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The Salute Online the Salute Online The Salute online The Salute online Monthly newsletter of the Portsmouth Area Chapter, an affiliate of the Military Officers Association of America, serving Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Smithfield & Franklin, Virginia, since 1983. Dinner meetings are held the Second Thursday of each month except July and August. VOLUME XXXII ISSUE VI [email protected] pacmoaa.org June 2013 PRESIDENTIAL CHAIR JUNE 2013 I hope you all are enjoying the beautiful weather and looking for- ward to the summer. Remember, June is our last regular dinner meeting until September. We will have our annual brunch in July at the Chamberlain but final arrangements are still being made. The most likely date is 21 July. The May dinner meeting was a great success with a delicious din- ner and dessert. The Hilton Garden Inn has a new chef and they feel this will resolve the issues we’ve had over the past 9 months; for example: with meals not being warm or the flank steak being tough. The fellowship was wonderful as usual and the speaker was very interesting. Andy Hook, Certified Elder Law Attor- ney and Certified Financial Planner, distributed a packet of infor- mation about “Life Care Planning and Veterans Benefits”. He dis- cussed the issues many of us face –Avoiding running out of money, protecting your spouse and family, obtaining and paying for long-term care, avoiding the loss of independence and autonomy due to incapaci- ty, leaving a legacy to your children and inflation. The importance of having a plan and keeping it current was stressed throughout the presentation. Dealing with someone well versed in Elder Law is also important. The first certification for HAPPY BIRTHDAY elder law occurred in 1994. The cost of Martha L Anderson long term care in a variety of settings Rosalyn V Gardiner was addressed: Assisted Living Facili- Carolyn Jones ty - $35,000 - $50,000+/year, Nursing Home Facility - $75,000 +/year, In-Home care_ $19 - $32/hour; William T Perry and Adult Day Care - $50 - $70/day. The packet also included a Ronald W. (Ron) Pyle special report on “Life Care Planning at Hook Law Center: Lewis Thomas where Sensitivity Meets Solution” and “Department of Veterans Charles B Whitehurst Sr. Affairs Aid and Attendance Benefit”. If you were not able to at- tend this most informative program and would like more infor- mation of some of these items, please let me know and I will get the information to you. I hope to see many of you at the June dinner meeting – it should be very interesting and Col Wickersham is a very dynamic speaker! Hopefully, our scholarship winner and their families will be able to attend. As soon as we get all the details finalized for the July brunch, I will get that information out to everyone. It is always enjoyable to just relax in a beautiful setting with great food and music. If I don’t see you in June or July, I hope that you have a safe and relaxing summer and look forward to seeing you in the fall. VOLUME XXXII ISSUE VI The Salute online PAGE 2 ONLINE Chapter Happenings DIRECTORY President JUNE MAJ Sherry Ferki, USA (Ret.) May/June Leadership team members attend JROTC Award Ceremo- 1st Vice President nies to present MOAA medals and certificates to the cadets selected by vacant their JROTC Instructors. 2nd Vice President LCDR D A Cherrington USN (Ret.) 13 June PACMOAA scholarship dinner meeting. Guest speaker is Secretary COL Frank Wickersham, USMC (Ret.). We will recognize scholarship Col Harold Hostetler USA (Ret.) winners. COL Wickersham will discuss TOPS transition services. Treasurer CDR Hans Sachse, USN (Ret.) July Date TBA. Annual Brunch with Peninsula and Hampton Roads Immediate Past President Chapter LCDR Lynn Terry USN (Ret.) 22 August PACMOAA Board meeting DIRECTORS CDR Peg Cicirelli USCG (Ret.) WELCOME ABOARD LTC R. A. Steorts USAF (Ret.) The Salute extends a hardy welcome aboard to: CWO3 Danny Miller, USN (Ret.) CDR Phillip A. Gist USN and his wife Beth who reside Col Henry O’Brien, USA (Ret.) in Suffolk. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS Chaplain JUNE DINNER LTC RA Steorts USAF (Ret.) Auditor Our Scholarship awards dinner will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn CDR Cort Wagner, USN (Ret.) at Harbour View on Thursday the 13th. Social hour begins at 1800 Programs with wine and beer bar until 1900 when dinner will be served. No mixed vacant drinks or soft drinks will be served. Arrangements Mrs. Alice Taves MENU Publicity vacant Mixed Greens Dinner Salad Budget/Finance with a variety of dressings CDR Hans Sachse, USN (Ret.) Chicken Marsala VCOC Representative Smashed potatoes Col Steve Turner USAF (Ret.) Green beans Legislative Representative Col Harold Hostetler USA (Ret.) Rolls and butter Regular and Decaf coffee, Scholarship Committee MAJ Sherry Ferki, USA (Ret.) Specialty teas, Ice tea and water Personal Affairs Dessert is Chef’s choice LCDR D A Cherrington USN (Ret.) Cost $30.00 ( includes tax and gratuity) Please make your reservation by Auxiliary Liaison th Twila C. Nelson Sunday June 9 with Alice Taves at or Sherry Ferki at: . Please re- member that a reservation made is a reservation paid. JUNE PROGRAM Sequestration and Transitioning of Military Members Presented by Frank G. Wickersham III VOLUME XXXII ISSUE VI The Salute online PAGE 3 What impact will sequestration actually port to the Department of Defense’s $500 have on our transitioning military million Mine Resistant Ambush Protected members? Vehicle Program. Previously, he served as VSE’s field program manager for the $100 What support will DOD/VA provide to million Army Tanker Ballistic Protection assist military members in transition? program in Kuwait and Iraq. Prior to joining VSE, Mr. Wickersham has been a successful What support does MOAA National and consultant, program manager, business de- VCOC offer to transitioning military veloper and corporate Vice President within members? the Washington DC/Northern Virginia re- gion. He has broad business development What support is available to transition- and capital investment experience. Addition- ing Wounded Warriors? ally, he has over 15 years service as an advo- cate for active force, Reserve, Guard, veter- How may MOAA Chapters assist transi- ans, military retiree and military family is- tioning military members? sues. Mr. Wickersham has served as President of the Virginia Council of Chapters, Military Sequestration and a military force draw Officers Association of America; Commander down are now upon us and will be a “fact of of the Department of Virginia, Military Or- life” for transitioning military members for der of the Purple Heart; National Legislative the next five years at a minimum. Transi- Officer, Military Order of the Purple Heart; tioning military members, and especially our Chairman, The Professional Group, George Wounded Warriors, will receive certain as- Mason University, Institute for Public Poli- sistance from DOD and VA, but will it not be cy. Most recently he has served as a non- enough. Regrettably, DOD and VA are partisan gubernatorial appointee to and bound by law, funding and bureaucratic Chairman of the Joint Leadership Council of views as to what support they may provide. Veterans Service Organizations, Common- Other non-governmental organizations and wealth of Virginia. He possesses a Bachelor businesses must step into fill the gaps as our of Arts degree in Education, a Masters de- military members transition to new work en- gree in International Affairs and has com- deavors. MOAA National, VCOC and our pleted Doctoral studies in International Re- Virginia Chapters have much to offer to our lations and Politics. military members as they transition. Mr. Wickersham is a former United States Mr. Wickersham has recently been assigned Marine Corps Colonel and Naval Aviator as the VSE Corporation’s Vice President for with 27 years’ service in over 26 countries, to Corporate Responsibility. The focus of this include locations in Africa, the Gulf Region, program is Veterans Outreach. the Middle East, South East Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, Indian Ocean, South Pacific Previously, Mr. Wickersham served as Assis- and Australia. Colonel Wickersham has over tant Vice President, VSE Corporation, Alex- 5200 flight hours to include 2100 combat andria, VA. He was Division Manager of the flight hours. As both a military and commer- Field Support Services Division. This Divi- cial pilot, he held ratings as instrument sion provides maintenance and logistics sup- qualified in single and multiengine fixed VOLUME XXXII ISSUE VI The Salute online PAGE 4 wing and single and multiengine rotor wing CHAPLAIN’S CORNER aircraft. He was a qualified military para- chutist with over 60 jumps. Additionally, Colonel Wickersham served 40 months in LISTEN TO HIM! combat and has been awarded 100 personal decorations for meritorious service or valor, When we fail to listen to God, we listen to the to include the Purple Heart. He is a veteran wrong voices. Unlike Eve, we do not live in of the Vietnam War, the Gulf War and sever- the Garden of Eden, where there is no sin. al contingency operations in North Africa, We live in a world rampant with sin, and Cuba, Somalia and Southwest Asia. when we turn deaf ears to what we know God is saying, we listen to the wrong voices. Colonel Wickersham served variously as the We begin to pay attention to other attractive Fleet Marine Officer to the Commander US voices that have only one thing in mind – our 7th Fleet/US Naval Forces Central Com- ultimate destruction. One of the most tragic mand, the Multi-lateral and Bi-lateral Arms acts anyone can carry out is to turn a deaf Control Advisor to the Commandant of the ear to almighty God. Thus, Satan is given a Marine Corps, Deputy Air Combat Element place instead.
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