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Newsletter to MembersVol. LV No. 9 September 2018

NEXT MEETING SATURDAY, September 29, 2018 BRAEBURN COUNTRY CLUB

President’s Message

Fellow members, I believe we would beremiss if we did not pause and paytribute to one of our “comrades inarms.” I refer, of course, to SenatorJohn Sydney McCain III, Captain,U.S. Navy (Ret.). Senator McCaincame from a family where serving inour armed forces was taken almost as asacred duty. Senator McCain can tracehis lineage to George Washington and on his mother’s side toRobert the Bruce of Scottish history fame. But in the twentiethcentury, his family’s service to his country was truly remarkable.

First there was his grandfather, Admiral John S. “Slew”McCain of “fast carrier task forces” fame. Also during WorldWar II, his father, John S. “Jack” McCain II served and wondistinction as a submariner. After the war, he would remain inthe Navy, rise to 4-star rank, and become CINCPAC during theVietnam War. He was the second McCain to reach full admiral.

We are all familiar with Senator McCain’s military service andcaptivity in Vietnam after being shot down during his 29thmission. We know of his fidelity, courage, and loyalty. We bidhim farewell and render him our salutes. Senator McCain’s songraduated from the Naval Academy in 2009, the fourthgeneration of McCains to do so.

During our meeting in August, we had the honor of having oneof our current warriors as our guest speaker: LTC Jim Horn,USA, Chairman of Military Science, University of Houston. Hisconversation was a fairly comprehensive oversight of how ourarmy is carrying out the worldwide war on terror, and what itmeant to him personally. This young soldier’s bearing,confidence, and eagerness was impressive. We can all sleepeasier knowing we have men and women of his caliber ready andon the line in our security.

(Continued on p. 3)Respectfully,

Daniel M,. Gutierrez, MAJ USA (Ret.), President

2018 OfficersPresident Daniel M. Gutierrez, MAJ USA (Ret.)281.543.1257

[email protected]

Vice PresidentVACANT

SecretaryRollins J. Collins, LTC USA (Ret.)704.213.2334 [email protected]

Treasurer Don L. Couch, LTC USA (Ret.)832.205.2009 [email protected]

Liaison Eugene Tulich CDR USCG281.376.0061 [email protected]

ChaplainKerry Magee CAPT USN (Ret.)979.964.3236h 979.236.2415 [email protected]

Editor Carol Ann Wilson 8902 Sunnywood DriveHouston TX77088-3729281. 847.9754; 281.642.4050 [email protected]

Newsletter of MOAA Houston Area, September 2018, p. 1

Kerry MageeCAPT USN (Ret.)

MOAA Houston AreaBoard Meetings

2018Tuesday before Monthly

Luncheon Meeting

9/25/18 11:30Rudi Lechner’s 2503 S. Gessner

2018 Board Meetings 10/23 11/13? None in Dec

All members are welcome.

MOAA

Houston AreaMonthly Meeting

and LuncheonSaturday Sept. 29

11:30 fellowship12 Noon Luncheon

BraeBurn Country Club8101 Bissonnet St Houston TX 77074

(713) 774-2586

Caesar Salad

Grilled Herbed ChickenBreast

w/Basil Bruschetta ToppingOR

Steak Dianaw/Mushroom demi glace

Scalloped PotatoesSeasonal Vegetables

Warmed Rolls, ButterCoffee, Tea

French Chocolate Silk Pie

$30ComplimentaryValet Parking

Reservations by Wed.9/26 to Don Couch,

832.205.2009

2018 MOAA-HA Monthly Meetings

Remaining10/27 11/15 (with MOWA)

1/12/19 Holiday Gala

Military Officers Wives Association

MOWA

Thursday, Sept. 2011:30 FellowshipLuncheon at Noon

Rudi Lechner’s 2503 S. Gessner

Order off the Menuand Pay Individually

RSVP to Phyllis Ottis, 713.774.2282,

by Mon. 9/17, 10 a.m.

See you there!

MOAA-HA

Z Treasurer’s Report,

September 1, 2018

Receipts $ 136.00 Expenses $ 0 Balance $ 2,634.28

Don L. Couch, Treasurer LTC USA Ret.

MILITARY ID CARDS

You can get your ID Cards at theTexas Army National Guardoffice located at 15150Westheimer Parkway (at Highway6), Houston TX 77082. They areopen 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Contact info is:

(281) 558-1742, x7384218or

[email protected]

See graphic on page 5._.

Chaplain’sMessage

SHALOM!PEACE BEWITH YOU!

Recently, I have been tryingto catch up on my casualreading, specifically, mymonthly Guideposts.

Each issue has a page entitled“Someone Cares–pass it on!”I want to share with y’all onestory called “Hug a Soldier.”

A grandmother and her retiredUSAF husband were onvacation, staying in a nicehotel with a restaurant. Thecouple was enjoying theWelcome Buffet, when theMrs. realized a young man inArmy fatigues had joined theline. She offered the youngman to precede her in line, buthe politely refused. They thenchatted with Mrs. about hishome town, family, and histhree small children.

She related her experiences ofbeing alone when her husbandwas far, far away. So, herelated the pain his family wasgoing through as he was beingdeployed. Then she asked,“Would you accept a hugfrom a grandmother whoappreciates your service?”The Soldier told her he couldreally use one. So she did!

Since then, this grandmothermakes sure she gives a hug ora pat on the back to service-men and servicewomen everytime she sees one, when andwherever. End of story.

My challenge to y’all is to“pass it on” by also showingyour appreciation and respectto members of the Armed


Forces, when and wherever,y’all see one! GIVE THEMA HUG!

MAY GOD BLESS YOUAND KEEP YOU!

Humbly submitted byCAPT Kerry B. Magee,

USNR-RET, Chaplain/Past President

PRESIDENT’S

MESSAGE (Cont’d from p. 1)

In October, we will haveanother “hard charging”warrior come before us andtalk about his experiencesand challenges. Our guestspeaker will be LTC DamonRobbins, USA, Commander,U.S. Recruiting Command,Houston Battalion. Themeeting is scheduled to beheld downtown at BuffaloSoldiers National Museum. Lunch will be catered, socome on out! Ladies and gentlemen, I nowturn to a vital topic for us. Itis the question of the numberof members still in arrearsfrom their 2018 dues. Wehave more than a quarter ofour members who have notpaid dues for 2018. It is sourgent a matter that I do notknow if this chapter canremain active unless we fixthis. Please pay your dues.

Let us be strong, be active,and be involved.

Remember, “Never StopServing.” God bless.

Respectfully,

Daniel M,. Gutierrez MAJ USA (Ret.)

President

Endowment Fund &Houston Corps of Cadets

One Hundred and nineteen days leftuntil the end of the year. Save someof that money, just a little, and give itto the Houston Corps of CadetsEndowment Fund at the Universityof Houston. Believe me, they willappreciate it. Doesn’t have to be alot, but every little bit helps. Theform and address is in the back ofthis Newsletter.

Thank you very much,

Bill

William Taylor Cpt. USA Ret

SPEAKER FOR MEETINGON

SEPTEMBER 29

Capt. Henry St Aubyn, of theUnited Kingdom, graduated fromCambridge University with a degreein Civil engineering. Following thathe attended Sandhurst, the UnitedKingdom's West Point, and wasassigned as an Officer of theColdstream Guards, whose dutiesincluded the Queen’s Guard atBuckingham Palace in addition toregular war fighting duties. He iscurrently a Vice President for theadvisory business of Science Groupin the United States. Henry is anaccomplished rugby player.

Come on out to our September 29meeting at BraeBurn Country Cuband hear this dynamic, informativespeaker!

REPORT ON OURAUGUST 25 SPEAKER

LTC Jim Horn

Col. Horn graduated WestPoint in 2001, is a MasterParatrooper, 82nd Airborne,and was initially assigned toBaghdad in 2003. He did thefollowing tours: 15 months inIraq; back for another 12months in Iraq; then deployedto Italy and Afghanistan andthe Baltic States, and then for6 months out of Qatar.

In May 2017 he becameProfessor of Military Scienceat the University of Houstonfollowing the departure ofCOL Neil Chaffee. He hasrecruited a record 36 cadets tothe program, commissioned18 this year, and willcommission 21 next year. Hetold us, “We have somephenomenal cadets, and theywill do great things!” He saida third of his cadets arefemales (Army has a fourth).

"I'm a much better fighterthan a speaker," he told us. Hesaid that, when growing up,he always like to fight, so hejoined the infantry and nowthe Army pays him to do it!As he listened to the reportsfollowing 9/11/01, on BBC,“the Army became veryserious for me," he said. Hewent to Ranger School andbecame CompanyCommander of the 82ndAirborne, and thedeployments ensued.

MG Mark Stammermentored him, and he wassent to the Naval Air College;


Pres. Dan Gutierrez presents certificateof appreciation to LTC Jim Horn

Treas. Don Couch with Winner Pat Wallin

Shirley J. Lindsay, LT,USN. New Member

Robert Hefner, LtCol, Ret. 2014, USA

Capt Kerry Magee–sogood to have him back!

Ann Magee, Phyllis Ottis

Great to see LtColDonavon Wallin again!

Pat Wallin

didn't realize he had PTSDuntil then. From Fort RhodeIsland he was sent to the173rd Airborne in Italy, andfrom there to Afghanistan.Then when Russia decided toinvade Crimea, he was sentto Estonia as part of acounter-balance. He thenspent nine months in theBaltic States. “We set up ateam in Western Ukraine andthen I was made SeniorArmy Liaison to the UnitedStates Air Force,” Horn said.He was Senior GroundLiaison, and “now we’refighting ISIS wth airplanesas we use Iraqis as eyes onthe ground,” he added.

“One squadron dropped10,000 bombs,” he said, “at arate of 100 to 200 a dayevery day.” He added that“We’re taking it to ISIS in abig way, with very little lostin blood and manpower!” He said there’s a tremendousfight going on across Africaagainst Al-Qaeda and ISIS, mostly Al-Qaeda. More AirForce than drones aredropping those GPS-guidedbombs, and Special ForcesStrike Teams are knockingout the Top 5 Most Wantedevery day!

He explained the difference between Al–Qaeda and ISIS. “Al-Qaeda, which as startedby Osama Bin Laden, wantsa Muslim takeover of theworld and to turn over all governments everywhere toAl-Qaeda. ISIS, establishedafter AlQaeda, wants to re-establish the Caliphate.” Healso told us that often theyare funded by the samepeople but they are twoseparate organizations.

Col. Horn married two yearsago, and she is learningabout being a military wife.Soon he will be heading to

Fort Campbell KY. “That’s the life ofcombat Army officers,” he said.

About Afghanistan, he said, “Youcan’t have a democracy in an insaneasylum. We’ve accepted that and arekeeping a lid on it. We’re doing thesame with less to prevent them fromprojecting any power to here.”

Col. Horn has scholarship funds andcan hand out $260,000 every year.Recipients need a GPA of 2.5 and thescholarships can continue for 2-3years, so he asked us to get the wordout. He recommends and encouragestwo years at a community collegeand then get a scholarship andtransfer to UH ROTC Program. Lastyear more than 50% from UH wenton to active duty, and 90% of themgot their top three choices.

What a lot we learned from thisspeaker, who recommended “Chainof Command” on the NationalGeographic Channel for a realisticand excellent look at the story of ourfight against ISIS.

Thanks, Col. Jim Horn!

MORE PHOTOS FROMAUGUST 25 MEETING

Thanks again to Col AndyParsons for these greatphotos from our fun meetingat Clancy’s Public House inRichmond!


LtCol Joe Willoughby

Stancie Chamberlain

Pat Collins

Jean Love, Guest of ColAndy Parsons

Capt Bill Humphries

COME TO OUR MEETINGS

What a great time we have at ourmeetings! Mark your calendars nowto make all the rest of our meetingsfor 2018, AND our Holiday Gala onJanuary 12!

WELCOMENEW MEMBER

Shirley J. LindsayLT USN Ret.2330 Lakewood Yacht ClubDr. #11Seabrook TX [email protected]

Lt Lindsay served in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps andretired to Seabrook. Shewas accompanied by herfriend and neighbor LTColRobert Hefner, whoretired from the Army in2015 after 24 years and wasin the 1988 Class of TexasA&M University. Wepressured him to join andhope to see them both againat our September meeting.

ID CARDS AVAILABLE HERE:


NOTICE: Proposed Amendments to the Bylaws

To Be Voted at the November 2018 Meeting with Election of 2019 Officers

Eliminate Article 5B, which reads:

"B. Auxiliary Membership is offered to the surviving spouse of a deceased regular member or

of a deceased officer who, if living, would be eligible for regular membership. Auxiliary

members are entitled to vote and may hold elected office or serve as a committee chair or

member."

Renumber 5C to 5B

Delete the words "and Auxiliary Members" from Article 9 Dues.

Reason:

MOAA National grants full membership to spouses and recommends that chapters do the

same. This provision is already stated in our Bylaws, which we amended September 30, 2017, so

we only need to eliminate any provision for auxiliary members.

If approved, the Bylaws, as amended, will read as follows:

Article 5 The following members are eligible to become Members of MOAA, HA:

A. Regular Membership consists of men and women who are serving or have served on

active duty or in one of the National Guard or Reserve components as a commissioned or

warrant officer in one of the seven U.S. uniformed services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine

Corps, Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health

Service), as well as the spouses of such members and any widows or widowers of any deceased

individuals who would, if living, be eligible for membership.

(1) Each regular member may vote and hold office or chair a committee.

(2) Each regular member is considered in good standing as long as his or her dues are

accepted and current.

(3) MOAA,HA encourages all members to be members of MOAA.

(4) A member may be dropped from MOAA, HA for cause by a majority vote of the

members present at any regular or special meeting of the members.

B. Honorary Membership may be offered to an individual recommended by the Board of

Directors and approved by the members at any regular or special meeting. Honorary members

are not required to pay dues, and may not vote or hold office, but may serve on or chair a

committee.

. . . .

Article 9 Dues:

Dues for Regular Members are determined by the Board of Directors and approved by a

majority of the members at any regular meeting.

Submitted by: Joseph C. Willoughby, LtCol, USAF (Ret.), Chair, Bylaws Committee


MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, HOUSTON AREA Houston Corps of Cadets ROTC Endowment Fund–The University of Houston

(Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force)Please Print Donor name:_______________________________________________________Mailing Address______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Phone: Day_______________Evening_____________e-mail__________________________My pledge of $_________should be designed to support MOAA,HA Houston Corps of CadetsMy gift will be made with installments of $______to be paid monthly___quarterly___annually___. Beginning date:_______The Office of Stewardship will send reminders.) __Enclosed is a check (made payable to University of Houston) for the first pledge payable.Please charge my credit card for the amount of my gift, as scheduled above:

___Visa ___Mastercard ___American Express ___DiscoverAccount Number_________________________________ Expiration date:_______________ Name as it appears on card:_________________________________________________Signature:_____________________________________________________________________I would like to be contacted about fulfilling my pledge with a gift of appreciated securities.My pledge payment will be matched by: __________________________________________ (P lease specify company for our records)Donor signature:___________________________________date_______________________Donor Signature:___________________________________date_______________________

Thank you for your support of the MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, HOUSTON AREA,HOUSTON CORPS OF CADETS ROTC ENDOWMENT FUND, THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON____________________________________________________________________________

University of Houston; Advancement Services; P.O. Box 867; Houston TX 77001-0867 Attn: Nancy V. Clark E-mail: uh.edu/giving

NAME: ____________________________________________________________________________(Please print) Last First In itial Grade Service Branch___________________________________MOAA Nat’l ID ____________________________Spouse’s first name: ________________________Tel. For Directory___________________________Home address:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Civilian Occupation:_________________________________________________________________Business Firm ____________________________________Business phone_____________________E-mail: ___________________________________________________________________________ Dues: Regular Membership $30 first year; annual renewal $30 ($20 for each addn’l year pd w/renewal) Auxiliary (spouse of deceased officer) $15 ($10 for each addn’l year pd w/renewal)WOULD YOU SERVE ON A COMMITTEE? ____________________________Comments__________________________________________________________

Make check payable to MOAA,HA and send to MOAA,HA PO Box 1082 Houston TX 77251-1082

For more information, call Rollins Collins 704.213.2334

Military Officers Association of America, Houston AreaMembership is available to Officers who have held a Federal Warrant or Commission in any of the sevenuniformed services of the United States or to the surviving spouse of such a person. Please use this form forapplication for membership, renewal, or changes to the current directory of members.


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