CWO NEWS Winter 2020

U. S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officers Association CWOA OFFICERS From The President Greetings Fellow Warrants, CWO Mark Cortor President As we just celebrated Thanksgiving and CWO Adam Cain prepare for the Holiday season, many fes- Vice President tivities will be taking place, please be safe. During the season keep a sharp watch on our CWO Jake Elks Vice President of families, friends and shipmates as this time of Reserve Affairs year can prove to be too stressful for some. I highly encourage everyone to become active CWO J. T. Green (Ret) with the nearest CWOA Chapter, take other Vice President of members with you to meetings and try to Retired Affairs bring prospective CWOA members as well! CWO Christopher Jones Our next Annual Meeting will be April 23-25, Secretary 2020 in Ashburn, VA and our DC Chapter will be hosting the Hospitality Suite through- CWO Justus Marks Treasurer out the Annual Meeting.

CWO Carol Setteducato (Ret) Continue to highly encourage all active duty members to inquire about the Executive Director roles and responsibilites of your CWO Specialty Force Manager (SFM). As many of you are aware, DCMS deleted two CWO SFM billets years ago for all CWO Scott Epperson (Ret) the support specialties and we need to push to get those billets back! The Coast CWO News Editor Guard continues to reprogram several CWO billets as I type this letter, and this is going to continue to go on unchecked until we can get our CWO SFM within CWO Jared Heintz (Ret) DCMS back. CWOA Webmaster

CONTACT INFORMATION Our unofficial photographer for our Annual Meetings, CWO William “Izzy” Iozzino has officially retired from Active Duty after 30 years of service. Con- MARINA gratulations Izzy and we hope to continue to see you at our future annual meet- Attn: CWO Association, USCG ings. Thank you for your service to our CWOA, Coast Guard and Nation. 12 Brookley Ave. SW JBAB Washington, DC 20032 Telephone: 202.554.7753 The Association has found passionate members looking to serve our Associa- tion in the role of President, VP of Retired Affairs and Secretary and now it is time E-mail: to vote! All nominations are published in this newsletter, along with your ballot. [email protected] VOTING ITEMS: Front Cover: The destroyers CGC Beale (CG-9) and CGC Cunningham (CG-2) January 23, Topic 1: Death Gratuity Timeline for Death Benefits Article X Section 2: 1927. See story on Page 8 The Association does not currently have a timeline/status of limitation to Photo courtesy of the Public pay out the death gratuity benefit. Add this sentence to the Article X Sec- Library, Leslie Jones Collection. tion 2 e. to read:

a.The Association will make every attempt to contact the benefi- ciary of the death gratuity and after 48 months (4 years) and no contact with the beneficiary the death gratuity money belongs to the Association and be placed in the Death Gratuity Fund.

Topic 2: Investment of Association Funds Article V Section 2 (d): This change addresses a need to update how the Association invest their funds. See in the bold the additional wording.

a.Ensure that no more than 50% of the Association’s funds are CWO News is a quarterly publication invested in mutual funds and Exchange Traded Funds. of the Chief Warrant and Warrant Officers Association, U.S. Coast God speed! Guard. The CWOA is a non-profit organization comprised of active duty, reserve, and retired members. CWO Mark A. Cortor CWOA President “PASSING THE WORD” CWO4 J. T. Green, USCG (Ret) Vice President of Retired Affairs

The Association is preparing for the next annual meeting. The meeting is scheduled for April 23-25, 2020 in Ashburn, VA. If you’re planning to attend, please complete the registration form and submit it to the Association as soon as possible.

Our website manager, CWO Jared Heintz, USCG (Ret) has been diligent at keeping our website up to date. Be sure to check it for the latest information from the Association. There is a new link on the retiree page to the CG retiree newsletter, including past editions. https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/ppc/ras/

Our unofficial annual meeting photographer, CWO William “Izzy” Iozzino has officially retired. Congratulations Izzy, and I hope we continue to see you at our future annual meetings.

There is a new membership application available. Be sure to use the updated application when referring new members and please advertise this to your chapters.

By the time this article is published the Tricare open season to change or modify your health care plan will have closed. If you’re looking for more information on existing plans, see https://tricare.mil/.

Included in this edition is the annual ballot. Remember to vote and submit your ballot in time to reach the Association prior to the deadline.

Our Executive Director has reaffirmed the Association’s membership benefit from Boat-US. If you are a member of the Association and Boat-US, be sure to get the group code from the Association so you can take advantage of the discount offered to Association members.

And lastly, remember to submit your annual meeting registration form prior to the deadline for the 2020 CWOA Annual meeting. And please remind your chapter members to vote.

Yours in service,

CWO4 J. T. Green, USCG (Ret) [email protected] http://cwoauscg.org/ Retiree\Veterans Events Schedule The Retiree\Veterans Events Schedule includes a worldwide listing of Retiree Appreciation Days (RAD), semi- nars, town hall meetings, stand downs, clinics, resource\career fairs and other military retiree\veterans related events. The schedule is updated on an almost daily basis to include advertised retiree\veterans events that are obtained from .GOV, .MIL, veterans service organizations’ websites and input from interested personnel.

http://www.hostmtb.org/RADs_and_Other_Retiree-Veterans_Events.html WELCOME ABOARD NEW MEMBERS

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CWO (AVI) Ryan Cottrell, USCG C-27 APO CWO Brundage CWO (AVI) Kevin Deininger, USCG PSC-EPM-2 CWO Wiley CWO (PERS) Kalyn Doss, USCG PSC-HR&A CWO Wiley CWO (OSS) Jeffrey Eckart, USCG Pacific Area CWO Cain CWO (MSSR) Joshua Galloway, USCG PSC-EPM-2 CWO Cortor CWO (OSS) Simson King, USCG District 8 CWOA CWO (AVI) Derrick Nelson, USCG ALC CWO Beaty CWO (AVI) Jonathan Shockley, USCG ALC CWOA CWO (INF) Timothy Tamargo, USCG Tracen Cape May CWO Ashley CWO (PERS) Javier Viera, USCG Pacific Area CWOA CWO (F&S) Christopher Walker, USCG COMDT (DCMS-832) CWO Wiley CWO (F&S) Dustin Webb, USCG COMDT (CG-441) CWO Castro-Pagan CWO (F&S) Keith Parsells, USCG USCG NSFCC CWO Oldland CWO (MSSD) Brian McGee, USCG Sector Maryland CWO Runt CWO (ISM) Joseph H. Russillo, USCG CG Cyber CWOA CWO (ENG) Adam Black, USCG USCGC Bertholf CWOA CWO (F&S) Robert Brown, USCG Sector Sault Ste. Marie CWO Sorenson CWO (ISM) Mushtaq Haneef, USCG TISCOM CWO Williams CWO (ISM) Donald Twiford, USCG CG Cyber CWO Malave CWO (ENG) Liam Walmsley, USCG USCGC Kimball CWO Campanella CWO (INV) John Williams, USCG CGIS Chesapeake CWO Lindsay

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 25 YEAR MEMBERS The Coast Guard Chief Warrant and Warrant Officer’s Association would like to congratulate individuals that have been members for 25 years. Thank you for your support. CWO William Benning, USCG (Ret) CWO Steven Price, USCG (Ret) CWO Craig Dykes, USCG (Ret) CWO John Welden, USCG (Ret) CWO Edward Godbey, USCG (Ret) CWO Frank Wetmore, USCG (Ret) CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 50 YEAR MEMBERS The Coast Guard Chief Warrant and Warrant Officer’s Association would like to congratulate individuals that have been members for 50 years. Thank you for your support.

CWO Karl Adkison, USCG (Ret) CWO Andrew Key, USCG (Ret) CWO Vicente Agor, USCG (Ret) CWO Kenneth Leland, USCG (Ret) Lt. Cmdr. Billy Bush, USCG (Ret) CWO John Marshall, USCG (Ret.) CWO Frederick Carpenter, USCG (Ret) CWO Alan Naber, USCG (Ret) CWO Raymond Hadfield, USCG (Ret) CWO Mitchell Nielsen, USCG (Ret) CWO Melvin Kankelfritz, USCG (Ret) CWO David Sterling, USCG (Ret) THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS Lt. Cmdr. Charles Burleson passed and designated his death gratuity to the Association.

Colona Scholarship The CWOA Lt. Art and Eleanor Colona Scholarship Grant was established by the Colona Family to financially assist dependent children of enlisted members of the Coast Guard (active, retired, or reserve). Seek- ing a meaningful way to celebrate the 30 years which Lt. Colona devoted to the Coast Guard, the Colona family established this scholarship fund to remain in perpetuity with the CWOA. Each year, one or more Colona schol- arship recipient(s) are awarded a $4000 scholarship, dispersing $1000 a year over four years of undergraduate studies. Keller Scholarship The CWO John A. Keller, Chief Warrant and Warrant Officers Association Scholarship Grant was established to financially assist dependent children of members in good standing or who were members in good standing of the CWOA, United States Coast Guard at the time of their death. The assistance shall be a monetary grant for an accredited institution of higher learning. Grants in the amount of $750 will be presented in April of each year to the most deserving eligible candi- dates. Funds are to be used toward educational expenses at an accredited institution of higher learning beyond high school. Applications are due. For more details about these scholarships go to http://cwoauscg.org/ and use the Scholar- ships tab. IN MEMORIAM To Those Who Have Crossed The Bar

Lt. John Christensen, USCG (Ret) crossed the bar on Aug. 2, 2019. He is survived by his widow, Donna Chris- tensen. Lt. Christensen retired on Oct. 1, 1986 and he was a member of the Association for 46 years.

CWO (ENG) Frederick Hurst, USCG (Ret) crossed the bar on Aug. 15, 2019. He is survived by his widow, Hannelore Hurst, of Metairie, LA. CWO Hurst retired on Aug. 1, 1979 and he was a member of the Association for 47 years.

CWO (AVI) Rodney Thrasher, USCG (Ret) crossed the bar on Aug. 22, 2019. He is survived by his widow. CWO Thrasher retired on Sept. 1, 1989 and he was a member of the Association for 40 years.

CWO (WEPS) James Williams, USCG (Ret) crossed the bar on Aug. 30, 2019. He is survived by his widow, Fay G. Williams, of Clyo, GA. CWO Williams retired on July 1, 1982 and he was a member of the Association for 41 years.

CWO (PERS) Jerry Simpson, USCG (Ret) crossed the bar on Sept. 8, 2019. He is survived by his widow, Willene Simpson, PO Box 1975 of Kill Devil Hills, NC. CWO Simpson retired on Oct. 1, 1983 and he was a member of the Association for 42 years.

CWO (CHMACH) Arthur Myers, USCG (Ret) crossed the bar on Sept. 11, 2019. He is survived by his widow Margaret Myers, of Arkansas. CWO Myers retired on Aug. 1, 1962 and he was a member of the Association for 63 years.

CWO (BOSN) Patrick Newman, USCG (Ret) crossed the bar on Sept. 19, 2019. He is survived by his widow. CWO Newman retired on Dec. 1, 1980 and he was a member of the Association for 48 years.

CWO (MAT) William Parr, USCG (Ret) crossed the bar on Oct. 7, 2019. He is survived by his widow, Aida Luz Parr. CWO Parr retired on Sept. 1, 1977 and he was a member of the Association for 49 years.

Lt. Cmdr. Charles Burleson, USCG (Ret) crossed the bar on Oct. 8, 2019. He is survived by his daughter. Lt. Cmdr. Burleson retired on Apr. 1, 1974 and he was a member of the Association for 59 years.

Lt. Cmdr. Roger Cowley, USCG (Ret) crossed the bar on Oct. 10, 2019. He is survived by his widow, Mary Cowley of South Kingston, RI. Lt. Cmdr. Cowley retired on Nov. 1, 1978 and he was a member of the Associa- tion for 50 years.

CWO (MAT) Dennis Igo, USCG (Ret) crossed the bar on Nov. 2, 2019. He is survived by his widow, Lovida Igo of Moran, MI. CWO Igo retired on Feb. 1, 1994 and he was a member of the Association for 39 years.

CWO (PERS) John Van Natta, USCG (Ret) crossed the bar on Nov. 17, 2019. He is survived by his widow, Elaine Van Natta of Gales Ferry, CT. CWO Va Natta retired on Nov. 1, 1985 and he was a member of the As- sociation for 40 years. ASSOCIATION CHAPTERS Boston Chapter Norfolk Chapter Southern California Chapter Boston, MA Portsmouth, VA San Pedro, CA [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Long Island Sound Chapter Greater Miami Chapter Golden Gate Chapter New Haven/New London, CT Miami, FL Alameda, CA [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Philadelphia Chapter Suncoast Chapter Pacific Northwest Chapter Philadelphia, PA Largo, FL Seattle, WA [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Cape Island Chapter Chapter Juneau Chapter Cape May, NJ New Orleans, LA Juneau, AK [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Baltimore Chapter Atchafayala Chapter Emerald Isle Chapter Baltimore, MD Morgan City, LA Kodiak, AK [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Washington DC Chapter Little Club on the Prairie The Last Frontier Chapter Washington, DC Paxico, KS Anchorage, AK [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Steven Shields Chapter St. Louis Chapter Mid Pacific Chapter Alexandria, VA St. Louis, MO Honolulu, HI [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Yorktown Chapter Sabine Chapter Greater Mobile Chapter Yorktown, VA Port Arthur, TX Mobile, AL [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Low Country Chapter Great Lakes Chapter Elizabeth City Chapter Charleston, SC. CWO Brodie Detroit, MI Elizabeth City, NC [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Republic of Texas Empire State Chapter Houston, TX New York, NY [email protected] [email protected]

Do you want to start a chapter? 12 Brookley Ave. SW Do you have at least 10 CWOs in your area? Washington, DC 20032 Contact Carol Setteducato, Executive Director, 202-554-7753 for more information and other requirements to [email protected] begin. USCG Destroyers in Prohibition By Chris Havern, Coast Guard Staff Historian

On January 17, 1920, “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes” was declared illegal by Constitutional amendment. The era generally known as Prohibi- tion had begun.

The Coast Guard was to become one of the foremost means by which Prohibi- tion would be en- forced. Having just been returned to the control of the Trea- sury Department on January 1, 1920, after its service under the Navy Department in World War I, the Coast Guard was not adequately prepared for this new mis- sion. It lacked the manpower and, most glaringly, the ships and patrol craft to conduct enforcement on a national level.

Cover Photo. The destroyers CGC Beale (CG-9, 293-foot Paulding Class) and CGC Conyngham In order to meet (CG-2, 310-foot Tucker Class), Boston, January 23, 1927. the demands of this Photo courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection. new mission, it was initially determined that it would be faster and more cost-effective to borrow destroyers from the U.S .Navy and adapt them for the law enforcement mission, than to build new ships. In the end, the rehabilitation of the vessels became a saga in itself because of the exceedingly poor condition of many of these war-weary ships. In many instances it took nearly a year to bring the vessels up to seaworthiness. Additionally, these were by far the larg- est and most sophisticated vessels ever operated by the service and trained personnel were nearly nonexistent. As a result, Congress authorized hundreds of new enlistees. It was these inexperienced men that made up the destroyer crews and contributed to the service’s greatest growth prior to World War II.

A total of 31 destroyers served with the Coast Guard’s Destroyer Force. These included three different classes: the 742-ton Paulding-class, the 1,000-ton Tucker-class, and the 1,190-ton, Clemson-class called flush- deckers. Capable of more than 25 knots, the destroyers had an advantage in chasing large rum runners. They were, however, easily outmaneuvered by smaller vessels. The destroyers’ mission, therefore, was to picket the larger supply, or mother ships, and prevent them from off-loading their cargo onto smaller, speedier contact boats that ran the liquor into shore. Coast Guard Code Breaking During Prohibition

By Cmdr. Michael Bennett

From its beginning as the Revenue Cutter Service in 1790, the Coast Guard’s unique authorities and orga- nizational culture of adaptability have allowed it to make great contributions to intelligence and to important military successes in our nation’s history.

During the 1920s and 1930s, a combination of novel use of cryptology and dedicated investigative tactics brought tremendous operational success in the battle against illegal rum-runners and other smuggling.

Known as the “Father of ,” Adm. Frederick C. Billard, the commandant of the Coast Guard from 1924-1932, pushed for the growth and so- phistication of Coast Guard intelligence by establishing an intelligence center and intelligence stations.

America’s first female cryptanalyst, Elizebeth Fried- man, helped the Coast Guard break codes during Prohibi- tion and WWII.

Coast Guard intelligence provided direct support to op- erations including equipping a 75-foot Coast Guard patrol boat, the CG-210. The boat became the first signal-inter- cept ship in U.S. history, employing an aggressive counter- intelligence campaign against the smugglers and innova- tively fusing human-source intelligence and imagery.

Coast Guard intelligence was the core of the Coast Guard’s successful reduction by 60 percent of a massive flow of illegal smuggling along the 12,000-mile coastline from 1927 to 1928 to a mere trickle by the end of Prohibi- tion.

Elizebeth and William Friedman, both renowned cryp- tologists and pioneers of early U.S. efforts in this field, were key players in this endeavor. Elizebeth, the chief of the Cryptanalysis Unit at the time, and an assistant clerk decrypted over 12,000 rum-runner messages in a three year span, while also contributing to several other legal and law enforcement successes. The success of this small cryptanalytic unit assigned to the Coast Guard was in- strumental in laying the foundation for what later became known as Coast Guard Unit 387, which monitored all America’s first female cryptanalyst, Elizebeth Fried- man, helped the Coast Guard break codes during transatlantic commercial traffic and ship traffic for poten- Prohibition and WWII. Photo courtesy of the NSA. tial belligerents. his wifeof27years. CWO Westerdahl livesinFairfax,VA. with of 2008 CWO Westerdahl joinedtheCWOA in April Command Center. land, GroupEasternShore,andDistrict1 Other assignmentsincludetheCGCNorth Officer, MSST Galveston,andMSST Miami. include PSC/EPMastheOS Assignment Washington D.C.PriorCWOassignments Designated SecurityOfficerforCG-9335in CWO Westerdahl currentlyservesasthe U.S. Navyfrom1988-1992. the CoastGuard,hewasamemberof signed totheCGCMidgett.Priorjoining Guard inthespringof1998andwasas CWO Westerdahl joinedtheUSCoast

NOMINATICWOA ONS CWO ChristianM.Westerdahl FOR PRESIDENT - - Finance Committee. He isamemberofthecurrentPermanent 2016) andtheW1/W5Committee. 2013), themembershipcommittee(2015- (2009-2010), thebylawscommittee(2012- Committee (2005-2010),the A/V committee mittees includingthePermanentFinance He hasbeenamemberofvariouscom of the Association. J. T. isalifetimeanddistinguishedmember (2012). president oftheLongIslandSoundChapter dent (2005&2009-2010)andpastchapter (2006-2008), past Association Vice Presi- 2005 andisaPast Association President He hasbeenamemberoftheCWOA since with over30yearsofservice. J. T. retiredfromtheCoastGuardin2013 CWO James“J.T.” Green,USCG(Ret) FOR VP OFRETIRED AFFAIRS - NOMINATI ONS CWO Jared Heintz CWO Christopher Jones FOR VP OF RETIRED AFFAIRS FOR SECRETARY

CWO Jared Heintz, retired from the Coast CWO Jones is currently the Planning Of- Guard in 2018 after serving over 20 years ficer for The Interdiction Committee. In this of service. capacity, CWO Jones coordinates schedul- ing and logistics for TIC Principals’ and Ex- He has been a member of the CWOA since ecutive Steering Group Meetings. In addi- 2011 and has served as a past Association tion, CWO Jones manages TIC daily office President (2016-2018), and past Associa- functions associated with security, budget, tion Vice President (2015-2016). and personnel.

He has served as a member of various CWO Jones served aboard the USCGC committees including the Permanent Fi- VIGILANT, served as a Communications nance Committee (2015 - 2019), the com- watch-stander at Group Hampton Roads. munications committee (2018), and the aboard the USCGC FORWARD as a radio membership committee (2015). He is cur- watch-stander, then as a Company Com- rently a member of the Permanent Finance mander – TRACEN Cape May, an OS “A” Committee and manages the website for School instructor and Rating Knowledge the association. Manager at TRACEN Petaluma.

Jared currently lives in North Carolina with CWO Jones was promoted to CWO in 2011 his wife and four children. and served for four years as the HQ Com- mand Security Officer – Base NCR.

CWO Jones has been the Association sec- retary since 2016.

He lives in Warrenton, VA with his wife Jane and three boys. A Visit to a South Carolina High School CWO4 Kevin S. Watson and CWO2 Alex Acevedo CWO4 Watson, CWO2 Acevedo, and BM1 Garcia of CG PSC–Military Uniforms Division Branch and talked to the kids about Officer Programs, Boot Camp BM1 Brian Garcia of CG Recruiting Office Columbia and Coast Guard Missions. CWO2 Acevedo spoke participated in Career Day at Lee Central High School about the various opportunities the service provided in Bishopville, S.C. on Oct. 21. for him and how he took advantage of them and be- came a better person and Coastie. CWO4 Watson spoke to the 9th and 10th grade students about life in the Coast Guard, careers and Lee Central High School has a US Army ROTC how to be successful in the service. CWO4 Watson Program currently and the high school Career Specialist, also outlined how he rose to the rank of CWO4, and Mr. Corey Thompson, asked CWO4 Watson for Coast described his footprint in the Coast Guard over the last Guard Participation because he felt like the students at 23 years that included nine military transfers. his school should know about the Career Opportunities the Coast Guard presents as a military service.

The 9th and 10th grade students of Lee Central High School Bishopville, SC. In the center from left to right are CWO2 Acevedo, CWO4 Watson, and BM1 Garcia. Holiday Fun The CWOA Suncoast Chapter in Largo Fla. held their holiday party Nov. 14 with great food and a lot of camarade- rie. At the get together they collected $200 in addition to their $100 chapter donation to support the Foster Angels of Hilsborough County, a charity that makes sure that fostered children are able to enjoy the holidays too with gifts from their personal wish lists, To con- clude the festivities, they held a rousing game of egg toss between all the attend- The Egg Toss: Left to right Carl Seale, Moe Robillard, Bill Reetz, Jeff ees. Timberlake, Mike Paquette, and Sammie Stewart. http://www.fosterangels.com/ Letter From the Armed Forces Retirement Home Greetings Chief Warrant Officers Association Volunteers, Our primary goal here at AFRH-W is to provide a premier retirement community with exceptional resi- On behalf of the veterans, staff and agency here dential care and support services for America’s mili- at the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH-W), tary veterans. And the impactful community service I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to the from you and your devoted team of volunteers furthers United States Coast Guard’s Chief Warrant Officers our ability to reach that goal. Thank you very much Association volunteers for the outstanding work on for reaching out to our military veterans and we look Thursday, October 17, 2019 to improve the “Coast forward to your continued support in the future. Guard” pond here at AFRH-W. Your time, service and continued support for AFRH-W is exemplary and Robert W. Mitchell, Volunteer Coordinator commendable, and for that we are truly grateful. Armed Forces Retirement Home – Washington

Members of the Washington D.C. Chapter of the Chief Warrant Officers Association, the DC Chapter of the Chief petty Officers Association, and the DC Branch of the CG Enlisted Association cleaned up the pond at the Armed Forces Retire- ment Home in Washington D.C., Oct. 17 Helping Our Own for 95 Years On an average day, Coast Guard Mutual Assistance: • Provides $12,230 of financial assistance • Equips at least one member with $2,600 of rental assistance • Funds $900 for emergency travel WWW.CGMAHQ.ORG Current as of November 2019

Department of Defense Expanding Access to Military Commissaries, Exchanges and Recreation Facilities

More veterans and caregivers to have eligibility.

The Department of Defense is proud to expand Facilities like these will be open to the newly eligible commissary, exchange and morale, welfare and patrons starting Jan. 1, 2020: recreation retail eligibility to: • Commissaries* • Purple Heart recipients • Military service exchanges • Former prisoners of war • Golf courses • All veterans with service-connected disabilities • Bowling centers • Individuals approved and designated as the • Recreational lodging primary family caregivers of eligible veterans under • RV campgrounds the Department of Veterans Affairs Program of • Movie theaters Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers • And more! The DoD, VA and the Department of Homeland Security *DoD is required to charge a small fee to new users who are collaborating to implement the Purple Heart and are eligible solely under the Purple Heart and Disabled Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018 for those Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018, to cover any increase who will be eligible for this benefit on Jan. 1, 2020. in costs to the U.S. Treasury for processing commercial credit and debit cards. For More Information on getting acces go to blogs.va.gov and type in “commissary” or Want to know more? Check out the FAQs on the following pages. contact your Veterans Administration representative. REGISTRATION FORM April 23 – 25 2020 ANNUAL MEETING

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MEETING, LODGING AND INSTALLATION DINNER AT THE Embassy Suites Hotel Dulles North, 44610 Waxpool Road, Ashburn, VA Ph: 703-554-6070 DO NOT MAKE RESERVATIONS WITH THE HOTEL Lodging Room Rate is $149.16 per night (price includes taxes and breakfast for two) Hotel Arrival Time/Date Hotel Departure Date I desire a Non-Smoking Room Handicap-Accessible Room

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If you are bringing a spouse and you would like her/him to eat lunch with us the cost will be 20.00 per day. We will settle it on your claim.

Welcome Reception Wednesday, 22 Apr (1730-1930) Number of Individuals (no charge for reception)

Installation Dinner Saturday, 25 Apr (Reception 1800 followed by dinner at 1900) Individuals at $45 each (Included with registration) Please make menu selection(s) below Pan Seared Chicken Saltimbocca – Fresh Char-Grill Salmon – Dill Beurre Blanc Sage, Prosciutto and White Wine

Vegetable Lasagna Pepper Crusted Sirloin – Demi Glaze and If you need a special menu, contact Button Mushrooms Carol Setteducato at (202)554-7753 or [email protected] Please send your form and check to CWOA, 12 Brookley Ave. S.W., Washington, DC 20032 Signature: Date FORMS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE ASSOCIATION PRIOR TO 1 April 2020 MARINA: ATTN: CWO Association, USCG Non-Profit Org. 12 Brookley Ave, S.W. U.S. Postage JBAB Washington, DC 20032 PAID Permit No. 3 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Dulles, VA

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Friend us on Captain Harry Mautte Commanding Officer Base Miami Beach presents Facebook! CWO4 William Iozzino with his retirement certificate on Nov. 18 in Key West, facebook.com/ FL. CWO Iozzino retired after 30 years of service. CWO Iozzino is very active in the CWOA, he is the current CWOA Bylaws committee Chairman cwoauscg and a past President and Vice President of the Steven Shields Alexandria chapter of the CWOA. -- Fair Winds and Following Seas Izzy.