CWO Newsletter Winter 2020
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
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 Boston 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 Name Unit Sponsor 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 United States 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.