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AUSA Salute.Indd ~ Paid Advertising Supplement ~ Winner AUSA "Best Chapter of the Year" 6 consecutive years, 11 times overall Winner "Best Chapter Newsletter" REDSTONE - HUNTSVILLE CHAPTER 26"35&3-:/&84-&55&30'5)&"440$*"5*0/0'5)&6/*5&%45"5&4"3.:t70-6.&*446&t+"/6"3:15 3 July 2016 Chapter celebrates 241st Army Birthday with Dinner The Redstone-Huntsville Chapter John Wright, LTG Wyche, Jim Rountree hosted the 241st Army Birthday Dinner Chap VP for Family Programs, and Dave on June 14th,2016 at The Westin Hunts- Seay State President. Each family were ville. Our guest speaker was Lieutenant guests of the chapter at the dinner. General Larry Wyche, Deputy Com- Once again this year the Sparkman HS manding General, Army Materiel Com- Army Junior ROTC Color Guard pre- mand and Senior Commander Redstone sented the colors at the Redstone-Hunts- Arsenal. ville Chapter’s Army Birthday Dinner. The Redstone-Huntsville Chapter of Cadets form Lee HS Army JROTC AUSA recognized its Army Volunteer served as ushers assisting individuals in Families of the Year during the Army locating their tables for the dinner. All of Birthday Dinner. A plaque was present- the cadets were guests of the chapter as ed to each family by Chapter President we continued to celebrate the 100th An- Sponsor recognition: niversary Year of ROTC. The Huntsville Recruiting Army Birthday Dinner 2106 Sponsors Company Commander Cap- Redstone-Huntsville Redstone-Huntsville Chapter Presenting Sponsor Chapter tain Nelson and the Montgom- ery Recruiting Battalion Com- mander Lieutenant Colonel Metcalf attended the dinner hosted by the chapter. Captain Silver Sponsors Nelson was specifically recog- nized from the podium for his Boeing SAIC contributions over the last 3 Lockheed Martin Sikorsky Aircraft General Atomics University of Alabama in Huntsville years as the Company Com- Raytheon The Whiteford Group mander. Weichert Realtors—The Space Place Trideum The Civilian Aide to the Sec- Above: Cutting the 241st Army retary of the Army for North Birthday Cake provided by Bronze Sponsors Alabama, Dr. Joe Fitzgerald, Sweets and Treats Creations. attended the chapter’s Army BCF Solutions ERC Inc. HS Army JROTC Color Guard, PPT Solutions SDI Birthday Dinner and represent- and Lee HS Army JROTC. The Tyonek Native Corp. Vector Aerospace ed the Secretary of the Army WaveLink Inc. at the dinner and during the cake was donated by Sweets and Birthday cake cutting. Treats Creations. The planning Special Thanks committee was led by Marc 389th Army Band Ms. Abby Wright In Bloom We thank our presenting sponsor Northrop Grumman Jacobson and Tammy Wright. Sparkman High School JROTC Ms. Tammy Wright Pratt & Whitney Special thanks to the staff of and all of sponsors. Significant Lee High School JROTC PESA SAIC The Westin Huntsville. support was provided by the Sweets and Treats Creations Technicore Dinner Planning Committee At right: Attendees enjoy pre- 389th Army band, Sparkman The Westin Huntsville dinner networking. 35602 DECATUR, AL DECATUR, PERMIT #376 PERMIT HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 35807 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE, PAID POST OFFICE BOX 7054 BOX OFFICE POST U S POSTAGE S U ASSOCIATION OF THE U.S. ARMY U.S. THE OF ASSOCIATION PRSRT STD PRSRT REDSTONE-HUNTSVILLE CHAPTER REDSTONE-HUNTSVILLE 2 AUSA Salute July 2016 President's Message Your Redstone-Huntsville chapter Mr. James Colson Vice President, Satellite Chapter Activities Bob Eng- was very busy during May and June Mr. Robert M Gambrell Jr. lish supporting Soldiers, Army Families, Mr. Mark A Haft VP at Large (Team Redstone) TBD and Department of the Army Ci- SGM (Retired) Joseph V Kalsic VP at Large (Protocol Support) Barbie Baugh vilians across North Alabama. The Mr. Matthew Calvin Mingus Vice President, Digital Communications Marie many volunteers and event leaders LTC Eric M Noe Arighi for the listed activities below deserve COL (Retired) Jeffrey S. Ogden Vice President, ROTC/JROTC Awards Sam Scruggs our thanks and gratitude as they con- Mr. Christopher Paz Vice President, Young Professionals Leo Gilliland tinue to support the community at Mr. Robert Porter Sr. Chaplain Jim Henderson large and the Army Team. LTC James L Smallwood Satellite Chapter President – Anniston “Gallant Pel- ham” Greg Potts Professional Development – Major changes in Association Sub-Chapter President – Young Professionals Leo Gil- the primary purpose of AUSA Leadership liland • U.S. Army Reserve Birthday Cel- I join all of our members in a Special Advisor to the Board Richard Rhoades ebration sincere thanks to General (Retired) • 241st Army Birthday Dinner & Gordon R. Sullivan who retired in BOARD OF DIRECTORS General Membership Meeting June as the President/Chief Executive Term Expiring June 2017 • Entrepreneur/Multi-Genera- Officer of the Association. He leaves Reamer Argo tional Workshop an indelible imprint upon the Asso- Ronnie Chronister ciation and the U.S. Army. We also Harold DeBerry Networking – expanding/ welcome General (Retired) Carter Bill Stevenson strengthening your profes- Ham as the Association’s New Presi- Bill Badoud sional network dent. General Ham brings a wealth Steve Moeller • AUSA Young Professionals Net- of experience and leadership to take Tom Newberry working Event the Association to new heights. Additionally, LTG (R) Matthew Schmitz • AUSA “Iron Mike” Golf Tournament Roger Thompson retired and LTG(R) Patricia McQuis- Willie Pullom tion officially assumed the role of the Vice President for Support our Soldiers, Soldiers for Life and Meetings and Membership. Term Expiring June 2018 Veterans, Families, DA Civilians Pam Caruso • BBQ with the vets held at the Tut Fann State Vet- Election of Offi cers and Board of Directors Bernard Goodly erans Home During our June General Membership Meeting the Peter Grant • Memorial Day Ceremonies chapter conducted the election of officers and directors Jerry Hamilton • 2nd Annual Memorial Day Tribute for the operating year 2016-2017. The results are listed Forrest Hendrick • Army Volunteer Family of the Year Recognition below. Beverly Lowe • Welcome Home Company A, 136th ESB, Alabama Jay Macklin National Guard OFFICERS/EXECUTIVE BOARD Jim Rogers • ROTC Awards Presentations President John T. Wright Rhonda Sutton • Redstone in the Park – 75th Anniversary Celebra- Executive Vice President Sam Torrey tion Treasurer Steve Below Term Expiring June 2019 • Armed Forces Celebration Week Secretary Mike Roddy Barry Blackmon Vice President, Special Activities Marc Jacobsen Sofia Bledsoe The Association’s 2016 membership rates are a great Vice President, Membership Kate Breitenbach Mark Curran opportunity for new members and those considering a Vice President, Member Retention & Education Jo Bryan Dyer life membership. Invite someone to join or gift a mem- Seay Bob Johnson bership to a young person. Vice President, Corporate Affairs Max Bennett Kinsey Lindstrom • Individual Membership Rates – better value for mon- Vice President, Public Affairs French Salter Terry Tipton ey Vice President, Non-Commissioned Officer and Enlisted Sam Scruggs 2 Years - $30 Affairs TBD Chad Cuomo 5 Years - $50 Vice President, National Guard and Reserve Affairs Life Membership - $300 John Perry 2 Years - $10 (E1-E4, Cadets only) Vice President, DA Civilian Affairs Steve Messervy Army Strong!! • Chapter special membership incentive for Young Pro- Vice President, Army Family Programs Jim Rountree fessionals and JROTC/ROTC Cadets Vice President, Retiree & Veteran Affairs Bill Tillman John T. Wright Vice President, Soldier Affairs Jim Ross Colonel, US Army (Retired) Congratulations to our newest lifetime Vice President, Legislative Affairs Jason Shelton President, Redstone-Huntsville members: Vice President, Army Recruiting CPT Doel Salcedo Chapter 3103 CW5 David Reed Cassity Vice President, Chapter Support Kurt Weidenthal E-mail: [email protected] 1SG (Retired) David E. Cole Vice President, Awards & Recognition Laura Ayers Twitter: @AUSARedstone Salute is the quarterly newsletter of the Redstone-Huntsville Association of the United States Army. Salute is published by Tennessee Valley Media, a private fi rm. The publisher is not responsible for incorrect information. Copyright 2016 by Tennessee Valley Media Co, Inc and Huntsville Chapter Association of the United States Army. All rights reserved. Nothing contained within may be reprinted wholly or in part without the written consent of the publisher and AUSA. July 2016 AUSA Salute 3 Satellite Chapter President's Message Summertime in the Anniston Area “Gallant Pelham” Satellite Chapter Lazy, hazy, crazy summertime ‘Army BAE for leading the way in promoting planned, our chapter has set our sights Strong’ greetings from the Anniston the importance and role of Our Army on the late autumn and early winter and Area Gallant Pelham Satellite Chapter! and the defense industrial base in our our partnership with the MG Wat- As we see this year’s ROTC / JROTC area. son Chapter of the Chemical Corps Awards presentations in the rear-view Summertime also means serious Regimental Association (CCRA). Last mirror, and as Our Nation’s Army is planning and preparation for our pri- Christmas, we were able to apply pro- 241 years young, we in the southern mary fundraiser of the year, The An- ceeds from the golf scramble towards satellite turn our focus to community nual Golf Scramble. VP for Special our joining the Watson Chapter in the partnering. Projects, David Sanders, is running the active and vigorous Christmas Holidays On Wednesday, 22 June, our corpo- traps with the Anniston Country Club Visiting Veterans Homes project.
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