was the the world was drawing its own lessons. The normal state of affairs. After 1918, Europeans European empires had called on their colonial were increasingly willing to resort to other sorts possessions to support the war effort, but in so doing of force, from political assassinations to street they had hastened the coming of their own end. violence, and to seek radical solutions to their Empires had always rested on a giant confidence problems. The seeds of the political movements trick—where they cont'd pg 10
- 9 - agreed, or at least didn't actively dispute, that As a result, the Treaty of Versailles—which imposed their colonial rulers were more civilized and a whole range of penalties on Germany, from the advanced and thus entitled to rule. loss of territory to reparations for war damage—was The soldiers from Africa, Canada, India, widely held by Germans to be illegitimate. The Australia or New Zealand had now seen for promise to break it apart became an important part of themselves what their European masters were the Nazis' appeal. In World War II, President capable of. The waste, the muddle, the brutality Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had been in Wilson's with which Europeans fought each other and government as assistant secretary of the Navy, was the sheer incompetence of much of the determined that this time there should be no doubt European war effort exploded the old myths of about the outcome of the war. The Allied policy for European superiority. Throughout the empires, the Axis powers was a straightforward assertive and impatient national movements— "unconditional surrender." often led by those who had returned from the Even on the winning side, the peace war—pushed the empires toward their end. settlements after World War I bred resentment. Mohandas Gandhi, who in the South African Italians complained of "a mutilated peace" because War of 1899-1902 had set up an ambulance they didn't get all the territory they wanted. Like corps to support the British, now led a Hitler, Mussolini found a handy grievance to help movement to oust them from India. him and his black-shirted fascists on the road to The end of hostilities in 1918 also power. The French felt they had sacrificed much— brought the challenge, one we still face, of how the country had lost 40% of its industrial capacity to end wars in ways that don't produce fresh and suffered the highest proportion of casualties of conflict. The first World War didn't directly all the powers—and gained little. To their east, the cause the second, but it created the conditions French saw a Germany relatively unscathed by war, in which it became possible. President Wilson with a larger economy, and a bigger population. was for a peace without retribution and a world Britain and the U.S. had promised to in which nations came together for the common guarantee France against German attack, but, as good; his opponents, such as Sen. Henry Cabot rapidly became clear, the guarantee was worthless. Lodge, thought that only a decisive victory over So France looked for allies in the center of Europe, Germany and its allies would lay the but countries such as Poland, Czechoslovakia, groundwork for a lasting peace. They may have Romania and Yugoslavia weren't strong enough to been right. Certainly after 1918, Germany's counterbalance Germany. French attempts to build right-wing elites and many ordinary Germans alliances there merely fueled German fears of being persuaded themselves that Germany hadn't encircled. As for Britain, it had more than enough really lost the war. problems trying to manage its vast empire with its In fact, Germany had been defeated on depleted resources, and so it withdrew, as it had so the battlefield in the summer of 1918, and, as its often done before, from entanglements on the allies fell away, a panicked German high Continent. command had demanded that the civilian In the Far East, nationalists in Japan, which government in Berlin ask for an armistice. The had been on the Allied side, felt their country had war had stopped before Germany itself was been used and then contemptuously scorned by the invaded, however, few Germans behind the "white" powers who refused to write a clause on lines experienced defeat firsthand. The German racial equality into the Covenant of the League of army had marched home in good order. "We Nations. That helped to propel Japan down the road greet you undefeated," said the German of militarism and imperialism, and eventually to president, while members of the high command confrontation with the U.S. at Pearl Harbor. such as Gen. Erich von Ludendorff hastened to Of equal significance for the future was the spread the poisonous myth that the army had growing disillusionment with the West in China. been stabbed in the back by traitors at home, China, too, had been an ally, supplying more than whether Jews, socialists or liberals 100,000 laborers for the Western front. Two thousand of cont'd pg 11 - 10 - them lie buried in France. Yet when the powers Americans, had led to the war. The U.S. was met in Paris, they didn't give China what it most entering the war as an "associate" and not as an wanted—Germany's territorial and other "ally." Its war aims were different from those of concessions in Shandong province—but handed the Europeans: to build a peaceful and just them over to Japan, another ally. It was cynical international order, not to acquire territory or other power politics: Japan was stronger and therefore war booty. more important to the West. The U.S. delegation came to the postwar In the resulting nationalist fury, key peace conference with a contempt for old Europe Chinese liberals gave up on the West and and a sense of moral superiority. That was only Western-style democracy. "We at once awoke to reinforced when the making of peace proved the fact that foreign nations were still selfish and difficult. The protracted and bitter battle between militaristic," said one student demonstrator. As Wilson and his opponents resulted in Congress fate would have it, an alternative model now rejecting the newly founded League of Nations presented itself—in Russia, where the new and heartened those who wanted the U.S. to stay communist leaders were promising to build a new, out of foreign entanglements. fairer and more efficient society. The Chinese As postwar problems mounted in Europe, Communist Party was founded in 1920, and many many Americans reacted with dismay, anger and a of those who had demonstrated against the West feeling that somehow they had been suckered into in 1919 became members. The consequences of the wrong conflict. That in turn played into the that turn are still with us today. isolationist impulses of the 1920s and the 1930s, On the other side of the world, the U.S. again with dangerous consequences. We can never now challenged a declining and divided Europe know, but it remains at least an open question: If for leadership of the world. In the course of the the U.S. had joined the League and been prepared war, financial dominance had moved across the to work with other democracies against the Atlantic from London to New York, as the U.S. aggressive and undemocratic powers, could World became the world's largest creditor. It was also War II have been averted? much more powerful in other ways. The war had Such questions about alternate paths that boosted American industry and speeded up the might have been followed in the past century conversion of U.S. economic strength into make World War I of enduring interest. We diplomatic and military power. By the end of the should not see it merely as something of historical war, the U.S. was the world's largest manufacturer interest, a series of sepia photographs showing and had the largest stock of gold to back its dollar. people who are quite alien to us. We are still Its navy rivaled the British, up until then the living with the results of that war, and we face world's biggest. similar concerns. How, for example, does the American exceptionalism—that sense of world deal with powers whose leaders feel they being both different and better than the rest of the must have their place in the sun? For Germany world—had also been reinforced. As Wilson once then, read Russia now. Or how can we rebuild said, "America is an idea, America is an ideal, societies after deeply damaging conflicts—in America is a vision." In his great speech to Europe then, but in Central Africa, the Middle Congress in April 1917, when he asked for the East or Afghanistan today? declaration of war on Germany, he made it clear A century after the assassination of an that the U.S. wanted nothing for itself from the Austro-Hungarian archduke in the streets of war, that its goal was to defeat militarism and Sarajevo, it may be that looking back to World build a better world. He would, he repeatedly said, War I can still help us toward a more peaceful do his utmost to move international relations away future. from the sort of secret diplomacy and deals that —Dr. MacMillan is the warden of St. Antony's the European powers had engaged in for centuries College, Oxford University, and the author, most and that, in his opinion and that of many recently, of "The War that Ended Peace: The Road to 1914." ∞ - 11 - MOFFETT MUSEUM BOARD MEETING welcome change! It was very relaxing and Eighteen board members assembled at the relatively stress free throughout.” Coffee was Moffett Museum Thursday, September 6th, in its available; however, locating the donuts was a bit of a planned move from Air Operations, providing an challenge, a problem which should be corrected by expanded facility and improved convenience. the next meeting. As CAPT Barrish suggested, it was a pleasure to meet in an area surrounded by hundreds of museum artifacts.
View from the conference table “I was awash in a feeling of nostalgia at our first SVC Board meeting today,” CAPT Paul Barrish, USN (RET), a chapter past president Almost over-whelming and currently a director, noted, “The total Chapter members who would like to be present as (almost) history of Moffett Field is on display the board manages the chapter’s business are more in the building and our meeting area had a than welcome! collection of dress uniforms, combat attire and ______artifacts that helped us ancient warriors feel like SOURCE: Board Meeting Observations "I remember that…" The main part of the meeting which convened promptly at 10:30 am with an invocation and recital of the Pledge of Allegiance involved reports by committee chairs and work groups, direct management of the chapter’s business. Some of the highlights were an announcement of luncheon speakers confirmed through December, a thanks to Warren Honaker for the use of the Air Ops Bldg for our past meetings, actions taken to improve production and distribution of The Bulletin; the monthly finance report; a legislative report and summary of a SVC/ROA Congressional briefing about special issues needing new legislation; and much more. The new meeting location is spacious, well- lighted, and comfortable. There is plenty of room for chapter members and special invited guests. CDR Ralph Hunt, USN (RET) said, “The new meeting venue in the museum was a
- 12 - Scholarship Winner Some of the courses he completed during his first year included AS1B-Foundation of the U.S. CADET JARED MUMMERT Air Force; COMM-20-Public Speaking; ECON San Jose State University Air Force Reserve -1A-Principles of Economics; GEOL-8-Age of Officers Training Corps (AFROTC) second year Dinosaurs; POLS-4-Intro to International Cadet Jared Mummert was awarded a $1000 Relations; and KIN-2A-Beginner’s Swimming. scholarship during the chapter’s September 20th He is particularly interested and does well in the general membership luncheon meeting held at the AFROTC leadership laboratory and economics Biltmore Hotel in Santa Clara. The award was in courses. While carrying this study load, recognition of his academic achievements and completing 25 units, including external credits and potential as a commissioned officer. achieving a grade point average of 2.26/4.00, he worked 25 hours per week as a barista at a local café. During his first year, Cadet Mummert was an Air Science (AS) 100 non-contract student and was assigned duties with Logistics Readiness Flight keeping order and account of uniforms and issuing items to over 70 cadets; at the same time he served with Warrior Challenge Flight hosting and organizing an event designed to cater to the physical competition between 150-200 cadets/cadre. Indeed, as a part of Functional Flights he hosted multiple drills and ceremonies practices in order to help aid in the improvement of over 20 cadets. This young cadet stated, “The only member of my family who has served in the military was my biological grandfather who enlisted in the Navy, whom I met for the first time a few years ago. I’m According to Jared, “I wish to serve in the Air from Riverside, California and there is not much Force as an officer or enlisted. If I get chosen for of a military influence there. I just want to help in field training when the time comes and have the general one way or the other, as every member of opportunity to become an officer I am not yet sure the military force does, no matter how small my what I would like to do, however at some point I contributions are to the safety of our country. would like to attempt to cross-train to another Air ______Force Specialty Code (AFSC) to diversify my SOURCE: Cadet Jared Mummert experience in the military.” At the university he is a Business Entrepreneurship undergraduate study major, looking ahead to a day when he might begin a post-Air Force career ultimately starting several businesses, beginning with a food truck. “My ultimate goal,” he says, “is to have a hand in several types of organizations, with the largest being a non-profit or charitable organization.”
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- 13 - Scholarship Recipient he will find another job that has to do with airplanes. CADET ROBERT W. CARLSON During his first year, and in addition to the San Jose State University Air Force Reserve Intro to Aviation course, he registered for Intro to Officers Training Corps (AFROTC) Cadet Music, Business/Aviation Calculus, English 1A, Robert W. Carlson was awarded a $1,000 and Foundation of USAF. He noted that he didn’t scholarship during the September 20th Chapter have a lot of homework at that particular time, Luncheon meeting held at the Biltmore Hotel, with his time spent mostly studying for tests and Santa Clara. It was awarded in recognition of his quizzes. “Since I have a part-time job my time to achievements in the course of study leading to study has been substantially shorted yet I handled service as a commissioned officer in the United my classes very well. By the end of my first States Air Force. semester I completed 16 units and had a 3.33 A second year student, Cadet Carlson is GPA.” pursuing an Aviation (Operations) study major. As a non-contracted fourth class/first year He was interested in San Jose State because such student, Cadet Carlson was in Special Projects a major is uncommon in California and he would Flight and was tasked to brainstorm and plan have an opportunity to learn about planes and morale events designed to make AFROTC great flying as well as participate in the AFROTC for everyone. program. His most enjoyable first year course According to this promising young man, “I was Introduction to Aviation where he was have had no close family members serve in the exposed to aircraft and flight; his plan after military that I have met. My grandma has been graduation is to go directly to pilot training. an influence because she has helped me make my decision to join the Air Force and work hard to achieve my goal of being a pilot. She got me started on getting hours towards my private pilot’s license when I was just 13 years old. My second influence is my mom. She has believed in me since I was a little kid, and she is also very supportive of my dreams. My mom has sacrificed a lot of time and money to take me to air shows and see what it would be like to fly a very powerful aircraft.” ______SOURCE: Cadet Robert Carlson
“My career goals are to become a pilot in the USAF, become a pilot instructor, and retire after 16-20 years or until I cannot fly any longer in the military,” the young cadet said. “After the military, my goal is to transfer to a civilian pilot and fly until I feel like I need to fully retire.” If or some reason he is not selected for pilot training
- 14 - Aircraft Carrier USS Langley CV-1 USS Jupiter conducted coal carrying The Ship That Lived Three Lives services for the Pacific fleet until October By 1914. That year she transported Marines CDR William Andersen USNR Retired from San Francisco, California to Mazatlán, Mexico, then East, into the Caribbean Sea to he aircraft carrier USS Langley deliver the Marines to Veracruz, Mexico. In TCV-1 was originally constructed Mexico a national revolution was exploding, with good lines as a Proteus-class collier and United States involved itself landing at the Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, troops to protect US interests. The California in 1912. She was 542 feet long, involvement was restrained; the United 65.5 feet wide, and a draft of 27.8 feet, at States limited it to prevent involving itself in 19,360 tons. Afloat powered by the US a war, but it was enough to earn Jupiter a Navy's first turbo-electric engines and Mexican Service Medal. driven by twin screws she sustained a Participating in the First World War, speed of 17 Knots. She was armed with USS Jupiter convoyed cargo to Europe two 4X4”guns though she was not a including the first US Naval Aviation fighting ship. Detachment (seven officers and one hundred In April 1913 the Navy and twenty-two enlisted men). She provided commissioned her as USS Jupiter, an coal for forces in both Europe and America auxiliary, a working ship, a coal ship. receiving a WWI Victory Medal. With her cavernous bins and towering In 1920, Jupiter was decommissioned, cargo masts the Jupiter would transport converted to an aircraft carrier and renamed and deliver the coal that powered most Langley. The era of the airplane at sea was Navy ships. Unlike the coal burning ships underway. Langley had a new life to she serviced, Jupiter’s modern turbo- contribute to that era. Langley proceeded to electric engines saved her from coal-dust the Caribbean and the Atlantic Coast to explosions common in the fleet at that conduct flight training and testing pilots. The time. For her the Navy saw no great first takeoff and landing on an underway battles and heroics, no victories, and no aircraft carrier were made in 1922 on the celebrations, little praise and plenty of Langley. In 1924 she was transferred to the work, but events might change that. West Coast Battle Fleet at San Diego, California.
USS Jupiter AC-3 as a collier USS Langley CV-1 as an Aircraft Carrier cont'd pg 16 - 15 - In 1927 Langley sailed back to Langley’s convoy with 16 Mitsubishi Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Cuba for G4M3 (Betty Bombers). At first from more training and testing pilots. During high altitude they used a small number of the following 10 years off the coasts of drops. No longer an aircraft carrier with California and Hawaii she taught fleet fighters on its deck, she was now just a unit pilots to fly at sea off and on a freighter. The old Langley fought off her carrier and experimented with fleet attackers as best she could weaving away tactics. from the falling bombs. The two Then in 1937 in a change of use, American destroyers with their guns did USS Langley at Mare Island converted to their best to protect her. But on the third a seaplane tender, commissioned AV-3, attack from a low altitude the Japanese shipped out with the Aircraft Scouting did their own anticipating of the locations Force performing tending operations Langley used evading and scored five around the Pacific: Alaska, to the hits. Langley’s topside exploded in Philippines. Langley’s carrier life over, flames. Steering limited, listing, her she left a legacy of well-trained pilots to engines died. Unable to reach her the Navy valuable to the new carriers destination, the crew abandoned ship. USS Lexington and USS Saratoga in the Destroyers Edsall and Whipple scuttled coming war Langley with torpedoes and shells to keep her from the Japanese. The first American aircraft carrier died in combat. The American destroyers buried her at sea.
References: WINGS OVER WATER U.S. NAVY SHIPS USS Langley as a carrier was awarded: USS Langley AV-3 as a seaplane tender By 1942 the Japanese were American Defense Service Medal with devouring Asia. Langley joined the Fleet Clasp Pacific Fleet at Manila put to work Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two carrying freight from Australia to Java stars including 32 crated P40 Pursuit planes World War II Victory Medal crowded on what remained of her flight and hanger decks. With the forward third USS Langley as an AV-3 was awarded: of her flight deck removed in her Two Battle Stars on its Asian-Pacific conversion, her fighting in the air was Campaign Streamer gone; she was no more than a freighter. One Star for Philippine Island Operation With an anti-submarine screen of two One for Netherlands East Indies destroyers USS Edsall and USS Whipple Engagement along both sides, Langley was detected If you replace "W" with "T" in "What, Where by a Japanese scout plane in the early and When", you get the answer to each of morning. By noon the Japanese attacked them.
- 16 - South Bay Blue Star Moms New Member he South Bay Blue Star Moms is a LTCOL JACK WELLS, USMC RETIRED T military support group based in the n 1964 Jack Wells signed up for the Silicon Valley area of California, especially I Marine Platoon Leaders Class while at dedicated to supporting the troops and assisting Foothill College, beginning an experience which the mothers and their families who have children took him into combat operations in Vietnam and serving in the United States military. A chapter ultimately the writing and publication of The of the Blue Star Mothers of America, the South Class of ’67: The Story of the 6th Marine Officer Bay Blue Star Moms provide military family Basic Class of 1967. His story was published in support in the San Francisco South Bay area in The Bulletin in August 2017. Northern California. Throughout the year, we create and send military troop care packages to show our loved ones they are heroes, we appreciate their service, and we continue to support them while they are away from home. We share our concerns, our support, our pride and our devotion for our loved ones serving in the United States Armed Forces. Through various events and activities, we support fellow Blue Star Moms, associate members, our children serving in the military, our Veterans and our community. We provide military family support to benefit our members and their “In 1966 I transferred to San Jose State,” he families. We promote causes that will benefit said, “and in 1967 I graduated with a degree in military personnel through a military advocacy Accounting and Finance.” During the period he program. had been participating with the Platoon Leaders The South Bay Blue Star Moms is a non- Class where he attended two six week training partisan, non-sectarian, non-discriminatory and sessions at Quantico, VA; he was commissioned non-profit organization. Our mission is to on January 15, 1967. Later in the year he attended support fellow Blue Star members, their sons, Marine Officers Basic School and then graduated daughters and any other family members who are from the U. S. Army Artillery School. currently serving or have served in the Armed Jack entered active duty and served as a Forces of the United States of America. forward observer with A Company, 1st Battalion, History 7th Marines and also as the artillery advisor for In the summer of 2004, our founding the 21st ARVN Ranger Battalion. He ended his mothers came together out of a need for a local 1968-69 Vietnam War tour as the executive military support group while each had a child officer (XO) for H Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th serving in the Armed Forces. The South Bay Marines. He resigned his regular commission in Blue Star Moms was formed. By early August of 1970 and joined a San Francisco Bay Area USMC that year, the South Bay Blue Star Moms was six Reserve unit and retired from the Reserves as a members strong. The first general meeting, held lieutenant colonel. on August 24, 2004, was promoted in the media An early writing effort, Basic School Class of and approximately 20 military moms and a few 6/67: The Tip of the Spear, an article which was dads attended the first general meeting. The published in the Marine Corps Gazette in 2002 South Bay Blue Star Moms is affiliated with the was well received and became the first chapter of Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., a group Jack’s widely-acclaimed book. formed during WWII and officially chartered by Through the following years Jack pursued a Congress. In the fall of 2004 South Bay Blue career in financial sales and real estate, including Star Moms received their charter and officially a stint with GE Capital. became California Chapter #4, with a 501 (c) 3 ______status. ∞ SOURCE: Biography - 17 - Organizations Supporting the Surviving Spouse Corner Since January 2018, the Chapter Bulletin has published 14 Surviving Spouse Corner articles or related subject matter. Those articles were provided by or related to the following organizations:
· Silicon Valley Chapter (coordination of surviving spouse information & articles) · Veterans Service Office of Santa Clara County (benefits information & advocacy) · Surviving Spouse Advisory Committee of the Military Officers Association (articles) · U S Navy Shift Colors (contact list summary) · Veterans Administration (health care and disability pay) · Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) (retired pay) · U S Coast Guard Station Alameda pay (TriCare) · San Jose Vet Center (benefits information & advocacy) · Retirees Activity Office Moffett (retiree information) · United Veterans Council of Santa Clara County (local & national legislation advocacy) · Social Security Administration · CalVet (benefits information & advocacy)
Those articles and related material addressed:
· Survivor Spouse Planning · Survivor Spouse Check Lists (who to call and how)
· The need for members to create files of personal information needed by their surviving spouse in the event of their passing and that their spouses were coached as to the location and content of these files.
An informal survey of our members show that while many have living trusts, many fewer had accomplished any information assembly for their spouse.
- 18 - cont'd pg 19 cont'd pg 20 - 19 - Additional Notes: A. DFAS (Defense Finance and Accounting Service) How to Report a Retiree's Death 1 . Upon notification of death, DFAS will stop monthly payments to prevent overpayment. Call DFAS at 800-321 -1080. Please have the decedent's Social Security Number and the date of death when you call or you can report the retiree's death online by clicking here. 2. Within 7-10 business days after reporting the death to DFAS, you should receive a letter containing the following documents: ☛ SF1174 Claim for Unpaid Compensation of Deceased Member of the Uniformed Service ☛ Annuity account forms and instructions (if the decedent was enrolled in the Survivor Benefit Plan or the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan) 3. Complete the forms you received with your letter and return them with a copy of the retiree’s Death Certificate that includes cause of death to: Defense Finance and Accounting Service U.S. Military Retired Pay 8899 E 56th Street Indianapolis IN 46249-1200 If you need assistance completing your claim forms, please call 800-321-1080. When to Report a Retiree's Death Please report the retired service member’s death as soon as possible. This will help avoid delay and possible financial hardship to surviving beneficiaries, family members or executors, who will be required to return any unearned military retirement payments. Eligibility for military retired pay ends with the death of the retiree. Therefore, if a retired pay payment was issued for the month in which the retiree died the bank will be notified to return the payment upon notification of death. The beneficiary of the AOP may be due a prorated amount for the month of death. Never return money yourself unless specifically asked to. Additional Tips to Assist you in making your claim When requesting the deceased retiree’s 1099R, please submit a copy of the certificate of death (COD). The 1099R cannot be issued until the date of death (DOD) is confirmed. If you are not the spouse or designated beneficiary, please ensure Part C of the SF1174 is completed. The lack of information provided in Part C may delay the claim. U.S. and Foreign citizens with an OCONUS mailing address will have to submit IRS form W-8BEN to verify citizenship status. If the arrears of pay are due they cannot be issued until this is complete and on file. If making a claim as Trustee of a Trust, that has not been designated, please ensure a full copy of the trust and Will are submitted with your claim. Ensure ALL applicable sections of the SF1174 are completed, especially the two required witness signatures. Having an incomplete SF1174 can create an additional delay in receiving your payment. Also, please keep in mind, that the purpose of the witness signatures are to declare that the witnesses are acquainted with the claimant and that they witnessed the claimant complete and sign the form. If the witness signatures are signed and dated prior to the claimant’s signature, then the claim will be invalid. If a minor is due AOP, the parent/guardian will need to sign the SF1174 in support of the minor. DD Form 2790 will also need to be completed and submitted by the parent/guardian of the child. A separate document in the Surviving Spouse tab of the website provides a checklist to assist you with completing a timely claim (SF 1174 Claim for Unpaid Compensation of Deceased Member of the Uniformed Forces) for the arrears of pay. The checklist outlines the most common errors made by a claimant (you) that may cause delays in processing your claim. Please use as a reference in completing your claim.
- 20 - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Surviving Spouse Corner nowAVet? is an all-volunteer, IRS Survivors Pension Kapproved, FREE service to veterans and The Survivors Pension benefit, which may our families. We provide information and also be referred to as Death Pension, is a tax-free assistance to aid veterans in learning of 60+ issues monetary benefit payable to a low-income, un- we have earned help for, and how to access that remarried surviving spouse and/or unmarried child (ren) of a deceased Veteran with wartime service. help through government and/or community resources, for our best possible life after deployment. Eligibility We need two new volunteers (Hopefully The deceased Veteran must have met the veterans) to augment our team on an occasional following service requirements: basis. • For service on or before September 7, 1980, the Veteran must have served at least 90 1) WordPress programmer/developer. We days of active military service, with at least one day have an extensive website www.KnowAVet.org during a war time period. and have just developed the country’s first • If he or she entered active duty after directory of every ALL Federal, State and Local September 7, 1980, generally he or she must have veterans resource, Plus non-government, served at least 24 months or the full period for community resources by zip code for over 60 which called or ordered to active duty with at least one day during a war time period. issues veterans face. That beta is at www. • Was discharged from service under KnowAVet.info. other than dishonorable conditions. a) So, one job will be to link the two, Survivors Pension is also based on your yearly probably via a cart. family income, which must be less than the amount b) As the site is anonymous, another job is set by Congress to qualify. to create an exit survey so we can see what to While an un-remarried spouse is eligible at any age, a child of a deceased wartime Veteran must be: change and capture stories of success. • Under 18, OR c) More will be required as we are in the • Under age 23 if attending a VA- process of converting from the desktop version to approved school, OR a more mobile friendly site. • Permanently incapable of self- 2) Graphic Designer – again, hopefully a support due to a disability before age 18 vet. Your yearly family income must be less than the amount set by Congress to qualify for the Survivors a) Aside from straight forward things like Pension benefit. Learn more about income and net updating business cards and mastheads, worth limitation, and see an example of how VA b) we are in the midst of a conversion from calculates the Survivors Pension benefit. a desktop to a mobile friendly version of our website. While we have several cut and pasted versions of concepts, what they prove most is How to Apply To apply for Survivors Pension, download and intent and my graphic incompetence. Our current complete VA Form 21P-534EZ, “Application for designer is retiring from all outside services, as DIC, Death Pension, and/or Accrued Benefits” and they are about to have their second child and have mail it to the Pension Management Center (PMC) their priorities in order. But they will be helping that serves your state. You may also visit your local with the changeover. regional benefit office and turn in your application If you care about helping combat veterans for processing. You can locate your local regional benefit office using the VA Facility Locator. get to their best possible life after multiple deployments, please give us a hand for a while. It will look great on your resume and may even save a few lives! You can reach me on my cell 24/7 845.300.2170 Neil Lichtman
- 21 - Walter Charles Capella SVC WEBSITES Our Chapter website is www.siliconvalleymoaa. org, a shorter link is www.svcmoaa.org. You can also get to it from the national MOAA site: Put the cursor over Chapters and select Chapter Locator, CA, then Silicon Valley Chapter. From there you may link over to our primary website above. Our home page has links for The Bulletin and eBulletin. B On July 10th, 2018, after an amazing life, Lt. TRICARE FOR LIFE Commander Walter Charles Capella peacefully said SERVICE goodbye to his loving family and friends. For assistance, contact the He was preceded in death by his loving wife Wisconsin Physicians Service of 58 years, Carmen. Devoted father of Linda (Dave www.tricare4u.com Parenti), Walter Jr. (Marcie) and Randal 866-773-0404 "Rocky" (Yvette) Capella. Adored and proud grandfather of Julie Parenti, Lori Parenti, Samantha Members can report the death of a retiree locally Capella, Kristen (Frank Montes) Cody and Kylie through the Retire Activity Office (RAO). The Capella, and great grandfather to Lucca Pasero and phone number is Sophie Montes. He is also survived by many 650-603-8047 cherished nieces, nephews and cousins. The family You can also notify a MOAA member’s death to: thanks Loloma Lehauli, for her loving and loyal MOAA, Attn: MSC, care over the last year. Thank you also to Mission 201 N Washington St, Alexandria, VA 22314 Hospice and Elizabeth Craig. -2539. Walter was born in San Francisco, July 3rd, Or: Call 1-800-234-6622 1921 to Rose and Charles Capella and was preceded Or: E-mail: [email protected]. Notify SVC-MOAA in death by his parents, as well as his brother by phoning the Membership Chair–see listing on Raymond and sister, Elaine, "Ducky". A college page 2 of The Bulletin. B graduate of St. Mary's, he joined the Navy in June of 1942. A proud Naval Air veteran of 30 years, Dad very seldom talked about his military service, FREE Membership although reliving many fascinating stories during Members who have achieved 90 years his time in Hospice. He was a fighter pilot who are not required to pay membership dues survived 3 crashes, a navy boxer with a 15-1 record, donations gratefully accepted a flight instructor before they called them "Top Guns", and a Brown Belt in Martial Arts. But most of all, he was a man of honor and integrity who always led by example. After his retirement from the Navy, Dad worked for Fuller Obrien company for more than 25 years. He was devoted to his Catholic faith and was a dedicated member of St. Robert's Church in San Bruno. A truly amazing Husband, Father and "grandpa", Dad will be remembered for his positive attitude, outlook on life, and for the three things most important to Dad was Family, God, and, Country. - 22 - Membership Application and Renewal Form ( Revised 10/17 ) Please complete form fully
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- 23 - Silicon Valley Chapter of the NONPROFIT ORG Military Officers Association of America US POSTAGE P.O. Box 2 PAID Moffett Field, CA 94035 SAN JOSE CA PERMIT NO. 1223
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