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The Lariat March 2016

MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ALAMO CHAPTER

Volume 36, Number 3 “ Five Star Chapter” March 2016

THE LARIAT

Inside This Edition: Pg 2 Chapter News & Notices

Pg 3 Duty Officer Appreciation

Pg 4 Membership Stats

Pg 5 Transitioning Tips

Pg 10 Health, Benefits & Welfare

Pg 11 Speaker Bio

Pg 15 Calendar of Events

Pg 15 Blue Skies Golf Tournament

President’s Message I want to address something which I am rather passionate about and that is membership in MOAA and the Alamo Chapter. In helping Randy Hoff in recruiting membership to MOAA and our Chapter, many times I will have a potential Officer or Warrant ask me “What does this do for Me?” By the same token, I also run into National members who ask, “Why should I join the Chapter? National is all I need.” Well, let me elucidate on those ques-tions a little bit.

The National membership of MOAA has been on the rise over the last few years, while membership in some of our sister organizations has been steadily falling. At present Na-tional membership numbers some 390,000 members. Of that, there are approximately 34,000 members in Texas.

Over the several years that I have been President of Alamo MOAA and with the help of our great member

ees and families across the nation and as a result know that we represent a huge number of voters. This gives MOAA a huge amount of influence to help mold Federal legislation. This doesn’t mean that every National member of MOAA is involved in ad-vocacy every day, but it does mean, by their membership that they are lending influence to those of us that actively advocate.

In addition, as a National member, I have access to services such as transi-tion assistance, financial planning, re-tirement planning, job placement around the world and many other things. Also, keep in mind that Na-tional is assisting and representing all ranks of the military in its activities.

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Chair, Randy Hoff and others, Alamo MOAA has steadily grown in member-ship so that, at present we are hovering between 1500 to 1700 members at any given time. Over 1/3rd of our member-ship is comprised of active duty offic-ers, which causes some of the cyclical nature of our numbers as officer’s pcs to other duty stations.

OK, back to the original questions. “What does MOAA do for me?”. MOAA is and has been a major advo-cate for the military for many years. MOAA is the co-chair of the Military Coalition in Washington and, as such, Congressmen and Senators, Commit-tee members in the Senate and House Armed Services Committees and other key Congressional and Senate Com-mittees, listen to MOAA and seek out their views and advise when creating provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act or other key legisla-tion, each year.

MOAA was instrumental in helping get Tricare for Life passed. We have held back egregious changes to Tri-care. We have helped and continue to help shape retirement issues, issues with the VA, Commissaries, etc. In other words, MOAA is in DC fighting for your pay, benefits, medical care, retirement, SBP and many other issues which affect you and your families!

Question is, why is MOAA listened to? The answer is NUMBERS. The politicians know that MOAA repre-sents military members, veterans, retir-

Save The Date

Summer Celebration Dinner Dance

Friday June 24

9th Annual Golf Tournament Friday September 9

Christmas Dinner Dance Friday December 9

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Cookie Angels

Grateful thanks to those who either baked and or took items to the wounded soldiers at Ft Sam Houston’s Warrior and Family Support Center. If you were able to give this month on behalf of the Alamo Chapter please call Susie at (210) 654-0351, so we may add your name to our list. Thank you.

Maryada Artiglia

Irene Collier

Nita Felder

Susan Filipini

Joe & Adele Genualdi

John Gibbs

Sue McCarthy

Mac and Lori McDonald

Goldie Monroe

Lolly Orlowski

Phyllis Smith

Lou Strong

Brenda Tobey

Susie Tolman

Dot Wise

Tom & Evelyn Woods

Chapter News & Notices

LTC Carmelito Arkangel USA (Ret)

Col Edd Barnes USAF (Ret)

COL Clair Book USA (Ret)

COL Matthew Brockway USA (Ret)

Col David Brooks USAF (Ret)

Col Watson Burnfield USAF (Ret)

LtCol Harry Carpenter USMC (Ret)

COL Darrell Childers USA (Ret)

Col George Chronis USAF (Ret)

Mrs. June Cook

LCDR Sharron Crowder USN (Ret)

Mrs. Betty Cruzen

Col Patrick Curoe USAF (Ret)

CDR Jesse DeLoach USN (Ret)

COL Kathryn Deuster USA (Ret)

COL Jesse Dominguez USA (Ret)

Capt Andrew Duncan USAF (Ret)

COL Janice Edgerson USA (Ret)

Mrs. Linda Gayer

BG Donald Gudinas USA (Ret)

Mrs. Jodie Hammond

Mrs. Billie-Kite Howlett

LtGen James Keck USAF (Ret)

LTC Dean & Joan Lansing USA (Ret)

Mrs. Doris Long

Mrs. Joan Lyman

CDR David Marx USN (Ret)

Gen William McBride USAF (Ret)

Col Mac McDonald USAF (Ret)

Maj Gerald Meehan USAF (Ret)

Mrs. Mary Milburn

Col Boots Miller USAF (Ret)

LTC William Moore USA (Ret)

Maj Len Mull, Jr USAF (Ret)

Mrs. Mildred Munt

Col John Murray USAF (Ret)

LTC Joe Newell USA (Ret)

Thank You!

To each of our members listed below who have donated a little (or a lot) to ei-ther the Scholarship Fund, Chapter Operations, or both!

TAPS We have received information that the following member has passed away and we wish to convey our sincere condolenc-es and best wishes to their family and loved ones:

Capt James Paul Martin USAF, (Ret)

12/7/15

Mrs. Jane Robison 2/15/16

The Retired Officers' Wives and Widows Club

This month’s luncheon will be held on Monday, March 28, at 11:00am at the Ft Sam Houston Golf Club.

Plants & Vegetables That Thrive in San Antonio

Presented by Mr. Calvin R. Finch.

Guests are welcome. Reservations by Mar 23 to

(210) 822-6559

Mrs. Lolly Orlowski

MAJ Harry Pierson USA (Ret)

BGen Karen Rankin USAF (Ret)

Mrs. Joan Rawlings

COL Charles Reding USA (Ret)

Mrs. Alice Riggs

Col Russell Sanders USAF (Ret)

Mrs. Judith Schindler

Col Steve Senia USAF (Ret)

Mrs. Betty Shelton-Mills

LtCol Randy Smith USAF (Ret)

Mrs Margot Stryker

Mrs. Betty Tarbox

LTC (Ch) James Taylor USA (Ret)

Mrs. Voncille Vordenbaum

Mrs. Jeanette Wahl

LtCol David Walker USAF (Ret)

Mrs. Phyllis Wallace

Col John Whiting USAF (Ret)

Maj Paul Winkler USAF (Ret)

LTC Tom Woods USA (Ret)

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Spouses of Members Welcomed!

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Duty Officer Appreciation

Our dutiful and faithful Duty Officers were recognized at the recent Chapter Luncheon on Feb 25 and awarded a Certificate of Appreciation with grateful acknowledgement by Chapter President, Jim Cunningham for the work they have done over the years. Pictured L-R are Jim Cuskey, Stu Myers, Irene Col-lier and Jim Cunningham. Not pictured are Bill Polasek, Ed Waggoner and Phil Swinney. Thank you for your service!

February Luncheon

Speaker Col Jim Van Straten being presented

with a chapter coin following his presentation of his experiences in Vi-etnam as a Medical Service Corps Of-ficer. His book “A Different Face Of

War” is available in the Ft Sam AMEDD Museum or on line through

Barnes & Noble or Amazon.


MajGen Gary Alkire USAF (Ret)

MG Glenn Kothmann USA (Ret)

BG Donald Gudinas USA (Ret)

BG John Poppe USA (Ret)

BGen Karen Rankin USAF (Ret)

COL Clair Book USA (Ret)

COL Wayne Boyd USA (Ret)

COL Matthew Brockway USA (Ret)

Col David Brooks USAF (Ret)

COL Arthur Bryant USA (Ret)

Col Watson Burnfield USAF (Ret)

Col Benjamin Chacko USA (Ret)

COL Darrell Childers USA (Ret)

COL Raymond Cole USA (Ret)

Col John Danielson USA (Ret)

COL Marilyn Davis USA (Ret)

COL Joe DePonte USA (Ret)

COL Jesse Dominguez USA (Ret)

Col John Dunn USAF (Ret)

COL Janice Edgerson USA (Ret)

Col George Gagnon USAF (Ret)

COL Michael Gilmer USA (Ret)

Col Kerry Green USAF (Ret)

Col Clovis Haddock USAF (Ret)

COL Darlow Inberg USA (Ret)

Col Thomas Klimas USAF (Ret)

Col Betty Knuth USAF (Ret)

COL Charles Lalli USA (Ret)

Col Joseph Marchino II USAF (Ret)

Col Boots Miller USAF (Ret)

Col Mac McDonald USAF (Ret)

Col Paul Parker USAF (Ret)

CAPT Robert Rahal USN (Ret)

Col Frank Rohrbough USAF (Ret)

Col John Root USAF (Ret)

COL Michael Rozsypal USA (Ret)

Col Russell Sanders USAF (Ret)

Col Steve Senia USAF (Ret)

COL Helen Schotz USA (Ret)

COL John Weir USA (Ret)


THANK YOU! Renewing Members:

LtGen Darryl Roberson USAF

MG Alfred Valenzuela USA (Ret)

COL Robert Akam USA (Ret)

Col Steve Caberto USAF

Col Russell Garner USAF

COL Peggy Jones USA

Col Sean McKenna USAF

COL Rich Morales USA

Col Marc Piccolo USAF

Col Tony Pounds USAF

COL Melissa Sturgeon USA (Ret)

Col Jeffrey Thompson USAF

LTC Tim Beninato USA

LTC Dwayne Elder USA

LtCol Ross Felker USAF (Ret)

LtCol Stephen Frank USAF

LTC Rodney Garfield USA

LTC Michael Harvey USA

LTC Walter Llamas USA

LtCol James Lanier USAF

LTC Michael Martin USA

LTC Jeffrey Mulvihill USAFR (Ret)

LtCol Raul Solis USAF (Frmr)

MAJ Dwayne Adams USA

MAJ Barbara Archer USA (Ret)

Maj Ralph Barksdale USAF (Ret)

LCDR Kevin Crockett USN (Ret)

Maj Serafin DeLosSantos (Ret)

MAJ Amaury Gomez USA

Maj Kevin Harris USAF (Frmr)

Maj Reginald Sinevet USMCR

MAJ Alexa Soto Rivera USA (Ret)

Maj Brian Smith (Ret)

MAJ Chris Spahn ANG

Maj Christian Thompson USAF (Ret)

Maj Christopher Victoria USAFR

CPT Aida Meyers USA

Lt Constance Robinson USNR

CPT Elissa Robinson USA

CPT Steven Siaji USA

Cpt Evan Smith USAF

CPT Ryan Wempe USA (Frmr)

CW5 Raymond Patrick USA

CW4 Carlo Brown USA

CW4 Clifton Tillman USA

Kelly Bonds USA

Chris Brady USA (Ret)

Peter Flores

Jaime Palma ANG

Ken Stewart USN (Ret)

WELCOME! New Members


Transitioning Tips Are You Job Fair Ready?

If you’ve had a chance to check out the new website milcityusa.org, you will see a number of job fair events coming up. ‘Tis the season for job fairs. However, there is a method to the madness of how to prepare for and then what to do when you get to the job fair. Job fairs can be intimidating. They are crowded and noisy. You’re not sure where to start.

There are multiple reasons for at-tending. A job fair is a great place to network to the attending employers and with fellow job fair attendees. This is an opportunity to practice your 30-second introduction – remember the importance of first impressions.

There are usually workshops on such topics as resumes, mock inter-views and social media use. The em-ployers may conduct on-site inter-views. Some job fairs also provide a professional photographer for that LinkedIn profile.

So, what do you need to do to pre-pare for a job fair? First thing to do is to find out which employers will be attending. You can usually find out that list from the job fair’s website. Review the list and research the em-ployers that interest you. Check the website or google to company. Look up the company on sites like glassdoor.com. You can now narrow down the list and organize your activi-ties at the job fair. The goal is to max-imize your time.

A crucial step is to update your re-sume. Contact Goodwill Veterans Re-source Center or the TVC representa-tive at your nearest Workforce Center. There are folks there to help. You can also contact me for help. You don’t need a resume printed on fancy paper. Keep it focused and organized on the type of job that you want. And – max of two pages.

One thing to note about presenting

resumes at job fairs. A number of em-ployers no longer accept resumes due to the regulations now in place regard-ing resumes and applications. The re-cruiter will tell you to apply online. This allows them to track applicants and meet federal tracking requirements. The thing that I recommend is to check out Vistaprint or other source for a sim-ple business card. You can then pre-sent the card and get one of their cards. You then have the opportunity to fol-low up after you have applied on-line.

Based upon your research, build some questions to ask the recruiter. Focus your questions on the skills that they are looking for, what the company culture was like, and what kind of per-son are they seeking. Don’t get into questions regarding salary or benefits. Also – and a big also - don’t ask ques-tions that can be found on the website.

A final preparation is what to wear. The best advice is to wear business at-tire. That means a suit for men and a suit or dress with jacket for women. Shined dark leather shoes are the best. Women: Fancy heels are great on the dance floor. Your feet will say thank you at the end of the day if you save those for later and wear a moderate heel. Concrete floors for any length of time will test all. Be prepared for plen-ty of walking and standing.

Remember that you need to be con-servative for most employers. Be pro-fessional. Be organized. Keep papers, resumes, etc. in a portfolio or briefcase. And on one final note. Don’t smell of cigarette smoke or heavy perfume.

Now’s your opportunity to shine. Best of luck.

Kitty Meyers Kathryn "Kitty" Meyers, LtCol USAFR

(Ret), SPHR, SHRM-SCP Chapter Transition Liaison Officer

Renewing Members Contd:

Col Bob Wickman USAF (Ret)

LtCol Paul Amrhein USAF (Ret)

LTC Carmelito Arkangel USA (Ret)

LTC Robert Ashley USA (Ret)

LTC Ronald Bilski USA (Ret)

LTC Robert Biskup USA (Ret)

LtCol Emil Buran USAF (Ret)

LtCol Mervin Buss USAF (Ret)

LtCol Don Byrd USAF (Ret)

LtCol Harry Carpenter USMC (Ret)

LtCol Michael Cermele USAF (Ret)

CDR Jesse DeLoach USN (Ret)

LTC Martha Dingey USA (Ret)

LtCol Forrest Dressler, Jr USAF (Ret)

LTC Jim Finch USA (Ret)

LtCol Carolyn Friedle USAF (Ret)

LTC Lloyd Gardner USA (Ret)

LTC Derek Gaudlitz USA (Ret)

LtCol John Gilg USAF (Ret)

LTC Earl Gilley USA (Ret)

LTC Vernon Gray USA (Ret)

LtCol Daniel Hancock USAF (Ret)

LTC Randy Hoff USA (Ret)

LtCol Frederick Jones USAF (Ret)

LtCol Robert Jones USAF (Ret)

LTC Ford Martin USA (Ret)

CDR David Marx USN (Ret)

LtCol Richard Murray USAF (Ret)

LTC Charles Nowlin USA (Ret)

LtCol William Pollock USAF (Ret)

LTC Ronni Pue USA (Ret)

LtCol Edith Reade USAF (Ret)

LTC Joseph Regan USA (Ret)

LTC George San Miguel USA (Ret)

LTC Darrell Small USA (Ret)

LtCol Randy Smith USAF (Ret)

LTC Stainton Smith USA (Ret)

LTC William Smith USA (Ret)

LTC Ferrell Talbot USAF (Ret)

LTC Ralph Talbot USA (Ret)

LTC (Ch) James Taylor USA (Ret)

LtCol Wade Taylor USAF (Ret)



President’s Message (Continued from Page 1)

All right, now, “Why should I join the Chapter?”. I also get the state-ment, “I don’t have enough time to participate.” Well, I would tell you that you should join the Alamo Chap-ter for many of the same reasons that you should join the National organiza-tion. It again comes down to NUM-BERS and advocacy!

Alamo MOAA is a member of the Texas Coalition of Veterans Organiza-tions (TVCO). This group is made up of over 38 VSO and MSO organiza-tions in Texas. The Chairman of the organization, which is the primary lob-bying group that goes before the State legislature advocating for the military community, is the President of the Al-amo Chapter.

Over the years, advocating in Aus-tin, we have been successful in getting property tax relief for 100% disabled veterans, surviving spouses of 100% disabled veterans and for veterans who were killed on active duty. After many years of working on it, we final-ly got the State to recognize Veteran owned businesses as historically mi-nority businesses so that they could get some preference for state contracts.

We also helped get the state to join the interstate compact for military chil-dren, which meant that a child moving into Texas with a PCS-ing parent would not come in at a disadvantage with their new schools, would not have to duplicate tests and would be on an even playing field in joining school activities.

We have done other things having to do with voting rights for deployed service members and right now are working to protect the Hazlewood Act.

Again, when we go to our repre-sentative at the state, we are better able to advocate if those representatives know that we have large numbers of veterans and active duty members as well as their families behind us. (Continued on Page 8)

WANTED!

All Active Duty or Retired Job Seekers If you would like to be added to the regular email blast that lists job opportuni-ties in San Antonio and Texas please contact David Patrick, the Career Transi-tion Coordinator - Texas

[email protected]

If you are an area employer who is interested in hiring career transitioning of-ficers or their spouses . .

or if you are a MOAA member who is interested in helping a career transition-ing officer or spouse as a San Antonio Networker,

or if you are a MOAA-AC member Job Seeker, please contact Kitty Meyers LtCol USAFR (Ret) Chapter Transition Liaison Officer at

[email protected]


Solitaires

History of Phrases Every day we use old hackneyed phrases and used expressions to ex-press an event or situation. Have you ever wondered about their origin or what they meant when first created? Here is the history of a few commonly used expressions.

There is an old Hotel/Pub in Marble Arch, England which used to have gal-lows next to it. Prisoners were taken to the gallows to be hanged. An armed guard who would stop the dray outside the pub would ask the prisoner if he would like ONE LAST DRINK. If he said YES, it was referred to as ONE FOR THE ROAD. If he declined the prisoner was ON THE WAGON.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of nice clean wa-ter, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the chil-dren. Last were the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actu-ally lose someone in it. Hence the say-ing “don’t throw the baby out with the bath water”.

Houses had thatched roofs, thick straw piled high with no wood under-neath. It was the only place animals could get warm. So all the other ani-mals, dogs, cats, (mice & bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained, it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying, “It is raining cats and dogs.”

In olden days they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner leaving left overs in the pot to get cold overnight. Then they start-ed over the next day. Sometimes they had stew that had been in there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, “Peas

porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.” Sometimes they could obtain pork to add to the pot. Which made them feel quite special.

Bread was divided according to sta-tus. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf. The family got the mid-dle. Guests got the top. Hence the “Upper Crust.”

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid con-tent caused some of the lead to leach into the food, causing lead poisoning and death. This happened most often with tomatoes. So for the next 400 years or so tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Source: History of Phrases

Col Irene Collier (Ret)

If you are single, like to eat, chat, make new friends, experience or pro-vide brief impromptu or scheduled interesting demonstrations, talks, or discussions, whether you are: visit-ing the area; active duty or retired; widowed or divorced; the SOLI-TAIRES is the group for you.

This is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy camaraderie with other single men and ladies whose backgrounds and experiences are with the mili-tary. Make that resolution to get out and about and come have some fun!! The group meets for lunch at the Ft Sam Golf Club each 1st Tuesday of the month and for Brunch at The RAFB Parr Club the 4th Sunday of the month. Other activities are planned through out the year.

Call the office (210) 228-9955 to be put into contact with the group’s coordinator.

How Much Sleep Do You Need?

What do Chernobyl Nuclear Explo-sion, Three Mile Island, and the Exxon Valdez oil spillage have in common? All three catastrophes were linked in part to sleep deprived workers.

Car and truck crashes are often linked to drinking too much alcohol. Drinking one beer after four hours of sleep has the same effect as drinking a six pack.

Not getting enough sleep, often six hours or less, has also been linked to reduced quality of life and to health complications that include cardiac dis-ease, diabetes, obesity and weakened immune system.

The Sleep Research Society says most activities should aim for at least seven hours of sleep at night. It is a myth that as you grow older you re-quire less sleep. Sleep patterns vary with people. Too much sleep can be equally as damaging as too little.

The following is the National Sleep Foundation’s recommendation for sleep.

AGE Hours Recommended

0-3 mos 14-17

4-11 mos 12-15

1-2 yrs 11-14

3-5 yrs 10-13

6-13 yrs 9-11

14-17 yrs 8-10

18-25 yrs 7-9

26-64 yrs 7-9

65+ yrs 7-8

Source: Mayo Clinic Health Letter Nov 2015; Health After 50 Sep 2015; Harvard Women’s Health Watch Sep 2015

Col Irene Collier (Ret)

Medical Minute


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Air Force Federal Credit Union

Army Residence Community

Beldon Roofing Company

Blue Skies of Texas

Caring Transitions

Medical Services International

Mortgage of Texas & Financial LLC

Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union

Security Service Federal Credit Union

Silverbridge Realty

See links to these companies on our website at

www.alamomoaa.org

We encourage each of you to remember our Corporate Part-ners in your business and daily activities because we truly ap-

preciate their support.

President’s Message (Continued from Page 8)

This doesn’t mean that you, as a member, have to be involved on a day to day basis! It simply means that you are passively supporting us in our ef-forts on you and your fellow service members and families’ behalf.

The bottom line is, that if you don’t lend your support, by being a member of the National and Alamo Chapter you are probably hurting, and certainly not helping, you and your fellow ser-vice members, veterans, retirees and all of their families. It is MOST im-portant that you join both organiza-tions and maintain your membership!

If you are not now keeping up with MOAA advocacy, you need to be sure and get on the MOAA.ORG website and utilize the cap whiz feature to send messages of support for legislation or concerns that we have now. If you have read the current Military Officers magazine, the House Armed Services Committee is taking a look at Tricare as a whole and Military Training Fa-cilities in particular. You will find in the February issue of the Military Of-ficer, several pre-printed letters to the Representatives and Senators that rep-resent you asking that they protect your Tricare benefits and address is-sues of importance where healthcare is concerned. Though they certainly will not be individually read they will be counted, and the more volume of mail that we send them, the better we will be heard. Make it a point to mail them.

We are moving forward with state activity which will lead to legislation in 2017. First and foremost, we will be defending the overall Hazlewood Act. We realize that it needs some changes, particularly in terms of resi-dency requirements. We anticipate that the state will lose its appeal to the 5th Circuit Court. Work will move forward to create sane and reasonable changes to the law so that it does no harm to the state, the veterans or their dependents. Interim hearing will

Corporate Partners begin in March on this and other legis-lation.

Additionally, we are looking at up-dating the law that gives partial ex-emption from ad valorem taxes to par-tially disabled veterans. This is a law that has not been updated since 1992. Other areas have to do with voting rights for deployed military members, transportation, housing and so on. We may call upon you, from time to time, to contact your representatives in sup-port of legislation that we want to see enacted.

As you may know, Alamo MOAA supports some 120 High School JROTC programs with leadership awards and medals as well as 7 ROTC programs at the college level. We also offer scholarships, which will be awarded at our March 31 luncheon. The amount we are awarding this year is $14,000. Moneys for these scholar-ship come from the donations you sent in (100% is used, no admin fees are taken) and from our annual Golf Tour-nament. I hope that many of you can attend this function., at the Ft Sam Golf Club. The speaker will be LTC Walter Llamas, Professor of Science from the University of Texas, Rio Grand Valley. His bio can be found on Page 11. Reservation slip can be found on the back page of this Lariat.

MOAA National also offers scholar-ships to children of military members, veterans and retirees of all ranks if the child is working on their bachelor’s degree. These usually amount to about $5400 and are interest free. Last year over 54 of these scholarships were awarded in Bexar County. More infor-mation can be found on MOAA.org.

Hope that you all have a wonderful month! And if you haven’t already joined or renewed your membership in the Chapter, please do so we may have greater influence over our legislative efforts.

Maj Jim Cunningham (Ret)

Happy Easter to all our Members and their families!



tation, volunteer support from pro bo-no lawyers, paralegals, and other legal support staff is vital to Operation En-during LAMP's success. Attorneys are encouraged to volunteer for general legal assistance pro bono programs. Reserve Judge Advocates may receive points credited towards retirement for providing pro bono legal assistance. At a minimum, legal assistance to military personnel can involve court representation, counseling, telephone calls, and letter writing for signature by the client or the attorney. The client is responsible for any out-of-pocket expenses. Local attorneys who agree to do this work pro bono provide legal assistance, as appropriate, in the attor-ney's individual office or at the Cen-ters/Armories. Local bar associations may also provide meeting space.

To apply for legal assistance through LAMP, go to the following website: and complete their intake form.

www.texasbar.com/ and search for LAMP

Source: State Bar of Texas

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Scammers Fake Social Secu-rity Email:

The subject line says “Get Protect-ed,” and the email talks about new fea-tures from the Social Security Admin-istration (SSA) that can help taxpayers monitor their credit reports, and know about unauthorized use of their Social Security number. It even cites the IRS and the official-sounding “S.A.F.E Act 2015.” It sounds real, but it’s all made up.

It’s a phishing email to get you to click on a scammer’s link. If you do, a

Legal Assistance to Military Personnel (LAMP):

The Military and Veterans Law Sec-tion of the Texas State Bar offers pro bono legal service to needy service members or retirees. These attorneys are often serving Guard or Reserve officers, or are retired or former Ac-tive, Guard or Reserve military attor-neys. Many of these officers belong to MOAA and other veteran organiza-tions.

LAMP is a consortium of state and local bar associations that provide le-gal assistance to military personnel and their families. If you are military personnel assigned within Texas and need legal help, you should first con-tact the legal assistance officer as-signed to your unit.

Operation Enduring LAMP (Legal Assistance to Military Personnel) is an ongoing project of the State Bar of Texas, Texas Lawyers Care, and the Military Law Section. A significant number of military personnel are as-signed within Texas. The Staff Judge Advocate's Office on each base, post, or installation provides legal assistance to military personnel and their family members, but legal assistance officers are unable to provide court representa-tion. The LAMP program helps active duty military, members of the Re-serves and National Guard called to active duty, and their families with a wide range of legal issues ranging from family law matters to employ-ment issues to consumer law. Legal assistance is especially needed for family members in communities be-yond the reach of an active duty legal assistance office.

Because the Staff Judge Advocate's Office cannot provide court represen-

scammer can install malware — like viruses and spyware — on your com-puter. Or, the link might send you to a spoof site — a lookalike website set up by a scammer to trick you into enter-ing your personal information.

Not sure if an email is really from the government? Here are a couple of clues. Did the email end up in your junk folder? Email providers use filters to help catch phishing scams and pre-vent spam from getting into your in-box. And when you hover your cursor over the link, is the web address really a trusted website? In this fake SSA email, when you hover over the URL you’re invited to click on, you see the link goes to an unrelated “.com” — instead of the Social Security Admin-istration’s socialsecurity.gov or anoth-er “.gov” site.

If you get a questionable email, don’t click on any links, or open any attachments. Report it to the FTC by forwarding the email to [email protected]— and to the real organization impersonated in the email. You also can report it to your email provider. Some email providers let you mark messages as phishing scams. Your report is most effective when you include the full email head-er, although most email programs hide this information. To find out the full header, type the name of your email service with “full email header” into your favorite search engine, and in-clude this information in your re-port. When you’re done, delete the email.

If you’re unsure about an email that looks like it’s from the government, contact the agency directly. But find the contact info yourself.

Source: Social Security Administra-tion mailing list, 28 January 2016

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Health, Benefits & Welfare


education includes the Quartermaster Officer Basic and Combined Logistics Officer Advanced Course, Airborne School, Aerial Delivery and Materiel Officer's Course, Combined Arms Ser-vices Staff School, Logistics Executive Development Course, the Command and General Staff College at Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Co-operation in Fort Benning, Georgia and the Demonstrated Master Logisti-cian Certificate.

His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (3OLC), the Army Commendation Medal (1OLC), the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Superior Unit Award, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal, Parachutist Badge and Parachute Rigger Badge.

LTC Walter Llamas Professor of

Military Science UT RGV

Lieutenant Colonel Walter Llamas is a native of Puerto Rico. He was com-missioned as a 2LT in the Quartermas-ter Branch in 1994 through the ROTC program at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez where he received a Bache-lor of Science degree in Computer In-formation Systems.

In 2005 Lieutenant Colonel Llamas received a Master of Science degree in Logistics Management from the Flori-da Institute of Technology.

Previous assignments include platoon leader, 528th Quartermaster Company, 80th Ordnance Battalion; Detachment Commander and Executive Officer,

81st Quartermaster Detachment and 528th Quartermaster Company, 80th Ordnance Battalion in Fort Lewis, Washington; Company Commander, 289th Quartermaster Company, Special Troops Battalion, 13th COSCOM Fort Hood, Texas; Aide-de-Camp for the 21st Theater Support Command Com-manding General in Kaiserslautern, Germany; Services Officer and Deputy Support Operations Officer, 15th Sus-tainment Brigade in Fort Hood, Texas; Executive Officer, 262nd Quartermas-ter Battalion, 23rd Quartermaster Bri-gade and Operations Officer and Exec-utive Officer to the 50th and 51st Quar-termaster Generals in Fort Lee, Virgin-ia; Operations Officer and Executive Officer to the Third Army/US Army Central Assistant Chief of Staff G4 (Logistics) in Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

Lieutenant Colonel Llamas’ military

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1 Volunteer Hours Due

1 Chapter Excellence Award Due

1 Solitaire’s Luncheon 11am Ft Sam Golf Club

3 Staff Meeting 10am Chapter Office

3 VA Volunteers 1pm VA Hospital

13 Daylight Savings Time begins

14 Lent begins

16 MOAA ESGR Job Fair Freeman Coliseum

25 Good Friday

27 Easter Sunday

31 Scholarship Luncheon 11am Ft Sam Golf Club

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9-14 MOAA President’s Meeting & Storming The Hill Washington DC

13 Storming The Hill, Washington DC

13 JBSA Volunteer of the Year Award ceremony 1pm

14-24 Fiesta San Antonio!

23 Retiree Appreciation Day Kendrick Club JBSA Randolph

28 Chapter Luncheon 11am

24 Solitaire’s Sunday Brunch 11 am Randolph Parr Club

MAY


2 Solitaire’s Luncheon 11am Ft Sam Golf Club

4 Health & Benefits Fair Army Residence Com-munity 9-Noon


8 Mother’s Day

9 Victory Day in Europe

17 Volunteer of The Year United Way Awards Din-ner IMAX Palladium

21 Armed Forces Day

22 Solitaire’s Sunday Brunch 11 am Randolph Parr Club

26 Chapter Luncheon 11am Blue Skies of Texas


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LTC John Tompson USA (Ret)

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Maj Jack Garison USAF (Ret)

Maj Len Mull, Jr USAF (Ret)

Maj Bert Thomas USAF (Ret)

MAJ Josh Welch USA (Ret)

Maj Paul Winkler USAF (Ret)

Capt Andrew Duncan USAF (Ret)

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Cpt George Sacerich USA (Ret)

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